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Keynote 1: Assessment to Support Learning and Teaching
Introduction by CADRE Director, Derek Briggs
Deborah Ball, William H. Payne Professor at the University of Michigan: "Teaching Ambitiously: What Does This Mean, and What Does It Take?"
Lorrie Shepard, Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder: "Coherence of Classroom Assessment
with Ambitious Teaching"
Keynote 2: Assessment for Curricular Efficacy
Introduction by CADRE Faculty Partner, Benjamin Shear
Angela DeBarger, Program Officer, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: "Toward Collaborative and Systemic Partnerships for Teaching and Learning"
Erin Furtak, Professor of Science Education and Dean of Faculty, CU Boulder: "My Journey in Curriculum-Embedded Assessment: Themes and Lingering Questions"
Bill Penuel, Professor of Learning Sciences and Director of the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice, CU Boulder: "In Search of Coherence and Equity: From Teachers to Partnerships"
Margaret Heritage, Consultant at Heritage Consuting, Inc.: "Lost in Translation?"
Keynote 3: Making Assessment Responsive to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Identities
Kalehua Krug, Education Specialist, Hawai'i State Department of Education: "'What' in the World"
Margaret Heritage, Consultant at Heritage Consuting, Inc.: "Know Who Your Students Are"
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In a sluggish economy where the spotlight has been on elected officials’ efforts to boost employment, the state Democratic Party is saying Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell’s job creation efforts are disappointing.
A Feb. 25 news release from the Democratic Party of Virginia cited statistics from a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released that same day showing Virginia’s monthly unemployment rates during 2010 averaged out at 6.9 percent. That’s a slight increase from the 2009 average of 6.8 percent.
The Democrats also noted the BLS reported a drop in the state’s percentage of working age people with jobs. It fell from 64.9 percent in 2009 to 64.1 percent in 2010.
Brian Moran, chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia, fired out a news release charging the numbers demonstrate "the governor and his team did not even create enough jobs to keep pace with population growth."
We dove into the BLS numbers to see if Moran is right.
We started with his claim that in 2010 - the first year of McDonnell’s term - Virginia’s average monthly unemployment rate rose .1 percent to 6.9 percent. That’s true, but it provides an skewed picture.
That’s because when McDonnell was inaugurated in January 2010, the state unemployment rate was 7.2 percent -- its highest point of the year. The rate slowly declined the rest of the year and ended at 6.6 percent by December, ranking Virginia 9th lowest in the nation.
In other words, the unemployment rate improved during McDonnell’s first year as governor. And one could make an argument that, when it comes to computing the monthly average for 2010, McDonnell was hurt by a relatively high unemployment rate he inherited from his predecessor, Democrat Tim Kaine.
Moran doesn’t go there. Nor does he mention that Virginia’s monthly unemployment rate in 2009 -- Kaine’s last full year in office -- increased from 5.7 percent in January to 7.2 percent in December.
We’re not pointing this out to say one governor performed better that the other. Economists have repeatedly told us that governors have a limited impact on employment in their states. We’re merely pointing out that there’s a variety of ways to interpret these statistics.
Virginia’s 6.9 percent unemployment rate for 2010 was far better than the national rate of 9.6 percent.
Let’s turn to Moran’s second assertion, that percentage of working-age Virginians with jobs fell from 64.9 percent in 2009 to 64.1 percent in 2010. His numbers are correct.
We were curious whether the percentage of the state’s population with jobs continued to improve throughout 2010 just like the unemployment rate did.
To the contrary, the numbers got worse. The percentage of employed working-age Virginians declined from 64.3 percent in January to 63.9 percent in December.
So, as Moran says the population growth did indeed outpace job growth in 2010. But is that McDonnell’s fault?
Howard Wial, an economist and fellow with the left-leaning Brookings Institution, is dismissive of Moran’s use of the BLS statistics to to fault McDonnell.
"I’m not saying the governor is right that he’s been a wonderful job creator or that the Democrats are right in saying he hasn’t been," Wial said. "I’m just saying that these numbers don’t prove anything either way … They don’t show you any connection between public policy and results."
Virginia, with 64.1 percent of its working age population employed last year, out-performed the national average of 58.5 percent. Just like Virginia, the national percentage of working age people who were employed declined by .8 percent from 2009 to 2010.
At the end of Kaine’s term, the percentage of employed working-age Virginians fell by 1.8 percent -- from 66.7 percent in 2008 to 64.9 percent in 2009. So the same argument Moran uses to disparage McDonnell’s performance could also be hurled at Kaine.
Moran uses two sets of data to prove his point that job growth lagged a rise in population during McDonnell’s first year as governor.
He says Virginia’s the average of Virginia’s monthly unemployment rates rose in 2010.While technically correct, a month-to-month review shows the unemployment rate was at a high point when McDonnell took office in January and fell throughout the year. Moran’s use of the annual unemployment rates is misleading and cloaks that improvement.
Moran also cites a drop in the percentage of working-age Virginians who were employed last year. The numbers certainly confirm his claim that state job growth did not keep pace with population growth. So he’s right on the trend, but it’s questionable whether the sluggish job environment can be laid at the feet of a governor who has been in office for a year.
While there is some truth in Moran’s statement, he also uses a misleading figure to paint an inaccurate picture of the jobs situation under McDonnell. We rate the statement Half True.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Regional and State Unemployment Annual News Release from 2/25/11.
Democratic Party of Virginia news release from 2/25/11.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, database of Monthly Unemployment figures for Virginia, accessed on 2/28/11.
Bureau of Labor Statistics database showing annual average employment to population figures accessed on 3/1/11.
Telephone interview with Terry Rephann, a regional economist at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service on 2/28/11.
Telephone interview with Dean Croushore, chairman of the economics department at the University of Richmond on 2/28/11.
E-mail from Dean Croushore sent on 3/1/11.
Telephone interview with Howard Wial, fellow and economist at the Brookings Institution on 2/28/11.
Telephone interview with Sally Anderson, an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 3/1/11.
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The Genazzano House System fosters a spirit of loyalty and collaboration and offer students participation in:
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The six Genazzano Houses are named after distinguished women who made a significant contribution to the College.
Red – Mrs Ellen Corry, first boarder and first President of Old Girls’ Association (now Alumnae Association).
Royal Blue – Marie Madeleine d’Houet, foundress of FCJ Sisters.
Magenta – Mother Philomena Douglas, Principal of Genazzano 1932–1958.
Green – Mother Gerda Prytz, first Genazzano pupil to enter FCJ Order.
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White – Miss Mary Winter, honoured past pupil; the College Prize for Loyalty is still given in her honour.
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Gender Equality and Crime
The court and the Judiciary, in general, are guided by the basic principles of justice to all. Judges usually give rulings based on the rule of law with the intention of protecting the public, deterring crime, rehabilitating law offenders, punishing offenders and offering reparation to the victim. The principles of justice mean fairness, protecting the rights of all regardless of gender, race or religion. However, gender equality has been a significant issue for many years, and there has been a debate on when convicted of a crime, which sentences should be handed based on gender. Numerous studies establish that women are the most significant beneficiaries of gender during sentencing, judges are more lenient to women (Hopkins, Light and Lovbakke, 2011).
The researchers also identify that judges should look at the type of crime committed by the offender before issuing a judgment. Women are given short sentences as compared to men. More so, the lenient treatment of women goes beyond the duration of the sentence, they are also advantaged in various other ways such as ladies are likely to get bails, they are also more likely to be released. Women are also given short sentence for a similar crime with a male counterpart and serve a smaller portion of their judgment before being released. For that reason, you find a large number of men in prison as compared to women.
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In this essay, I aim at discussing if this kind of preferential treatment given to women is discrimination against men or is the course of justice performed by the judicial system. Women are perceived as weak as compared to men the court considers the ability of the lady to commit the misdeed. Women have since traditionally been taken to play a critical role in the family, most of them are mothers. Because they are the key players, long sentences would mean a separation of the mother from significant functions such as caring for a child.
The court should consider several other factors apart from gender when issuing judgment to criminalsJudging women differently from men may not be fair because it encourages women to do more crimes since they are privy of the fact that they will get lenient judgments and sentences. But, in the past decades, women have been discriminated in various fields, including politics, business, and in organizations, women usually receive the small share. But at the moment, with multiple campaigns for women rights, women are now equal to men in all fields. If you look at the number of women in the job market, for example, it is increasing at a high rate as compared to men. Therefore, gender parity should not be used anymore to favor ladies against men in the judicial system.
The best interest should be determining the factor for the particular action, the benefit of the third party is also used as the central factor in the court when influencing the court outcome. The judge should consider individual elements, for example, if the suspected person is a lady with a young child, then the court should consider giving lenient judgment for the interest of the child. The law requires that a child should not be separated with the mother. The best interest of the child is chief. However, it should not be the only merit used in court. Whether private or public, the social welfare of the institutions, the court are mandated to protect law and offer administrative judgment.
Gender-based sentencing is conditioned by crimes, which benefits women from feminist crimes such as drug offending, property because they are given preferential treatment. Selective judgment will also have an impact on small crimes if the courts provide ruling depending on one’s sex. If the factors related to the crime committed by the person is not gender-related then, there is no need to issue the sentence that is gender bias. Gender-based judgment is a public relation exercise, rather than seeking to find justice and punish offenders. The judges have created a public image that the courts fight against gender parity, and at the long-run, it will cause more harm to men, and in the process undermining the courts (Mona, 2013).
Traditionally men are perceived as healthy and can fight for themselves, but ladies are known to be weak, and vulnerable, and they need more attention and protection from the third person. That explains the reason why males receive harsh sentences than females, but they also receive more treatment. The court should consider the gender when sentencing criminal so that they can protect women. Also, men are more likely to commit crimes than ladies, which explains the reason why there are several men compared to women at the criminal prisons. Ladies rarely commit crimes, and when they do, they are transgressed and break the gender beliefs. When a simple sentence is delivered to them, ladies feel that they are being punished double.
For example, when a lady fails to be a mother and she is considered a law offender. Failing to be a mother would mean that the children would be victims as well, in some countries when a mother has been imprisoned the kid also stays in prison with her. The act leads to psychological problems to the child as he or she is growing. Even, in many countries such as the United Kingdom and Wales, ladies account for only 5 percent of the total prison population. Thus, when ladies are jailed, they feel they are being stigmatized double. Moreover, men and women react differently if they face the same situation. The theory of Moral development suggests that females are more emotionally and psychologically affected when they are in prison.
While ladies see moral life as care rather than justice, men, on the other hand, take it as responsibility. This theory makes sense because if you make a keen observation about the women when they are arrested, they so emotional and they feel that lack of care. But men are concerned with the truth and justice. Thus, they are not affected psychologically (Banks, 2013). Men are more often guilty until proven innocent, while women appear to be honest especially when the crime relates to domestic cases. The judges also consider gender when they are issuing judges based on the individual judge’s gender. Women judge are lenient to fellow ladies, and the male judge may also be gender biased.
The other reasons why the sentences should be based on gender is that, women are the most affected by the domestic violence. The court should then be seeking justice for these women are suffering at the hands of ignorant men. The sentence issued should serve as a lesson to other men with similar behavior and will go a long way to reduce domestic violence. However, the latest statistics show that men are also victims of domestic violence, but most of them do not report to the police. The criminal court should be careful to identify the victim and also assist the men who are silently suffering underground.
Also, men’s crimes are worse to a level that justifies the reason for an increase in the number of men in prisons as compared to women. Men are more likely to be sentenced than ladies because women are less criminally compared to men. A large percentage of the offenders are men, and they are being jailed because of their criminal activities. Men on average receive longer sentence than ladies and they serve the more significant proportion of sentences (Mona, 2013). Most of the ladies criminals are not criminals or do not commit the offense by choice, they are being forced by men to do so. Most of them are given death threats so that they commit any crimes. In such a situation the gender issue is used in determining the charges someone should face. The lady would be given less judgment, and the men are given many years to serve their punishment.
It has been established that men are the subject of gender parity in the courts of law. If male offenders were to be given similar treatment to women, then it would mean that one-sixth of the male in jail. In fact, more than 60,000 men would not have been in prison if they were women. The findings speak volume and the need of being gender sensitive when issuing the criminal sentence. In some instances, women convicts have poor health, have little education, and they have children to look after. The children suffer a lot when the mother is jailed as compared to when the father is imprisoned. Although either situation makes the children separated from the parent, the gravity is much more significant when the lady is arrested and accused of the crime (James, 1990).
The gender disparity in the criminal justice courts results from multiple places. When two people man and woman commit the same crime, the judges rule based on the law but also use the stereotype that females are less dangerous, less threatening and less culpable. As a result of such stereotype, the court imposes a harsh punishment because they are believed to be more dangerous and more menacing. Also, looking at the criminal history ladies have committed fewer crimes compared to their male counterparts who commits crimes occasionally. The fact that girls have less criminal history can also have an impact on the decision.
Since there are no sentencing guidelines, the judges decide on their own and impose the sentence in whatever manner he or she thinks it is suitable. The decision is influenced by gender because a lady may appear weaker in the eyes of the deciding judge.During the medieval era, women were crucial in the society, but they never had the same rights as men. The community did not identify them as full citizens, so the status of a lady in that era depended on the father or husband. If the husband or the father held a crucial position in the society and a lady is convicted of the crime, she will receive preferential treatment. To make it worse men held important jobs in the community and no woman could defend the rest, the crimes committed by ladies at the time were something to do with basic needs. If a lady was not married, she could engage herself in petty theft because of lack of employment, and when she was convicted, she received the most terrible and humiliating punishment (Lawrence and Tracey, 2000).
Looking at the enlightenment time, a period between 17000 and 1820 women had become more enlightened in the society, and they committed different crimes as today. History has shown that ladies are always seen as the only victims, back then ladies were not considered as capable as gentlemen when committing offenses. Although they were capable of being brutal just like men, women never committed severe crimes as males. The first misdeed ladies conducted during that period include assault, prostitution, robbery, homicide and property crimes. Mothers are less likely to involve themselves in crimes than men. When a lady commits murder, it includes a domestic partner. Ladies who were caught committing crimes and were sentenced in court particularly if she had committed a violent crime (James, 1990). The woman would receive a harsh punishment than men.
In addition to the petty theft, women were accused of witchcraft, and they were not spared capital punishmentIn the 19th century, the rate of crimes among the ladies decreased, but the population and the institutions dealing with the women crimes had increased. The females at this era were seen as caring, passive and moral individuals. So if the lady commits an offense, she had also broken the traditional ideas of the feminists. Most of the ladies convicted of sin during this period were mostly the lower class because the upper level didn’t worry about money, their husbands provided them with enough money. Those from humble background did not have enough money, so they resorted to crime.
The common crimes committed by women during this era included housebreaking, petty theft such as pickpocketing and selling stolen items on behalf of men. The judicial system deals with this women in different ways. A lady who was convicted of small crimes is given lenient judgment. The court realized that ladies needed protection from negative influencers. The harsh punishment was directed towards men because they committed significant mistakes than ladies. Those women who were found guilty of committing horrible acts like homicide were punished by the judiciary and also labeled as problematic in the society (Lucia, 1991).
Also, from the history, it is found that ladies usually learn from the past mistake, and they often avoid any form of crime once they are released from the prison, but men are likely to repeat the same offense over and over even after serving many years in jail. Thus, the court should be hard on them. Research from 2003 to 2013 shows that female offenders are less likely than men lawbreakers to have been warned before for the last ten years. Only one-fifth of men are the first time offenders and two-thirds of the ladies are beginning time criminal.
The study suggests that men are likely to repeat the same crime he was previously convicted. Thus supporting the need to consider the gender during sentencing. Being lenient to women would be better since once she is out of prison, she is less likely to commit the same offense. Men, on the other hand, are likely to make the same mistake when they are released from jail. The judges, therefore, should give a harsh punishment to warn them of the consequences of breaking the law.
In 2013, ladies were most likely than men to have encouraging factors for offenses such as theft, dishonesty, fraud, and public order offenses. Men are also likely to have aggravating issues used in crimes than the other gender. The core mitigating factors for ladies include being remorse, the age of the accused, caring duties and lack of previous convictions. But gentlemen are less likely to have these elements considered the responsibility of care primarily men are not supposed to be central in taking care of the children, it is ladies who are believed to have the direct responsibility (Michael, 2013). The aggravating behaviors for men include previous convictions, being a member of particular gangster group, evidence of a degree of pre-meditation and the location of the offense. All these characters are rare to appear in ladies, but the use of weapons seems in similar proportions.
The different application of aggravating and mitigating factors by the sex contributed to a more significant extend the sentence, with men having the high probability of being given custody than ladies.
Shoplifting affects both genders in equal measures, but the proportion is higher for ladies than men. This offense made more than half of all the women who are convicted and almost a quarter of the sentenced are men. But men are likely to get the immediate custodial sentence.
The other factor that the court considers is the fact that men are more likely than women to run or break out of the prison once they are in jail. The ladies are patience enough to complete their term, a higher proportion of ladies will serve their sentence until it is over. But men are attempts to run out of a cell. The judge is hard to men because they are believed to break the law repeatedly. It is also known that ladies are less likely to defy the court order, but men do breach the court order.
Thus, leading them into more trouble with judges. Ladies are sincere, and they will tell the truth in the court, but gentlemen do lie mostly. One the court established that someone lied to the court, the accused is likely to serve the longer sentence than the one who spoke the truth at the court chambers. Research conducted in 2011 indicates that men offenders are likely to be imprisoned to immediate custody for breaching the court order. More than 73 percent of men received custodial sentence (Hopkins, Light and Lovbakke, 2011).
The scientist has also explained the reason why men and women are criminal in a different manner. The initial explanations of the female criminal stated that human and criminal behavior relates to biological and social factors. These theories argued that female and their criminal nature are secondary to that of men. The born penal theory believes that gender is the determinants of illegal characters, a man with primitive features are likely to be criminal. The argument concludes that the criminal ladies possess male features (Belknap, 2004).
The other idea is Criminality of Women states that the type of offense committed by ladies such as petty theft and shoplifting are not represented in statistics because concealment in the justice system and that they are not reported. The idea states that the criminality in men and women are the same, but it is less prevalent in ladies. The theory further suggests that females have deceitful nature, which is rooted in their role, ladies are the mastermind of crimes and convince men to perpetuate the act. By doing so, they clean their name, and the man is labeled criminal.
In conclusion, when convicted of the crime, the court should issues sentence based on gender because ladies are less dangerous, and their evil is an auxiliary to men. Females always commit minor mistakes as opposed to men. Also, women are more remorse, they are more likely to commit a crime only once, but gentlemen do it repeatedly. The most critical factor that the court considers is the role a lady plays in the family, she has the responsibility to take care of children, and once a lady is arrested with a young kid, the child is also jailed until a certain age where he or she is allowed to go home. Men are likely to breach the court orders as compared to ladies, which explain the reason why court issue sentence to gentlemen as soon as they are put under custody.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Studies show that the Pfizer vaccine starts to lose effectiveness over time, so now a booster dose is available to be given at least 6 months after initial doses.
The first group that qualifies for a Pfizer booster is people 65 and older.
But also, those 50-64 with underlying health conditions and those 18-49 with certain underlying health conditions. And people 18 years and up who live in long-term care facilities. And finally, people 18-64 at increased risk to exposure—like health care workers and teachers.
Nancy Duggan, 81, got her booster on Saturday, September 25.
KGW's Tim Gordon spoke with her and asked her how it went. “Fine, perfect, I’ve had no problem," said Duggan.
Duggan is diabetic. She got her shot at the pharmacy where she goes for medications, the Walgreens on 33rd and Killingsworth. She was right on top of making her appointment.
“The day of the announcement I called them and they said we’re not going to be able to ready until tomorrow, but if you go on our website you can sign up kind of thing, so that’s how I did it," she said.
It was no problem for her, but she knows plenty of older folks who just can't manage making online appointments, so she wants there to be an easier way.
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We’re away until January 3, but we’re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday!
A photograph of H. W. Fowler in sporting attire from his biography The Warden of English.
Grammar enthusiasts either love Henry Watson Fowler or they have yet to encounter his work. It is possible to read his Dictionary of Modern Usage (1926) from cover to cover as a weird, wonderful essay; it is impossible to do so without laughing out loud. A few entries from the second edition, revised by Ernest Gowers:
avoidance of the obvious is very well, provided that it is not itself obvious; but, if it is, all is spoilt. [If the reader believes] that you are attitudinizing as an epicure of words for whom nothing but the rare is good enough, or, worse still, that you are painfully endeavouring to impart some much needed unfamiliarity to a platitude, his feelings towards you will be something that is not admiration. The obvious is better than obvious avoidance of it …
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by Lee Parks, International ASLA, and LIAO Jingjing
Exploring of the Changing Roles of Landscape Design in Nature-Based Solutions: A Reflection on Professional Practice over the Last Two Decades
Part 3: A Nature Positive Future
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are actions designed to work with and enhance natural habitats to take advantage of the ability of healthy natural and managed ecosystems to sequester carbon and support biodiversity recovery. The first part of this series focused on greening grey infrastructure; part 2 covered incorporating naturalistic landscape into the public realm. Here in part 3, we continue to explore how NbS can be pushed into the realms of social awareness and everyday recognition by policy makers and the public at large and in turn, support wider and longer term international environmental successes.
4 Towards a Nature Positive Future
4.1 COP26 Advocacy
Prior to the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) held in 2021, leading scientists presented a conceptual shift which puts forward Nature (the environment) as the context for all life, human society, and all human activities (including all economic activity). Similarly, at COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Prince of Wales, who has for over fifty years championed action for a sustainable future said: “…after billions of years of evolution, Nature is our best teacher – in this regard, restoring Natural Capital, accelerating Nature-based solutions and leveraging the circular bioeconomy will be vital to our efforts..”
Putting nature at the core is the key to a nature positive world, or one in which the dominant importance of nature to humanity is recognized and human actions are governed accordingly (see graphic below). China’s embrace of eco-civilization as a national development objective is aligned with this conceptual shift, recognizing that humans are completely dependent on a healthy planet for our survival, which in turn depends on a functioning living biosphere. As urban development is still predominantly driven by urban planners aiming to balance the competing interests of economic, social, and environmental development goals, landscape architects need to rise to the forefront of the process, to prioritize nature (the environment) as the context for forms of physical, social, and economic development.
4.2 Will NbS Be Enough?
Will NbS alone be enough to tackle the inter-related crises of climate change and biodiversity loss? It is important to recognize that individual behavioral choices can collectively have a significant effect on our planet’s future health. In addition to reducing consumption, reducing waste and bending the curve on fossil fuel dependence and excessive growth, one of the biggest potential shifts we can make is through our diets. Brent Loken, Global Lead Food Scientist at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), proposes a global shift to diets that contain a larger proportion of plant-based foods relative to animal-source foods to release enough agricultural land to sequester 5 to 10 Gt of CO2-equivalent per year if this land was restored to native vegetation.
We cannot feed the world without agriculture, yet where and how we produce food is one of the biggest human-caused threats to biodiversity and our ecosystems. This makes the transformation of our global food system more important than ever, particularly considering urbanization and land development pressures to the countryside. We all need to make the connection between what we eat and consume and the impact the global food system has on our planet. This should also include the positive application of urban food production as part of urban landscape plans.
4.3 Nature Positive World
In a proposal by leading world scientists entitled “A Nature-Positive World: The Global Goal for Nature,” three measurable temporal objectives are put forward: zero net loss of nature from 2020, net positive by 2030, and full recovery by 2050. When combined with development and climate goals, the emphasis on nature is to create an integrated overarching direction for global agreements of an equitable, nature positive, carbon-neutral world.
4.4 A Systematic Nature Positive Practice
Jiangxin Island in Nanjing, now referred to as Singapore Nanjing Eco Hi-tech Island (SNEI), is a township development project jointly supported by Jiangsu & Nanjing Government as well as the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry. To transition from experiential/qualitative decision making to quantified solutions, the creation of a new scenic waterfront belt on the island’s Yangtze River embankment offered a chance to apply NbS using systematic thinking and holistic design. The brief was to create a 12 km long (210 hectare) ecologically restorative park providing scenic attraction for the increasingly urban island community. Using the concept of ‘Sustainable Footprints,’ ecological goals and data driven targets were established to minimize the water footprint (water used for landscape irrigation), carbon footprint (embodied carbon in landscape structures and materials), and ecological footprint (impact on the environment) while creating a base for healthy lifestyles, jogging tracks, and even possible marathons races, cycling events, and retaining traces of the island’s “cultural footprint” (such as agricultural and industrial heritage).
Inspired and spurred by the success of the 2012 London Olympic Park Meadow and iconic projects like the High Line in New York with planting design by Piet Oudolf, the project found ways to introduce dynamic and colorful planting and a water conservation sponge solution.
The project subsequently brought together Nature-based Solutions for resilience to flooding and naturalistic plantings to enhance a wilder aesthetic rather than succumb to an urban landscape approach. Complex forest restoration techniques for succession planning, riverbank wildflower grassland mixes, and native forest understory planting were implemented. Dead wood, stone boulders, fruit- and nut-producing plants all add richness to the planting, establishing habitats diverse with insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and small mammals.
Sponge city demonstration bioswales and flood attenuation ponds all come together to create opportunities for wildlife, biodiversity, and habitat enhancement and creation. Traces of industrial history were retained through the reuse of concrete, gravel, and weathering steel for park features, while reducing the carbon footprint compared to moving these materials to off-site landfill (see table below).
After the construction, according to a survey conducted by the China Bird Watching Record Center, Jiangxin Island (Singapore Nanjing Eco Hi- tech Island) has attracted 19 species of wild birds from 16 families. In addition to common forest birds and waterbirds such as magpies and egrets, it also includes migratory forest birds such as spotted thrush and black capuchin, as well as migratory waterbirds such as common cormorants and green shanks, which have become important indicators of this ecological stepping-stone in the East Asian- Australian bird migration route.
The popularity of Singapore Nanjing Eco Hi-tech Island was boosted by the introduction of Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris), which is known for its pink to purple clump- forming inflorescences. However, tourists flocked to the island in droves during the peak national holiday week in 2017, trampling the grasses and requiring security guards to protect the area. This led to adjustments to the planting layout for future years. Opening up paths between inflorescences to make the fields more accessible to large numbers was essential to limit further damage. Across China, similar projects have experienced damage by hordes of tourists posing for selfies, triggering outrage on social media. This raised awareness of the need for greater efforts in educating the public on protection of plants and nature and to strive for greater use of native species in the hope of increasing acceptance of less exotic and more indigenous naturalistic landscapes.
The project not only aims to leave “sustainable footprints” but also to restore ecological systems, food chains, and biodiversity. It has won multiple international awards, including for Wildlife, Biodiversity, Habitat Enhancement or Creation at 2018 IFLA World Congress, and was a finalist at the Landscape Institute Awards 2021.
Efforts to quantify solutions and demonstrate performance against ecological goals and data driven targets also enabled the project to secure a Sustainable Future Award for Urban Design from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) International Region in 2020 for demonstrating performance outcomes in relation to the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE)’s rigorous criteria for social, economic, and ecological value.
4.5 Embracing Nature in Our Homes, Our Workplace, and Our Communities
Making behavioral changes as individuals can start in our homes, workplaces, or communities. Balcony gardens, green roofs, community gardens, greening schools, and creating natural areas in pocket parks all add value and allow us to embrace nature in our cities. Community driven grassroots initiatives help close the gap between top-down policies like Sponge City implementation with public acceptance when implemented at a community level. At the Knowledge Innovation Community (KIC) in Yangpu District, Shanghai, international companies like AECOM have led roof garden initiatives to engage employees, increase biodiversity, and mitigate increasingly intense rainfall events by slowing run-off from the roof. Green roofs also insulate buildings, reducing heat in summer and loss of heat in winter. The use of a diverse range of plants increases passing visits from insects and birds, while also supporting employee health and well-being through access to nature in the workplace. The roof garden is used as a research base for plant trials which assess performance in full sun exposure, full shade, wind exposure, and exposure to drought (largely due to limited maintenance). Reviewing resilience to the harsh conditions of roof top environments enables our horticulturalists to monitor species that would be able to perform in similar microclimatic conditions and with similar maintenance regimes in Shanghai and nearby cities.
4.6 City Resilience and Popular Science in the City
A large-scale exploration of city resilience is taking place in one of Shanghai’s largest green spaces: Zhangjiabang Park. Following an international, award-winning analysis and planning stage in 2015, clear quantifiable goals were established to guide the downstream implementation of the master plan.
Implementing the design across multiple phases, the leading landscape architectural team applied systematic thinking and holistic design solutions, working in close collaboration with ecologists, water specialists, local engineers and consulting specialist advisors, such as The Nature Conservancy. Decision-making was driven to establish ecological habitat to provide a base for monitoring performance and enable future surveys to quantify outcomes. As part of an extensive area of constructed wetlands, flood alleviation lakes will support city resilience to increasingly intense storm events; these wetlands were also found to have established habitat to support over 22 species of birds identified by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. A nature education center for popular science and bird hides for bird watching enthusiasts will provide a base for educating school groups and official visitors. This all helps to advance the planning objective and improve the understanding of local people and public officials to embrace a new large-scale ecological park in the urban core area of Shanghai.
Public education in caring and respecting the landscape of parks and open spaces is important—there need to be better opportunities for local people, students, and tourists to engage in environmental learning to connect people with the natural environment.
With wetlands, meadows, an agricultural-themed island, and forest, the project aims to create an ecological park that provides open space and protected areas with diverse and inclusive opportunities for public access and experiencing nature to improve health and well-being.
When complete, the green wedge will cover a total area of more than 600 hectares—twice the size of Central Park in New York. NbS is applied to increase flood alleviation for Pudong New Area, forest buffers for air quality and thermal comfort, and provide extensive areas of emergent wetland habitat and open water across the site. Phase I and phase II are approaching completion and have established nature protection wetlands with protected islands for bird habitat. Bird hides located in wetlands for nature enthusiasts will provide opportunities to watch and learn from nature in the city. The park frames view corridors to Lujiazui, the financial heart of Shanghai, dynamically reminding visitors of being in the city, despite being in a very naturalistic park. It will also include a science ‘Discovery Center’ for school education tours.
As the park evolves, an ideal goal would be to establish a framework to measure performance together with the client to demonstrate outcomes scientifically and to enhance quantification of the project’s environmental, economic, and social benefits. This can be seen from one excellent example, that brings us back to the Highlands of Scotland, where learning from nature has become a Natural Capital Laboratory (NCL).
4.7 NbS for a Natural Capital Accounting Framework
With many Nature-based Solutions, quantifying the impacts is an increasingly important priority as scientists and economists try to put a monetary value on natural capital, or how much nature is worth. Being able to put a price on ecosystem services is how we can make sure nature—or rather, natural capital—is given due weight at the decision-making table in the same way the global carbon market is being discussed.
Accounting for environmental, social, and economic impacts is also becoming more of a priority for many organizations and is a key future measurement factor. The Natural Capital Laboratory, set up in 2019 by AECOM and the Lifescape Project, is a unique project to do just this: a live environment for identifying, quantifying, and valuing the impacts of rewilding.
Alongside restoration of the site, the living laboratory aims to:
- Test innovative new approaches for capturing data on social and environmental change such as drones, AI, and remote sensing technologies.
- Develop a ‘capitals accounting framework’ that records, quantifies, and values the environmental and social changes on the site.
- Create engaging ways of communicating the findings and the benefits of rewilding such as virtual reality and digital platforms which provide an important public educational transmission.
It is an interesting project to learn from, and annual reports of progress will be available online for everyone to learn from this timely and innovative investigation.
Through a career dedicated to the pursuit of working with nature, this article has explored the evolution of a landscape planning and design approach from single-purpose solutions to systematic thinking and holistic design, together with a change from experiential/qualitative decision making to quantified solutions.
Nature-based Solutions need to be embedded in every aspect of our lives. A nature positive future is a necessary complement to our carbon neutrality goals and is the prerequisite for equitable sustainable development, a robust economic recovery, and the health of the planet, people, and all other species.
The three phases of NbS explored here were: 1) greening grey infrastructure, 2) incorporating naturalistic landscape into the public realm, and 3) advocacy for a nature positive future.
For greening grey infrastructure, Nature-based Solutions can protect against erosion, manage stormwater, and reduce impacts of noise and pollution. By restoring forests, wetlands, and coastal and riparian habitats, we can address air and water quality issues, increase carbon sinks, and provide habitat for wildlife.
By increasing nature inside urban public open space, we can reduce urban heat islands, enhance human well-being and health, manage stormwater, and increase biodiversity. Additionally, accounting for environmental, social, and economic impacts is a growing priority for many organizations to quantify and demonstrate the benefits of NbS.
Finally, NbS alone will need additional understanding of the inter-related crises of climate change and biodiversity loss impacted by human pressure on the biosphere. COP26 outcomes left many frustrated that the world may quickly return to business as usual: the time to act at a grassroots and individual level is now. This is a pivotal moment for landscape architects to rise to the challenge, to make our voices powerful, and to have an ever bigger impact on the environmental, social, and governance of landscapes in our cities and to deliver a thriving future for people, nature, and the planet. We must go beyond Nature-based Solutions by advocating a nature positive future through our work as landscape professionals and as individuals.
Lee Parks, International ASLA, is a British landscape architect and landscape director of AECOM. His research focuses on ecological landscape planning, green infrastructure, Nature-based Solutions, and ecological planting design.
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Fights in relationships are inevitable. When we talk of relationships, it does not signify martial relationships alone. It could be paternal or brotherly as well. No matter whom you are thinking about, you need to understand what the disagreement resolution cycle looks like and how you can benefit from the formulae mentioned above.
Following are the steps included in the cycle.
Fundamentals of the Healthy Disagreement Resolution Cycle
When it comes to sharing relationships, factors such as open and clear communication, having a high emotional quotient, and several other factors play a vital role. Here are they in detail.
- Take steps before disagreements happen. Now, as per the experts in online therapy, it is natural to have fights. However, ensure that you have given complete details about what things are normal when you are angry and what things could be done to cool you down.
- Next, define the nature of disagreements. As a partner, you need to dig deeper into the factors that made the other person upset. The experts in online therapy suggest that try understanding the real reason behind the anger and whether or not it is rational or not. In case it is rational, ease your way out with mutual understanding, and if not, then find why.
- In case both of you have been releasing fumes, lets things down and remain as it is until reason kicks back in.
- Once both of you have calmed down, ensure to take the firsts to step to mend all things back in shape.
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The July 2022 issue of In Compliance concentrates on Electromagnetic Compatibility.
A Bias Tee for Broadband Measurement of Power Electronic Components
By Michael Fuchs, Christoph Maier, and David Pommerenke
Bias tees are an important tool for many applications including vector network analysis. As accurate understanding and modeling of power electronic components becomes increasingly important for the study of their electromagnetic emissions, so do broadband measurements with bias tees. This paper describes the composition of such a special bias tee in terms of the necessary geometries and circuitry.
The Rise of Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) in Automobiles, Industrial Automation, and Aviation
By Glenn Parsons
Speed and determinism in design, made possible by time-sensitive networking (TSN) technology, is prompting the development of new TSN profiles for a multitude of applications across industry sectors. The IEEE 802.1™ Working Group of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) offers numerous TSN profiles for applications, including the automotive, manufacturing, and aviation industries.
Continuity and Change in International Wireless Approvals
By Michael Cassidy
On the 15th anniversary of his career in international product approvals, the author looks back on what has changed and what has remained the same in the global product approval process.
Preparing For and Implementing Product Recalls in 2022
By Kenneth Ross
Recalls are a major contributor to product liability incidents and lawsuits, interactions with government safety agencies, disputes with suppliers and product sellers, and negative publicity with the buying public. New guides have recently been issued that can help a manufacturer and product seller to better understand how to prepare for and implement an effective recall.
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In this study, an extensive sampling study was carried out at vertical roller mill of ESCH Cement Plant in Luxemburg. Samples were collected from mill inside and around the circuit to evaluate the.Cement plants form a challenging environment for rotating equipment. Significant amounts of silica dust occur as a by-product of certain construction processes. Over time this dust subjects rotating equipment, including Raw Mill fans, to high levels of erosion which ultimately reduces the plant’s output over time.
Process diagnostic studies for cement mill optimisation. MERCURY IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY UN Environment. emissions from cement kilns through the use of integrated process optimisation This purging process is efficient in the mill-off mode than in the mill-on mode due . followed by the gathering of various cement industry case studies related to mercury, provided by several cement.Feb 01 2014 Integrated energy optimisation for the cement industry A case study perspective M k represents the machine or component used to execute the process i.e a mill storage silo or kiln in the case of cement production The processing rate or storage capacity is denoted by the machine or component used Summary of case studies.
This purging process is efficient in the mill-off mode than in the mill-on mode due . April 2010 Industrial Chemistry - University of Li ge 7 followed by the gathering of various cement industry case studies related to mercury, provided by several cement companies (via the CSI and CEMBUREAU). Whilst currently unpublished,.Even in the 21st century, millions of people are working daily in a dusty environment. They are exposed to different types of health hazards such as fume, gases and dust, which are risk factors in developing occupational disease. Cement industry is involved in the development of structure of this ad.
2.5.3 Optimizing the Operation of a Cement Mill 30 2.5.4 High-Pressure Roller Press as a Pre-grinding Step for Ball Mills 31 2.5.5 Improved Grinding Media for Ball Mills case studies and references from locations where the measures have been implemented. A combination of general and.The power ingesting of a grinding process is 50-60 in the cement production power consumption. The Vertical Roller Mill (VRM) reduces the power consumption for cement grinding approximately 30-40 associated with other grinding mills. The process variables in cement grinding process using VRM are strongly nonlinear and having large time.
The cement industry is one of the most intensive energy consumers in the industrial sectors. The energy consumption represents 40 to 60 of production cost. Additionally, the cement industry contributes around 5 to 8 of all man-made CO 2 emissions. Physiochemical and thermochemical reactions involved in cement kilns are still not well understood because of their complexity.Case study In a certain cement plant, it was decided to provide a roller press after column and mill foundations of a cement mill were J. D. Buch, M.S.E. (USA), B.E. (Hons.), F.I.E., Engineering Associate with Fig 1 Roller press in a cement plant where clinker is ground under Kothari and Associates, G-65, Connaught Circus, New Delhi 110 001.
Jul 01, 2008 With China devoting cement production to building its own infrastructure, imports of the material have declined, boosting demand for domestic cement. To produce the clinker used in the cement-making process, Ash Grove uses limestone mined from on-site quarries, mixes it with other ingredients, and heats the material up to 2,000 degrees.The Diaphragm is a component in cement mill machine that functioned as a filter and sorter of the raw material. The component is assembled to a geometrical unit that shaped like a ring into the machine. The component will be rotated and experiences continuous friction with the processed raw material and ball mill.
Feb 16, 2015 For cement grinding, the technology development away from ball mills has taken a different route. The development of roller presses in the 1980s took advantage of the benefits of higher-pressure grinding and many presses were retrofitted to ball mills as pregrinders.Title Cement Mill Increases Packing MTBR 11X - Case Study A.W. Chesterton Company Author A.W. Chesterton Company Subject A customer experienced a significant problem with sealing a cement pump and were forced to replace packing weekly due to leakage and dirty pump area. \nThe customer experienced good running and easy adjustments after installation of DualPac 2211 as well a\ s an.
Situation Attempts to fix rising +200 m raw feed residues by reducing the mill feed rate and modifying separator internals were unsuccessful, with kiln rate down by almost 10 .The case studies presented below provide examples of how such a system can help a cement plant detect failure and assist in maintenance preparation.Feb 16, 2015 Correct timing on the maintenance of a first chamber cement mill lining and the successful implementation of an expert system on a cement mill both offer benefits in terms of power consumption (see case studies panel). Accurate process measurements are also key to energy saving opportunities. Air compressors are another area for attention.
Feasibility study for ball mill. feasibility study for ball mill As a leading global manufacturer of crushing grinding and mining equipments we offer advanced reasonable solutions for any size reduction requirements including quarry aggregate and different kinds of minerals A cement mill is the equipment that used to grind the hard nodular clinker from the cement.A STUDY OF CEMENT-PIPON DING E 1 SPE-764 These bond strengths indicate the importance of pre paring pipe surfaces prior to placement of cement in the well. As an example, mill varnish exhibits the lowest bond strengths compared with other types of finishes, with time.
To make cement, the clinker must first be cooled. Prior to being crushed in the cement mill, the gypsum produced in the kiln is separated from the main product stream. The output from the cement mill may be blended with other constituents to meet certain specifications depending on the end use. The packaged product is then shipped to the consumers.2. Finding material characteristic used in the studies by sieve analysis, fineness modulus etc. 3. Testing the material (coal mill reject) and compare it with normal aggregate 3. Making cement concrete blocks using coal mill reject and normal concrete blocks 4. Testing on concrete blocks 5. Analyzing the result and concluding. Materials 1.
The particle characters and their physical properties of vertical roller mill finish grinding cements were studied in this paper. The difference with roller press-ball mill combined grinding products was also analysis. The results were shown that the particle size of the vertical roller mill finish grinding cements was evenly distributed at the comparative average size.Mar 26, 2021 This case study is from a cement mill plant in Ireland, Europe. Since 2018, Eastway have completed electrical thermography surveys of the plant’s electrical installations on a six-monthly frequency. Since this time, Eastway have been working closely with the cement mill’s electrical maintenance crew to find, diagnose and repair any.
This mill is the principal source of cement in the upper Nile River valley, including Cairo and the Delta region — Egypt’s main market for cement. CUSTOMER CEMEX is a global leader in providing building products, including cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and related products to.Studies indicate that the specific electrical energy consumption in some cement plants in East and Central Africa varied between 105 kWh and 140 kWh per ton of produced cement, where the specific thermal energy consumption is between 3.35 GJ and 4.19 GJ per ton of produced clinker . Obviously, this is very far when compared to the typical plants of India, for instance, where the specific electrical energy consumption is about 85 kWh per ton of produced cement,.
Diagnostic study of Ball mill for cement grinding. 2. METHODOLOGY FOR PROCESS DIAGNOSTIC STUDY BALL MILL The process diagnostic study for ball mill optimisation is carried out in following steps depending on the type of problem of the grinding system. • Production • Operation Philosophy • System Equipment • Size Reduction Pattern.Aug 29, 2020 The drastic surge in urbanisation and construction-related activities is increasing the demand for cement and aggregates, especially for concrete production. Concrete is utilised for a wide variety of structural applications, including rigid pavements construction, due to its superior strength and durability performance. However, the production of cement increases carbon footprint and the.
System and hence, cost reduction in cement industries. The objectives for comprehensive study include • Optimisation of all unit operations. • Lowering the specific energy consumption. • Diagnostic studies of problems in raw materials, electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and process engineering sections and trouble shooting.Recent pilot plant studies conducted at Metso Minerals show that significant clinker size reduction occurs in Barmac VSI crushers, which can increase the cement mill throughput and decrease the.
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Will Centralization, Regulation, and Globalization Kill the Internet?
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Just this week, an early-August speech by Jennifer Granick, the Director of Civil Liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, came across my desk. It's the kind of thought-provoking piece that makes you ignore everthing else you need to get to in your In Box. The speech, The Lifecycle of a Revolution, was delivered at Black Hat 2015, a network security meeting in Las Vegas. Granick’s dire warning: the dream of Internet freedom -- a free, open, reliable, interoperable Internet, a place where anyone can say anything, and anyone who wants to hear it can listen and respond, a place where everyone could be a publisher and a creator, a global medium that had everything on the shelves – that dream is dying. Gulp. And although there’s plenty of blame to go around for this loss, Granick puts the bulk of it on you, me, herself… all of us who use the Internet. Double gulp. [Honestly, if you have time to read or watch the entire speech (about 20 pages when we printed it), do that. We summarize below.]
In starkest terms, Granick warns that in a mere 20 years the Internet could complete a transformation from liberator to oppressor. Already, the Internet is less open and more centralized, more regulated, and increasingly less global and more divided. Centralization means a cheap and easy point for control and surveillance. Regulation means exercise of government power in favor of domestic, national interests and private entities with economic influence over lawmakers. Globalization means more governments are getting into the Internet regulation mix. They want to both protect and to regulate their citizens. And remember, the next billion Internet users are going to come from countries without a First Amendment, without a Bill of Rights, maybe even without due process or the rule of law. So these limitations won’t necessarily be informed by what we in the U.S. consider basic civil liberties.
In this dark view 20 years from now:
- You won’t necessarily know anything about the decisions that affect you because they will be decided by data-crunching computer algorithms and no human will really be able to understand why.
- The Internet will become a lot more like TV and a lot less like the global conversation envisioned 20 years ago.
- Rather than being overturned, existing power structures will be reinforced and replicated, and this will be particularly true for security.
- Internet technology design increasingly facilitates rather than defeats censorship and control. Via the Internet of Things, our physical, off-line lives will be digitized, networked and surveilled.
Granick sees the transition from the dream to a bleak reality because of our own choices. “For better or for worse, we’ve prioritized things like security, online civility, user interface, and intellectual property interests above freedom and openness,” she said.
Granick highlights some key characteristics of our online world of 2015:
- Racism and sexism thrive in the digital world. And she points to the lack of diversity in the tech industry’s workforce as a major cause for this.
- Today, our ability to know, modify and trust the technology we use is limited by both the law and our capacity for understanding complex systems. We’ve just about lost our freedom to tinker with the technology we use on a daily basis.
- We’re in the Golden Age of Surveillance: Technology is generating more information about us than ever before, and will increasingly do so, making a map of everything we do, changing the balance of power between us, businesses and governments.
- The physical design and the business models that fund the communications networks we use have changed in ways that facilitate rather than defeat censorship and control. Broadband Internet providers want to build smart pipes that discriminate for quality of service, differential pricing, and other new business models. Hundreds of millions of people conduct their social interactions over just a few platforms like TenCent and Facebook.
Who’s to Blame
Looking for someone to blame for the state of the Internet, Granick looks in (our collective) mirror:
“Now when I say that the Internet is headed for corporate control, it may sound like I’m blaming corporations. When I say that the Internet is becoming more closed because governments are policing the network, it may sound like I’m blaming the police. I am. But I’m also blaming you. And me. Because the things that people want are helping drive increased centralization, regulation and globalization.”
- We post a Facebook update instead of blogging.
- We use Gmail instead of more private e-mail.
- We rely on Apple to vet our apps.
- We give those apps all the permissions they want.
Governments see the power of platforms and have proposed that social media companies alert federal authorities when they become aware of terrorist-related content on their sites. But you don’t have to have censorship laws if you can bring pressure to bear. People cheer when Google voluntarily delists so-called revenge porn, when YouTube deletes ISIS propaganda videos, when Twitter adopts tougher policies on hate speech. The end result is collateral censorship. By putting pressure on platforms and intermediaries, governments can indirectly control what we say and what we experience. What that means is that governments, or corporations, or the two working together increasingly decide what we can see. It’s not true that anyone can say anything and be heard anywhere. It’s more true that your breast feeding photos aren’t welcome and, increasingly, that your unorthodox opinions about radicalism will get you placed on a list.
Globalization means other governments are in the censorship mix. Each country wants to enforce its own laws and protect and police its citizens as it sees fit, and that means a different Internet experience for different countries or regions. In Europe, accurate information is being delisted from search engines, to make it harder or impossible to find.
“So much for talking to everyone everywhere in real time. So much for having everything on the Internet shelf.”
Granick draws on Tim Wu's The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires to note that it's not like we haven't seen this play before: “History shows a typical progression of information technologies, from somebody’s hobby to somebody’s industry; from jury-rigged contraption to slick production marvel; from a freely accessible channel to one strictly controlled by a single corporation or cartel — from open to closed system,” Wu wrote in 2011. “Eventually, innovators or regulators smash apart the closed system, and the cycle begins afresh,” Granick notes.
Both Wu and Granick ask, “Is the Internet subject to this cycle? Will it be centralized and corporately controlled? Will it be freely accessible, a closed system or something in between?”
Granick believes we’ve reached an inflection point. "If we change paths, it is still possible that the Dream of Internet Freedom can become true. But if we don’t, it won’t. The Internet will continue to evolve into a slick, stiff, controlled and closed thing." But, without a change in course, the Internet will end up being like TV.
How to Change the Course: Begin With the Tough Questions
If we are to preserve the Internet as a place for even edgy and disruptive speech, we need to change course. And, first, we need to ask some tough questions:
- What does it mean for companies to know everything about us, and for computer algorithms to make life and death decisions?
- Should we worry more about another terrorist attack in New York, or the ability of journalists and human rights workers around the world to keep working?
- How much free speech does a free society really need? Alternatively how much sovereignty should a nation give up to enable a truly global network to flourish?
- How can we stop being afraid and start being sensible about risk?
- Can technology now establish a balance of power between governments and the governed that would guard against social and political oppression?
- Given that decisions by private companies define individual rights and security, how can we act on that understanding in a way that protects the public interest and doesn’t squelch innovation?
- Whose responsibility is digital security?
- What is the future of the Dream of Internet Freedom?
What's At Stake
"The battleground of the future is that people in power want more security for themselves at the expense of others," Granick said. She hears "cybersecurity" as shorthand for military domination of the Internet, as General Michael Hayden, former NSA and CIA head, has said — ensuring U.S. access and denying access to our enemies. "Security for me, but not for thee. Does that sound like an open, free, robust, global Internet to you?" Granick asks. "I see governments and elites picking and choosing security haves and security have nots. In other words, security will be about those in power trying to get more power."
Granick says that what’s at stake is the well-being of vulnerable communities and minorities that need security most. What’s at stake is the very ability of citizens to petition the government. Of religious minorities to practice their faith without fear of reprisals. Of gay people to find someone to love. This state of affairs should worry anyone who is outside the mainstream, whether an individual, a political or religious group, or a start up without market power.
How to Change the Course: The Reforms We Need
Foreseeing a dark future, Granick already has ideas for how to keep her ideal of the Internet alive.
- We have to implement legal reforms to stop suspicion-less spying.
- We have to protect e-mail and our physical location from warrantless searches.
- We have to stop overriding the few privacy laws we have to gain a false sense of online security.
- We have to utterly reject secret surveillance laws, if only because secret law is an abomination in a democracy.
- Congress has to forgo the tough-on-cybercrime hand waving it engages in every year.
- We have to declare that users own and can modify the software we buy and download — despite software licenses and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
- We build in decentralization where possible. Strong end-to-end encryption can start to right the imbalance between tech, law and human rights.
- We decide that the government has no role in dictating communications technology design.
- We have to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
- We stop being so sensitive about speech and we let noxious bullshit air out.
The alternative, Granick offers, is that we let the ideal of a free and open Internet die. But, if the Dream of the Internet is dead, “we need to think about creating the technology for the next lifecycle of the revolution. In the next 20 years we need to get ready to smash the Internet apart and build something new and better.” | <urn:uuid:11c65aa7-27d5-4a05-82e8-781598de0ea2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.benton.org/blog/will-centralization-regulation-and-globalization-kill-internet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.931284 | 2,414 | 2.015625 | 2 |
A Reading from the Book of Ezekiel (37:1-14)
The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord.” So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude. Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’ Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act,” says the Lord.
Psalm (104:25-35, 37)
25 O Lord, how manifold are your works! *
in wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
26 Yonder is the great and wide sea
with its living things too many to number, *
creatures both small and great.
27 There move the ships,
and there is that Leviathan, *
which you have made for the sport of it.
28 All of them look to you *
to give them their food in due season.
29 You give it to them; they gather it; *
you open your hand, and they are filled with good things.
30 You hide your face, and they are terrified; *
you take away their breath,
and they die and return to their dust.
31 You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; *
and so you renew the face of the earth.
32 May the glory of the Lord endure for ever; *
may the Lord rejoice in all his works.
33 He looks at the earth and it trembles; *
he touches the mountains and they smoke.
34 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; *
I will praise my God while I have my being.
35 May these words of mine please him; *
I will rejoice in the Lord.
37 Bless the Lord, O my soul. *
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles (2:1-21)
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.” But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: ‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”
The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to John (15:26-27; 16:4b-15)
Jesus said to his disciples, “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. You also are to testify because you have been with me from the beginning. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned. I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.”
by the Rev. Michael Kreutzer
“Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones… Now hear the word of the Lord”: so begins the refrain to an African-American spiritual, written in the 1920s by James Weldon Johnson. At least for those of us who are of a “more mature age,” let’s call it, it’s hard to listen to today’s first reading without hearing also that tune. The song has often been sung in an almost light-hearted manner, but the reading from Ezekiel on which it is based is anything but light-hearted.
The context is what seemed to be the utter destruction of Judah, Jerusalem and its people. The nation lay in ruins; and, from hundreds of miles away where the prophet and the leading people lived in exile, Ezekiel paints a picture of an old battleground, strewn with corpses. His description reminds me of some of the Civil War photos by Matthew Brady: a landscape covered by the bodies of the dead, utterly devoid of life.
But then, from the middle of this scene of total death and destruction, God asks the key question: “Mortal, can these bones live?” That question almost seems to be a rhetorical one; for there is absolutely no reason for hope – no reason, other than the transcendent, creative power of God.
The composer of the psalm that we prayed today (Ps. 104:25-35, 37) knew of the life-giving breath, spirit, wind of God (they’re all the same word in Hebrew): “You send forth your spirit, and they are created, and so you renew the face of the earth.” He or she knew of the mighty wind of God that swept over the waters at the beginning of the first story of creation. Then there was the mighty wind that gathered up into a towering mass the waters of the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to escape certain death and to cross over into a new life, re-created by the one who had chosen and called them. And now God, the creator, was at work once again: gathering together the scattered, dry bones that had been Israel, reassembling them, covering them with sinews and flesh and skin, and breathing into them the divine breath, the divine spirit in a completely unexpected and completely awe-inspiring new work of creation. But then, that unexpectedness is completely in keeping with the very nature of hope. Reflecting St. Paul’s words, historian and theologian Gerald Sittser has observed, “Hope does not become truly hopeful until there is no reason for it.”
But God wasn’t finished yet. In fact, God was only beginning the work of re-creating all that is. In the story that we most closely associate with this feast of Pentecost, the story that we heard from the Acts of the Apostles, God’s life-giving breath, God’s spirit, is on the move once again. With the sound of a strong, driving wind – a sound that would have elicited in the first believers a sense that God’s great saving deeds of Creation, Exodus, and Return from Exile were happening again – with that powerful sound, the spirit of the living God was falling fresh on all that God had made. That life-giving spirit was once again gathering together the dry bones of God’s scattered people, raising them up and breathing new life into them.
William Willimon reflects on the scene this way (Acts, p. 30): “The new day dawns with the eruption of sounds from heaven and of a wind (2:2). Things are coming loose, breaking open. Can it be the same wind which on the very first morning of all mornings swept across the waters, the wind of creation (Gen. 1)? The wind is once again bringing something to life.”
Yet as marvelous and world-changing as that first Christian Pentecost was, it was only the beginning. For that same renewing breath of God, that life-giving spirit of God, that all-powerful wind of God, continues to blow through the world in all ages, raising up what seem to be the dry bones of every generation, transforming death and despair into new life and hope.
That Spirit of God, whose coming we celebrate today, is not just a presence that we feel inside ourselves, comforting and consoling us when necessary, strengthening us in our resolve when needed. That Spirit of God not only brings life. That Spirit of God is life: the life of all creation.
Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th century mystic, poet, dramatist, composer, doctor, and scientist – obviously a quite remarkable person! In writing about one of her mystical experiences, she speaks in the person of the Holy Spirit and offers this vision: “I am that living and fiery essence of the divine substance that flows in the beauty of the fields. I shine in the water; I burn in the sun and the moon and the stars. The mysterious force of the invisible world is mine. I sustain the breath of all living beings. I breathe in the grass and in the flowers; and when the waters flow like living things, it is I… I am the force that lies hidden in the winds; they take their source from me, as a man may move because he breathes; fire burns by my blast. All these live because I am in them and am their life. I am Wisdom. The blaring thunder of the Word by which all things were made is mine. I permeate all things that they may not die. I am life.”
It is that Spirit, who is life, whose coming and presence we celebrate today. And it is with confidence in that Spirit, working in the world at all times, that we have the assurance that, even in what seem to be the most hopeless situations, God can still bring new and unexpected and greater life. For that spirit of God, that wind of God, that breath of God that blew over the waters at the beginning of creation, that brought the Israelites out of Egypt, that breathed new life into the dry bones of Israel, and that brought forth the beginnings of God’s new creation on the first Christian Pentecost – that same Spirit/Wind/Breath continues to blow over all the world today, giving new and greater life to all that is
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COORDINATION VARIABILITY - FORCE RELATIONSHIPS DURING A TEMPO RUN
Keywords: dynamical systems, coordination, injury risk
AbstractAs people fatigue, impact force characteristics experienced during running are thought to increase and thus may place the individual at a greater risk for an overuse injury. It is still largely unknown as to how the vertical ground reaction forces may impact the intrasegmental coordination variability, a component in the production of movement which has been linked to adaptability and flexibility. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine how load characteristics interact with the coordinative variability during a tempo run at a self-selected pace. Fourteen individuals participated in the study and completed a 25 min run at a high level of exertion (RPE > 14). Results demonstrated that the impact characteristics did not change over time but that coordinative variability changed during he initial portion of the run. This suggests that the participants adapted their coordination variability to counteract the forces incurred during the run.
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[en] The thermal contact resistance (TCR) is one of the important components in the cryogenic systems. Especially, cryogenic measurement devices using a cryocooler can be affected by TCR because the systems have to consist of several metal components in contact with each other for heat transferring to the specimen without cryogen. Therefore, accurate measurement and understanding of TCR is necessary for the design of cryogenic measurement device using a cryocooler. The TCR occurs at the interface between metals and it can be affected by variable factors, such as roughness of metal surface, contact area and contact pressure. In this study, we designed TCR measurement system at various temperatures using a cryocooler as a heat sink and used steady state method to measure the TCR between metals. The copper is selected as a specimen in the experiment because it is widely used as a heat transfer medium in the cryogenic measurement devices. The TCR between Cu and Cu is measured for various temperatures and contact pressures. The effect of the interfacial materials on the TCR is also investigated.
[en] We have studied Hall effect for potassium (K)-doped BaFe2As2superconducting thin films by analyzing the relation between the longitudinal resistivity (ρxy) and the Hall resistivity (ρxy). The thin films used in this study were fabricated on AlO3 (000l) substrates by using an ex-situ pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique under a high-vacuum condition of ∼10-6 Torr. The samples showed the high superconducting transition temperatures (TC) of ∼40 K. The ρxx and ρxythe for K-doped BaFeAs2 thin films were measured by using a physical property measurement system (PPMS) with a temperature sweep (T-sweep) mode at an applied current density of 100 A/cm2 and at magnetic fields from 0 up to 9 T. We report the T-sweep results of the ρxx and the ρxy to investigate Hall scaling behavior on the basis of the relation of ρxy = A(ρxy)β. The ρxx values are 3.0 ± 0.2 in the c-axis-oriented K-doped BaFeAs2 thin films, whereas the thin films with various oriented-directions like a polycrystal showed slightly lower β than that of c-axis-oriented thin films. Interestingly, the β value is decreased with increasing magnetic fields.
[en] The influence of quenching temperature, heating atmosphere and annealing time on superconducting characteristics has been studied for LuBa2Cu3O7-z compound which has been recently synthesized in a nearly phase-pure form. Resistivity measurements for the as-prepared sample heated at 300 degrees C in oxygen and subsequently quenched into liquid nitrogen revealed that there is no significant change in Tc. On the other hand, Tc of the sample slightly increased when the sample was heated at 300 degrees C either in air or in N2 atmosphere. It was also found that Tc of the sample decreased when the annealing temperature in N2 atmosphere increased above 400 degrees C. The experimental results indicated that the as-prepared sample is under overdoped state. The enhanced superconducting transition observed in the samples after heating at 300 degrees C in air or N2 atmosphere was discussed in conjunction with a slight removal of oxygen and ordering of oxygen atoms in the as-prepared sample
[en] Rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) coated conductor (CC) tapes have already been commercialized but still possess some issues in terms of manufacturing cost, anisotropic in-field performance, Ic response to mechanical loads such as delamination, homogeneity of current transport property, and production length. Development on improving its performance properties to meet the needs in practical device applications is underway and simplification of the tapes architecture and manufacturing process are also being considered to enhance the performance-cost ratio. As compared to low temperature superconductors (LTS), high temperature superconductor (HTS) REBCO CC tapes provide a much wider range of operating temperature and a higher critical current density at 4.2 K making it more attractive in magnet and coil applications. The superior properties of the REBCO CC tapes under magnetic field have led to the development of superconducting magnets capable of producing field way above 23.5 T. In order to achieve its optimum performance, the electromechanical properties under different deformation modes and magnetic field should be evaluated for practical device design. This paper gives an overview of the effects of mechanical stress/strain on Ic in HTS CC tapes due to uniaxial tension, bending deformation, transverse load, and including the electrical performance of a CC tape joint which were performed by our group at ANU in the last decade.
[en] REBCO coated conductor (CC) tapes with superior mechanical and electromechanical properties are preferable in applications such as superconducting coils and magnets. The CC tapes should withstand factors that can affect their performance during fabrication and operation of its applications. In coil applications, CC tapes experience different mechanical constraints such as tensile or compressive stresses. Recently, the critical current (Ic) degradation of CC tapes used in coil applications due to delamination were already reported. Thermal cycling, coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch among constituent layers, screening current, etc. can induce excessive transverse tensile stresses that might lead to the degradation of Ic in the CC tapes. Also, CC tapes might be subjected to very high magnetic fields that induce strong Lorentz force which possibly affects its performance in coil applications. Hence, investigation on the delamination mechanism of the CC tapes is very important in coiling, cooling, operation and design of prospect applications. In this study, the electromechanical properties of REBCO CC tapes fabricated by reactive co-evaporation by deposition and reaction (RCE-DR) under transversely applied loading were investigated. Delamination strength of the CC tape was determined using the anvil test. The Ic degraded earlier under transverse tensile stress as compared to that under compressive one.
[en] Among Fe-based superconductors, potassium doped BaFe2As2 is favorable for applications because of its relatively high transition temperature and low anisotropy. To study the superconducting properties and the applicable aspects, high quality thin films of potassium doped BaFe2As2 should be fabricate. However, the high volatility of potassium makes it difficult to fabricate thin films of this compound. In this paper, we discuss the details of the experimental conditions used to fabricate Ba1-xKxFe2As2 films by ex situ PLD method. In the first set of samples, barium ratio in the target was controlled to make films with various potassium doping rate. However, in the second set of samples, the amount of potassium was controlled to find out optimal conditions for making high quality Ba1-xKxFe2As2 films
[en] Large wind turbine generators with high temperature superconductors (HTS) are in incessant development because of their advantages such as weight and volume reduction and the increased efficiency compared with conventional technologies. In addition, nowadays the wind turbine market is growing in a function of time, increasing the capacity and energy production of the wind farms installed and increasing the electrical power for the electrical generators installed. As a consequence, it is raising the wind power energy contribution for the global electricity demand. In this study, a forecast of wind energy development will be firstly emphasized, then it continue presenting a recent status of the technology development of large scale HTSG for wind power followed by an explanation of HTS wire trend, cryogenics cooling systems concept, HTS magnets field coil stability and other technological parts for optimization of HTS generator design-operating temperature, design topology, field coil shape and level cost of energy, as well. Finally, the most relevant projects and designs of HTS generators specifically for offshore wind power systems are also mentioned in this study
[en] Electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source is an essential component of heavy-ion accelerator. For a given design, the intensities of the highly charged ion beams extracted from the source can be increased by enlarging the physical volume of ECR zone. Several models for ECR ion source were and will be constructed depending on their operating conditions. In this paper three simulation models with 3, 4 and 6 solenoid system were built, but it's not considered anything else except the number of coils. Two groups of optimization analysis are presented, and the evolution strategy (ES) is adopted as an optimization tool which is a technique based on the ideas of mutation, adaptation and annealing. In this research, the volume of ECR zone was calculated approximately, and optimized designs for ECR solenoid magnet system were presented. Firstly it is better to make the volume of ECR zone large to increase the intensity of ion beam under the specific confinement field conditions. At the same time the total volume of superconducting solenoids must be decreased to save material. By considering the volume of ECR zone and the total length of solenoids in each model with different number of coils, the 6 solenoid system represented the highest coil performance. By the way, a certain case, ECR zone volume itself can be essential than the cost. So the maximum ECR zone volume for each solenoid magnet system was calculated respectively with the same size of the plasma chamber and the total magnet space. By comparing the volume of ECR zone, the 6 solenoid system can be also made with the maximum ECR zone volume
[en] In superconducting coil applications particularly in wet wound coils, coated conductor (CC) tapes are subjected to different type of stresses that could affect its electromechanical transport property. These include hoop stress acting along the length of the CC tape and the Lorentz force acting perpendicular to the CC tape’s surface. Since the latter is commonly associated with the delamination problem of multi-layered REBCO CC tapes, more understanding and attention on the delamination phenomena induced in the case of coil applications are needed. Difference on the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of each constituent layer of the CC tape, the bobbin, and the impregnating materials is the main causes of delamination in CC tapes when subjected to thermal and mechanical cycling. In the design of degradation-free superconducting coils, therefore, characterization of the delamination behaviors including mechanism and strength in the multi-layered REBCO CC tapes becomes a critical issue. Various trials to increase the delamination strength by improving interface characteristics at interlayers have been performed. In this study, in order to investigate the influences of laser cleaning and Ag annealing treated at the substrate side surface, transverse tensile tests were conducted under different sample configurations using 4.5mm x 8 mm upper anvil. The mechanical delamination strength of differently processed CC samples was examined at room temperature (RT). As a result, the Sample 1 with the additional laser cleaning and Ag annealing processes and the Sample 2 with additional Ag annealing process only showed higher mechanical delamination strength as compared to the Sample 3 without such additional treatments. Sample 3 showed quite different behavior when the loading direction is to the substrate side where the delamination strength much lower as compared to other cases
[en] The turn-to-turn contact resistance of 2G high temperature superconducting (HTS) coils with metal insulation (MI) is closely related to the stability of the coils, current charging rate and delay time. MI coils were fabricated using five kinds of metal tapes such as aluminum (Al) tape, brass tape, stainless steel (SS) tape, copper (Cu)-plated tape and one-sided Cu-plated SS tape. The turn-to-turn contact surface resistances of co-winding model coils using Al tape, brass tape, and SS tape were 342.6, 343.6 and 724.8 μΏ·cm2, respectively. The turn-to-turn contact resistance of the model coil using the one-sided Cu-plated SS tape was 248.8 μΏ·cm2, which was lower than that of Al and brass tape. Al or brass tape can be used to reduce contact resistance and improve the stability of the coil. Considering strength, SS tape is recommended. For strength and low contact resistance, SS tape with copper plating on one side can be used | <urn:uuid:92eb8a5c-ce95-4c02-bf4f-0bf7c3c6bca8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=journal:%22ISSN%201229-3008%22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.939216 | 2,635 | 1.84375 | 2 |
GOP Lawmakers Formally ‘Pledge’ To Repeal Health Law, And More
In their just-released campaign manifesto, "A Pledge to America," Republican lawmakers say repealing the health overhaul law would be among their goals if they retake Congress, The New York Times reports. Repeal comes alongside goals like the permanent extension of Bush tax cuts, spending caps, and the recouping of unspent money from President Obama's stimulus last year. "While the agenda is drafted broadly, offering bullet points of overarching objectives rather than detailed proposals - and any legislation championed by Republicans in the next Congress, of course, could be subject to a veto by President Obama - the document represents the most concrete presentation of Republican goals so far this year" (Herszenhorn, 9/22).
The Associated Press: The 21-page document "steers clear of specifics on important issues, such as how it will 'put government on a path to a balanced budget.' It omits altogether the question of how to address looming shortfalls in Social Security and Medicare, which account for a huge portion of the nation's soaring deficit, instead including a vague promise: 'We will make the decisions that are necessary to protect our entitlement programs,'" (Davis, 9/23).
Los Angeles Times: "Republicans promised to 'repeal and replace' the administration's signature legislative achievement, the healthcare law. Reintroducing past GOP proposals, they would allow consumers to purchase health insurance across state lines, expand personal health savings accounts, and prohibit government spending on abortion by permanently enacting the so-called Hyde Amendment." That's among the few nods toward social issues in a document that attempts to woo independent voters who are more motivated by economic policy (Memoli and Mascaro, 9/23).
CongressDaily: "But the pledge also acknowledges that the current healthcare law is not all bad: It borrows at least one proposal from the current law -- one that aims to overhaul one of the more nefarious insurance sector practices. The pledge calls for an end to the practice of rescissions, where health plans drop patients once they get sick, and would put an end to discrimination against individuals who have a pre-existing condition." Still, as Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., said, "The bill did not bend the cost curve at all. As a matter of fact, costs are going to continue to go up" (House, 9/23).
The Wall Street Journal: Meanwhile, "Democratic congressional leaders have already begun to critique these Republican plans." While the blueprint "would keep some popular elements from the health overhaul, such as making it illegal for insurers to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions and eliminating lifetime spending caps," Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., "head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said the GOP would target other popular provisions, such as one allowing children in their 20s to stay on their parents' insurance plans." Democrats also said provisions Republicans intend to keep would not be effective unless the other portions the GOP rejects are also in place (Bendavid and Langley, 9/23).
The Washington Post examined how the GOP plan would work "on paper" and "for real:" On paper, "Republicans would pass a repeal of the law through Congress, get it signed by the president (or override his veto), and then start trying to pass their own health-care ideas," which would probably insure fewer people than the Democratic plan. Real-life version: "Congress almost never repeals a law it has passed, and the GOP would need help from plenty of Democrats in overriding an Obama veto." It's more likely they'd end up working to block some health law funding (Bacon, 9/23).
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By Jeff Hou
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This series of articles represents the outcomes of a two-part webinar, titled Bottom-Up Resilience and hosted by APRU Plus in July 2020. Through a partnership between Pacific Rim Community Design Network and the APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub, the discussion brought together a group of activists, organizers, and researchers across the region to critically reflect on their ongoing work in supporting the local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learning from Civil Society and Civic Resilience
What exactly can we learn from these different types of civil society responses during the pandemic? What do these cases tell us about social and community resilience from the bottom up? What do they reveal about the longstanding disparities in society? What can we look forward to in terms of sustaining these networks and momentum?
Besides the disproportionate impacts on the mainstream society and the marginalized communities, the contrasting responses from the state and the civil society groups present another parallel across the different geographical contexts. In Manila, Tessa Maria Guazon found the state’s bureaucratic response to daily emergencies like food supply, mass testing for the virus, and the provision of public transport to be, as usual, delayed and inadequate. As a result, communities turned to self-help and mutual aid as a way to address urgent needs, a pattern also found elsewhere.
The experience in China offers a different scenario. In Wuhan, the local government did react relatively quickly but failed to account for the less privileged. Yang Bao and Shuyun Cao argued that “as the pandemic spread, the government’s one-size-fits-all directives could not respond to the detailed needs of all sectors of society.” It was in this context that the self-organized civil networks have emerged in response to the urgent needs of those who have not been helped.
In Tokyo, the support from the government in terms of temporary accommodation for the homeless was critical but short-lived. After seven days during the crisis, “people were back on the streets,” said Mago Yoshihira. She went to note, “we were worried about them and that was why we started free ‘food delivery’ to homeless people […] so we can visit them directly and conduct short interviews each time.” “Face-to-face conversation is best to feel empathy,” said Yoshihira. YUI Associates also began to accept people who had newly become homeless due to COVID-19 and assisted them in finding jobs, according to Yoshihira.
In other cases, the government response has been a source of longstanding challenges. In Hong Kong, Michelle Wong described the dilemmas faced by the homeless and social service organizations, “even before COVID-19, they stay in tunnels; they stay on the streets, or they stay in McDonald’s.” “They move around quite often, and the reason why they need to move is that the government would remove their stuff in the tunnel or park frequently,” said Wong. This has made the work of volunteers and social service organizations difficult because they cannot locate the homeless, build relationships, and provide support for them.
Trust and empathy
As a discussant on the first day of the webinar, Kian Goh of the University of California, Los Angeles highlighted the presence of place-based and historically informed local experiences as illustrated by the speakers. Goh noted that many community self-help and mutual aid practices “really have to be built on trust and empathy […] developed among close-knit circles.”
Indeed, local practices that built trust and empathy appeared to have played an important role in engendering community responses during the COVID-19 crisis.
In Manila, Tessa Maria Guazon pointed out the notion of Namamangketa as “a way of life” and “a manner of thriving” among the community members she worked with. Asked about how empathy was developed, Guazon noted that empathy among the women partners was built from shared experiences, particularly the struggles with local law enforcement and government. Working with the women partners through the SEANNET project, she learned that a way to live together was “to be with another, to feel the pain of another, to empathize with others.”
In the case of LuMo Road Rescue in Wuhan, Yang Bao found trust was already established and deeply rooted in the group, “making the rescue, their donation [drive], and mobilization of resources [go] quite smoothly.” Iderlina Mateo-Babiano also found community resilience to be underpinned by trust in the case of Life Cycles PH. She noted that many of the transactional activities, including the borrowing of bicycles, were based on trust and community spirit or Bayanihan. “There was no money involved; transactions were just purely made on trust and generosity within the community Facebook group,” said Mateo-Babiano.
Asked about how trust was developed for Life Cycles PH, Mateo-Babiano suggested that the transactions became a form of relationship building. Following the online transactions, “the group would go and meet up with people to exchange bicycles,” said Mateo-Babiano. The social media platform also allows the group to build trust by being transparent about their actions.
Reciprocity and Scalability
As place-based and locally-specific actions, Kian Goh wondered about the potential of looking across scales to include different community groups and different levels of government, and if these efforts are bound to one place and one community. In other words, are these civil society responses scalable?
In Singapore, Tan Beng Kiang found an untapped resource of people who are interested in helping: “I think there are a lot of people during the lockdown who were at home and they all want to do something [to help] but they can’t get out,” said Tan. Tapping into the potential of these individuals presents opportunities for scaling up.
In Manila, Tessa Maria Guazon found evidence of “a cycle of generative reciprocity” in the example of a chef who converted her restaurant kitchen into a community kitchen and came up with a set of guidelines for establishing community kitchens and for making them safe. A colleague from the university then translated the guidelines into Tagalog or Filipino so they can be widely circulated. “It keeps these efforts going. Some of us may fall out because of fatigue but I think others will be interested to help,” said Guazon.
In the case of Life Cycles PH, beyond facilitating the lending and borrowing of bikes, Mateo-Babiano found the group to have expanded their advocacy to create a culture of cycling, “a culture of just and sustainable mobility for everyone.” This includes pushing the government to build more bike lanes and cycling infrastructure to make cycling safe. She found that the conversation has moved from short-term emergency response to long-term needs for expanded infrastructure for more equitable and safer mobility.
In the migrant worker community in Hong Kong, Cecilia Chu and Marta Catalán Eraso came across additional actors that served to bridge multiple scales. For instance, they highlighted the role of banks in lending technical support to the workers as they might become future clients. “This suggests that self-help is not really entirely independent […] there is a kind of intricate relationship between institutional engagement and community self-help,” said Chu and Catalán Eraso.
Solidarity and collaboration
The answer to scalability perhaps already exists in the way that many of these groups and initiatives operate, through collaboration and acts of solidarity. In answering my own question about how organizations adapted to crises and how such adaptation can sustain in the long run, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano sees the sharing paradigm as key, particularly when “fueled by the ongoing advocacy and solidarity of like-minded individuals,” and “a common concern for social justice and human connection.”
Michelle Wong had a similar response, “as an organizer I always go back to solidarity as a solution.” For instance, the COVID-19 crisis has led ImpactHK to consider forming a network of homeless advocacy organizations in Hong Kong to address the problem effectively and to lobby the government. “At the end of the day, the government is the resourceful, powerful kind of machine that can do much more than a small organization like us,” said Wong.
Collaboration already played a critical role in the ongoing work of ImpactHK. During the crisis, the organization hosted around 200 homeless individuals by partnering with guest houses for travelers. In another instance, to learn about the issues facing the street cleaners and to better support them, Fixing Hong Kong organized a learning session for volunteers with the Hong Kong Cleaning Workers Union so they can “understand more about the difficulty that these street cleaners face,” said Bernard Lee.
In Singapore, during the crisis, some of the existing NGO groups have formed a coalition because their work is similar. Instead of everyone trying to replicate others’ activities, “they are combining,” said Tan Beng Kiang. According to Tan, the groups are also partnering with the government because during the crisis, “there are things you can’t do unless you get permission, such as entering the quarantined migrant worker dormitory.” As a result, “there’s now a partnership going on between the government and the NGO groups,” said Tan.
Spontaneous solidarity can also take place across borders. In Tokyo, where masks were in short supply during the COVID-19 outbreak between March and June of 2020, YUI Associates received donations of masks from regular customers of their tourist hotel in Sanya. According to Mago Yoshihira, more than 1,200 masks were sent from Shanghai and Hong Kong where the number of infections had declined at the time. YUI members brought these donated masks to rough sleepers and the homeless populations in Sanya as well as a terminal care facility for homeless individuals and a hospital.
In answering the question about how civil society responses can be sustained, Tessa Maria Guazon suggests that this can be supported through multi-nodal efforts: “When people work at various scales, if one group suffers fatigue, then another catches them.” Similarly, Masato Dohi, co-founder of ARCH, reflected on the voluntary effort of Tokyo Street Count: “[with] just a small group of two or three people, we can only count a small part of the city and small part of the homeless population, but with hundreds of people we can count the homeless people in Tokyo.” (Nao Kasai further notes that the robustness of the count is not the focus of the argument, but rather that societal inclusivity starts from “I recognize you” at the grassroots level. “Our Tokyo Street Count is an effort to scale up this ‘I’ to ‘we,’ so we can say ‘we recognize you all’ as a society,” said Kasai.)
Collaboration and solidarity are indeed keys to how responses of civil society, albeit often modest in scale and capacity, can have a greater collective impact during a crisis and in the long run. They enable groups to maintain autonomy and self-manage while working toward a common goal. By pooling together resources of different kinds, it creates efficiency and allows groups to adapt to changing needs and circumstances and scale-up.
Barriers to Civil Society Responses
With lockdowns and other extraordinary constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic, civil society responses have their share of challenges and difficulties as well.
In Tokyo, Nao Kasai noted that because of limited capacity, the work of ARCH on street homelessness had to shrink. “Many street support activities rely on volunteers, and service providers had to redesign or stop their activities without volunteers during the pandemic,” said Kasai. As a social enterprise, YUI Associates faced a financial challenge during the crisis. With almost no guests by April, they had to close one of the hotels to reduce costs even though the demand from the homeless population has increased, including people who require special care.
Other aspects of the widespread lockdown during COVID-19 posed additional difficulties. In Manila, residents from San Roque, an informal settlement in Manila’s northeast protested against the local government during the lockdown. They were dispersed and later arrested as they were deemed by the police to be defying the law against public gatherings. In Hong Kong, where there was already a ban on public gatherings issued by the government to rein in the civil unrest, volunteers handing food to the homeless in the park received warnings from the police because of the restrictions against public gatherings.
“I know that some of our homeless friends. They get tickets. They get warnings and tickets from the police,” said Michelle Wong. She suspected that the police were using the ban to “scare them off from the park.” “I think they make use of COVID to get what they want right now because of the protests and also for the homeless; they don’t want them,” said Wong. Faced with this challenge, volunteers of ImpactHK resorted to a flash mob tactic to continue serving food in the park next to their office.
Physical and mental fatigue came up as another important issue in the conversation. Tessa Maria Guazon described her experience in Manila, “after what we did for our women partners, I was totally just exhausted.” In her concluding thought on the first day of the webinar series, Shuyun Cao suggested, “we should not over-emphasize contribution or devotion to a great goal […] I think in that way individuals will be swallowed by those great goals.” Instead, she suggests attention to self-care and individual mental health, “then the empathy fatigue will not be that serious,” said Cao.
Besides fatigue, it is also important to critically reflect on other challenges facing mutual aid and self-help. Cecilia Chu argued, “all these self-help practices [by migrant workers] when we presented them seemed very positive and enlightening, but in Hong Kong, it’s been really not seen as part of the civic engagement in the eyes of most of the local residents.” Furthermore, she suggested that the community self-help was in fact a reflection of their marginalized position “that so far has not been really breached.”
Lastly, Shu-Mei Huang suggested that even with all the focus on the marginalized groups through civil society responses, some groups might still be left out. For instance, while we have better understood the struggles of the domestic workers, we still know rather little about factory workers and fishers, “migrant fishermen […] really can’t make it to public space over the weekend because they don’t have a weekend.”
Implications and Lessons for Planning and Design Practices
A key question on both days of the discussion concerns the implications and lessons of civic resilience for planning and design professionals, the main audience of the webinars. Iderlina Mateo-Babiano responded with a reflection on her training as a planner, “when I hear the stories […] I think that’s one of the learnings that as a planner we should take on.” “Sometimes we think that we know what are the lived experiences of those for whom we provide public spaces, but actually what we have thought of as the right solution, the right public space, may not really be the right one for the users,” said Mateo-Babiano.
For Tan Beng Kiang, a key lesson from the civil society responses was simply to act. She thinks that as designers or as educators, “we can encourage our students to act, even if they are locked down at home or with limited access to visit [a site], etc., what is it that they can do to help? What is it they can do within their community?” Indeed, the cases presented by the webinar speakers would not have been possible without the actions and initial responses. Whether there have been pre-existing networks or not, the most critical aspect of community self-help has been the will and ability to act.
While the focus of the urgent and immediate relief was critical, in the grand scheme of things, it’s also important to identify how civic resilience can be supported and cultivated on an everyday basis before and beyond the moment of crisis. As suggested by the role of pre-existing networks and organizations, it is important to engage these networks and organizations in the planning and design of neighborhoods, districts, cities, and regions, and ensure such engagement can help build capacity and strengthen relationships among the groups. Opportunities also need to be provided for those without formal affiliations.
As evident in the outcomes of the pandemic, social disparities have been an acute form of vulnerability that threatens not only the underserved and underprivileged but also the society at large. As these social and economic disparities are often reinforced by the built environment, planning and design professions, by and large, have been accomplices to a structure that produces and reproduces these inequalities. Addressing these disparities and closing the gaps requires the built environment professions to play a more self-critical role and reflect on longstanding assumptions and practices.
As we rebuild cities and communities to avoid future outbreaks of infectious diseases, we must ensure that the voices of the less privileged are not left out. As evident from the cases highlighted in the webinars, a seemingly insignificant change in the everyday environment and everyday life can have a significant impact on the vulnerable populations. Additionally, a well-intended policy or measure can have unintended consequences especially if the concerns of those who are not at the table are not accounted for. We must avoid the pitfalls that have plagued the rescue, relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts in the past that have deprived rather strengthened the communities in need.
Finally, as Kian Goh noted during the webinar, “mutual aid community self-help is not a cure-all.” There are structural issues that will require much more substantial effort and perseverance. But as the experiences highlighted through the webinar have indicated, seemingly robust structures can fail and when they do, civic resilience can play an important role in saving lives and supporting communities in need. Furthermore, changing and rebuilding the structures will also require the efforts of civil society in holding the state and institutions accountable. A deeper and more critical understanding of civic resilience is the first step toward the long-term safeguarding of cities and communities beyond the pandemic. | <urn:uuid:f4f6c117-72fd-4e12-a00c-d4ebdc458df8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://apru.org/news/civic-resilience-and-the-covid-19-crisis-part-2-of-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.968221 | 3,896 | 1.875 | 2 |
KOLKATA: The proposed Land Acquisition Bill by the government will make it difficult to acquire lands for large solar power
projects, leading industrialist Sanjiv Goenka
"With the new land acquisition bill, as proposed, its going to be difficult to get land or almost impossible," R P Sanjiv Goenka Group Chairman Sanjiv Goenka said here.
He was interacting with Young Indian (Yi), a association of young entrepreneurs under CII.
Goenka was speaking speaking about solar and wind power scenario.
He said unless the government intervened it would not be possible for individuals to acquire large tracts of land which is required for large solar projects.
India plans to quadruple its renewable
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Of this, 100 GW is to consist of solar energy
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We scramble out of bed, grab our coffees, hop onto trains, buses and honk our way through traffic just in time for the scrum master to give us the cue – inform the rest of the team what we’ve completed, what still needs to be done, and what obstacles lie ahead.
This is the morning stand up. A new workplace ritual and a major feature of the agile approach, born out of a need to manage products and projects in a way that fits our increasingly volatile and complex environment.
It began with the agile manifesto in 2001. Twelve principles laid out in multiple languages. Since then, agile has continued to evolve with the times. First, as a solution to run a single small team, then several teams, and now as a way to better manage whole projects and organisations.
And now the agile philosophy has spread to management teams beyond software to every sector imaginable from manufacturing and retail to human resources.
The agile gap
Numerous studies and surveys from consultant companies like Mckinsey have shown that there is a clear gap between aspiration and reality. In the Mckinsey Quarterly survey report of 2,500 business leaders, 75% of respondents cited agility as a top priority while less than 10% had actually completed an agility transformation. This gap has led firms to rush into agile without taking the time to acquire the right mindset or processes.
Agile is an approach to software development and management that delivers incremental upgrades. According to Farrar from Objective, doing this means “the customer receives value from each release rather than waiting for a long delivery lead time. Each release provides an opportunity to gather feedback which can alter the direction or requirements of further releases. This allows the agile team to focus on the most important features to satisfy the customer.”
McKim from ACG says, “agile encourages teams to be flexible and adapt to that change while maintaining a high level of transparency with stakeholders and the business”.
On the point of transparency, Zhou from OpenAgent adds, “The traditional (waterfall) method normally has a well-defined scope, so there is minimum stakeholder engagement during development”. Since Agile is so adaptive and requires sprints, it enables you to work closely with the stakeholders”.
What does it take to manage an agile project?
Everyone we spoke to agreed that the key to managing an agile project successfully starts with laying down solid foundations.
For Zhou, it’s about having a clear product vision as this will “assist in defining the schedule for delivering multiple features of the product”.
For the guys at Objective, it doesn’t matter what best practices you adopt if no one can understand it. Suorov says it’s more important that “every participant has a good understanding of the workflow and knows at any point in time what they need to do”.
Through Neville’s lens, it’s about having a clearly defined scope. “When the scope of work is vague, then the outcome is usually an express ticket to Mediocre-ville”, says Neville. His four ingredients to any project: “Be thorough. Be ambitious. Be precise. Always work with, and for, a purpose”.
There are many different approaches to Agile and Farrar believes it’s up to teams to experiment with processes and find what works for them. “Agile shouldn’t be restrictive or prescriptive, it can allow the team to self-manage, working in a way that best helps them deliver business value to the customer,” says Farrar.
The challenges of agile
For agile to be successful, Neville believes there needs to be full buy-in of the organisation to respect how the methodology functions. It needs routine planning and retrospectives, time to establish itself and commitment to team stand-ups.
McKim reminds us that agile is an approach, not a set of rules. The irony of the agile approach is that while it embraces flexibility, it’s easy for organisations to fall into the trap of following agile rituals dogmatically. McKim’s advice: “Treat agile practices as guidelines rather than rules and allow teams to adapt them for their unique requirements”.
Suorov likens a successful agile approach to a delicate balancing act between too much involvement and too little.
On the one hand, agile is often underestimated as Suorov explains: “Often when the business wants to work applying agile, it does not realise how much effort and involvement it needs to keep a project running smoothly. People think that if they just call the process ‘agile’, it will immediately bring them value without actually changing the approach”.
On the other hand, it can be easy for stakeholders to “change everything at any moment by increasing scope, shortening timelines, adding requirements, increasing team size or rebuilding architecture”. This poses another problem at the opposite end – “the project simply cannot keep up with all the changes and stall”.
What agile looks like in practice
According to Zhou, agile has allowed OpenAgent to “deliver products faster to the market and deliver tangible value to the business more frequently and efficiently”, according to Zhou.
His team implements 1-week sprints and Zhou believes “the fast delivery lifecycle surprisingly results in high-quality output because of the continuous rapid testing of the ‘backbone’. For example, “if there is an issue reported for a new feature deployed in the previous week, it gets immediately rectified and released in the current sprint. Therefore, on the completion of the agile project, the system has already gone through rigorous testing so that the end result is a quality piece of product”.
For Neville and Suorov, agile has opened up limitless opportunities for Objective:
Spikes allow them to explore new technology for bespoke features.
Retrospectives help them identify use-cases of existing features that they can export to the new technology.
Agile allows them to experiment with new tools without wasting too much effort.
The agile approach has and will continue to evolve. Issuing upgrades every three weeks was once considered great progress. Today, organisations are issuing multiple upgrades every day and continually assessing what it takes to implement agile successfully.
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This village, located in the Sierra Nevada National Park, has an important factor which distinguishes it from all the other Alpujarra villages: its altitude. This factor allows visitors to enjoy the majesty of the Sierra Nevada, and at the same time, get some great views of the Mediterranean Sea across the Valle de Órgiva. Soportújar has hosted the X Festival de Teatro de Aficionados de la Alpujarra for the past two years, and culture is an essential characteristic of this corner of Granada.
In the 16th century, after the expulsion of the Moors, Felipe II officially recognised Soportújar and repopulated it with families from the north of Spain, mainly Asturias and Galicia. According to legend, the village welcomed night-time witches’ meetings whilst witches watched, hidden in fog. For this reason, residents are known as brujo/as (wizards/witches).
Soportujar’s name means “place of arcades” (soportales), and upon walking its streets, visitors will see why. Due to the steep inclination of the land, which houses built on top of each other, passageways known as tinaos (typical of the Alpjuarras) were created. These support the houses above, forming a network of covered walkways through the village. Amongst the monuments in Soportújar, be sure to take a look at la Iglesia Parroquial Santa Maríá la Mayo, built over a mosque. The Oseling Buddhist temple, ideal for those in search of spiritual enlightenment, was inaugurated by the Dalai Lama himself.
Soportújar also has opportunities for the more adventurous, such as following the GR7 hiking route that connects Tarifa to Burgos. You can also take horse riding excursions or try hang-gliding and paragliding. Another interesting place to see is Dique 24, a 30-metre waterfall; a Civil War bunker; Era de los Aquelarres and Era de las Cruces viewpoints located in the old town: and the Casa Forestal aboretum in the Parque de Soportújar.
Hotels in and around Soportújar
Book Hotels in Soportújar
Crafts in the village are mainly based on carpentry; predominantly oak as Soportújar has one of the largest oak forests in the province.
This Alpujarra village is famous for its roscos fritos (donuts covered with sugar and cinnamon), a typical sweet made according to various recipes but always mouth-wateringly tasty!
The most important fiestas in the village take place in January, with Día de San Antón, which is celebrated with bonfires where sausages are roasted, and in August with Día de San Roque. The Feria del Embrujo takes place in the summer, with witch-themed music and processions.
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Master Your Portraits with Luminosity Masks in Photoshop
Learn the professional techniques to speed up your workflow and produce beautiful photographs in Photoshop
What you’ll learn
- All about RGB channels and the smart way they can be transformed into selections and masks
- The complete manual process of luminosity masks creation in Photoshop
- How to create with 1-click a full set of luminosity masks using Photoshop Actions
- Next-level image evaluation skills for an optimal editing process
- The best ways to use adjustment layers for true non-destructive editing
- Professional color grading techniques
- Time-saving keyboard shortcuts
- Ideally Photoshop CC, trial free version is more than enough
- No prior knowledge of Photoshop is necessary, I will explain all the techniques in a simple way
- We will work with high quality images provided as supplementary materials to help you move on even faster!
Photoshop opens the door to endless creative possibilities by empowering you to easily make multiple, selective adjustments using layers. Luminosity masks provide you with a greater level of control and the ability to quickly and efficiently perform advanced adjustments.This course teaches you how to approach your photo editing workflow in a comprehensive, non-destructive manner. You will benefit from expert insights and pro techniques that will elevate your work with lighting and color to a new level of mastery and impact.
Sharpen Your Skills
- Create Pixel-Perfect Masks
By the end of the course, you’ll confidently be able to create a full set of luminosity masks with the Photoshop Actions provided, or, if you prefer, create them manually.
- Make Dramatic & Seamless Luminosity Adjustments
Using luminosity masks to introduce evoking, elaborate lighting effects, you’ll be able to seamlessly add mood and depth to your images — for stunning results.
- Devise a Non-Destructive Workflow
Learn how to combine masks and adjustment layers to achieve your creative vision and maintain a high level of flexibility. Create in no time alternative versions of one photo, or revisit your artwork in the future to bring new ideas to life with a few strategic adjustments.
- Enjoy Powerful Color Grading
You have unique ideas about color — luminosity masks help bring your wildest concepts to life. With luminosity-based, pixel-perfect selections, you can try original color combinations and always achieve natural-looking results. Injecting a specific color into selected luminosity range has never been easier. Want to add to your shadows a hint of blue? With luminosity masks you can achieve this and much more in just in a few seconds.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for aspiring photographers who want to improve their photo editing skills
- This course is for anyone who is curious about professional Photoshop techniques behind successful images
- This course is for artists who want to introduce digital techniques into their creative process
- This course is for anyone who wants to develop artistic skills in fields of creative photo processing
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ML Aggarwal Class 7 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 10 Lines and Angles Ex 10.2
Identify each of the given pair of angles as alternate interior angles, co-interior angles or corresponding angles or none of these in the given figure:
(i) ∠2, ∠6
(ii) ∠1, ∠6
(iii) ∠3, ∠5
(iv) ∠2, ∠7
(v) ∠3, ∠6
(vi) ∠4, ∠8
State the property that is used in each of the following statements:
(i) If a || b, then ∠1 = ∠5.
(ii) If ∠4 = ∠6, then a || b.
(iii) If ∠4 + ∠5 = 180°, then a || b.
In each of the following figures, a pair of parallel lines is cut by a transversal. Find the value of x:
In the following figures, a pair of parallel lines are cut by a transversal. Find the value of x in each figure.
In the following figures (i) to (vi), a pair of parallel lines are cut by a transversal. Find the size of each lettered angle.
In the given diagram, lines AB, CD and EF are parallel. Calculate the values of x and y. Hence, find the reflex angle ECA.
In the given figure, l || m. Find the values of x, y and z.
Calculate the measure of each lettered angle in the following figure (parallel lines, segment or rays are denoted by thick matching arrows):
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Mild autumns and arid summers keep chrysanthemums on a different schedule here than in most other regions. They can get planted in spring to grow through summer and bloom through autumn; but because they can take a bit of work, they are more often planted while blooming in autumn. Although commonly grown as autumn annuals, they are perennials that can regenerate next spring, grow through summer, and bloom even better the following autumn.
Centuries of development in Japan have produced more varieties of chrysanthemums than can be documented. There are really some weird types grown for cut flowers or by hobbyists. Garden varieties are mostly limited to simpler flowers that do not need much thinning or staking. Color ranges through all sorts of hues and shades of yellow, orange, red, pink and bronze, as well as a few purplish colors, cream and white. Many have yellow centers. The aromatic foliage is alluring to some, but objectionable to others. | <urn:uuid:a1dea16a-849e-4235-94a3-5ea18d02f7ce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tonytomeo.com/2019/10/25/chrysanthemum-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.967883 | 201 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Modigliani, Nude Sitting on a Divan, 1917
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was an Italian painter best known for his elongated portraits of women. This piece exhibits some of those characteristics, certainly her neck is elongated and the proportions are not realistic, but that is not the most prominent aspect. To me this painting so emotional, depicting the depth in the woman's eyes, which pervades her whole body and adds to her physical beauty. With the warm red background and beautiful skin tone, the work creates a sense of deep feeling and connection between the subject and artist, and now a strong connection felt by the viewer. | <urn:uuid:e73dfe40-0918-4d89-888d-e92fd75a8685> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://davidsartoftheday.blogspot.com/2014/08/amedeo-modigliani-nude-sitting-on-divan.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963294 | 136 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Into Film: Filmmaking Feature
Into Film is a charity that puts film at the heart of the educational and personal development of children and young people, and engages with over half of UK schools. Alongside a programme of Into Film Clubs, special cinema screenings, educational resources and training to support classroom teaching, fostering a love of filmmaking is key to their mission. Filmmaking can be hugely beneficial to young people of any age because it actively encourages creativity, socialising and the development of their own unique perspective on the world, as well as raising general academic attainment and providing the basis for future career plans. More specifically, it helps them to develop their teamwork, time management and problem-solving abilities.
When it comes to filmmaking, Into Film provide the first stepping stones to introducing a wide-reaching and potentially invaluable subject into the classroom. Six Sessions: From Story to Screen for example is a programme of filmmaking guidance, targeted at both teachers and their students. It aims to simplify filmmaking, enhance the development of filmmaking skills and give a clear structure on how to make a film in half a school term. As the name suggests, there are six individual sessions, each based around a key question that are accessible to young people of all age ranges. Meanwhile, Into Film’s Mini Filmmaking Guides explain professional filmmaking techniques and provide tips for applying them. There are also practical tasks to help anyone hone their skills and further develop an understanding of filmmaking.
One of the main appeals of filmmaking these days is that almost all young people already have a film studio in their pocket, with smart phones and tablets containing the tools to film, edit and share their own moving images. App technology gives everyone the opportunity to be directors, animators and actors, and even green screen technology can cost less than £1 using a piece of green paper and a simple app. There has never been a greater sense that anyone can get involved in the filmmaking process, which is why tools such as Into Film’s iPad filmmaking guide can also be the perfect first step to showing young people the joy of creating their own stories on screen. The guide takes advantage of the fact that most young people will need little or no instruction on how to capture footage with an iPad but helps make that knowledge deeper and the results more cinematic.
Beyond filmmaking for filmmaking’s sake, the techniques involved in the process can also be utilised to bring core curriculum subjects to life and facilitate deeper learning. Into Film’s work in improving literacy across all age groups demonstrates this idea best, with resources such as Film Literacy Activities and – related to the above – Filmmaking and Film Literacy Apps proving extremely popular. As a result, 99% of Educators in a 2019 survey said that Into Film’s offer had improved their students’ literacy skills.
Of course, the easiest way of promoting filmmaking is by providing the opportunity and incentive to try it out through competitions. One of Into Film’s two annual flagship events (together with the Into Film Festival) is the Into Film Awards, which celebrates the best of young UK filmmaking talent across all ages and in both live action and animation short film. All nominees are then invited to a glitzy ceremony in London attended by some of the biggest names in the film industry, from Daniel Craig to Naomie Harris.
An eclectic array of other filmmaking opportunities are available including a Film of the Month competition that invites young people to make any type of film they want, in whatever genre, and can be entered at any time of the year. In May 2020, Into Film launched the Nature in Your Neighbourhood challenge as a response to the COVID-19 school closures and as part of an extensive home learning campaign supporting young people, educators, parents and carers teaching from home. Hundreds of short films from children as young as 7 - made on their smart phones, tablets and cameras - were sent in forming a true ‘time capsule’ of young people’s experience during lockdown. The winning film entry, and the recipient of an extensive filmmaking equipment prize, went to 9-year-old Ted from Yorkshire. Second place went to teenager, Orlaith from Sevenoaks who had been self-isolating for 12 weeks for health reasons and third place was awarded to teenage siblings Anna and Ben who made their film using clay stop-motion animation. Into Film then selected a further 7 runners-up places that showcased unique experiences set against a montage of lockdown imagery including the UK’s support for the NHS, the Black Lives Matter movement, not being able to see their grandparents, Zoom calls, less pollution, a deeper appreciation of family and taking life at a slower pace. You can watch a great compilation of all the Nature in Your Neighbourhood winners at the top of the article.
More recently in late January, Into Film launched the final films for Moving Minds 2; a project that explores mental wellbeing through filmmaking by pairing professional filmmakers with young people across educational institutions including mainstream secondary schools, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Pupil Referral Units (PRUs). The films explore a wide range of timely issues such as lockdown isolation, social anxiety and abuse, and can be a perfect vehicle for exploring these themes with other young people. With teachers and many other figures across society reporting the ever-increasing numbers of children and young people 'in mental health crisis' as a result of lockdown, it is crucial to engage with and actively promote youth mental wellbeing. Find out more about the project and watch the final films here: https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/moving-minds-2-films
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"Aerogels: The Materials Science of Empty Space" will be presented by LLNL scientist Alex Gash and Tracy teacher Ellen Rocco, on Nov. 14. This is the last of two sessions of the Lab's popular "Science on Saturday" lecture series presented in Tracy this year.
Aerogels are a class of materials with fascinating properties, but they are hardly materials at all as they can be composed of up to 99.8 percent empty space. They exhibit the lowest density, thermal conductivity, refractive index and sound velocity of any bulk solid. Aerogels are among the most versatile materials available for technical applications due to their wide variety of exceptional properties. This material has chemists, physicists, astronomers, and materials scientists utilizing its properties in myriad applications.
In this lecture you will learn about the structure, properties and advanced applications of aerogels. The presenters may even make some during the talk.
The lecture will start at 9:30 a.m. and will be presented at the Grand Theater, 715 Central Ave., Tracy.
"Science on Saturday" is a series of science lectures for middle and high school students. Each topic highlights cutting-edge science occurring at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The talks are presented by leading Lab science researchers supported by master high school science teachers.
Admission is free. Seating is on a first-come basis. Seats may not be reserved in advance. Seating is limited, so come early to ensure that you will find a seat.
For more information and directions, go to the Science on Saturday Website.
Livermore to host workshops on BART extension
The City of Livermore is hosting a series of workshops to discuss BART Station Area Planning. The workshops will feature presentations and opportunities to share ideas about the planning of potential BART stations in Livermore.
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Ever wondered about the Dead Sea Scrolls? What are they and who wrote them? Did they have any influence on the gospels? Do they have anything to say about Jesus Christ?
A fascinating new course is currently being offered at the Catholic Institute of Sydney on the Dead Sea Scrolls, led by lecturer in biblical studies and ancient languages, Dr Robert Tilley.
Dr Tilley told The Catholic Weekly that anyone who is serious about studying the New Testament, needs to have an understanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls which both pre-date and follow on from the time of Christ’s ministry.
He said the Scrolls give background to the gospels, providing insight into the religious, political and cosmological beliefs held by many Jewish people around the time of Christ.
“When we read the gospels and the epistles we find Jesus talking to real people in real situations, in real historical circumstances. That doesn’t mean you have to know everything about it but clearly it does help to know the context and back ground to what’s going on.”
“In St Paul’s writings for example, you can clearly see he’s having to engage with ideas similar to those in the Dead Sea Scrolls. St Paul is having to correct a lot of what people are thinking. They’re trying to put Jesus into categories that would fit more into the Dead Sea Scrolls than into who he was and what he did. That’s why it’s incredibly important.”
The Scrolls present a wonderful and strange world, and some of the texts are esoteric and apocalyptic, Dr Tilley said.
“There’s an accent on biblical characters like Enoch who ascends up through the heavens and goes into a cosmic temple and then descends back down. If you read John chapter 3, verse 13, Jesus says something a bit obscure. He says no has ascended to heaven except he who has descended, meaning himself. What Jesus is saying is no, it’s himself as God incarnate, descending.”
“You could sum it up this way: in the Dead Sea Scrolls man ascends to God. But in the gospel it’s the other way around—God descends to man. That’s a profound change.”
The Dead Sea Scrolls subject will be offered at CIS in Strathfield from 9 to 13 July.
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The Koi Medic Digital Salinity Tester is the ideal way to test the salinity levels in your Koi pond. This technically advanced device gives fast and accurate results every time. It is very easy to use, simply dip the sensor into the water and read the result.
Using the Salinity Tester each time you add salt to the water will ensure that the water levels have just the right level of salt. It’s important to ensure that the salinity levels are optimised to ensure good fish health and to eliminate parasites in the water.
The Tester uses 4 x 1.5v batteries and has over 150 hours of life. It conserves energy too, thanks to an automatic shut off after 15 minutes.
It is strongly advised that you do not add salt directly into the water in large amounts. This may burn the koi. Also check the salinity levels of the water regularly as it can be affected by wet or dry weather conditions.
Simple, easy to use sensor
Over 150 hours of continuous life
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The emotional, soothing effects of pets in the direction of their homeowners is well-documented. (We assume the consequences are vice-versa however my beagle is not talking yet). Studies have proven simply the act of petting an animal lowers one’s stress and calms the physique, so perhaps it is a medical necessity Fido joins the traveling squad from this time forward. Doctor’s orders. And if we love something, we at all times need it near. You most likely do not need far more a cause than that. Nevertheless, toting an animal in your house on wheels is not as easy as hoarding a supply of catnip and preserving their water bowl filled. No, identical to you, correct thought ought to be given to your animal’s atmosphere, acclimation process, and security earlier than departing on that maiden voyage. This is a number of strategies on learn how to make the transition.
Establish routine for opening doors. Pets running out of an open door and getting hit by a automobile, or wandering off and getting misplaced are probably 2 of essentially the most painful methods to lose a pet. Having everyone on board about what happens when the door to the outside is opened is a routine that must be established early with humans and animals. This may also help hold your pet secure and can help you enjoy a cheerful life collectively for a very long time.
Labradors had been bred for Life in a New World.
Tip#three: The vivarium of your frogs ought to contain cover spots and perches as well as substrates. Simple substrates can embody foam rubbers, moist paper towels and coconut husks. Abrasive reptile carpeting, gravel and small bark pieces must be avoided. You should use cork bark tubes, driftwood, vines and PVC pipe segments as perches contained in the cage.
2. Plaque build up comes from food that is stuck on your pet’s enamel. Once these particles harden they calcify and switch to gingivitis. The method repeats itself again and again till the gums are compromised. Besides an all-pure food regimen brushing your pet’s enamel daily will assist take away extra grime collected by way of out the day. You could find toothbrushes and toothpaste your native pet store or online. It’s also possible to use a moist terry washcloth and wipe the enamel clean. Don’t ever use toothpaste made for people. It could make your pet sick.
Learn About Caring & Feeding Your Lovebird Pet.
Adults and youngsters love hamsters. They are usually friendly, cute, huggable and energetic. Apart from that, they’ve unique and well-known eating and sleeping habits which make them extra engaging to individuals. They may be small however it could actually bring you lots of fun especially if you prepare them successfully. Just present their basic wants and comfort and all the things might be high-quality. They like to eat lettuce, carrots and cabbage. It is best to present them number of greens in a day to avoid diarrhea.
Does your finest good friend undergo from separation anxiety? Years ago my family had a dog that looked similar to the one from the movie Lassie. Our dog was a 12 months and a half and the poor woman was so emotionally hooked up to my 14 year old son that we couldn’t even go to the grocery retailer for longer than 10 minutes. As our ‘punishment’ we might stroll into a home that was completely demolished – she even jumped on the gasoline stove and almost pushed the burner on. It received to the point where we merely could not go anyplace as a household as a result of someone had to keep home with our pet.
Earlier than I devour your whole time on sermons, let’s proceed to 3 of one of the best animal selections that you would be able to try considering if you want to go for something exotic. First is the white lion. four – Men These folks may additionally provide you with enterprise. They can even offer you recommendations. All it takes is for you to make the right contact. | <urn:uuid:8ae7ca76-22bc-4ce3-a6ed-2f2864177512> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eccoshoesoutlet.us/instant-answers-to-pets-insurance-reviews-in-step-by-step-depth.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958621 | 862 | 1.875 | 2 |
The benefits of Tibetan singing bowls are described in a vast formation it helps to take a meditation and relaxation. The sound of Tibetan singing bowl is used by some holistic healers to patients and balancing chakras. The sound and vibration are created by rubbing a mallet around the rim that changes the frequency of the mind that filled with negative karma from the day. It reduces stress and anxiety significantly. It lowers anger and blood pressure. | <urn:uuid:f6cf2307-77f3-4bcd-9a04-83c15f88a077> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.handmadesingingbowl.com/blog?journal_blog_post_id=15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94948 | 86 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Rental yields are a good indicator of a property’s potential, but that’s about the extent of it, according to property investor and Real Estate Riches author Dolf de Roos.
He says that yields are “overrated”, and shouldn’t be seen as a guarantee of future growth by hopeful investors.
“Yield is a very simplistic measure,” he says. “Are we talking gross or net returns? Pre-tax or after tax? If it’s for residential real estate you have to take off insurances, rates and maintenance costs to arrive at the net yield.”
De Roos adds that more information is required about a property before an informed decision can be made about its prospects.
“The yield is a snapshot of how a property is performing at that instant in time and as such it is of limited value,” he says.
De Roos is also of the belief that returns on certain properties can often surprise investors, even if they promise high yield at the outset.
“Sometimes you think, ‘boy this looks pretty good, it’s got a good return’, but when you do thorough analysis you realise that it’s quite a lousy deal,” he says. “The rents might have seemed high relative to the purchase price, but it had expenses and it had low capital growth.”
Two of the most common mistakes investors make when scoping out a deal are not spending enough time analysing the property and letting emotion get in the way.
“They fall in love with the property rather than with the deal… They let their emotions get in the way. They say things like, ‘but it’s so cute, surely I’ll find a tenant for it?’ They have the wrong reasons for buying property.”
Property investor John Moore says investors should never underestimate the importance of building issues. These include the history of the developer, architect and builder, as well as the state of the market as a whole.
“Market reports, demographics, history of sales and rentals in the area, and migration and infrastructure information provide valuable information needed to assess the potential profitability of the investment,” Moore says.
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Shumai is a steamed or fried dumpling that originated in China. Known as siomai in the Philippines, siomay in Indonesia and shuumai in Japan, the fillings for shumai vary by region. In China, and especially in Cantonese cuisine, this little appetizer is a staple of many diets.
A type of dim sum, shumai is believed to have originated in the inner Mongolian region of China known as Hohhot. In its basic state, a wonton wrapper made from flour and water is filled with finely ground pork, onion, and ginger. The shumai dumpling is then folded into a purse shape, allowing the filling to peak through the top, and steamed or pan fried until cooked through.
In the Philippines, siomai is typically filled with any type of ground meat along with peas and carrots, and then fried to a golden brown. Immediately before serving, it is topped with a spicy garlic oil or soy sauce. While the siomai dumpling is commonly wrapped in a traditional wonton wrapper, different types of edible seaweed are also used, especially in higher-end restaurants.
Siomay, the Indonesia version of shumai, is usually filled with fish and a variety of vegetables. In most cases, the dumpling is steamed rather than pan fried and served with a peanut sauce. Tuna is the most common fish used to fill the siomay dumpling, although mackerel and shrimp are also popular. Siomay is nearly as prevalent in Indonesian cuisine as it is in Cantonese cuisine; this dumpling is served by both upscale restaurants and local street vendors.
Shumai can also be found in Japan, where it is refereed to as shuumai. Filled with pork and rice, it is seasoned with rice wine vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce. In Japan, shumai is not considered a finger food. In most cases, this steamed or fried dumpling is nearly two times larger than the Chinese, Philippine, or Indonesian versions.
In Cantonese cuisine, shumai is known as siumai. In this variant, the dumpling is filled with ground pork, minced shrimp, and black mushrooms. It is served for lunch and dinner and can be found in nearly every restaurant. Rather than a wonton wrapper, the skin is typically made from a mixture of wheat flour and lye water, with the liquid extracted after soaking wood ashes in water. Once cooked, the center of the dumpling is often decorated with a single pea, tiny bit of carrot, or a fish egg.
Variations of this food are found all over the world. As with many dishes, it has been adapted and altered to meet the cultural preferences of the region. Served as a snack, appetizer, or light lunch, this type of dim sum is considered a staple in many cuisines. | <urn:uuid:bbfe132d-8b7c-47bc-abed-363abbf9e8fc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.delightedcooking.com/what-is-shumai.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.968145 | 611 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Start-up visa in Estonia. How to get it?
The Republic of Estonia is a state that is located in Northern Europe. It is located on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. It has a border with Russia and Latvia, as well as a maritime border with Finland. The capital is Tallinn. The state is a member of the European Union.
In the capital, there are approximately 400,000 inhabitants, about 1/3 of the total population of Estonia. The second city, which is the largest in terms of population size - Tartu, the third - Narva.
Life in Estonia
The lowest salary in the country before taxes is 470 euros. Salary tax is one third of income. It goes on insurance, medical services. The average pension is 391 euros. However, the amount is affected by various factors - level of income before retirement, participation in programs.
Experience must be at least 15 years in the country, then a person can receive a pension. If it is not, the person receives a payment of approximately 160 euros. Its amount in Estonia is more than in other countries of the Baltic States - Latvia, Lithuania.
Estonian, Russian and English are common languages in the country. In most cases, Estonians speak two languages - Estonian and English. The Russian language is native to almost a third of the country's population. In the capital, these figures are greater. In the early 90's, the language was deprived of its official status, however, it is often used.
This state is considered the most electronic country in Europe. Since the beginning of the zero years, the Government of the country has guaranteed access to the Internet for residents. Almost everywhere there are access points. Since the end of the 1990s, the Cabinet of Ministers has been working on a paperless basis.
Residents of the country can use the services of e-Government. Only in individual cases, it is necessary to personally come to the department. The country is the first in Europe to create an electronic residence.
Getting a residence permit under the startup program for business founders
To get a start-up visa to Estonia, the applicant must meet certain parameters.
• Age not less than 18 years;
• Availability of a financial resource of at least of 130 euros per month;
• The presence of a new company, which is established in Estonia;
• Availability of a new product, idea or service that has a high development potential.
Getting a residence permit under the startup program is possible for the project founder and family members for a year, afterwards this term can be prolonged.
Employees of the company may require a start-up visa in Estonia, which is a working one. Its validity period is from three months to a year with the possibility of prolongation.
To obtain a residence permit for a startup program, the project must be verified in the Ministry of the Economy of the country. The cost of developing the necessary documents, which are mandatory for the procedure - three thousand euros.
IT-OFFSHORE provides services for applying to the Ministry of Economy of Estonia, subsequently the project will receive the status of a start-up. The receipt of the verification code entitles you to apply to the embassy of the country for a residence permit card. Applying to this company, you can find out about the cost of a start-up visa in Estonia.
To get started, the customer should collect some information:
• General information on the organization - the direction of activity, the size of capital, the development prospects for the next five years;
• Information about the team and the founder - full names, positions held, time of commencement of work, citizenship, etc .;
• Product data - the stage of readiness of the product or service being developed, the presence of competitors, the advantages of the product over the others, etc .;
• Information about finances - information on incomes and expenditures in accordance with the plan and in fact.
IT-OFFSHORE offers a service to develop the following documentation - a financial plan with the development of a business model, a pitch deck, which includes a presentation, a description of the product, its advantages over competitors.
The questionnaire of the company is being worked out - the viability of the start-up is determined and forecasts about its state when entering the market. The development period is on average from 14 to 21 days. It is considered from receipt of advance payment before approval of the project in the Ministry. The amount of the prepayment is 1,500 euros, the remaining amount is paid when the project is sent for consideration in the start-up committee. | <urn:uuid:1bbef007-9374-4345-a019-6e9550b69903> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://it-offshore.com/en/novosti/2018/startap-viza-v-estonii.-kak-ee-poluchit.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.948205 | 953 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Oral Presentation Session
Reviewed by: Society for Cultural Anthropology
Of interest to: Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Students, Those Involved in Mentoring Activities
Primary Theme: Ethics
Secondary Theme: Resilience
This panel explores various lived understandings of the notion of healing, regeneration and rebirth (Barker 1991; Guyer 2017). By focusing on the cases where life - in ideologically, politically, environmentally, economically, biomedically trying and exhausting times - seems to flourish against the odds, we reflect on hope, the good and imagination of futures. In contrast to the definition of regeneration in the natural sciences as an autogenous process based on organisms’ innate regenerative potentialities, many processes of social or ecological regeneration require the introduction of external elements (Vilaça 2010). These can stimulate a return to life after crisis or disaster. But as Henri-Georges Clouzot powerfully illustrates in the postwar film Retour à la vie (1949), the return to life can be traumatic, messy, and prone to failure, challenging the optimism of utopian visions of resurgence.
Conscious of the weight of the passage of time and its transformative capacities, the papers explore the moral and practical entanglements that processes of regeneration entail. These may include discussions of the tensions and contradictions produced by visions or projects for the future that aim to return to idealised past or previous states; the resonances of a life which returns against the odds; the role of ecological processes and the passage of time in soothing and healing social tensions; the ritual dimensions of catharsis, sacrifice, and the relationship between death and the regeneration of life (Jeffrey and Rotter 2016; Bloch and Parry 1982; Tsing 2015). In which settings or conditions can life begin anew or be revived? How do people living in times fraught with notions of crisis, precarity and violence view and practice 'better' and 'new' lives and selves? How do they think the notions of ‘care’, ‘trust’, ‘responsibility’ and ‘creativity’ on an individual and collective level? How do they imagine their future? How do they use their feelings and perceptions to order the present and to bring a more trusting and responsible future into being? What difference do contexts that are often simultaneously precarious, depressing and restrictive make to the psychology of creativity and risk taking? Participants are encouraged to offer insights into the ways in which contemporary demands of the present and visions of the future are valued, confronted, transformed, or transcended.
Barker, P. 1991. Regeneration. London: Viking
Bloch, M. and J. Parry 1982. Death and the regeneration of life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Clouzot, H-G. 1949. Le retour de Jean. In H-G. Clouzot, A. Cayatte, G. Lampin, J. Dréville (dir.) Le retour à la vie. Les films Marceau (Paris).
Guyer, J. 2017. Aftermaths and recuperations in anthropology. Hau 7 (1): 81–103.
Jeffrey, L. and R. Rotter 2016. ‘Sustenance, nourishment, and cultivation: plants as living cultural heritage for dispersed Chagossians in Mauritius, Seychelles, and the UK’. JRAI 22, 296-313
Tsing, A. 2015. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton: Princeton.
Vilaça, A. 2010. Strange Enemies: Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia. Durham: Duke. | <urn:uuid:e8ec7156-a2ed-4a11-abf0-694e62995a79> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eventscribe.net/2018/AAA/fsPopup.asp?efp=S0tXT0NRUUkzNTUw&PresentationID=435789&rnd=0.9826885&mode=sessionInfo | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.867281 | 782 | 2.25 | 2 |
Written by Lu Tzu Li and Chien Chun Li
Translated by H.B. Qin
Edited by Maggie Morgan
The Tzu Chi Education Campus’ Life Science Farm in Walnut, California is usually a quiet, serene setting where visitors can take in the beauty of nature. But on the morning of October 16, 2021, the farm was alive with the hustle and bustle of a charity market; joyous chatter filled the air and an abundance of gratitude moved like electricity from person to person.
The Tzu Chi Education Foundation volunteers organized the health-centric event. Our team educated those in attendance about the benefits of committing to a vegetarian lifestyle and how to incorporate more vegetables into their every day diets. The wellness theme did not stop there, as funds were raised to purchase vaccines for people in Taiwan. Students and parents came together with volunteers to create an environment of learning, love, and prosperity.
Volunteers introduced the fruits and vegetables on the farm to parents and students. Photo/ Yung Chung Tseng
Blue Tzu Chi tents popped up proudly around the farm, holding little pieces of edible treasure underneath them. Farm-fresh vegetables and fruits were waiting to be picked by a hungry, health-conscious customer. Huge white gourds, spongy luffa, plump plantains and buckets of juicy pomegranates offered themselves to visitors; these exotic and unordinary foods aren’t readily available on an average grocery store trip. Volunteers joined the plant party by donating home-grown succulents to sell. These quirky cacti are currently trending, and customers could not wait to bring home a spiky companion of their own.
The Life Science Farm has a special lineup for autumn’s harvest: a variety of vegetable seedlings. The collection includes chrysanthemum, Chinese cabbage, radish, and other unique greeneries. The farm produces fruit tree saplings from passion fruit, guava, and pomegranate. Farm shoppers can transplant their picks into their own garden, bringing a piece of the Life Science Farm into their homes. A lesson in mindfulness itself, careful cultivation will give aspiring green-thumbs the ability to harvest their very own vegetables and in a small way, grow closer to the forces of nature.
Compassion Through Conscious Consumption
True to the mission of “education that balances developing the mind and opening the heart”, our volunteers sought to teach guests about vegetarianism and its physical and spiritual benefits. In alignment with The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation’s quest to end suffering, vegetarianism allows those who practice it to eat delicious, wholesome food without harming another being. Connecting your mind to your body and your heart’s intentions to your habits is essential in establishing a balanced, enlightened lifestyle.
A growing number of people are making the conscious shift to vegetarianism, a lifestyle and more so a philosophy that Tzu Chi has consistently promoted over the years. The previous UN Climate Change Conferences have called for reducing the consumption of meat products and lowering carbon emissions through vegetarianism in order to better protect the planet.
“The United Nations has called for a vegetarian diet to protect the environment, and Tzu Chi provides a vegetarian meal once a day so that children can at least experience the lifestyle” said a parent Chun Chu Chang.
Our team also saw the event as an opportunity to increase awareness of Tzu Chi’s Bamboo Bank Initiative. Volunteers hand out Bamboo Banks to beneficiaries at several kinds of Tzu Chi distribution events. The banks are to be used the same way as a traditional piggy bank, except once it is filled the bank is returned to the foundation and the proceeds are given to another human being in need.
This program provides a direct way for those who have once suffered to one day offer the same solace that they received. “Paying it forward” is a lesson that can never be learned too early, and the sooner we can embody the human movement, the better.
Tiny Teachers, Large Lessons
Ten children from Tzu Chi DaAi Elementary School and DaAi Nursery School were the teachers of the day, informing those in attendance about the Bamboo Banks and how the simple act gives back in big ways. The students’ little faces lit up as they earnestly recommended vegetarian food and eagerly raised donations. Their tiny fingers gripped pens and paper as they handed over sign-up sheets to those listening to their lesson. The students helped encourage hundreds of customers to enthusiastically participate in the event.
The days’ final numbers were big and beautiful; 100 people claimed a total of 12,900 vegetarian meals. The teachers gave the credit to their students whose magic was unmistakable.
When you are taught to do the right thing, and understand the intention behind it, it is almost impossible not to excitedly spread that knowledge on to anyone who will listen.
Students eat at least one vegetarian meal a day at Tzu Chi schools where the food is prepared by volunteers. In many cases, the ingredients even come from the Walnut Farm.
Teachers empower children with the hard work of growing food and the rewards that come from it. An out-of-the-box lesson like this is part of the curriculum for extracurricular activities. Protecting the environment and eating vegetarian food have become fluid, natural parts of the lives of our students. They are instilled with an appreciation and wonder of what nature provides for us.
The students were beaming with pride as they watched people signing up, claiming vegetarian meals, and taking home bamboo banks. The life lessons they had grown to love were now growing inside the hearts of complete strangers, becoming important seeds of knowledge that they can plant, harvest, and pass on to the next person in need. | <urn:uuid:85fcdeca-d403-499a-9ad5-158d907f6eae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tzuchieducation.us/blog/students-teach-visitors-at-farmers-market | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.959544 | 1,188 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Yiddish is a remarkable language, and it is filled with idiomatic expressions and proverbs, such as a gezunter oreman, a dinst bie a rov ken oich paskenen shailos. Rabbi Cohen starts with the premise that Yiddish is a holy language and that its sayings are rooted in Tanach, the Talmud, and Midrash. In coffee table gift size complete hebrew sefer, he gives the Yiddish phrase, and then traces its sources.
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Isolated, feeble, indecisive: that is the lasting image of the president of the United States as his nation suffered the worst self-inflicted humiliation of its history.
In a polo shirt, a hippy bracelet on his left wrist and his right hand covering his mouth, the vacationing president looked every bit his 78 years as he sat alone at a vast table set for 18 absent advisers.
He stared at a distant screen showing American officials in eight locations conducting a video conference on the unfolding catastrophe in Afghanistan. None of the people on screen seemed to address him directly.
The commander-in-chief was an observer, not a leader.
Everything was wrong with the photo. Even the world clocks on the wall in front of Biden were inaccurate, having not been adjusted for Daylight Saving Time, a sloppy detail unbefitting a superpower.
This official White House image projected weakness at a dangerous time, when the eyes of the world are judging the extent of America’s decline.
What they saw was an old man on his own, his botched conceit in ruins at his feet. Only seven months in office, Biden had taken to inviting historians into the White House to coach him on how to pre-burnish his legacy. The Afghanistan timetable was tailor-made for the history books, a political set piece in which he would be lauded as the first president who ended the endless war on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
Instead, the Taliban’s Islamists will raise their flag at the $1 billion American embassy in Kabul on 9/11 and dance on American graves.
It took three days for the White House to blast out a photo that at least gave the appearance of presidential command.
It showed Biden in the Situation Room on Wednesday, a black mask dangling off his ear, as he sat at the head of a table, appearing to speak to his assembled military and national security team.
Vice President Kamala Harris sat to his right. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, alongside and opposite her, focused their eyes squarely on the boss, but Harris had her head turned slightly away from Biden and her gaze fixed down at the table. Two fingers of her left hand were pressed to her temple, blocking any peripheral view of the president.
It was the first time she had been seen in six days, and her body language spoke volumes. Failure is an orphan and Biden stinks of it.
After his speech, the president — who won an election in absentia from his Delaware basement — refused to answer questions shouted by the waiting press and went back to his Camp David vacation, leaving the rest of his administration to get on with the mess he had left them.
He seemed not to comprehend that when a presidential candidate hides in a basement, that might be smart politics, but when the president of the United States does it, that is a dereliction of duty.
Harris was not at his side, either, when he returned briefly to the White House from vacation Wednesday afternoon for a bizarre performance in front of a teleprompter in the East Room, intoning for 16 minutes about his favorite topic, COVID-19, and threatening governors who oppose mask mandates.
“We’re not going to sit by as governors try to block and intimidate educators protecting our children,” the president said.
This is a dishonest characterization of parental choice, as favored by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the main target of Biden’s ire.
But the main point is that the president did not say a word about Afghanistan, where he has just returned 6,500 troops to carry out the dangerous mission of rescuing thousands of Americans he left trapped behind enemy lines.
Then he turned on his heel and walked out, refusing to be held accountable by assembled journalists for any of his decisions. It was an extraordinarily cowardly display.
Perhaps his advisers felt that doing a prerecorded interview with trusted Democratic operative George Stephanopoulos for ABC News would be enough to keep the media satisfied.
But an excerpt of the interview released Wednesday did nothing to dispel the impression of a stubborn man, out of his depth, lacking in empathy and refusing to admit he was wrong to defy military advice.
“Was it a failure of intelligence, planning, execution or judgment?” asked Stephanopoulos.
“Look. I don’t think it was a failure,” replied Biden.
When Stephanopoulos asked about the heart-rending scenes at the Kabul airport, including Afghans falling from the sky from an American aircraft they had tried desperately to cling to, Biden interrupted testily: “That was four days ago, five days ago.”
No, it was Monday, two days before.
The interview excerpt went from bad to worse, with Biden’s voice growing more querulous, as if any criticism, even gently implied, was an outrage.
Stephanopoulos: “You don’t think it could have been handled better in any way? No mistakes?”
Biden: “No … the idea that somehow there’s a way to get out without chaos ensuing, I don’t know how that happens.”
Well, his generals and the intelligence agencies told him a better way. An orderly exit did not mean abandoning the secure Bagram Airfield with its two runways outside Kabul before every American and their trusted Afghan allies had a chance to get out.
This ongoing debacle will define Biden’s remaining time in office. But no one should be surprised by his incompetence or the self-aggrandizing fantasies and silly expectations he spun going in.
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At Marlborough, 100% of our athletic resources are devoted to girls.
With 33 teams for 12 different sports, that means that every student has the opportunity to train, compete, and contribute at a level that’s right for her.
Research shows that more than half of female executives were once student athletes, and at Marlborough, it’s easy to see why. In addition to the mental and physical health benefits, our student athletes develop a strong foundation of important life skills - including teamwork, leadership, and resilience - that will serve them well in college and career.
The education of a Marlborough student doesn’t stop when she leaves the classroom. Our student athletes – at all levels - learn the life lessons of teamwork, leadership, and resilience that both complement and reinforce their well-rounded academic experience.
With the completion of a $27 million athletics facility upgrade in 2016, students have access to an expanded Booth Field, the Caryll Mudd Sprague Aquatic Center, and the Kaplan Fitness Center in addition to tennis courts and Combs Gym. | <urn:uuid:cbecd366-1ce1-4e14-98db-957c410c1a3d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.marlborough.org/athletics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.962521 | 227 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Statement of Lorri Lee,
Regional Director Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Region
U.S. Department of the Interior
Before the Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water and Power
U.S. House of Representatives on Water Quality
along the Lower Colorado River Tucson, AZ
May 27, 2009
Chairwoman Napolitano and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear today to discuss the perspective of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) regarding the water quality of the lower Colorado River. I am Lorri Lee, Regional Director for the Lower Colorado Region. The Colorado River is the major water resource in the Southwestern United States. It supplies water vital to irrigated agriculture and provides drinking water to about 24 million people throughout the growing areas of southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico; fish and wildlife habitat; and water-based recreation for millions of people.
Reclamation, on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, manages the operation of the Colorado River in the capacity of Water Master to enable the holders of water entitlements to divert that water for beneficial uses. However, at the outset of this hearing, I wish to emphasize that Reclamation's statutory authorities do not include management or regulation of water quality issues other than the important – but limited – issue of salinity control and reduction.
Reclamation's Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program was authorized in 1974 by the Colorado River Salinity Control Act (Public Law 93-320). The success of the seven basin states and Reclamation in reducing salinity in the Colorado River has consistently allowed the United States to meet salinity requirements, including meeting the terms of our agreements with Mexico regarding delivery of Colorado River water to that country. Consistent with federal legislation, collaborative guidance for this program is provided through the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum, which includes representatives of the seven basin states.
House Report 108-212, which accompanied H.R. 2754, the Fiscal Year 2004 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill, directed Reclamation to assess local community concerns and provide current information on the quality of water and municipal wastewater discharge and treatment needs along the River. In response to this directive, Reclamation prepared a study entitled Wastewater Treatment Needs Along the Lower Colorado River, March 2007 (2007 Study). Given its statutory role and expertise, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency participated in both the preparation and review of the Study.
The 2007 Study included population projections to 2025 provided by the cities and towns along the River; the number of wastewater facilities needed based on those projections; and estimated costs of the facilities. The work was coordinated with the Colorado River Regional Sewer Coalition (CRRSCo), which includes member communities along the River. The CRRSCo previously completed a similar analysis in 1999, and the 2007 Study provided an update to that earlier work, including the following key points of information:
● Septic systems appear to be adversely impacting groundwater quality along the Colorado River.
● To meet Federal and state water discharge standards, communities along the Colorado River are being required to construct municipal wastewater systems.
● Total population of the 24 communities along the Colorado River is projected to increase from approximately 290,000 to 480,000 by 2025 according to State of Arizona projections.
● A total of over 1,400 miles of wastewater pipelines and 26 million gallons per day of wastewater treatment capacity may be needed.
● Construction cost estimates in the 2007 Study were provided by CRRSCo, and are not Federal cost estimates.
The 2007 Study was intended to provide useful information to the CRRSCo and its members. The projected capacities and cost estimates were presented for the sole purpose of providing a snapshot of potential needs of the communities. Reclamation did not endorse these cost estimates and cautioned against using them to assess the feasibility of wastewater projects.
The 2007 Study was not intended to be prescriptive to the individual communities, to be a substitute for site-specific wastewater management analyses, or to preempt or replace the appropriate roles, expertise, and judgments of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the state regulators which possess the primary authority, responsibility, and expertise in the area of wastewater management and treatment.
The presence of invasive mussels, specifically the quagga mussel, is an issue that has risen since the publication of the study. These mussels have become established in the Colorado River from Lake Mead downstream. They have attached themselves to water intake facilities and have demonstrated the ability to quickly spread and impact water infrastructure systems conveying lower Colorado River water. Reclamation has formed an information-sharing partnership with other water facility managers to gather and share data, and develop and apply the best technology available to deal with invasive mussels impacts on water infrastructure. Reclamation recently held a Western Invasive Mussel Management Workshop in Las Vegas, Nevada, to discuss ways to address the quagga and zebra mussel infestation in the Colorado River and other western water bodies. The workshop featured presentations addressing issues of prevention and monitoring, control and mitigation, research, and outreach and education.
Concerns have been expressed regarding the effect of invasive mussels on overall water quality, or the role water quality plays in their spread. At this point, no specific relationships have been demonstrated, although various theories and predictions have been proposed. Reclamation will continue to share information with other agencies to help develop a sound body of information on this issue.
At an April meeting with the CRRSCo and other Federal and non-Federal stakeholders, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Reclamation led multi-agency discusses on water quality issues on the Colorado River. EPA representatives advised the stakeholders that it is the primary Federal agency for water quality issues and that each state is responsible for regulating water quality within its boundaries. The parties at the meeting also discussed the value of forming a working group to collaborate on wastewater and water quality issues along the Colorado River.
Reclamation continues to work in cooperation with the members of CRRSCo and other entities to monitor the overall condition of the River, including water quality and associated ground water under our existing authorities. Our monitoring programs provide information specific to salinity control and general trend analysis relative to Reclamation's operational and planning needs. That information is freely shared with all interested parties.
Reclamation, within the bounds of its limited authority, stands ready to cooperate with EPA, state regulators, and others to protect the water quality of the lower Colorado River. I hope this information is of use to the Subcommittee, and I would welcome any questions. | <urn:uuid:3abff31c-d0a0-45e4-b67b-10cb36a7b20e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.doi.gov/ocl/hearings/111/LowerColoradoRiver_052709 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.944011 | 1,330 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Do you know when (and why) the Guinness Book was created?
As shown on their website:
The idea for the first Guinness Book of Records began in the early 1950s when Sir Hugh Beaver, Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, attended a shooting party in County Wexford.
While there, he and his hosts engaged in a heated argument about the fastest game bird in Europe, failing to find a definitive answer in any current reference book.
For over 60 years, those becoming the best, the "Officially Amazing" have been recorded in this publication.
The interesting thing to mention is that every printed version of the book is out of date as soon as it is released.
Because once a record has been publicly commemorated, it poses the unspoken challenge to the world to endeavor to beat it.
What was thought to be the fastest runner in the world - as recorded in the earliest version of the book is now the 2nd, or 5th, or 50th fastest today!
Just because something is becoming the best or the gold standard today, doesn't mean it will stay that way indefinitely.
If you are not yet at the top of your heap - this is your nudge to keep climbing as I do each week.
If you are at the top, this is your reminder not to get comfortable and discover new ways to beat your best.
Day, after day, after day.
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The live-action version of Batman hasn’t been something strange in pop culture, thanks to the tv show airing in 1966. But, how much has the character changed in more than 50 years?
Batman is one of the most recognizable superheroes in pop culture, starting with his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. He has been listed as one of the most iconic characters in popular culture, and among the greatest comic book superheroes and fictional characters ever created.
While Batman is sometimes paired with Superman, Wonder Woman, and others from the Justice League, his stories have so much potential that they have been made into movies, tv shows, videogames, toy lines, radio, even musical theatre.
You might find interesting: ‘The Batman’: Villains who would be exceptional candidates for the sequel
So, let’s talk about how Batman, in his live-action version, has changed through the years:
The Batman series (1966-1968), played by Adam West
This tv show (and a movie in 1966) portrays the character in a camp aesthetic, meaning that it could be appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value (like those “so bad it’s good” movies), but they camp things can also be described as “cheesy”.
This aesthetic was associated with Batman for years after the show ended, and comic creators worked hard to return the character to his darker roots in the decades that followed, culminating in The Dark Knight Returns (1986) by Frank Miller.
Nevertheless, this Batman holds a special place in every fan because references to this show have appeared in almost every Batman movie made after. With references appearing in media that is not related to the character, like the movie Ready Player One, and shows like The Simpsons, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Fairly OddParents.
While it might not be considered the best version of Batman, it’s the Batman that opened the doors to what we have now.
Batman (1989), played by Michael Keaton
This was a groundbreaking movie directed by Tim Burton, and starring Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, and Jack Palance.
The movie was successful critically and financially, making it the 5th highest-grossing film in history (at the time of its release).
It inspired Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995), paving the way for the DC Animated Universe. The film has also influenced Hollywood’s modern marketing and development techniques of the superhero film genre.
It created the “Batmania” pop-culture phenomenon and made Batman cool again.
Batman Forever (1995), played by Val Kilmer
This movie strayed away from the aesthetic of Tim Burton’s Batman, making it more colorful and over-the-top, especially with Jim Carey’s Ridley and Tommy Lee Jones’s Two-Face.
It received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success, becoming the 6th highest-grossing film worldwide in 1995. Nevertheless, this movie tends to be ignored currently, with many fans not even remembering that Val Kilmer was Batman.
Batman & Robin (1997), played by George Clooney
This film is regarded as the worst Batman movie and even getting spots as one of the worst movies ever made.
It has become infamous because of the neon design, the Batnipples, and just being a franchise-killing movie (after being considered a box office disappointment, Warner Bros. decided to cancel future Batman films, like Schumacher’s -the director of this movie and Batman Forever- Batman Unchained).
It’s not even considered by fans “so bad it’s good”, and it’s almost always skipped in rewatches of the films.
Batman Begins (2005), played by Christian Bale
The most iconic Batman for the modern audience. Christopher Nolan’s work makes it one of the best superhero movies of all time.
It rebooted the Batman film series, giving it a darker and more realistic tone compared to previous films (especially Schumacher’s job). The film wanted to create an emotional connection with the audience and the Batman and Bruce Wayne identities.
The film became the 9th highest-grossing film of 2005 and was followed by The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Creating The Dark Knight Trilogy, and the reason many DC fans say that DC movies are better than Marvel Films.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), played by Ben Affleck
Affleck is the only actor (so far) to not get his solo movie, and the possibilities of it happening are uncertain, maybe even impossible.
Nevertheless, his role is different from the other Batmans, with him being older and jaded because of all the deaths and destruction he has seen but being hopeful in humanity among the member of the Justice League.
He feels like Batman and Bruce are the same guys, and it really is a shame we couldn’t spend more time with him.
Gotham (2014-2019), played by David Mazouz
Wait, who? Well… yeah.
The show started following James Gordon in his early days at the Gotham City Police Department following the tragic deaths of Bruce’s parents and started telling the origin stories of some of the most infamous Batman villains.
During the fourth season, Bruce Wayne starts to fight crime as a masked vigilante, and in the fifth (and final) season it shows Bruce becoming Batman for the first time.
While not the most popular version of Batman (I didn’t even know the show had Batman in it until doing research for this article), it promises to give a good origin story, and a side of the character we haven’t seen before.
The Batman (2022), played by Robert Pattinson
This film, directed by Matt Reeves, is considered a reboot of the Batman film franchise (after the studio didn’t know what to do with Ben Affleck’s version).
You might find interesting: Robert Pattinson’s must watch films from ‘Twilight’ to ‘The Batman’
It tells the story of a young Batman, who has only been fighting crime for two years and is uncovering corruption while pursuing the Riddler, a serial killer who targets Gotham’s elite.
Perhaps you have already seen it, or perhaps you’re like me and haven’t been able to find the time. Either way, the memes for this movie and the use of Nirvana’s Something in the Way have been incredible.Podría interesarte | <urn:uuid:b22f91f9-9a09-45eb-983d-9664bcdc5036> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://culturacolectiva.com/movies/batman-changes-evolution-through-years/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957147 | 1,401 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Our school is a wonderful neighborhood elementary school with teachers and students who truly care about each other and are excited to try new and exciting things.
Our fifth graders love technology and researching topics they are interested in.
This group of 10 and 11-year-old students have gone above and beyond, connecting with history and reading on a deep level. Students come to school excited to learn each day and are full of curiosity and questions. I can't wait to provide them with more ways to access and share information.
My students will use the Chromebooks to research, reflect and design. Students are motivated, challenged and engaged by technology when covering information that typically was introduced by a text book. New standards require students compare information about a topic from various sources and the internet is a natural fit for this.
65 percent of today’s schoolchildren will eventually be employed in jobs that have yet to be created, according to the US Department of Labor report.
I am dedicated to preparing my fifth graders to take risks, think outside of the box and collaborate while learning. Student centered learning needs technology to help with differentiation and enrichment.
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The Institute of Indigenous Medicine (IIM) of Sri Lanka affiliated to the University of Colombo and it is located in the historic city of Sri Jayewardenepura at Rajagiriya. Established in the year 1929, to promote Indigenous systems of medicine and Ayurveda. The system of Indigenous Medicine can be traced to the ancient history of Sri Lanka dating back to pre-Christian era. The formal efforts of promoting this system of medicine by the state began ancient era, with establishment of the department of Ayurveda medicine and increase in emphasize and development efforts came in to being after 1956 change of government policies.
The mission of IIM is to revive and promote this indigenous system of medicine that has served the people well in the past to continue its crucial role in ensuring good health and health standards of the people through application of its medical practices and products. The avowed vision is promotion of healthy life style for people taking maximum advantage of available natural products, effectively and efficiently and preserving the natural environment to achieve these goals through a systematic research and development teaching and training of physicians using this system of medicine. The Unit par with the mission and vision of the IIM.
The IIM as a teaching and research Institute, operating its academic medical training in Sri Lanka, has found out through its regular interactions with students, practitioners and other stakeholders, the urgent need for directing its research and development (R&D) efforts, to develop natural pharmaceutical Indigenous and Ayurveda products, utilizing the existing local traditional knowledge, medical plants, minerals and animal products to meet the needs of increasing the market demand for this system of medicine. In order to address this issue through a well-coordinated research and development efforts, for clinical product development and its related commercialization of the natural products, the IIM established the “Research and Development of Natural Products Unit”. This Unit is housed at the IIM and function as affiliated unit under the Director of IIM and the team of Unit of DravyagunaVignana.
Aim of the Unit is to build strategic alliance of academics, relevant government Authority, the pharmaceutical industry firms and other interest groups to participate in research and development dialogue and evolve strategic development process for research development and commercialization of natural products. The anticipated strategic alliance for Unit can be based on public- private partnership (PPP) mode for conduction research and development (R & D) of relevant natural products and their commercialization. After identifying the specific areas of cooperation and integration in the anticipated R&D efforts and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) can be affected between IIM and interested private sector firms. It is the view of IIM, that all basic research and clinical product development efforts be concentrated at the newly established unit while the commercialization aspects, promotion, marketing of the product develop to be done jointly by the Unit and the private sector partner/s under an agreement together with funding formula according to the University of Colombo rules and regulations. All products developed at the unit will have a brand name with IIM, University of Colombo following the regulations of the University of Colombo business link (UBL). | <urn:uuid:82ff4c3d-84ba-4ce4-bb11-5f00cb2e3012> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://iim.cmb.ac.lk/urdnp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.952186 | 639 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Raisin’ Cain for the Selma Arts Center
Selma, California is a town of approximately 23,000 residents located southeast of Fresno. Selma started out as a railroad town and today is a bustling community proud of its dedication to the arts and its importance to area residents. The arts intersect at the Selma Arts Center.
The performing arts have been a part of the Selma’s fabric since the formation of the Raisin’ Cain Players in 1985. A former music school building at Selma’s Pioneer Village was re-imagined as the Unger Opera House and the first performance took place in March, 1986. Performances continued at this location for 10 years. In March, 1997, The Selma Cultural Arts Center and C.F. Unger opened in a former modernistic church. Raisin’ Cain produced plays at this location until November, 2010. After that, the stage went dark until September 14, 2013 when the new Selma Arts Center opened with the Raisin’ Cain Players’ production of The Sound of Music.
The City of Selma realized an investment in the arts would offer a way for the community to express itself. The new building is in the revitalized historical business district. The theater seats 264 and features a full production stage with the latest in green technology used in the stage lighting. The Selma Arts Center also features an art gallery, production offices, concession stand, and a full basement with storage, rehearsal space, dressing rooms, and a make up area.
The volunteers who make up the Selma Arts Council, along with the Selma Arts Foundation and the City of Selma are enriching the lives of area residents by bringing in a variety of arts programming, including visual art, music, dance, literature, lectures, and more.
Selma Recreation and Community Services offers a Performing Arts Program for Youth at the Selma Arts Center. Since its inception in 2000, the Cool Kid Players of Selma has been offering youth age 6 to 18 the chance to learn about the theatre arts. They produce three shows each year.
Selma Arts Center also offers vocal training and acting classes for children and adults. Group vocal lessons are available for beginning and intermediate students. Private lessons are available for advanced students. Youth interested in learning more about acting can do so through group lessons offered weekdays.
Raisin’ Cain Players presented Mary Poppins, a classic tale set in Victorian England, in January of 2015. If you look closely at the photograph below, you’ll see Recollections’ Anastasia!
Information and photos for this article were found at:
Ham, Lorie Lewis. “New Selma Arts Center Opens With Production of The Sound of Music.” Kings River Life Magazine RSS. 14 Sept. 2013. Web. 23 June 2015. <http://kingsriverlife.com/09/14/new-selma-arts-center-opens-with-production-of-the-sound-of-music/>.
“Selma Art Center.” Facebook. Web. 23 June 2015. <https://www.facebook.com/SelmaArtCenter/photos_stream>.
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This page contains key articles and documents concerning the DRC WASH Consortium. The DRC WASH Consortium was a 5-year £30 million GBP rural WASH programme led by Concern Worldwide and funded by DFID in DRC. The Consortium comprised of the following agencies: Action Contre le Faim (ACF); Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED); Catholic Relief Services (CRS); Concern Worldwide (as lead agency); and Solidarités International.
The DRC WASH Consortium was established in response to an opportunity to assist communities in the DRC to achieve sustainable improvements in their lives, thereby building resilience of communities faced with high morbidity and mortality due to problems linked to barriers of access to potable water, poor sanitation and improved hygiene. This was to be achieved through the following methodologies:
- Increasing coverage of sustainable and improved water, sanitation and hygiene practices;
- Promoting a common approach characterised by standardised WASH interventions across all agencies;
- Developing comprehensive, context specific solutions which address sustainability issues;
- Collaborating at micro, meso and macro levels - with communities, local governance structures, government institutions, public and private service providers to ensure sustainability, share knowledge, exchange information and learning and to advocate for change.
The theory of change underpinning the Consortium programme was that: By working with communities and local structures and linking these to Provincial and National stakeholders the DRC WASH consortium will increase sustainable coverage of WASH services in rural areas in the DRC, which will lead to improved health and productivity outcomes.
The DRC WASH Consortium had the following overall objectives:
Impact: Improved health and productivity through reduced morbidity and mortality resulting from water-related diseases in rural communities in the DRC.
Outcome: Sustainable and integrated environmental and household health and sanitation, which is adopted and managed by communities and integrated with local governance service provision institutions and strengthened locals partners and government.
These objectives were intended to be achieved through seven different outputs. The first five outputs focused on the benefits for communities while the final two were concerned with the Consortium’s wider influence on the WASH sector in DRC:
- Individuals demonstrate knowledge of the economic, social, health and environmental advantages of improved water, sanitation and hygiene for their communities at community and household level.
- Functioning governance institutions and service providers with increased capacity engage in WASH provision at the micro level.
- Representative, accountable and responsive Community Committees are established by community members.
- Communities have sustained and improved access to and availability of potable water
- Communities have improved and sustained access to sanitation facilities.
- Increased coordination, participation and planning at the macro, meso and micro levels between consortium members and governance structures, service providers and other stakeholders in the WASH sector.
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Apparently the infamous Giant Negroes of Jim Crow racism lore still walk among us!
Even if white and black men are the same heights and weights, people tend to perceive black men as taller, more muscular and heavier. So said a psychological survey, published Monday in the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, exploring stereotypes about perceptions of male bodies.
What’s more, the study found, nonblack participants believed black men to be more capable of physical harm than white men of the same size. The results also indicated that nonblack observers believed that police would be more justified to use force on these black men, even if they were unarmed, than white male counterparts.
“Unarmed black men are disproportionately more likely to be shot and killed by police, and often these killings are accompanied by explanations that cite the physical size of the person shot,” John Paul Wilson, an author of the study and a psychologist at New Jersey’s Montclair State University, said in a statement Monday.
The psychologists noted that, in the wake of police shootings, the physical size of those killed frequently becomes a focal point. Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed on a Cleveland playground in 2014 while holding a replica gun, was described as “menacing” after his death.
“He’s 5-feet-7, 191 pounds. He wasn’t that little kid you’re seeing in pictures. He’s a 12-year-old in an adult body,” Steve Loomis, president of Cleveland’s Police Patrolman’s Association, told Politico magazine in 2015. “Tamir Rice is in the wrong.”
And in 2012, after George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin, “images circulated depicting Martin as older and larger than he was,” the authors of the new study wrote. “In one notorious example, people widely shared a photograph of a man with facial tattoos in what was purported to be an up-to-date representation of Martin. In fact, it was a rap musician known as the Game who was in his 30s in the photograph.”
Wilson and his colleagues at the Miami University of Ohio and the University of Toronto conducted seven experiments, asking 950 online participants to gauge the physical and threatening characteristics of men, based on male faces and bodies.
In one of the studies, for instance, survey participants gauged men’s height and weights given only photographs of male faces. Of the 90 male faces, half of the men were black and the other half were white. The researchers used images of high school football quarterbacks being recruited to play college ball (therefore their height and weight data were publicly available to the scientists).
Those surveyed rated black men to be consistently larger — even though that was not, in reality, the case. Based on just the faces, they estimated that the black men were slightly taller (an average of 72 inches vs. 71 inches tall) and a bit heavier, at an average of 181 pounds for black men but 177 pounds for white men.
Another study asked participants to match the athlete’s faces to a series of illustrated bodies. These illustrations ranged from the depiction of a slender male body to a shredded physique, not unlike that of former NFL player, actor and deodorant pitchman Terry Crews. As in the cases of height and weight, participants rated black men as more muscular.
To gauge people’s perceptions of strength, the study authors created a pool of athlete profile photos from a group of black and white men who could bench-press the same weights, on average. Participants judged the black men (from “Not at all strong” to “Very strong”) as stronger.
“We found that these estimates were consistently biased,” Wilson said. “Participants judged the black men to be larger, stronger and more muscular than the white men, even though they were actually the same size.”
The psychologists asked participants to gauge the men’s capability of causing physical harm. The researchers also wanted to know, if the men in the photos were acting aggressively, whether participants thought police would be justified in using force while making an arrest. Black observers did not rate black men as more likely to cause harm.
But nonblack participants did. These participants also indicated that, if police were to use force to subdue the men, it was more likely to be justified in the cases where the men were black. That is, although black and white participants equally overestimated the strength of black men, only nonblack observers considered the black men to be more dangerous.
“Participants also believed that the black men were more capable of causing harm in a hypothetical altercation and, troublingly, that police would be more justified in using force to subdue them, even if the men were unarmed,” Wilson said. “Our research suggests that these descriptions may reflect stereotypes of black males that do not seem to comport with reality.”
The psychologists pointed out that limiting the photos to faces of football players — a sport that puts a premium on strong, large bodies — could skew the results, but they said they would expect similar trends in a broader sample pool of black and white faces.
The study authors also noted that these hypothetical scenarios and results do not necessarily translate into the real world.
“It would be valuable for future research to investigate whether the biases that we have observed here manifest in face-to-face interactions outside of the laboratory,” they wrote in the study. “Despite this limitation, we believe that the consistency of the effects that we have observed from multiple sets of face and body photographs is quite striking on its own.”
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Project delivery by: Rangelands NRM
Contact name: John Silver
Start date: March 2014
End date: March 2016
Site location: This is one of a number of sites for this project in the rangelands of WA. This site is located in the De Grey River delta, NE of Port Hedland
This project aims to test and promote new low-cost techniques for the management of grazing pressure in the rangelands. Current uneven grazing pressure leads to patch grazing – areas of overgrazing and low ground-cover mixed with under-grazing and high ground-cover within the same paddock. This project will apply nutritional shepherding to manage movement and grazing behavior within large paddocks. Nutritional shepherding provides nutritional rewards (eg licks, supplements) in a coordinated arrangement around the landscape. These rewards will be linked with sensory cues (eg remote audio signals and visual guides) to induce long-term behavioral change. The outcomes will be increased ground-cover and livestock productivity in the rangelands. | <urn:uuid:af4c8ebb-049d-40ee-b980-6efaeeb853a7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.agtrialsites.com/listing/nutritional-self-shepherding-2/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.874598 | 233 | 2.15625 | 2 |
10 Cooking Abilities Your Kids Should Know
Sprouting Cooks ages 3 by means of 13 will be taught basic culinary skills and use kitchen instruments just their dimension. You choose what makes our most Standard Cooking Games listing, so you’ll want to decide the most succulent video games that every one our followers can sample and revel in. It’s also possible to use bowls to set out ingredients that children can choose to add themselves – like salad toppings or dips. As kids grow old they get an increasing number of interested in meals and what higher technique to educate them than cooking with them within the consolation of your individual kitchen! Youngsters can set the table, clear the desk, fill the dishwasher, rinse dishes, recycle the scraps, wipe the counters, and so forth! Printable memory instruments to assist the children (and fogeys!) remember the necessary key phrases in each lesson.
From fruit salad to banana bread, we have got plenty of simple and scrumptious recipes which are perfect for cooking together with your baby aged between 7-11 years. Youngsters will just like the tiny measurement, and it would make for a healthier afternoon snack than a full-sized muffin.
I give you my phrase that in the Kids Prepare dinner Real Meals eCourse, we take every precaution to do it proper the primary time, to keep children’ fingers away from sharp blades, and to have a cautious worry of the stove and oven — so that the kids can perform duties that look harmful to adults with full confidence.
Instead, you may measure them individually and put them in small bowls, like they do on TELEVISION cooking exhibits. Two abilities on the Superior Degree (cooking eggs and a white sauce) would additionally want replacements or adaptations (a dairy-free white sauce for instance). If someone in your family can’t or will not eat an ingredient we use in the demonstrated recipe, it is easy to swap it out for an additional recipe and nonetheless apply the same cooking ability. It’s harder and time consuming to let your children aid you within the kitchen. | <urn:uuid:9878c5ef-8e71-42ae-a317-2d15d2576d5a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tysklandguide.com/10-cooking-abilities-your-kids-should-know.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.93904 | 429 | 2.125 | 2 |
Matriarchy & Patriarchy
'And, no, it isn't good when you destroy patriarchy. Why? G.K. Chesterton put it best when he wrote, "What is called matriarchy is simply moral anarchy, in which the mother alone remains fixed because all the fathers are fugitive and irresponsible." If you want matriarchy, just go into the black community. Women rule the roost there, but they reign in a hell born of degraded morals and family breakdown. There has never been a successful matriarchy -- the notion of a matriarchal prehistory is a myth -- and there never will be.
This is why, ultimately, the feminist model is destined for the dustbin of history. The only system that ensures the perpetuation of civilization (replacement-level birth rates) is patriarchy; the only system that compels women and men to fulfill their responsibilities to hearth and home is patriarchy. And this is why, barring the end of man or a dystopian future in which children are lab-created assembly-line style to be the collective's drones, patriarchy is inevitable.
There is no substitute for tradition. The Soviets learned this the hard way, for after undermining the family, sex roles, and religion, mass murderer Joseph Stalin actually outlawed abortion in a vain attempt to combat a bottomed-out birth rate. But today Russia's population is still declining by 700,000 per year -- the wages of their statist sin.
When a people would be invaded or conquered years ago, the men and boys above a certain age would sometimes be killed. Emasculate a society, and it's no longer a force to be reckoned with. But we have emasculated ourselves, killing off manhood by neutering men emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. This won't end well, but for sure it will end. Because the feminist band can play on, but the rising water will soon drown out their music -- for good.'
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Stock buying and selling is one of the couple of firms in which you can double your cash, lose funds or operate into colossal debts with a trading decision. www.daytradefeed.com/kevin-jones-day-trading-interview/ Every single inventory trader loses money on some trades, but the fact that sets effective inventory traders aside is that they have far more successful trades than getting rid of trades.
This piece seeks to discover five policies that effective inventory traders have consistently utilised to increase their chances of being on the profitable side of the industry. I are not able to guarantee that pursuing these rules will make sure 100% profitability when you trade stocks however, these rules will make it simpler for you to optimize earnings when you are in the right trade and they’ll support you minimize your losses when you are in a mistaken trade.
#1: Commit in Your Training
The 1st rule and most likely the most critical rule for lucrative stock trading is that you Need to spend in your education and learning. I’m not asking you to go back again to school or get further skills, but no one can regularly trade stocks profitably with out a useful knowing of how the inventory marketplace functions.
When investing in your schooling, you must attempt to comprehend the key elements that go the marketplaces due to the fact the stock industry is much more dynamic than static. You must recognize different investing methods and operate with a strategy that matches your danger-having quotient and your knowledge.
#two: Develop an Entry, Escape, and Exit Technique
You have to be cold and calculating if you want to trade shares profitably. You must make a decision on the cost at which you’ll be interested in purchasing the stock and how much of the inventory you are going to get for every time (Entry). You’ll also determine on how a lot earnings you want to make and the price tag at which you are going to market the inventory if all goes properly (Exit). You should also determine on how significantly losses you are well prepared to get if the trade goes contrary to your expectation (Escape).
You should arrive with a investing program and you must be disciplined adequate to stick to your strategy. You must also stay away from turning into an accidental trader. Accidental traders get shares with a trading goal in mind however, they may possibly drop in adore with the inventory if it has a winning streak or they may well start experience pity for the company if it has a losing streak therefore, they normally maintain on to shares lengthier than necessary.
#3: Master the Two Sides of the Coin
About ninety% of folks who enter the stock marketplace usually occur with the state of mind of buying shares at lower prices and selling them at substantial costs. That’s why, you will most most likely be chasing highs by acquiring shares in the hopes that their share costs will increase.
Nevertheless, the reality remains that the most bullish inventory in the market place cannot constantly maintain a growing streak without the occasional dip, pullback or even a correction. In simple fact, stocks that are rising may well fall as considerably as sixty% of latest gains just before they commence yet another ascent. Consequently, you must not be concerned to quick stocks when they are clearly moving into a shedding streak.
#4: Trade Only when You Very clear
All shares offer worthwhile details with the get and market alerts in their complex indicators. Nonetheless, the most straightforward and most likely most critical acquire/sell sign is the key resistant/support stage. You must know how to identify the essential assist and resistant amounts in purchase to trade stocks for profits when they are likely upwards, downwards, or even sideways.
Productive traders go lengthy when a inventory triggers a breakout over a crucial resistance level, they brief stocks on a breakdown beneath a crucial assistance degree, and they trade stock alternatives when stocks are heading sideways. If you can not study the get/offer signal evidently, it will not harm to sit on the funds for a day or two while the choppiness in the stock clears absent.
#five: Don’t Get/Offer Dependent on Hype
As significantly as I dislike to be the proverbial wet blanket, I have to tell you that a lot more than 50 percent of the ideas, information, and professional tips that you may read through on the Net or see on the Tv about that one particular stock you have to purchase these days are practically nothing a lot more than hype.
Nothing at all beats carrying out your thanks diligence as explained in rule number one and coming into the trade only right after a cautious thought of rule number two.
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Hope you are surviving the long haul until Thanksgiving Break. In my district, we do parent-teacher conferences the Tuesday before Turkey day. So on one hand you are excited for those much deserved days off. On the other, it is stressful to think about all the work that goes into prepping for and holding 20+ conferences in one day. If you are looking for some activities to get you through, here are my 4 favorite Thanksgiving Themed Freebies!
Thanksgiving Dinner Shopping
BUT kids do enjoy it! Even if it is just for pretend. This shopping for Thanksgiving activity by Blair Peterson gets everyone hungry and practicing real world math so it is a win win! Students have a budget for shopping and get to choose what to buy. Then they must add it all up and make sure they didn’t go over. It is always so funny to see what they buy. You always have the one who doesn’t get any turkey-ha! #nomeatthanksgiving #nothankyou
One thing my team does to stay sane is Thanksgiving rotations. We each (5 of us) pick an activity to prep then rotate our classes which usually takes the whole day. I pretend I teach middle school and do the same thing 5 times throughout the day! It’s fantastic and the kids love it. Last year I did this roll-a-turkey by Cori Bloom which you can find for free here—> Roll A Turkey
Thanksgiving Break Reflection
Well I hope you found something you can use! I’d love for you to share your favorite pre or post Thanksgiving activity!
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Business development in a clinical stage vaccine company is constantly changing, intellectually challenging and meaningful job that pushes developments in society.
Caspar Foghsgaard is Director of Business Development at the Norwegian vaccine platform company Vaccibody. The company mainly focuses on cancer, but the platform is broadly applicable and the vaccine has shown a favorable safety profile. It may be also be applied outside cancer e.g., in the infectious diseases area. Their clinical programs is a personalized neoantigen vaccine, where they are running a phase I/IIa basket trial for five indications, and a phase II study with their off-the-shelf cancer vaccine directed against HPV16-related advanced or recurrent cervical cancer.
“We are a small company. My tasks span from creating opportunities for licensing and collaborations to strategy sessions and many other diverse tasks, right from arranging key opinion leader meetings to negotiating lease agreements, to writing press releases,” he says.
Connecting the dots
Caspar Foghsgaard’s days at the company are very varied and they often depend on input from his colleagues. “I just try to connect the dots. It still fascinates me how specialized the industry is across the value chain. Very few days are the same, but obviously there are periods and routines that repeat themselves.”
He and his colleagues have just come back from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, which takes place in January every year, and he says it is a great place to meet potential industry partners and investors.
“So, a lot of variation, change and most importantly – fun.”
“It requires quite a bit of planning and preparation – and follow-up and catching up on the things that you did not have time to do whilst traveling. In parallel, the organization is growing, so we are moving offices. As we get closer to the end of the month it is time to do the monthly report for the Board. So, a lot of variation, change and most importantly – fun.”
A great combination of skills
Working in business development in the field of life sciences, Caspar has the right kind of combination of degrees. He holds an MSc in Management from the University of Surrey and a BSc (Honours) in Chemistry with Biological Chemistry from the University of St Andrews.
“Today, it appears to be more common and I think PhDs now set applicants apart.”
“Both science and business have always interested me, so for me it was an easy motivation to do both. When I was to apply for my first job, I believe that was also what differentiated me. Today, it appears to be more common and I think PhDs now set applicants apart,” he advises.
He was attracted to the pharma industry early on. The companies impressed him, and he says he was attracted to companies such as Novo Nordisk and Lundbeck.
“It is an international industry with ambitious people who want to make a difference. It is knowledge-based and therefore intellectually challenging, and obviously, potentially improving the lives of patients is a very meaningful job purpose,” he says.
Business development has satisfied both his interests in science and business, but it has also fed his appetite for the new and innovative, he says. “I am a curious person, always eager to learn more.”
Business is people business
Foghsgaard’s professional experience before going to Vaccibody in 2018 spans from business and development and strategy at Novozymes to being an independent consultant for biotech companies. His experience includes diverse transactions within business development, fundraising and mergers and acquisitions.
“In Novozymes we focused a lot on open innovation and MTOR (market, technology, organization and resource) analysis, and how the organizational and resource parts are some of the most critical factors in order to succeed with a project,” he says.
“Business is people business – it starts and ends with people to make things happen.”
He adds that here the importance of stakeholder management also comes to play. “Working with small companies, it is interesting how the individual becomes even more important in creating success. Business is people business – it starts and ends with people to make things happen.”
Many potential avenues
Vaccibody is in a very exciting phase right now, having recently shown that a neoepitope cancer vaccine has the ability to actually shrink tumors. Caspar agrees, and says they have gained a lot of momentum since they published their first and very promising clinical data. Vaccibody is the first company to demonstrate tumor shrinkage, and not just extended progression free survival, with a neoantigen cancer vaccine.
“The trial is a phase I/IIa basket trial, so we are still building data points that will enable us to go into the next phase and ultimately help us design the right trials so that we can get to the patient in the most optimal manner,” he says.
Their ambitions have only increased with the positive data, and he continues, “We hope to position the Vaccibody platform in as many indications and settings as possible. The safety profile is very good, which also opens up for many potential avenues. In any case, we need to analyze and plan so that we make the right decisions and do things in the right order – this is biotech, a success does not happen overnight but rather over a decade.”
Furthermore, Vaccibody has VB10.16, where the first patient will be dosed in a cervical cancer trial in combination with Roche’s atezolizumab during 2020.
“Personally, I also think the microbiome space is fascinating, and it appears we have some good players in the Nordics.”
Overall, Caspar says he thinks that the immunotherapy field is moving at a tremendous pace, whether it be checkpoint inhibitors, CAR-Ts, CR-NKs or TCR therapies. “There is still so much we don’t understand about the tumor microenvironment and the overall immune system. A lot of risks and opportunities to be pursued. I also keep looking to the developments in Next Generation Sequencing and how lowering the cost of sequencing has helped enable the space. Personally, I also think the microbiome space is fascinating, and it appears we have some good players in the Nordics.”
Celebrate every little win
The best part of the job is how science and technology can improve the lives of patients – and push developments in society, states Foghsgaard. “Working with great people and science, and with an innovative product is very motivating. Then, once you succeed after literally a marathon of partnering attempts; or get that positive read-out – that is the best,” he says.
It is a team effort, he continues, “Sharing that success is very rewarding – and then it is important to celebrate every little win.”
“And capital demand is high, so let’s face it – if you are not first or best in class, then forget about it.”
The most challenging part of his job he says is getting in front of potential partners or investors at the early stages with only little or no data, be it immune responses or clinical data. “That is where tenure and a network in the business development circus helps, and stamina and an optimistic nature. The timelines are long, and then add changes in standard of care on top of that, just to heighten the barrier. And capital demand is high, so let’s face it – if you are not first or best in class, then forget about it.”
High risk, high reward
When I ask Caspar in what areas of life sciences Norway is especially strong he says that he thinks it is impressive what the Oslo Cancer Cluster, Radforsk and others have managed to do in the oncology space in particular. “Building on a biotech successes such as Algeta, has fueled a lot of interest in the general space, but it takes talent and innovation, money and time – and plenty of it.”
Clusters enabling critical mass are important, he says. “Denmark has a long tradition in pharma – and an ownership structure to maintain it – and thereby has built critical mass across the value chain. Norway has the oil-wealth, and some of the private wealth is now flowing into biotech. That’s a great story and hopefully it is only the beginning. Biotech is high risk, high reward – with very long time-lines.”
A good proof of the quality of the companies is their ability to attract international talent, and their cross-border collaborations, he concludes.
“Back in my time in Novozymes we worked with Professor Inger Sandlie and licensed technology to use in half-life extension; interestingly she is also a co-inventor on the core Vaccibody patent together with Professor Bjarne Bogen and Agnete B. Fredriksen, our President & CSO and co-founder.” | <urn:uuid:a0e21938-a239-408e-9e99-78e3c3348164> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nordiclifescience.org/careers-interview-an-appetite-for-innovation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.966568 | 1,889 | 1.625 | 2 |
Here's What You Need to Know: We’ll first look at the BrahMos’s capabilities and why they are considered a big deal, then plunge into why their deployment and export by is perceived as such a threat by China.
While many of us remain mesmerized by the unfolding shambles in the Middle East, the world’s two most populous countries have gotten into a tiff over missiles. And I’m not referring to the ballistic kind for once.
“India deploying supersonic missiles on the border has exceeded its own needs for self-defense and poses a serious threat to China’s Tibet and Yunnan provinces,” complained the People’s Liberation Army Daily. “The deployment of BrahMos missile is bound to increase the competition and antagonism in the China–India relations and will have a negative impact on the stability of the region.”
“Our threat perceptions and security concerns are our own, and how we address these by deploying assets on our territory should be no one else's concern,” an Indian military source sniffed in response.
We’ll first look at the BrahMos’s capabilities and why they are considered a big deal, then plunge into why their deployment and export by is perceived as such a threat by China.
Indeed, the BrahMos cruise missile is stealthy, fast and extremely difficult to shoot down. It also has become a point of contention in a complicated web of overlapping alliances between India, China, Russia and potentially Vietnam.
Supersonic Carrier Killers
BrahMos began in the 1990s as a joint project between Russia and India to develop an Indian version of the P-800 Oniks cruise missile. The missile’s name is a portmanteau of the rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva in India and Russia, respectively.
Cruise missiles are designed to be fired at long ranges from their targets so as not to expose the launching platform to enemy retaliation. The quintessential cruise missile is the Tomahawk, developed in the United States. Fired by ships and aircraft, the 2,900-pound missile can cruise up to one thousand miles (depending on the model) at a speed of five hundred miles per hour—roughly the speed of a typical airliner—before slamming into its target.
During the Cold War, Russia developed a different style of cruise missile designed to take out American aircraft carriers. These flew over the speed of sound to better evade the carrier’s defenses—which include air-to-air missiles fired by fighters, surface-to-air missiles and Gatling-cannon Close-in weapon systems, or CIWS. They were also larger to increase the likelihood of achieving a kill in one hit.
Ramjets were used to maintain high speeds over long distances. A ramjet uses incoming air at high speeds to achieve compression instead of using a compressor, saving on fuel. However, a ramjet needs a boost from another source to help it achieve that airflow in the first place. In the case of the BrahMos, a rocket provides the initial acceleration before the ramjet takes over.
The BrahMos is actually slightly faster at Mach 2.8 than the P-800. It also weighs twice as much as a Tomahawk, at six thousand pounds.
The combination of twice the weight and four times greater speed as a Tomahawk result in vastly more kinetic energy when striking the target. Despite having a smaller warhead, the effects on impact are devastating.
Even more importantly, the BrahMos’s ability to maintain supersonic speeds while skimming at low altitude makes it very difficult to detect and intercept. To cap it off, the BrahMos performs an evasive “S-maneuver” shortly before impact, making it difficult to shoot down at close range.
A modern ship targeted by the BrahMos could respond with layered defenses to shoot down the missiles: ripple-fired medium- and short-range antiaircraft missiles and close-range CIWS. But an effective attack would involve firing multiple missiles in order to overwhelm these defensive countermeasures.
If the attack is launched within 120 kilometers of the target, it can skim at very low altitude the entire way to the target. While missiles can be detected earlier if benefiting from AWACs aircraft, a ship would likely detect a sea-skimming missile at range of only thirty kilometers, affording the vessel only a thirty second time window to respond. One intriguing analysis argues that a U.S. Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, with its layered air defenses, could not handle more twelve BrahMos missiles at once and that an entire carrier battle group would be saturated by more than sixty-four.
Of course, though India has some unpleasant memories of an encounter with a U.S. carrier group in the past, they probably have a different foe in mind.
In any case, the BrahMos has a major limitation…
The Missile Technology Control Regime
The BrahMos has a relatively short range—only 190 miles (290 kilometers)—under half the range of the Russian Oniks missile. This means that BrahMos launch platforms need to be relatively close to their targets—potentially within ranges they may be detected and fired back at.
This was purposefully done in order to conform to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a partnership of thirty-five countries which restricts the export of cruises missiles with ranges over three hundred kilometers. Russia is a member of the partnership—and just this June 28, India acceded into membership. And here we get into some interesting geopolitical strategy.
China is not a member of the regime, but would dearly appreciate the chance to deal in the market. India, on the other hand, would like to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group which regulates which nuclear technologies are permitted for trade. But China blocked its accession in June this year.
By adhering to the MTCR, India gained access to it—and now hopes to use that access as leverage versus China. Notionally, they could arrange a quid pro quo trading Indian NSG membership for Chinese admission to the MTCR. Whether it will work out that way remains to be seen.
Multiple Targets for Multiple Launchers
The BrahMos isn’t just an antishipping weapon—it also can hit ground-based targets, and is ideal for precision attacks against fixed installations such as radars, command centers, airbases and enemy missile batteries. It can also potentially carry a 660-pound nuclear warhead, though that doesn’t appear to be its primary intended use.
There are quite a few variants of the BrahMos missile designed to be used by the different platforms of the Indian military against either land or naval targets.
The Indian Navy’s BrahMos missiles mostly use eight-cell Vertical Launch System launchers. Six of its frigates and two destroyers have a single BrahMos launcher, while three of its destroyers have twin launchers. More BrahMos equipped ships are under construction.
The Navy has also successfully tested in 2013 a submarine-launched version which is expected to enter service in future vessels. Submarine-launched BrahMoses could potentially be launched fairly close to the target without being detected.
India has also developed the BrahMos-A, designed to be launched from its Su-30MKI strike fighters. Finding a ways to mount such a heavy missile on a fighter plane has taken years of work—in the end, the Su-30s had to be specially modified for the task. The first test flight was carried out in June this year. India has already requisitioned two hundred BrahMos-As, and plans to convert forty Su-30MKIs to carry them. This offers yet another flexible means to deliver the missiles close enough to their intended targets.
Finally, there are ground-launched Mobile Autonomous Launcher systems mounted on twelve-wheeler trucks. These are organized in regiments of five launchers with over 100 missiles. India is deploying a fourth missile regiment to Arunachal Pradesh, reportedly at cost of over 4,300 crore (over $640 million dollars.)
These are what have spooked the Chinese military, particularly since the new Block III missiles are designed to steep dive at seventy-degree angles to hit targets on the rear slopes of mountains. This has obvious application against the heavily militarized Himalayan border with China.
that India is pressing ahead with the development of even deadlier BrahMos variants. To begin with, some reports implyIndia tested in 2012 a version with a new satellite guidance system and a range of five hundred kilometers. Some argue that even the regular BrahMos may be capable of going further than its claimed 290-kilometer range.
India will also soon introduce the next-generation BrahMos-NG, which is smaller (only three thousand pounds,) faster (Mach 3.5,) and stealthier (smaller Radar-Cross Section.) It should be deployable from land, sea and air systems, including multiple missiles carried on fourth-generation fighters.
Additionally, India will soon be testing a scramjet-powered hypersonic BrahMos II missile capable of zipping along at Mach 7. Needless to say, these would be even harder to detect and shoot down and afford defending ships just seconds to react. The U.S. military has only just begun development a hypersonic missile of its own.
Russia, for its part, has appreciated the BrahMos’s commercial success, but seems to have only limited intention of fielding it: it may potentially deploy the system to Gorshkov-class frigates. It has more capable Zircon missiles (believed to be the model for the BrahMos II) in development and longer-range Oniks missiles already in service. | <urn:uuid:de0fcc49-4d91-4abb-9869-b85098978d33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/despite-chinas-dissatisfaction-russia-sells-brahmos-missile-india-198925 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953703 | 2,023 | 2.5625 | 3 |
05 Aug 2020
Tourism, Sustainability and Environment.
The aim of sustainable tourism is that the only trace that the visitor can leave behind is that of his own footwear.
Tourism is an engine of territorial development for the tourist destination of Catalonia. The exceptional natural and cultural treasures have made it the world’s main tourist attraction. In the last decade, the Mediterranean coasts have welcomed almost two hundred million tourists per year, representing 30% of world tourism. Sustainable tourism has become a component that guarantees balanced and continuous growth in the territory.
In recent years, the tourism sector has made clear the need for a change of model that incorporates sustainability criteria into the tourism offer and destinations. A sustainable tourism model is one that makes the development of the sector compatible with the respect and preservation of natural, cultural and social spaces. This model considers tourist activity as an opportunity for the revaluation of the territory and for the conservation of resources. The qualitative aspects are prioritized over the quantitative ones. The development of sustainable tourism must also bring about a significant degree of satisfaction for tourists and visitors to the tourist destination, since it must represent a significant experience that makes them more aware of the need to respect the environment and encourage sustainable tourism practices.
Lately there has been an increase in the demand for new destinations and tourist typologies different from the classic sun and beach ones, and other brands such as Ecotourism, Agrotourism or Rural Tourism have been recognized. This is tourism in natural areas in a program that is complemented by other activities such as hiking, cycling, gastronomy or culture. This is the essential part of the tourist product that they encourage to create complementary proposals to diversify the offer.
Catalonia’s tourist tradition dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. Later, the massive growth of both supply and demand in some parts of the coast during the 1960s, and the exceptional growth that followed in the wake of the 1992 Olympics, put Barcelona and Catalonia on the international map. Since then there has been a weighted growth that has evolved both in the temporality of arrival of tourists and visitors and in its tourist proposal that has been derived towards sustainability and environmental respect that has generated the demand.
One of the individual and family aspects that will have the greatest impact will be the inconvenience of using the private car which, more than the increase in cost, should dissuade its use for tourism. Some European cities are applying limitations and additional measures to encourage the use of public transport. Government efforts to reduce congestion and pollution from road transport will lead to an increase in travel by other means of public transport.
When we talk about sustainable tourism, we are referring to all those tourist activities where the priority is respect for the natural, cultural and social environment, and which are aimed at defining the values of a certain community. With this type of tourism, a positive exchange of experiences between visitors and residents is evident, establishing a fair and equitable relationship in terms of the benefits that this activity can generate. From the territory, numerous offers and proposals have been generated that allow to Connect with nature and to carry out activities in group or in family. Catalonia has the highest concentration of tourist activities registered with EMAS in Spain and the European Union, as well as many others with the European ecological label (Ecolabel) and the Environmental Quality Guarantee Distinctive of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia). In 2001 Barcelona became the first urban destination to obtain Biosphere certification for its commitment to sustainability in the tourism sector and in 2015 Catalonia received the first accreditation as an integral responsible tourism destination, also under the Biosphere seal awarded by the Tourism Institute, establishing criteria for sustainable behaviour in the international tourism business.
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Dr. Alfred Griffin, founder and CEO of the LightForce Orthodontics, a Start-up created on the idea of creating Patient-Specific Brackets using 3D Printing, aims at evolving with the Orthodontics industry and provide better innovative ideas in the field. Alfred created a patented system for 3D printed Orthodontic Treatment Brackets, using material nearly identical to injection modelled ceramic brackets, but formulated specifically for 3D printing. It’s a simple three-step digital workflow: scan, create the 3D model, and print. The online interface comes with cloud-based treatment planning software that allows users to make adjustments directly on the model, before the custom 3D printed appliance is shipped in just 7-10 business days after approval.
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What is service design?
Service design is the practice of designing services.
It uses a holistic and highly collaborative approach to generate value for both the service user and the service provider throughout the service’s lifecycle.
In practice, service design helps to choreograph the processes, technologies and interactions driving the delivery of services, using a human-centred perspective.
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Russia: UK fracking plans ‘plays into Putin’ says McCarthy
Russia has threatened to “mirror” the EU’s plot to “phase out all use of Russian gas and oil” immediately by slashing deliveries to Europe. While the UK only gets around three percent of its gas from Russia, the move would likely send prices of global imports soaring due to the nature of the integrated market. Britain also imports some Russian gas indirectly from the Netherlands and Belgium, while Norway remains the biggest exporter of gas to the UK.
According to some estimates, Britain is expected to fork out £2billion for Russian imports of natural gas imports this year.
Official figures from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy also suggest reliance on Russian gas has doubled in just four years.
But the UK may be able to avoid having to fork out that extra cash if it focuses on its domestic reserves.
As prices rise, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to address these domestic supplies, which critics say are being pushed aside over his climate policies.
Currently, the country’s production of natural gas from conventional reserves do not meet domestic demand (typically 70–80 billion cubic metres per year).
Boris Johnson can outsmart Putin by accessing Britain’s domestic gas supplies
The UK’s gas imports mapped
But after coming under fire, Mr Johnson said at a Downing Street press conference on Monday that Britain would take a look at using more domestic energy resources as part of an “energy supply strategy”.
This could involve accessing four key areas with huge potential for shale gas extraction.
These include the Carboniferous Bowland–Hodder area in northwest England (Lancashire and the Midlands) and the Carboniferous Midland Valley in Scotland.
It also includes the Jurassic Weald Basin in south England, and the Wessex area in south England.
Recent analysis in 2019 suggested Bowland–Hodder holds around four trillion cubic metres (tcm) of gas.
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A 2014 study estimated that the Midland Valley has around 1.4–3.8 tcm that could be accessed.
But an obstacle stands in the way of accessing those supplies.
Shale gas is extracted through a process called fracking, but this was banned by the Government back in 2019 after scientists raised concerns about earthquakes and the threats it posed to local communities.
A review published in March 2020 by Warwick Business School said fracking could produce between 90 and 330 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas between 2020 and 2050.
Now, the Government has been urged to lift the ban so Britain can access more of its domestic reserves and avoid the huge price increases for gas imports.
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Mr Johnson has also been faced with calls by members of his own party to reverse the Oil and Gas Authority’s order to shut off two shale gas wells in Lancashire.
More than 30 Tory MPs and four peers sent a joint letter addressed to the Prime Minister.
The two sites are the country’s last remaining locations for fracking in England.
The MPs are being led by Craig Mackinlay and Steve Baker, the chairman and deputy chairman of the Conservative Net Zero Scrutiny Group.
Lee Anderson, MP for Ashfield, said: “At a time of increasing insecurity over fuel supplies, we should be using the huge shale gas resources right under our feet.
Craig Mackinlay led the charge against the fracking ban
“I firmly believe fracking can lead to lower fuel prices, but we have effectively banned it on spurious safety grounds.
“Despite bogus claims to the contrary, fracking can quite safely take place without causing earthquakes or polluting aquifers.”
And it appears these comments may have been taken on board.
Mr Johnson said at the Downing Street press conference: “One of the things we are looking at is the possibility of using more of our own hydrocarbons, and you’ll have heard already about what the business secretary has had to say about licences for UK domestic production.
“That doesn’t mean we are abandoning our commitment to reducing CO2.
“ We have got to reflect the reality that there is a crunch on at the moment. We need to intensify our self-reliance as a transition with more hydrocarbons.”
But critics of fracking have argued that the lifting the ban will not have an immediate impact on Putin’s gas squeeze.
Independent climate columnist Donnachadh McCarthy argued that fracking would only start producing gas in five to 10 years.
He said: “Britain is part of the global market for gas, so if we produce more gas in the UK it is sold on the global market.
“This winter 50 percent of the gas produced in the UK was actually exported because the price was higher.
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Criticism: How to Turn Gripes into Growth
Criticism, also known as feedback, can help us improve our presentation skills.
No one enjoys being criticized, but if you want to succeed, you must overcome your natural instincts and actively seek out feedback, good and bad.
After years as a professional speaker, I understand. Some years I faced my critics, also known as my audiences, every week. Not only do they rate me with their applause and laughter (or lack thereof), but frequently they’re also asked to complete written evaluations for the meeting planners. Naturally, all speakers want their meeting planners to look like heroes, so we do everything possible to keep in top form.
For me, this means that I embrace and value feedback. I would study those evals and listen to comments, no matter how off the mark they seemed. Even though I’ve been an executive speech coach and a professional speaker for decades, I still ask professional peers to be my toughest critics and give their feedback.
If you want to improve, you must develop a positive, flexible, and creative attitude toward feedback. Here are eight practical ways to make criticism a plus and harness the power of feedback for success.
To give yourself breathing room, turn critical attacks into information exchanges. The natural human reaction is to become defensive and list reasons why the comment is untrue. This quickly locks both sides into fixed adversarial positions from which it is hard to retreat. Break the cycle. As hard as it may be, respond to negative criticism by agreeing that it may be correct. Then ask for specific details, enlisting the accuser as your ally in improving the situation. You’ll get useful feedback, both negative and positive.
Use the Olympic scoring rule.
Throughout your life, you’ll get a range of commentary on how you’re doing. Discard your highest and lowest ratings. Bill Gove, the first president of the National Speakers Association, told speakers, “In any audience, ignore the ten percent who think you walk on water and the ten percent who think you are no good at all. Then, listen to the middle eighty percent.”
Consider the source.
Do your critics have the right background and experience to judge your work accurately? Are they in a position to give you valuable input? You can’t change to satisfy everyone. (“A camel is a horse designed by a committee.”) In my career, I’ve been given some really good advice and some really bad advice. The key is deciding which is which.
Separate intent from content.
Negative comments about our actions, appearance, or attitudes automatically seem like a personal attack, but the commenter may have good intentions. Recognize that different people have different personality styles and communication skills. They may mean to help, but they deliver negative comments in a way that is hard to process and accept. On the other hand, a harsh critic often provides valuable insights. Decide that it is never productive to take comments personally.
Seek out criticism.
Some jobs offer regular job performance evaluations to give employees feedback. If you don’t have such a program, ask for personal feedback anyway, from both your manager and those you manage. One successful executive I was working with sits down on a regular basis with his staff and asks, “As your manager, what am I doing well? What would you like for me to do more of? What should I do less of or stop doing?”
Recruit your customers, partners, manager, and coworkers as allies by asking them to be your critics. Don’t be defensive. Keep your clients happy by being as eager to please them as your competitors are. You are still selling after the sale. It won’t be long before a rival asks them, “What do you want that your current supplier isn’t providing?” Ask that question first. Seek out the criticism before your competitor does!
“When a customer offers a criticism,” strategy consultant Bob Treadway advises, “Invite them to be specific.” If they say, “This delivery should have come sooner,” ask them in a genuinely friendly tone, “How much sooner, specifically, would you like it?” If they say, “You could have done a better follow-up,” say, “Tell me exactly how you’d like us to follow up in the future.”
Treadway recommends asking open-ended questions that can’t be answered with yes or no. “How could we help you with that?” Or “What improvements would you like to see?” Then summarize what they have said: “It sounds like we could do a better job if . . .”
Feed back your feedback.
Paraphrasing what you’ve just been told helps to eliminate misunderstandings, honors and acknowledges the criticism, and compels you to really listen. “Nothing,” Treadway says, “demonstrates better to a client, boss, or spouse that you have heard them than paraphrasing their statements.” It also helps you filter out and focus on useful information.
We’re not always in shape to cope with negative comments. It’s appropriate to give people feedback on the best time and way to offer you feedback.
People learn to treat you the way you teach them to treat you. “Dear Abby” once ran a letter from a slender, attractive woman whose mother never failed to remind her of how fat and unattractive she had been as a teenager. Dear Abby suggested that she say, “Mother, let’s not discuss that anymore.” So simple, yet so hard to withdraw permission after years of negativity.
It’s your job to communicate that you will respond better if you can receive the criticism in a different way, time, or place.
Don’t expect everyone to love you.
Praise and approval are wonderful. We all thrive on them, but we all need a dose of reality now and then. Just because people notice imperfections and point them out doesn’t make them your enemies. If you’ve armed yourself with a positive attitude toward criticism, they are going to be your best friends.
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Performance Testing is being performed to measure smoothness and readiness of the application. While creating an application the vital factors should be kept in mind are as follows
- Speed of the application at any given condition
- Response time of the application
- How much resources being used by the application
- How stable is the application at given time
- Throughput of the application
- For web application times spent in making HTTP calls at server and client etc.
Performance Testing is type of testing that test application on above listed criteria.
Performance Testing measures performance of the application. After measuring performance of the application it sets the base line for further testing. Performance testing is very important since cooperate prestige of the application or decision on the final release of application based on the analysis of the results produced by this test. Performance testing does not find any defect in the application. Often, we perform Performance testing on a stable system.
Performance Test finds performance issue in the
- Database access
- Network latency like time spent on the network
- Time spent on reading or writing files on the disc
- Time spent on making HTTP calls etc.
So we can summarize Performance testing
Load Testing determines user experience when application is under load. In Load Testing, we test application with maximum number of users or with the expected number of users in the production environment.
Load Testing determines upper limit of the application. Load testing simulates expected number of users from the production environment and tests the application with that number of users. When we exceed number of users to test the application much beyond expected number of users from production environment then we call testing as STRESS TESTING. In majority of the time we consider Stress Testing as Load Testing.
Purpose of Load Testing is to find defect in the application when application is running under maximum load. Some of the defects could be as follows
- Memory leak
- Buffer Overflow
- Server failure
- Network failure
- Input devices reading failure
- Writing on output device failure etc.
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With regard to management options, the three primary classes of switches are Unmanaged Switches, Managed Switches, and Web Smart switches. Which you choose depends largely on the size of your network and how much control you need over that network.
Managed Switches provide configuration possibilities that can modify and manage their operation, which is especially valuable when diagnosing problems, when you have multicast traffic on your network and when downtime is expensive, proving there are added benefits to using managed switches. On the other hand, Unmanaged switches are an affordable solution but do not offer such features and work on a plug-and-play basis with neither interface, nor option to modify their operation.
It's also important to select an adequate switch depending on their specific application, in an industrial setting with rugged environments, for instance, Industrial Ethernet Switches will give you the high reliability you need for mission-critical networks with the harshest outdoor conditions.
Web smart switches—sometimes called smart switches or Web managed switches—have become a popular option for mid-sized networks that require management. They offer access to switch management features such as port monitoring, link aggregation, and VPN through a simple Web interface via an embedded Web browser. What these switches generally do not have is SNMP management capabilities or a CLI. Web-smart switches must usually be managed individually rather than in groups.
Although the management features found in a Web-smart switch are less extensive than those found in a fully managed switch, these switches are becoming smarter, now offering many of the features of a fully managed switch.
Unmanaged switches are basic plug-and-play switches with no remote configuration, management, or monitoring options, although many can be locally monitored and configured via LED indicators and DIP switches. These inexpensive switches are typically used in small networks or to add temporary workgroups to larger networks.
Unmanaged switches are plug and play devices without the need of a complex setup. These switches allow Ethernet devices to communicate with one another (such as a PC or network printer) by providing a connection to the network and passing on information to where it needs to go. They come with a fixed configuration and do not allow any changes to this configuration, therefore, there is no need for prioritising the packets. They can be desktop or rack mounted and are a less expensive option for connectivity switching needs.
One major setback within an industrial setting is that they don’t support IGMP and treat multicast traffic in the same fashion as broadcast traffic, which can overwhelm a network when uncontrolled and lead to broadcast storms. This feature is particularly important on industrial networks because the protocol Ethernet/IP relies heavily on multicast traffic.
When and where to use?
Unmanaged switches are mostly used to connect edge devices on network spurs, or on a small stand-alone network with only a few components. It’s suitable for any business network that wants to simplify the installation of wireless access points and IP-based surveillance cameras. They are also applicable for home use, SOHO, small businesses or to add temporary workgroups to larger networks.
Is it possible to configure a managed switch as unmanaged?
It is possible to run a managed switch and use it out of the box just like an unmanaged switch. By operating the managed switch in "Open Mode", having no configuration set up, means the device will be set up to the default VLAN where all ports are members of the default VLAN. The conveniences of purchasing a managed switch is that if you later desire to change the config you can still do and start vlanning the section of your network you’d wish for your specific networking needs.
Maritime - Automation and monitoring
Energy - Automation and monitoring
Managed Switches are oriented towards redundancy as they provide QoS (Quality of Service) which prioritises bandwidth for data subsets, allowing more bandwidth to be allocated through the network to ensure IP data comes in smoothly, obtaining the sensor data without an interruption using minimal bandwidth. Managed switches support Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) via embedded agents and have a command line interface (CLI) that can be accessed via serial console, Telnet, and Secure Shell. These switches can often be configured and managed as groups. Managed switches also provide additional protocols like RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) allowing alternate cabling paths and preventing loop situations which usually are the reason for network malfunctions. A managed switch offers redundancy capabilities which helps to reduce unplanned downtime. Managed switches also offer powerful features like VLANs, LACP, as well as all advanced filter and multicast algorithms needed today to easily prioritise, partition and organise a reliable high-speed network. The conveniences of purchasing a managed switch is that if you later desire to change the config you can still do so and start vlanning the section of your network you’d wish for your specific networking needs.
When and where to use?
Managed switches are aimed at users that require a response time of milliseconds. They are especially suitable for organisations that need to manage and troubleshoot their network remotely and securely; allowing network managers to reach optimal network performance and reliability.
Managed switches should be used on any network or segment of a network where the traffic has to be monitored and controlled. Managed network switches enable complete control of data, bandwidth and traffic control. Some switches come equipped with SFP slots, which allow the network to be expanded with flexibility.The benefit of having multi-rate SFP slots is to be able to use 100Mbps and 1Gbps SFP Modules for either multi-mode or single-mode in a mix and match as needed. If requirements change, it´s possible to replace the SFP module and protect your switch investment.
Transportation - Intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
Mission Critical Settings - Monitoring and Control
Within industrial settings, there is a need to have switches prepared for particular needs. Industrial switches are specially designed for various network connections such as distribution of energy in electric substations as well as monitoring and controlling security camera functions in the field as many other applications.
Industrial Ethernet Switches establish network connectivity between industrial environments and enterprise business applications. Made for Industrial use, these types of switches are targeted for mission-critical applications, designed to withstand extreme temperatures and harsh conditions in a multitude of environments from factory floors to traffic controls. In demanding settings, a useful characteristic of managed industrial switches is the ability to configure its settings to VLAN mode. This makes it possible to group devices per working department (eg. IT/Logistics), isolate traffic between these groups so that critical information can flow without delay to the rightfully allocated place, and increase the security level of the network.
When and where to use?
Industrial switches are specifically designed to stand up to extreme temperatures (-40 up to +85°), vibrations, and shocks, contributing to a cost-effective, reliable secure network. These switches give your network new ways to route data if a specific point of your network fails. When using redundancy, the network is able to quickly maintain communication without interruption.>
Industrial Switches characteristics
|Mounting Options||DIN rail, panel|
|Environment||Harsh environment including factories, oil/gas fields, military vehicles/ships, HVAC controls, security and surveillance, and more.|
|Cooling||Convection cooling with limited ingress points|
|Power||DC input for safety inside the panel|
|Packaging||Designed to withstand high shock and vibrations|
Industrial switches are especially suitable for applications where there is a need to:
Within industrial settings context, in harsh environments, it’s relevant to stress the importance of Power Over Ethernet (PoE). PoE switches can remotely provide power to devices, free from restrictions imposed by limited AC outlets. This allows to centralise power distribution and backup power. PoE switches supply power to devices under a vast array of settings. This can range from security surveillance applications, VoIP phones, backhauling IP camera traffic and wifi access point traffic, or also using fiber for extended reach in applications such as outdoors, distribution warehouses, retail video kiosks, smart signs and retail point-of-information systems. All in all, PoE switches simplify the use of devices in in hard-to-reach, outdoor and remote areas and can save up to 700€-1500€ per Access Point (AP). | <urn:uuid:f6ef3672-88b1-406d-8b9e-54d32b6ba49c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.blackbox.com/en-us/insights/blackbox-explains/inner/detail/networking/connectivity/the-difference-between-unmanaged-managed-and-web-smart-switches | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.923983 | 1,738 | 2.375 | 2 |
I have learned through the years that helping someone no matter where they are in life is based on working with a complexity of factors. From my own background in counselling, mentoring and coaching, I see the benefits with the differences.
Counselling sometimes involves psycho-social intervention and with this, we can explore your past and deal with the root causes of key challenges. Mentoring focuses on imparting specific knowledge to prepare a mentee for specific roles. Coaching helps you to develop awareness in order to assist in reaching specific goals in life.
It goes against the norm to say that my methods are a careful blend of these practices.
- The one reason why I allow for the discovery of root causes (often stemming from childhood) is because I have seen great effectiveness in how counseling can help someone see why they are feeling or acting a certain way. It’s also effective with helping a person confirm one’s life purpose or current period purpose.
- I also use detailed coaching templates that help clients visually process their thoughts and write down specific issues that we will tackle during the coaching session.
- Using cognitive behavioral therapy from my UBC counselling training, we will come up with thought perspectives and approaches to build neural pathways that will better support your desired outcomes.
- I often add Theta healing (as part of a client’s request) to the session. This can assist a client in deleting negative core beliefs that have often been a stranglehold since childhood or one’s early adult years. The healing practice further helps in giving one the strength to deal with issues that need immediate attention.
- To move into a practical plan, I use action-oriented templates that are solution focused and so that the client walks away not only changed from the session but also in the mode of moving forward.
- Sometimes there is a call for higher guidance that taps into a client’s past life or their spirit guides, but this is only if it is necessary in assisting their current issues or goals. Within intuitive coaching, comes great respect for what a client needs to hear and with helping a client find practical resources that will help him or her move forward in life.
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It’s crunch time ahead of this month’s make-or-break annual summit of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
If no deal on aviation emissions can be reached at this summit, starting on 24 September, the EU and its large global partners may be plunged back into a trade war over the question of whether the EU can charge airlines for emissions that took place outside EU airspace.
All emissions from planes taking off or landing in the EU were to be covered under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from January 2012. But in November the EU suspended for a year its coverage of foreign air traffic after the US, China and others raised howls of protests over sovereignty issues.
The Commission said the offer was meant to give ICAO breathing room to agree a global system for restricting aviation emissions, but warned that if no deal was reached by the end of the year, the suspension would be lifted and foreign flights would again have to purchase emissions credits. This carrot and stick approach was meant to put pressure on ICAO.
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But the definition of a ‘deal’ seems to have gotten a bit hazy. European Voice broke the story yesterday that, based on leaked negotiating documents, it appears that the EU is willing to change its legislation to exclude non-EU airspace from the ETS in exchange for ICAO agreeing a timetable – committing to sign a deal by 2016 that would enter force by 2020.
If this sounds familiar, it’s not your imagination.
In 2011, the Commission had a similar carrot-and-stick approach going into the Durban round of climate change negotiations. The Kyoto Protocol was set to expire. Big partners such as the US and China, who did not participate in Kyoto and had no intention of doing so in the future, were also keen for it to continue in some form so as to maintain the legitimacy of international climate negotiations. The EU threatened to let the Protocol expire unless the other big emitters agreed to a timeline to a future binding climate deal signed in 2015 and in force by 2020 – the Durban Platform.
In the end they agreed. European climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard was applauded for her steel resolve in refusing to renew Kyoto – now essentially an EU-only treaty after Russia, Canada and Japan backed out – unless the platform was adopted. But there is still uncertainty over whether the big emitters will honour their commitment to agree a future deal by 2016.
The same pattern is repeating itself this year at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in talks to reduce shipping emissions. The Commission was bound by the 2008 ETS directive to propose to include shipping emissions by 2012 if no global mechanism had been agreed by then. The Commission has so far demurred, no doubt anxious to avoid a repeat of the diplomatic kerfuffle caused by the inclusion of aviation emissions. But it has held open the possibility of including shipping emissions unless the IMO comes up with a global solution.
It looks like the proposed solution that will satisfy the EU is – you guessed it – another timetable.
Part of this is inevitable realpolitik. The hard truth is that because of the economic crisis weighing on the United States, and the thorny debates over ‘common but differentiated responsibilities’ weighing on China and India, there is little prospect for climate deals at the current time. Timetables may be the best EU negotiators can hope for from its global partners right now.
But at the same time, the EU risks looking weak by retreating from its own unilateral action in exchange for mere ‘agreements to reach future deals’. There are many MEPs who worry that the EU’s big global partners are learning the lesson that EU law is not something to be taken seriously. Is it the case that a little pressure from a foreign power or a large company can easily play member states against each other and force the EU to rewrite its rules?
In exchange for trusting global partners when they promise to eventually agree to binding multilateral climate action, the EU is surrendering a great deal of its ability to act unilaterally in the short term.
The Commission is right to point out that in the long term, more emissions will be saved with an eventual global deal. If it means more emissions in the short term, that may be worth it. But it takes a leap of faith to believe that these global players will honour the commitments they are signing up to in these timetables. In the mean time, Europe’s hands are tied. | <urn:uuid:162d57fe-d2b5-4304-8343-db86030f9cec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.politico.eu/article/timetable-diplomacy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.966337 | 925 | 2.25 | 2 |
The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument used in Hindustani and Indian classical music. The instrument descended from lutes and was also influenced by the veena, an ancient Indian instrument. The body is characterized by a long hollow neck and a gourd resonating chamber at the lower end. Teak wood or tun wood are commonly used for the neck and faceplate. The instrument looks a lot like the tanpura, except that it has frets.
Here are a few more sitar facts. This unique instrument has 18, 19, or 20 strings. Six or seven are played strings which run over curved, raised frets. The rest are sympathetic strings which run underneath the frets and resonate in sympathy with the played strings. The frets are movable, which allows fine tuning.
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A person who performs on this string instrument is called a sitarist.
Notable sitarists include Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, Ashwin Batish, Anjan Chattopadhyay, Annapurna Devi, Reenat Fauzia, Lowell George (Little Feat), George Harrison (The Beatles), Justin Hayward (Moody Blues), Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones), Shri Premadasa Hegoda, Prem Joshua, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan and The Khan Family, Al Gromer Khan, Gabby La La, Dr. Swarn Lata, Emily Robison (Dixie Chicks), Ravi Shankar and his daughter Anoushka Shankar, and Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones).
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The Sitar in Mainstream Pop Culture
Though highly popular in the Indian culture, the sitar gained fame on the worldwide stage when the Beatles featured the instrument in several of their compositions. Sitarist Ravi Shankar inspired lead guitarist George Harrison to play the instrument on the song “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown),” written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in 1965. “Love You To,” written and sung by George Harrison in 1966, was the first Beatles song to fully embrace Indian classical music.
George Harrison received one-on-one guidance from Ravi Shankar during a seven-week visit to India, which left a lasting impact on his musical style. He promoted Indian music for the remainder of his long and successful career.
Brian Jones played the instrument on The Rolling Stones 1966 hit “Paint It Black.” Another English guitarist, Dave Mason, played it on Traffic’s 1967 hits “Paper Sun” and “Hole in My Shoe.” Ravi Shankar described this pop song trend as “the great sitar explosion.”
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Anoushka Shankar is the daughter of Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Anoushka began training with her father at the age of seven, eventually accompanying him on the tanpura. She was 13 when she performed sitar onstage for the first time at a concert celebrating her father’s 75th birthday. After establishing herself as a respected classical sitarist, Anoushka began composing music. Her unique style blends Indian music with flamenco, jazz, electronica, and Western classical genres. Musical talent runs in the family. Both she and her half-sister Norah Jones were nominated for Grammy awards in 2003.
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Trisha Meili, who is a New Yorker and is around 62 years old, previously held the job profile of a New York investment banker. She is still healthy and perfectly fine but with lots of brutal memories in her mind. Although she had to suffer a lot in her 20s and had to distance herself from ordinary people, she still inspires other women about the sexual assaults and sharing thoughts about starting over with a new life.
On the day of 19th April 1989, Trisha was brutally beaten, raped, and hanged nearly to death by teenagers in CentralPark. She was hit and raped so hard that the injuries made her lose her sense of smell, lose her memories of the incident, and lose the capability of walking. They were 5 boys among whom two boys were sentenced to 5-10 years of jail. In 2019, Meili was portrayed by actress Alexandra Templer in one of the Netflix miniseries named “They See Us”.
Trisha Ellen Meili was born in Paramus, New Jersey on 24th June 1960 and was brought up in the Pittsburgh suburb of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania. She worked as an associate at the Salomon Brothers corporate finance in the department of an energy group in 1986. Later, she was promoted to the position of Vice President. Also, Trisha has received her degrees from Wellesley and Yale.
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For 14 years, Trisha Meili has been known to the world as the “Central Park Jogger” and the victim of a high-profile rape case in New York City. It was the time when Trisha was around 28 and as per her routine, she was jogging in the central park when she was assaulted, raped, beaten to death, and later drowned in the pool with lots of leaking blood. When she was found and hospitalized, she was informed that she was suffering from hypothermia, severe blood loss, and a fractured skull. Initially, she was not thought to be alive and the doctors had the perception that she would go into a coma but with complete help, she survived and fully recovered with no memory of the event.
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The crime provoked the public and the police began investigating the things. It was a gang of teenagers and their activity was called “wilding”. Those were five black teenagers who later accepted the assault and were convicted for the same in 1990. Four boys confessed to the crime but because of certain coercion and processes, the case was taken into doubt. This was because there was no physical evidence that could connect the boys with the crime and could prove the confession.
On the other hand, in 2002 one of the convicted rapists and murderers Matias Reyes, who is recently serving a life sentence because of other relatable crimes, accepted the crime and confessed that he was the culprit of the assault. The forensic tests including DNA proved the confession made by the person. In 2003, Trisha Meili revealed the identity of the gang in her book named I Am the Central Park Jogger.
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|Birth Date||24 June 1960|
|Age (as of 2022)||62 Years|
|Birth Place||Paramus, New Jersey, United States|
|Height||in feet inches – 5’ 2” – in Centimeters – 157 cm|
|Weight||in Kilograms – 51 kg – in Pounds – 112 lbs|
|Who is her husband?||Jim Schwarz|
Trisha Meili has been married to Jim Schwarz since 15th September 1996. Today, Trisha discusses things about her journey, her recovery period, and the connection with various groups and healing partners, businesses, universities, sexual assault centers, and hospitals. She gives lessons to people about how they can recover after having a major mishap in their life. She talks about unpredictable changes in life that affect you spiritually, economically, professionally, and personally. It is known that Trisha and her husband together have produced two children- one son and one daughter- but the names of the children have not been revealed.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A fire near Rooster's Wood-Fired Kitchen in uptown Charlotte sent smoke into the air Monday.
The Charlotte Fire Department sent a total of 65 firefighters to battle the fire, which was located near a restaurant on the lower levels of One Bank of America Plaza.
At the height of the fire, official sounded a third alarm for additional resources.
"We've got heavy smoke showing from a vent at Rooster's, looks like it's already gotten up into the building as well," first responders could be heard saying on emergency radio transmissions.
The fire department responded to the 100 block of North College Street, near the intersection with East Trade Street, at 2:42 p.m., officials said. The location is part of the Bank of America complex.
Investigators have determined that the accidental fire started in the kitchen hood system. The Charlotte Fire Department estimated property loss of $1.5 million.
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Smoke could be seen pouring out of a second-floor air vent near the Bank of America parking deck. Inside, fire officials said they found "floor-to-ceiling" smoke conditions.
Firefighters helped six people trapped in a stairwell, officials said.
Workers from nearby offices were evacuated while firefighters actively fought to fire and worked to contain the smoke.
North College Street between 4th Street and 5th Street was closed during the investigation.
About an hour after they first responded, the Charlotte Fire Department said they had the fire "under control" and were monitoring for additional hotspots.
Some of the evacuees from inside the tower say they never heard the alarms. Battalion Chief Matt Westover acknowledged that at a press conference and explained the process of the alarms and the evacuation.
"Typically in high rises, when the fire alarms go off, they only go off on the floors that are affected and expected to evacuate," he said.
The floor where the fire originated, all the floors below it, and two floors above it are evacuated by the alarms, according to Westover. Once firefighters arrived, they then decide if more floors need to be evacuated, Westover said.
Charlotte Fire said they are constantly doing drills to make sure everyone knows what to do in case of a high-rise fire in uptown.
"We'll have fire drills in high rises per certain amount of floors, we do those every six months depending on the building, depending on the height of the building," said Chief Fire Inspector Kevin Miller with Charlotte Fire Department.
During the fire, smoke could be seen for several blocks in uptown Charlotte.
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Fresh lotus seeds are just taken out from the lotus. They have the function of preventing cancer and fighting cancer. They can also lower blood pressure. People with high blood pressure can eat more fresh lotus seeds. The green and green germ in the middle of the lotus seed is called the lotus heart. It tastes bitter, but it is a good medicine. Chinese medicine believes that it has the effects of clearing heat, solidifying, calming the nerves, strengthening the heart, and reducing blood pressure. It can cure the irritability, unconsciousness and dreams of high fever caused by high fever. Lotus can cure postpartum fetal clothes, blood stasis, uterine bleeding, uterine bleeding and other symptoms.
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Do you suffer from cramping, aching, or fatigue in your calf, thigh, or buttock muscles when walking that goes away within 5-10 minutes of rest? These symptoms are not necessarily a result of natural aging; you may have a dangerous, but treatable condition called Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). The good news is that you can find relief with our new PAD rehabilitation program in Glenwood.
Glacial Ridge Health System’s cardiac rehab RNs are specially trained to deliver the PAD rehab program. The medically supervised exercise program helps increase blood circulation to your legs and decrease pain or discomfort when you walk. It can slow, stop, or reverse much of the damage to affected blood vessels in your legs caused by a buildup of fatty deposits, which impedes blood flow.
PAD Increases Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Although symptoms of PAD usually first show up in the legs, the problem is rarely confined to that area. People with PAD often have the same fatty deposits in other arteries too such as those in the heart and brain.
Managing your risk factors for the disease can improve PAD symptoms and decrease your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Even if you don’t have PAD now, the key to preventing it is to change your lifestyle and manage current medical conditions.
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You may want to ask your doctor about screening if you:
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Yoga is good for strengthening the body, improving our flexibility and for calming our mind leading to relaxation. If you do not have time for a full class, you can do some yoga asanas (poses) in a break time, if you need to relax and/or to relieve a headache. Here Lisa describes the poses so you can try them the next time you need to release tension in your body or to relax. Five minutes is sometimes all it takes, resting in the position and focusing your awareness on your breath and body.
If you are new to yoga, we recommend that you visit a class before trying yoga or any of these poses at home, so you can see how they are done and an instructor can check that you are in the correct position. Also, check the contraindications for each pose (e.g. if you have glaucoma, sciatica or uncontrolled hypertension) before starting.
So, switch off the phone, find a small area where you won’t be disturbed and allow yourself time to relax.
Childs pose (Balasana)
Childs pose helps to quieten the mind, whilst releasing any tension or stress in the back and shoulders. Start kneeling (knees together or you can take the knees wide), with the top of the feet on the floor. Then bend forward, keeping the bottom towards the ankles and bring the head down towards the floor. The hands come around the body to rest on the floor by the feet. If the bottom starts to rise up away from the ankles, support the head with your hands, a cushion or rolled up blanket. You can also add a blanket to the top of the legs, to support the chest. Take deep breaths in and out. You can stay in childs pose for up to five minutes or longer if you need to. Take care if you have knee problems.
The rag doll is a standing release that you can do in a quiet place (at work!) to relieve stress and tension. It is good for releasing tension in the deep muscles of the back which we use when sitting for a long time at our desk. Take a minute to go into the pose and a minute to come back up. When you are fully down, stay for a few minutes. Start by standing with your bottom, head and shoulders resting on a wall, the feet are a foot and a half away from the wall, placed wider than hip distance apart and feet parallel. The knees should be slightly bent. Inhale and exhale, releasing the neck, then bring the chin down to your chest, keeping the shoulders on the wall. Take five breaths here. We then work with the breath to roll down the wall like a rag doll. So, on inhale, follow your breath and feel the body lifting ever so slightly; on the exhale allow your shoulders to roll forward away from the wall. Inhale, feeling lighter. Then on each following exhalation, allow yourself to move gently downwards. Moving slowly, feel each part of the back against the wall and then release with each breath. The arms will hang and gradually you will roll down the whole of the top part of the body, leaving just the seating bones pressed against the wall. To come up, move slowly, keep your knees bent and the tailbone tucked under and slowly unroll your spine back up the wall, feeling each vertebra. Do not practice this pose if you have glaucoma or sciatica or any disc problems.
Legs up the wall (Viparita Karani)
This is a great asana to do if you have been travelling or standing for a long time. Bring a blanket or mat in front of a wall. Sit in close to the wall, with your right side touching the wall. Start to lower your back onto the floor and at the same time, gently swing your legs right, so they are both up the wall. Try to keep your sitting bones close to the wall. The legs are straight. Lengthen the neck. The hands can rest on the lap, to the side of the body (palms upward) or you can take them over your head to rest on the floor. You then close the eyes and allow your whole body to relax. Stay here for up to five minutes. To come out, bring the legs down to the floor and stay low for a few breaths, before sitting up. You can add blankets beneath the bottom to raise the hips or a small neck roll beneath the neck if you have any neck strain. Do not do this pose if you have uncontrolled hypertension or glaucoma or other eye disorders.
Modified eagle pose (Garudasana)
Headaches can be caused by tension in the shoulders and upper back, so eagle arms, in a seated (or standing) position can be used to help relieve this tension. This one can even be done at your desk! Put both arms out straight in front of you, palms facing upwards and arms parallel to the floor. Bring them together, right arm on the bottom. Where the elbows meet, allow them to cross (left arm crossing the right arm with the left elbow bone slightly further across), then bend both arms at the elbows, bringing the hands together, either palms facing (so the wrists wrap around each other) or if this is uncomfortable with the hands back to back. Close the eyes. You should feel a stretch through your shoulders. If you can or want to increase the stretch further, you can start to slightly lift the elbows into the air, keeping the elbows and hand position the same. Hold for up to five slow breaths, then release. Gently rotate the wrists, elbows and shoulders, then repeat on the other side (left arm on the bottom). Do not do this pose if you have a shoulder injury, unless directed by a qualified instructor.
If you want to relieve a headache, remember to also drink plenty of water!
Do let us know how you get on with these poses and which works best for you.
About the author
- Lisa is one of the founders of La Crisalida Retreats. She is an Epidemiologist, therapeutic hatha and yin yoga teacher and also teaches mindfulness meditation. Lisa has studied NLP and hypnosis, as well as nutrition (she designs the menus). | <urn:uuid:12c0f32e-1bc3-427d-8aac-58da1a3a3fcb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lacrisalidaretreats.com/detox-and-weightloss/yoga-asanas-for-relaxation-and-headache-relief/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.928897 | 1,298 | 2.0625 | 2 |
During the late 80s and 90s, IT Helpdesk was a different beast as compared to what we have today. It acted as a single point of contact for users’ IT issues/ requests. Terms like “catch and dispatch” and “log and flog” have become prevalent and are being used.
With the rapid adoption ITIL framework, the focus shifted to services and management (business outcomes). This resulted in a gradual change from IT Helpdesk to IT Service Desk. It is now equipped with multiple channels that end-users could use for requesting support services. It has also enabled and empowered the end-users to solve a certain level of issues themselves.
Technology has made quantum leaps over the past decade. The majority of the organizations continue to operate with the dated model when fewer things went wrong with IT. The onset of the pandemic in early 2020, drove the CIOs to think digital and move towards “Shift-left”
The modern Service Desk Operations (SDOps), offers an intelligent “first line” of entry point into IT Organisation. It comprises Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled automated solutions that users can access with a Zero-human touch. To reduce the involvement of human agents, it is anchored around self-service and self-healing initiatives. Some of these enabling tools/ trends are listed below:
- AI and NLP powered Chatbot: Empowering the end-user to converse with a chatbot to get their issue resolved via self-service
- Digital Experience Management (DEM): Allows organizations to develop a deep, continuous understanding of each employee’s needs across the entire digital enterprise. The DEM platform is capable of Service Desk diagnosis & remediation, Root cause analysis, Proactive Endpoint Services, and Asset Optimization
- Automation and orchestration capabilities: From the use of simple scripts to the use of RPA for simulating human-like activities for resolution of issues
- Integrated IVR based telephony: AI-based telephony option to intelligently redirect the calls to appropriate resolver groups
- Remote support and Augmented Reality: Enables users to leverage both smart technologies and a remote expert at a world-class service desk to resolve their issues
Adopting a “shift-left” approach enables issue resolution close to the end-user. This brings in an enhanced end-user experience reducing the wait time. This directly impacts the cost of dealing with the incidents and enhances the services levels.
What does the future hold?
Post pandemic, organizations have begun to realize the power of “shift-left”. This results in minimum human interaction and resolution closer to the users, at the IT service desk. This has propelled a rise in the adoption of AI-enabled capabilities, automation, and knowledge management capabilities. AI interfaces will eventually become an integral part of SDOps in the next few years. They will provide the end-users with a self-learning robotic bot as an alternative to a human agent. This will lead the way in Value Demonstration, enhancing and enriching End-User Experience.
As we move ahead, the operational cost for running an IT Service desk is expected to drop. AI interactions will mature and provide round-the-clock support to end-users without the need to have human agents covering a 24×7. AI-based interactions at Level 0 will cost less. This will incentivize the organizations to drive the adoption of new technologies at the end-user level.
Technological development in the current day and age would result in the IT Service Desk becoming more of a facilitator. This ensures that all the end-user services ‘just work’.
ITC Infotech’s E3 framework provides a strong foundation for the ‘Digital Workplace’ to be leveraged, a differentiated framework for transforming the end-user workplace. This framework comprises of
- Experience: Identify User experience journeys through Value Stream Mapping
- Efficiency: Drive Extreme Automation for an efficient self-service experience
- Effectiveness: Accelerate adoption for benefit realization
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Try Nebraska, South Dakota, Alaska, and Arkansas; what you might call a crimson tide.One of the Midterms’ Little-Noticed Big Losers: The NRA|Cliff Schecter|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the Harvard Crimson noted, Byrne “had been bearing the brunt of the Harvard attack” all afternoon.
And the next film I saw you in was the very first R-rated film I saw in theaters: Crimson Tide.Viggo Mortensen Talks ‘The Two Faces of January,’ Blasts Fox News and Israel’s ‘State Terrorism’|Marlow Stern|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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Published as a Letter to the Editor Old Colony Memorial Plymouth, MA 11.21.15.
This is a time of synthesis – a time of coming together as the heart of humanity opens to the sacredness and oneness of all life inspired now by the crises that separation and the negation of life have brought forth onto the world stage.
The three day harvest celebration at Plymouth Plantation in 1621 and the fifty four years of peace and friendship that followed between the Mayflower Pilgrims and the Pokanoket Wampanoag was an extraordinary exception to human behavior before or since. It was the First Great Synthesis that gave birth to American democracy and the American mind and spirit; the inspiring origin story of what has yet to become a great nation that lives up to its vision and its promise.
A Second Great Synthesis between European Americans and American Indians occurred when aspects of The Great Law of the Iroquois was integrated into the Constitution of the United States.
It’s time now for the US of America to recognize the shadow and the light of every race and acknowledge that throughout history all races – the white, the black, the red and the yellow – have reached great heights of enlightenment and have also been influenced by fear, greed and power leading to violent, unconscionable behavior amongst each other and between races.
Ultimately, when we step back, fly high and take a look at the evolution of the human race, we will see that we are all one species playing out our light and our shadow. There will be a Third Great Synthesis when WE choose to open our hearts and minds to each other, walk forward into the light, and together create a world of peace and abundance for all our children – to the 7th generation and beyond.
The visionary leaders, Bradford and Massasoit of the Mayflower Pilgrims and the Wampanoags gave us a glimpse of what is possible when cultures bridge great gulfs of differences and align with the underlying humanity that binds us all together.
Connie Baxter Marlow
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In a historic move for women's rights, the Spanish government approved a draft bill that would allow teenage girls to terminate their pregnancy without parental consent. The new bill is said to be brought in to counter the previous abortion law implemented by the conservative People's Party in 2015. Government spokeswoman Isabel Rodriguez remarked that the draft bill represented 'a new step forward for a democracy'.
If the bill becomes a law, Spain would be the first country to offer paid menstrual leave to its workers. Moreover, in Spain, voluntary abortion is allowed until 14 weeks of pregnancy.
Social Security System To Pay For Period Leave
Equality Minister Irene Montero said government institutions had to "discard taboos, stigmas and guilt regarding women's bodies", BBC reported. The sexual and reproductive health bill also aims to provide women with three days of sick leave for painful periods, which would later be discussed to increase up to five days for particularly intense or incapacitating pain. The country has ensured that the burden of providing paid leave to women workers during their monthly cycle does not fall on the employers. Therefore, the state social security system would pay for the break.
Abortions for teenage pregnancy and paid sick leave for menstruating women are components of the new bill. Moreover, the government has mentioned that it would tighten the noose around surrogacy, which is already banned in the country. The current government has also pledged to go a step ahead and ban the advertisements promoting surrogacy in the country. Spain believes that surrogacy is a type of violence against women and categorises any kind of forced pregnancy, abortion, sterilisation or contraception in the same way.
With the new campaign, the government seeks to promote the development of hormonal contraception for men, further stressing that contraception is not a woman's responsibility alone. The left-wing coalition government that came to power four years ago in the European country has kept women's rights as women of its operational areas.
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1. Introduce yourself(tell about yourself & who you are)
I’m Nick. I turned 16 in May and live in Texas. Most of my hobbies and interests in life revolve around technology and computing. I also spend a lot of my time making art and producing videos. I enjoy learning about retro computers, old software, and the advancements made throughout the last few decades.
2. What are your passions in life that you’ve always wanted to do?
My eighth-grade English teacher always supported me and my work ethic in his class and made sure I knew he appreciated how I spent more effort and time in his class compared to everyone else. Since then, I’ve wanted to get into more advanced classes and show my teachers what I can really do.
3. What are some goals in life you’d like to complete?
I’d like to move out when I turn 18 and begin spending more time and energy on making videos and/or other similar projects. Although I haven’t had a job yet and don’t plan to until I’m at least finished with school, I hope to get into a career where I can use my knowledge with computers and maybe help people learn about them.
4. What is a positive message you’d like to share with people around the world?
With everybody trying to feel like they’re correct morally or factually, we often fight with each other to have a high ground. We can’t evolve and progress as a population unless we unify and settle our petty differences.
5. If you could describe a perfect world what would it look like to you?
A perfect world is one where everybody has access to not only necessities, but also the opportunities to stand out and make a name for themselves. It should never be a civil war, with a country fighting against its own people simply due to disagreements. People today have every reason and chance to get along with one another.
6. What are some mental struggles you’ve faced in life and how did you overcome them?
Looking through social media and seeing classmates my age going out, getting jobs, and overall acting like adults makes me feel mentally immature. Here I am still in my room playing video games and sometimes asking for extra chores or what have you for any money I could need. It really makes me feel like I don’t know how the world works and that I’ll be unprepared as an adult. This hole I fall into can often last a few days. At some point, I manage to tell myself that I don’t need to be out hunting for career opportunities or going to concerts and events, and that I’m perfectly happy with my life now. I do what I call a ‘reset’ where I clean my room, rearrange furniture, just overall improve myself and my surroundings.
7. How would you like to make an impact in the world if you could?
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Regarding the speech rate of stutters adults' spontaneous speech, the delay in auditory feedback had not significant effect on flows of syllables and words per minute
. It is worth mentioning that the findings were similar to a study that showed both the statistically significant effect on the reduction in the frequency of stuttering, and also there was no significant effect on the speech rate with DAF37-39.
Students reached criterion by reading a certain number of words per minute
(correct plus incorrect words per minute
; e.g., Samuels, 1979), correct words per minute
(e.g., Martens et al., 2007), or a combination of a certain number of correct words per minute
in conjunction with no more than a certain number of incorrect words per minute
(e.g., Anderson & Alber, 2003).
Figure 1 shows Matthew's baseline data were relatively stable with a mean score of 27.8 words per minute
In the end, Cathy could type sentences and her typing fluency reached 21 words per minute
without mistakes: "I don't have to count now to find the right keys as I did with QWERTY.
During the baseline condition, Drew's reading rate remained stable and ranged from 35 words per minute
with 5 errors to 47 words per minute
with 7 errors.
TOP 10 FILMS WITH THE MOST SWEAR WORDS PER MINUTE
In this article entry rate is measured in words per minute
, where a word is defined as five consecutive characters.
At the age of 63 the one-time Redditch Indicator scribe is relying more and more on his elaborate Pitman's Shorthand - which he refined to 180 words per minute
while studying at Wolverhampton Polytechnic at about the time the Beatles released Love Me Do.
They look at the conversion chart and convert their time into words per minute
. They enter their speed in words per minute
onto the speed graph and they enter their comprehension score out of ten onto the comprehension graph.
Comparison of ORF scores with Reading Buddies and Successmaker Computer Program Intervention Type Beginning ORF Ending ORF for 7 Weeks (words per minute
) (words per minute
) Change Reading Buddies 80.96 102.7 +21.8 Fall 2007 SuccessMaker 102.7 101.5 -1.2 Winter 2008 Reading Buddies 101.5 121.7 +20.2 Spring 2008 The reading buddies program had a very positive effect on my students.
The average adult speaks at a rate of almost 170 words per minute
, according to Wichita State audiology professor Ray Hull.
According to the agency's CIO, the software allows the user to control operational commands and place the notes electronically in a certain file within the digital repository via voice--all at up to speeds of 160 words per minute
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The Construction and Improvement of Education Poverty Alleviation System from the Perspective of Regional Characteristic Culture Communication
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Jin Wei, Pujiao Wang
It is very important for ethnic regions to develop education to help the poor. In order to fulfill the requirements of cultural self-confidence, we need to vigorously develop our education work and improve our people's humanistic literacy. In this process, we also need to understand the progress of education work. At present, China's economic development is extremely uneven, which will not only affect the people's quality of life, but also have a great impact on education work.
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This recent report from NBC Universal sheds light on what a lot of hobbyists already know in their heart, that the reef has untold riches to benefit the world if we would just take more time to study them. The sheer diversity of life on the reefs and the incredible number of compounds found in even the smallest life forms makes it statistically probable that there are many biological and chemical tools available that we just haven’t figured out yet. Take cancer for instance. Corals seem to be impervious to cancers, even though they can live for hundreds if not thousands of years. Octopuses and sharks share this incredible trait. Also, how many reef animals can regenerate limbs, even with the stressors of an ultracompetitive reef world trying to eat any critter who is weak or wounded? The number of poisons and toxins alone should be a clue that there are a lot of cool compounds available, even in our lowly aquariums. This video special really dives into the latest developments in this field. Take a moment to follow this LINK to see the other videos. | <urn:uuid:68655b23-b10e-47a2-9d40-a3875179475a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://reefs.com/cancer-fighting-drugs-from-the-reef/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.944257 | 214 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Turning lemons into lemonade, Sabajo et al. have used the great expansion of oil palm plantations and other crops in Indonesia to examine how such land-use change affects land surface temperature (LST). The authors observed a warming trend in the Jambi province of Sumatra of 1.05℃ and 1.56℃ in the morning and afternoon, respectively, between 2000 and 2015. The average morning (10:30 am) temperature increased by 0.07℃ per year; the midday afternoon (1:30 pm) temperature increased by 0.13℃ per year.
During roughly the same period (2000-2010), forest area decreased in Jambi by 17%, while oil palm and rubber plantations greatly expanded. Given that LST within the province’s remaining forests increased only .04C per year at 10:30 am, which the authors attribute mainly to global warming, they concluded that the overall higher province-wide daytime temperature increase was caused by the observed land cover change.
The team also compared temperatures between different land uses: forest, oil palm and rubber plantations, urban areas, and bare land. Despite having a higher albedo (reflectivity) than the forest areas, all converted (non-forest) lands were nonetheless warmer than forests, “suggesting that the albedo was not the dominant variable explaining the LST” [Sabajo 2017: 4629]. Evapotranspiration (ET) played a greater role. Non-vegetated surfaces (urban and bare) were the warmest.
The authors conclude: “The warming effect after forest conversion results from the reduced evaporative cooling, which was identified as the main determinant of regulating the surface temperature” [Sabajo 2017: 4631].
Sabajo, Clifton R., et al., 2017, Expansion of oil palm and other cash crops causes an increase of the land surface temperature in the Jambi province in Indonesia, Biogeosciences 14, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4619-2017 | <urn:uuid:4e8fb666-c532-434d-8526-d01b9685934e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bio4climate.org/article/expansion-of-oil-palm-and-other-cash-crops-causes-an-increase-of-the-land-surface-temperature-in-the-jambi-province-in-indonesia-sabajo-2017/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.920146 | 434 | 3.5 | 4 |
This week in our newsletter we have a couple of things to share with you. First up we have our latest blog post, which this time focuses on Proof of Address: what is it, why is it necessary, and what are its benefits and drawbacks? Going back in time a bit, we also bring up a previous article where Blockpass worked in conjunction with one of its partners to discuss some of the developments at the time, and wonder how things have changed in the year since. Following this, our Current Offers section features an all-new partner in tax-specialist Easy Crypto Accounting. Finally, we feature a new 5 Minutes With interview where we talk to Mobile Developer Khanh Duong about his work for Blockpass. Have a great week and stay healthy!
Providing Proof of Address
There are a number of different data fields that are often required for regulations combating the spread of fraud. KYC and AML measures always require names, dates of birth and other areas, but address is not always one of the requirements. Despite this, it is often asked for as it has historically been used to strengthen the process. In our latest blog post, we examine Proof of Address, its benefits and drawbacks.
There are a number of issues raised when requiring a proof of address to be provided, not least for those with no fixed abode; however, whilst PoA is required by some companies, Blockpass will make it as seamless and painless as possible. Having a shared and reusable platform for identity management and verification is a significant part of this, but not the whole story. Click here
to find out how Blockpass improves the PoA process.
Discussions on Digital Assets
About a year ago, we were lucky enough to have the combined talents of Blockpass' CEO, Adam Vaziri, and Paul Li, General Counsel of OAX Foundation, working together on an article about the then-new Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines for digital assets and digital asset service providers, as well as the G20 summit that was happening at the time.
A look back at the article we can see how things have developed since then and how much of what Vaziri and Li said remains relevant today. Click here
to read their thoughts and findings and let us know via email or through social media what you think of their work and if any parallels can be drawn to how things stand now.
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The following is a guest post from Elite HRV, a top-rated HRV mobile app that was created by a small group of Paleo-enthusiasts that decided to leave their day-jobs and come together to make a difference. They are passionate about helping people reach their health and performance goals and believe that heart rate variability is one of the most powerful tools available to achieve this.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that food intolerances vary enormously between individuals. This isn’t surprising: we all have different genetics, microbiomes, environments, and even maternal gestation lifestyles! One size does not fit all.
As a result, more and more health-seekers are starting with a Paleo Diet, and then using heart rate variability (HRV) to identify and address specific food intolerances. Many end up adding certain foods back into their diets after careful testing.
Why is HRV a practical tool?
In this post, Paleo Leap explored how to measure stress levels and inflammation, and found heart rate variability to be a useful tool. HRV is useful for finding dietary offenders because it is:
Systemic: HRV looks deep into the nervous system, which can give insight into the physiological impact of exercise, diet, sleep, and social stress. This means it can help narrow down diet as a source of inflammation.
Easy: It can be tracked non-invasively in a few minutes per day. No need for 24/7 wearables, needles, blood or saliva samples. This allows you to track more regularly to isolate specific source of inflammation, such as specific foods.
Responsive: The impact of various stresses show up in HRV instantaneously and can give daily insight into progress. No waiting around for weeks or months. Unlike most measurements, you can also repeat tests easily over time to gain more confidence that what you are testing is really the source of a change in your body.
Individualized: HRV apps have become more advanced over time and some can now automatically identify personalized patterns in your stress, inflammation, and recovery. This goes beyond just comparing your data against reference ranges or estimates from a general population.
1. Download an HRV monitoring app that allows for open (i.e. unlimited time) readings specifically useful for these kinds of tests. We designed Elite HRV to accommodate this type of testing, and it is one free option.
2. Wear a heart rate monitor and connect with your app. Accuracy is very important for HRV hardware, and choices depend on which heart rate devices are compatible with your HRV app of choice.
Some apps have proprietary hardware, but many apps can utilize a chest strap for accurate readings. In response to feedback on uncomfortable and inconvenient chest straps, patches and expensive wearables, we designed and are launching a finger-sensor option specifically for HRV that is open to use with almost any HRV app.
3. Start measuring HRV and relax for a few minutes before eating. If possible, avoid too much movement (like walking) and mentally stressful activities.
5. After eating, wait for an additional 10-15 minutes to see what kind of impact on HRV the digestive process is having. Try not to introduce major changes in activity (like getting up and walking around) or mental stress.
Typically HRV may increase slightly with digestion, as the parasympathetic nervous system (the “rest and digest” arm of the autonomic nervous system) kicks in. However, if HRV decreases instead, it is a sign of activity in the sympathetic nervous system (“fight or flight”), typically a sign of inflammatory stress. In those cases, something in the food is likely the culprit!
It’s important to note that in addition to an offending food, it may also be the total quantity of food, quantity of a specific food, or combination of certain foods that could be a trigger. For a “smoking gun”, eliminate the food(s) for 30 days, then test immediately after re-introduction.
*Credit to experts such as Alessandro Ferretti in designing and testing this process. Alessandro Ferretti has published more details information on his website.
Test, Improve, Re-Test
Over time, many HRV users (including the entire Elite HRV team) have used this process to eliminate surprising inflammatory foods from their diet (eggs! tomatoes!), while introducing new foods as well (fermented dairy!)
The road to better health starts with a great template – a Paleo Diet – and then continues with some tinkering and personalization. Don’t forget to enjoy the food along the way!
Interested in HRV, but not the wearables?
You’re not alone! Chest straps and other devices get in the way and aren’t practical. As we mentioned above, Elite HRV is the largest and top-rated HRV mobile app, with nearly 150,000 users. We also have a team dashboard to help coaches, teams, and clinics track the progress of their clients.
Our main complaint was that wearables (i.e. chest straps) were the biggest frustration of tracking HRV. We delved into solutions and created CorSense. CorSense is a finger sensor that reads your heart rate variability in as little as 2 minutes a day. If you’re interested in learning more check out our KickStarter campaign that launched this September below.
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Arkansas Securities Department issues decentralized finance advisory
Little Rock, Arkansas (January 31, 2021) – As part of its ongoing effort to raise investor awareness, the Arkansas Securities Department (ASD) has issued an investor advisory discussing Decentralized Finance (DeFi), a relatively new blockchain-based set of financial services gaining popularity and acceptance. The advisory explains what DeFi is, the technology behind it, how DeFi lending works, potential risks for investors, and how consumers can avoid becoming a victim to a scam.
The growing popularity of cryptocurrencies is one of the main drivers behind the development of alternative banking and business opportunities that may rely on DeFi models.
“Decentralized Finance is an emerging technology and it’s important for investors to understand how DeFi works compared to traditional lending platforms,” ASD Commissioner Eric Munson said. “These alternative financial services providers distinguish themselves from mainstream companies by offering lending, banking and investing options that are decentralized or not dependent on traditional financial markets. Because DeFi is an emerging technology, the risks differ from those in traditional markets.”
Before making any financial decisions, Munson recommends consumers ask questions, do their research, and contact the Arkansas Securities Department at (501) 324-9260 or firstname.lastname@example.org for more information.
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The Gains Of CBD Oil
The nutrients which the human body needs are numerous. When the human body is provided by enough nutrients, it will function effectively. The oil which has the important nutrients to the body is CBD oil. This oil has been used for a while by many clients. It has been well researched and thus proven to be an effective source of critical nutrient. When users use CBD oil, there are numerous benefits they can get. Since it has no effects to the brain, it can be used by everyone. When using this oil, you will be able to gain heath wise. Below are the benefits of CBD oil.
To make CBD oil, natural ingredients have been used. This product is synthesized from natural hemp plant. This oil is made using very high standards. The makers of CBD oil comply with the set standards of manufacturing the oil. To make the best oil, they select hemp plants which are in good condition. It is ideal for your body to get nutrients which comes from natural plants. CBD oil contains fatty acids which are important to the body. The fatty acids are important in the body and the body cannot produce them and thus CBD oil can help with the supply. This is proof that CBD oil is a good supplier of critical nutrients to the body.
It can be bought online. CBD oil has become famous thus there are numerous places where it can be bought. The many sellers available are utilizing the internet. On the internet, there are dedicated online stores which only major on the sale of authentic CBD oil. Purchasing over the internet is ideal given that you can be able to find all the available varieties. You will only find CBD oil which has all the nutrients when you purchase from a dealer that is authorized. When you purchase them online, you will get free shipping to your destination. For customers in the country, they are guaranteed delivery to where they are in time. Their sites are secure.
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The Forces Françaises Libres or Free French Forces were the army of the Comité National Français or French National Committee, the French government-in-exile formed in London with Allied assistance by Charles de Gaulle during World War II in September 1941. They fought against the European Axis powers (Germany and Italy) in Africa and Europe until the war's end in May 1945. They also fought against the Vichy French in Syria and Iraq.
As Pétain's new Vichy government prepared to sign an armistice on 22 June 1940, de Gaulle flew to London and on 18 June. De Gaulle's forces by November 1940, numbered 35,000 troops and twenty warships; several overseas colonies including Syria had rallied to his banner, although his forces were defeated in September in an attempt, with British aid, to seize Dakar, Senegal.
In London in Sept. 1941 de Gaulle formed the free French National Council, with himself as president. It was an all-encompassing coalition of exhilees, ranging from conservative Catholics like himself to Communists. By early 1942, the "Fighting French" movement, as it was now called, gained rapidly in power and influence; it overcame Vichy in Syria and Lebanon, adding to its base. In November 1942 the Americans invaded French North Africa. They favored General Henri Giraud, the High Commissioner of North Africa. But de Gaulle seized power from Giraud, who resigned in late 1942. De Gaulle took supreme command of all French forces in April 1944. Meanwhile, all the French colonies except Japanese-occupied Indochina came under Gaullist control, as did Corsica.
De Gaulle in was exasperated at the Americans, who were more willing to work with Vichy or Giraud than with him:
- The United States, delighting in her resources, feeling that she no longer had within herself sufficient scope for her energies, wishing to help those who were in misery or bondage the world over, yielded in her turn to that taste for intervention in which the instinct for domination cloaked itself.
It turn Franklin D. Roosevelt distrusted him. De Gaulle removed French forces from the planned invasion of Normandy in June 1944. He was not at D-Day and was excluded from all the top-level conferences. The British and American, gave his regime de jure recognition and allowed his armies to enter France and to be the first to enter Paris after the Germans fled in August 1944. French armies, 1.3 million strong, under de Gaulle as provisional president, thereupon fought alongside the British and Americans.
- Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac, La France Libre de l'appel du 18 juin a la Liberation (Paris: Gallimard, 1996)
- The Communists were controlled by Moscow, which was allied with Germany in 1940. They came into opposition only when Germany invaded Russia in June 1941. De Gaulle's policy became one of friendship directly with Moscow.
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The FBI has recovered the remains of missing Florida native Brian Laundrie. However, questions in his case linger. In July, Laundrie, 23, and his fiance Gabby Petito, 22, took a road trip across the western United States. Their journey saw them visit state parks and other attractions, but there was trouble brewing in their relationship.
When Laundrie returned to his parent’s home in Florida on September 1, he was alone. Petito was nowhere to be found. Her once-active social media presence had gone completely cold. Weeks later, after an extensive search, investigators found her remains near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Laundrie was named a person of interest in the case, but he and his parents refused to cooperate with the authorities.
On September 14, Laundrie allegedly told his parents that he was leaving on a backpacking trip to a nature preserve near their home. He was declared missing three days later, and search parties scoured the wilderness for him throughout late September and into October. On Wednesday, October 20, with the help of his parents, police discovered Laundrie’s remains in the Carlton Reserve of Sarasota County.
Detectives were able to verify the identity of the body by cross-referencing the remains against the 23-year-old’s dental records.
The discovery of Laundrie’s remains brings few answers for Petito’s friends and family. A backpack and notebook were found near Laundrie’s body, and the FBI says that these could hold some clues about what happened during the couple’s trip in August. No details about their contents have been made public.
“I know you have a lot of questions, but we don’t have all the answers yet,” FBI Special Agent Michael McPherson told reporters in a press conference on Wednesday. “We are working diligently to get those answers for you.” McPherson took no questions during the event.
After Petito’s remains were found last month, her autopsy revealed that her death was caused by strangulation. The coroner, Dr. Brent Blue, determined that her death was likely a homicide. Some commentators online have speculated that Laundrie was directly involved in Petito’s death. Police have not charged him with a crime, though it is unclear if this was due to his status as a missing person.
Petito’s disappearance dominated national headlines in September, with internet sleuths attempting to piece together the timeline of events that led up to her disappearance. This interest largely centered on her social media presence, which chronicled the couple’s trip across the country. The blog entries, titled “Van Life,” include images from national parks and accounts from Petito.
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Tap Into the Cervical Cancer Treatment Market 2018-2023
The cervix is the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. Cervical cancer develops in the cells of the cervix. Strains of Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection, play a role in causing most of the cervical cancers.
The disease begins when healthy cells acquire mutation leading to the uncontrolled growth of cells. These cells form a tumor which invades the nearby tissues. Squamous cell carcinomas, adenocarcinomas, and adenosquamous carcinomas are three types of cervical cancers. Squamous cell carcinomas develop from cells in the exocervix while adenocarcinomas develop from gland cells. The cancer cells are said to have features of squamous cells under the microscope. Adenosquamous carcinomas feature both squamous cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas. Cryosurgery, laser surgery, simple hysterectomy, radical hysterectomy, and trachelectomy are various treatment options for cervical cancer. Cystoscopy, proctoscopy, examination under anesthesia, and imaging studies such as Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), intravenous urography, and Positron Emission Tomography (PET scan) are used of the diagnosis of cervical cancer.
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Cervical Cancer Treatment Market: Top Players
Some of the key players in this market are Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, ALLERGAN, Actavis Pharma Company, Eli Lilly and Company, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Hetero, Biocon, Novartis, Genentech USA, and others.
Cervical Cancer Treatment Market: Segmentation
The global cervical cancer treatment market is segmented on the basis of type, treatment, and end-user.
On the basis of type, the market is segmented into squamous cell carcinomas, adenocarcinomas, and adenosquamous carcinomas.
On the basis of treatment, the market is segmented into surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, hormone therapy, and others.
Surgery is further segmented into cryosurgery, laser surgery, simple hysterectomy, radical hysterectomy, trachelectomy, and others.
Radiation Therapy is further segmented into external beam radiation and brachytherapy
Chemotherapy is further segmented into cisplatin, carboplatin, paclitaxel, doxorubicin, gemcitabine, bevacizumab, and others.
Targeted therapy is further segmented into bevacizumab and pazopanib.
Hormone therapy is further segmented into oestrogen, progesterone, progestogens, and testosterone.
On the basis of end-user, the market is segmented into cancer care centers, diagnostic centers, pharmacies, and others.
Cervical Cancer Treatment Market: Regional Analysis
Globally, Americas is the largest market for cervical cancer treatment whose growth is attributed to technological advancements in the field of oncology, increasing prevalence of cervical cancer, and development of new imaging devices by key players in the market. In North America, the market is driven by the increasing awareness of causes and risk factors of cervical cancer and its treatment. In the U.S., the market is driven by the increasing importance of women healthcare and changing lifestyle of women. South America exhibits a steady growth in the cervical cancer treatment market.
In the European countries, the growth of the market is attributed to a number of healthcare institutions offering treatment of cancer and huge investments in research and development activities by the U.K. and Germany. In Germany, the market is mainly driven by an increase in the use of new technological devices for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
In Asia Pacific, the cervical cancer treatment market exhibits numerous growth opportunities due to rising awareness about cervical cancer and the increasing demand for cost-effective treatment solutions such as chemotherapy. Japan, China, and India are the largest contributors to the market growth where the market is driven by the increasing emphasis on cancer detection and treatment and the rising prevalence of cancer. Additionally, availability of skilled healthcare professionals in research also accelerates the growth of the market. The increasing government support of oncology research and women healthcare initiatives and the rapid growth of the healthcare imaging industry in India and China fuel the f=growth of the market in the regions.
In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) are the largest contributors to the market growth due to the focus on the development of new healthcare facilities catering to the needs of cancer patients and availability of technologically advanced diagnostic devices of management. In African countries, the increasing number of healthcare initiatives for women health and improvement in healthcare infrastructure are likely to boost the growth of the market.
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Some of Major Table of Content for Cervical Cancer Treatment Market:
Chapter 1. Report Prologue
Chapter 2. Market Introduction
2.2 Scope of the Study
2.2.1 Research Objective
Chapter 3. Research Methodology
3.2 Primary Research
3.3 Secondary Research
3.4 Market Size Estimation
Chapter 4. Market Dynamics
4.5 Macroeconomic Indicators
4.6 Technology Trends & Assessment
4.5 Macroeconomic Indicators
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Shell script of the gods
One of the concerns I had with the programming contest problem was deciding what kind of fictional context to use. What kind of scenario could explain the need for a single automated solution to a suite of problems, even those that had already been solved?
The need to expose the player to such a test suite is twofold. We would like to introduce the player to the idea of breaking tasks down into reusable subcomponents. I thought I would give the player some small task to accomplish, thoroughly testing that the automation he produces works in every case, and then giving him access to that solution as a component to solve future problems. In this way, at least as one part of the level progression, we would coerce the player to build up a library of functionality.
The other aspect is the pedagogical model described yesterday. The gist is that a series of specific exercises are used to illuminate a general concept.
So here's the story: In a pantheon, you are the god of automation, or perhaps ritual. All of the other gods have vanished. While exploring the reason for their disappearance, you enter into their quarters in Olympus and find yourself invoked by their worshipers. When you are summoned in the name of another god, you have the ability to use that god's power, theoretically in some limited context to placate the supplicants. Initially these powers will be very limited, such as the ability to cause crops to grow or heal cattle.
The pleas of the faithful never cease. If you had no other option, you would be eternally at the whim of these worshipers to do these tasks manually (they are sounding more like demon summoners at this point, you are bound to do a boon) . However, the interesting wrinkle is that as god of automation, you have the power to set up a system to do these things for you, and you can install it in the place of doing the deity work yourself. I don't yet know precisely how this would manifest, but it would require the summoning to include somehow a symbolic description of how the task is to be accomplished, in fact a program in some specialized ritual language. The scenarios would each be set up so that it is clear what the player needs to do, and thus the task would be two parts:
- Figure out how the symbolic representation represents the work that needs to be done (this is the game-supplied program).
- Construct a program to do it for you (this is the user-provided interpreter).
This is similar to the decoding game I recently described, and it is possible that these could both be parts of the same game.
Once you have automated a deity correctly you can then summon it yourself to do work for you in other problems. As each deity has its own ritual language, this has the possibility to introduce a whole slew of programming primitives and language types, in addition to the various powers each god commands.
What kind of language does the god of automation himself use? That is, what is our starting point? I think Lisp or something like it is a good candidate, and I will suggest a possible mechanism for importing lambdas and s-expressions into video games in a future post. | <urn:uuid:82dc2e8f-f564-446a-93e7-7a9e8092615b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gashlin.net/blog/pages/2010-12-25-shell-script-of-the-gods.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.974667 | 659 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Breast cancer afflicts one in eight Belgian women. Early detection increases the chance of survival, thus screening is recommended. The Mammotest screening programme was introduced in Belgium and significantly improved through MammoNote, an ambitious project of UCL’s Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM).
Since 2000, Belgian authorities have operated a systematic screeningmedical examination or action to determine the presence of a disease. It can be positive (the disease is present) or negative (it is absent) programme intended for all women aged 50 to 69, as studies had demonstrated that such programmes reduce mortality up to 30%. This form of screening, or early detection, however, is quite demanding, owing especially to the double reading of mammography X-ray images: the first reading is taken by a radiologist at a centre where the mammography was performed, the second by a radiologist at a coordination centre. The Brussels Breast Cancer Screening Coordination Centre (Brumammo) performs the second reading of images sent by centres approved by the Brussels Capital Region; the Community Reference Centre for Cancer Screening (Centre Communautaire de Référence), in Mont-Saint-Guibert, receives images sent by approved centres in Wallonia. These two coordination centres and their Flemish counterpart organise the screening programme for the Belgian population.
From CD-ROM to MammoNote
Sharing images between the screening centre and the coordination centre must be performed as reliably as possible. ‘Transferring data collected by the centre responsible for the mammography’s first reading to the reference centre responsible for the second is done by sending a CD-ROM and a written report by post’, says Vincent Nicolas, CEO of Intuitim, a UCL spin-off created in 2012. ‘In addition to the risk of loss en route, there’s a risk of mismatching CD-ROMs and reports.’ Intuitim was created following a research project led by Mr Nicolas when he was an ICTEAM researcher, with funding from Innoviris (formerly IRSIB, a Brussels research and innovation assistance fund). More crucial to its creation was a particularly innovative programme for improving screening quality and supporting information exchange.
For several years, Mr Nicolas and his team sought to support radiologist diagnostics and improve information exchange between the centre that performed the mammography and the coordination centre responsible for the second reading. They eventually created a work station that facilitates both annotation and diagnosis of lesions captured by mammography digital imagery. ‘When the image appears on screen, the radiologist uses a stylus to quickly note directly on the image what’s observed, simply by drawing icons representing standard terms next to the observed irregularity. A tape recorder is no longer necessary, and the radiologist who receives the annotated image can in a glance grasp what the first radiologist observed and read his explanation.’
The prototype was tested at the Brussels Jules Bordet Institute and at UCL’s Saint-Luc University Hospital, in collaboration with the Walloon Coordination Centre. Adjustments were made based on real situations. Next, some 15 hospitals performed trial ‘Mammotests’.
Secure transmission and digital annotation
While MammoNote’s image quality mirrors that of existing devices, it is unique in its capacity to structure information gathered by the radiologist responsible for image analysis and in its provision of digital annotation capability. ‘Annotated images are securely transmitted to the coordination centre’, Mr Nicolas explains. ‘There’s no risk of loss or mismatching reports and images. Only authorised persons have access to this personal information. In addition, the annotated images will be useful in subsequent follow-up when compared to future images of the same patient.’ It will be easy to immediately access annotations of previous images, because they will still be there on the image. And we know the importance to a radiologist of being able to compare images taken in previous years.
Interest from other countries
This speedy, self-explanatory and reliable technology is attracting the attention of many screening centres in Belgium and elsewhere. ‘Today, in Belgium,’ Mr Nicolas says, ‘we estimate some ten centres and a range of breast examination specialists use our platform. Luxembourg’s ministry of health, which manages a Mammotest type of screening programme, is also interested. Six hospitals have bought the product. So we’re trying to promote MammoNote in countries managing screening programmes, such as France and Switzerland. The Netherlands and Germany are other possible markets.’ Such progress, by expanding the practice of efficiently transferring data, whether images or reports, can further improve diagnostics, avoid false positives and false negatives, and ultimately improve—and save—many more women’s lives. | <urn:uuid:13c644dc-02f2-4715-8ff3-671b1b7a0f4b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://uclouvain.be/en/sciencetoday/news/faciliter-le-diagnostic-du-cancer-du-sein-avec-mammonote.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940889 | 1,006 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Gaining Supply Chain Resilience and Performance Sustainability through Supply Chain Agility in Furniture SMEs in Yogyakarta
Keywords:Supply chain agility, supply chain resilience, supply chain performance sustainability
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many activities throughout the supply chain, from supplying unrefined materials to a product being consumed by consumers. More than five million companies have been undermined by the COVID-19 pandemic, several companies have also temporarily closed stores, cancelled orders, and suspended production. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate and examine the role of supply chain agility on supply chain resilience and supply chain performance sustainability. This study uses a quantitative method with the Smart PLS version 3.3.3 analysis tool and also involves 54 furniture SMEs in the Special Region of Yogyakarta as respondents. The results of this study find and prove that supply chain agility has a positive and significant effect on supply chain resilience and supply chain performance sustainability. The more agile furniture SMEs in managing the supply chain, the stronger the sustainability of future performance in the midst of a business environment full of uncertainty. This shows that supply chain agility owned by furniture SMEs has an important role in supply chain resilience and supply chain performance sustainability.
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Zaid, Z. (2021). Public Perception On COVID-19 Vaccination Intention. International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS), 10(4). https://doi.org/10.11591/IJPHS.V10I4.20914. | <urn:uuid:8cae3bed-8701-4422-9ccd-310b812be1d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ejournal.undiksha.ac.id/index.php/IJSSB/article/view/37945 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.712235 | 3,117 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Rosebreasted cockatoos (called Galahs in
Australia) are found throughout the entire Australian continent usually in
small groups or larger flocks in the Australian savannas and open grasslands.
They rarely seek food in trees, which are used, for resting and sleeping. They
prefer to feed on the ground generally in cultivated areas searching for
cereal grains, green shoots, weed seeds, and occasional insects and larvae.
The Galah breeding season is largely determined by climatic conditions. The
onset of rain and warmer spring weather initiates breeding activity in
Oklahoma, usually beginning in March and lasting through late May and early
As the breeding mood intensifies both male and female prepare the nest by
carrying small branches with leaves into the nesting box. The green branches
and leaves are important in providing for a sufficient level of humidity for
the successful incubation of the eggs. The clutch, which consists of 3 to 5
eggs, is incubated by both the male and female and lasts about 18-22 days. The
young birds normally leave the nest at about 6 weeks, and are usually fully
weaned at 12 weeks of age.
The galah is a very gregarious
cockatoo and prefers the company of others. At Oakhill Center we have several
birds that are kept in a communal aviary allowing them to flock.
Other Galah photos
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Did You Know IL & WI Have Places In U.S. Restroom Hall Of Fame?
Some of the best restrooms of all time in the United States have been located in Illinois and Wisconsin.
The Most Important Room In Every Building
When you arrive at your destination, what is one of the first things you do? I would say go to the restroom. Especially, if you had to travel a long distance. It is the place that everyone uses. It doesn't matter who, what, where, or when. At some point, you're going to have to relieve yourself.
Some people will spend a significant amount of time in the bathroom. It's basically a place for them to think. I've even heard it referred to as the office. The restroom is also the place you want to be clean and ready for use at all times. There's nothing worse than having to go and the facility is a filthy mess. That's why many folks will avoid using a public restroom at all costs. They want that home court advantage.
When doing any upgrading or renovations, the first room of the house to consider is the bathroom. It really gets the most use. You want it to be comfortable and clean. I would almost consider it the most important room in any building. Without it, the plants would get much more fertilizer.
Did You Know There's A Restroom Hall Of Fame?
I don't know if you heard but there is a Restroom Hall Of Fame in the United States. It only makes sense to honor the best of the best when it comes to those types of facilities.
Every year, Cintas takes nominations for the restroom of the year. Each winner is inducted into the Restroom Hall Of Fame. Illinois and Wisconsin each have bathrooms that have earned that honor.
Illinois Facility In Restroom Hall Of Fame
In 2011, a restroom in Chicago's Field Museum won Restroom of the Year and Hall of Fame Honors.
With two large family-friendly restrooms on the ground floor, the Field Museum features sufficient stalls and sinks, as well as eco-friendly hand-dryers.
The women's restroom includes a nursing room with a privacy door, sink, couch, kids area with smaller toilets, and extra supplies when needed. I've been to this museum and the men's room is pretty darn nice. I could just imagine how much better the women's facilities are for the ladies.
Wisconsin's Member Of The Hall Of Fame
Not to be outdone by its neighbor to the south, Wisconsin has a member in the Restroom Hall of Fame too. In 2004, The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan earned the honor.
Its mission is to encourage and support innovative explorations in the arts and to foster an exchange between a national community of artists and a broad public that will help realize the power of the arts to inspire and transform our world.
Since it's an art center, they've created a beautiful environment to do your business. In the world of restrooms, I don't think you could ever make anything too nice.
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This week at 148Apps.com, we took a closer look at what may be the future of Disney Interactive Entertainment: Disney Infinity. Site founder Jeff Scott writes, "Disney Infinity will be a multi-property, multi-platform exploration game which will let you can combine various Disney characters and worlds to use your imagination to the fullest. It will be a combination of real world toys and video games, similar to Skylanders, but taken to the extreme. For example, in Disney Infinity you can answer the question: who would win a race between Lightning McQueen from Cars and Dash from The Incredibles?
This is both good and bad news for iOS users. While the mobile part of Disney Infinity will be initially limited to so-called support apps, it will evolve over 2013 to a full Disney Infinity platform, though we are still trying to get details on that."
Over at GiggleApps.com, Amy Solomon reviewed My Beastly ABCs, saying, "I really appreciate not only the colorful look of this app, complete with wonderful illustrations and mild animated moments containing both a vintage sense of style as well as a modern look and feel, but also the pitch-perfect use of suspenseful, jazzy music and perfectly realized narration by celebrated voice-over artist Jim Dale as well."
And what week would be complete without a new KickStarter spotlight from AndroidRundown.com? Joseph Bertolini writes, "I just wrote an app review about an app that really helps me keep my life organized called Catch Notes. In that post I talk about the struggles I – like millions of other people – have with remembering events and to-do items. Apps in this space are generally very similar and are just slightly different iterations of the same thing; the idea stays consistent and there is very little motivation to pay attention to them. This is most apparent when trying to work on bad habits or trying to start new good ones. This is not going to be a cheesy New Year’s post, but the best way to change for the better is to work on the small things instead of trying to make large drastic changes. Since the biggest problem with existing apps is that there is a lack of motivation to continue checking them, and the medium that has most mastered this addictive motivation are video games, it was only a matter of time before there was a hybrid love-child of the two. This chimera is one of the more creative KickStarter projects we have done here, and it is called HabitRPG."
Educators face a common plight, regardless of what they teach: how to inspire their students to be interested in the subject matter. Perhaps it's down to human nature, that anything that must be learnt is immediately dismissed. I'm as guilty as many others, only truly appreciating the works of Shakespeare when it came to having the choice of reading his work. I've got a feeling, though, that if apps such as Explore Shakespeare were around when I was learning, it would have helped.
The Explore Shakespeare series has recently been released by the Cambridge University Press, offering users the chance to read the full play, listen to an audio performance of it (featuring the voices of actors such as Michael Sheen and Kate Beckinsale) as well as explore and analyze the content.
But how does it actually fare with its core market? Headmistress of St. Mary's school, Cambridge, Charlotte Avery explained to us that the students were immediately enthusiastic during their time with the Romeo & Juliet app, she particularly enjoyed "the ease with which the students can find out the meaning of a word or phrase by simply tapping on it as they read," as well as a "diagram of all the characters involved in a particular scene," reducing any confusion that can come from understanding complex fight scenes in the play. The girls themselves explained that they appreciated the color photographs of professional productions "so that you can imagine what is going on" and that it was "fun to use."
Given the school's policy of "Bring Your Own Devices" into school, the Explore Shakespeare series looks set to be quite the hit there and hopefully elsewhere, too. Charlotte Avery explained it best that "bringing iPads into the classroom is the way to go!", pointing out that it helps to "bridge the 'disillusionment gap' between what young people experience with technology inside and outside of school."
It's an interesting move for education and one that I'd heartily recommend. Anything that brings classic literature to life for a new generation has to be a good thing. The Explore Shakespeare apps are available now. They're usually priced at $13.99, but currently on sale at $8.99 each.
This week at 148Apps.com, we celebrated the coming Memorial Day holiday with a closer look and an ever-growing list of apps on sale. Site editor Rob LeFebvre writes, "So, it’s that time of year again! BBQs, lawn chairs, beer, and the ability to finally wear shorts with sandals without fear of frostbite. Tan those legs and check out all the huge sales that are going on across the App Store below. We’ll try and keep it updated as we go this weekend, so be sure to let us know of any good sales on iOS apps..."
At GiggleApps, writer Amy Solomon reviewed The First Million-Teach Your Child to Read. Solomon says, "The First Million is a lovely universal “mix and match” book application that adults and children will find interesting as well as intuitive as here, as the pages of this book are split into three sections – each being able to be flipped back and forth to create new and intriguing illustrations and word combinations. Unlike other “mix and match” books where one can look for the corresponding thirds of the same image to make a match, this app is completely open-ended with no right or wrong matches to be made, giving children free range to produce any and all combinations they may fancy."
Finally, 148Apps.biz writer Kevin Stout reported on Disney's push into Angry Birds territory. Stout writes, "Intensely popular Disney game, Where’s My Water?, will be receiving its first line of merchandise based on the game. The physics-based puzzler by Disney has been popular on both iOS and Android. Fans of the popular game can now buy all kinds of merchandise featuring the story’s character, Swampy the Alligator."
This week at 148Apps.com, two great new apps for kids were featured: AutisMate and Ruckus Reader. Writer Jennifer Allen had this to say about AutisMate: "AutisMate was designed by Jonathan Izak, someone whose younger brother and first cousin who have autism. It allows users to add their own pictures, videos and voice recordings to the app in order to create scenes that help promote positive interactions."
Kevin Stout contributed the following about Ruckus Reader: "When a child is in possession of a device as versatile as an iPad, it could be just as distracting as it is productive. A new series of apps by Ruckus, Ruckus Reader, has been released that help parents keep track of their children’s progress through Ruckus Reader books."
Meanwhile, at GiggleApps.com, Amy Solomon was investigating the hidden joys of Smash Your Food HD, "Smash Your Food HD is a highly entertaining app for iPad dedicated to the better understanding of the amounts of sugar, salt and oil found within foods that are commonly eaten. With five levels included, players are asked to determine the amounts of these substances by reviewing the nutritional facts of each food in question and then watching as these foods get pulverized – much to the delight of children."
And last, but certainly not least, 148Apps.biz writer Kevin Stout reported on Apple's recent change in policy regarding iAd revenues: "Before April 1st, developers earned 60% of the iAd revenue they generated within iAd-supported apps. Now developers will receive 70% of iAd revenues, according to Apple’s Developer Center. Developers will now receive this higher percentage for both app download and iAd revenues. This is likely to be a rather large boost in income for developers that use iAd as their primary source of revenue for their free apps."
And, to paraphrase Cronkite, that's the way it was. Keep track of all the latest happenings across the iOS and mobile universe by following us on Twitter and liking us on Facebook. You'll be glad you did. Until next time, watch out for the hoary hosts of Hoggoth!
This week at 148Apps, writer Gianna LaPin continued the 500,000 Apps Interview Series by chatting with Colin Lynch of Freeverse. Lynch says, "There are plenty of skill-sets that are helpful in creating great apps and great games. An eye for design, an ability to analyze the market and spot opportunities, speed of thought and action to take advantage of those opportunities, great coding skills, flexibility to work around problems or change directions when events warrant."
Over at our kid-centric sister site GiggleApps, reviewer Amy Solomon took a thorough look at Practice Book, a new iPad app that uses a familiar connect-the-dot approach to helping children learn letters and words. Solomon writes, "Because my son is new to creating letters, this is an app we work on together. I may demonstrate the correct way to connect the dots in terms of the up or down motions commonly used to make letters or give him simple instructions that he can follow by himself. Sometimes I hold his hand and together we trace over template in the hope that his muscle memory for writing these letters will develop. We often use a stylus as well to get used to holding a pencil to write."
And at Android Rundown, Carter Dotson comments on the new that iOS superhit Instagram is coming to the Android platform...sort of...maybe...one day. He writes, "Instagram’s CEO Kevin Systrom has announced that an Android version of their photo sharing service is “on the horizon” for Android. The app is very close to being real, as they don’t even have a team assembled to develop the app for Android. That is also sarcastic."
Finally, here in the states, it's the Labor Day weekend. That means scads of sales on tons of apps. Keep up to date with the latest and greatest changes by visiting our Huge Labor Day Weekend Price Drop Round-Up. There are great deals to be had, and some amazing games to play in between bites of char-broiled goodness.
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Are iPads the future of education?
Well, maybe not. But there's no denying that "abc PocketPhonics" is an amazing app. A universal app—it works with both iPhone and iPad—PocketPhonics teaches the basics of reading and writing to young kids. Most surprising? It seems to work.
With reading, the app uses the "synthetic phonics" method supported by US, UK, and Australian governments. Kids are first taught letter sounds (instead of the names of the letters), including hybrid sounds such as "ch" and "sh." US and UK pronunciations are both included, so you don't have to worry about your kid picking up the "wrong" accent. (Darn!)
And for writing, the app demonstrates how to draw the letters, instead of just presenting pictures. Kids can then trace the letters' outlines on the iPad or iPhone using their finger. If you chose, the app will then grade their accuracy. I can see this being very useful for young learners especially—tracing with a finger is infinitely easier than using a pencil. Cursive and print alphabets are both included.
Finally, PocketPhonics rounds out its offering with a sound-based word "spelling game," which includes over 170 words with accompanying pictures. There's also a "ParentZone" area where parents can tweak the app's settings.
Oh, and it's only $0.99.
While I doubt that a single app will ever be able to replace real-life teaching, abc PocketPhonics certainly looks like a competent, comprehensive app. It won't teach letter names, but it can get pre-readers "hooked on phonics."
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It is a strong and well-crafted article that describes many of the reasons why I (and my partners, I may say) am involved in user experience design and are so enthusiastic about it.
Jennie Winhall, who is a senior design strategist for RED, the social and economic ‘do tank’ within the UK Design Council, claims that when one seriously starts reflecting on the many ways that design governs us, we realise, that design and therefore leadership are value-based. Designers and leaders shape preferences.
Politically speaking, design can exclude or include all manner of people in all manner of ways throughout society. Design is political because it has consequences, and sometimes serious ones.
The power of designers is that we can design things to have different consequences. The crucial and political question for designers becomes "how can we use design for social justice?".
Nowadays the world of design is changing. Design used to be done by specialists for users. From now on, in a growing number of fields, design will be done with users and by them. In this context, the designer is becoming the facilitator–the enabler–rather than the dictator of what people themselves want to do.
At the same time there has been a shift in conventional politics; a realisation that top-down policies no longer work, and that public services in particular must be redesigned around the user. Conventional policy makers are not readily equipped to do this. Designers are.
Winhall then highlights the values of user-centred design, which she describes as a "political standpoint in itself" and she goes on to say that "participatory design work, if done well, can be fundamentally democratic, giving ordinary people a voice and an opportunity to influence outcomes."
At the Design Council they call this approach transformation design. It is the design that facilitates collaboration between designers, policymakers, economists, social scientists and ordinary people in order to solve complex socio-economic problems. | <urn:uuid:99b8a3d6-35df-429d-b2ee-56e073882ee9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.experientia.com/design-for-social-justice/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.951437 | 400 | 1.75 | 2 |
Extracellular vesicles from a natural source for tailor-made nanomaterials
In the research project "Ves4Us", researchers from Italy, Ireland, Switzerland and Slovenia are working on a new approach for tailor-made nanocarriers in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz. The project focuses on extracellular vesicles, which are produced by cells from a renewable plant-based source. They are mainly used for inter-cell communication, so they are excreted by certain cells and taken up by other cells. Therefore, in their characteristics, for example their surface, they are very similar to the excreting cells. As a result, the vesicles have the best prerequisites for a very good biocompatibility and the required long circulation time in the body.
The aim of the project "Ves4Us" is to generate extracellular vesicles in large quantities. At the MPI-P, the surface of isolated EVs is engineered to equip these vesicles with a kind of "address label", so that they can act in the body at precisely defined places. For this purpose, certain proteins are attached to the vesicle surface, enabling prolonged blood circulation, the crossing of biological barriers or the targeting of certain tissues.
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Launching the Tool
Click the Sculpt Brush icon from the toolbar (or choose Tools->Artisan->Sculpt Brush from the menu) to launch the tool.
1. Ensure that you are in the proper editing context for the geometry you wish to sculpt. You cannot sculpt across the boundaries of groups and components.
2. Click and Drag across a highly subdivided mesh.
3. The Brush Radius determines the area that is influenced by the sculpting operation. There are several ways to adjust the radius:
- Keying-in a measurement such as '10m'.
- Tapping the left or right arrow keys (left to decrease, right to increase)
- Holding the left or right arrow key down while dragging the mouse up or down
4. The Strength determines the amount of displacement and can also indicate the direction. If the arrow points away from the mesh, the displacement is 'normal'. If it points towards the mesh, the displacement direction is reversed. In the 'Sculpt' mode, the strength indicates the maximum amount of displacement but in other modes, it simply gives a visual cue for the strength and direction of the deformation. There are several ways to adjust to the strength:
- Keying-in a measurement followed by the letter 's'. For example, keying in '10ms' will set the strength to 10 meters.
- Tapping the up or down arrow keys (down to decrease, up to increase)
- Holding the up or down arrow key while dragging the mouse up or down
- Press the up and down arrow keys at the same time to reverse the displacement direction while keeping the same absolute strength value
5. Press the TAB key to cycle through the different sculpting modes (Sculpt, Smooth, Pinch, Inflate, and Flatten).
6. The current sculpt mode can also be changed using the right-click context menu.
7. If you have pre-selected any edges or faces prior to activating the sculpt brush, a 'sculpt mask' will be created. The sculpting operation will only affect the selected edges and faces. Press 'Escape' to clear the sculpt mask.
In the 'Settings' dialog:
- Soft Falloff Mode
- Brush Mirror Plane
- Sculpt Planar Lock
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