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Board history is extensive. From about the beginning of time women have been wearing bras to enhance or reduce their figure. The main lines have been expanded and narrowed, circled and expanded, and distributed throughout the always following social styles and fashions. The some extremely hot lingerie has been worn by women all over the world since 2000 BC when the first leather corset was worn to support and express the breasts. The ancient Greeks wore a type of board that pushed the breasts up but the breasts were left bare.
Trending Modern Clothing
- Internal bodices. Today bras can be fashioned to meet any unique human style and luxury. In recent years bras combined with full size have become the norm, as more and more women are turning to plastic surgery to improve their bust line.
- Fortunately, there is a bra available that can fit almost some extremely hot lingerie any woman anywhere. There are even bras made of “outerwear”. Celebrities are among the most popular members of the community to complement bold and bold styles.
- For those who are bold but with a little boldness, clean bras and blackboards is a good choice.
- Style is very much related to what is available and “hot” as what a woman finds comfortable and supportive.
- The first official “bras” were patented in the US in the mid-1800s, as the offensive coats began to go out of style with women looking for more luxury.
Different Types of Dresses
Many different types of bras are made from the earliest days of their existence. Women no longer have to fight hard to connect their upper body and chest to a combination made of whale and iron (common materials used to make original caps). Instead, modern bras are made of a variety of luxurious fabrics, designed to support, elevate, enhance and show off a woman’s breasts (although you can still get some extremely hot lingerie cuts, which is a bonus for most women).
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i am using database node reader to coonect to sql server data base...i have loaded the jdbc driver and configures the node but i got the following error:
The TDS protocol stream is not valid.
what should i do to solve this error?
any help would be appreciated
My extremely pragmatic standard answer, worth trying: the official JDBC driver gave me issues as well - consider trying jTDS,, that solved everything for me. No idea why, though. :-)
Otherwise posting a detailed debug log will give the IT pros around here more insight...
thnanks,but it did not solve the problem
Then you might want to post a debug log for the experts to assess. Set Preferences / KNIME / KNIME GUI to "Debug", and your console will be flooded with detail.
it worked just fine on another system,i think that is because of several older version of sql server instaalled on the first system........(sql server 2000,sql server 2008 and ......sql server 2014)
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Sarah Digby barely remembers her first period, but the third is locked in her brain. She was in a seventh-grade reading class in San Antonio, her feet propped up on the desk chair in front of her, when the pain shot down from her pelvis to the back of her legs. Her feet went numb. She worried she wouldn’t be able to move. She tried to breathe slowly, to stop herself from panicking, while the pain that would define the next decade of her life set in.
As she grew up, Ms. Digby thought she just had “a weird body.” She bled through pads, underwear, sheets. She woke herself up one night, screaming from the pain. “I thought: It must be my fault — I must not know how to control my period the way everyone else does,” she said. In her early 20s, the pain became so intense that she collapsed on the subway and in the shower. She once passed out on a plane, and the last thing she remembered was buzzing for a flight attendant as they prepared to close the cabin door.
It wasn’t until Ms. Digby was almost 27, nearly 15 years after she started menstruating, that she was diagnosed with endometriosis, a chronic condition that affects 10 percent of women and girls, according to the World Health Organization. But the broad range of symptoms and a lack of awareness about how to recognize and treat the disease can prevent patients from getting help. There is no cure for endometriosis, but doctors and researchers are uncovering tools to manage the often debilitating pain that comes with the disease. Without an accurate diagnosis, though, patients like Ms. Digby are left grasping for answers.
When Ms. Digby did seek medical attention, she was told that she might have ovarian cysts, that she might have a sexually transmitted infection and that her intrauterine device had led to pelvic inflammation. She felt “medically gaslit,” she said, until she stumbled across an article about endometriosis and sought out a center in New York, where she lives, specifically designed to treat it.
“We all know the symptoms of a heart attack,” Ms. Digby, 32, said. “Why don’t we know the symptoms of an extremely common disease?”
Why does endometriosis cause so much pain?
Endometriosis comes with a tangled knot of symptoms, many of which are characterized by extreme pain. Painful sex. Painful urination and bowel movements. Menstrual cramps that cause stabbing pain and aches in the abdomen and lower back. Gastrointestinal disruptions, like painful diarrhea and constipation, which patients often confuse for signs of another health issue.
The disease occurs when tissue similar to the kind that lines the uterus, known as the endometrium, grows beyond the uterus and typically implants in the pelvis. When someone with endometriosis has a period, the same biochemicals that cause the uterus to contract also activate the endometrium in the pelvis, which can lead to intense pain beyond the uterus. But the disorder also causes pain between periods. Endometriosis can block fallopian tubes, trapping blood in the ovaries to form fluid-filled cavities known as “chocolate cysts” (because they contain thick, brown liquid) or endometriomas. In rare cases, those cysts can rupture, causing sharp, intense aches. The disorder can also lead to adhesions, bands of scar tissue that cause organs to stick together.
Emerging research is investigating what causes endometriosis and why some people may be more susceptible than others. Studies have shown a link between endometriosis and physical and sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence. Scientists are also exploring whether the disease is hereditary: Though the data is inconclusive, some doctors consider a family history of endometriosis to be a risk factor.
While some women experience symptoms during their first periods, others develop endometriosis later in life. There are four stages of endometriosis, which the American Society of Reproductive Medicine classifies as minimal, mild, moderate and severe, based on the location, amount, depth and size of endometrial implants in the pelvis. More extreme pain doesn’t always correlate to a later stage of endometriosis, said Dr. Monica Woll Rosen, an obstetrician-gynecologist at the University of Michigan Medical School.
“For some people with Stage 4, they never have any pain in their whole life,” she said. “And some people with barely Stage 1 have the worst pain and can’t get out of bed.”
The pain we ignore
Despite patients’ pain, doctors often point to other culprits first before homing in on endometriosis. Most women experience a long delay between when they start to experience symptoms and when they actually receive treatment, said Dr. Kathy Huang, director of the Endometriosis Center at N.Y.U. Langone.
That’s partly because there’s a lack of awareness in the medical community about how the disease manifests and partly because doctors are especially poor at identifying painful gastrointestinal symptoms as potential endometriosis, she said. Patients themselves often dismiss their own pain, shrugging off endometriosis as just a “bad period.”
“Every OB-GYN until I was 28 said, ‘That’s normal, some women just have difficult periods,’” said Lindsey Sorensen, who consistently bled through tampons and pads since she started menstruating at 14. Ms. Sorensen, now 38, once had to go to the emergency room when she got her period at work; her boss found her curled in the fetal position on the floor of her cubicle. She later found out that she had endometriosis so severe that it had reached her rib cage, and bands of tissue had bound together organs in her lower abdomen.
“One of the big barriers to me is that even for me, as a little girl, I was told that painful periods are normal,” Dr. Huang said. “That’s the first myth we need to dispel, that pain is normal.”
And endometriosis can cause pain between periods, Dr. Rosen said, making the condition even more difficult to diagnose.
Nancy Easton first went to a gynecologist as a teenager, at the urging of her mother, who had heard her moaning in bed, doubled over with cramps. Ms. Easton recalled her mother saying, “I don’t think I was in this much pain when I gave birth to you.” The doctor never said the word “endometriosis,” Ms. Easton remembered, but prescribed her a hormonal birth control pill, a common tool to alleviate pain in women with the condition. It didn’t work. Desperate, Ms. Easton tried to lessen what she called “unbelievable pain” with any alternative, including an opiate that her grandfather was prescribed after surgery, and handfuls of vitamin E supplements, which she had heard could be used for pain relief. In her 20s, she tried telling a doctor that she believed she had endometriosis; she told Ms. Easton she could try taking five Ibuprofen every 12 hours. She was skeptical about taking so much medication, but the drugs blunted her pain.
“That’s when I quit complaining,” she said. “That’s probably what prevented me from getting a diagnosis.”
In her 50s, Ms. Easton learned that she had ovarian cancer, and had a hysterectomy. Studies show that endometriosis is associated with developing ovarian cancer, although the risk of cancer is still low. Ms. Easton thinks that if she had pushed for a diagnosis and treatment of her endometriosis, she might have been able to avoid the cancer and hysterectomy.
“I actually prided myself on not being a wuss,” she said. “I thought that it was just pain and that I just had to deal with it.”
How to treat pain from endometriosis
While there is no cure for endometriosis, doctors say that there are options for treating the disease.
“Anyone who has pain should at least have a tentative diagnosis,” said Dr. Tommaso Falcone, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. “Pain is a signal to us that something’s going on.”
The only way to effectively diagnose endometriosis is through laparoscopy, a surgery that involves a small incision in the abdomen. During the procedure, doctors may also remove or cauterize endometrial implants. But patients are often reluctant to get the surgery, Dr. Falcone said, and ultrasounds and M.R.I. imaging can often confirm the presence of cysts or extra tissue.
Most endometriosis patients are prescribed birth control — typically the pill, a patch or a vaginal ring, but sometimes a hormonal IUD. These hormones reduce estrogen and slow the growth of endometrial tissue, helping to reduce pain.
Some research shows that acupuncture may alleviate pain from endometriosis. And physical therapy, particularly pelvic floor therapy, can also be a critical tool to help ease the cramps that ensues when pelvic muscles contract during the menstrual cycle.
“We shouldn’t just be able to offer the knife or drugs when there are other people in the medical field that can help,” Dr. Falcone said.
Some studies suggest that lifestyle changes can help manage endometriosis pain. A 2012 study found that women with endometriosis reported reduced symptoms after adopting a gluten-free diet. Eating anti-inflammatory foods like fruits and vegetables and limiting sugar and caffeine may help with pain, other studies show.
Experts urge patients who suspect that they have endometriosis to seek out second opinions. “If the physician they’re speaking with is not taking them seriously, or is just making an offhand comment, it’s really important to find someone who will hear you,” Dr. Huang said.
It’s critical that people grappling with intense period pain acknowledge the severity of their symptoms, Ms. Digby said. Even now, in remission, she’s still trying to accept that she wasn’t overreacting, she said. “I was completely in the dark,” she said. “I really thought it was just me being dramatic.”
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We've heard a lot of buzz about Google Glass over the past few years, but I gotta be honest—I still don't know a lot about what it can do. At least, what it can do that's worth the $1,500 price tag, amirite? Well, here's something: MIT and Georgia Tech researchers have developed an Android app for Glass that turns the high-tech specs into your own personal stress monitor.
BioGlass tracks your respiratory and heart rates (two physiological markers related to anxiety) using Glass' built-in accelerometer, gyroscope, and camera, which can pick up subtle body movements caused by our breathing and heartbeat. Ideally, we could use that information to nail down what triggers our stress levels and what calms us down throughout the day.
Considering how stressed the average American is—42 percent report that their stress level has increased over the past five years—and how unhealthy we know stress is (um, it could literally kill you) the BioGlass app could be an awesome tool in helping us all chill out. The only drawback: it's hard for BioGlass to track respiratory and heart rates when we're doing any kind of vigorous movement (leading it to report those moments as stress when we're actually just slogging away on the treadmill). Plus, there's still that $1,500 investment you need to make for Google Glass itself.
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GFC condena los ataques de la junta militar en Myanmar sobre las comunidades indígenas
La Coalición Mundial por los Bosques condena categóricamente los violentos ataques de la junta militar en Myanmar contra los pueblos indígenas y otros ciudadanos inocentes, en particular los recientes ataques aéreos militares contra las comunidades indígenas en el Salween Peace Park, un Territorio de Vida (TICCA) reconocido internacionalmente. Instamos que se ponga fin de inmediato a toda violencia, fuerza de opresión y otras violaciones de los derechos humanos contra mujeres y hombres en Myanmar.
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- The Tatmadaw (junta) to immediately stop killing, attacking, harassing, arresting, subjecting to enforced disappearance, and injuring Indigenous peoples who are residing peacefully in their traditional lands and territories and human rights defenders, journalists, and peaceful protesters who are engaged in peaceful protest and civil disobedience. All military officials and soldiers responsible for these violations of human rights must be held accountable.
- The governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to review any tacit support they are giving the military regime that seized power in Myanmar, issue targeted sanctions against the regime, investigate any national companies that currently have ties to Myanmar’s military regime and restrict these commercial ties until the legitimate, democratically elected government has returned to power.
- The Thai Government to allow those fleeing the recent air attacks in northern Karen State to take shelter on the Thai side of the border and allow access for humanitarian aid to be delivered to these persons.
- The UN Security Council, the European Union, and the governments of powerful member states to impose a global arms embargo against the military regime so that the regime loses access to weapons and equipment they have been using to violate the rights of Indigenous peoples and other citizens.
- The international community to: deny recognition of the military regime; support Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities of Myanmar, including those seeking refuge and urgent humanitarian response, and the citizens of Myanmar more broadly who are peacefully protesting the coup by the Tatmadaw (junta) and seeking the return of democracy and peace; and take all steps to bring to justice and hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations under international law.
- Individual citizens concerned by this situation to extend your solidarity and support to the Indigenous Karen of the Salween Peace Park through social media and by writing to defending at iccaconsortium dot org.
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WHAT IS RADIO-ONCOLOGY?
It is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy particles or waves, such as X-rays, gamma rays, electron or proton rays, to kill or kill cancer cells.
WHAT IS IT FOR?
Radiation therapy works to attack as many cancer cells as possible with the least damage to the healthy tissue around the tumor. It is used to treat cancer of the breast, prostate, head and neck, bladder, lung, Hodgkin’s disease, among others.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
It is a process that acts on the tumor, gradually destroying malignant cells, preventing the tumor from growing and invading other tissues. Healthy tissues around the tumor will receive low doses of radiation, but these tissues can be efficiently repaired.
WHEN IS IT REQUIRED?
Radiation therapy is one of the pillars of cancer treatment. It can be administered before or after cancer surgery, and it can also be administered before, after, or during chemotherapy. Unlike chemotherapy, the effects of both beneficial and secondary radiation therapy occur only on the treated part of the body.
WHO ADMINISTS IT?
It is administered by a multidisciplinary team of health professionals: Radio-Oncologist, Medical Physicist, Radiotherapist Technician and a specialized nurse. The Linear Accelerator that we use to give radiotherapy is a state-of-the-art Elekta equipment and is the only one of its kind in southeastern Mexico.
Once our multidisciplinary team of oncologists determines that you should receive radiation therapy, it will be necessary to accurately locate the area to be treated. This process is called simulation and occurs a few days before radiation therapy begins. Simulation consists of taking several images with the use of a tomograph.
HOW LONG IS THE SESSION?
The treatment itself takes only a few minutes. But each session can last between 15 to 30 minutes due to the time it takes to prepare the equipment and place the patient in the correct and precise position to receive the prescribed radiotherapy dose.
EFFECTS OF RADIATION.
Side effects vary from person to person, and will depend on the radiation dose as well as the body receiving the treatment. Thanks to the modern techniques provided by our team, the side effects are much less. The radiotherapy staff will inform you and indicate the necessary care.
WILL I EMIT RADIATION AFTER THE SESSION?
External beam radiation affects a group of cells in your body in just a moment. You will not emit radiation at any time during or after treatment. You can live with other people just as you always have, children, pregnant women, adults.
IF MY CANCER COMES BACK … IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I CAN BE OFFERED RADIOTHERAPY AGAIN?
There are limits to the amount of radiation a person can receive in their lifetime. Doctors are informed about the amount of radiation that healthy parts of the body can receive without danger of causing irreversible damage. They use this information to help them decide how much radiation to administer and at what point this radiation should be directed during treatment. If any part of your body has received radiation before, it may not be possible for you to receive radiation in that part a second time.
For a time after treatment, you will need to continue some of the special care that you had during treatment, even you may need to change some of your routines permanently, not because it poses a risk to the treatment outcome, but because it is in your best interest. for your general health.
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You’ve heard the term, but what on earth does it mean? Let’s start with the basics. A blockchain is a data structure that makes it possible to create a digital ledger of transactions and share it among a distributed network of computers. It uses cryptography to allow each participant on the network to manipulate the ledger in a secure way without the need for a central, often fee-charging authority.
Bitcoin and the mechanics of blockchain
If you are familiar with blockchain technology, it may be because of Bitcoin, the first app built using the platform in 2008. Bitcoin’s main premise is to digitally send payments between any two people or organizations without a third-party financial institution. Every time a transaction is made, it’s recorded on the blockchain ledger and each new block is tied to the prior ones via digital signature. Once a block of data is recorded on the ledger, it’s difficult to change or remove, and in order for someone to add a block to the chain, network members have to first ensure it’s valid.
A few key components underpin blockchain technology. First up is the network, which can vary depending on the organization setting up the blockchain. It might include everyone in the public domain (as in Bitcoin) or an exclusive group of known participants. The computers within each network are called nodes.
Then, there is the consensus mechanism, or the set of rules used to verify each transaction. In the Bitcoin blockchain, for instance, the consensus mechanism is called proof of work. Network participants run algorithms to confirm the digital signatures attached to blocks in order to validate new transactions. Once approved, transactions are packaged into a block. They are then re-distributed to all the nodes, which are responsible for ensuring that all records match.
For his article for the Wall Street JournalCIO Journal blog, writer Steven Norton consulted Guardtime, a company that sells blockchain-based products and services to organizations like Ericsson AB. Guardtime provided this example of a complex blockchain in action:
“Assume an organization has 10 transactions per second. Each of those transactions receives its own digital signature. Using a tree structure, those signatures are combined and given a single digital fingerprint — a unique representation of those transactions at a specific time.”
“Once validated, that fingerprint is stored in a blockchain that all the participants can see. A copy of that ledger is also sent back to each organization to store locally. Those signatures can be continuously verified against what is in the blockchain, giving companies a way to monitor the state and integrity of a particular asset or transaction.”
“Anytime a change to data or an asset is proposed, a new, unique digital fingerprint is created. That fingerprint is sent to each client node for validation. If the fingerprints don’t match, or if the change to the data doesn’t fit with the network’s agreed-upon rules, the transaction may not be validated. This setup means the entire network, rather than a central authority, is responsible for ensuring the validity of each transaction.”
Blockchain’s role in digital transformation
According to Bruce Hughes, an analyst for KuppingerCole who recently wrote about the benefits of digital business process management with blockchain technology for Computer Weekly, the emergence of distributed and decentralized ledger technologies with smart contracts and the Internet of Things will be instrumental in disrupting and revolutionizing business process management and business process optimization.
“Blockchains can holistically manage steps and relationships where participants will share the same data source, such as financial relationships and transactions connected to each step,” Hughes said. “Security and accountability is factored in, as well as compliance with government regulations along with internal rules and processes. The result is consistency, reductions in costs and time delays, improved quality, and reduced risks.”
Digital transformation is obviously one of the more complex challenges an enterprise can undertake, but the integration of IoT with blockchain makes it much easier. Considering the number of partners (internal, external, or both) involved in any given business process, a system in which a multitude of electronic parties can securely communicate, collaborate, and transact without human intervention is highly agile and efficient.
“Enterprises that embrace this phenomenon will be able to provide a better user experience, a more consistent workflow, more streamlined operations and value-added services, as well as gain competitive advantage and differentiation,” said Hughes.
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But despite the obvious benefits, blockchain technology has been slow to catch on in the enterprise. One major reason is a general lack of standards. For example, should an organization use an open network or a permissioned (private) one? Who should regulate the technology to make sure blockchains are effectively regulating themselves, and what cybersecurity threats might arise that threaten a blockchain’s integrity?
Especially in the realm of manufacturing and supply chain management, warned Hughes, security authentication, management and communication protocols for IoT devices are still at an immature level, and distributed ledger technology itself often lacks the ability to handle and distribute large amounts of data.
Then, there’s the issue of interoperability. What software should be employed, and how do we get a large network of participants, most of which have a complicated web of information technology solutions in and out of the cloud, to agree to use the same technology? “Devices and equipment from different suppliers are currently unable to communicate with each other or the enterprise IT systems,” said Hughes.
With blockchain still in its infancy, these are all questions that financial institutions are beginning to answer as they experiment with different implementations. Those of us involved in digital transformation efforts in any industry should watch carefully and make note of their learnings.
One thing is for certain, though, blockchain isn’t going away. “It still remains vital to look at blockchains much like network standards: focus on the needs and the value proposition while avoiding getting too focused on specific, low-level technologies,” suggested Hughes. “Also, avoid too much investment in blockchain products beyond proof-of-concepts and experimentation until decisive standards and trends with a wide backing of key industry players occur. This relates in particular to smart contracts, smart objects and the emerging blockchain as a service.”
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BUSINESS RESILIENCE & RECOVERY STRATEGIES FOR THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR
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Executive Secretary Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency
About Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA)
The Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency is an Inter-governmental agency and a Corridor Management Institution (CMI) created through the cooperation arrangements among the five Governments of the Republic of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), The Republic of Rwanda, The United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Uganda. It aims at accelerating the development of the Central Corridor and it is governed by the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agreement signed by the respective Governments on the 2nd September, 2006.
- Tell us about your Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA)
The Central Corridor route connects the Port of Dar es Salaam by road, rail and inland waterways to Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, the eastern part of DRC, and the western part of Tanzania itself. The corridor forms part of the backbone of the regional transportation system in East Africa and the Eastern part of Central Africa.
- What was the impact of COVID-19 containment measures on the Central Corridor?
i). Central Corridor member states of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda all reported their first cases of COVID-19 in the month March 2020, with the first global reported case of the pandemic originated from Wuhan Province in China in December 2019. Central Corridor member governments took various measures to mitigate the spread of the virus such as closing borders, banning international flights, implementing forms of lockdowns and curfews and enforcing adherence to strict health preventive measures. These actions and directives were expected to slow down the movement of cargo along the Central Corridor and eventually affecting the volume of imports and exports. Tanzania did not close its borders therefore enabling continuous movement of cargo to Central Corridor member countries.
ii). COVID-19 Global Pandemic affected Transit Time to Destinations during First Quarter of 2020. An increased transit time of more than 2 days was observed in the month of March and April 2020 for all destinations of the Central Corridor due to the strict measures undertaken by governments to limit the spread of COVID-19 virus across borders. The measures included mandatory testing and screening at the border posts and designated areas for truck drivers, mandatory quarantining for truck drivers found to have contracted COVID-19 as well as mandatory stops at designated areas before entering major towns and cities. All these measures caused major delays leading to more days being spent on transit affecting smooth movement of cargo.
iii). A 90% Increase in Dwell Time at the Port of Dar es Salaam was observed due to COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Dwell time refers to the total time spent by containerized cargo at the Port from when the cargo was discharged from the vessel until it exits the port (average number of days the container stays in a yard). As per the Transport Observatory First Quarter Report (January – April) 2020, the dwell time for local cargo at the Port of Dar es Salaam increased to an average of 10.3 days compared to an average of 5 days during the same period in 2019, an increase of more than 90%.
iv). In adherence to health guidelines from the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO) affected operations as institutions within the port had to reduce their workforce while others had to work in shifts to observe social distancing greatly causing delays in clearing the cargo from the port. Ships also experienced delays due to mandatory testing and screening of its crew as well as the mandatory quarantining when found to be infected with COVID-19 virus.
- What resilience and recovery measures and strategies did you put in place to mitigate negative impact of COVID-19 containment along the Central Corridor?
i). Through the Central Corridor Transport Observatory, supported planning and operations of the Member States through proactive collection, processing and dissemination of traffic data, analysis of competitive corridors and business information which acts as evidence based in decision making.
ii). Corridor monitoring and stakeholders’ engagement through publication and dissermination of reports as well as holding virtual meetings with stakeholders to discuss bottlenecks and agree on common solutions.
- What is the current state of trade facilitation at the Central Corridor?
Trade Facilitation, covers the full spectrum of border procedures from the electronic exchange of data to the simplification and harmonization of trade documents. Similary, in a globalized world where goods often cross borders many times, Trade Facilitation helps lower overall trade costs and increase economic welfare in particular for developing and emerging economies.
At the Central Corridor we are currently advocating member countries to implement these 3 Trade Faciliation Tool;
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i). Need for more evidence-based decision-making: Scientific advice should be applied to every aspect of society to enable informed decisions to be made based on the best evidence available at the time. Public and private sectors should be actively involved in formulating important decisions especially in the transport and logistics sector that contributes immensely to the economy of a country.
ii). Health and the economy are interlinked: Population health is a vital pillar of a strong economy and poor population health costs the economy due to premature deaths and lost productive years. In a post-COVID world, health needs to be repositioned as an investment, not just a cost, that could accelerate economic growth in the years to come.
iii). Global health is a shared responsibility: A global problem like a pandemic requires a global solution, and it is the responsibility of every nation to prioritize public health for the benefit of humankind. Governments urgently need to formulate global standards for health systems for sharing health data and for solving global supply chain issues as well as a process of reviewing and governing research to avoid future misuse of the research data.
iv). The effective role of media and public awareness: Alongside governmental public health interventions, public awareness of how to minimize the future emergencies/pandemics from spreading will be a key mechanism. Media owners and journalists have the duty to spread scientific facts and steer from misinformation and conspiracy theories.
- What do you recommend the Governments of the EAC Partner States and Private Sector do to facilitate trade and business resilience along the Central Corridor?
i). Effectively promote the sustained maintenance of infrastructure and encourage development of the Central Corridor and ensure that such development, in infrastructure and other supporting services, meet the current and anticipated requirements of the users and global benchmarked standards.
ii). To improve services and facilities along the corridor to encourage commercial activities as well as increased transport efficiency and traffic that encourage more cargo through the Central Corridor.
iii). To encourage the implementation of improved customs transit procedures and the implementation of joint customs controls offices at land borders and seaports that smoothen movement of goods and remove unnecessary Non-Tarriff-Barriers.
iv). To create a strategic, high-level partnership between senior government officials and business leaders that can sit together and discuss corridor issues.
v). To encourage the implementation of the on-going bilateral projects that attract more traders to use Central Corridor as the Trade Route of Choice.
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In this particular post further evidence will be presented to help us uncover the true and correct definitions of the terms “evening” and “between the evenings” as used in Scriptures.
Also, as we continue our investigation, it will become obvious that the cloud of confusion hanging over the Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread is dissipating.
The most important evidence for the ancient concept of “בערב (within arab; evening)” as equal to “בין הערבים (between/among the arabim; evenings)” comes in Exodus 16:1-35.
This citation not only proves that these phrases are two ways of referring to the same general period of twilight but that both concepts represent the beginning of a legal scriptural day.
In this story Yahweh provides the rebellious people of Israel a method by which they can recognize the correct observance of the Sabbath day.1
He gives them a sign of his power by providing them quails to eat “בערב (within arab; evening)” and manna for bread “בבקר (within baqar; dawn).”2
Yahweh tells the Israelites that they would eat quail meat “בין הערבים (between/among the arabim; evenings)” and “within baqar (dawn) be satisfied with bread.”3
These verses clearly equate “within arab” with “between/among the arabim,” exactly as done in the records dealing with the time of the Passover sacrifice. The two terms differ only in the timing of the events.
The quail came and were harvested at arab (evening; twilight) yet they were consumed byn ha-arabim (within the arabim; evenings)!
To demonstrate, for six days Yahweh left manna upon the ground as dew around the camp so that it could be gathered during baqar (dawn), gathering “a matter of its day within its day.”4 On the sixth day a double portion was provided.
But on the Sabbath day Yahweh gave them no manna, for it was a day of rest and the people were not to go out and gather (harvest) it. The double supply of bread that was given on the sixth day took care of both the sixth and seventh day’s needs.5
And it came to pass, on the sixth day, they gathered a double portion of bread (manna), two of the omer for one; and all the leaders of the Assembly came and reported to Moses. And he said to them, “That is what Yahweh said, Tomorrow is a rest, a sacred sabbathon to Yahweh; what you will bake, bake, and what you will boil, boil; and lay up all that is left over for yourselves to keep until the dawn. And they laid it up until the dawn as Moses had directed; and it did not stink and no maggot was found in it. And Moses said, Eat it this day, for this day is a Sabbath for Yahweh. Today you will not find it in the field. Six days you shall gather it and on the seventh day is a Sabbath. None shall be in it (the field).6
Notice that Moses spoke the words “this day is a Sabbath” during baqar, which in the previous day was the time for gathering the manna. It is important to note that baqar means “dawn,” i.e., just before sunrise. This is our first indication that the Sabbath day begins before sunrise.
When some of the Israelites tried to look for the manna on the Sabbath day (which they normally collected during dawn), Yahweh became angry. They were accused of failing to keep his commandments and laws.7
Interestingly, Philo also recognized this sequence of six days followed by the Sabbath and compared it with the six days of creation.8 He writes:
This sign was as follows: the shower of food from the air was less on the first days, but on a last day was doubled; and on those first days anything left melted and was dissolved till, after turning completely into moisture, it disappeared; but on the last day it admitted no change and remained just as it had been. . . . Now the greatness of the wonder was shown not only by the double supply of food and its remaining sound contrary to the usual happening, but by the combination of both these occurring on the sixth day, counting from the day on which the food began to be supplied from the air; from which day the most sacred number of seven began to be counted. And therefore consideration will show the inquirer that the food given from heaven followed the analogy of the birth of the world; for both the creating of the world and also the raining of the said food were begun by the deity on the first day out of six.9
The provision of quail and manna served to teach the Israelites Sabbath day keeping. One was allowed to go out and harvest food during the six regular days of the week but forbidden on the Sabbath.
With the understanding that this exercise was meant to teach the observance of the Sabbath day, it is important to consider the fact that the quail was given over to be harvested “בערב (within arab)” and was followed within dawn by the first manna for the first day’s supply of bread.10
According to the book of Numbers, manna always came down when dew was being formed during “the night.”11 This order of events is not only evident in the Hebrew text but was understood this way as well by the first century C.E. Jewish priest Josephus.
After writing that the birds came from the Arabian gulf and settled in the Hebrews’ camp, he adds:
And they (the Israelites), collecting them as the food devised for them by the deity, assuaged their hunger; while Moses addressed his thankful prayers to the deity for sending succor so prompt and in keeping with his promise. But DIRECTLY AFTER THIS FIRST SUPPLY OF FOOD, the deity sent down to them A SECOND. For, while Moses raised his hands in prayer, a dew descended, and, as this congealed about his hands, Moses, surmising this too was a nutriment come to them from the deity, tasted it and was delighted.12
The manna was given once a day for six days of the week, followed by a Sabbath day.13 Therefore, it is clear from the descriptions of these events that the quail, which were provided be-arab (= byn ha-arabim), were given just after the beginning of the first day of the week, for if it had been provided any earlier it would have been given for harvesting upon the Sabbath day of the previous week.
Yahweh’s comments clearly show that he would not have provided them food to harvest upon a Sabbath day, for what then would have been the point of the entire exercise?
Since the meat was provided “בערב (within arab),”14 yet eaten—obviously after being cleaned and cooked—“בין הערבים (between/among the arabim),”15 it is established that the first arab begins at sunset and the last arab follows it in time. Between these two extremes of arab the quails were consumed.
Further, since the quails are put into contrast with the manna, which was given as a second sign and within the period of dawn on the same day, the last arab of the byn ha-arabim period has to be a time prior to dawn. Also, since arab is a time of intermixing of light and dark, the complete darkness of night itself is excluded.
These parameters leave no doubt that the first arab comes at sunset and the last is the final intermixing of light and dark which occurs just before full darkness. The expression בערב (within arab), in turn, means “within twilight.”
It is also evident, since quails were provided “within arab” and eaten “between/among the arabim,” the time described as “within arab” is the period of twilight following sunset, and “between/among arabim” refers to a period between sunset and full dark.16
This data proves beyond any doubt that both expressions “בערב” (within arab) and “בין הערבים” (between/among the arabim) originally referred to the beginning period of a 24-hour legal day, the period of twilight after sunset. It could not refer to the afternoon or latter part of the 12 hours of daylight.
Scholars have known for some time that the Pharisaic (Talmudic) tradition of using “בין הערבים” (between/among the arabim) for the period from the ninth hour until sunset, even though the idea has been used by Jewish orthodoxy for centuries, is neither adequate in its explanation nor consistent with the original Hebrew thought of arab (the intermixing of light and dark).
On the other hand, the Sadducees (who represent the old Jewish line of Aaronite high priests) and the Samaritans (an independent nation from the Jews whose priests also descended from the line of Aaron), were both groups whose history and traditions originated prior to the Pharisees.
Further, their use of the expression “בין הערבים” (between/among the arabim) to denote “between sunset and dark”17 does fit the earlier Hebrew meaning of arab.
Scholars recognize this agreement and have given the nod to the Sadducees, not because they agree with the Sadducees on various points of doctrine but because in this particular instance they followed the earlier priestly practice.
They were also supported by the Samaritans, whose own views on the subject showed that they had likewise received the concept from a period preceding the rise to Pharisaical power and Greek influence in Judaea.
The Interpreter’s Bible, for example, recognized that the Samaritans and Sadducees used the original concept of arab. It states:
In Jewish orthodoxy the time of the slaughter, between the two evenings, is specified as the afternoon, before sunset; especially, the time of approaching sunset. The Mishnah implies that any time after noon was valid for the slaying (Pesahim 5:3). Samaritans, Karaites, and Sadducees specify the time as after sunset and before darkness. THE LATTER PROBABLY DESIGNATES THE MORE ARCHAIC PRACTICE.18
A Commentary on the Holy Bible, edited by J. R. Dummelow, states, “lit. ‘between the evenings,’ i.e. probably between sunset and darkness. Darkness was supposed to begin when three stars became visible.”19
Roland de Vaux similarly writes that this expression “denotes the time between the sun’s disappearance and nightfall, that is to say, twilight, which in the East is very short.”20
In Exodus 12:6, the support by modern-day translators for the more archaic understanding of the expression “בין הערבים” (between/ among the arabim) is revealed in the following English translations:
- “At sunset” (George Lamsa, Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts Containing the Old and New Testament).
- “At dusk” (The Holy Scriptures, According to the Masoretic Text, vol. 1).
- “Between dusk and dark” (New English Bible, with the Apocrypha).
- “Between sunset and dark” (James Moffatt, A New Translation of the Bible).
- “Between the dusks” (Fenton Bible).
Some explain the expression “between the arabim” by means of a footnote:
- Joseph Rotherham, Rotherham’s Emphasized Bible, n. f., “I.e.: at dusk—Kalisch. Prob. between sunset and dark—(The Oxford Gesenius) Cp. (compare) chap. xvi. 12; and esp. Nu. xxviii. 4; Deu. xvi. 6.”
- Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible, p. 79, n. * “‘at dusk’ or between sunset and dark.”
Many use the term “twilight” (the subdued light just after sunset…the period from sunset to dark)21 as a translation. For example:
- “Twilight” (J. Smith and Edgar Goodspeed, The Bible, An American Translation).
- “At twilight” (New American Standard Bible).
- “Twilight” (New International Version).
- “At twilight” (New Jerusalem Bible).
With Part III we have pretty much resolved the confusion regarding the terms arab and byn ha-arabim.
Yet, we still must confront another challenge brought by those who want to stubbornly cling to the Pharisaic viewpoint.
We will next address the passage in Leviticus 23:26-32 regarding the interpretation of the Day of Atonement.
Be on the lookout for 36. Passover – Atonement on the 9th?.
Note: Adapted from a chapter from the forthcoming publication by Qadesh La Yahweh Press titled The Festivals and Sacred Days of Yahweh Vol. II.
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1 Exod. 16:4, 23, 27-30.
2 Exod. 16:6-8, 13; cf., Num. 11:7-9, the manna fell when the dew formed at night; Philo, Moses, 1:36 §200, it fell “about daybreak,” §208, “at dawn they collected what fell.”
3 Exod. 16:12.
4 Exod. 16:4.
5 Exod. 16:13-26.
6 Exod. 16:22-25.
7 Exod. 16:26-30.
8 Gen. 1:1-2:3.
9 Philo, Moses, 2:36.
10 Exod. 16:13.
11 Num. 11:7-9.
12 Jos. Antiq. 3:1:5-6.
13 Exod. 16:22-30.
14 Exod. 16:13.
15 Exod. 16:12.
16 Either two “arabs,” one at each end, or possibly an entire series of intermingling of light and dark; cf., the plural expression “shamayim (heavens),” singular shameh, with Deut. 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27; Ps., 68:34; and the Greek of 2 Cor. 12:2, “the third heavens”; Eph. 4:10, “above all the heavens.”
17 See FSDY, 1, Part II, Intro. Sec. I, and chap. xiv.
18 IB, 1, p. 919.
19 A Commentary on the Holy Bible, ed. by J. R. Dummelow, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1955, p. 58.
20 Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions, Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub., 1997, p. 182.
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If you find that you’re experiencing trouble with your essay writing, then a writing service may be the right choice for you. Start looking for a writing mentor with experience in your academic field. Most writing services provide tutors who specialize particularly subjects, including history, English literature, math, science, or social studies. In this manner, you can ask questions regarding specific essay topics and get personalized feedback.
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Obstetrics High Risk
Managing Pregnancy associated with Obstetrics complications
Heart disease is an ailment that must be taken seriously. While most cardiac diseases in pregnancy are either congenital or from acquired rheumatic heart disease, lifestyles may also be a contributory cause. Cardiac ailments can be a major complication during pregnancy, but there are now medical procedures available to control the problem and mitigate the risk to both mother and child.
If a pregnant woman is suffering from cardiac conditions, the worry about the effect this could have on her health and that of her child only adds to the risks. At NMC we have the most highly qualified and experienced specialists and modern medical equipment so we are able to accurately diagnose the existence of a cardiac condition, the severity, and the impact it will have on the mother and child. We then develop a care and treatment plan that will minimize the risk to mother and child during pregnancy but will also be as effective as possible in minimizing any post-delivery complications for the mother or infant.
Hypertension is a very common problem for young women today. It can cause several serious issues for both mother and child. For the mother, the risk of preeclampsia, eclampsia and strokes are serious concerns. For the foetus, the mother’s high blood pressure makes it difficult to absorb the oxygen and nutrients for proper growth and development, increasing the risk of premature birth and/or low birth weight.
If you have high blood pressure, that does not mean that you should not get pregnant. Modern medicine and the diagnostic and care facilities now available mean that while hypertension is a serious matter, it is one that can be controlled and the safe delivery of a healthy child is very possible. We work with women who have hypertension to provide both mother and child the greatest comfort and safety.
Epilepsy during pregnancy is a cause for concern. It raises the risk of various complications.
A woman who has epilepsy will be on medication to keep the condition under control. However, many of these medications may have side effects that place both mother and child in danger. If you have epilepsy and are pregnant, at NMC you will be under the care of a multi-disciplinary team of highly qualified and experienced specialists who will use cutting edge medicine to keep you and your baby safe and minimize any risk to either of you. We will keep the risk of seizures during pregnancy to a minimum and if one should occur, we will work towards keeping both you and your baby safe and healthy. | <urn:uuid:ffeb1720-46b4-41cc-8b45-dfde44d8def4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nmcpondy.com/departments/gynaecology/obstetrics-high-risk.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964343 | 524 | 1.984375 | 2 |
The Institute was formed by long-time advocates of the Desert Arabian horse who recognized that the plight of the Desert Arabian horse was reaching points of crisis all over the world. Although more breed associations and conservation efforts exist than ever before, most work on specific populations, constrained by geographical or chronological parameters, with minimal mutual contact or cooperation. Breeders have smaller herds than in years past, and there is a dearth of educational information for new people.
Historical information and expertise of past breeding programs is being lost. Advances in genetic science have not been applied to conservation of the Desert Arabian horse.
All these argued for a non-profit organization that could work across all disciplines and heritage traditions to help conserve the Desert Arabian in the 21st Century. The Institute offers a global perspective and network of contacts in the Arabian horse community, as well as its ability conduct research and to preserve archival and cultural material and to encourage collective action. It offers the conservation community unique opportunities for coalition-building and collaborative projects that go beyond current bloodline, geographical, and cultural parameters. We do not need to think alike, but we must think and act together.
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By Sarah Keane • 04 November 2020 • 18:14
STUDENTS and teachers in all secondary schools in England MUST wear masks, new Government rules say
New Government measures announced on Wednesday, November 4 stipulate that all secondary school students and staff must wear face coverings when in corridors, assembly hall, and travelling to school on public transport, but not in the classroom.
Under previous measures, the rules were in place for children in year 7 and above in areas where local alert levels were ‘high’ or ‘very high’. The announcement brings English schools more in line with their Scottish counterparts who have been under stricter Covid restrictions for several weeks.
The news comes as MPs have voted on a second national lockdown on Wednesday evening.
The new guidance, which was released on the Department for Education’s website, reads: “In schools where pupils in year 7 and above are educated, face coverings should be worn by adults and pupils when moving around the premises, outside of classrooms, such as in corridors and communal areas where social distancing cannot easily be maintained.”
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary, National Education Union, earlier said: “The Department for Education should follow the example of Scotland and adopt face coverings as a requirement on school premises.”
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Houston—August 7, 2019 -- Gastech, the leading global conference and exhibition of the international gas, LNG and energy industries, today announced highlights of its Spotlight Program on Diversity & Inclusion in Energy. As the energy industry continues to face a talent crisis, recruiting and retaining talent from all backgrounds is becoming increasingly essential to evolve the traditional face of the sector. Truly inclusive workforces will introduce disruptive ideas into boardrooms, which will produce new and innovative ways of dealing with emerging challenges.
“Through Gastech 2019’s Diversity & Inclusion in Energy Program, we will highlight why diverse leaders are driving the energy industry forward,” said Chloe Abbott, dmg Events Conference Producer.
The energy sector realizes the importance of recruiting and encouraging individuals who possess a wide range of skillsets from various backgrounds. In order to recognize the accomplishments of remarkable women and men who uphold the importance of empowering diversity across all aspects of the LNG value chain, ExxonMobil established the Power Play Awards:
- The Rising Star Award celebrates one woman, 35 or under, who is excelling early in her LNG career.
- The Vanguard Award honors a woman or man who through their words, actions and attitude, inspires those who work with and around them.
- The Rainmaker Award tributes a woman who has delivered outstanding business results, showcasing the value that women bring to the LNG sector.
The inaugural Power Play Awards will be presented during Gastech 2019 on September 18.
In an eBook recently released by Gastech Insights, energy professionals from ExxonMobil, ABB, National Utilities Diversity Council, University of Pittsburgh, Bechtel and Air Products shared their perspectives on changing the traditional face of the energy industry. Industry professionals Seifi Ghasemi and Nancy Swartout shared their perspectives below:
Chairman, President & CEO, Air Products
“You cannot have a foundation for motivation and commitment unless you create an environment where people are excited about what they are doing, feel they are part of the organization, and are appreciated for what they think and contribute. In other words, you need an inclusive culture where everyone is empowered to realize his or her true potential.”
Global Sustainable Procurement Manager, ExxonMobil
“Research shows us that diverse businesses hire a more diverse workforce and women invest in education and health care, which helps drive critical economic growth and development. This multiplier effect of prosperity has real implications for the future of our workforce, global operations, and growth strategy. This is one case where everyone wins.”
The Diversity & Inclusion in Energy Program is just one of the many spotlight programs at Gastech 2019 focused on workforce and career development; other programs include Young Gastech and the Energy Talent Exchange.
Gastech 2019 is taking place at NRG Center in Houston September 17-19. For more information and to register visit the website at www.gastechevent.com.
Gastech 2019 continues the program’s track record as the most comprehensive global gas and LNG event, bringing together upstream, midstream and downstream professionals to convene and conduct business.
The event spans nearly 590,000 square feet of exhibition space, showcasing over 700 international, regional and local exhibitors while gathering over 35,000 international professionals from across the global gas, LNG and energy industries. More than 3,500 delegates and 1,200 ministers, government officials, presidents, managing directors, CEOs and chairmen will hear from 400 senior speakers from across all industry sectors. Gastech’s website is www.gastechevent.com.
Gastech is a flagship event among dmg events’ 80 event portfolio. dmg events is an international exhibitions and publishing company serving professional communities in diverse industries including construction, energy, coatings, transport, hospitality and design.
About dmg events
dmg events is a leading organiser of face-to-face events and a publisher of trade magazines.
We aim to keep businesses informed and connect them with relevant communities to create vibrant marketplaces and to accelerate their business through face-to-face events.
dmg events organises more than 80 events across 25 countries, attracting over 425,000 attendees and delegates every year. The company’s portfolio of products includes many industry-leading events in the energy, construction, hospitality & design, coatings and transportation sectors. ADIPEC, The Big 5, Gastech, EGYPS, The Hotel Show and INDEX are the company’s flagship events. For more information, visit www.dmgevents.com.
Founded in 1989, the company is headquartered in Dubai, UAE, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT, www.dmgt.co.uk), one of the largest media companies in the United Kingdom.
DMGT manages a portfolio of companies that provide businesses and consumers with compelling information, analysis, insight, events, news and entertainment. The Group takes a long-term approach to investment and has market-leading positions in consumer media, insurance risk, property information, education technology, energy information and events & exhibitions. In total, DMGT generates revenues of around £1.4bn.
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Food allergies are pretty common and stressful. The question is, are you stuck with them? Shouldn’t you be able to live your life in this world free from fear about what you ingest? The good news is there are ways to reduce food allergies.
Let’s first make a distinction about what types of food allergies can be reduced. Anaphylactic allergies and celiac disease are currently two types of intolerances we can’t overcome. Regarding anaphylactic allergies, we’ve discovered that children who have a larger variety of healthy foods at earlier ages, have fewer anaphylactic reactions. So, encourage your little children or grandchildren to have a wider range of foods, especially peanuts, right around the weaning age. This lowers their risk for reactions later in life. Cultures where children eat the most peanuts earlier in life have the lowest rates of reactions. On the contrary, reactions have increased radically if parents have their children on a more restrictive diet for long periods of time.
We’ve been guilty of this in my profession. We had children eat very few foods until much later in their lives, avoiding exposure to dairy, eggs, nuts, and other common allergens until they were much older. Now we know the more exposure children have earlier in life, the less foods they’re severely reactive to later. (There’s also some encouraging data emerging about desensitizing for anaphylactic food reactions, which I’m watching closely.)
If you feel you’re reacting to certain foods, pursue obtaining clarity on exactly what is affecting you. Sometimes you can think a food is affecting you, and it’s really not. We all have symptoms that come and go but aren’t significant. So, it’s easy to misattribute a random symptom to something you just ate. In order to know if the reaction can be attributed to something you ate, it has to affect you the same way each time you eat it.
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In our previous studies, we proved that core/shell-structured Pd/SiO2 catalysts are more active for direct hydrogen peroxide synthesis than the conventional, impregnated Pd/SiO2 catalysts. In this study, the topic of our previous studies was extended to core/shell Pd/SiO2-Al2O3 catalysts, through which we examined the influence of acidic shell oxides (SiO2-Al2O3) on the hydrogen peroxide formation activity. The catalysts were prepared based on the Stöber method, and the reaction tests were performed by adding H3PO4 (0-0.03 M) and in the presence of KBr (0.9 mM). It was proved that the surface Brønsted acid sites promote hydrogen peroxide formation activity in a manner similar to protons dissolved in a reaction medium (ethanol-water). It was supposed that the influences of heterogeneous and homogeneous acids on catalytic activity are related to how much those acids promote the adsorption of Br- ions on the Pd surface. The highest H2O2 production rate was approximately 470 mmol H2O2/gPd h, which was obtained using core/shell Pd/SiO2-Al2O3 catalysts under specific H3PO4 concentrations. This rate was higher than the highest value (∼ 420 mmol H2O2/gPd h) achieved using core/shell Pd/SiO2 catalysts.
- Core-shell structured catalyst
- Direct hydrogen peroxide synthesis
- Palladium catalyst
- Palladium nanoparticle
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By Eric Heyer
Are the short-term fiscal multipliers being underestimated? Is there any justification for the belief that fiscal restraint can be used to drastically reduce deficits without undermining business prospects or even while improving the medium-term situation? This is this question that the IMF tries to answer in its latest report on the world economic outlook. The Fund devotes a box to the underestimation of fiscal multipliers during the 2008 crisis. While until 2009 the IMF had estimated that in the developed countries they averaged about 0.5, it now calculates that they have ranged from 0.9 to 1.7 since the Great Recession.
This reassessment of the value of the multiplier, which X. Timbeau discusses in an interesting reading on the basis of a “corrected apparent” multiplier, builds on the numerous studies carried out by IMF researchers on the issue and especially that of Batini, Callegari and Melina (2012). In this article, the authors draw three lessons about the size of the fiscal multipliers in the euro zone, the U.S. and Japan:
- The first is that gradual and smooth fiscal consolidation is preferable to a strategy of reducing public imbalances too rapidly and abruptly.
- The second lesson is that the economic impact of fiscal consolidation will be more violent when the economy is in recession: depending on the countries surveyed, the difference is at least 0.5 and may be more than 2. This observation was also made in another study by the IMF (Corsetti, Meier and Müller (2012)) and is explained by the fact that in “times of crisis” more and more economic agents (households, firms) are subject to very short-term liquidity constraints, thus maintaining the recessionary spiral and preventing monetary policy from functioning.
- Finally, the multipliers associated with public expenditure are much higher than those observed for taxes: in a recessionary situation, at 1 year they range from 1.6 to 2.6 in the case of a shock to public spending but between 0.2 and 0.4 in the case of a shock on taxes. For the euro zone, for example, the multiplier at 1 year was 2.6 if government spending was used as an instrument of fiscal consolidation and 0.4 if the instrument was taxation.
As the economic crisis continues, the IMF researchers are not the only ones raising questions about the merits of the fiscal consolidation strategy. In an NBER working paper in 2012, two researchers from Berkeley, Alan J. Auerbach and Yuriy Gorodnichenko, corroborate the idea that the multipliers are higher in recessions than in periods of expansion. In a second study, published in the American Economic Journal, these same authors argue that the impact of a shock on public expenditure would be 4 times greater when implemented during an economic downturn (2.5) than in an upturn (0.6). This result has been confirmed for the US data by three researchers from the University of Washington in St. Louis (Fazzari et al. (2011)) and by two economists at the University of Munich (Mittnik and Semmler (2012)). This asymmetry was also found for the data on Germany in a study by a Cambridge University academic and a Deutsche Bundesbank researcher, Baum and Koester (2011).
In other work, a researcher at Stanford, Hall (2009), affirms that the size of the multiplier doubles and is around 1.7 when the real interest rate is close to zero, which is characteristic of an economy in a downturn, as is the case today in many developed countries. This view is shared by a number of other researchers, including two at Berkeley and Harvard, DeLong and Summers (2012), two from the Fed, Erceg and Lindé (2012), those of the OECD (2009), those of the European Commission (2012) and in some recent theoretical work (Christiano, Eichenbaum and Rebelo (2011), Woodford (2010)). When nominal interest rates are blocked by the zero lower bound, anticipated real interest rates rise. Monetary policy can no longer offset budgetary restrictions and can even become restrictive, especially when price expectations are anchored on deflation.
As already noted by J. Creel on this blog (insert link to the post of 22.02.12) with respect to the instrument to be used, i.e. public spending or taxation, other IMF economists together with colleagues from the European Central Bank (ECB) the US Federal Reserve (FED), the Bank of Canada, the European Commission (EC) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) compared their assessments in an article published in January 2012 in the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (Coenen G. et al. (2012)). According to these 17 economists, on the basis of eight different macroeconometric models (mainly DSGE models) for the United States, and four models for the euro zone, the size of many multipliers is large, particularly for public expenditure and targeted transfers. The multiplier effects exceed unity if the strategy focuses on public consumption or transfers targeted to specific agents and are larger than 1.5 for public investment. For the other instruments, the effects are still positive but range from 0.2 for corporation tax to 0.7 for consumer taxes. This finding is also shared by the European Commission (2012), which indicates that the fiscal multiplier is larger if the fiscal consolidation is based on public expenditure, and in particular on public investment. These results confirm those published three years ago by the OECD (2009) as well as those of economists from the Bank of Spain for the euro zone (Burriel et al (2010)) and from the Deutsche Bundesbank using data for Germany (Baum and Koester (2011)). Without invalidating this result, a study by Fazzari et al (2011) nevertheless introduced a nuance: according to their work, the multiplier associated with public spending is much higher than that observed for taxes but only when the economy is at the bottom of the cycle. This result would be reversed in a more favourable situation of growth.
Furthermore, in their assessment of the US economy, researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE) and the University of Maryland, Ilzetzki, Mendoza and Vegh (2009), highlight a high value for the fiscal multiplier for public investment (1.7), i.e. higher than that found for public consumption. This is similar to the results of other IMF researchers (Freedman, Kumhof, Laxton and Lee (2009)).
In the recent literature, only the work of Alesina, a Harvard economist, seems to contradict this last point: after examining 107 fiscal consolidation plans, conducted in 21 OECD countries over the period 1970-2007, Alesina and his co-authors (Ardagna in 2009 and Favero et Giavazzi in 2012) conclude first that the multipliers can be negative and second that fiscal consolidations based on expenditure are associated with minor, short-lived recessions, while consolidations based on taxation are associated with deeper, more protracted recessions. In addition to the emphasis on the particular experiences of fiscal restraint (Scandinavian countries, Canada), which are not found when including all experiences with fiscal restriction (or expansion), the empirical work of Alesina et al. suffers from an endogeneity problem in the measurement of fiscal restraint.
The notion of a narrative record of fiscal impulse helps to avoid this endogeneity. For example, in the case of a real estate bubble (and more generally in cases of large capital gains), the additional tax revenues from the real estate transactions results in a reduction in the structural deficit, as these revenues are not cyclically based (the elasticity of revenues to GDP becomes much higher than 1). So these are associated with an expansionary phase (in conjunction with the housing bubble) and a reduction in the structural deficit, which artificially strengthens the argument that reducing the public deficit may lead to an increase in activity, whereas the causality is actually the reverse.
With the exception of the work of Alesina, a broad consensus emerges from the recent theoretical and empirical work in the existing economic literature: a policy of fiscal consolidation is preferable in periods of an upturn in activity, but is ineffective and even pernicious when the economy is at a standstill; if such a policy is to be enacted in a downturn, then tax increases would be less harmful to the activity than cuts in public spending … all recommendations contained in Creel, Heyer and Plane (2011). | <urn:uuid:0349b659-04c2-4405-863a-3d2f34a0430f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/blog/a-review-of-the-recent-literature-on-fiscal-multipliers-size-matters/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.943095 | 1,754 | 2.15625 | 2 |
In this post, you will find a step by step review of Bitbucket security settings so your team can quickly secure your org’s Bitbucket and protect your source code.
Collaboration is an essential element when developing any type of new security methodology. It’s also essential when developers are working on code. Sharing code allows developers to be efficient but sharing code with your team and any external resources shouldn’t mean the entire organization’s code can easily be exposed.
Any collaboration platform like Bitbucket, Github, or Gitlab are essential for collaboration with one or several being used by most developers in any given organization. But without proper security measures in place, even the best ways to share can become weapons for hackers. While Atlassian has put some security measures in place to help organizations limit access to code, not everyone knows which to use, or how to implement them.
Bitbucket Security: Access & Authentication
If you haven’t already, the most basic Bitbucket best practice (that should be a de facto policy in every company!), is to require that all teams, employees and contractors use 2-step verification (enforcing 2-step verification is a Bitbucket premium option).
Enforce 2-step verification in your personal account & workspace
The ability to enforce 2-step verification is a function that is available for Bitbucket Premium subscribers but is highly recommended.
SSO (Atlassian access users)
SAML single sign-on for your Bitbucket (and other Atlassian products) is available using Atlassian Access.
Limit access to specific IP addresses
With IP whitelisting enabled, users will only be able to interact (view, push, clone, etc.) with your account’s private content if they are accessing Bitbucket from an IP address you have selected and know is safe.
Groups default repository access
Groups in Bitbucket have a default repository access, which means that for every new repository you create, the group will automatically get the default access you set when it was created. The most secure option is to have that setting set to None. Note that your users may lose access to certain repositories and regaining access with require a manual adjustment.
View current access permissions of a repository
It is important to build the practice of reviewing repository access periodically to discover redundant access of users – consider it seasonal cleaning.
Repository forking & access level
Forking is the act of creating a copy of the repository. Forking is meant to allow developers to create a copy of code they can experiment on without affecting the original repository.
From a security perspective, there are two main issues with forking. The first is that the more forks there are for a repository, the harder it is to keep track of the security of each fork, and the problem of securing the repository grows exponentially the more forks a repository has. The second is that forking can easily be used to create a copy of a repository in a user’s private account.
The repository visibility level will determine whether the repository is accessible to the outside world. It is recommended to periodically review this setting, and when creating a new repository always set the value to false and change it prior to releasing repositories as open source.
Disable public repositories (Bitbucket server only)
If you have no need for public repositories, disable public repositories across the organization by changing the ‘feature.public.access’ system property.
Enable merge checks (Bitbucket premium only)
Bitbucket premium comes with built-in controls meant to enforce tempering protection through workflow definitions. The most basic of them is requiring approval before merging code to the production branch.
This ensures that a developer cannot push code that hasn’t been reviewed by another developer to the production environment. Checks and balances.
Sign commits and tags with GPG keys (Bitbucket server only)
GPG is a command-line tool used together with Git to encrypt and sign commits or tags to verify contributions in Bitbucket Server.
Review your workspace audit logs
Periodically review the audit log and make sure that there are no anomalous or suspicious activities. Under the workspace settings, you can access the audit log and view various events that happened in your Bitbucket workspace.
Inspect installed apps in your workspace
Bitbucket allows you to grant access to third-party applications that can access your data. It is important to periodically review which applications are installed in your workspace and remove the ones you don’t use or that are installed from unknown sources.
On the workspace settings review both the “Installed apps” and “Enable development mode” to make sure no unauthorized access is granted.
Bitbucket Security with Cycode
In general, it’s more efficient to be able to continuously monitor and inspect the security posture across various Bitbucket security settings. Cycode monitors and analyzes actual usage and then provides recommendations on where to tighten security settings and adjust the access model to fit the least privileged approach. By monitoring your organization’s SCM activity in real time and sending immediate alerts on security related incidents based on the policy that suits your organization, your org can easily avoid hacks and breaches. | <urn:uuid:3d69003b-a460-45c0-87aa-b5ffa41ee8cb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cycode.com/blog/security-best-practices-for-bitbucket/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.894386 | 1,097 | 1.78125 | 2 |
What’s The Difference Between a Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacist?
If you’ve ever picked up a prescription at your neighborhood pharmacy, you’ve definitely spoken with a pharmacist, and more than likely a pharmacy technician. Both of these health professionals work together to ensure timely medication processing, customer assistance, and more.
The biggest difference between these two professions, however, comes down to education. In this article, we unpack each sector’s educational requirements, job responsibilities, and career prospects.
What Does a Pharmacist Do?
As the head of the pharmacy, the pharmacist is responsible for the safe and effective delivery of drug medication. Their job may require administering vaccinations, communicating with doctors and insurance companies, and ensuring that prescriptions have zero negative interactions.
How Do I Become a Pharmacist?
These medical professionals must attend a PhD program in pharmacology, where they intensively study chemistry, biochemistry, pharmaceuticals, and more.
This degree requires four years of university, a minimum of two years in a pre-pharmacy program, and a year-long internship studying under the supervision of an experienced pharmacist.
After these seven years – and when they pass their North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) – they are able to register as a licensed pharmacist. By the time they receive their licensure, they should be able to identify medications, understand drug interactions, and understand the purpose of prescribed substances.
What Does a Pharmacy Technician Do?
You’ve probably seen pharm techs working behind-the-scenes at your local drugstore. There are so many reasons to be a pharmacy tech! Whether they’re stocking life-saving drugs, providing customer service, organizing the pharmacy, or spotting a possible mistake, these allied health professionals are the right hand of any pharmacist.
The Difference Between Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs
The key difference between these roles is that the pharmacist is legally permitted to counsel patients regarding the use of certain medications. They may also offer advice to doctors regarding the type of medication and dosage to prescribe.
Pharmacy technicians can only prepare and administer drugs under the supervision of a pharmacist.
Pharmacy Technician Certification
For many future pharm techs, adequate training gives workers the basic knowledge of how to carry out tasks and provide expert patient care.
In your pharmacy technician classes, you’ll study:
- Medical terminology
- Drug classification
- Drug administration
- Customer service
- General pharmacy management
- Handling insurance claims and records
- Pharmacist support
- HIPAA laws
How Long Does Pharmacy Tech Training Take?
With short healthcare certificate programs across the country, prospective pharmacy techs can complete their studies in less than one year.
If you’re considering a 2-year pharm tech associate degree, you’ll receive extra training with general education courses. Some college credits may apply towards your associate degree (or bachelor’s degree in the future).
Do I Need My Pharmacy Tech Certification?
Though pharmacy techs might receive on-the-job training, having a proper certification tells employers that you’re the most qualified person for a position. Without any kind of background in pharmacology, the chances of making mistakes increases, and can result in serious consequences.
What’s more, many states mandate pharmacy tech certification, and this requirement is only set to increase over the coming years.
Where Do Pharm Techs Work?
Pharmacies can be found in hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient centers, and local drugstores.
This offers a great deal of freedom for the pharmacy technician in finding a place where they’d like to work or where they feel most comfortable.
Thanks to an aging Baby Boomer population, this allied health job sector is expected to increase by 7% over the next decade. This means that plenty of career opportunities should be available for years to come.
Pharmacy Technician Pay
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median pharmacy tech salary was $32,700 in 2018. At pharmacies, the 50th percentile of earners could command just over $30,000.
With average incomes landing at $32,700 per year, the best jobs for pharmacy technicians occur in state and local hospitals.
Although pharmacy technician pay may be significantly lower than that of licensed pharmacists, training is affordable and you won’t need to spend 7-8 years in school. Most importantly, with a quick certification that pays well, you’ll be able to determine whether this allied health career is a good fit for you.
It’s also not uncommon for future pharmacists to start off as pharmacy technicians – and continue working – while attending pharmacy school.
Take the First Step – Contact an AIMS Representative Today
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TOM AND JERRY ONLINE NEWS
70 years ago today, a cartoon was released featuring a cat named Jasper, an unnamed mouse, and two-shoes with a voice. "Puss Gets the Boot" debuted in theaters on the 10th of February and changed the way cat and mouse cartoons were made. Oh, there were other cat and mouse cartoons, but Tom and Jerry provided something unique and memorable.
Thank you Hanna and Barbera for giving us 70 years of laughter and mayhem that transcends language and time.
Happy Birthday Tom and Jerry!
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- Brand new Utah Homes Organization was an effective statewide expert created by the brand new Utah legislature when you look at the 1975. It’s goal would be to boost finance and make housing reasonable to own lower-money Utah households. It does that it mainly by offering mortgage brokers – or mortgage loans – so you’re able to very first time home buyers in order to developers building otherwise renovating reasonable apartment ideas. The fresh new Authority is actually care about-help and you can brings up vast sums regarding dollars annually because of prartnerships having financial institutions, real estate designers, realtors, and others. Inside the 2015 it employed 80 anybody and you may spent $75 billion. They accumulates focus costs towards payday loans Worthington their mortgage loans, it acquisitions and you can deal mortgages to possess money, and it receives business contributions.
These are the extremely dynamic section of societal money now. With respect to the All of us Census Agency, inside the 1977 there had been slightly below 26,100000 special areas in america. Today there are only lower than 40,one hundred thousand. Brand new profile less than suggests the growth when you look at the unique district income and purchasing of 1977-2012. For every single line means the complete incomes (good lines) and total spending (dashed traces) for eight different kinds of special districts. Most areas increased their total profits and you will spending of the 30-75% during this time. Paying and you can earnings on the “other” category – which includes ground and you can water conservation, libraries, cemeteries, parks and you may sport, and many more sort of districts – enhanced more than two hundred% during this period. Along with remember that such state and you may regional governing bodies, special districts’ aggregate investing was less than the aggregate revenue.
So it figure will be based upon analysis out-of 2012 simply
Overall Unique District Revenues and Using of the Sort of Area, 1987-2012; Source: Authors’ Computations away from United states Census of Governing bodies Data; Note: School Areas excluded.
The following figure reveals the newest structure out-of special districts’ revenues. They reveals per cash resource since a share out-of complete revenue for every types of special region. Instance, in the 2012 societal medical facilities derived 77% of the profits out-of costs and charge. In other words, a consistent medical earns revenue of the get together fees out-of customers (and you can patients’ health insurers as well as Medicare and you can Medicaid). Personal medical facilities levy property fees (12%) and you can receive federal (4%) and county (7%) intergovernmental incomes.
For the reason that unique districts, eg claims, municipalities, and you can counties, have to balance its budgets
Cash Constitution folks Unique Areas by the Types of Area, Season 2012; Source: Authors’ Data According to United states Census of Governments Data; Note: Rates may well not increase 100% because of rounding and you may excluding of smaller categories
The primary takeaway out of this graph is that most unique areas depend on several main revenue present. That isn’t a coincidence. State and you may regional legislatures generally give special areas minimal taxing power. Having said that, many areas are profoundly engaged in organization-method of activities in which they deliver a specific services in order to a specific customers in exchange for a fee. This is certainly somewhat unlike condition and you can regional governments where taxpayers pay general money supplies including property and you will transformation taxation, and you will discover general functions for example public protection and public fitness.
What accounts for this new explosive development of special districts? A few, possibly contradictory items. Very first, special districts accommodate even more head taxpayer handle. In the event that people found an assistance thanks to its municipal or county government, and so they wish to changes the way they purchase you to definitely solution or just how you to services are delivered, they can just connect with one to changes by way of its urban area council user and other regional member who should deal with all those other provider beginning concerns. With special districts, customers choose yet another ruling looks you to definitely attends merely to one specific service, plus they shell out fees or charges intent on you to definitely provider. The connection between governance, financing, and you may provider birth try, in the build, much better. | <urn:uuid:bcef40af-0ac7-43fb-a4ab-9860a9d1075d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://xn--24-dlciytlc5a.xn--p1ai/unique-areas-submit-a-multitude-of-state/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953598 | 897 | 1.578125 | 2 |
The most typical reason of sewage system line issues is plant roots. You may enjoy the lovely trees in your backyard but they can mean problem for your sewer lines. The plant roots are always looking for moisture and, over time, a sewage system pipe can establish tiny little fractures that leak out little amounts of moisture. However, it is just enough wetness to bring in the plant roots. Soon the tree roots will make their method in to the sewer pipeline and trigger the pipeline to leak or crack. This can mean significant repair works for the property owner. With sewer pipe repair and substitute the repair works can be made without tearing up your lawn.
We can repair your sewage system pipeline using a method that only includes digging one gap in the area of the damaged sewage system pipe. One method of sewage system pipe repair is normally described as pipeline. In this instance a pipeline or a pliable tube that is covered with resin is inserted in to the pipeline, after that blew up. The material will solidify in a couple of hrs and it produces sort of a pipe in a pipe dynamic.
Yet another approach of sewer pipe repair is referred to as pipe bursting. The treatment for this technique calls for that a replacement pipe is pulled via the damaged pipe which outcomes in fracturing the damaged pipe on the outside.
Both procedures of sewer line pipe repair work are tough and can last up to 50 years. As a matter of fact, sewage system pipe repair work can save you cash and keep the state of your lawn. On the various other hand, the conventional sewer line piper repair work approach that needs excavating a trench in your yard and changing the whole sewer pipe can cost you thousands of bucks. Lambert Plumbing and Heating can provide you with high quality repair works that will save you cash. | <urn:uuid:35943586-9cf3-48ef-817b-a7ffd4321219> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lamberthomecomfort.com/service-area/richmond/plumbing/sewer-repairs-and-replacements/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.949501 | 359 | 2.25 | 2 |
Yup, I said protests over donated seeds.
Well, (you might think): if these people are honestly convinced genetically engineered crops are dangerous (and clearly there are people in the world who really believe that) you can see how they’d react badly to feeling like they were be offered something that could harm their health, even (or perhaps especially) if it was being given freely as a gift.
Unfortunately even that rationalization isn’t any use here, since none of the donated seeds were genetically modified, as (almost) all the coverage eventually gets around to mentioning.
As far as I can tell at this late date the reasons people are upset boil down to three issues:
- The donated seeds were treated with several fungicides (mefenoxam, fludioxonil, and thiram*). I’ve read many people referring to the dangers of “toxic plants.” Seeds treated with pesticides don’t grow into plants that produce that pesticide themselves. The purpose of treating seeds with pesticides is #1 to kill any diseases/pests that might be hitch hiking on the seeds and #2 to protect seeds from fungus when they’re first planted in the ground, so more of them survive to germinate. Much of the writing on this subject seems to mix up the safety of planting seeds treated with a pesticide with the safety of working in fields that has been sprayed with the same pesticide, or, worst of all, the safety of being the one who actually sprays that pesticide. In this case it sounds like the main reason the seeds were treated was to avoid introducing new diseases and pests to the island of Hispaniola. Because really, the LAST thing Haitian agriculture needs is more potentially crop-failure causing problems.
- The seeds being donated are primarily hybrids so they won’t breed true in the second generation. Once more this tends to get transformed from, “if farmers plant the same seeds the second year, their yields will be lower than the year before”, to “Farmers won’t be able to replant seeds!” F2 seeds (the seeds produced by hybrid plants) are only 1/2 as hetrozygous as their parents so they don’t benefit as much from hybrid vigor. In the US, the increased money a farmer will earn from getting getting higher yield per acre with the full benefits of hybrid vigor usually outweigh the cost of buying new hybrid seed but there’s nothing inherently BAD about F2 seeds except that they’re just not as good as the F1s (first generation hybrid seeds).
- If Monsanto is inherently evil, then anything they do (for example donating seeds) is actually part of some evil ploy, even if we don’t know what it is yet. This is a question I can’t address with science, but gets into the distinction between being immoral and amoral. The someone who is immoral seeks to actively do evil, while someone who is amoral is indifferent to whether their actions are right or wrong. It’s easy to make a compelling argument that giant corporations are amoral, but it’s a mistake to assume they’re always actively attempting to do evil. (In this case I would image Monsanto thought they could get some good publicity out of their donation with either Haitian farmers or the Haitian government. Perhaps they’ll also benefit from tax write-offs or something similar. )
I’ve linked to what I’d consider a Huffington Post article above with a very clear agenda, so in the interest of balance, here’s what Monsanto is saying itself about the donation.
Updated Final Thoughts:
The one argument I’ve heard that might hold some water is that hybrid seeds might eventually out-compete local open pollinated varieties, and the genetic resource of locally adapted Haitian varieties of crops would be lost. However to make this argument one first has to admit hybrid seeds will have significant yield advantages so they’d actually be more competitive. I assume it’s the unwillingness to make that admission which is why most of the coverage I’ve read doesn’t touch on this issue. There are ways to combine introducing new improved crop varieties with preserving previous genetic diversity (seed banks!), but they require money and engagement, which is a lot more work than calling on hungry farmers to simply burn the seeds.
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Why You Need to Focus on Diversity Before It's Too Late
Failing to prioritize diversity leads to disastrous consequences. Take the recent influx of sexism and discrimination claims at Uber, for example.
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William Shakespeare Biography | Poet
William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He is one of the world's most highly esteemed writers, and is thought to be the most quoted author in history, second only to the Bible. His plays and poems have been studied, analyzed, read, and loved for centuries.
Little is known about William Shakespeare's childhood or education, but scholars agree that he likely attended the King's New School. He was working as an actor and playwright in London by the year 1592, and was also a managing partner in the acting company the Lord Chamberlain's Men. After James I was crowned king in 1603, the theater company's name was changed to the King's Men, and it grew to be quite popular.
Shakespeare was a prolific poet. His first and second published poems were "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece", which debuted in 1593 and 1594, respectively. Each work was dedicated by Shakespeare to his friend Henry Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton. 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets were published in 1609 in a collection entitled The Sonnets of Shakespeare. These poems follow what is now called the Shakespearean form, which consists of three quatrains and a couplet. The subjects of Shakespeare's poetry range from love and beauty to commentary about the passing of time and changes in society.
The poems of Shakespeare literally revolutionized the English language, as his sonnets contained many words that were unknown in his time but are very commonly used today. The Oxford English Dictionary credits Shakespeare will inventing words including birthplace, dewdrop, leapfrog, misquote, radiance, schoolboy, stillborn, zany, courtship, downstairs, fanged, bloodsucking, arch-villain, watchdog, and pageantry.
William Shakespeare's poems are legendary, as are his dramas. His comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances include famed plays such as The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, and Henry VI. While some of his plays were published after his death, during his lifetime Shakespeare gained great recognition for his works and he founded acting troupes to bring his writing to the masses.
He found such great financial success as a poet, author, playwright, and actor that William Shakespeare was able to buy what was then the second largest home in Stratford for his family, which he called New House. By the year 1599, Shakespeare and his colleagues built a theater of their own along the Thames River called The Globe. Eventually, Shakespeare got into real estate and expanded his fortune even more, which is what is believed to have allowed him the time to create his plays and poetry without worry about supporting his family.
Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 at the age of 52 in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. The city is now a popular travel destination, and millions each year visit to see William Shakespeare's birthplace and the Royal Shakespeare Theater. In the centuries since his death, the world has come to know his art, poetry, writings, plays, and life. He is one of the few poets whose work has truly been able to endure the test of time.
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The 115th Regiment of Foot (Royal Scotch Lowlanders) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1761 to 1763. It was raised in October 1761 at Paisley, from a cadre of men detached from the 71st Regiment of Foot for recruiting. It was named the Royal Scotch Lowlanders in November, and despatched to Portugal, where it saw service in the campaign against the Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762). It returned to Paisley in early 1763 to be disbanded.
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Pillars of the Legion Community
Although chapters in this annual history book are usually reserved for the activities of individual members or committees within the legion, it seemed appropriate to dedicate a separate chapter to one of the strongest foundations supporting Post 82’s relationship with the community it serves.
The story of this relationship began in 1920. It was only two years since the end of World War I and members of the Charles County community were still somewhat in mourning for the nine members of the county who had given their lives in that “war to end all wars.” Those citizens wanted to memorialize the memory of these men who gave so much. They began by conducting events and soliciting business men to raise funds for some type of monument which would stand forever in time. After some debate a decision was made to erect two pillars with a bronze plaque containing the names of those who had made the supreme sacrifice in honor of their country.
Meetings were held with community leaders and a final decision was made to erect two stone pillars containing the bronze tablet at the entrance to the Charles County court house in La Plata, Maryland. La Plata being the Charles County seat. A construction committee headed by Mr. Irving Jones planned the design and the pillars were finally set in place in 1921.
The dedication ceremony marked the beginning of a life for the pillars which ended in early 1953. At that time the county was growing and expansion of the original courthouse was necessary. Unfortunately, the new wing for the courthouse was going to be constructed in the area where the pillars stood. Consequently, they had to be dismantled.
Word of the dismantling of these pillars soon reached members of Harry White Wilmer, Post 82. Under the leadership of the then Post Commander, Walter Reese, the members of the Legion decided to approach the county commissioners and offer to relocated the pillars to the grounds of Post 82. Commander Reese was more than happy to inform the membership that the commissioners had approved the move. In conjunction with the move the membership also added a new bronze tablet listing the 62 members of Charles County who had given their lives during World War II. They also made a commitment to add the names of those who had given their lives in the Korean war. (It was 1953 and the Korean war was in its final stages but statics had not yet been completely tabulated.)
The process of the pillars being relocated to Post 82 was finally complete and on Armistice Day, November 11, 1953, Memorial Services and War memorial dedication ceremony was held at the Post home in La Plata, Maryland. Beginning with a parade which led to the Post home, a memorial dedication service was held beginning at 1100 hours. The Master of Ceremonies for the event was American Legion Vice Commander Larry A. Sullivan, Jr. The unveiling of the pillars was conducted by Post Commander Walter Rees and president of the Women’s Auxiliary, Mrs. Estelle Hilderbrand. The guest speaker for the event was Lt. Colonel William W. Hague, Chief of Troop Information and Education, 2nd Army Headquarters, Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Since that blustery November day in 1953, the bronze tablets on these Pillars and Memorial have been expanded to include members of the Charles County community who have given their lives in the Korean War, Viet Nam War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Each year on Memorial Day, a memorial service is conducted at this memorial. There also stands the flag of the United States of America, lighted 24hours per day every day of the year. Along side the flag of our nation stands the flag of the State of Maryland and the flag remembering those members of the United States military who remain unaccounted for. This flag is commonly known as the flag of America’s POWs. | <urn:uuid:4898ca8f-8d27-477e-a4d3-397c7b65cede> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://alpost82.org/index.php?id=271 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.980046 | 768 | 2.34375 | 2 |
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Sustainable real estate development has carved out its own niche in recent years, and those that have adopted the trend are already reaping the rewards. It’s worth noting, however, that it’s not too late to jump on the bandwagon. In fact, those residential redevelopers intent on commencing sustainable practices may place themselves in a position to benefit for the next decade—if not more so. Sustainable real estate development is being heralded as the next step in investor evolution. It is something everyone in the housing market needs to consider if they want to remain at the forefront of their industry.
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT?
Sustainable real estate development incorporates environmentally-friendly design techniques, materials, and technologies into the building process. Instead of using materials and strategies which increase a home’s carbon footprint, sustainable real estate development aims to reduce the impact of a respective home on the environment, from the materials used to daily operations. Doing so enables homeowners to reduce operating costs and help the environment simultaneously.
“Green” real estate development projects, otherwise known as “greenhabbing,” are the sustainable equivalent to your standard flip, but with a substantial caveat: an emphasis on sustainable practices and materials. Outside of the obvious, the two strategies are indistinguishable from one another. You could very easily argue that both exit strategies share the same goal, which begs the question: how can sustainable real estate development set your business apart from the competition? | <urn:uuid:75d29436-ad3f-45a4-a858-70eac5d901d7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wrenews.com/sustainable-real-estate-development-the-future-is-now/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.948122 | 313 | 2.375 | 2 |
Alexander, Patricia A., Diane L. Schallert, and Victoria C. Hare, "Coming to Terms: How Researchers in Learning and Literacy Talk About Knowledge," Review of Educational Research, 61 (Fall, 1991), 315-343.*
Analyzes various uses of the term "knowledge".
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
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More on Planting a Vineyard
On establishing your site’s capacity for ripening grapes its important to take time to consider what you want from your vineyard. Some owners want to grow grapes solely for making their own wines (Producer), whereas others choose to grow grapes for sale, either under contract or on the open market (Grower). Whichever path you choose it’s important to have a plan on how you intend to manage your vineyard and make it profitable.
Conventional / Sustainable / Organic / Bio-Dynamic
All vineyard owners have an opinion on how best to grow grapes and it’s important that you are comfortable with the method of farming you wish to carryout. An organic vineyard will most likely be setup differently to a conventional one. All methods have their positive and negative traits, but all have their place in viticulture. I believe that no grower, conventional or otherwise wants to destroy the environment they live and work in and in-fact we should do our best to learn and compare the techniques and practices adopted by one another to continue improving upon our productivity, quality and environmental impact.
In winemaking we want to try and keep variables to a minimum, therefore when planting a vineyard, we use clones (cuttings from an existing grapevine) grafted onto rootstock, rather than germinating seeds, which naturally produce genetic differences as part of evolutionary progression. Clonal characteristics such as bunch weight, berry size and productivity as well as flavour profile, sugar accumulation and rot susceptibility are some of the variations available when choosing a clone, and although variety specific there could be dozens to choose from. When selecting a clone, it is important to consider the environmental features and ripening capacity of your site as well as the wine styles you hope to make.
Selecting the correct varieties, clones and rootstocks for a site is incredibly important and the ramifications if you get it wrong can be costly. Also be aware that some clones are not readily available and need to be ordered 18 months in advance to ensure they’re on the rootstock of choice. This can be frustrating but it is better to delay planting for a year instead of taking whatever vines are available. | <urn:uuid:075ee4c8-b8fd-445c-a4d7-37200ad7ab0b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://agro-pro.co.uk/more-on-planting-a-vineyard/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94808 | 462 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals provides you with a guide to digital technology forensics in plain English.
In the authors’ years of experience in working with attorneys as digital forensics experts, common questions arise again and again:
- What do I ask for?
- Is the evidence relevant?
- What does this item in the forensic report mean?
- What should I ask the other expert?
- What should I ask you?
- Can you explain that to a jury?
This book answers many of those questions in clear language that is understandable by non-technical people. With many illustrations and diagrams that will be usable in court, they explain technical concepts such as unallocated space, forensic copies, timeline artifacts and metadata in simple terms that make these concepts accessible to both attorneys and juries.
The authors also explain how to determine what evidence to ask for, evidence might be that could be discoverable, and the methods for getting to it including relevant subpoena and motion language.
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"Aside from his personal qualities, jazz musicians respect the fact that down inside, Ray Charles is an excellent musician himself. He knows everything that's going on."
Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia, in 1932. At the age of six, living in Greenville, Florida, he went blind. He was enrolled in a state school for the blind at St. Augustine, Florida, where he first began to study piano by Braille. By the time he was seventeen, both his parents were dead and Ray was a thoroughly accredited professional, playing with everything from rhythm-and-blues groups to hillbilly bands. He played both piano and alto sax, and in 1948, wound up in Seattle, Washington, with a trio.
It was in Seattle that he met Quincy Jones. The group Charles had at the time was called the McSon Trio [via spelling errors, it was listed on record labels as, variously, the Maxine Trio or the Maxim Trio], a Nat Cole / Charles Brown style trio. The next few years were spent trying to make tow dollars, and he was fairly successful locally. He worked with Bumps Blackwell, and made a record for a small California label, Swingtime, called "Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand." In the limited field of rhythm-and-blues he had a hit, and one of those who heard it was Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records who promptly bought his contract from Swingtime.
On those early records for Atlantic, whether consciously or not, Charles had worked out a fusion of styles that would make him one of the most popular entertainers in the world. The great early Charles records were based on blues and gospel forms. The lyrics were concise, full of sharp psychological truth, and, for the most part, conspicuously lacking in the self-pity that is the stock-in-trade of most popular songs. Such performances as "A Fool For You," "Drown In My Own Tears," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "I Got A Woman," "This Little Girl Of Mine," and "I Want A Little Girl," initially released as single records on Atlantic, consititute the nucleus of Charles' achievement.
Atlantic also began to release instrumental sets. Even though Charles is capable of accurate self-appraisal ("Four pianists influenced me most when I was a kid learning how to play the piano: Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Nat Cole, and Oscar Peterson"), he was reluctant, according to Ahmet Ertegun, to make straight jazz instrumental recordings, although they have, in the main, been quite successful. The first, The Great Ray Charles, revealed that he is a fine blues pianist with an excellent small band, featuring saxophonists David Newman and Hank Crawford, and trumpeter Marcus Belgrave. This band, the favorite of Art Blakey, among others, plays in the same general "soul" category as Blakey or Horace Silver, but leans more to overt use of gospel forms. His touching piano solo, "Sweet Sixteen Bars," is simply an instrumental version of "A Fool For You."
Nesuhi Ertegun, Ahmet's brother and partner, reports that "Jazz musicians were the first to hear about him. Five and six years ago, people like Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie would always ask about him, did he have a new record coming out, and where was he playing. I don't know if they bought those records, but they knew every note by heart, and could play all the riffs." But at that same time, if one called a jazz disc jockey like Symphony Sid to request a Charles record, the answer would be, "We don't play rock-and-roll." What freed Charles from such pigeon-holing was the release of his Atlantic recording, The Genius of Ray Charles.
The musicians on one of the two sessions in the album included top men from the Ellington and Basie bands--such men as Clark Terry, Joe Newman, Frank Wess, Freddie Greene, Quentin Jackson, Al Gray, plus other jazzmen like Zoot Sims and Charlie Persip. The other session, arranged by Ralph Burns, featured strings and a vocal chorus. Whether or not the strings were apt, whether or not the Erteguns had to convince Charles to make such a record, it was a certainty that a jazz singer of great depth and importance had finally arrived. Even Symphony Sid made a shift of position and began calling Charles "Mr. Soul."
--JOE GOLDBERG, from
Jazz Masters of the 50s
A selected discography of Ray Charles albums.
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Any doctor that is thinking about opening their own practice should consider the following. Perhaps you are one of the greatest physicians in your field, but your practice will suffer if you do not use a few tried and true business methods to drive the practice to success. Operating a practice takes more than medical skills, experience, and education in the medical field. It requires a great business idea backed up with a great plan. It requires getting the business started, marketing the business, selecting the right staff, and selecting the right wholesale medical supplies to serve the patients in the best possible way. Remember, only the best will do for your patients.
Why Start Your Own Practice?
Starting a medical practice is a big risk for someone in the medical professional. However, starting a private medical practice is a way to be your own boss and provide more personalized care to patients. This is something that patients truly like about a smaller medical practice. Often, the larger institutions are more concerned about numbers, money, and staying ahead of the competition, instead of their patients. A private practice is a way to really get involved with the community and healthcare on a more individualized level.
Hire A Consultant
Don’t just venture out on your own and open up the practice. It is important to realize that there are a number of hidden risks involved with opening your own medical practice. Therefore, it is advisable to hire a business consultant with experience starting a medical practice. Most medical specialists do not understand the rules and regulations concerning opening a medical practice. However, the business consultant will create a business plan, create a marketing plan, create an advertising plan targeting the right group, select a location for the practice, select a medical supplier, and much more. Indeed, the consultant is a very important part of the startup.
Once you create a business plan, make sure that you secure a financial source. Often, sources that you contact for financing will require a business plan to consider before offering to finance. There are various methods available to finance the practice. Generally, financing is obtained through traditional methods like a financial institution; therefore, a solid business plan with the guidance of a business consultant is quite important. Most financial institutions assume that a medical practice is a risky venture and might avoid financing a medical startup. Consider searching for a financial institution that works with medical startups.
Building A Staff
Start building your staff once you have a business plan in place along with the necessary financing required for the medical startup. It is vital to hire the kinds of people that are dependable and will run the office efficiently while you place your attention on the patients and other important matters. Attract quality people by offering them the type of perks that are very attractive to people with the highest skill levels and experience. In other words, pay more than the closest competition. Offer more perks like more training or education along with other compensation packages.
Create A Brand
It’s important to let the local community know that your practice is alive and well in the community and ready to serve the local residents. Start by getting involved with the local community and building a brand for your practice. Create a logo, medical business cards, send out newsletters to the community. Use the power of the Internet and social media to further your brand. Talk about your medical practice on social media sites and build a medical website that displays even more information about your medical practice. Every good business startup recognizes the power of building a brand through social media and a website and so should your medical practice.
Get Involved Locally
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Why is it important to study the Philippine history using Filipino language?
Importance of Studying Philippine History: … Through Philippine History, we’ve learned and observed the beginning and development of our country. 2. It strengthens our sense of nationalism.
What is the importance of using Filipino language in any discourse?
Explanation: Language can play a small role in how people’s identities are formed. … This is done by the continuous use of English as the medium of instruction in schools and by making it as the preferred language of communication. Yes, it is important for the Filipinos to be able to communicate very well in English.
Why should we study Filipino values?
Filipinos reiterate the importance of values related to society such as good governance, love for country, honesty and integrity. As for personal values, value of the self, life and purpose, resilience, and happiness are important. … A STUDY ON FILIPINO VALUES (A Primer) – ENGLISH.
Why is the Filipino language unique?
Thus, when the Spaniards came, there was already a significant number of Chinese-Filipinos, used to be called Sangleys. Given these facts, you can see the Filipino people are of mixed heritage and do not have a specific identity. Thus the Filipino language uniquely defines the Filipino identity.
Is Filipino difficult to learn?
Like in any language, there are factors that can make Filipino hard to learn. That said, it’s actually one of the easiest languages to study and master. That doesn’t mean that you can become fluent overnight, but compared to other languages, Filipino is a bit more straightforward.
What is Philippine history summary?
The Philippines is named after King Philip II of Spain (1556-1598) and it was a Spanish colony for over 300 years. n Today the Philippines is an archipelago of 7,000 islands. … From the 10th AD century Filipinos traded with China and by the 12th Century AD Arab merchants reached the Philippines and they introduced Islam.
Is there a Filipino understanding of right and wrong what are its influences?
Yes. There is a filipino understanding of right and wrong outside of any religion’s influence. Filipino believes in two kinds of karma: the good karma and the bad karma. They know that if they did something right, it will go back to them rightfully, meaning, they could expect good things to happen to them.
What is the important role does history take in the study of Philippine society?
Answer: One can understand the Filipinos, their society and identity by studying their history which is why it is imperative that history should be taught especially to young people in their formative years. … Or that Filipino children wished they were born Americans, Japanese or even Saudi Arabian.
How can we promote Filipino culture?
Try these easy, inexpensive ways to promote your culture.
- Reach Out To Local Media. …
- Start A Culture Social Media Group. …
- Publish And Speak Prolifically. …
- Create Your Own Culture List. …
- Partner With A Culture Expert.
How can I improve my Filipino language?
5 Ways To Improve Your Filipino Speaking Skills
- Read out loud. If you’re listening to a lesson and reading along, read out loud. …
- Prepare things to say ahead of time. …
- Use shadowing (repeat the dialogues as you hear them). …
- Review again and again. …
- DON’T BE AFRAID TO MAKE MISTAKES!
What are the common values of Filipino?
Enumeration of Filipino values
- Family orientation.
- Joy and humor.
- Flexibility, adaptability, and creativity.
- Religious adherence.
- Ability to survive.
- Hard work and industriousness.
What is the importance of Filipino values in this modern world?
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Virus attack on chipmaker could hit Apple iPhone productiontext_fields
San Francisco: Apple's new iPhone launch next month could be delayed by the virus outbreak at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) -- the world's biggest contract chip maker, the media reported on Friday.
TSMC, which makes chips for iPhones, suffered a computer virus outbreak and warned it could cause shipment delays as well as hit revenue.
"This incident has come at a sensitive period for Apple, which is preparing for its much-anticipated annual launch of new iPhone models next month after recording a market value of US $1 trillion last week," the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.
A variant of "WannaCry" ransomware hobbled computer systems at TSMC after a supplier installed software without a virus scan to the company's computer network. The virus caused machines to crash and continually reboot.
TSMC makes plenty of chips designed for iPhones, so Apple would be the most likely client to suffer shipment delays.
"New York-listed TSMC has said the virus outbreak will delay its chip shipments through the end of September, but expected to make a recovery by year's end. It had to shut down virus-infected fabrication tools and automated handling systems during the outbreak at its manufacturing facilities, but restored 80 per cent of those by Sunday," the report added.
The Taiwan semiconductor firm produces Apple's A11 chip that is in the iPhone X.
The firm is currently making the next-generation A12 chip that is expected to be in its upcoming smartphones.
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Pain and tears: the most painful places for tattoos according to tattoo record holdersBy Pictolic https://pictolic.com/en/article/pain-and-tears-the-most-painful-places-for-tattoos-according-to-tattoo-record-holders
Those who have ever done a tattoo know how painful this process is. Nevertheless, true tattoo connoisseurs suffer terrible sensations for the sake of another impressive drawing. The record holders for the number of ink paintings on the body told about where it was most painful to get a tattoo. The face, penis, buttocks — they went through these sensitive areas with a needle.
It's no secret that the process of tattooing can be excruciatingly painful. Even the most patient people do not always withstand the pricks of a needle repeatedly penetrating under the skin. Nevertheless, real tattoo fans are ready to grit their teeth and endure for the sake of another original drawing.
Owners of a huge number of tattoos told about which parts of the body it was most painful for them to get a tattoo. From the face to the penis - these are the most vulnerable points they talked about.
In five years, Tristan has covered 95% of his body with tattoos. A 25-year-old resident of Copenhagen spent 40,000 pounds (about 4 million rubles) on this. In total, he was under the needle for 260 hours.
Despite his passion for tattoos, the guy admits that it was unbearably painful to put a tattoo on his face and the back of his head. The drawings were made for six days, at intervals of 5-6 hours. According to Tristan, he felt as if his face and head were being scrubbed with an iron brush.
23-year-old Amy is well known in her hometown of Okeme in East Midlands as "the girl with the tattoos". She has more than 40 eternal drawings on her body. The model dreams of covering her entire body with tattoos and admits that she has become addicted.
For a young British woman, the most painful was a tattoo in the style of the Maori tribe, which stretches from the collarbone to the chin. During the procedure, Amy could not hold back tears.
Transgender model Nikki has one of the most incredible stories about tattoos. She covered 90% of her own body with ink drawings to hide the scars from the brutal initiation into students. A girl was beaten and set on fire during a mocking ritual in the Philippines.
Now Nikki's whole body is crammed with tattoos in the style of the Japanese Yakuza mafia. The most painful for her were the drawings on the lower part of the buttocks and on the lips.
Volunteer firefighter Andreas says that tattoos have taught him how to cope with pain. There are 60 tattoos on his body, for which he spent 23,000 pounds (about 2.4 million rubles).
The most painful thing for the guy was to get a tattoo on his penis. However, a fan of body drawings says that you can learn to tolerate pain regardless of whether you have a high pain threshold or not.
Celine, a 26-year-old fashion model, has been doing tattoos since she was a teenager. Drawings cover her body from neck to toe.
The most painful thing for the girl was the tattoo on her hands. However, she is not going to stop and wants to paint bright tattoos all over her body.
Cook from He spent a fortune on tattoos — 75,000 pounds (about 7.7 million rubles). He got his first tattoo in 2009. Thanks to his impressive appearance, the man became an Instagram star — 184,000 users subscribed to his account.
Remy says that the most painful thing for him was getting tattoos on the inside of his buttocks and thighs. His body is almost completely covered with tattoos, except for small areas on his face, ears, feet and palms.
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Ethics and Breeding Cats
The other day, a woman told me that I should not breed Egyptian Mau cats because stray cats needed homes. When we use the word "should," we are incorporating ethics (ethos) into our argument. What is ethics? Ethics is the idea that some actions are wrong while others are right. As a Christian, I am a firm believer in absolute truth (the idea that universally there is a right and wrong - good and evil); however, while I agree that allowing cats to breed indiscriminately and leaving kittens to fend for themselves in the wild is certainly a cruelty to animals and some breeding facilities are no better, I have a hard time believing that God has a problem with our CFA and TICA registered cattery breeding a litter of kittens a year to provide excellent companions. We actually lose money in the process, but we gain tremendous joy from having kittens in our home from time to time, and since heath issues and volunteer commitments prevent any real vacations, the time and energy spent working with our cats is our way of releasing stress and taking a "break" from the troubles of the world.
Why is Breeding Purebred Cats not an Ethical Issue?
From an ethical point-of-view, we must agree that animals are less important than people. While we love and provide care for our shelter-rescue cats, our two Egyptian Maus are much better companion animals. While our shelter-rescues are sweet, they require care for life-long health issues, and their poor care as small kittens did not socialize them well-enough or provide the stimulation and nutrition to develop the intellectual capacity to somehow predict what my husband and I want them to do as our Maus do. Yes, there are plenty of qualitative, anecdotal stories of rescues with excellent health and amazing intelligence; however, from a quantitative, statistical analysis, I doubt this is the case. After all, when we were looking at sighted-eye dogs, we saw Labs and German Shepherds - no Chihuahuas. To argue that breed does not affect personality would be ineffective. Interestingly, no one complained that taking a German Shepherd as a sighted guide, we were keeping a stray dog from having a home! In the end, we decided not to have a canine helper, but our Egyptian Maus are a greater comfort to us than our rescue kitties, and we believe their kittens will provide the same joy and comfort to others.
Why Take a Stray Cat when Children Need Homes?
Note: This next section is purely satire to show the lack of logic in bashing cat breeders - do not take it literally!
If we are in agreement that people are more important to animals, then, one could argue that meeting the needs of other humans should be prioritized. That said, even though there are many, many children in foster care, one rarely feels the need to judge a family for procreating instead of simply adopting one of the children who need homes. Why not bash all pictures of babies for taking the place of a foster child? If we feel the need to proactively censor the actions of others because we believe we have a higher ethical standard than someone else, why focus on cats, when humans are more important?
Added to the fact that we continue to produce children when other children need homes, should we utilize time in animal shelters, when people are in need? While providing food and shelter for animals is a good thing to do, wouldn't providing for the basic needs of children be a far more ethical choice? If we want to argue ethics, should the people who volunteer in animal shelters (which - by the way - I respect, appreciate, and support financially - this piece is satire, so don't take it literally), start volunteering in human shelters or feeding programs instead? Shouldn't we make ugly comments on all animal shelter websites about how they are wasting the world's precious resources on animals instead of people? (Remember, this is satire)
Back to Being Serious - Can a Person be Ethical and Still Breed Cats?
As an ethical person (apart from my Christian religion since we are focusing on breeding cats, not Jesus, in this particular blog), I donate my ENTIRE summer to coordinating the feeding program where children come to eat for free at a park; help to coordinate the snack pack program throughout the school year; coordinate and help deliver food for the mobile food bank 4 times a year; coordinate and help deliver food when local organizations have a meal with leftovers throughout the year; help with Thanksgiving food delivery; and coordinate and deliver gifts for about 100 children every year. I also teach in a poor, rural school, where my per hour income is less than my prior occupation. I'm not listing these efforts to brag; instead, I'm arguing from an ethical point-of-view that if we want to change the behavior of others using ethos, we should probably not be focusing on breeding pure-bred cats in a very humane and loving environment to provide excellent companions for families. Once ethics has been brought into the conversation, you should first examine yourself to see if your own choices are ethical before deciding to judge the choices of others.
Breeding Pure-Bred Cats Helps Shelters and Rescues
Feline breeding programs generate interest, research, and funds for cats who need homes. The information provided by ethical breeders who work with cats every day is often published on the internet free of charge; much of this anecdotal research can apply to household mixed-breed cats, too; other life-long breeders, including veterinarians, have written books that provide well-documented case-studies and helpful data. Furthermore, the organizations that promote pure-bred cats -- such as TICA and CFA -- not only promote new research into feline health, but also allow local rescue agencies to set-up booths and their innumerable shows around the world to both raise funds and awareness for spaying/neutering and cats needing homes. These agencies usually allow these pets to be shown, which also helps to generate more interest in adoption. Finally, although I'm sure there are exceptions, most of the people that I know who are either looking for a pure-bred kitten or are ethically breeding for breed-standard, support their local agencies by either adopting 2 or more shelter cats or by donating money. One breeder that I know is extremely active in helping families connect with cats who need homes - giving untold and unpaid hours in this capacity. Instead of causing a giant rift that seems to be far more prolific in the cat world than the dog or other pet realm, let's try working together without the need to feel superior to one another. All in all, if catteries were eliminated, there would likely be more - not fewer - cats and kittens needing homes. | <urn:uuid:6a9e4692-9e80-4792-81e4-95f51fffd9f8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.egyptianmauspippskittens.com/blog/should-people-breed-cats | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.952477 | 1,393 | 2.296875 | 2 |
The Paycheck Safety Program (PPP loan), enacted as a part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), offered small companies with roughly $800 billion in low-interest uncollateralized loans from April 3, 2020, by Might 31, 2021.
Analysis and evaluation carried out by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) estimate that this system preserved 2 to three million job-years of employment at a value of $170,000 to $257,000 per retained job-year.
A job-year is outlined as one job for one 12 months.
Virtually all PPP loans are anticipated to be forgiven with 94% of eligible small companies within the U.S. receiving a number of loans beneath this system. Roughly 25% of PPP mortgage funds went on to staff who would have misplaced their jobs. The remainder (75%) went to enterprise house owners, shareholders, collectors, and suppliers of corporations receiving loans.
NBER evaluation of PPP discovered that 75% of PPP funds went to enterprise house owners, shareholders, collectors, and suppliers and roughly 25% to staff who would have in any other case misplaced their jobs.
Marginal propensity to devour (MPC) (spend the cash on consumption) for the highest 75% of PPP recipients was 0.5, about half that of staff which was 1.0.
The excessive value ($170K to $250K) per job saved was one other unfavorable side of this system.
The velocity with which PPP ramped up and distributed funds was a shiny spot within the evaluation.
One other plus was the proportion (94%) of eligible small companies that obtained help.
A lot of the unfavorable final result is blamed on the untargeted nature of this system because of the lack of administrative capability within the U.S. to manage a program of this kind.
In the end some proportion of PPP mortgage funds that went to companies strengthened the corporate’s backside line within the type of windfall revenue.
75% to Increased-Earnings Households
NBER discovered that about 75% of PPP funds went to the highest 20% of households by revenue. This resulted in a marginal propensity to consume (MPC) for almost all of PPP recipients that was about the identical as that for recipients of stimulus checks (0.5) however a lot lower than recipients of expanded unemployment advantages (1.0).
Marginal propensity to devour (MPC) is the proportion (expressed as a decimal) of a rise in revenue that will get spent on consumption. The upper the MPC, the extra seemingly the recipient is to spend the cash.
To the extent PPP funds had been meant to go to staff who can be prone to spend the cash instantly, this system was lower than optimum and markedly much less efficient than expanded unemployment advantages in rising shopper spending.
2 to three million
Job-years saved with PPP mortgage funds
Jobs Saved and Doorways Stored Open
However, PPP had a measurable and vital constructive influence on pandemic job losses, saving someplace between 2 and three million job-years, albeit at a considerable value. With jobs saved and staff on the job, it could additionally make sense that employers would be capable to keep open. NBER discovered this was true for small employers particularly. What’s much less sure is the diploma to which small employers would have shuttered their doorways completely versus on a short lived foundation. The information, NBER stated, provide stronger assist for PPP serving to small corporations keep away from short-term closure than for stopping them from shutting their doorways ceaselessly.
For corporations with round 500 staff, there was no constant proof that PPP funds influenced short-term or everlasting shutdowns. Regardless of saving jobs through the pandemic, PPP might not have had a big influence on the preservation of intangible enterprise capital, in accordance with NBER.
Collectors Had been Helped
Together with saving jobs and conserving smaller corporations open, the PPP program offered oblique monetary help to enterprise landlords, monetary establishments, holders of mortgage-backed securities (MBSs), and suppliers.
Whereas proof uncovered by NBER of the particular assist offered by PPP to those second-tier beneficiaries is scant, out there proof does recommend the influence was constructive. At the least one different research did discover that PPP considerably decreased delinquency on mortgages and different funds within the retail sector.
Windfall Income for Some Homeowners and Shareholders
PPP funds had been paid to companies that used the funds to pay retained and beforehand unemployed staff. Roughly 25% of PPP mortgage funds had been used for that function. Of the remaining 75% of funds, collectors who wouldn’t have been paid additionally grew to become beneficiaries. Enterprise house owners may use mortgage proceeds to pay non-payroll bills, together with hire, utilities, and mortgage curiosity. Utilizing the funds for these bills made that a part of the mortgage forgivable.
In the end some proportion of PPP funds went to, as NBER put it, “house owners and shareholders of PPP-receiving companies as residual claimants in circumstances the place companies would have met some or all of their payroll and different monetary obligations absent PPP (AKA, windfall earnings).” In different phrases, some companies obtained the advantage of PPP funds however did not want some or all of these funds with a purpose to keep open and solvent. | <urn:uuid:14da5851-3117-4651-afe1-9a432939c2d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://businessfinancedaily.com/2022/01/26/where-the-ppp-loan-money-went/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.968954 | 1,150 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Today in History | Nov. 19
Today is Monday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2018. There are 42 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 19, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
On this date:
In 1831: the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was born in Orange Township, Ohio.
In 1919: the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification.
In 1942: during World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front.
In 1959: Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
In 1969: Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.
In 1977: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.
In 1985: President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.
In 1990: the pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the "Girl You Know It's True" album.
In 1995: Polish President Lech Walesa was defeated in his bid for re-election.
In 1997: Iowa seamstress Bobbi McCaughey gave birth to the world's first set of surviving septuplets, four boys and three girls.
In 2004: in one of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history, Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson of the Indiana Pacers charged into the stands and fought with Detroit Pistons fans, forcing officials to end the Pacers' 97-82 win with 45.9 seconds left.
In 2007: Amazon.com released its first Kindle e-book reader.
Ten years ago: Al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, slurred Barack Obama as a black American who does the bidding of whites in a new Web message intended to dent the president-elect's popularity among Arabs and Muslims. The Dow Jones industrial average closed under 8,000 at 7,997.28 — the lowest close since March 2003. Drama and dance critic Clive Barnes died in New York at age 81.
Five years ago: Suicide bombers struck the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, killing 23 people, including a diplomat, and injuring more than 140 others. Virginia state Sen. Creigh (kree) Deeds was attacked and stabbed multiple times by his mentally ill adult son, Gus Deeds, who then took his own life. Diane Disney Miller, 79, daughter of Walt Disney and one of his inspirations for building the Disneyland theme park, died in Napa, California. The Disney animated feature "Frozen" had its Hollywood premiere.
One year ago: Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader behind the gruesome murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles in 1969, died in a California hospital at the age of 83 after nearly a half-century in prison. In an announcement that would trigger impeachment proceedings, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe defied calls to quit and said he would preside over a ruling party congress in December. State media and a monitoring group in Syria reported that pro-government forces had defeated the Islamic State group in its last major stronghold in the country. Longtime country music star Mel Tillis died in Florida at the age of 85. Actress and singer Della Reese died at 86 in her Los Angeles area home. | <urn:uuid:f1740c0e-be70-4e69-b1e1-c6c2bc9d592a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.staugustine.com/story/lifestyle/2018/11/19/today-in-history-nov-19/8339407007/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.961542 | 754 | 2.5625 | 3 |
No scarcity of sacrificial animal in Rajshahi cattle markets
RAJSHAHI, July 3, 2022 (BSS) - Cattle markets here have no scarcity of sacrificial animals with plenty of local animals as only six days have left for Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals of the Muslims.
While visiting different cattle markets, this correspondent saw buyers' utmost interest to purchase local animals instead of artificially fattened ones for health concerns.
Native animals were seen dominating the cattle markets as a large number of animals including buffalo, bull, oxen, goats and sheep have been brought for selling in different markets.
House to house cattle rearing has been contributing a lot towards improving living and livelihood conditions of the grassroots population through enriching animal resources.
Locally cattle rearing is meeting the existing demands of meet within the country. Moreover, largely native cattle production has been lessening the dependence on animal import from the neighboring country.
In most of the cattle markets, the buyers were seen purchasing native animals.
Abdur Rashid, 48, a farmer of Itaghati village under Paba Upazila, said he sold a bull at City hat yesterday at Taka 1.60 lakh. He also has four more bulls for sale before the Eid.
Atiqur Rahman Kalu, Lease Holder of City Hat, said the cattle markets here are witnessing a record supply of sacrificial animals as farmers boosted up local animal production to meet its growing demand during Eid season.
He mentioned that both in rural and urban areas, the poor and marginalized people including women have achieved tremendous successes in animal production getting various assistance from the government and development partners.
District Livestock Officer Dr Zulfikar Akhter Hossain told BSS that the local animal husbandry sector has marked a revolutionary boost in recent years bringing fortune to hundreds of people in the region.
He said many of the rural families have been rearing and fattening bulls commercially and earning huge profits every year.
Rajshahi City Corporation allowed installation of eight makeshift cattle markets in its area of jurisdiction which has already begun to draw huge cattle.
Traders said there were plenty of cattle in the markets and the prices were similar to the previous Eid-ul-Azha.
The price of an ideal sized cow or buffalo starts from Tk 30,000 to 1,80,000 and a sheep or goat can be purchased from Tk 8,000 to 35,000 as per its size, they said.
In addition to the city's biggest cattle market-City haat, some temporary markets have been set up at Court Bazaar, Shaheb Bazaar Zero point, Railway Station, Court Station, Naodapara Aam Chattar and Kazla.
Meanwhile, currency-screening machines were installed in cattle markets in the city and nine upazilas of the district for resisting the use of fake notes on the occasion of holy Eid.
Abu Kalam Siddique, Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP), told journalists that all-out security measures were taken to ensure law and order in and around the cattle markets.
"Besides, we have introduced a special traffic management system to ease traffic congestion around cattle markets in the city," he added.
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In technology class we are making a Media Aid all about yourself. I made the slide like this because I try to be myself and not what others want me to be. I think it would be boring if everyone is normal because we would learn nothing new from each other is we are "normal". The blue bird in the pack of brown birds show that even if the blue bird is different the others don't treat him differently. That is why i wrote "It's okay to be YOUnique." What influenced my decision was that i believe that people try too hard to be something that they are not and i am trying to show them that it is okay to be different.
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We came across these beautiful Wattled Cranes on safari in the Okavango Delta region of Botswana. With a Conservation Status listing as “Vulnerable,” we were delighted to find a trio wading in a shallow pond.
The largest crane in Africa (and second tallest in the world to the Sarus Crane), Bugeranus carunculatus can be found in sub-Saharan Africa. They are named for the wattles, or fleshy appendages, that hang down from the throat. A five foot tall bird with a wingspan of eight feet, they have a commanding presence.
Wattled cranes prefer to eat aquatic tubers and rhizomes, as well as aquatic insects, snails and amphibians; and are consequently found in marsh-like settings. 90% of foraging is done in shallow waters where they dig vigorously with their long bill.
Our safari vehicle was quiet and solo when we came upon these cranes several hundred feet away. Although…
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Pabbajja (Pali; Skt.: pravrajya) literally means "to go forth" and refers to when a layperson leaves home to live the life of a Buddhist renunciate among a community of monks (bhikkhus). This generally involves preliminary ordination as a novice (m. samanera, f. samaneri). It is sometimes referred to as "lower ordination." After a period or when the novice reaches 20 years of age, the novice can be considered for the upasampada ordination (or "higher ordination") whereby the novice becomes a monk (bhikkhu) or nun (bhikkhuni).
In some traditional Theravada countries, such as Myanmar, boys undergo pabbajja (Shinbyu) at the age of puberty. In Mahayana countries such as China and Japan, the pabbajja is preceded by a probationary period.
The full lotus asana in which the legs are crossed and the feet rest on the thighs.
The Lotus Position (Sanskrit: [pɐd̪mɑːs̪ɐn̪ɐ], IAST: padmāsana) is a cross-legged sitting asana originating in meditative practices of ancient India, in which the feet are placed on the opposing thighs. It is an established asana, commonly used for meditation, in the Hindu Yoga, Jain and Buddhist contemplative traditions. The asana is said to resemble a lotus, to encourage breathing proper to associated meditative practice, and to foster physical stability.
Shiva, the meditating ascetic God of Hinduism, Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, and the Tirthankaras of Jainism have been depicted in the lotus position.
A tree Butea frondosa also called "flame of the forest".
In Buddhist phenomenology and soteriology, the skandhas (Sanskrit) or khandhas (Pāḷi), aggregates in English, are the five functions or aspects that constitute the sentient being: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness. The Buddha teaches that nothing among them is really "I" or "mine". The elements are:
In the Theravada tradition, suffering arises when one identifies with or clings to an aggregate. Suffering is extinguished by relinquishing attachments to aggregates.
The Mahayana tradition further puts forth that ultimate freedom is realized by deeply penetrating the nature of all aggregates as intrinsically empty of independent existence.
Panchajanya is the Shankha conch of the Hindu god Vishnu. Krishna, the avatar of Vishnu, is described possessing a shankha called Panchajanya, one of his four attributes together with the mace Kaumodaki, the disc-like weapon Sudarshana Chakra and a lotus flower. The conch was used during the Kurukshetra War. Panchajanya or Shankhasur was an evil sea demon who lived in a colossal conch shell in the deepest depths of the Prabhasa ocean or was a demon in the form of a conch shell. He kidnapped the son of Sandipani, the guru of Shri Krishna, Balarama and Sudama, and imprisoned him in the conch shell. Upon completion of their studies, Krishna, Balarama, and Sudama persuaded the teacher to ask for the preceptor’s dakshina (fees) of his liking. Sandipani asked for, as his dakshina, the restoration of his child. Krishna became enraged when he heard about the kidnap and plunged into the sea to rescue the son of Sandipani. Krishna successfully slew Shankhasur and took the conch shell for himself. He then named the conch shell after the Demon. Whenever Krishna blows from the shell it foreshadows the death of his next opponent.
Pānchāla corresponds to the geographical area between the Ganges River and Yamuna River around the city of Kanpur and Benares. Anciently, it was home to an Indian kingdom, the Panchalas, one of the Mahajanapadas.
Panchala (Sanskrit: Pañcāla) was the name of an ancient kingdom of northern India, located in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab of the upper Gangetic plain, encompassing the modern-day states of Uttarakhand and western Uttar Pradesh. During Late Vedic times (c.850-500 BCE), it was one of the most powerful states of South Asia, closely allied with the Kuru Kingdom. By the c. 5th century BCE, it had become an oligarchic confederacy, considered as one of the solasa (sixteen) mahajanapadas (major states) of South Asia. After being absorbed into the Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE), Panchala regained its independence until it was annexed by the Gupta Empire in the 4th century CE.
Another name of Draupadi, Queen of the Pandavas and daughter of King Drupada. Draupadi (Sanskrit: draupadī, Sanskrit pronunciation: [d̪rəʊpəd̪i]) is described as the Tritagonist in the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. According to the epic, she is the "fire born" daughter of Drupada, King of Panchala and also became the common wife of the five Pandavas. She was the most beautiful woman of her time.
Draupadi had five sons; one by each of the Pandavas: Prativindhya from Yudhishthira, Sutasoma from Bheema, Srutakarma from Arjuna, Satanika from Nakula, and Srutasena from Sahadeva.
Draupadi is considered as one of the Panch-Kanyas or Five Virgins.
A son of King Drupada who died in the war.
The Panchen Lama, or Panchen Erdeni, is the highest ranking lama after the Dalai Lama in the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, the lineage which controlled western Tibet from the 16th century until the Battle of Chamdo and the subsequent 1959 Tibetan uprising.
The present (11th) incarnation of the Panchen Lama is Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as decreed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on May 14, 1995. The Communist Party of China announced a separate candidate, Gyaincain Norbu, and Gedhun Choekyi Nyima vanished from the public eye shortly after being named at aged six. Chinese authorities stated that Gedhun had been taken into protective custody from those that would spirit him into exile and is now held in captivity against the wishes of the Tibetan people. Tibetans and human rights groups continue to campaign for his release.
The place beside the river Godavari where Rama, Sita and Laxmana stayed in exile.
In the Mahabharata, a Hindu epic text, the Pandava (also Pandawa) are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu, by his two wives Kunti and Madri. Their names are Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. All five brothers were married to the same woman, Draupadi. (Each brother also had multiple other wives.)
Together, the brothers fought and prevailed in a great war against their cousins the Kauravas, which came to be known as the Battle of Kurukshetra.
Example via www.ramdass.org: The Eye of a Bird
A pandit or pundit (both pronounced /ˈpʌndɪt/; Sanskrit: paṇḍita) is a scholar and a teacher, particularly one skilled in the Sanskrit language, who has mastered the four Vedic scriptures, Hindu rituals, Hindu law, religion, music, and/or philosophy under a Guru in a Gurukul or has been tutored under the ancient Vedic Guru-Shishya academic tradition. The English loan word pundit is derived from it but has been used to broadly refer to any of the following: Siddhas, Siddhars, Naths, Ascetics, Sadhus, or Yogis.
In the usage of the word, "Pandit", synonymous to "Purohits", refers to and they claim to be Hindu, almost a Brahmin, who has memorized a substantial portion of the Vedas, along with the corresponding rhythms and melodies for chanting religious verses or singing them during prayers or rituals.
Second son of Vichitravirya and Ambalika who succeeded to the throne of Hastinapura on his father's death, as his elder brother Dhritarashtra was born blind, father of the Pandavas.
In the Mahabharata epic, Pandu (Sanskrit: पाण्डु Pāṇḍu), sometimes also called as Pandu is the son of Ambalika and Rishi Veda Vyasa. He is more popularly known as the earthly father of the Pandavas and ruled Hastinapur.
Paññā (Pāli) or prajñā (Sanskrit) "wisdom", is insight in the true nature of reality, namely dukkha, anatta, impermanence and śūnyatā.
Paramārtha (499-569 CE) was an Indian monk from Ujjain in central India, who is best known for his prolific Chinese translations which include Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośa. Paramārtha is considered one of the greatest translators of sutras in Chinese Buddhism, along with Kumārajīva and Xuanzang.
Paramahamsa, also spelled paramahansa or paramhansa, is a Sanskrit religio-theological title of honor applied to Hindu spiritual teachers who are regarded as having attained enlightenment. The title literally means "supreme swan," and symbolizes spiritual discrimination. The swan is equally at home on land and on water; similarly, the true sage is equally at home in the realms of matter and of spirit. To be in divine ecstasy and simultaneously to be actively wakeful is the paramahansa state; the 'royal swan' of the soul floats in the cosmic ocean, beholding both its body and the ocean as manifestations of the same Spirit. The word 'Paramahamsa' signifies one who is Awakened in all realms. Paramahansa is the highest level of spiritual development in which a union with ultimate reality has been attained by a sannyasi.
Example via www.mindpodnetwork.com: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
"Reaching the other shore," usually rendered in English as "perfection." The Mahayana practices for obtaining enlightenment; giving, ethics, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom.
Pāramitā is "perfection" or "completeness." In Buddhism, the pāramitās refer to the perfection or culmination of certain virtues. In Buddhism, these virtues are cultivated as a way of purification, purifying karma and helping the aspirant to live an unobstructed life, while reaching the goal of enlightenment.
A great sage, father of Veda Vyasa. Parashara (IAST: Parāśara) was a Rigvedic Maharishi (seer), and the author of many ancient Indian texts. He is accredited for being the author of the first Purana: Vishnu Purana (before his Son Veda Vyasa wrote it in its present form). He was the grandson of Vashista, the son of Śakti Maharṣi, and the father of Veda Vyasa. There are several texts which give reference to Parashara as an author/speaker. Modern scholars believe that there were many individuals who used this name throughout time whereas others assert that the same Parashara taught these various texts and the time of writing them varied. The actual sage himself never wrote the texts, he was known as a traveling teacher, and the various texts attributed to him are given in reference to Parashara being the speaker to his student. He is the third member of the Ṛṣi Paramparā of the Advaita Guru Paramparā.
One of the famous temple is located in PARSON near Badhkal lake faridabad dist.-faridabad haryana near delhi. It is at very beautiful location in between the aravali mountains.
Parshurama(Parashuram) is the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu. He is the son of Renuka and one of the saptarishi Sage Jamadagni. He lived during the last Treta, Dvapara Yuga's and is one of the seven immortals or Chiranjivi of Hinduism. He received an axe after undertaking terrible penance to please Lord Shiva, who in turn taught him the martial arts.
Parashurama is most known for ridding the world of kshatriyas twenty-one times over after the mighty king Kartavirya Arjuna killed his father. He played important roles in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, serving as mentor to Bhishma, Drona and Karna. Lord Parashurama and Ravana's son Indrajit are believed to be the only humans who ever possessed the three ultimate weapons of trinity i.e. Brahmanda astra, Vaishnava astra and Pashupatastra. Parashurama was a disciple of Lord Shiva and learned the scriptures and the arts of warfare from Lord Shiva. He then acquired celestial weapons from Lord Shiva and the other gods on Lord Shiva's instructions. Lord Shiva personally trained Parashurama for decades in the art of warfare. Bhargavastra was his personal celestial weapon and Vijaya was his personal bow which was gifted by Lord Shiva. Parashurama also fought back the advancing seas to save the lands of Konkan and Kerala.
Parashurama is worshipped as mool purush, or founder, of the Niyogi Bhumihar Brahmin, Chitpavan,Devrukhe, Daivadnya, Mohyal, Tyagi, Anavil and Nambudiri Brahmin communities.Along with sage Vyasa ,sage Kripa and Drona's son sage Ashwatthama, Parashurama is considered to be foremost among the rishis in Kaliyuga. Parashurama will also become one of the Saptarishi in the 8th Manvantara along with sage Vyasa, sage Kripa and Drona's son sage Ashwatthama. Parashurama is a mighty Maharathi and he will reappear as the martial instructor of Vishnu's 10th avatar Kalki.
Son of Raibhva and elder brother of Arvavasu whose wife was violated by Yavakrida, who was killed with a spear by a fiend for his sin.
Son of Abhimanyu and grandson of the Pandavas who was crowned king after the holocaust claimed the Kauravas and the Pandavas.
Parikshit(Sanskrit: Parikṣit) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period (12th or 11th century BCE). Along with his successor Janamejaya, he played a decisive role in the consolidation of the Kuru state, the arrangement of Vedic hymns into collections, and the development of the orthodox srauta ritual, transforming the Kuru realm into the dominant political and cultural center of northern Iron Age India.
He also appears as a figure in later legends and traditions. According to the Mahabharata and the Puranas, he succeeded Yudhisthira to the throne of Hastinapur.
The final nibbana/nirvana. In Buddhism, the term parinirvana (Sanskrit: parinirvāṇa; Pali: parinibbāna) is commonly used to refer to nirvana-after-death, which occurs upon the death of the body of someone who has attained nirvana during their lifetime. It implies a release from the Saṃsāra, karma and rebirth as well as the dissolution of the skandhas.
In some Mahāyāna scriptures, notably the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, Parinirvāṇa is described as the realm of the eternal true Self of the Buddha.
The name of a brahman who brought news of Nala to Damayanti.
Another name of Arjuna.
Parvati (Devanagari: IAST: Pārvatī) is the Hindu goddess of love, fertility and devotion. She is the gentle and nurturing aspect of Hindu goddess Shakti. She is the mother goddess in Hinduism and has many attributes and aspects. Each of her aspects is expressed with a different name, giving her over 100 names in regional Hindu mythologies of India. Along with Lakshmi (goddess of wealth and prosperity) and Saraswati (goddess of knowledge and learning), she forms the trinity of Hindu goddesses.
Parvati is the wife of the Hindu deity Shiva - the destroyer, recycler and regenerator of universe and all life. She is the daughter of mountain king Parvat and mother Mena. Parvati is the mother of Hindu deities Ganesha and Kartikeya. Her elder sister is goddess Ganges. Some communities also believe her to be the adopted sister of Vishnu.
With Śiva, Pārvatī is a central deity in Saivism sect of Hinduism. In Hindu belief, she is the recreative energy and power of Śiva, and she is the cause of bond that connects all beings and a means of their spiritual release. In Hindu temples dedicated to her and Śiva, she is symbolically represented as argha or yoni. She is found extensively in ancient Indian literature, and her statues and iconography grace ancient and medieval era Hindu temples all over South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The Pashupatastra (IAST: Pāśupatāstra), in Hindu History, is an irresistible and most destructive personal weapon of Shiva, Kali and Adi Para Sakthi discharged by the mind, the eyes, words, or a bow. Never to be used against lesser enemies or by lesser warriors, the Pashupatastra is capable of destroying creation and vanquishing all beings. Pashupatastra is the weapon of Pashupatinath, the most important of all Shiva temples, located in Kathmandu, Nepal.Maha Kameswara Astra, the personal weapon of Adi Para Sakthi is the weapons that can neutralize the Pashupatastra.Lord Shiva obtained Pashupatastra from Adi Para Sakthi by intense penance before the creation of the Brahmand.
In the Mahabharata Arjuna obtained this weapon from Lord Shiva but did not use it because this weapon would destroy the entire world, if used against a mortal enemy. Arjuna used this astra to slay Jayadaratha.It is said that the mantra to obtain and discharge the astra is sealed by Shiva to prevent its misuse in the Kali Yuga. It is said that no one in the three worlds can resist lord Shiva when he shows his prowess. Apart from Arjuna,Sage Parashurama and Ravan's son Indrajit no other warrior possessed this weapon. It is also said that when indrajith used the pasupathastra against laxman it doesn't harm him because Laxhamn was the part incarnate of Lord Vishnu.
A Narrative from KMG translation of Mahabharat regarding the power of Pashupatastra:
O thou of mighty arms, that weapon(Pashupatastra) is superior to the Brahma, the Narayana, the Aindra, the Agneya, and the Varuna weapons. Verily, it is capable of neutralising every other weapon in the universe. It was with that weapon that the illustrious Mahadeva had in days of yore, burnt and consumed in a moment the triple city of the Asuras. With the greatest ease, O Govinda, Mahadeva, using that single arrow, achieved that feat. That weapon, shot by Mahadeva's arms, can, without doubt consume in half the time taken up by a twinkling of the eyes the entire universe with all its mobile and immobile creatures. In the universe there is no being including even the deities, that are incapable of being slain by that weapon.
Pauravas was an ancient country in northwest subcontinent dating from at least 890 BCE. Its first capital was Hastinapura.
In the 8th century BCE, Hastinapura was destroyed by a severe flood and King Nikasu built a new capital, Kausambi. With the rise of the Mahajanapada powers, the state fell into a steady decline during 5th and 4th centuries BCE.
The origin of the Pauravas tribe is quite ancient and pre-dates MAHABHARATAS. The kings who descended from CHANDRA ("moon") were called CHANDRAVANSHI (or "of the lunar dynasty"). Yayati was a CHANDRAVANSHI king, with Puru and Yadu as two of his many sons. They were the founders of two main branches of the Chandravamsha; the YADUS, or Yadavas, were descendants of Yadu, and Pauravas were descendants of Puru.
The Pauravas had also existed earlier in the Vedic Ages. They were led by King Sudas, who fought off Persian invaders at the Battle of the Ten Kings.
The Pauravas were situated on or near the Indus river, where their monarchs grew rich and prosperous through trade. The Persian kings Darius and Xerxes claimed suzerainty over many of the Pauravas, but this claim was loose at best. The most powerful tribes, led by Ambhi and Porus, were conquered by the Macedonian Emperor Alexander the Great in 326 BC. Porus fought a fierce last stand against Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes. Alexander was not able to conquer the entire area due to his army refusing to fight the Nanda Empire further east. By 322 BCE, the region had been conquered by Chandragupta Maurya, a teenage adventurer from Magadha, who later conquered the Nanda Empire and founded the Maurya Empire.
Wife of Ugrasena, mother of Kams.
Prajñāpāramitā means "the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom" in Mahāyāna Buddhism. The word Prajñāpāramitā combines the Sanskrit words prajñā "wisdom" with pāramitā "perfection".
Prajñāpāramitā is a central concept in Mahāyāna Buddhism and its practice and understanding are taken to be indispensable elements of the Bodhisattva path.
One of the important features of the Prajñāpāramitā Sutras is anutpada (unborn, no origin). Some Prajñāpāramitā sūtras are thought to be among the earliest Mahāyāna sūtras.
Phalguna (Phālguna, Hindi: Phālgun, Tamil: Paṅkuṉi) or Falgun is the eleventh month in the Bengali calendar and Nepali calendar, but the twelfth (last) month in Hindu calendar. This month is named after the star Uttôrfalguni. It marks the arrival of spring, the sixth and final season in Bangladesh, Nepal and Assam. In India's national civil calendar, Phalguna is the twelfth month of the year, and corresponds with February/March in the Gregorian calendar. The first of Falgun usually falls on 13 February. The first day of Falgun is celebrated as Pohela Falgun in Bangladesh. In Nepal the first day of Falgun is marked with colourful celebration of the advent of spring called Holi, known locally as Fagu. Traditionally, women wear yellow saris to celebrate this day.
In Luni-Solar religious calendars, Phalgun may begin on either the new moon or the full moon around the same time of year, and is usually the eleventh or twelfth month of the year. However, in Gujarat, Kartika is the first month of the year, and so Phalguna follows as the fifth month for Gujaratis.The holidays of Holi (15 Phalguna) and Maha Shivaratri (14 Phalguna) are observed in this month.
In North India Falguna ends on the full moon day i.e. the 5th day of the month of March in the year 2015. The new year starts after this day there. Whereas the month of Falguna ends on the new moon day that comes after above mentioned full moon day, that is on 20 March in the year 2015. In North India 5 March 2015 is celebrated as Holi, which marks the end of the year. The new year starts from 6 March in the year 2015 in North India.. In the South Falgun ends on 20 March 2015 (new moon day) and the next day Is celebrated as the New Year's Day. Thus in all cases Falguna is the twelfth month only.
In solar religious calendars, Phalguna begins with the Sun's entry into Aquarius, and is usually the eleventh month of the year.
In the Vaishnava calendar, Govinda governs this month.
Hindu saint Raghavendra Swami was born on Phalgun Sukla Navami in 1595 AD who advocated Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy.
Subtle nerve channel on the right side; solar nadi.
Literally grandfather, which however carried no imputation of senile infirmity but denotes the status of the pater familias.
The direct introduction to the nature of mind in the lineages of Essence Mahamudra and Dzogchen. A root guru is the master who gives the 'pointing-out instruction' so that the disciple recognizes the nature of mind.
The Vasu who seized Vasishtha's divine cow.
Pradyumna is the name of a character in the Srimad Bhagavatam. He was the son of Lord Krishna and Rukmini. Pradyumna is considered as one of the four vyuha avatar of Vishnu. When he was a baby he was abducted by the demon Sambara. He was then cast into the sea and swallowed by a fish, but that fish was caught and carried to the house of Sambara. The fish was opened and the child was found inside. He was given to a woman in Sambara's house to raise. Narada informed her about the true identity of the child. When Pradyumna grew up, he battled the demon Sambara, defeated him. Pradyumna was later killed in a brawl in his father's court at Dwaraka. According to some accounts, Pradyumna was an incarnation of Kama, the god of love.
Pradyumna was son of Lord Krishna and 61st grandson of Adinarayan. His mother was Rukmini, whom Lord Krishna got from her father Bhimkashen Narayan. He was the version of God Kamdev. In the Treta Yuga, Kamdev was burnt by Shiva when he became a barrier to Shiva's meditation. Shiva blessed Kamdev's distraught wife, Rati and promised her that in his next birth Kamdev will be a part of Krishna and Rati will be the daughter of Bhimkaraya and that she will marry him.
Pradyumna is also a name of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is one in 24 Keshava Namas (names), praised in all pujas. It is also the only name in Sanskrit with all the 3 letters joint.
The Harivamsa describes intricate relationships between Krishna Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha that would later form a Vaishnava concept of primary quadrupled expansion, or avatar.
In the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Prahastha was a powerful rakshasa warrior, chief commander of Ravana's army of Lanka and son of Ravana. In his next birth Prahastha was reborn as Purochana in the Mahabharata as Duryodhana's trusted aide and who was responsible for the Lakshagraha incident. In both his births he has been the minister of the Villains of the time. This is also a clear instance of Swabhava traividya of souls.
Prahastha leads Ravana's army in the wars against Yama, Kubera and the Devas, and the Asuras and Daityas, through which Ravana establishes his sovereignty over the three worlds. He also leads the initial Lankan response to the invasion led by Rama, Lakshmana, Sugriva and the Vanara army.
Prahastha was the younger brother of Indrajit, who died at the hands of Lakshmana on the first day of the Battle between the forces of Rama and Ravana on the Soil of Lanka.
Prahastha Killed several important warriors of the Sugriva's army was actually proving to be real threat to the army of Rama, so Lakshmana had to move in to the rescue of the beleaguered army, who was suffering at the hands of the Prahastha (quoted directly from the Tulasidas Ramayana). Even Valmiki has gone in to describe that the ruthless warrior Prahastha was, and Lakshmana had to use all the celestial weapons to kill this warrior.
Prajāpatīs are a group (or one) of creation gods, children of Brahma, including Daksha.
In Hinduism, Prajapati (IAST: prajā-pati) "lord of people" is a group Hindu deity presiding over procreation, and protection of life, thereby a King of Kings. Vedic commentators also identify him with the creator referred to in the Nasadiya Sukta.
Supreme intuitive wisdom, "insight". Paññā (Pāli) or prajñā (Sanskrit) "wisdom", is insight in the true nature of reality, namely dukkha, anatta, impermanence and śūnyatā.
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A beautiful spot on the banks of the Ganges, to the north of Hastinapura, the Kuru capital (1,128). Duryodhana built a palace here for disporting himself in the waters of Ganges. A huge banyan tree was the mark of that place (3,12). Here he poisoned the food of Bhima, bound him and threw him into Ganges. Bhima was rescued by the Naga tribes living in the vicinity (1,128) (8,83) (9,56).
Prana (prāṇa) is the Sanskrit word for "life force" or vital principle. In yoga, Indian medicine, and martial arts, the term refers to a cosmic energy believed to come from the sun and connecting the elements of the universe. The universal principle of energy or force, responsible for the body's life, heat and maintenance, prana is the sum total of all energy that is manifest in the universe. This life energy, prana, has been vividly invoked and described in Vedas. In Ayurveda, tantra and Tibetan medicine "praṇā vāyu" is the basic vāyu (wind, air) from which all the other vāyus arise. It is analogous to qi.
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Prāṇāyāma (Sanskrit:prāṇāyāma) is a Sanskrit word meaning "extension of the prāṇa or breath" or "extension of the life force". The word is composed of two Sanskrit words: prana, life force, or vital energy, (noted particularly as the breath), and ayāma, to extend or draw out. (Not "restrain, or control" as is often translated from yam instead of ayāma). It is a yogic discipline with origins in ancient India.
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Food or other offerings, considered to be sanctified, after being presented to God.
Prasad (Hindustani pronunciation: [prəsaːd̪]; also called prasada or prasadam) is a material substance of food that is a religious offering in both Hinduism and Sikhism. It is normally consumed by worshippers.
'Prasad' literally means a gracious gift. It denotes anything, typically an edible food, that is first offered to a deity, saint, Perfect Master or an avatar, and then distributed in His or Her name to their followers or others as a good sign. The prasad is then considered to have the deity's blessing residing within it. In contemporary Hindu religious practice in India, the desire to get prasada and have darshana are the two major motivations of pilgrimage and temple visits.
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As a spiritual state prasāda has a rich history of meanings in the Sanskrit tradition from Vedic literature onwards. In this textual tradition, prasada is a mental state experienced by gods, sages, and other powerful beings and is marked by spontaneous generosity and the bestowing of boons. In the earliest literature (Rig Veda) onwards Prasāda is understood in this sense of a mental state, not as an aspect of ritual practice. In later texts such as the Shiva Purana, references to prasada as a material substance begins to appear alongside this older meaning.
In its material sense, prasada is created by a process of giving and receiving between a human devotee and the divine god. For example, a devotee makes an offering of a material substance such as flowers, fruits, or sweets — which is called naivedya. The deity then 'enjoys' or tastes a bit of the offering, which is then temporarily known as bhogya. This now-divinely invested substance is called prasāda and is received by the devotee to be ingested, worn, etc. It may be the same material that was originally offered or material offered by others and then re-distributed to other devotees. In many temples, several kinds of prasada (e.g., nuts, sweets) are distributed to the devotees.
Some strict Gaudiya Vaishnavas, most commonly initiated ISKCON devotees, will eat only prasada, i.e., everything they eat is first offered to Krishna, not simply a few items as with most other Hindus. In addition, the cooking of prasada is done without tasting, because it is not for the believer's own consumption, but to offer to Krishna — they will receive the remnants of Krishna's food, which they consider to be indifferent to Krishna. ISKCON temples are known for providing free prasada meals to all who come, as they believe that this is not only feeding the poor but providing them with Krishna's mercy as well.
One way that Prasad is commonly prepared is to place the food in offering before an image or statue of the spiritual figure to be honored, sometimes on a plate or serving vessel reserved only for spiritual purposes; and only then, after some time is allowed to pass, does the food become holy Prasad for further distribution.
The tradition of offering Prasad to the deity may have started with a very logical explanation that finds its root in the power of positive thought. The Prasad is believed to foster multiple positive thoughts. Firstly, the Prasad is offered to the deity and His blessing is sought for a wish, a task in hand, blessing etc. Herein, it is believed that the Supreme Power has accepted our request in the form of the Prasad and given us the approval or the power to move on. Secondly, this Prasad is considered to be sacred, and thus all being receiving it are believed to be blessed. Thirdly, the most important aspect is that when the primary prayer gives the Prasad to fellow beings he (primary prayer) repeats his wish to the each one of them. Each fellow being in turn accepts the Prasad and prays that the wish of the primary prayer comes true. The more the Prasad is distributed,the more positive thought is concentrated on the wish of the primary prayer, and this in turn causes the universal power of positive thought or belief to work towards the fulfillment of the wish of the primary prayer.
Pratītyasamutpāda, commonly translated as dependent origination or dependent arising, states that all dharmas ("things") arise in dependence upon other dharmas: "if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist." It is a pragmatic teaching, which is applied to dukkha and the cessation of dukkha.
A famous application of dependent origination is the Twelve Nidana, or 12 inter-dependences, which describes the chain of causes which result in rebirth. By reverting the chain, liberation from rebirth can be attained. They are:
In the Tibetan Gelugpa school, pratītyasamutpāda is complementary to the concept of śūnyatā "emptiness," which means that no dharma has an existence of its own, and that there is no such "thing" as an "ultimate truth" or "ultimate reality."
A Pratyekabuddha or paccekabuddha, literally "a lone buddha", "a buddha on their own" or "a private buddha", is one of three types of enlightened beings according to some schools of Buddhism. The other two types are arhats and Sammāsambuddhas (Sanskrit samyaksambuddhas).
The holy place at Allahabad where Ganges and Yamuna meet.
In Hindu mythology, Kunti (Sanskrit: Kuntī) also called Pritha, was the biological daughter of Shurasena, the sister of Vasudeva, the foster daughter of her cousin King Kunti-Bhoja, the wife of King Pandu of Hastinapur and the mother of Karna,and King Yudhisthira of Indraprastha.
Hinduism: Pūjā or Poojan is a prayer ritual performed by Hindus to host, honour and worship one or more deities, or to spiritually celebrate an event. Sometimes spelt phonetically as pooja or poojah, it may honour or celebrate the presence of special guest(s), or their memories after they pass away. The word pūjā comes from Sanskrit, and means reverence, honour, homage, adoration, and worship. Puja rituals are also held by Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs.
In Hinduism, puja is done on a variety of occasions, frequency and settings. It may include daily puja done in the home, to occasional temple ceremonies and annual festivals, to few lifetime events such as birth of a baby or a wedding, or to begin a new venture. The two main areas where puja is performed are in the home and at temples to mark certain stages of life, events or some festivals such as Durga Puja and Lakshmi Puja. Puja is not mandatory; it may be a routine daily affair for some Hindus, periodic ritual for some, and infrequent for other Hindus. In some temples, various pujas may be performed daily at various times of the day; in other temples, it may be occasional.
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Puja varies according to the school of Hinduism. Within a given school, puja may vary by region, occasion, deity honored, and steps followed. In formal Nigama ceremonies, a fire may be lit in honour of deity Agni, without an idol or image present. In contrast, in Agama ceremonies, an idol or image of deity is present. In both ceremonies, a diya or incense stick may be lit while a prayer is chanted or hymn is sung. Puja is typically performed by a Hindu worshipper alone, though sometimes in presence of a priest who is well versed in procedure and hymns. In temples and priest-assisted event puja, food, fruits and sweets may be included as offerings to the deity, which, after the prayers, becomes prasad – blessed food shared by all present at the puja.
Both Nigama and Agama puja are practiced in Hinduism in India. In Hinduism of Bali Indonesia, Agama puja is most prevalent both inside homes and in temples. Puja is sometimes called Sembahyang in Indonesia.
Buddhism: In Buddhism, puja (Sanskrit & Pali: pūjā) are expressions of "honour, worship and devotional attention." Acts of puja include bowing, making offerings and chanting. These devotional acts are generally performed daily at home (either in the morning or evening or both) as well as during communal festivals and Uposatha days at a temple.
A first-class priest.
The Puranas (/pʊˈrɑːnəz/; singular: Sanskrit: purāṇa, "of ancient times") are ancient Hindu texts eulogizing various deities, primarily the divine Trimurti God in Hinduism through divine stories. Puranas may also be described as a genre of important Hindu religious texts alongside some Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography. The Puranas are frequently classified according to the Trimurti (Trinity or the three aspects of the divine). The Padma Purana classifies them in accordance with the three gunas or qualities as Sattva (Truth and Purity), Rajas (Dimness and Passion) and Tamas (Darkness and Ignorance).
Puranas usually give prominence to a particular deity, employing an abundance of religious and philosophical concepts. They are usually written in the form of stories related by one person to another. The Puranas are available in vernacular translations and are disseminated by Brahmin scholars, who read from them and tell their stories, usually in Katha sessions (in which a traveling Brahmin settles for a few weeks in a temple and narrates parts of a Purana, usually with a Bhakti perspective).
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A large branch of Mahayana, dominantly in East Asia. The goal of Pure Land Buddhism is to be reborn in the Western sukhavati of Amitabha, either as a real place or within the mind, through the other-power of repeating the Buddha's name, nianfo or nembutsu.
Pure Land Buddhism, also referred to as Amidism in English, is a broad branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism and one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia. Pure Land is a tradition of Buddhist teachings that are focused on Amitābha Buddha.
Pure Land oriented practices and concepts are found within basic Mahāyāna Buddhist cosmology, and form an important component of the Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Tibet. The term "Pure Land Buddhism" is used to describe both the Pure Land soteriology of Mahāyāna Buddhism, which may be better understood as "Pure Land traditions" or "Pure Land teachings," and the separate Pure Land sects that developed in Japan. In Japanese Buddhism, Pure Land teachings developed into independent institutional sects, as can be seen in the Jōdo-shū and Jōdo Shinshū schools.
Purochana was an architect in the kingdom of Hastinapur and one of Duryodhanas trusted aides in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
He is better known as the villain who created the Lakshagraha under the orders of Duryodhana and his evil mentor Shakuni. Ironically, Purochana himself perished in the fire meant to kill the Pandavas.
In his previous life he was born as Prahasta who was a powerful Rakshasa warrior, and chief commander of Ravanas army of Lanka. In both his births he has been the minister of the Villains of the time.
A Kaurava warrior.
Puruṣārtha literally means an "object of human pursuit". It is a key concept in Hinduism, and refers to the four proper goals or aims of a human life. The four puruṣārthas are Dharma (righteousness, moral values), Artha (prosperity, economic values), Kāma (pleasure, love, psychological values) and Mokṣa (liberation, spiritual values).
All four Purusarthas are important, but in cases of conflict, Dharma is considered more important than Artha or Kama in Hindu philosophy. Moksha is considered the ultimate ideal of human life.
Historical Indian scholars recognized and debated the inherent tension between active pursuit of wealth (Artha purusartha) and pleasure (Kama), and renunciation of all wealth and pleasure for the sake of spiritual liberation (Moksha). They proposed "action with renunciation" or "craving-free, dharma-driven action", also called Nishkam Karma as a possible solution to the tension.
"Purushottama" (Sanskrit: purusha "spirit" or "male" and uttama, "highest") means "Supreme Purusha", "Supreme Being", "Supreme God", "One who is the Supreme Purusha beyond the Kshara (Destroyable i.e. Prakṛti) and Akshara (Undestroyable i.e. Atman)". Purushottama is also one of the names of Lord Vishnu and appears as 24th name of Lord Vishnu in Vishnu Sahasranama of Mahabharata. According to the Bhagavad Gita, Purushottam is explained as above and beyond kshar and akshar purushas or as an omnipotent cosmic being. The Purushottama was explained by the Integral philosopher Haridas Chaudhuri (1913–1975) as representing that ineffable phenomenon which lies even beyond the undifferentiated Godhead. Lord Rama as an avatara of Lord Vishnu is called Maryada Purushottama where as Lord Krishna as an avatara of Lord Vishnu is known as Leela or Purn Purushottama.
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From the application's point of view, a dialog must meet the following criteria:
BulletinBoard is intended to be the usual superclass for a dialog widget. The dialog widget can be either a BulletinBoard itself or one of its more specialized subclasses. BulletinBoard is a container with no automatically created children; it supplies general behavior needed by most dialogs. Its subclasses provide child widgets and specific behavior tailored to particular types of dialogs.
BulletinBoard and its subclasses can also function outside a DialogShell, as part of the application's main window. One subclass, Form, is particularly useful in providing constraint-based geometry management for a collection of child widgets.
BulletinBoard provides the following resources and behavior:
Often a dialog has one or more actions, associated with buttons, that apply to the dialog as a whole. Some common actions are "activate," "cancel," and "help." BulletinBoard deals specially with activation and cancellation. BulletinBoard allows the user to "activate" or "cancel" the dialog from anywhere within the BulletinBoard (except, in the case of activation, when a button has the focus).
BulletinBoard has a resource, XmNdefaultButton, whose value is a button descendant that represents the default activation action. The dialog renders the default button so that it looks somewhat different from the other buttons. Use the XmNdefaultButtonEmphasis resource of XmDisplay to change the highlighting of this default button. When the user presses osfActivate in a button that has keyboard focus, that button's osfActivate actions are called. If the user presses osfActivate and no button has focus, BulletinBoard calls the osfActivate actions for XmNdefaultButton if it is sensitive. If the user presses osfActivate in a List, Text, or TextField descendant, the osfActivate actions for that widget are invoked first, and then BulletinBoard calls the osfActivate actions for XmNdefaultButton.
BulletinBoard has another resource, XmNcancelButton, whose value is a button descendant that represents the default cancellation action. When the user presses osfCancel anywhere within the BulletinBoard, BulletinBoard calls the osfActivate actions for XmNcancelButton if it is sensitive.
The help action works differently. Often the application represents help for the dialog as a whole by providing a Help button. When the user activates this button, the application provides help for the dialog. In general, the application can provide help through an XmNactivateCallback procedure for the Help button. Some BulletinBoard subclasses create Help buttons automatically. These widgets add a procedure to the Help button's XmNactivateCallback list that invokes the dialog's XmNhelpCallback procedures when the Help button is activated. In these cases, the application can provide help through the dialog's XmNhelpCallback procedures.
If the user presses osfHelp elsewhere in the BulletinBoard, this action usually invokes the XmNhelpCallback callbacks for the widget with the focus. If this widget has no XmNhelpCallback procedures, Motif looks up the widget hierarchy for the first ancestor with a non-NULL XmNhelpCallback list and invokes those procedures. By providing an XmNhelpCallback procedure for the dialog itself, the application can ensure that the user sees help for the dialog as a whole when the descendant widget with focus has no help information of its own.
DialogShell is the Motif shell widget that contains dialogs. It is a subclass of TransientShell, which is a subclass of VendorShell. DialogShell inherits much of VendorShell's behavior in interacting with the window manager and in providing geometry management for off-the-spot input methods.
DialogShell cooperates extensively with BulletinBoard, and some of DialogShell's features for containing dialogs assume that its child is a BulletinBoard or BulletinBoard subclass. Often the application does not need to deal directly with the DialogShell at all. The Motif convenience routines that create dialogs automatically create a DialogShell as the popup child of the parent shell.
To pop up the dialog, the application does not call XtPopup on the DialogShell, but instead manages the child of the DialogShell. DialogShell's change_managed procedure pops up the dialog when the child is managed and pops it down when the child is unmanaged, providing that the child's XmNmappedWhenManaged resource is True. If a BulletinBoard child's XmNautoUnmanage resource is initialized to True, the BulletinBoard is automatically unmanaged when its OK and cancel buttons are activated.
DialogShell notifies its BulletinBoard child by using the XmNmapCallback and XmNunmapCallback procedures when the child is about to be mapped and unmapped.
Like VendorShell, DialogShell ensures that when no off-the-spot input method exists the DialogShell window remains coincident with the child window. Setting XmNx and XmNy for the child sets these resources for the shell, without changing the child's position relative to the child. Setting XmNheight, XmNwidth and XmNborderWidth for the child usually sets these resources to the same value in the DialogShell. When a BulletinBoard child is managed with its XmNdefaultPosition resource set to True, DialogShell centers the dialog with respect to the parent.
BulletinBoard has two resources that allow the user or application to customize a parent DialogShell's interaction with the window manager. XmNdialogTitle provides a title for the window manager, and XmNnoResize determines whether or not the dialog MWM frame includes resize controls. To affect other aspects of interaction with the window manager, the user or application must set the appropriate DialogShell resources.
XmCreateBulletinBoardDialog creates a BulletinBoard and a parent DialogShell.
When the XmNkeyboardFocusPolicy of a shell is XmEXPLICIT, Motif uses the Manager resource XmNinitialFocus in determining which component of a manager receives initial focus in these circumstances:
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"On the boat back from London, in addition to speculating about the causes of the Gulf Stream, making astronomical observations, and studying the ontogeny of crustaceans, [Benjamin] Franklin busied himself with devising four commandments for his life (be frugal, speak the truth, work hard, speak ill of no man), and twelve cardinal virtues necessary to keeping them (temperance, order, sincerity, justice, etc.). Number twelve was “Chastity,” to which he appended the explanation, “Rarely use venery but for health or offspring; never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another’s peace or reputation.” Chastity in moderation, so to speak. A Quaker friend who examined the list said, to Franklin’s surprise, that some people thought him proud, so he added a thirteenth: “Humility. Imitate Jesus and Socrates.” While he was almost perpetually involved in plans of self-improvement—at least until the later years when he laid back to enjoy his celebrity—he also thought it advisable that he accept limited imperfections in himself lest he be accused of “a kind of foppery in morals.”
There was that smugness and complacency to which so many have reacted negatively. Having narrowly escaped from the Mathers of Boston, he was determined to live above the world of certainties and the contentiousness that too often attends them. His was the open-minded and universal view befitting the “scientific” disposition of an age of Enlightenment. He evidenced, writes Brands, “an equipoise that nearly everyone who knew him noticed and that many remarked upon. It could make him seem smug or shallow; while others agonized upon life’s deep issues, Franklin contented himself with incomplete answers, maintaining an open mind and seeming to skate upon life’s surface.” The penchant for the scientific could lead him to the silliness of devising a complex system in which he weighed the pros and cons before making an important decision, assigning a certain mathematical weight, positive or negative, to each item and then arriving at the optimal decision by what he called “moral or prudential algebra.”
Franklin’s was a very superior mind, and he knew it. Because it was so very superior, most others did not mind his knowing it but, rather, took pleasure in celebrating his gifts, which were also theirs, for this was an age caught up in an exhilarating dream of progress of which genius was the engine. His discoveries about fire and heat led to the invention of a new kind of fireplace, the Franklin stove, which, as with his other inventions, he did not patent. He thought the invention should be free, being among his gifts to the age. He made his living as a printer, and everything else was gratis. He was not, says Brands, “what the modern age would call a true intellectual.” He did have an endlessly inquisitive mind, and it was aimed at what might make life easier, more productive, or happier. “His view of science mirrored his view of religion. Where faith was sterile if it failed to produce good works, so science was sterile—even if interesting—if it failed to produce good inventions.” Although the term would not come into philosophical use for more than a century, he was, in short, a pragmatist.
The same Franklin, however, cultivated a lifelong friendship with the celebrated British revivalist George Whitefield, who drew vast throngs by his rhetorical powers that could, it was said, reduce listeners to tears simply by uttering the word “Mesopotamia.” Franklin organized the building of an arena in Philadelphia for Whitefield’s rallies, since he was barred from the local pulpits. Franklin thought competition in religion a good thing, although there may have been more to it than that. In 1768 Franklin wrote Whitefield of his worries about British policies toward the colonies, a worry made more distressing by his deep devotion to Britain and aversion to the thought of conflict. In his letter he continued their theological debate of thirty years. “I see with you that our affairs are not well managed by our rulers here below; I wish I could believe with you that they are well attended to by those above.” But, “though the general government of the universe is well administered, our particular little affairs are perhaps below notice, and left to take the chance of human prudence or imprudence, as either may happen to be uppermost.” In the midst of anxieties, however, he wrote to another friend, “Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of world; and ‘tis our duty to make the best of it and be thankful.” But to whom, or Whom, is it our duty to give thanks?
Franklin certainly flirted with atheism at times in his life, and still today is usually described as a Deist. When he was an old man, Ezra Stiles of Connecticut asked him about his religious convictions, in response to which Franklin penned what he called his creed. “I believe in one God, creator of the universe. That He governs it by His providence. That He ought to be worshiped. . . . That the soul of man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this.” As for Jesus, “his system of morals and his religion [are] the best the world ever saw or is likely to see. . . . I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble.” Franklin asked Stiles not to publish this letter, since it might scandalize the orthodox. One may suggest that its approximation of orthodoxy might rather scandalize the many, then and now, who assume that Franklin was a closet atheist who pretended in public to be a Deist." | <urn:uuid:69976b88-7bcf-497e-b28d-9e655d78042a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://clinicalpsychreading.blogspot.com/2017/03/was-benjamin-franklin-atheist-doubtful.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.982504 | 1,302 | 3.125 | 3 |
Life in a City Without Water: Anxious, Exhausting and Sweaty
New York Times
A weak monsoon and years of draining groundwater have parched Chennai, a city of nearly five million people on the southeastern coast of India.
A Quarter of Humanity Faces Looming Water Crises
New York Times
Around the world, 17 countries are currently facing extremely high water stress. Climate change is making the problem worse.
New Funding Opportunity for Conservation Projects
Southwest Florida Water Management District
The District has launched a new 50 percent cost share reimbursement program to support water conservation projects Districtwide.
Why We Need To Rethink Our Relationship With Water
AJ Jones, Medium
We’ve passed our sustainability tipping point. Despite several major droughts we still use up freshwater faster than it can replenish.
Advancing Municipal Natural Asset Management (It's Easier Than You Might Think!)
Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia
Gibsons became the first municipality in North America to pass a municipal asset management policy that a) explicitly defines and recognizes natural assets as an asset class, and b) creates specific obligations to operate, maintain and replace natural assets alongside traditional capital assets.
Wildfires Are Contaminating Drinking Water Systems
By Andrew J. Whelton
More than 58,000 fires scorched the United States last year, and 2021 is on track to be even drier. What many people don't realize is that these wildfires can do lasting damage beyond the reach of the flames – they can contaminate entire drinking water systems
Water Wars Are Heating Up Between States
By Robert Glennon, of The Conversation, for EcoWatch
Climate stresses are raising the stakes. Rising temperatures require farmers to use more water to grow the same amount of crops. Prolonged and severe droughts decrease available supplies. Wildfires are burning hotter and lasting longer.
Emergency Backup System in Place
A new emergency backup system is being used for the first time as the Sunshine Coast experiences an unseasonably late drought.
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- Divers have discovered a new species of wrasse — a brightly-colored marine fish — in the waters off Zanzibar, Tanzania.
- They named the fish Cirrhilabrus wakanda, after the fictional country that's home to Marvel superhero Black Panther.
- The fish's common name is "vibranium fairy wrasse," after the powerful metal that lines the Black Panther's suit. The scientists said the creature's gleaming purple scales reminded them of the vibranium-laced outfit.
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Deep in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, swims a tiny, reclusive, and colorful fish.
Its deep purple scales, set in a chain-link pattern, reminded scientists of the high-tech suit worn by the superhero Black Panther.
So they named the previously-undiscovered, 2-inch-long fish Cirrhilabrus wakanda, after the Black Panther's mythical African country, Wakanda.
In a new study, researchers describe the creature, whose common name is "vibranium fairy wrasse" — a moniker that gives a nod to the fantastical, near-indestructible metal that lines the Black Panther's superhero suit.
"When we thought about the secretive and isolated nature of these unexplored African reefs, we knew we had to name this new species after Wakanda," Yi-Kai Tea, lead author of the new study, said in a press release. "We've known about other related fairy wrasses from the Indian Ocean, but always thought there was a missing species along the continent's eastern edge. When I saw this amazing purple fish, I knew instantly we were dealing with the missing piece of the puzzle."
Diving to reefs up to 260 feet below the surface
The vibranium fairy wrasse prefers the remote, dimly lit waters of the "twilight zone," hiding among tropical coral reefs up to 260 feet below the surface.
That depth is far below recreational diving limits and extremely challenging for humans to access, which is why the fish has gone undiscovered for so long, the scientists said.
Tea's team, used special gear in order to dive hundreds of feet down. Their closed-circuit, multi-tank diving equipment recycles their breath to use every last bit of oxygen, but even that technology only allows them a few minutes to explore and document the deep before they have to swim back to the surface.
"When we reach these reefs and find unknown species as spectacular as this fairy wrasse, it feels like our hard work is paying off," Luiz Rocha, another study author and a diver, said in a press release.
Colorful males and females
In their deep dives, scientists were able to scoop up sample fish and return them to the surface.
Under a microscope, they analyzed the fish's scales, fins, body structure, and DNA, and determined that it was a new species previously unknown to science. Both male and female wrasses boast a vibrant purple color with a pair of facial stripes above their eyes. Their fins and tails are also a beautiful two-toned color.
Surprisingly, the wrasse's purple scales stayed vibrant and gleaming even after being preserved in alcohol for future research. Usually fish scales lose their color during that process.
The vibranium fairy wrasse joins a family of seven other fairy wrasse species in the western Indian Ocean, with some extended fishy relatives in the Pacific.
But as the planet and its oceans warm — last year was the hottest on record for the world's oceans — the coral reefs where these fish live are at risk of extinction. Oceans absorb 93% of the extra heat that man-made greenhouse gases trap in Earth's atmosphere, and warmer oceans lead corals to expel the algae living in their tissues and turn white. That process is known as coral bleaching.
As a consequence, coral reefs, and the marine ecosystems they support, are dying. Around the world, about 50% of the world's reefs have died over the past 30 years.
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And gun tragedies should be entirely preventable, claim gun ban proponents. Just ban guns. It may make sense to assume that states in which there are tight laws make that state safer and lead to less gun crime, but that data show that the very opposite is true. You can't get a concealed weapon permit in Illinois but Chicago leads the US in gun murders. In 2013, a concealed carry bill was passed, making Illinois the final state to issue concealed gun carry permits.
Writing in Applied Economics Letters, Mark Gius from Quinnipac University finds that in states with more restrictive concealed carry weapons (CCW) laws there is actually an increase in gun related crime. Opponents always have an answer for data; criminals will get guns from other states and, in the case of Italy, where guns are banned but gun murders still happen, from other countries. But that essentially means the only people penalized for gun bans are law-abiding citizens.
Over the period of the analysis the average murder rate was 3.44 but states with more restrictive CCW laws had a gun-related murder rate that was 10% higher than the average. The Federal "assault weapons" ban had an even bigger impact, with murder rates 19.3% higher when this ban was in effect.
There are four broad types of CCW laws, unrestricted, which means an individual requires no permit to carry a concealed handgun. Shall issue, in which a permit is required but authorities must issue one to all qualified applicants that request one. May issue, in which authorities can deny a request for a permit and finally no issue, those states that do not allow private citizens to carry a concealed weapon.
There have been many conflicting studies on gun control but more limited research on assault weapon bans and CCW laws. Of those that do currently exist there has been a mix in the exact results, however, Lott and Mustard (1997) found those states with a less restrictive law saw a 7.65% drop in murders. The new study examines data from 1980 to 2009, one of the biggest time periods in research of this kind. It also looks solely at gun crime, rather than violent crime which is the case in similar research. State level data on gun related murder is taken from the Supplementary Homicide Reports from the United States Department of Justice and the information on CCW laws was obtained from a variety of United States bodies.
The conclusion was that limiting people’s ability to carry concealed weapons may cause murder rates to rise.
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Towards equity in medicine with big health data, epidemiology, and Artificial intelligence’
- Project No: #OxKEN-2022/18
- Intake: OxKEN 2022
The Covid pandemic has highlighted inequalities in health systems around the world. However, inequity is not limited to the pandemic – it is in fact a long-standing and multifaceted issue. In addition to socio-economic complexities, imbalances in healthcare technologies can worsen existing biases.
An example is the artificial intelligence technology behind clinical prediction models. If there are imbalances in the data used to train the models, or if there are algorithm biases within the analytical pipeline, the resulting models can be biased and result in mis-estimation of the health risks of patients in real-time. This in turn can lead to some groups of patients being under- or over-prioritised.
This research will develop prediction models that are based on bias-minimisation guidelines (developed by the Equator Centre UK housed in our department) and that are tailored to specific patient groups, including patients with different ethnic backgrounds, patients with rare conditions and patients with disabilities. By addressing any sources of bias in the data and in the analytical pipelines, prediction models can be made more targeted and equitable.
The project will use routinely collected data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), and Office of National Statistics, as well as international data representing >500 million patients and 5 billion clinical records from across 5 continents. The project will have access to the OHDSI analytics pipeline (ohdsi.org) for standardized, rapid, and reproducible artificial intelligence.
Patient and public engagement and involvement will be an important element of this research.
Personalised medicine, Big Data, Health Equity, Machine Learning, Observational Research
The Botnar Research Centre plays host to the University of Oxford's Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences and Centre for Statistics in Medicine.
Training will be provided in relevant related research methodology, including the handling and analysis of large health datasets, and advanced statistical and machine learning techniques, as well as in patient and public engagement for research. Attendance at formal training courses will be encouraged, and will include the "Real world epidemiology” Oxford summer school and the "Big Data and Machine Learning for Healthcare" modules.
In addition, courses from the University’s Centre for Teaching and Learning (https://www.ctl.ox.ac.uk/#/), Department of Computer Science (http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/), and the Medical Science Division Skills Team (https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/skillstraining) on key skills for the completion of a successful PhD thesis will be available. Additional on-the-field training opportunities will arise, and the supervisors will encourage the student to pursue such opportunities.
Further, the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (https://ohdsi.org/) global community of 300+ researchers will provide training and opportunities for international collaboration stretching beyond the project.
A core curriculum of lectures organized departmentally will be taken in the first term to provide a solid foundation in a broad range of subjects including epidemiology, machine learning, and statistics.
Students will attend weekly seminars within the department and those relevant in the wider University.
Students will be expected to present data regularly to the department, the research group and to attend external conferences to present their research globally.
- A. K. Clift et al., “Living risk prediction algorithm (QCOVID) for risk of hospital admission and mortality from coronavirus 19 in adults: national derivation and validation cohort study,” BMJ, vol. 371, p. m3731, Oct. 2020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3731.
- S. Khalid et al., “A standardized analytics pipeline for reliable and rapid development and validation of prediction models using observational health data,” medRxiv, 2021.
- S. Khalid and D. Prieto-Alhambra, “Machine Learning for Feature Selection and Cluster Analysis in Drug Utilisation Research,” Curr. Epidemiol. Reports, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 364–372, 2019.
- A. Delmestri and D. Prieto-Alhambra, “CPRD GOLD and linked ONS mortality records: Reconciling guidelines,” Int. J. Med. Inform., vol. 136, p. 104038, 2020
- G. S. Collins et al., “External validation of multivariable prediction models: a systematic review of methodological conduct and reporting,” BMC Med. Res. Methodol., vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1–11, 2014.
CONTACT INFORMATION OF ALL SUPERVISORS
Prof Daniel Prieto-Alhambra has published extensively in the field of pharmaco-epidemiology, and is recognised internationally as an authority on use of routine data for musculoskeletal pharmaco- and device epidemiology.
Professor Laura Coates is an Associate Professor and honorary consultant rheumatologist with an interest in outcome measures, clinical trial design and patient and public involvement in research.
Dr Sara Khalid is a machine learning lead in the Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford. She has an Oxford DPhil in Engineering Science, and has an excellent track record and experience in the use of big data methods including machine learning and similar methods.
Dr Antonella Delmestri is an international expert in automation of data engineering, data mining and advanced curation of real-world health data routinely collected by doctors in primary and secondary care.
Prof Gary Collins’ research interests are focused on methodological aspects surrounding the development and validation of multivariable prediction models and has published extensively in this area. He is particularly interested in the role that big data and machine learning has in developing and evaluating prediction models.
Current DPhil Students within the research group: 10
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We have demonstrated the fabrication of OLEDs with a micro/nano-patterned pixel defining layer (PDL) using photolithography and laser interference lithography (LIL) techniques. Moreover, we have demonstrated the successful fabrication and operation of micro/nano-stripe OLED pixel sizes of 354 nm and 30 μm. This novel patterning technique scheme holds many merits such as reduced processing, cost, and limitations of resolution, and it is applicable to the fabrication of large-area displays. We discuss the micro/nano-stripe patterning method and device fabrication and analyze the optical and electrical characteristics of micro/nano-stripe OLEDs.
- Laser Interference Lithography (LIL)
- Micro/Nano Stripe Organic Light Emitting Diodes
- Pixel Defining Layer (PDL)
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Antigonus I (Antigonus the One-Eyed or Antigonus Cyclops) (ăntigˈənəs sīˈklo˘ps), 382?–301 B.C., general of Alexander the Great and ruler in Asia. He was made (333 B.C.) governor of Phrygia, and after the death of Alexander he was advanced by the friendship of Antipater, who with Ptolemy I and Craterus, supported Antigonus in 321 against Perdiccas and Eumenes. In the wars of the Diadochi, Antigonus was the leading figure because he seems to have had the best chance to re-create Alexander's empire. He had control of Asia Minor, Syria, and Mesopotamia at the time (316) when Eumenes was murdered. His great power, however, ultimately caused Lysimachus, Seleucus I, and Ptolemy I to unite against him. Antigonus' son, Demetrius Poliorcretes (later Demetrius I of Macedon), was an able agent in the bid to build the empire by invading Greece; Antigonus defeated (306) Ptolemy, but both Antigonus and Ptolemy were conquered at the battle at Ipsus (301). Antigonus was killed.
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We’ve been making home visits to JPOH students to make sure they don’t forget what they have learned! 😊
Students at JPOH received provisions for two weeks while at home for the summer.
It’s been a month now since we opened our day program for individuals with autism and other special needs. The students have proven that every child is capable of learning if given a chance.
Our first day program for individuals with autism and other special needs, opened in Bo, Sierra Leone on May 14th, 2018. The students range in age from 7 to 19 years old. Junior and I returned to the United States from Sierra Leone yesterday. We opened a day program for individuals with developmental disorders andContinue reading “May 14th, 2018”
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This article contains the absolute best songs about money ever made!
If you are looking for songs all about money, you are in the right place! There are songs about losing money, making money, spending money, saving money, and sharing money. Songs written about money can help motivate you to make more money. The can also motivate you to work harder.
1. “Money (That’s What I Want)” – The Flying Lizards
The Flying Lizards were an experimental new wave band based out of the country of England. The band was formed in the year 1976. Their new wave cover of the song “Money” became extremely popular when released in July 1979. It was released as a part of the band’s first album ‘The Flying Lizards.’ Barrett Strong originally recorded the song in the year 1959. The Beatles covered this song in they year 1963 and the Rolling Stones released their own rendition the next year.
2. “It’s All About the Benjamins” – Puff Daddy & The Family
“It’s All About the Benjamins” by Puff Daddy & The Family was the number one song on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs for six full weeks at the end of the year 1997. If you aspire to make money and spend it too, you might like this song. Not everyone thinks that life is all about money, but this song hints at what Puff Daddy might think about the subject.
3. “Money” – Pink Floyd
If you are looking for songs that have the word money in the title as well as the lyrics, look no further. Classic progressive rock band Pink Floyd’s hit song “Money” was released in the year 1973 as a part of their massively successful timeless album ‘Dark Side of the Moon.’ This song has been covered by a variety of popular artists in different genres including Velvet Revolver, Government Mule, and Of Mice and Men.
4. “Money Don’t Matter 2 Night” – Prince and the New Power Generation
The song “Money Don’t Matter 2 Night” by Prince and the New Power Generation peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 list on May 16 of the year 1992. Sometimes, money can be fleeting. This song is all about the attitude that people take towards money when it does nothing for them. Prince suggests to focus on making sure that your soul is alright instead.
5. “Money for Nothing” – Dire Straits
“Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits held the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 list for 3 full weeks after it was released in the year 1985. This song serves as a critique of MTV pretty boys. Take note: this song does feature some slurs that would not be acceptable to use toward a person today in its lyrics.
6. “Danny’s Song” – Loggins and Messina
The 1971 soft rock song “Danny’s Song” by Loggins and Messina is also commonly known to listeners as “Even Though We Ain’t Got Money (I’m So In Love With You, Honey)”. There are more important things in life than money. Love is one of those things. This song is all about the importance of love over money.
7. “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)” – the Pet Shop Boys
Are you looking for a song that might inspire you to work harder or take advantage of new opportunities? Look no further than the 1980s hit song “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)” by the Pet Shop Boys. This song peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on Aug. 2, 1986. This song suggests that, even if life has not presented you with opportunities, you can still create some new great ones on your own.
8. “Gold Digger” – Kanye West Feat. Jamie Foxx
Some people like to say that more money equals more problems. One problem that can come along with making money is that people will become envious. They might even scheme up ways to get your money from you. A gold digger is a woman who makes romantic or sexual advances toward a rich man in order to get her hands on his money. In this 2005 hit rap song, Kanye West and Jamie Foxx warn listeners about red flags to look for when dealing with potential gold diggers. They also warn about the potential repercussions of dealing with a gold digger. This song spent ten weeks in the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 list.
9. “For the Love of Money” – The O’Jays
“For the Love of Money” was released by The O’Jays as a part of their 1973 album release ‘Ship Ahoy.’ This song is about all of the evil and devious things that people are willing to do in order to make money. It also describes some of the ways that money can change people. Fifteen years after this song’s release, Bulletboys released their own cover of it.
10. “Got Money” – Lil Wayne Feat. T-Pain
Lil Wayne and T Pain are both known for their jewelry, their clothing, their extravagant lifestyles, and their lavish spending habits. If you prefer flashing and spending money rather than saving and investing, you will love this hip hop song. “Got Money” by Lil Wayne Feat. T-Pain peaked in the No. 10 position on the Billboard Hot 100 list on Sept. 17, 2005.
11. “You Never Give Me Your Money” – The Beatles
The Beatles wrote and released quite a few different songs about money. This is just one of them. “You Never Give Me Your Money” was released by The Beatles along with their 1969 album ‘Abbey Road.’ Fans still visit the location where the photograph used as the album cover for ‘Abbey Road’ was taken to take their own versions of the photo, truly an iconic piece of album cover artwork!
12. “She Works Hard for the Money” – Donna Summer
Donna Summer is known for her disco pop hits. Her 1983 hit song “She Works Hard for the Money” uses the addition of some synth rock elements as well. These elements include saxophone riffs and guitar solos. “She Works Hard for the Money” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 list on Aug. 6, 1983.
13. “Money Changes Everything” – Cyndi Lauper
Money causes a great deal of changes in life, for better or for worse. “Money Changes Everything” by Cyndi Lauper is all about the ways that friendships and relationships become damaged by money. If you were to ask Cyndi Lauper if she agreed that more money equals more problems, she would probably tell you yes.
14. “Can’t Buy Me Love” – The Beatles
British pop rock band The Beatles (mentioned previously on this list) released the song “Can’t Buy Me Love” in the year 1964. This song was made to accompany the movie soundtrack for ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’ Choosing love over money is a common theme in popular music. This song is all about choosing love over money in a romantic situation.
15. “Take the Money and Run” – the Steve Miller Band
Sometimes the best advice in life is to “take the money and run.” As Kenny Loggins once famously said, “you gotta know when to fold ’em…know when to walk away, know when to run.” This song has a similar theme to it. This song is about two fugitives on the run. These two fugitives know that their best option is to take off with their earnings and avoid being caught.
16. “Bright Future in Sales” – Fountains of Wayne
The rock band Fountains of Wayne might be most commonly known for their lustful hit song “Stacy’s Mom” but they have had other hits too. The song “Bright Future in Sales” by Fountains of Wayne is the second track from their third studio album, ‘Welcome Interstate Managers.’ This song is all about struggling with adult problems and adult responsibilities. This can certainly cause big money problems…
17. “C.R.E.A.M.” – the Wu-Tang Clan
If you do no know already “C.R.E.A.M.” stands for “cash rules everything around me”. The acronym has been popularly used in hip hop and rap for decades now. The song “C.R.E.A.M” was released by the Wu-Tang Clean as a part of the full length album ‘Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’ in the year 1993. This song is all about growing up with nothing and later adopting a money-centered mindset. Other popular songs by the Wu-Tang Clan include “Protect Ya Neck” and “Bring da Ruckus.” This New York based rap group was comprised of RZA, GZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa.
18. “Mo Money, Mo Problems” – Notorious BIG ft. Puff Daddy and Mase
If you know anything about the life and death of the Notorious BIG, then you know that it is true that money caused the man some big problems. “Mo Money, Mo Problems” by Notorious BIG ft. Puff Daddy and Mase is all about the interpersonal issues that come up when a person starts to make more money. This song was released along with the full length album ‘Life After Death.’ “Mo Money, Mo Problems” was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video, a Grammy Award for the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, ans a Soul Train Music Award for Best Video of the Year in 1998.
19. “Money, Money, Money” – ABBA
The song “Money, Money, Money” by ABBA is written from the perspective of a hardworking everyday person. The lyrics of this song express woes about working all day without a rich man to come home to. “Money, Money, Money” was released in the year 1976 as a part of the full length studio album ‘Arrival.’ Other popular songs by the group ABBA include “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” “Take a Chance on Me,” “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme,” and “The Winner Takes It All.”
20 “Moneytalks” – AC/DC
The song “Moneytalks” was released by AC/DC on December 8 of the year 1990. This song is featured in the film ‘Live at Donington’. It peaked in the No. 23 position on the Billboard Hot 100 list on Feb. 9 of the year 1991. The track was also reached the No. 3 on the Mainstream Rock chart on Jan. 26, 1991. “Moneytalks” was written by Angus Young and Malcom Young of AC/DC. It was produced by the talented Bruce Fairbair. This song is all about accessories to wealth – foreign chefs, king sized beds, furs, diamonds, paintings, and more. Many people who aspire to be rich do so so that they can get their hands on expensive and luxurious material posessions like these.
21. “Rich Girl” – Hall and Oates
The song “Rich Girl” by classic rock duo Hall and Oates is not to be confused with the Gwen Stefani song of the same name. The song “Rich Girl” by Hall and Oates was released in the year 1976. “Rich Girl” spent two weeks in the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the springtime of the year 1977. The song “Rich Girl” was featured on the classic Hall and Oates record titled ‘Bigger Than Both of Us.’ Other hits from Hall and Oates include “You Make My Dreams,” “Out of Touch,” “Every Time You Go Away,” and “Maneater.
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In 2021 we are certified organic by MOSA. Therefore, we cultivate every acre of our farm to improve our land, bring our supporters closer to their food, and make organic food more accessible to all.
Growing the best possible produce is at the heart of why we farm. We do so by utilizing organic farming practices. These ideals create biodiversity, soil building and unique challenges. Through building soil we can create nutrient dense foods.
The result is beautiful, wholesome, delicious produce. We can’t wait to hear what you create with our vegetables.
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CODE OF ETHICS
The company McGrath & Arthur sro, MCGA legal, sro, MCGA accounting, sro, (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") is aware that the high quality of services provided is inextricably linked to compliance with certain ethical rules. As an expression of responsibility for ethical development in the Company, it has adopted a Code of ethics, which is binding for all its employees and all persons who act on its behalf, regardless of the form of employment or partnership.
The rules of the Code of Ethics are based on 2 main pillars:
- Basic principles of the global initiative "Global Compact ", derived from internationally accepted documents - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labor Organization Declarations on Principles and Fundamental Rights at Work, the Declaration on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, and the United Nations Convention to Combat Corruption.
- Applicable legal regulations concerning the subject of the Company's activity and business practice in the performance of activities that co-create ethical standards and patterns of behavior of all employees and co-workers of the Company in relation to clients and business partners, as well as in mutual relations.
The Code of Ethics, as a commitment of the company and each of its employees, is based on ethical principles of respect for human dignity, tolerance, justice, honesty, decency and responsibility towards the public, clients and each other.
Objective of the Code of Ethics
The Code of Ethics is a basic document that is of strategic importance to our company. The aim of the Code of Ethics is to identify and define basic legal and ethical standards in relation to the external environment, but also towards its own employees, other third cooperating parties and clients. The Code of Ethics defines the standards of work procedures in the provision of our services.
1. Basic values and mission of the Company
Responsibility, high professional level, professionalism and quality of our services are the basic values that we implement in all activities and services intended for our business partners. Our mission is to be personally responsible for every requirement of our clients, to understand their needs, to fulfill our promises and to constantly improve our services in order to be perceived as a reliable and innovative partner of our clients.
2. Respect for fundamental human rights, ethical and moral standards
Our company emphasizes the observance of the protection of human rights, the creation of fair and safe working conditions, responsible, and professional management, all in strict accordance with general moral and ethical principles.
3. Respect for rules of business competition
We follow the principles of general business ethics, business practices and respect the general rules of transparent competition, in order to create long-term prosperity, a healthy and sustainable business environment.
4. Anti-corruption policy
When dealing with business partners, we strictly separate the interests of our partners from the personal or financial interests of employees of both parties. We pay particular attention to compliance with:
- Ban on providing personal benefits to public officials in any form (monetary, physical, or otherwise) by our employees or our business partners, and/or their employees in order to obtain benefits for each other and/or for third parties,
- Ban on offer, promise, approve or give or receive personal benefits in any form (monetary, physical, or other) that would result from trade relationships of the Company and from which it would be clear that it may affect the business decisions of any of the trading parties.
5. Prohibition of discrimination
Our Company hereby also declares zero tolerance for any manifestation of discrimination based on sex, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, origin or any other reason defined by law.
6. Work procedures and reputation
The good name of the Company, the trust of its clients and employees are our most important values in the business environment. All work procedures are implemented at a high professional level in order to maintain the good name and eliminate the reputation risk of the client and also to maintain the good reputation of our Company. We are aware of our obligations to third parties and clients, and therefore we monitor the fulfillment of these goals also in the case of associated and cooperating parties, which is the success of good and beneficial long-term cooperation.
7. Principles of ethical behavior of employees and other associates of the Company
- Employees and cooperating partners of the Company, in their activities:
- Respect applicable laws and regulations,
- Follow the principles of business ethics so that they provide their services honestly, responsibly and pay attention to maintaining a high professional level,
- In carrying out their business activities, the Company and its employees consistently avoid activities that could undermine the client's confidence both in relation to the Company and in other companies with a similar business and they distance themselves from the practices of unfair competition,
- In the course of their work, the Company's employees act in such a way as not to damage its reputation, refraining from disseminating confidential information outside the work environment and avoiding activities aimed at creating a conflict of interest between them and the Company,
- Know and comply with the wording of Act no. 122/2013 Coll. on the protection of personal data, perform their work in accordance with it and also observe trade secrets and confidentiality, even after the termination of working with the Company,
- Are aware that by their conduct they always represent the Company and its mission and therefore also in their personal life and outside working hours take into account that they do not act in violation of applicable law, generally applicable principles of good conduct and this Code of Ethics,
- Observe confidentiality and trade secrets in accordance with applicable laws,
- Do not misuse information or material resources of the Company for their personal benefit and in their work they always proceed in such a way that they do not damage the Company and its good name,
- Refrain from the undesirable dissemination of confidential information, including in their private environment,
- Avoid all activities that create a conflict of their own interests with the interests of the Company,
- Make sure no to get into conflict with the regulations and rules of the employer, the employment contract, the mandate contract, with the rules and contractual conditions of the clients, codes and rules of conduct.
8. Securing own and entrusted information and data
Complete registration of all documents and data in written as well as electronic form is realized with emphasis on their security by appropriate technical and organizational means at our disposal, in order to prevent unauthorized access to this data and information and their unauthorized processing, misuse, loss, theft or accidental erasure.
All our hardware and software solutions performing the function of storing or administrating data in electronic form are secured against possible attack and misuse at the latest technological level and are also backed up. All electronic data transmissions are subject to strict rules for protected and secure transfers using modern encryption tools designed for securing data transmission. We handle responsibly all assets of the Company and its clients, whether of tangible, intellectual or electronic property, and we always comply with the laws and the legitimate purpose of use.
9. Protection of personal data
All personal data entrusted to our report are strictly subject to the actual regulation of Act no. 122/2013 Coll. on the protection of personal data. Compliance with the conditions of the applicable legislation is regularly monitored and inspected. All conditions of the above-mentioned legal regulation are also reflected in all processes related to the performance of our services. We respect the rights of the data subjects whose personal data we collect and process.
One of our highest priorities is to maintain absolute secrecy about all contractual terms and conditions, and entrusted or established facts related to the performance of our activities, in order to maintain impartiality and loyalty to our clients and all other third cooperating parties. We respect the confidentiality of information and the privacy of our clients, our employees and other business partners. We work in accordance with applicable laws, guidelines, and always maintain the appropriate degree of confidentiality and privacy.
11. Environmental policy
Like all business entities, also our Company has an impact on the environment through its business activities and therefore we have built our own strategy for eliminating negative impacts and using environmentally friendly technologies.
12. Control of compliance with the Code of ethics
Each of our employees and cooperating partners follow the principles set in this Code of Ethics and are obliged to notify in writing of any violations they encounter in their work, or if they are required to act in violation of the laws or internal regulations of the Company. In the event of a breach of the obligation of the notifying employee himself or herself, resp. cooperating partner of the Company, he is obliged to immediately inform his or her direct superior about this fact, as well as about the proposed procedure, which will lead to the correction within a reasonable time. On sanctions for violation of the Code of Ethics, if the violator is an employee, resp. cooperating partner of the company, the decision is made by the direct superior, in accordance with the valid legislation. | <urn:uuid:ba36b6c0-f3ee-4af8-8345-9db86a8ade2e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mcga.hr/en/code-ethics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.949888 | 1,813 | 1.570313 | 2 |
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ANR Week Luncheon 2018: Dean's Message
CANR dean Ron Hendrick delivers a message at the 2018 ANR Week Luncheon.
March 21, 2018
Comments from Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Dean Ron Hendrick during the annual ANR Week Luncheon on March 9, 2018.
This is an event where you usually hear me talk about how many students we have, about their successes and our latest extension, research and legislative accomplishments.
Make no mistake, that work is going on – but it seems disingenuous to talk about those things today.
Instead, I want to talk about the power and agency that we have to effect change and how we might do that as individuals and together.
As a white man in a discipline and environment dominated by other white men, my world is full of places and systems made for me.
The good ol’ boy network, golf courses, after-hours meetings – the list goes on and on. And, as a tenured faculty member at a Big Ten university, I enjoy many privileges that others do not.
These are the systems, spaces and accepted norms where I can operate very comfortably and be extremely successful.
There’s a problem though: It’s easy for me, perhaps too easy. As I look around meeting tables, conference rooms and classrooms, I often see stunning similarity and a distinct lack of difference.
Differences in things like race, gender, sexual orientation and class all shape how we experience the world – and for too long, I failed to appreciate the impact I can have as a white male who values those differences in others.
There isn’t one specific event that led me to focus on diversity, equity and inclusion as a leadership priority for me. But I feel a strong sense of responsibility to others to ensure that people aren’t left out or disadvantaged just because they’re different. And to respect their value as human beings, worthy of dignity.
I wish the values of diversity, equity and inclusion were pervasive in higher education, but they are not. If they truly were, as a university, we would have handled the events leading up to our recent crisis and the crisis itself much differently.
Like many of you, I’ve witnessed plenty of things that run counter to the values of diversity, equity and inclusion:
- The female student in my field-based ecology class relegated to recording data, rather than collecting it
- People of color not hired into academic program positions because they might not “relate well” to current or prospective white students
- Female staff members sexually harassed at the hands – literally – of alumni and donors because goodwill or money was more important than their dignity
- The LGBTQ colleagues who chose to stay home from work-related social functions rather than enduring awkward questions or gazes
- The subtler forms of discrimination and exclusivity in education – being told to leave my associate’s degree off my résumé (It might suggest that I wasn’t smart enough to make it on the first time around.)
Chances are that at some point, every one of us has experienced some struggle to fit into a system that wasn’t made to include us.
We understand, most starkly, the sharp generational differences in our companies, departments and teams, but there are hidden differences to which we’ve been oblivious all along.
The truth is we need to understand each other more.
The truth is, we need more diversity, more people included and more equity not only at our university, but also in our industries – to be better at what we do and who we are to understand whom we serve.
The educator in me wants very much to live up to the lofty expectations of the next generation – to pave a pathway for those who haven’t had the same advantages or opportunities I have.
And I wish I could say I’ve always embodied values of diversity, equity and inclusion – and treated others accordingly, but I cannot. Certainly not in my youth, but not always in my professional life either.
At times, I stood by or held back when I could have used my position, privilege and the power associated with it to make a change. In other cases, the counsel, candor and openness of my colleagues has made the difference.
As I’ve moved through faculty ranks and administrative roles, lived longer and met more people, I have come to realize that the only way for me to operate responsibly is to embrace my ability to make a difference for others. I need to use my power, my agency, my privilege to set the stage for others.
The cultures we have created work well for us but they don’t usually include others. At least, this can result in missed opportunities, and at worst – recent events like those on our campus.
We can’t just hope that another Larry Nassar situation won’t happen again.
It is absolutely incumbent upon us to assess our cultures to create lasting change wherever necessary.
I stand here knowing that this work matters.
I’ve seen it transform people.
When voices are heard, seats at the table given, respect and dignity offered, people change.
We rise to challenges we never considered attainable.
We work harder than ever before because we share responsibility.
Our lives become richer for the relationships we develop with people we never knew.
I don't want to undervalue or understate the work that we do here in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, but fostering the success of others and changing cultures and organizations is more important than dollars raised and degrees earned.
By continuing to embrace our ability and responsibility to make a difference for others, we will change our respective worlds.
Ultimately, though, it won’t matter how good we are here at MSU, if you are not willing and able to use your position, privilege and power to make a difference for others as well.
These connections represent our better selves – when we acknowledge them, we are more vulnerable, uncertain, unsure.
More importantly, though, we are more authentic, genuine and real.
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Ashwagandha – For Over 4,000 Years Considered India’s Most Potent Herb and All-Around Tonic
The Only Fresh Root, Biodynamically Farmed, Spagyrically Prepared Ashwagandha Tincture Grown in Oregon, USA…No One Else Offers This Level of Quality!
Find out about ashwagandha, what it can do for you, and our commitment to quality in bringing you the best possible ashwagandha spagyric tincture available in this video.
The Ayurvedic scholar from 100BC, Charaka said of rasayanas, of which ashwagandha is the main one, “One obtains longevity, regains youth, gets a sharp memory and intellect and freedom from diseases, gets a lustrous complexion, and strength of a horse.”1* This root enhances Ojas, which is the equivalent in Chinese Medicine as Jing and has been in use for over 4000 years.* The name ashwagandha means “horse smell” as the fresh root has a strong horse-like odor. It is also believed to give you the strength and stamina of a stallion.* Another name it is known by is Indian Ginseng.
Here’s a quick summary of the benefits of taking ashwagandha tincture across many different functions, then we’ll dive deeper into how ashwagandha works, including the science backing it up.
- Lowers stress and cortisol.*
- Activity on GABA receptors supports healthy emotional wellbeing.*
- Modulates the inflammation response.*
- Modulates the immune system.*
- Increases testosterone in both infertile as well as healthy men.*
- Supports women’s hormone health.*
- Supports healthy thyroid hormone function, possibly in both cases of hyper- and hypothyroid.*
- Increases strength, endurance (including VO2 Max) and muscle mass.*
- Helps protect the nervous system from neurodegeneration.*
- May act as a nootropic, assisting memory, learning, reaction times and other forms of cognition.*
- Protects DNA.*
Ashwagandha’s Main Benefit is to Help Lower Stress and Cortisol*
Jeff, our farmer, likes to describe ashwagandha as “the Great Unclencher.” In our modern-day society, an epidemic of chronic stress surrounds us. And that is why ashwagandha is becoming even more important.*
In quite a few studies ashwagandha has been shown to lower self-perceived levels of stress, as well as cortisol levels (the stress hormone) in the body.* One placebo-controlled study with 64 subjects, including both men and women, found that after 60 days stress and cortisol were significantly reduced.2* You can see an adapted chart from this study showing the effects on cortisol as compared to placebo.
Another study found similar reductions in stress-related parameters. This one included a decrease in c-reactive protein (CRP) which is a marker for chronic inflammation in the body.3*
How it works is still not fully understood. Research is looking at multiple different constituents, such as sitoindosides VII and VIII, as well as withaferin-A, for these anti-stress activities.4 The reduction of stress seems to happen from multiple pathways. This includes less cortisol signaling.*
And ashwagandha also appears to suppress some of the neuronal excitations in response to stress.* That is something we hear from customers taking ashwagandha regularly. Things or situations that use to stress them out…just don’t seem to anymore.*
Not Just Stress…But How These are Linked to Effects on Healthy Cortisol and Emotional Wellbeing*
Many people have found that ashwagandha helps in cases of anxious or depressed thinking.* These effects are likely best when they’re related to over-stress.
Several different human studies have found these anxiolytic properties to work consistently.2,5,6*
Depression isn’t as well study, though some rat research shows promise.7*
Part of these actions may be ashwagandha’s effects on GABA receptors, which brings us to our next section…
Ashwagandha Supports Sound Sleep
The Latin name, somnifera, comes from somnus, which means “to sleep.” This is not a plant that will knock you out like some others but taking it during the day, many people notice an easier time falling asleep, with overall improved sleep quality.*
Despite it being in the name of the plant, and one of its major uses, this area has barely been researched. One human study found that in addition to reductions in total and LDL cholesterol, increases in strength and decreases in fat, that six of the eighteen subjects reported better sleep.8*
Some research in rats looked at the mechanism by which ashwagandha brings its sleep-inducing effects.* This appears to be through the signaling of the GABA-A receptor.9 GABA being a neurotransmitter that helps not only with sleep but with feeling calm, this is likely part of its stress effects too.
Because it is things like stress that lead many into insomnia, this is likely the main method in which an ashwagandha tincture helps to bring deep, restorative sleep.*
One other note on this subject. Recent Japanese research isolated triethylene glycol from the leaves of Ashwagandha herb and found this to induce sleep in rats.10 Our tincture is predominately made with the root, as is typical, but includes 5% leaf for greater sleep and nootropic effects.*
Pay Attention Guys! Ashwagandha Supports Testosterone and Sperm Health*
Now we move onto how an ashwagandha tincture helps with hormone health. Let me start by saying that if cortisol is too high, this will inhibit all of the “good” hormones (progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, etc.) as it steals away the starting material for them. Thus, lower cortisol and all the sex hormones can improve. This may be the primary way it works here…but there does seem to be additional effects.*
In several human studies looking at infertile men, consistent results have seen the increases of testosterone and sperm quality.11-13* The first of these saw increases in testosterone and luteinizing hormone, while follicle-stimulating hormone and prolactin went down.*
What about guys that aren’t infertile? One study did find a 15% increase in testosterone in young, healthy guys.14* And this increase was not seen in the placebo group. We’ll get back to this study later…
Pay Attention Women! Ashwagandha Improves Sex Lives and Helps Regulate the Thyroid*
Ashwagandha also supports women’s hormone health, though this is not as well studied.* While ashwagandha has a reputation as a male herb, very often women get even more benefit! In those same male studies, Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) were affected. Women make use of these hormones even more so than men.
One study looking at female sexual function, found ashwagandha supplementation increased scores on Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) over eight weeks.* This included significant improvements in desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and comfort.15*
Another area that ashwagandha has a reputation for helping in is modulating the thyroid hormones, and thus being used in both cases of hyper- and hypothyroidism.* As women have more thyroid issues than men, this can be another place where it shines.
Until recently, only rat studies have investigated ashwagandha’s effects of thyroid hormone levels thus far. One study showed an increase in T4, without T3.16* The other showed an increased in both T4 and T3.17*
But earlier this year a placebo-controlled human trial with fifty subjects found that ashwagandha supplementation normalized TSH, T3, and T4 in people with sub-clinical hypothyroidism.18*
It is likely that ashwagandha will best support the thyroid when such issues as stress are compounding them.*
Increases in Endurance, Strength, and Muscle Mass*
Being that Ashwagandha helps with the general strengthening of the body (making you as strong as a stallion!) it’s no surprise that great effects have been studied in use of this root with various forms of exercise.*
In the aforementioned study, where normal, young men had their testosterone increase 15% with the use of testosterone, there were also increases in strength in the bench press and leg extension, as well as increased muscle size in the chest and arms.* Body fat decreased too.14* All these happened in the Ashwagandha group more so than the placebo group. Select charts from this study shown below.
That’s not the only one. Looking at endurance a human trial found increases to VO(2) Max, velocity, and power.19* Another study looking at cyclists (elite athletes) found improved cardiorespiratory endurance, specifically VO(2) Max and time to exhaustion.20*
Increasing VO(2) Max is a big deal! For those not familiar with the term, it is a measurement of the maximum amount of oxygen a person can use during intense exercise. I’m not aware of any other herb that has two human trials showing improvement there.
Ashwagandha is Neuroprotective…and May Act as a Nootropic
Ashwagandha is being investigated for a wide range of effects in various issues of the central nervous system, including neurodegeneration.* One study looking at human neuronal cells found “protective effects of ashwagandha against β-amyloid-induced toxicity.”21* As you may know, beta-amyloid is a plaque that forms in the brain tissue found in Alzheimer’s patients.
Part of this protection looks to be that the sitoindosides and withaferin A were found to increase antioxidant levels with superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in certain areas of the brain, as was found in rats.22*
And ashwagandha interacts in numerous ways with our nervous system, including activity on several neurotransmitter receptors. This includes withanolides showing inhibition against butyrylcholinesterase and acetylcholinesterase.23* Butyrylcholinesterase activity may help with drug addiction. Acetylcholinesterase catalyzes the breakdown of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter, which is used for memory, learning, and cognition.
Then there is activity on the NMDA receptor, which is very important for controlling synaptic plasticity and memory function.24* Neurology is a complicated matter so all the details are not known, even with as much research as has gone behind ashwagandha.
Even if you’re not degenerating, there is some research showing that ashwagandha may act as a nootropic, meaning it can help improve things from baseline.* Ashwagandha has been shown to induce neurogenesis, the growth of neurons.25*
Furthermore, withanone and leaf extract increased BDNF, that is a brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which also supports the growth of nerves.26*
In another study, in some tests, ashwagandha supplementation improved the reaction time in some tests, though not all of the tests, as compared to placebo in humans.27*
Immunomodulating and Anti-Aging Activity of Ashwagandha*
Different studies show that sometimes ashwagandha suppresses the immune system, while other times it increases activity.* This shows that it is immunomodulating, with dual direction activity.*
This small study with five participants showed immune system activation, including increased T cells and natural killer (NK) cells.28*
Ashwagandha also helps to modulate the inflammation response, by inhibiting NF-κB and AP-1 transcription factors.29* These are important for protecting your DNA.
Speaking of DNA, ashwagandha increased telomerase activity in cell lines.30* For those that aren’t familiar telomeres are the end-caps of DNA and are one of the leading theories on what causes aging and death. Going beyond the cell line, ashwagandha was shown to extend the life span of C. elegans, a nemotode often used in anti-aging research, by 20%.31* Curiously, this only happened in one of the two worm types they used.
While research is looking into ashwagandha’s effects on cancer, one thing seems clear. Taking ashwagandha while getting chemotherapy helps lessen fatigue and improves quality of life as occurred in 100 breast cancer patients in one study.32*
Ashwagandha is one of the most researched herbs out there. Honestly, we’ve only covered some of its far-ranging benefits. A search on PubMed yields over 1,000 studies for the keyword ashwagandha. But now let’s switch gears and discuss more what sets our ashwagandha tincture apart from the rest.
What Goes Into Our Ashwagandha Tincture…
This isn’t your average ashwagandha tincture. In fact, we would place this head to head against any other ashwagandha product on the market. This tincture is special because it is:
1) Grown and Processed in Oregon – This is the ONLY commercially available ashwagandha from the states.
2) Spagyrically Prepared – This alchemical method adds the mineral component back into the tincture giving it more “body” and greater physiological effects. For more information on the process please read below!
3) Biodynamically Farmed – This allows for the highest quality roots with the most nutrients in them as the starting place for the tincture.
4) Tastes Great – In fact, it tastes like an ashwagandha tincture should, not weak and watered down like many on the market are.
Made with 40% organic cane alcohol and 60% purified water. After this is created, the remaining root matter is burned down and purified for the mineral content and added back into the liquid.
Making a High-Quality Spagyric Tincture
To get a product like this tincture takes a lot of time and a lot of work. Both time and work bespeak quality. The entire process takes roughly a year. Jeff, the main man behind this ashwagandha farm, does much of the work to make this happen and his commitment can be tasted. Each stage of the journey is done with practiced care and awareness. Below is the ENTIRE process from seed-to-bottle.
Beginning in February and March, Jeff and company seed the ashwagandha in their greenhouse as ashwagandha is somewhat slow germination. While in the greenhouse they water, tend, and apply compost tea (compost, worm casings, kelp, and humic acid, horsetail, nettle) to ensure healthy starts.
In April, they apply Biodynamic Preparation 500 to the fields. This awakens the earth and brings life and balance to the soil.
In May, they prepare the earth by mowing and preparing the earth for transplanting the ashwagandha. From May 15th to June 15th they transplant out the ashwagandha into the fields.
From here they apply Biodynamic preparation 501 towards the end of June. This preparation of ground quartz crystal helps the sunlight turn into the matter as well as harden the leaf.
In July, they continue to apply compost tea. This helps the plants typically have sizable growth, growing what seems to be almost a foot a week!
They tend and weed the ashwagandha during August, preparing for the harvest.
The harvest happens in the fall. From the full moon of September to about the end of October they harvest and wash the roots.
Jeff will then prep the roots in order to cut them and soak them in a solution of alcohol and distilled water.
After macerating for three months or more they drain the solution and press the herb material. Being a dense root they have found three months to be the minimum amount of time needed to get the deep reddish quality that they are looking for in the initial extraction.
They then do a finishing extraction to get as much out of the plant as possible into a solution and this takes about 10-14 hours per run.
After the extraction is complete, they rotary evaporate the solution to make it more concentrated.
From there they pack out a crucible (clay vessel) and burn the ashwagandha root for 12 hours. They then grind the ashes and burn it again.
They add water to the ash and then pour off the solution into a tray from which the water can be evaporated. The earth salts (potassium, sodium and some metals like iron) are left over from the ashwagandha root. They add these salts back into the tincture. These salts are aspects of the plant that do not dissolve out into the menstruum during the maceration process.
Adding the salts back in brings the tincture to a more complete and robust tincture of the plant roots that got pulled out of the dirt.
This whole process produces a much higher quality tincture than the simple stuff normally found in the market. If you value quality then you have certainly found it here.
As we learn more about the ashwagandha through laboratory testing we get to experience the joy of working with our suppliers like Jeff to help his product become even better. Working as a team to better the tincture benefits both our companies and most importantly, benefits those that consume it.
While we highly value nature’s intelligence we need to remember that humans are an integral part of nature. Using the tools of modernity to evoke the medicine out of a plant is just another form of humans interacting with their ecology. It is as old as time. As long as we respect the process and wisdom of the natural world, we can become, once again, effective agents for fostering a natural abundance for all humans and nonhumans alike as many of our forebears once did.
Jeff grew up in rural South Jersey. In his youth, he would work summer jobs on farms. His father had a large garden in the back yard and it provided most of their food growing up. Moving to California in 2000 he would begin managing a biodynamic farm. Soon thereafter he elected to move to Oregon and in 2009 returned to agriculture after working in the tech industry. He was inspired to grow medicinal herbs for his community after visiting a local herb shop and discovering that the plantain leaf they carried was coming from Poland (plantain grows everywhere so no reason they had to import it!).
He began growing medicinal herbs as one part of the farm and five short years later it became the main focus of the farm. He has been growing ashwagandha for over a decade now.
Independent Lab Testing
Like all our products our ashwagandha tincture comes back clean as far as heavy metals and bacteria are concerned. You can find all our lab reports on the Lab Results tab.
We’ve also tested our ashwagandha for withanolide content. This is just one grouping of the active ingredient inside ashwagandha, though of course, there is much more. Each dose of 1.5mL contains approximate 239 µg total withanolides.
See the lab test for the individual withanolide content, which includes different withanosides, withaferin, withanone and more. (Note that this is likely to vary from one year’s harvest to the next.)
This amount is likely smaller than you’ll find in powdered extracts, but we know there is something special about how tinctures work, where you can get more from less. Most of the research has been done with patented extracts with withanolide content of about 5-25mg depending on the dose. Again, this group of compounds isn’t everything and tinctures tend to be more absorbable (straight to bloodstream, rather than passing through digestion) than powders. We would love to compare the effects of our tincture against some of the well-known brands in a study, but until that time you’ll have to be the judge.
Dosage and How to Take Ashwagandha Tincture
The recommended dosage is a dropperful (about 30 drops) twice per day or as directed by your medical professional. Feel free to use more or less than this as you see fit.
The taste is horse-like…just kidding! It is described as sweetish, bitter and astringent, with mucilaginous properties. Some people may find it off-putting but many people enjoy it.
Various studies typically used a powdered extract dose of 300-500mg, though sometimes its from 2-6 grams. Usually, the bigger amounts are straight powdered roots and not an extract. There is not enough research to compare how these dosages compare to using tinctures. We encourage you to experiment and find what works for you.
Side Effects and Contraindications
Please communicate with your physician prior to all supplementation, particularly if you currently take medications. An Ashwagandha tincture is not recommended to take in combination with sedatives, anti-anxiety drugs, or immunosuppressants. Please talk to your doctor before using if you take any of these or thyroid medication.
Ashwagandha is a very safe root with next to no side effects for the vast majority of individuals.
When side effects have been observed, it is often in individuals sensitive to nightshades. Those with nightshade sensitivity may experience dizziness and headache and might want to avoid Ashwagandha.
A tincture is significantly less likely to cause side effects that have been reported in consuming the raw root – including stomach upset, diarrhea, and issues with ulcers.
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Most traditional South African houses and commercial properties were built with Electricity as their primary energy source. With the escalating prices of Electricity most of the population is seeking alternate sources of energy. Due to Load Shedding people are left in the dark with the inconvenience of cold water and not being able to cook food for hours at a time.
We offer alternate energy sources mainly with LP Gas appliances (Gas Geysers, Gas Stoves, Gas Hobs and many more), we can also offer small to medium PV Solar solutions through our Parent Company SolarAlt. We cover services and installations in the Gauteng area.
By converting Electric Appliances to LP Gas solutions our customers can save large amounts of Electricity on a day to day basis. Not all Electric appliances have LP Gas counterparts and for those we offer Solar systems to keep the lights on.
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OPINION/ 24 APRIL 2017, 07:47AM/ *DAVID MEADS
As South Africa prepares to host the World Economic Forum in Durban, the city with its largest and busiest port, there is much to focus on as the country continues to promote itself as a promising investment destination.Primarily, the event presents opportunities for governments to collaborate with regional and global leaders from business and civil society to identify and craft tangible plans to create economic opportunities for all. Digital transformation is part of many of these opportunities.
In the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s disruptive effects on all economies, there are three elements to consider as South Africa aims to maintain its leadership position in Africa: The development of digital skills is paramount.
All industries are being digitally disrupted which presents an opportunity for a growing digital economy. Public-private partnerships are powerful levers for change.
The “real economy” and the “digital economy’” are not mutually exclusive. The two have become one and the same as technologies blur the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres. The exponential potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is still not being fully grasped. Cisco, industry and governments have a responsibility to unpack its potential for citizen service delivery, customer experience, and innovative solutions for a better life for all.
Entire systems of production, management, and governance are being affected, and as digitisation continues, it is intimately intertwined with addressing youth unemployment, manufacturing, and harnessing human innovation. Take mobile phones, for example. Within the next five years, it is estimated that more people will have mobile phones than bank accounts or running water, increasing global mobile data traffic seven-fold. In the Middle East and Africa region, there will be 12-fold growth in mobile data traffic growth, jumping from 7.3 exabytes last year to 88.4 exabytes by 2021 (Cisco Visual Networking Index 2017).
Notwithstanding that with the increase of mobile and internet-use penetration come its own threats; namely, Cybersecurity has become a massive global problem. To put some perspective on the Cybersecurity threat landscape, for a minute, there are roughly 3 billion Google searches per day and Cisco blocks on average 19.7 billion Cybersecurity threats every single day. Prioritising Cybersecurity is fundamental to successful digital transformation, which is where we’re seeing economic growth occur for Africa.
Increasing mobility, technology use, and digital content are profoundly impacting the way Africans live, learn, work, transact and communicate with one another. It is an opportunity unlike anything humankind has ever experienced. According to South Africa’s Treasury: “Technological innovation across a range of industries means that most new jobs are for skilled and semi-skilled workers.” To its credit, South Africa sees research and development (R&D) as an important catalyst in the economy and has budgeted R13.6 billion over the medium term, with R1bn set aside in 2018/2019 for innovation-oriented activities.
By working with The Innovation Hub, the University of Witwatersrand Tshimologong Precinct, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University among others, Cisco is demonstrating that strong collaboration and partnerships are what the country truly needs.
As South Africa becomes more services-driven, the country must foster digital skills as part of transitioning the population from low-skill/low-pay jobs to high-skill/high-pay jobs. Workers need to educate and re-skill themselves. As such, there should be a disproportionate increase in productivity, safer working conditions and the creation of more high-value jobs.
With an estimated shortage of about a quarter of a million networking professionals in Africa, Cisco Networking Academy (NetAcad) programmes are critical to the future employability of young people.
In collaboration with governments, schools, NGOs, colleges and universities, the programme provides students the opportunity to become IT networking professionals. NetAcad has grown to the point where in excess of 8500 students are trained annually. To date, the programme has seen more than 92000 students graduate in South Africa. Across the continent, Cisco NetAcad has seen in-kind contributions of more than $21.86 million (R286.239 million) toward the future job prospects for graduates.
Beyond skills development, supporting the information, technology and communications (ICT) sectors provide a major boost to economic growth, productivity and employment. In doing so, South Africans’ access to educational opportunities and health resources can also be improved. For example, according to the National Treasury, if ICT costs are reduced by 50 percent, South Africa’s gross domestic product can be increased by 0.3 percent per year, creating more than 200000 additional jobs over the next decade.
Part of supporting South Africa’s ICT sectors is ensuring that R&D public-private partnerships remain integral to socio-economic development. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a R2 billion telescope that is the next iteration of the MeerKAT telescope, demonstrates the potential for such collaboration.
Together with eight African partners, South Africa won the bid to host the SKA, a project with extensive socio-economic knock-on effects. Working with the Department of Science and Technology, Cisco contributed R66m toward SKA, an investment that will support job creation and economic diversification in the Northern Cape, as well as promoting science as a career choice.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is synonymous with exponential growth in digitisation and Internet connectivity. . For South Africa, Cisco firmly supports its aspirations to be a digitally enabled economy and society, and welcomes more integrated and comprehensive collaboration from multiple stakeholders to help accelerate the opportunities at hand.
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Stress is one of the biggest thieves of time and energy. It can make you sick and keep you from realizing your dreams. Unfortunately, many people live a life filled with stress, but there are ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety.
The best way to live a healthy life is to work at eliminating or at the very least, reducing the stress in your life.
Having less stress in your life will improve your relationships. Reduced stress can help you eat healthy, manage your finances and live a more serene life.
Living a life free of stress and worry can heal an unhealthy mind, body and spirit!
So, what can you do to reduce the stress in your life? Simply put, avoid situations that can be overwhelming as much as you can.
When you are in a stressful situation step back and take a deep breath. Take a few minutes to take your mind away from the stress at hand. Here is a list of things that can be used to lessen the stress in your life.
1. Take Some Deep Cleansing Breaths
Breath in slowly to the count of five. Hold the breath and then exhale to the count of five. Do this several times concentrating on your breathing. If your mind wanders, bring it back to the breathing.
2. Visualize Something You Enjoy
Take five minutes and think only about something that you enjoy…spending time with your family, playing with a pet, listen to a great song, a vacation that you took. Mentally focus on pleasant thoughts rather than the stress at hand.
3. Make Sure You Get Enough Sleep
Seven to eight hours of sleep is recommended. You are more likely to manage stress better if you are not battling lack of sleep.
Journaling is a great way to work through problems. They are fantastic tools for documenting a journey in your life or just writing about your day.
Regular exercise is essential to good health. Not only does exercise take your mind off what is stressing you out, but it also releases endorphins.
Endorphins are a brain chemical. They are sometimes referred to as natural pain and stress relievers. Nothing makes me feel better than a 3-mile walk.
Walking clears my head and gives me the ability to step back and look a problem critically. Once that happens, I can start down the path towards finding a solution.
6. Take a Bubble Bath
Take some “me” time to get away from everything. Turn on your favorite music or grab a good book. A glass of wine might also be in order.
Slow it down and give yourself the break you deserve and take some time to relax.
Meditation is something that can be done daily to reduce stress and provide clarity. Many successful and intelligent people include meditation as a regular part of life. Need a break? Take 10 minutes and meditate.
Few things make you feel better than laughing. Sit-coms and old comedies are great resources for funny material. Take 30 minutes and enjoy a good comedy.
The more you can organize your schedule the less time you will spend feeling overwhelmed about how you are going to get everything done. You don’t have to be perfect. List 3-5 priorities and focus on those tasks for the day.
10. Say no!
You can’t do everything and thinking you can will only add unnecessary stress to your life. It may be difficult a first, but it will grow on you.
11. Ask for Help
It is impossible to do everything. If it needs to be done and you cannot get to it, don’t be afraid to ask for help. Teach children early how to help around the house.
12. Make Healthy Food Choices
Eating an unhealthy diet can make you tired and irritable making it more difficult to deal with challenges in your daily life.
13. Learn to Avoid Procrastination
Procrastinating will self-impose an unnecessary deadline. If it is something you must do anyway, why not control the deadline?
If the task is something I really hate to do, I put it at the top of the list and schedule it for first thing in the morning. Motivation is higher in the morning.
The task is more likely to get done in the morning than late in the day. If I have 15 things that need to be done, I will always put the task I like least at the top of the list.
If I don’t get it out of the way, just thinking about this unappealing task is likely to keep from doing anything else on the list.
Here is a list of supplements that can be taken:
Lemon balm: Lemon balm is a member of the mint family that has been studied for its anti-anxiety effects.
Omega-3 fatty acids: One study showed that medical students who received omega-3 supplements experienced a 20% reduction in anxiety symptoms.
Ashwagandha: Ashwagandha is an herb used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat stress and anxiety. Several studies suggest that it’s effective.
Green tea: Green tea has many polyphenol antioxidants, which provide health benefits. It may help stress and anxiety by increasing serotonin levels.
Valerian: Valerian root is a popular sleep aid due to its tranquilizing effect. It contains valerenic acid, which alters GABA receptors to lower anxiety.
Kava-kava: Kava-kava is a psychoactive member of the pepper family. It has long been used as a sedative in the South Pacific and is increasingly used in Europe and the US to treat mild stress and anxiety.
15. Reduce Your Caffeine Intake
Caffeine, although it can have benefits, can make a person irritable and restless. Not to mention, you could have problems sleeping. Caffeine can not only be found in coffee, but it is also in tea, chocolate and energy drinks.
16. Spend Time With Family and Friends
There is nothing more relaxing than conversation and time out with people that mean a lot to you away from everything that stresses you out. Especially for women, this is a great way to relax and reduce anxiety.
17. Listen to Music
Soft music is recommended, but other types of music can work also. Nature sounds and meditation musing can give you the relief you are seeking, also.
18. Light a Candle
Aromatherapy can help reduce stress and anxiety. These scents can be especially soothing:
Orange or orange blossom.
19. Take A Yoga Class
There are several types of yoga, but most of them follow the common principle of joining the mind and the body. Yoga primarily does this by increasing body and breath awareness.
Some studies have looked at yoga’s effect on mental health. Overall, they have found that yoga can enhance mood and may even be as effective as antidepressant drugs at treating depression and anxiety.
20. Practice Mindfulness
When we practice mindfulness, our thoughts tune into what we’re sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future. Mindfulness is a gentle approach to what is going on right now.
Mindfulness is about observation without criticism; being compassionate with yourself.
When unhappiness or stress hover overhead, rather than taking it all personally, you learn to treat them as if they were black clouds in the sky, and to observe them with friendly curiosity as they drift past.
In essence, mindfulness allows you to catch negative thought patterns before they tip you into a downward spiral. It begins the process of putting you back in control of your life.
Eliminating stress does take a bit of work. It seems to be all around us and appears when we least expect it. Some of the above tips are a process, such as; exercise, healthy eating and getting enough sleep.
Others are things you can practice in 5 minutes while you are sitting at a desk. Pick 2 -3 of these that can help you at any moment when you become overwhelmed, such as; deep breathing, mindfulness, read for five minutes, journal for a few minutes.
Pick a few long-term tips that will help improve your overall health. Healthy eating and exercise are the two that will have the biggest impact on living a stress-free life.
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At the point when we discuss a securities exchange concerning any country, the economy is viewed as first. A rising economy influences the financial exchange drawing in both homegrown and abroad financial backers the same with the stock trades showing a vertical diagram. At the point when the generally speaking financial circumstance displays a low ebb, the securities exchange shows a descending pattern. As a financial backer, you need to consider various contemplations in your well thought out course of action. Costs act as the wheel to any speculation choices. Most financial backers, who trust in imprudent exchanging, think about just costs without pondering different viewpoints. All the more frequently they purchase stocks when the stock costs are low and hang tight for a perfect time frame for the market to go up. On the off chance that the market goes up, selling those offers will almost certainly bring gains.
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Autonomous functions allow developers, collaborators and organisations to create self-executing programs on the blockchain.
Autonomous Functions are blockchain programs that execute custom instructions installed on the blockchain. They react to transactions and perform operations that alter the state of a repository. Repositories use Autonomous Functions to create decentralised applications and to create custom ownership and governance behaviours. They are also known as Smart Contracts.
Developers do not need to learn a new language to build autonomous functions. They will use well-established languages like Typescript, Go, C++, Rust and WebAssembly.
Autonomous functions are deployed from git repositories. Therefore, they are invoked using the unique address of the git repository. The benefit of this is that the autonomous function that does not required immutability can receive upgrades without changing its invocation address.
An autonomous function enables the governance configurations of a repository to be customised in ways that may differ from the protocol's default. It can act as a middleware for when the protocol’s defaults are undesirable.
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PROJECTED FOOD ASSISTANCE NEEDS FOR February 2022
This brief summarizes FEWS NET’s most forward-looking analysis of projected emergency food assistance needs in FEWS NET coverage countries. The projected size of each country’s acutely food insecure population (IPC Phase 3 and higher) is compared to last year and the recent five-year average and categorized as Higher ( p), Similar ( u), or Lower ( ). Countries where external emergency food assistance needs are anticipated are identified. Projected lean season months highlighted in red indicate either an early start or an extension to the typical lean season. Additional information is provided for countries with large food insecure populations, an expectation of high severity, or where other key issues warrant additional discussion. Analytical confidence is lower in remote monitoring countries, denoted by “RM.” Visit www.fews.net for detailed country reports. | <urn:uuid:18aa7943-fc0c-4e7d-a302-18fe7973b776> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://reliefweb.int/report/world/food-assistance-outlook-brief-august-2021 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.928085 | 183 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Why charter in the Saronic and Argolic Gulfs
Charting in the Saronic Gulf is extremely appealing, as the islands here are the most accessible to Athens. Not only that, but the Saronic Gulf makes for easy, relaxing sailing with mild winds compared to other sailing areas in Greece. Importantly, it’s an extremely beautiful area with fantastic islands that combine natural beauty with remarkable historical significance.
If you’re sailing the Saronic islands, you may as well extend your pampered adventure by including the Peloponnese mainland, which also has plenty to offer.
You don’t have to travel far from the mainland for an authentic Greek island experience. Even tying up in the port is a charming experience, where horses pulling carriages clip-clop by and traditional fishing boats bob in the water. A few things to tick off here include visiting a pistachio grove, the 5th century Temple of Aphaia, and the awe-inspiring Byzantine Paleohora ruins. Adrenaline junkies are in for a treat as opportunities for water sports are abundant in Aegina – whether its wind surfing, diving or snorkelling that you’re after.
Sensational Moni is an uninhabited island, home only to a few friendly goats, peacocks and deer. You’ll feel miles away from anything as you float in Moni’s turquoise waters. The island also offers fantastic hiking, fishing and picnicking, and it makes for a tranquil overnight anchorage.
The main drawcard of this village on mainland Greece is its 4th century BC theatre, an incredibly well-preserved structure that is still used today during the annual Athens & Epidavros Festival. If that doesn’t pique your interest, Epidavros is also home to the Sanctuary of Asclepius (the Sanctuary of Asklepios), the earliest organised sanatorium and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Those who fancy a bit of snorkelling can explore the ancient Sunken City.
Poros, in the southwest of the Saronic Gulf, is one of Greece’s best kept secrets. This island pair is made up of larger and mainly forested Kalavria (Kalaureia), and the smaller, rocky island of Sphairia (Sphaeria), where you’ll find the bustling town of Poros. Its pastel-hued houses are stacked on the hill that rises dramatically from the harbour, and the island also boasts beautiful beaches and interesting sites.
Built on a slope that overlooks the Argo-Saronic Gulf, Hydra entices celebrities and wealthy Greeks with her charm and exclusivity. Wander the narrow, marble-paved streets of the medieval Old Town, and marvel at the island’s well-preserved stone architecture. Plus, there are no cars to ruin the ambience – Hydra is entirely free of motor vehicles. For an authentic Greek experience, go around in a traditional donkey-drawn carriage.
Perhaps the most relaxing and tranquil of the Saronic islands, Spetses offers an unparalleled sense of escape. That being said, Spetses Town has a vibrant cultural scene and great nightlife. The rest of the island is rolling hills and verdant pine forests, with plenty of hidden coves and secluded swimming spots for you to discover.
Located in the Peloponnese, Nafplio is a coastal town near the north end of the Argolic Gulf. Popular beaches include Arvanitia and Neraki, but you’ll be able to steal away to more secluded coves. The Old Town is a joy to discover, packed with neoclassical houses and charming cafes. The nearby Byzantine monastery, Agia Moni, offers a bit of tranquillity just a few kilometres from Nafplio. Nafplio lies in the Argolis region, which was the main realm of the Mycenaeans that ruled Greece from 1500 to 1200 BC, so it’s the perfect base for learning more about this civilisation.
The natural rock fortress of Monemvasia is the ultimate in romantic getaways. A thin bridge separates it from the southeast tip of the Peloponnese. Exploring the medieval village enclosed in the walls of the fort is simply magical. And then, there’s the perennial view of the cerulean Myrtoan Sea. Climb the stairs to the citadel and up to the Ayia Sofia Church for breathtaking views. Palaia Monemvasia is a beautiful, sheltered anchorage.
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Visit the ruins of the two greatest cities of the Mycenaean civilization, a strong force in the eastern Mediterannean region from the 15th to the 12th centuries BC. They are located in the Argolis region, in the northeast Peloponnese. In Mycenae the remains include the iconic Lion Gate and excavated tombs. Tiryns is smaller and more modest, but still worth a visit, especially for fans of Greek history and literature.
Top Photo Ops
Bourtzi Castle, Nafplio
This Venetian water castle is located in the middle of Nafplio’s harbour. It’s served every possible purpose, from prison to hotel, and now it hosts music and cultural events in the summer. Snap it during the day or lit up at night, either way it’s really something to behold.
The marvellous Palamidi castle was built by the Venetians in the 1700s. Climb the steps to the top for sensational views of the town and ocean.
A gorgeous, sheltered cove – perfect for snorkelling and some ‘fun in the sun’ snaps.
Zoodochos Pigi, Poros
Visit the monastery of Zoodochos Pigi, founded in the 1700s. Its whitewashed domes stand out against the rich blue sea, the perfect setting for some memorable shots of your Greek experience.
Zogeria Bay, Spetses
This hidden gem is popular with the locals, and makes for some spectacular pictures.
Mount Parnon, Leonidio
Take a hike up this incredible mountain range, located in the southeast Peloponnese for some breathtaking vistas.
Kamini and Vlychos, Hydra
For a glimpse of authentic Greek island life, visit the charming fishing villages of Kamini and/or Vlychos. You can walk there from Hydra on a trail that runs alongside the sea.
Rafalias Pharmacy, Hydra
While it may be odd to suggest snapping photos of a pharmacy, this is regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful pharmacies. It dates back over 400 years and has an irrefutable charm.
What to eat
Typical Greek cuisine includes lots of fresh seafood (including octopus), olives and olive oil, dips like tzatziki, grilled meat, and plenty of grains and vegetables. These foods can all be found on the Saronic and Argolic islands, however there are also some traditional foods that are specific to certain islands.
In Aegina, the pistachio reigns supreme, and you’ll definitely want to get your hands on some. Salted, plain, or even caramelized, the pistachios are available any which way, and are grown all over the island. Aegina is also famous for Katsoula, a pink fish caught locally, then fried.
Poros, meanwhile, chooses to celebrate the humble lemon, sourced from the famous Lemon Forest. And in Hydra, be sure to indulge in their famous almond sweets, specifically amygdalota i.e. almond cookies.
As for the Argolic region, lallagia is a must-try – it’s a fried dough snack that is totally addictive!
What to buy
Taking home something unique to the area is a great way to commemorate your pampered adventure in this special part of the world.
Foods and other consumables can be purchased and given as gifts, or kept for special occasions. At the Lemon Forest in Poros, you can purchase local lemony delicacies like spoon sweets, jams and almonds. Pistachio nuts, pastes and oils from Aegina are a must for the foodies on board. Aegina is also known for figs, grapes and olive oils.
At the Karonis Distillery Exhibition and Shop in Napflio, one of the oldest spirit producers in Greece, take home a bottle of Ouzo Koroni Special, a strong spirit with anise, and notes of coriander and fennel.
Of course, Greece is synonymous with high-quality, beautiful ceramics. The village of Mesagros in Aegina is one such place where you can pick up gorgeous locally-made pottery.
When to go
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BSNL Corporate office has issued certain instructions to reduce the number of contract workers from the present strength, even to the extent of 10% / 20% on the plea of reducing expenditure of the company. On the basis of the same, many CGMs/GMs have started retrenchment.
BSNLEU and BSNLCCWF has strongly opposed this ill-motivated move. There is no doubt that BSNL is in difficult financial position. The revenue has to be increased and certain measures to reduce the expenditure is also necessary. The workers and their unions are fully with the management in improving the services and also revenue. It is due to the hard work of the employees and casual / contract workers that BSNL is able to provide more connections each month, despite lack of spectrum and latest technology. If the government is prepared to provide BSNL with 4G/5G spectrum to BSNL, the growth of BSNL will be phenomenal, despite predatory pricing by Reliance Jio. Government, the owner of the BSNL and MTNL is unfortunately favouring the private companies and strangulating the PSUs, BSNL and MTNL.
The casual and contract workers are continuing in DOT/BSNL for about 20 to 30 years. Many are going to reach 60 years. Their entire life has been spent by working for DOT/BSNL, even though they were being paid meagre wages and even which was usurped by the contractors and some of the corrupt officers. As long as the exploitation continued, the number of casual/contract workers increased. But due to formation of BSNLCCWF and sustained struggles, when the contractors are compelled to pay the wages as per Minimum Wage fixed by the Chief Labour Commissioner, the authorities and the contractors want to reduce the workers to teach them a lesson. This is condemnable.
Retrenchment is not a solution. By retrenchment, the present work is reduced adversely affecting the services. Many of the works of the 2 lakh employees retired, the contract workers are doing. Retrenching them is not only against the interests of the BSNL, but also is a crime against the workers who worked their entire life / many years for the company.
There are many areas where unnecessary expenditure can be reduced just like foreign trips, purchase of unwanted equipment, utilisng the vacant buildings and staff quarters, selling the scraps, strict control over the purchase of diesel and petrol, austerity in the use of electricity, restricting unofficial use of vehicles, reducing outsourcing, strict collection of dues from subscribers and government departments, pulling up the corrupt officials etc. These are only some measures, but after careful study by the management in discussion with the unions can find out much more. It is to be noted that these contract workers who are working 10 to 12 hours or more are not getting even 5% of the wages that the top officers in the company are being paid.
Thousands of families are going to be starved, if the retrenchment takes place. This is to be stopped. Management should drop the idea to retrench contract workers. Many are going to be 60 years of age and gradually the number will come down also. They should be provided with gratuity etc.as per rules.
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What makes Christianity unique relative to other religions of the world is the agency of Jesus Christ. Everything the Christian has comes THROUGH JESUS. “IN HIM (Jesus) we have redemption – deliverance and salvation THROUGH HIS BLOOD, the remission, forgiveness of our offences, shortcomings and trespasses, in accordance with the riches and the generosity of his gracious favour…” (Ephesians 1:7 AMP)
Now, all other religions accept the historicity of Jesus. But they do not accept his deity or recognise his agency. Only Christianity preaches salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Other religions preach salvation by morality and good deeds – works. Unfortunately, some Christians also insist salvation is by morality and good works. And to make their point they resort to IMPLIED meanings of certain passages of scripture, totally ignoring the many explicit and direct scriptures on salvation by grace. In the bid to point out certain passages IMPLY salvation is by works, they forget they haven’t explained away or resolved scriptures like Ephesians 2:8-9: “For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works lest any man should boast.” How is anyone going to explain away such a brutally direct scripture!
Some of the confusion about interpretation of scriptures stem from the fact that many people take passages of scripture out of context. They ignore what comes before and after. And some do not even understand what they’re reading. They don’t understand the 17th century English of the popular King James Bible. One passage in the Bible that has suffered both fates is 1 Corinthians 9:27 – the “cast away” scripture. In that passage Paul wrote: “I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”
Notice this is not a direct or explicit scripture on salvation but one from which an inference has been drawn – that Paul was afraid of the possibility of hell. Hell is never mentioned in the scripture, and loss of salvation is never mentioned. These are just assumed. But what was Paul really talking about? For if Paul in this passage implies that salvation is by works, and that one can lose his salvation then he will be contradicting the content of several of his other letters and his gospel – in particular his letter to the Galatians: “You crazy Galatians! Did someone put a hex on you? Have you taken leave of your senses? Something crazy has happened, for it is obvious you no longer have the crucified Christ in clear focus in your lives. His sacrifice on the cross was certainly set clearly before you clearly enough. Let me put this question to you: How did your new life begin? Was it by working your heads off to please God? Or was it by responding to God’s message to you? Are you going to continue this craziness? For only crazy people would think they could complete by their own effort what was begun by God.” (Galatians 3:1-6 MSG) How can Paul tell the Galatians they’re crazy for trying to complete their salvation through human effort, yet tell the Corinthians salvation is by self-effort and human morality?
1 Corinthians 9:27 in fact has nothing to do with the question of salvation. In other to understand what Paul was saying, we need to back up a bit, to see what he had said. Remember Paul was writing a letter. He never knew he was writing the Bible. We can’t just pick a paragraph from his letter out of context. Paul wrote in an organic free-flowing form.
The thrust of Paul in 1 Corinthians 9 were his rights as an apostle, as well as his motivation for preaching the gospel. As an apostle, he argued, he had a right to demand upkeep from the church at Corinth: “We who are on missionary assignments for God have a right to decent accommodations, and we have a right to support for us and our families.” (1 Corinthians 9:3-7 MSG) These were rights enjoyed by the other apostles and the brothers of Jesus, as well as Peter Paul wrote. Unlike other apostles Paul and Barnabas worked and paid their way through even though they were on missionary work. “Are soldiers self-employed? Are gardeners forbidden to eat vegetables from their own gardens? Don’t milkmaids get to drink their fill from the pail?” (1 Corinthians 9:7) “The Lord ordered that those who preach the Good News should be supported by those who benefit from it.” (1 Corinthians 9:14 NLT) And so the thrust of his letter was not salvation but his rights and his work as an apostle. Paul wrote that he had never exercised these rights: “Yet I have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that I want to start now. In fact I would rather die than lose my right to boast about preaching without charge.” (1 Corinthians 9:15 NLT) So what was he really getting from preaching the gospel? What was his pay? “It is the opportunity to preach the Good News without charging anyone. That’s why I never demand my rights when I preach the Good News.” (1 Corinthians 9:18) Preaching the gospel without charge he says gave him freedom. “I am free of demands and expectations of everyone.” (1 Corinthians 9:19) Nonetheless he voluntarily chose to “become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people: religious, non-religious, meticulous moralists, loose living moralists, the defeated, the demoralized – whoever.” (1 Corinthians 9:19-20 MSG) “I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some.” (1 Corinthians 9:22 NLT) But he was rather careful about mingling with the world, he said: “I didn’t take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ – but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view.” (1 Corinthians 9:22 MSG) This approach of his as one can imagine is rather risky, just as he intimated. It requires enormous discipline. In other to cope with the temptations associated with this approach to evangelism Paul adopted a strict regimen of discipline, like an athlete, and like a boxer.
And so we see Paul talking about coping with massive exposure to temptation. This becomes obvious in the next chapter, 1 Corinthians 10. It’s a continuation of the discourse began in 1 Corinthians 9. It’s why he wrote: “No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he’ll never let you be pushed beyond your limit; he’ll always be there to help you come through it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13 MSG)
Paul says he disciplined himself like an athlete and like a boxer. As an athlete he kept his goal in focus. As a boxer he subdued his body. (1 Corinthians 9:27) “Like a boxer I buffet my body, handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit, not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit.” (1 Corinthians 9:27 AMP) The Greek for “cast away is “adokimos.” It means unapproved, unworthy, rejected. In Ancient Olympics those too old or considered unfit were disqualified. The athletes were actually required to take an oath saying they had been in training for ten months. “To be in the games, the athletes had to qualify and have their names written in the lists.” (Wikipedia) Paul used that list as analogy. Athletics and boxing were two main events at the Olympics. Champion athletes were awarded an olive wreath crown, the kotinos. The kotinos of course withered with time. Paul called it perishable. But he says his focus was winning a crown of righteousness – “an imperishable crown.” (cf. 1 Corinthians 9:25, 2 Timothy 4:8)
What Paul was saying was, he was mindful of his reputational asset. His message was as good as his reputation. He didn’t want to be rejected as a fake preacher. (The Corinthians were particularly targeted by fake preachers cf. 2 Corinthians 12:13-15) The King James edition renders that passage as: “But I keep my body, and bring it to subjection: lest by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” (1 Corinthians 9:27 KJV) The phrase “castaway” references both the Olympics and Homer’s Odyssey. To quote from Olympic Ethics and Philosophy, edited by Mike McNamee (2014), “The success of these athletes, in so far as it depended on training, grated on traditional aristocratic sensibilities. The belief had been that true aristocrats didn’t need to train to become athletes and they didn’t need to study to become intellectuals. In Homer’s Odyssey, the hero proves his nobility through untrained athleticism. Washing up a WEAKENED CASTAWAY on the shores of Phaeacia, Odysseus responds to the insulting implication that he may be a businessman rather than a king by slinging a discuss farther than all the locals. (Homer, Odyssey 8.100-233). Back in Ithaca, his queen and subjects failed to recognise him until he levels a low class rival in boxing…”
It’s important for a Christian to be well read across many disciplines – ancient history, philosophy, anthropology, cosmology etc. It’s the advantage Paul and Apostle John had. A study of ancient Greece and Greek philosophy for example helps us understand the context in which the apostles wrote, just as the Book of Acts gives us a lot of context for early Christianity.
Paul would maintain his athletic and boxing analogy in his letter to Timothy: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. And now the prize awaits me – the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:7-8) Now, you understand why he says, “Run to win!” in 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NLT); or as the King James Bible says, “So run, that ye may obtain.” And so we know there’s a reward system for Christians in Heaven. No wonder Paul wrote, “No sloppy living for me. I’m staying alert and in top condition. I’m not going to get caught napping, telling everyone else about it and then missing out.” (1 Corinthians 9:27 MSG) He was talking about missing out on his reward, not salvation. Paul didn’t want to miss out on his reward having told others to aim for the prize. That’s what he meant by being a “castaway”. He was not talking about losing his salvation.
If you’ll like to give your life to Christ please pray this prayer: “Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I know that I am a sinner. I believe Jesus died for me and that you raised him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Christ is Lord and I receive him as my Lord and my Saviour. I am now born again. Amen.”
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Horror! We all love that genre. The thrill, the excitement, the suspense, and even the jump scares. However, this genre is not for everybody, especially the faint-hearted. Amongst the lovers of this genre is Ed Harrington, an artist based in Virginia, known for his illustrations. Fascinated by this genre, ever since he was a little child, he decided to bless us all with his version of scary movie characters.
In an interview with Bored Panda, Ed Harrington, who is also known as nothinghappenedtoday on Instagram, Tumblr, and his website, revealed the name of his new series – IKEA instructions. This series featured instructions on how to make horror movie villains. These instructions though are simple, we can’t help but admire the artwork and the ideas.
We have picked out some of the best IKEA inspired illustrations from his work for you:
For those of you who haven’t seen the movie “The Ring”, Samara is known to be one of the creepiest and scariest character of all times.
2. Betel Geuse
3. Edward Scissorhands
All you need is: 14 scissors and no hands.
4. Darth Vader
Take the chosen one, making him evil, cut off all his limbs and attach the IKEA made prosthetics and VOILA! You now have your own Darth Vadar.
“I usually stick to horror for IKEA series because I enjoy the genre, and most villains have a “creation” story that I can mine for ideas. Occasionally, I venture into other subjects, but horror seems to work better for the concept.” It usually takes the artist between 6-12 hours depending upon how complicated the character may be and how many steps would be needed to create the illustrations. This series not only focuses on movies but also has horror characters from books.
5. Hannibal Lecter
It was an amazing movie of a girl who likes to stay reserved and in her own personal space but everyone just bullied her until she unleashed her telekinetic powers.
8. Freddy Krueger
“One two freddys coming for you. Three four better lock your doors. Five six get you stick. Seven eight stay up late. Nine ten never sleep again.” – Felipe StillChill
Harringon has been working as an illustrator for the past 20 years. “For my “day job,” I work as a graphic designer at an alt-weekly newspaper. Nights are spent working on illustration commissions or just drawing for fun. I’ve done illustration work for Fox television, Penguin Books, id10t, and others. I’ve been drawing my entire life, and even went to art school for college to study graphic design and illustration at Virginia Commonwealth University. I think that my commercial art background as a designer/illustrator with a realistic drawing style allows me to mimic most artistic drawing styles and allows me to be flexible in my subject matter.” No wonder why these and all his other illustrations are amazing!
How cool would it be to build Chucky from the movie “Child’s Play” at home? But we are not sure if you would surive that or not.
12. They Live
13. Damien Thorn
14. Han Solo
For those of you who have watched the movie “Midsommar”, here’s what you need to do.
“Would one of those giant life-size teddy bears do?” – Seabeast.
16. Jason Voorhees
17. Buffalo Bill
Again, an amazing character from the movie “The Silence of the Lambs”. Do you want to make a woman suit for yourself?
19. The Walking Dead
All you need to do is to find a zombie and get yourself bitten by it. But wait, shouldn’t it come with the package? Hmm…
Find his sword and hide it, please.
You better stay away from the cross.
“Gosh, “The Lost Boys” is my 80s in a nutshell.” – Baron Simone Von Bianco
25. The Human Centipede
26. Gage Creed
While all these are super amazing, it just reminded us of all the scary things we could think of. How are we supposed to sleep at night? Do you think you can still go on? Let us know in the comments section below. Don’t forget to mention which one you liked the most and would be interested in creating yourself. We’ll be waiting!
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Dorothy Nesbit examines the complex relationship between being able to ask for support, but also knowing when to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ when someone asks you to do something.
Many people find it hard to make requests – be it for an increase in their budget, some practical support from their partner, or somebody’s time or opinion. And, being afraid to ask, we couch our request in the vaguest of language or seek to disguise it as something else – as a suggestion or as a command. We may even hesitate to say ‘yes’ when others willingly offer support. It seems we find it hard to receive.
Our relationship with giving can be very complex. How many of us find ourselves saying ‘yes’ to a request that we would rather say ‘no’ to, maybe even to a request nobody has actually made? In schools, one of the most striking examples of this is the time we give over and above our contracted hours, regardless of the impact on our effectiveness. How often – in this area as elsewhere in our lives – do we do things out of some vague sense that somebody (our boss, our colleagues, our parents or partners) may want us to? Giving also presents challenges.
Ricky Forde of the Gap Partnership, who trains senior executives to negotiate more successfully, highlights the importance of giving and receiving in this context: ‘Again and again the difference between successful and unsuccessful negotiations lie in giving and receiving. It is the difference between something of value that a leader can easily give away to another party in exchange for something of equal or greater value in return. This will only work if it is something of relatively low cost to the other party or something that they can do easily. And whilst in commerce you might be talking about a significant deal for a company, in politics you might be talking about peace in a war-torn area or even a longed-for apology’.
What makes the difference between the person who finds it difficult to give and receive and the – relatively rare – person who is able to give and receive easily and knows when to say ‘no’? Often the differences lie in the beliefs we hold: perhaps we believe that our needs cannot be met without putting others out or exhausting scarce resources. If this is our belief, we are likely to fear that our needs will not be met and maybe even that we will be judged as selfish and undeserving if we make requests or receive help. Is it any surprise that we hesitate to express our needs or to share our own ‘scarce’ resources?
If, on the other hand, we believe that our needs have equal status with the needs of others, and that everybody’s needs can be met, we are more likely to ask for the support we need and to give from a sense of abundance.In this case,we are likely to feel comfortable when others say ‘no’ to our request, believing that our needs can be met in another way. We are also likely both to be generous in the giving and to feel comfortable when we choose to say ‘no’. The power of this different belief lies not in its literal truth, but in the way it guides our behaviour and opens up new possibilities.
If you recognise that you have difficulty in giving or receiving, what first step might you take to make a difference? This may be to notice the thoughts and feelings that hold you back, to make a request you have been putting off or to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to a request that someone has made of you. Taking new actions can have a powerful effect in loosening the grip of old habits. Wherever you are starting from, every journey begins with a single step. What first step do you want to take? TEX
The following questions are designed to help you to understand your own attitudes to giving and receiving and perhaps to take steps towards a more fulfilling approach.
- What requests have you made recently?
- What help have you said ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to?
- What is the balance in your life between giving and receiving?
Perhaps you are happy with the status quo. If not, what change would you like to make?
- How would your life be different if you were able to achieve your giving and receiving goal? Take time to imagine how your life would be different if you were able to make the change you desire. What would you be doing differently and with what outcomes? What would you be seeing, hearing, and feeling differently?
- How do your current beliefs support you in your giving and receiving? What beliefs do you hold about giving?
- What beliefs do you hold about receiving?
- How do the above support you in leading the life of your choosing?
- What do your colleagues, friends and family notice about the ease with which you give and receive? What marks you out from others you know?
- What adjustment can you make that will take you closer to your giving and receiving goal?
Dorothy Nesbit supports teachers, support staff, school managers and headteachers in liberating their own potential, so that they can achieve the levels of personal satisfaction needed to sustain effective performance, to inspire our young people, and to help students to prepare for their adult lives. Visit www.learningforlifeconsulting.co.uk for more information.
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Banana Bread: the Perfect Accompaniment for Hitting the Books
As a self-proclaimed banana bread aficionado, I know making homemade banana bread may seem daunting at first–especially for busy, dedicated students who have a plethora of AICE/AP exams to study for and worry about: the adjustment of added sweetener amounts based on the ripeness of the bananas, the cooking times that (often) exceed an hour, and the complications of making food from scratch that make up the banana bread-making process can understandably add to the stress.
But for those studious people who also need to satisfy their sweet tooth, banana bread is the prime candidate. One of the best parts of making and eating banana bread is that you can’t buy it pre-made; the star of the recipe (bananas) can not be found in powder form in a cardboard box on a supermarket shelf. Sure, the trusty Betty Crocker and Ghirardelli boxes of brownie mix might be quick, easy, dependable, and hard to mess up. But where’s the fun in that?
Amidst the tedious hours of memorizing formulas, running through practice questions, and reviewing old material, adding another orderly, boring process to the mix won’t help. To truly ease your mind of some exam-induced stress, you need to distract yourself by fully immersing yourself in an external activity. So while at first glance that from-scratch banana bread recipe might elicit a groan, just think about your mind. No matter how delicious the brownies are, the baking process won’t help you alleviate stress as much as the banana bread-baking process will: as junior Emma Schenker puts it, “I’d rather bake banana bread because it’s more interesting, but I’d rather eat brownies.”
Baking can be a fun, relaxing, and–most importantly– rewarding way to destress during this testing season. Banana bread may take a little more time and effort than brownies, but the end result makes it all worth it, I promise. A loaf of banana bread is just more interesting and slightly more sophisticated than a brownie–and it makes the perfect study snack. Junior Matthew Castillo adds, “If I’m studying, I would want banana bread, because it’s light… It’s also just nicer on the palate: if you’re eating a brownie you want to enjoy it with ice cream or something and relish it, but if you’re studying, you’re splitting your focus, so banana bread is a better study snack. It’s also less messy.”
Regardless of your preference, though, a sweet treat here and there may be necessary in order to help you keep your engine running during testing season, which is stressful as is: there’s no time to be stressing about eating a little sugar or feeling like you’re ‘wasting time’ by taking breaks to do what you enjoy, whether that be baking, reading, or exercising. Without a balance, your productivity and the effectiveness of your studying will be for naught, so the bottom line is: don’t forget to treat yourself!
Boosting Your Brain With Brownies
Neck aching and hand cramping, you can’t help but let out a loud yawn at the content-packed page before you. Along with it comes tears flooding your eyes, the eyes that you could barely keep open as you flipped through your dense textbook in an attempt to study. When the aroma of freshly baked brownies floats into your study area, your mind suddenly wakes up with a new energy, exactly what you needed from the start of your session.
While they may sound insignificant, snack breaks like these play a super important role when it comes to testing season, perhaps the most stressful time of the school year. For some people, increasing anxiety means skipping meals for the good of their scores, but trust me, it’s a lose-lose situation. As Senior Julian Villarta, President of the Culinary Club, explains, “it’s always important to give yourself breaks because you’ll study more efficiently… it’s really hard to think straight on an empty stomach.”
So don’t think of food as a setback to your goal! Not only do snacks keep you physically healthy during an exhausting time, but you can even use them as motivation before testing. And what better encouragement than some warm, fudgy brownies?
Brownies, the classic dessert, are an automatic daymaker with its crispy crust, soft insides, and all its chocolatey goodness. Just thinking about it already brings me joy, but plain brownies aren’t where the fun stops. Junior Macarena Morales, who’s found herself exploring ways to de-stress amidst her AP- and AICE-packed schedule, points out that “you can pair [brownies] with so many other stuff like milk and ice cream,” while banana bread isn’t that versatile.
Sure, some people consider these combinations (or even the brownies alone) too sugary in comparison to the balanced sweetness of banana bread, but don’t feel guilty about that now! There’s already enough to worry about this testing season, and adding this to the list only puts more pressure on you. Like Junior and high achiever Chelsea Ugwuozor says, “The right food/snacks always manages to cheer [you] up and it helps take [your] mind away from all the stress going on around [you].” Remember, you’re taking a break, and breaks should be free of any worry.
Of course, you don’t have to go too crazy with your little snack break. After all, brownies are known for being simple treats that are easy to make, especially if you have a box mix. Banana bread, on the other hand, takes more time and effort to prepare. The reality is, though, why waste time for the same result? With baking brownies, at least you can guarantee that you’re on track in your study schedule.
So whether it be with brownies, banana bread, or something else, don’t forget to take care of yourself this testing season! Treat yourself with snacks during study breaks, and remember to eat a filling breakfast on your testing day. A healthy body leads to a healthy mind, so it’s important to keep your stomach full for your own success and to finish the year off strong! | <urn:uuid:b79d33cb-d5ec-45cf-aa6e-75ce331327dd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ppchsnews.com/5416/ppchsnews-com-archive/rebecca-vs-rebekah-8/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.937661 | 1,383 | 1.640625 | 2 |
More than a dozen of Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces on the border fence between the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied territories, where Palestinians gathered to demonstrate against the regime’s blockade of the coastal enclave.
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, 14 Palestinians were wounded during the Wednesday demonstration, five of them from live bullets, two from rubber-coated bullets and seven from tear gas inhalation.
Official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that at least one minor was hit by live ammunition during the demonstration, held east of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
The Israeli military had deployed additional troops along the border ahead of the pre-organized protests, including two special forces units, a tank company and a number of snipers.
The protests came hours after Osama Khaled D’eij, a 32-year-old Palestinian from Jabalia in northern Gaza, succumbed to the wounds from Israeli gunfire.
D’eij was shot and seriously injured during protests that took place near the border fence on Saturday to condemn the Israeli blockade of Gaza and commemorate the 52nd anniversary of a 1969 arson attack on al-Aqsa Mosque.
During Saturday’s demonstrations, more than 40 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire, including a 13-year-old youth who was shot in the head, the Health Ministry said.
Tensions have spiked along the border fence in recent weeks over the Israeli regime’s hampering of efforts to reconstruct the Strip following its latest war on Gaza.
As a means of pressuring the Palestinian Hamas resistance group, which runs the Gaza Strip, Israel has severely limited the transfer of building materials and other goods into Gaza.
The latest round of Israeli violence against Palestinians comes three months after the Israeli military bombarded the besieged Gaza Strip for 11 consecutive days, killing at least 260 Palestinians, Including 66 children.
The Gaza-based resistance groups also fired around 4,000 rockets towards the Israeli-occupied territories during the 11-day war.
Two million Palestinians live under the siege in Gaza, with Israel restricting the movement of goods and people in and out of the enclave.
Israel’s blockade of Gaza, with the proclaimed aim of targeting Hamas, has severely harmed Gaza’s infrastructure, leading to shortages of electricity and drinking water.
It has also devastated Gaza’s economy and fueled an unemployment rate hovering around 50 percent.
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Most of the attention in a life with cerebral palsy is on the children, but parents need an abundance of support and resources as well. That’s why we created CParents! This CPATH program provides educational resources to parents and caregivers, as well as an opportunity to connect, build relationships, and learn in a supportive environment.
We hold many workshops which include adults with CP sharing their inspiring stories and successes, local doctors presenting advanced research for cerebral palsy, family psychologists, massage therapists, orthopedists, financial experts for special needs trusts, and more. These Q&A forums allows parents to have dialogues with the experts as well as one another. Information gathering, sharing, and building a community is what we do at CParents!
NEW at CParents!!!
We’ve recently teamed up with the SW Family YMCA to offer parents and caregivers respite day opportunities. Children with CP or similar neuro motor diagnosis ages 4-21 enjoy adaptive games, recreation, music, and friendship building, and more while adults are able to enjoy some much needed free time! The best place to learn of our respite dates is through our Facebook page and the also calendar of the right side of this website.
We are always seeking opportunities to share information with the central Texas CP community, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org with possible speakers and/or events.
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Genghis Khan is believed to have had so many children that some 16 million men alive today are directly descended from the Mongol emperor.
With an unquenchable bloodlust and thirst for territory, Genghis Khan expanded his Mongol Empire from the Pacific Ocean to the Danube River throughout the late 12th and early 13th centuries. And though this ruthless warrior king left countless bloody battlefields in his wake, he also left behind an astonishing legacy of procreation. In fact, an estimated 16 million men alive today come from a long line of Genghis Khan’s children.
While Genghis Khan died eight centuries ago, his legacy remains in place thanks to the countless children he fathered throughout his territories. His strategies as a conqueror were so effective that he sacked most of Asia by 1206 A.D. — and he fathered large numbers of children wherever he went.
Historians have long known that he fathered numerous children with six wives and an untold number of concubines, but the staggering details only came to light in a 2003 study.
Published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, “The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols” found that 0.5 percent of the world’s male population were Khan’s genetic descendants and that 8 percent of men living in his former territory had identical Y-chromosomes.
So, in the end, how many children did Genghis Khan have? The answers are as astounding as they are murky.
The Rise Of Genghis Khan, The Fearsome Mongol Conqueror
Born “Temüjin” in 1162 A.D. during a period of immense conflict among Mongolian tribes, Genghis Khan came from a long line of warriors and was christened after a Tatar chieftain that his father had captured. Khan was also reportedly delivered while grasping a blood clot in his right hand, which his people believed destined him for leadership.
When he was 9, Khan’s father was killed by a rival. Then rejected by their own tribe, Khan and his family lived in poverty. Gradually, his half-brother began to claim his spot as the head of the family, a fact Khan resented. His feelings of frustration culminated in him killing his half-brother by shooting him with an arrow.
Determined to unite the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, he married outside his own and fathered four sons with a woman named Börte. Genghis Khan’s children were named Jochi, Chagatai, Ögedei and Tolui — and he would amass countless more.
Khan galvanized 20,000 men with a campaign to destroy the Tatars and led his army across the continent. He taught them how to ride their horses without using their hands. This allowed them to use javelins and hook-fitted lances to tear enemies off their horses. Khan’s bloodline, meanwhile, was tended to after battle.
After ordering the deaths of male survivors taller than three feet and boiling their chiefs alive, Khan made concubines of any women he pleased. His army grew to 80,000 by 1206 A.D., with the defeat of all enemy Mongol tribes the next year crowning him Genghis Khan, or “universal ruler” and supreme god of his people.
“The greatest joy for a man is to defeat his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all they possess, to see those they love in tears, to ride their horses, and to hold their wives and daughters in his arms,” proclaimed Khan.
Over the next 20 years, Khan ruled most of modern-day Russia, China, Iraq, Korea, Eastern Europe and India. His slaughter of 40 million people saw humanity’s carbon footprint drop by 700 million tons. While Khan’s cause of death is still the subject of scholarly debate, his reproductive thirst was recently uncovered in-depth.
How Many Children Did Genghis Khan Have?
The international group of experts who wrote the 2003 genetic study had one question in mind: “How many people are related to Genghis Khan?” To find out, they researched 5,000 blood samples collected over a 10-year period from more than 40 populations inhabiting regions within and near the former Mongol empire.
Only one population outside the former borders of his empire yielded traces of his lineage — the Persian-speaking Hazaras ethnic group of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“The Hazaras gave us our first clue to the connection with Genghis Khan,” said Spencer Wells, a geneticist and co-author of the study. “They have a long oral tradition that says they’re his direct descendants.”
Wells zeroed in on the Y-chromosome of his blood samples. Since it doesn’t undergo standard recombination like other parts of the human genome and is always passed on from father to son, it typically stays unchanged. Random mutations do occur, but helpfully mark all unique lineages of descent.
“We have identified a Y-chromosomal lineage with several unusual factors,” the study said. “It was found in 16 populations throughout a large region of Asia, stretching from the Pacific to the Caspian Sea, and was present at high frequency: ~8% of the men in this region carry it, and it thus makes up ~0.5% of the world total.”
The experts found one particular lineage from 1,000 years ago that belonged to Khan himself and revealed that 1 in 200 men alive today are his descendants. Coincidentally, some scholars estimated that he impregnated more than 1,000 women during his reign. The geneticists added that the expansion of Khan’s territory and the spread of his seed were correlated.
“The historically documented events accompanying the establishment of the Mongol empire would have contributed directly to the spread of this lineage,” the authors wrote.
Tracing Genghis Khan’s Children Today
While the 21st century finally made tracing Genghis Khan’s descendants a scientific endeavor, how many children he personally fathered remains unclear. Only his first four sons with Börte were ever formally recognized, after all. Jochi had at least 16 children of his own, while Chagatai fathered 15.
“This is a clear example that culture plays a very big role in patterns of genetic variation and diversity in human populations,” said Wells. “It’s the first documented case when human culture has caused a single genetic lineage to increase to such an enormous extent in just a few hundred years.”
Genghis Khan, meanwhile, died of mysterious reasons in 1227 A.D. Australian researchers claimed he hid his impending death to keep up Mongolian morale, leading to rumors of infection or victoriously falling in battle. One legend even dared claim a warrior princess castrated Khan and watched him bleed to death.
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Values: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHERE DO WE GET OUR VALUES? DHQ – Lesson 2 What are some examples of “values?” Write down three. If you are not sure, take a guess… VALUES Values = moral standards personal code of conduct Ways They are Passed On… 1. Lecture teaching, impressions by frequent repetitions (people) 2. Acting (modeling) 3. Experiences 4. Environment **You may/may not agree with your parents values – but you gather and use information to make your own judgments Examples of Values www.va lues.co m Your Turn… On the back of your notes (you will not be handing this in): First – list 5 values that are important to you. Next – rank them one being the most important and five being the least Lastly – pick the most important value to you Miss Anthony’s Top Five 1. Faith 2. Love 3. Integrity 4. Optimism 5. Respect A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on an escutcheon (i.e. shield), surcoat, or tabard. The coat of arms which consists of shield, supporters, crest, and motto. What would your coat of arms look like…? Individual Activity Create a banner / “Coat of Arms” I will provide all necessary arts & crafts to be able to create your banner The project must include: Two things that you value People that you value (at least two) 5 Personal characteristics / values (highlight your #1 value in a creative way) Activity is worth 10 classwork points – WRITE YOUR NAME & CLASS ON THE BACK! | <urn:uuid:cbecba22-c988-4c08-983b-6ad3f1a4bd55> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://studylib.net/doc/14106925/values-what-does-it-mean%3F-where-do-we-get | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.877184 | 337 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Keep Your Feet Safe from Fungus and Infection
Life is all about perspective.
Consider your feet and toenails. To you, they may seem like nothing all that special. You’re grateful for them, of course, but perhaps take them a little for granted. From the perspective of certain micro-organisms, however, your feet and nails represent the opportunity of a lifetime! To them, your feet are like an all-inclusive luxury resort that provides everything they need to grow and thrive—heat, moisture, keratin, the works!
Unfortunately, these fungi, bacteria, and viruses on “indefinite vacation” make very lousy guests. They leave uncomfortable, unsightly, even painful evidence of their presence everywhere. Itchy skin rashes went on top of feet and between toes. Warts on soles and toe tips. Funky, chunky, discolored nails. If you want to avoid this fate, you’d better prevent fungus from taking root on your feet!
- Wash your feet with mild soap and water every day, and dry them well.
- Don’t go barefoot in public, especially in humid common areas. Think locker rooms, pools, public showers, gym, etc. At the very least wear a pair of sandals or shower shoes.
- Avoid sharing towels, shoes, clothes, or other fabrics and linens with others who are infected.
- Avoid sharing razors, nail clippers, spa supplies, or other skin care tools that may come into contact with an infected area.
- Wear comfy shoes with breathable fabric uppers that allow air to circulate. Avoid spending long hours in moisture-trapping footwear if you can help it.
- Wear breathable, moisture-wicking socks. Change them immediately once they become wet. (If you sweat a lot, you may need to change socks more than once per day.)
- Alternate between two or more pairs of shoes every day, allowing each pair more than 24 full hours of “dry time” before you put them back on.
- Apply an anti-fungal spray or powder in your shoes regularly.
- If you like getting pedicures, make sure all technicians are properly licensed and the facility properly sterilizes their chairs, pipes, and equipment between uses—preferably using an autoclave. You may wish to bring your own tools as well.
Don’t let freeloading germs and micro-organisms crash your skin and nails indefinitely! Keep them away with proactive prevention. And if a few do manage to slip through the cracks, make sure you treat them quickly and aggressively with help from Family Foot & Ankle Care of Jasper. The longer you allow these unwanted tenants to stay, the harder they’ll be to evict. Call us today at (812) 481-7200. | <urn:uuid:93bd9adf-025f-405f-869f-a638e010d30c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://familyfootcareofjasper.com/feet-safe-fungus-infection/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.931665 | 604 | 2.375 | 2 |
We often had natural creamy ice-cream in the 1940s winters.
In 1941 there was snow near Bygate School, Monkseaton, higher than I was tall. One Sunday a policeman came knocking on the doors asking all the men to bring spades to clear Seatonville Road to let the traffic resume. It was 3 to 4 feet deep in snow and totally blocked from Burnthouse Lane to the Foxhunters.
The previous Friday night the railway was blocked and shut, so my Father got a lift on a milk cart from Walker nearly to Shields and walked the rest of the way home through drifting snow. Some Pennine railways were blocked for days. The crews dropped the loco’s fires on the tracks, and everybody had to get shelter where they could. London ran short of milk. The milk here froze in the bottles and pushed the lids off. It was great – we often had natural creamy ice cream in the 1940’s winters.
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The 12 weeks of summer break offer freedom and fun to over 55 million school-age children nationwide. But those 84 days of adventure can lead to more than giggles, sunburn, and scraped knees. Ignoring, avoiding, or postponing dental needs during summer break can lead to disastrous consequences that can permanently damage your child’s smile. While homework, schedules, and uniforms may be put on hold, proper dental care and attention must continue. Fortunately, protecting your kid’s smile during summer vacation is easy if they follow a few simple but effective dental tips.
Continue Or Improve Oral Hygiene Habits
Brushing teeth in the morning before school starts is an easy habit to maintain. But once summer hits, schedules change quickly and throw everything off. It’s easy for dental hygiene habits to be forgotten as sleep and play routines adjust. Your kids may still be asleep when you leave for work, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still monitor their dental behaviors. Leave reminders. Enact reward systems. Even load fun game-like dental apps on their phone. It will make summer brushing a blast.
Go Toothbrush Shopping
According to industry experts, you should be changing your toothbrush every 3-4 months. So chances are, everyone in the household is just about ready for a new toothbrush. Even if they’re not, they’re generally cheap enough that making summer toothbrush shopping an annual family event can keep your kids and their dentist smiling through the summer. Let the kids pick out their own to keep them motivated. And if the budget allows why not pick up some new floss and some fun rinse options? Make your kids feel like they have a say in every step of the process and oral hygiene won’t feel like a chore.
Watch the Sugar Intake
Summer is guaranteed to offer plenty of chances to rot your kids’ teeth. From Popsicles and soda to festive deserts and even gum, sugar’s bound to be easily obtained. Fortunately, you can offset those cravings by keeping the right food on hand. Instead of loading the freezer with confection, opt to freeze some cotton candy grapes. Keep plenty of fruit and veggies in the crisper. And make sure your kids primarily drink water and milk throughout the day. While cutting all sugar is practically impossible, a few simple tweaks can make a huge difference.
Use Mouth Guards for Summer Sports
Over 5 million teeth are avulsed annually at a lifetime cost of anywhere between $5,000 and $20,000. Many of those teeth are injured or knocked out during summer sports. But using a simple device can help decrease the risks of dental injury so everyone can continue having fun. Risks of orofacial injury in sports are almost 200% more likely without the use of a mouth guard. Both the International Academy of Sports Dentistry and American Dental Association recommend mouth guards for almost 30 different activities. And since they can be easily and affordably obtained via your dentist or even at a box store, there’s no reason not to stock up.
Schedule Your Dental Visits Early
The ADA recommends bi-annual dental visits for each family member to keep everyone’s teeth healthy and strong. Most parents opt to wait until the end of the summer to schedule their kids’ appointments. But that can create quite a jam for a busy dental team and extra stress for families busy with back-to-school errands and obligations. Scheduling the appointments with your Johns Creek dentist in early to mid-summer can ensure your kids’ teeth are fresh and ready for fall. And you can even pick up the mouth guards and summer health tips needed to keep everyone active and safe all summer long. | <urn:uuid:ca7c74ae-88d0-48b2-9b7e-1706e115a8d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.healthachievementstrategies.com/preventive-dentistry/5-summertime-dental-tips-for-kids | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.938086 | 771 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Change is hard. It’s hard to wake up in the morning without snoozing. It’s hard to stare at a blank piece of paper and write the first sentence. It’s hard to start a project, a job search, and especially a new organization or business.
Because change is hard, we typically stay in autopilot, we stick with the status quo, and we procrastinate.
But if we embrace change, amazing things start to happen. We grow, we learn, we make improvements in our lives.
In this issue, we applaud WGI Sport of the Arts for fostering change, for creating a new type of competitive marching arts experience called WGI Winds. We also applaud the groups who are taking advantage of this opportunity. In our cover story, “WGI Winds Debuts,” we spoke to several directors about their motivations, struggles and rewards when starting their new ensembles.
According to an ancient Chinese philosopher, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
In this journey, we might not walk in a straight line; we might even stumble and fall. But if we keep putting one foot in front of the other, we make progress, and eventually we reach our destination.
New WGI Winds directors aren’t the only ones who live by this mantra. In the article “Being Bisectional,” several young musicians share their stories about switching sections to gain new experiences in the marching arts activity. One wanted to march instead of being in the front ensemble; one wanted to join a drum corps with a new instrument; and another wanted to feel the music instead of play it. Though sometimes change can be lonely, these students found support from instructors and friends to help them reach their goals.
I recently watched a TED Talk by relationship expert Mel Robbins who said that getting what you want is simple (though not necessarily easy). Don’t say, “I’m fine.” Don’t engage your emergency brake. Force yourself to get out of your comfort zone. If you have an impulse to do something new, take action within five seconds. Figure out what you want and go for it.
Have Courage to Change,
Christine Ngeo Katzman
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The method of electric resistance welding is one of the most popular in the case of joining elements made of metals. Welding machines designed for this purpose are used to carry out the works.
Electric resistance welding is divided into:
- point (one-sided and two-sided)
- butt (short-circuit, spark)
- linear (overlap, linear-butt)
Welding takes place in three phases. There are three phases:
Phase 1 - two or more elements to be joined are subjected to the clamping force of the electrodes, then they are pressed together and a high current is applied, which causes heat to be released on the surface of the elements and a plastic metal is formed - this zone is called the core of the weld.
Phase 2 - the weld nucleus grows larger in order to obtain a joint with adequate strength, distortions also appear, which is a normal side effect.
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A new antimalarial candidate with a novel mechanism of action has demonstrated efficacy in mouse models of falciparum and vivax malaria.
Novartis announced today that scientists at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), in collaboration with partners, have discovered a novel compound, spiroindolone NITD609, which shows promise as a next-generation treatment for drug-resistant malaria. Major support for the project was provided by the Wellcome Trust, the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), A*STAR, Singapore and the US government.
The findings, published this week in Science, demonstrate that spiroindolone NITD609 is effective against the blood stage of the two most prevalent strains of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax. Through a novel mechanism, NITD609 rapidly cleared Plasmodium in a malaria mouse model and shows pharmacological properties compatible with a once-daily dosing regimen.
The discovery has taken less than 3 years to progress from a screening 'hit' to a viable preclinical candidate. “That is a turbo-charged pace,” said Tim Wells, chief scientist at Medicines for Malaria Venture, writing in Science.
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Control Solutions for Cogeneration Systems
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You can learn a lot from books checked out at your local library. But this library's books aren't on paper. Instead, you can "check out" humans.
"There's this taboo about asking about anything that makes someone different. … At an event like this, it's OK to ask questions. It's OK to be curious and have conversations about these things. And the more you know, the less there is to be afraid of," Amy, a "book" with synesthesia, said.
The process is pretty simple. Human books have "titles" that participants can choose from. Then they're welcome to ask questions.
"I had a feeling or a hunch that this was something I could do to remind people I'm still human," said Jamie, a minister who is transgender.
Sean, an independent pro wrestler, said: "People are surprised to find out that I'm an educator, that I'm a veteran. So when [they] look at the title but don't understand that those other things make me who I am, they find out more about me besides just the pro wrestling part. And I love that. I love to just strip myself down, per se, and put myself out there because if I'm not honest, then there's really no point in doing an event like this."
The event also offers time for the human books to interact and learn from one another.
"My book isn't the average book," Sean said. "I want my story to be told. But I also like the conversation with the other books, just sitting around and hearing their different stories and hearing them relate to other people. Because sometimes I think we are just as much affected as the reader."
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Newsportal - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Hormonal contraceptives affect the efficacy of exposure therapy
Psychologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have studied in what way hormonal contraceptives affect the efficacy of anxiety therapy. They demonstrated that women who were on the pill benefitted less from exposure therapy than women who didn’t take any oral contraceptives. Friederike Raeder, Professor Armin Zlomuzica and colleagues describe the results in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, published online on 28 September 2019.
In their study, the researchers included 28 women who used hormonal contraception and 26 who didn’t take any oral contraceptives. All participants suffered from arachnophobia and took part in the same treatment at Zentrum für Psychotherapie (psychotherapy centre) in Bochum. During exposure therapy, they gradually learned to approach spiders.
Subjective and objective gauges of arachnophobia
The researchers assessed the participants’ symptom severity with the aid of different arachnophobia questionnaires. In addition, the women underwent a so-called behavioural approach task. To this end, they were asked to approach a spider in a terrarium as closely as possible – the distance is a gauge for avoiding the phobic object.
The tests took place prior to exposure therapy, immediately after treatment, and once again six weeks later.
In all participants, the symptom severity was reduced through therapy. Moreover, all women approached the terrarium with the spider more closely after undergoing treatment than prior to therapy. Six weeks after treatment, however, symptom severity in women who didn’t use hormonal contraception decreased to a greater extent than in women who took oral contraceptives. Accordingly, the benefits of exposure therapy were much more pronounced in patients who didn’t take hormonal contraception.
Estradiol level might affect central learning processes
“These results might be caused by the fact that oral contraceptives affect central learning and memory processes in exposure therapy,” says Armin Zlomuzica. Researchers suppose that exposure therapy is based on so-called extinction learning, where previously learned associations between stimuli and phobic reactions are unlearned.
Animal and human studies conducted by other research groups had shown that extinction learning is impaired by the administration of oral contraceptives. One of the reason for this might be the reduced estradiol level due to hormonal contraception.
“The negative influence of oral contraceptives on therapy effectiveness didn’t become evident until six weeks later. Our results show that it is necessary to monitor and consider any potential hormonal impact during psychotherapeutic treatment,” concludes Armin Zlomuzica. However, it is not yet fully understood in what way the effects of oral contraceptives are communicated on the biological level.
The German Research Foundation funded the study as part of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1280 and research group 1581.
Friederike Raeder, Franziska Heidemann, Manfred Schedlowski, Jürgen Margraf, Armin Zlomuzica: No pills, more skills: The adverse effect of hormonal contraceptive use on exposure therapy benefit, in: Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.09.016
Prof. Dr. Armin Zlomuzica
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Faculty of Psychology
Phone: +49 234 32 22347
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Raising Texas Teachers was created to elevate the teaching profession across Texas through partnerships with higher education, scholarships for aspiring teachers, and a campaign to elevate the status of the teaching profession.
The Texas teaching profession is at a crossroads. While the quality of preparation varies in Texas, an emerging body of research indicates the type of training and support teachers need to succeed. We can and must do a better job of recruiting, developing, and retaining great teachers. The future of Texas depends on it. That is why The Raise Your Hand Texas® Foundation launched Raising Texas Teachers, which includes The Charles Butt Scholarship for Aspiring Teachers, partnerships with Texas universities to improve teacher preparation, and a statewide campaign to elevate the status of the teaching profession.
To improve academic achievement, it is critical that Texas elevate the status of the teaching profession, strengthen the existing pool of aspiring teachers, and inspire our most talented high school graduates to consider a career in teaching.
More than 370 candidates submitted a written application, and finalists participated in interviews, group activities, and a demonstration teaching lesson before the 134 new scholars were selected. All scholars are committed to teaching in majority economically disadvantaged Texas public schools or in hard-to-fill subject areas. They will receive an $8,000 scholarship each year, as well as ongoing training, mentorship, and networking opportunities facilitated by the Foundation.
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The most famous “אֵיזֶהוּ” is the opening of the third perek of Pirkei Avos which begins:
בֶּן זוֹמָא אוֹמֵר: אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם, הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם – Ben Zoma said, who is wise? Someone who learns from all men.
The most famous “אֵי זוֹ הִיא” is the opening of today’s Daf, a Mishnah toward the bottom of דף ק״ז עמוּד ב which begins with:
אֵי זוֹ הִיא קְטַנָּה שֶׁצְּרִיכָה לְמָאֵן — כֹּל שֶׁהִשִּׂיאוּהָ אִמָּהּ וְאַחֶיהָ לְדַעְתָּהּ – Who is a minor girl who needs to perform מִאוּן in order to annul her marriage? Any minor whose mother or brother married her off with her consent. הִשִּׂיאוּהָ שֶׁלֹּא לְדַעְתָּהּ — אֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה לְמָאֵן – But if they married her off without her consent, there is no necessity for מִאוּן or formal refusal because she can walk away of her own volition at any time.
At what age is a girl old enough to perform מִאוּן? When she reaches the age of understanding when can perceive the need or ability to keep documents for safekeeping, or mature enough to safeguard objects of קִידוּשִׁין such as a ring. If she does not yet have that level of understanding, she need not go through formal refusal to walk away:
רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בֶּן אַנְטִיגְנוֹס אוֹמֵר: כּל תִּינוֹקֶת שֶׁאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לִשְׁמוֹר קִידּוּשֶׁיהָ — אֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה לְמָאֵן
The ArtScroll notes cite the Rambam who provides a more specific framework for the age requirement here regarding an arranged marriage. Under age six, מִאוּן is never required for the child to walk away regardless of the intellect of the child. Over age ten, מִאוּן is always required even if the girl if of poor intellect. Between the ages of six and ten the Rabbis assess her level of understanding, as noted above.
The Mishnah finishes with a series of statements that will explained further in the Gemara. Therefore, let’s jump right in.
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה הָיוּ כּוֹתְבִין גֵּט מֵיאוּן: ״לָא רָעֵינָא בֵּיהּ וְלָא צָבֵינָא בֵּיהּ וְלֵית אֲנָא בָּעֲיָא לְהִתְנַסְבָא לֵיהּ״. כֵּיוָן דַּחֲזוֹ דִּנְפִישׁ דִּיבּוּרָא, אָמְרִי
Rav Yehuda said, and some say it was taught in a baraisa: At first, they would write a bill of refusal (גֵּט of מִאוּן) in this manner: I do not desire him, I do not want him, and I do not wish to be married to him. Once they saw that the text was too long, the Sages said let’s have a simpler document which stated: On Date X, Girl Y performed מֵיאוּן in our presence – ״בְּיוֹם פְּלוֹנִי מֵיאֲנָה פְּלוֹנִית בַּת פְּלוֹנִי בְּאַנְפַּנָא״
What was the standard declaration made for מֵיאוּן?
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: אֵי זֶהוּ מֵיאוּן? אָמְרָה: ״אִי אֶפְשִׁי בִּפְלוֹנִי בַּעְלִי״, ״אִי אֶפְשִׁי בְּקִידּוּשִׁין שֶׁקִּידְּשׁוּנִי אִמִּי וְאַחַי״
If she said: I do not want so-and-so as my husband, or: I do not want the קִידּוּשִׁין in which my mother and brothers had me betrothed.
Beyond the standard declaration, there are three other circumstances under which מֵיאוּן is valid, even though it might be counter-intuitive. This the Gemara refers to as “יָתֵר עַל כֵּן”, which literally means “even more than that”.
Once upon a time, in Brooklyn, there was a wedding hall named “The Aperion Manor” on Kings Highway. How did the hall get its name?
יָתֵר עַל כֵּן אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: אֲפִילּוּ יוֹשֶׁבֶת בְּאַפִּרְיוֹן וְהוֹלֶכֶת מִבֵּית אָבִיהָ לְבֵית בַּעְלָהּ, וְאָמְרָה: ״אִי אֶפְשִׁי בִּפְלוֹנִי בַּעְלִי״ — זֶהוּ מֵיאוּן
Rabbi Yehuda said : Even if she is sitting in a bridal chair [aperion] going from her father’s house to her husband’s house and said along the way: I do not want so-and-so as my husband, this constitutes a refusal. As ArtScroll notes, the custom was that when a bride was led from her father’s home to her husband’s house, she was carried in a bridal litter or aperion, which was a covered couch carried by shafts.
יָתֵר עַל כֵּן אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: אֲפִילּוּ הָיוּ אוֹרְחִין מְסוּבִּין בְּבֵית בַּעְלָהּ וְהִיא עוֹמֶדֶת וּמַשְׁקָה עֲלֵיהֶם, וְאָמְרָה לָהֶם: ״אִי אֶפְשִׁי בִּפְלוֹנִי בַּעְלִי״ — הֲרֵי הוּא מֵיאוּן
Even if she’s serving guests in her husband’s house and says: “I don’t want this man to be my husband”, we accept that as מֵיאוּן.
יָתֵר עַל כֵּן אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בַּר יְהוּדָה: אֲפִילּוּ שִׁיגְּרָהּ בַּעְלָהּ אֵצֶל חֶנְוָנִי לְהָבִיא לוֹ חֵפֶץ מִשֶּׁלּוֹ, וְאָמְרָה: ״אִי אֶפְשִׁי בִּפְלוֹנִי בַּעְלִי״ — אֵין לְךָ מֵיאוּן גָּדוֹל מִזֶּה
If her husband has her go to the store on an errand for him, and she says to the shopkeeper that she doesn’t want to remain married to her husband, good enough for מֵיאוּן.
Next the Gemara cites a case in which מֵיאוּן is recognized even though the girl didn’t say anything. Basically, actions are louder than words:
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא בֶּן אַנְטִיגְנוֹס. תָּנָא: קְטַנָּה שֶׁלֹּא מֵיאֲנָה, וְעָמְדָה וְנִשֵּׂאת, מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתִירָה אָמְרוּ: נִישּׂוּאֶיהָ הֵן הֵן מֵיאוּנֶיהָ
Perhaps there’s no better indication that she doesn’t want to be married to Husband A is that she walked off and married Husband B!
The Gemara continues with further considerations about מֵיאוּן, discussions that ensue regarding the status of the קְטַנָה, whether or not she can eat תְּרוּמָה (the ultimate filter), and of course when this could lead to mixed dancing. | <urn:uuid:9c4ffe01-e39e-4ad1-b397-4c48ec36e7be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pressvision.wordpress.com/2022/06/24/blog-yomi-yevamos-107-daf-108/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.677401 | 3,332 | 2.453125 | 2 |
James Clear has outlined the benefits of using small habits, consecutively, to build up large life changes. This is worth reading and re-reading. We are collections of habits over years, and to make significant changes requires us to really understand how the cue-> craving-> response-> reward loop functions. This also works for breaking “bad habits” as pointed out in the article.
What then, of priorities? “Every goal is doomed to fail if it goes against human nature,” ends the article. Agreed. So why do we end up in places that don’t align with our goals? It would stand that our nature should be for us to be happy, content, but…we aren’t always.
Often, I personally find that we have “artificial goals” that distract us from what we want over a longer period of time to things that we want immediately. Often, our long-term goals require discomfort in the short-term. Exercise vs. having a pizza and beer is a simple example. What may fill our immediate wants and desires works against our wants that require delayed gratification.
Where this comes into question is if the delayed goal will possibly not happen. Often, especially in investment strategies, we see that those who live closer to the poverty line will often take smaller long-term goals that are more certain, as opposed to someone who feels “they can afford to lose.”
This concept is even possibly to blame for our relationship decisions due to a perceived “sunken cost” scenario. While it may seem absurd, it supports that the more a family is struggling, the more likely they are to stick out bad decisions even tolerating partners that make their lives harder.
One possible answer lies in a very ancient place:
‘He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.’ – Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, v 44.
To make a more modern scenario, we can look to how minimalism correlates to happiness and stress reduction. Instead of the aforementioned “I can afford to lose” it also works to say “nothing I may lose really will negatively impact me.” This allows us the capacity to find ourselves in a place where we can begin to remove the habits that do not contribute towards our actual goals. It stands to reason that this type of worldview not only allows us the freedom to pursue what we want, but to let go of all of the myriad of things that truly do not matter. | <urn:uuid:0caf61e2-e819-48fe-aac4-d7baecf165ed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://adhasalchemy.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/the-value-of-small-habits-and-un-habits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958621 | 520 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Life after COVID-19: How the coronavirus outbreak will change the world of sports
Countless days of lockdown have made us realise how dependent we are on simple things that we take for granted. Technology is helping us through these tough times.
Entertainment through social media, OTT platforms and plain old TV is also becoming integral in these times, not only to pass one’s time, but also to avoid overindulging in the news. But during this lockdown, live sporting events are being missed the most by sports fans.
Sports has always been the most thrilling and engaging form of entertainment for many. Unfortunately, it was probably one of the first to be hit by the pandemic, since the suspension of most leagues was essential to maintain social distancing and control the outbreak of the virus. Right now, if it weren’t for the pandemic, we would have been rooting for our favourite IPL, EPL or NBA teams.
Nevertheless, sports broadcasters are trying to keep fans engaged by re-airing the classics, showcasing a round-up of previous matches. Some sports leagues are engaging with fans on social media, OTT platforms are promoting sports docu-series, and overall the industry is innovating continually to keep fans involved.
Here are some ways I see the industry and its stakeholders getting set for the next innings of sports in 2020.
In the last few years, sporting events have become highly accessible to fans worldwide, thanks to smartphones and high-speed internet connectivity. A lot of sports content is being consumed online/digitally.
When the pandemic situation starts improving, sports will start resuming in pockets. There is a high probability that tournaments will be organized behind-closed-doors for a few months without a live audience in stadiums. But that will not prevent fans from enjoying their favourite events live.
In India, sports viewership on television alone has grown around 90% in the last four years. Interestingly, even in the absence of any new sporting event, viewership of sports channels grew 21% as they re-telecasted India’s most historic wins in cricket, along with WWE reruns.
And, these are just television numbers. Sports content on OTT and other platforms are also witnessing high traction for live updates, streaming of sports events, live blogs with experts, testing sports IQ with quizzes and trivia, among others. This simply indicates how sports content is consumed by fans.
Once sporting events resume, there is a possibility of sports viewership and consumption reaching an all-time high, making up for weeks of no live-action.
Content is King
The biggest learning for the sports industry during this lockdown has been to realise the potential of digital and social media platforms to engage with fans. Sports leagues, celebrities and companies are making their presence felt on social media to avoid the ‘out of mind and out of sight’ syndrome.
Sports content platforms are coming up with live chats, blogs, highlight packages, and identifying matches that are still ongoing to live stream on their platforms. All top global leagues, including Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, National Basketball Association, National Football League, have reported the highest ever fan engagement on their social media platforms. Broadcasters and OTT platforms are promoting sports-related documentaries and series.
As per recent Nielsen report findings, all sports leagues have increased week-over-week fan engagement by 113% since mid-March. When the matches resume, the leagues will have a strong base of deeply engaged fans, that will help them bring a better fan experience throughout their events.
The match fitness
Even after the pandemic situation improves, athletes and sportspersons might not be at their optimal fitness level to perform well in the upcoming matches. Due to the lockdown, most athletes are not likely to be able to train at high intensity and will definitely need match practice.
Some sports associations and players are trying to adapt to new formats of training. The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has started providing online classes to Indian boxers who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, and India’s top-ranked table tennis player G Sathiyan is training with a robot. But match-fitness for sports like cricket and football is defined purely by on-field training which would take a little longer than other sports categories. Right after the lockdown, they will need to resume training and get back in match shape.
What lies ahead
Sports leagues and sports broadcasters are dependent on each other from a revenue standpoint and during this pandemic, both have been equally affected. It highlights the need for both leagues and broadcasters to explore more diverse income streams and relook at the fan engagement approach.
Engagement with fans through digital mediums can be the answer. These could include live monetization models, such as fantasy sports, gamified viewership, fan commentary, statistical analysis, and so on.
Sports bring people together and that attribute of sports is missed the most in these times. The industry is facing a crisis like never before, but with the right strategy, it can emerge from this crisis stronger and more relevant than ever before.
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Boastful member of the "Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive" club, the Arthur Aldis House is one of even fewer privately-owned Gilded Age mansions surviving on The Drive. The seven large freestanding homes occupy the 1200 and 1500 blocks of North LSD, but some of them are owned by institutions. This isn't the largest—that distinction belongs to the structure that houses the Museum of Surgical Sciences—but it might be the most ornate. Designed by Holabird & Roche in 1895 in an uncommon Venetian Gothic style (much like the Loop's Chicago Athletic Association building), the skinny 4-bed landmark just sold for an even $3M—a remarkable get considering it was listed for as much as $5.8M four summers ago. The interior pics from that earlier listing show many dazed and confused rooms, so we understand why the latest agent spared us from reliving the tortuous affair. One perspective that's nice to have, though, is the one taken from the rooftop terrace. Pretty damn nice, in fact. We're guessing the buyer figured the home's status, location, views, and 5,100 square feet were enough to work with.
·Listing: 1258 N. Lake Shore Drive [Koenig & Strey]
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الصفحة 81 - Coleccion de Arengas en el foro y Escritos del Dr. Don Mariano Moreno.
الصفحة 263 - Clay, of the house of representatives of the United States, by stating that, " The Republic of the United Provinces of South America comprehends, with some exceptions, the same territory as the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, which was established in 1778 ; it extends from the 16th to the 45th degree of south latitude, [nearly ten degrees north of Magellan's Strait,] from the left margin of the Lake Titicaca on the north, to the coast of Patagonia on the south.
الصفحة 264 - Peru comprehends the provinces of Potosi, Charcas or La Plata, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra or Puno, Moxos, and Chiquitos ; and the...
الصفحة 291 - Ayres than the carts and carters. The former are vehicles with large wooden axles, and most enormous wheels, so high that the spokes are about eight feet in diameter, towering above both horses and driver ; he rides one of the animals.
الصفحة 291 - The first sight you have of these clumsy vehicles is on your landing. They drive off like so many bathing-machines to your hotel, a dozen carters, just like a dozen porters here, struggling in rude contention for the preference in carrying ashore passengers and their luggage.
الصفحة 264 - ... America, comprehends, with some exceptions, the same territory as the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, which was established in 1778. It extends from the 16th to the 45th degree of south latitude; from the left margin of the lake Titicaca, which lies between the two cordilleras of Peru, on the north, and to the coast of Patagonia on the south.
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Picture some of the following scenarios:
- Hanging from a rope, far out of reach of the cave walls, knowing that it’s a 190 metre abseil before you touch down on the cave floor in the darkness below
- Sitting on a rock, turning your caving light out and admiring the stunning 3D Glowworm display on the cave walls and roof surrounding you.
- Staring at the gaping hole in the forest floor big enough to swallow a house thinking “I wonder what’s down in there?”
- Knowing that you are the first human to ever set eyes or stand in a chamber adorned with stunning cave formation.
- Not being able to hear yourself think as you tackle a climb next to a thundering underground waterfall.
- Clearing out some mud or rocks from a hole, trying to make it large enough to force your body through just to see what may be on the other side.
- Surveying a section of newly discovered cave wondering what information the data will show once it is plotted into cave Surveying Software.
If any of these scenarios appeal to you, then you should be a member of STC!
From a pleasant stroll along a meandering underground stream way, to the rope-work required in the most technically demanding vertical caves in Australia, Tasmania caves have it all. There are approximately 4,000 known caves in Tasmania, including the deepest caves in Australia. We have horizontal cave systems over 20 km long with vast underground chambers, and we have deep vertical systems approaching 400 metres deep with single free-hanging drops or “pitches” up to 190 metres deep. Some are muddy cesspits, and some are perfectly clean washed limestone caused from regular flooding of the cave. There are constantly “new” caves being discovered, explored and surveyed, and know caves extended in length & depth.
Many Tasmanian caves are “Swallets” meaning they are stream sinks where water disappears underground. Therefore, you can expect to get dripped, sprayed, showered, or maybe even have to grovel or swim in the water, but alternately, if a nice easy stroll admiring formation or looking at glowworm displays is more your thing, there is plenty of that to be found in Tasmanian caves too! As an added bonus, many of our caves are also hidden in spectacular karst rainforest, so even walking to and from the caves can be spectacular. Some caves can require considerable bushwalking along cavers tracks and require “expeditions” to explore, but the vast majority can be fully negotiated in a single day.
Many of Tasmania’s caves are vertical. In fact, nearly all of Australia’s vertical caves are located in Tasmania. The electron wire caving ladders that were used from the late 1940s to the early 1970s have been replaced by SRT (Single Rope Technique). Ladders are still used on occasion on small pitches for convenience and on beginner caving trips, but it’s fairly rare. Modern SRT Caving involves abseiling on nylon ropes (usually 9-10 mm diameter, but even down to 6mm) to descend into the caves, and using devices called “Jumars” that grip the rope when weighted to ascend back up the ropes.
There are many skills involved in SRT. Having the skills to know how to rig the ropes safely to avoid things like abrasion on the ropes, and also to keep ropes rigged away from waterfalls is essential. Due to the vertical nature of so many Tasmanian Caves, only cavers experienced in SRT are able to experience the thrill of reaching the bottom of the more demanding ones. STC hold regular SRT training days, as well as taking trips to the easier vertical caves where these SRT skills can be learnt. SRT Gear can also be hired through the club for those of you who would prefer to “Try Before You Buy”. Some caves are so technically and physically demanding, that there has only ever been one trip to the far reaches.
Unfortunately, all this SRT gear need to be carried into and through the cave system, and is usually packed into a rope-pack to protect it from mud and abrasion. Water affected equipment such as food, cameras, surveying equipment, first aid or emergency gear and extra clothing may need to be contained within waterproof inner bags. Rope-packs need to be small enough to fit through cave constrictions, yet large enough to hold the full gamut of caving paraphernalia: ropes, personal SRT gear, SRT rigging equipment, backup lighting, and safety gear.
Helmet mounted electric lights are the preferred lighting source. Illuminated by low voltage/ low wattage globes such as quartz-halogen or LED’s (light-emitting diodes), these lights are usually powered from a battery attached to your waist belt, or the back of your helmet There are a range of electric lights available, depending on your requirements and budget. Once again, lights can also be hired from the club, and in fact, the vast majority of members use club lights to save the outlay of purchasing your own. Totally separate backup lighting systems are also required if the main light fails. Carbide lights were used in the earlier days of caving before today’s modern efficient electric systems but are not used these days.
Due to our more southerly latitude, the caves of Tasmania are colder and wetter than elsewhere in Australia. Temperatures range from as low as 4ºC in some caves, but up to 9.5ºC in warmer caves. If you only ever plan to go to the warmer dry caves, then cotton overalls will do the task, but for the rest of us, protective water-resistant overalls, made of durable and sturdy tear resistant material like Nylon or PVC will be required. Cavers generally wear insulating thermal underwear, plus a layer of fibre-pile, or fleece under their overalls. The criteria for these garments is that they remain warm when they are wet, but not so bulky as to restrict movement.
Occasionally wetsuits are worn if the cave is going to require lots of full body immersion in water, or it’s not possible to rig the ropes away from a crashing waterfall, but they can get dangerously cold fast when standing around and not actively engaged in physical activity. Wetsuit socks worn inside ankle height rubber “dairy boots” or “Gumboots” are the most commonly used footwear. In addition to being more waterproof than leather walking boots (as even our “dry” caves usually have ankle or knee deep puddles), cavers tend to prefer wearing rubber boots because they cost a lot less than leather boots and last longer when used for caving purposes.
Even in the drier summer months, many Tasmanian caves can get flooded and trap unwary caving parties. This flooding may delay a caving party for just for a few hours, and possibly overnight or more. Proper risk management strategies are taught by STC to cope with situations like this, as well as regular “Cave Rescue” exercises with the participation of the Tasmanian Police Search & Rescue. Make no mistake about it, caving can be a very dangerous activity when proper safety and risk management strategies are not in place, and numerous lives have been lost in Tasmanian Caves in the past.
Of course, also at the forefront of peoples minds these days is the cave environment, and learning how to “Cave Softly”. How to explore and travel through a cave system with a minimum of damage to the cave environment is crucial, and many of the more delicate caves have gated entrances and / or require permits from various authorities and / or landowners to access.
In such a short summary it is impossible to outline all the requirements for Tasmanian caving. In the long run, experience is the best teacher. STC maintains an extensive library of books and periodicals detailing the many and varied aspects of caving. However, learning all about caving: what to wear, what to pack, what lights to use, how to “Cave Softly” and how to negotiate a deep cave cannot be accomplished merely by reading a book. STC offers training for new members wanting to gain SRT skills and for existing members wishing to hone up on their technique.
Practice is the only way to gain competence, confidence and stamina. For this reason we suggest that those new to caving gain these skills through established caving clubs, preferably local to the area you are going to be caving in. Even experienced cavers from interstate can get into trouble without knowledge of local caves. Through a club, you can gradually work your way safely up to the more serious vertical caves that include the many sporting classics in Tasmania which attract the annual summer pilgrimage of cavers from the mainland or overseas, as well as learn about the delicate cave environment and how to protect it.
As a very experienced visiting English Caver one said to me as we were deep in the bowels of the Florentine Valley one day “I can’t understand how Caving isn’t a national pastime in Tasmania, your caves are so good!” What more needs to be said? | <urn:uuid:e41daabd-e993-4507-ae70-686a1c21a8f0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://southerntasmaniancaverneers.com/caving/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953583 | 1,933 | 2.609375 | 3 |
In a story in The Guardian today, it was reported that the UK’s Metropolitan Police are investigating MI5 for complicity in US torture in relation to the case of Guantanamo detainee Aamer Shaker. Shaker is a permanent resident of the UK and is married to a UK citizen. The report claims that “Investigating officers have applied to the high court for the release of classified documents relating to the case. They are already investigating claims of MI5 complicity in the ill-treatment of British resident Binyam Mohamed while being held by the US.”
If the story is accurate, it represents an interesting development. Over the last 9 years, western intelligence agencies have repeatedly sought to “piggy-back” upon abusive interrogations conducted by the US directly or by one of its “war on terror” allies (Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, even Syria). This piggy-backing has taken various forms, from sending questions to be put to individuals detained by one of these allies (while feigning ignorance of the risk of torture this may pose to the detained person), to attending places of detention in the aftermath of abusive interrogation to question the detainee directly (such as in the case of Omar Khadr and Binyamin Mohammed).
When these visits have been revealed, the intelligence agencies and their governments have often denied that they have violated any aspects of the prohibition on torture, because the detainee is not in their custody (and so not within jurisdiction) and because (they argue) such conduct does meet the requirements of the international or domestic criminal law tests for “complicity.”
So far, it has not been possible to test their claim about whether such conduct could amount to complicity under national or international criminal law, because no serious criminal investigation has been undertaken into the facts (including, importantly, the mental states and state of knowledge of the intelligence agents who conducted these visits and those who ordered them to do so). The inquiries that I am aware of, such as the Arar Inquiry and the Iacobucci Inquiry (both Canadian government inquiries into the conduct of Canadian officials towards Canadian nationals detained and tortured in Syria) have not had a mandate to examine questions of criminal complicity.
A UK domestic prosecution of one of its own intelligence agents for complicity in US torture would be an extraordinary development. It would set an example for many other states which have engaged in similar activities of what a rigorous application of the rule of law might look like. It might also help to ensure that the dreadful tolerance for torture and abusive interrogation at the hands of third parties that many western intelligence agencies have shown in the aftermath of September 11 will not be repeated. | <urn:uuid:73b5c48f-0c5b-4761-8e68-bfd34c4b9856> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dipublico.org/1346/uk-metropolitan-police-investigate-mi5-complicity-in-torture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.96518 | 540 | 1.585938 | 2 |
How does the SECURE Act affect your Estate Plan?
Congress recently enacted legislation that will expedite Required Minimum Distributions that
must be paid from inherited retirement accounts which will accelerate income tax liability. Additionally, if inherited retirement accounts are payable to a trust for the benefit of a beneficiary, this new legislation can cause unplanned outright distributions of trust assets to such beneficiaries. Please read below for a more detailed explanation of how your estate plan may be impacted.
In December 2019, Congress passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (“SECURE Act”). This new legislation made several key changes to how retirement accounts can be distributed to an account owner’s beneficiaries upon their passing. The most significant change relates to Required Minimum Distributions.
Traditional retirement accounts (IRAs, 401(k)s, etc.) are funded with pre-tax dollars, allowed to grow tax free and subject to income tax only upon withdrawal. The longer you are able to defer withdrawing assets from a traditional retirement account, the longer you can defer the income tax liability. Traditionally, the deferral of income was allowed until age 70 1⁄2, at which time the account owner was required to start taking mandatory withdrawals from the account, creating an income tax liability on the withdrawn funds (“Requirement Minimum Distributions” or “RMDs”). Under the new SECURE Act, the required start date for RMDs has been extended from 70 1⁄2 to 72 years of age.
RMDs are relevant in estate planning as clients name individual beneficiaries (i.e. family and/ or friends) to receive their retirement accounts upon their passing. Generally, upon passing a named beneficiary will receive the account as an Inherited IRA.
Prior to the SECURE Act, most beneficiaries of an Inherited IRA were required to immediately begin taking RMDs out of the account and begin paying income tax. The amount to be withdrawn was based
on the beneficiary’s life expectancy, which could significantly delay income tax recognition, especially for younger beneficiaries (“Stretch”). With minor exceptions, the ability for most beneficiaries to Stretch RMDs
from an Inherited IRA based on their life expectancy was taken away under the SECURE Act in favor of a mandatory 10-year term to withdraw all assets from the retirement account.
For clients with a desire to distribute assets to their beneficiaries outright, the new SECURE Act means that the beneficiary will need to pay income tax on any Inherited IRA sooner than they would have prior to the SECURE Act (within 10 years of the original account owner’s date of death). Although this will create a greater income tax liability earlier, if your plan is to distribute retirement accounts outright, then there is likely no change needed to your estate planning documents. Clients are encouraged to seek advice from their financial and accounting professionals related to additional planning alternatives to reduce the burden of this expedited income tax liability (including the potential conversion of traditional retirement accounts to Roth accounts).
Alternatively, many of our estate planning clients choose to retain assets in trust for a beneficiary
as opposed to giving an outright distribution (i.e. for a minor beneficiary, for estate tax purposes, for spendthrift concerns, creditor protection, etc.). Prior to the SECURE Act, in order to maintain the benefit of a Stretch for a retirement account payable to a trust, the trust agreement had to be drafted as a “Conduit Trust”. When a Conduit Trust is the beneficiary of a retirement account, it requires the payment of all RMDs to be paid immediately to the individual beneficiary, outright. This outright payment of RMDs allowed the IRA to “look through” the trust and use the life expectancy of the individual beneficiary in determining the RMDs, thus ensuring the ability to Stretch the Inherited IRA over their lifetime.
However, now with the ability to Stretch taken away for most beneficiaries in favor of a 10-year payout requirement, this means that all retirement assets held within a Conduit Trust will be distributed outright to a trust beneficiary within 10 years of the client’s death. For these client’s with trusts named as beneficiaries of their traditional retirement accounts, the SECURE Act may require a review and possible update to your estate planning documents. Specifically, client’s may choose to revise their planning to remove the Conduit Trust language in favor of a trust that accumulates all RMDs and distributes pursuant to trustee discretion (“Accumulation Trust”).
Unfortunately, the Accumulation Trust is not without its downside. Specifically, any retained RMDs not paid outright to a beneficiary will be taxed at trust income rates which are typically much higher than a beneficiary’s individual rates (i.e. 37% on all income over $12,750). The shift in planning from a Conduit Trust to an Accumulation Trust will not defer or reduce income tax liability on retirement accounts. It will, however, ensure that all IRA proceeds remain in trust as opposed to being distributed outright to a trust beneficiary before otherwise intended.
Please note, under the SECURE Act certain categories of beneficiaries (“Eligible Designated Beneficiaries”) are still allowed to Stretch their RMDs. These categories include:
- (i) A surviving spouse can continue to rollover the IRA to their own IRA or Stretch the Inherited IRA over their life expectancy.
- (ii) An account owner’s minor child can Stretch based on their life expectancy until they reach age of majority (or up 26 if still in school) with a 10-year payout thereafter (please note this exception only counts if the minor is the specific account owner’s child).
- (iii) A beneficiary who is disabled or chronically ill can Stretch over their life expectancy.
- (iv) A beneficiary who is not more than 10 years younger than the account owner can Stretch
over their life expectancy.
- (v) A beneficiary who has received an Inherited IRA prior to December 31, 2019.
For these Eligible Designated Beneficiaries, the use of a Conduit Trust in your estate planning still likely remains appropriate.
As with all estate planning, there is no one-size fits all solution. We are committed to helping our clients work through the impact of this new law. If you would like to schedule a one-on-one review of your estate planning documents to discuss the potential impact of the SECURE Act, please contact our office to coordinate a time to speak and/or meet with one of our attorneys. Depending upon demand, our firm may conduct a seminar on this topic. If you would be interested in attending any future seminar tailored to the SECURE Act please email firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Staircases can be so much more than a means of just getting to the next floor. They can be a work of art, a conversation piece, a place to meditate or a historical marker. With so many great choices now available for your house staircase designs, it can be difficult to decide which one is best for you
No matter what design is required, we here at Dokic Joinery can help you to create a bespoke staircase which meets your requirements in every way. Regardless of whether your project calls for a feature staircase, a classic staircase, a contemporary staircase or a traditional staircase, our aim is always to offer you a bespoke design that will compliment your property.
One of the most important parts of our process in handcrafting a staircase is to assemble it dry here at our workshop. This enables us to check all critical measurements are met, making the fitting on site go as smoothly as possible. This process is illustrated in the photo below.
Traditional staircases mainly come in the form of closed string and cut string designs. A cut string staircase enables the steps to be seen when looking at the side of the stairs. With the cut string option it’s possible to have additional design features under each step such as decorative brackets. This type of staircase give a feel of grandeur and was commonly used in the Georgian and Victorian era.
A closed string staircase, unlike the cut string, has a closed string and treads are not visible from the side. Softwood treads, Plywood or MDF risers can be used, ready for full carpeting or painting. Alternatively hardwood treads and risers can be used when a stained or oiled finish is desired.
For the more modern look, an open tread staircase can be installed with stainless steel rod risers used as a means of safety. The rods also give the flight a striking presence. Using glass balustrading in place of traditional spindles creates a very modern and stylish finish to all staircases.
Please see our staircase page for examples of the different styles and designs we can provide for your project. | <urn:uuid:a9fa485c-77cc-402c-98a2-e7ea394657f2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dokicjoinery.co.uk/perfectly-fitting-staircases | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940303 | 429 | 1.710938 | 2 |
As investigators search through black box data and wreckage for what caused the crash of Russia's Metrojet flight 9268 over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, experts say Russia needs to do more to address systemic problems with the country's air safety record.
While the airline, Metrojet, has dismissed suggestions that a pilot or technical error could have caused the Airbus A321 to fall from the sky just minutes after reaching cruising altitude, Russian authorities are keeping all possibilities on the table, including terrorism.
Vadim Lukashevich, an independent expert on Russia's air safety and aerospace industry, believed a technical problem was most likely.
“All other suggestions, theories, versions, that an explosion on board or external impact, possibly someone's anti-aircraft weapons, I believe them to be inconsistent because the situation did not develop immediately,” he told VOA's Moscow Bureau. “This last minute gaining of altitude shows that something was happening on board.”
Metrojet’s deputy director , speaking in Moscow Monday, said fluctuations in the plane’s altitude and speed may indicate the pilots struggled to control the aircraft.
Lukashevich said technical problems were unfortunately too common in Russian aviation as air safety dropped considerably since the break-up of the Soviet Union. “The level of corruption has grown and often counterfeit spare parts and equipment are used,” he alleged. "The airplanes do not undergo proper maintenance and flight preparations.”
Lukashevich is an outspoken critic of Russia's aerospace policies and said, for that reason, he was fired from his position at a state-run research center earlier this year.
Lukashevich said these factors were why air safety in Russia, as part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), was much worse than the global average. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the CIS had the worst performance among regions of the world from 2009-2013.
Air safety record
The CIS air safety record has shown strong improvement in more recent years. The jet hull loss rate, a measure of damage beyond repair per million departures, dropped to 0.83 in 2014 from the five-year rate of 2.74. CIS airlines under the IATA's Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) registry, which seeks to bring airlines up to global standards, had zero accidents in 2013 and 2014.
But while a number of Russia's larger airlines, including state carrier Aeroflot, are on the IOSA list, many smaller companies, such as Metrojet's Kogalymavia, are not.
Lukashevich said talk among some Russian politicians of forcing small companies to merge into larger ones misses the point. He said Russia needed to centralize all bodies dealing with air safety and better enforce standards across the board.
“I think we need diverse air companies: big and small, state and private, low-cost, etc., to allow competition as only competition works for the interests of passengers,” Lukashevich said. “The role of the state is to control all the companies independently of their size and status. Unfortunately, I don't see such an approach, despite the day of national mourning on Sunday.”
Russia's Interfax news agency on Monday quoted Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov saying it was premature to talk about tightening Russia's air safety laws until the cause of the crash is known.
The tragic death of all 224 people on board the Metrojet flight returning from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort area to St. Petersburg has raised some calls for greater air safety in Russia.
"Unfortunately, we raise the problem of air safety after a tragedy, after people die," said Lukashevich. "We talk a lot about it, and beautifully, but after a while the words are forgotten until the next air crash."
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Morton County Sherriff’s Office announced Wednesday that a different kind of member will be introduced to the team. A new Goldendoodle puppy will join the force in July.
The puppy was donated by Montana Goldendoodles and Labradoodles, whose owner has a family connection to law enforcement. New Salem Veterinary Clinic will donate all vet services needed. In addition to that, Hill’s Science Diet will provide all food for the pup. PetSmart will also help, offering a reduced rate on multi-session therapy dog training.
Goldendoodles are commonly used as therapy dogs in most agencies because they’re hypoallergenic and have a good temperament. The doodle’s duties will be to comfort the children in Morton County schools experiencing anxiety, trauma, or abuse.
“If there is a child that has to testify in court and maybe having a hard time with anxiety and stress of that. Our therapy K-9 dog, we can deploy into the courtroom, and hopefully, that will help make the child’s testimony a lot easier for them to do,” said Morton County School Resource Officer David Tomlinson.
A few years ago, there were only half a dozen therapy dogs in the United States. Now, there are nearly 400 law enforcement agencies that employ therapy dogs.
If anyone would like to donate a badge, vest, or toys to the new “paw-fficer,” you’re welcome to drop them off at the Morton County Sheriff’s Department. | <urn:uuid:6ee319ea-6e40-44f2-a888-5801cc5118df> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.waggingtonpost.com/sheriffs-office-introduces-therapy-dog-to-their-team/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958436 | 324 | 1.734375 | 2 |
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