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There are different types of auction in France and one of the lesser known variations is the candle auction – in French “vente à la bougie” or “vente à la chandelle”.
This form of auction is unique to France and has been in use since the 15th Century. The purpose of this form of auction is to ensure that the process should be rigorously fair and open to everyone. Usually held in the office of the Notaire or at a property being auctioned there are very specific rules for participating – including the requirement to deposit a cheque for 20% of the starting bid with the auctioneer. Those who don’t win the bid will get their cheques returned at the end of the process.
A small candle is lit in front of the auctioneer – this is the signal for bidding to commence. Bidding must cease when the candle goes out indicated by a plume of smoke. A new candle is lit as successive bids are made. After the extinction of two successive flames without new bids coming forward the last, and winning bid, is confirmed. Each candle last around 30 seconds. It all seems rather archaic and some Notaires switch on a light instead of lighting a candle – but the procedure is the same. The light will go on an off until bidding is completed.
Auctions are favoured for quick sales in France and candle auctions are not uncommon in Paris to shift public and private property.
More on Property auction in France here.
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A crucial interface between missions and science
Space scientists pose significant questions about our universe—and require large volumes of data to answer them. As the results generated by space missions continue to expand, scientists and other mission participants increasingly require customized portals and tools to access, analyze, and share their findings.
As a result, LASP’s software engineers, data analysts, and developers serve as a crucial interface between missions and science. We focus on the development of data systems and tools that generate, display, and disseminate scientific data products. With more than 2 terabytes a day flowing through our institute’s servers, we also emphasize the development and maintenance of large-scale, robust data systems.
Our teams build the websites, tools, and underlying technologies that enable all facets of scientific research, and it’s never the same thing twice. When a science team needs raw instrument data converted or calibrated, we write the code to create the new product and design the portal where it can quickly and easily be downloaded. If LASP mission operators want plots of telemetry data to ensure that a launch proceeds according to plan, our team develops the software they need.
LASP’s data experts develop the technological solutions that bridge the gaps between the many different aspects and use cases for today’s complex space missions. Learn more about our data products, tools, and other services below. | <urn:uuid:3b10d4b5-ffff-40f6-82f2-6d8510a5277d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/our-expertise/data-systems/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.900157 | 286 | 2.375 | 2 |
What Can easily Overall health In addition to Wellness Coaching Perform With regard to An individual?
If you are like many folks, there is something about your physical fitness level that you would like to enhance? Perhaps you would like to lose weight? Acquire strength? Eat more healthful food items? Handle a health-related situation, these kinds of as diabetic issues? The real truth is, when we workout and try to eat healthier we truly feel our greatest, and this positively influences all aspects of our life. With a healthy physique and head we come to feel we can take on the planet!
It is frequently the situation that we established wellness goals for ourselves but have problems in reaching them. Perhaps we need aid in establishing ideas of motion to achieve these ambitions. Or we require to attain deep inside ourselves to unearth the true motivators that will inspire us receive our desire outcomes. Perhaps we are not sure of what our wellness and physical fitness ambitions are and we need help in generating objectives that resonate with us.
A Health and Wellness Coach is a accredited mentor who works with you to assist you in accomplishing your goals. By way of insightful questioning, a mentor will help you to develop your vision and build the measures you need to accomplish that eyesight.
A Health and Wellness Mentor will:
1. Satisfy with you weekly (by telephone or in particular person) to partner with you to help you get to on your goals
two. Support you refine your vision of the healthful life that you need
3. Brainstorm with you to crack down your ambitions into achievable actions
4. Aid you in taking away obstacles that get in the way of reaching your ambitions
five. Support you in discovering approaches to be accountable to your ambitions
6. Cheer you on in reaching your goals!
Positive aspects of functioning with a Health and Wellness Mentor:
one. Coaching can help inspire you and preserve you on keep track of in reaching your objectives.
two. A Overall health and Wellness coach believes that you have the responses inside of of you and will empower you to self-discovery.
3. A Well being and Wellness Coach is in no way judgmental and believes wholeheartedly in your ability to get to your targets.
4. Most coaching is done over the cellphone. This is both hassle-free and a excellent-time saver. It signifies that you are not bound by a actual physical area!
five. A mentor does not notify you what to do. A coach helps you in generating your personal ambitions. This implies that the ambitions you develop are doable and geared in the direction of your way of life.
6. A Coach IS YOUR Partner IN Accomplishment!
Why would you search into wellness and wellness marketplaces for merchandise to market? The solution is actually really straightforward – it is the world’s premier market in a standard perception. Every person has to offer with health of some kind in their lifestyle. Certainly there are different wants among any of men and women. Some are just sustaining really very good stages of overall health. On the other hand, people with diabetic issues for instance, are men and women that are far more than inclined to attempt health supplements to ease signs and symptoms.
Maintaining with the diabetic issues example, aside from dietary supplements, those with diabetic issues also spend intensely in education. That is probably why there are hundreds or even hundreds, of guides and publications on the subject matter with a lot more coming day-to-day. You know, the volume of publications on your own are proof and trustworthiness to the truth that there is income to be manufactured in this industry.
One more reason to look into health and wellness is the simple fact that every single major class, diabetes for illustration, has sub-classes. In www.self-care-shelf.com/collections/essential-oils , subcategories are acknowledged as ‘niches’. Off line, in the real entire world, these are nothing at all far more than target marketplaces.
We have coated merchandise and wants building a scenario for offering well being dependent products. Lets shift on and protect signifies of promoting these products. Have you ever experienced a nagging headache that you could not get rid of? If you had been offered a resolution, would you not concur that you would briefly take into account that solution? Obviously, the widespread response is a resounding Of course! Now for a moment ponder dwelling with a problem in which the end end result is a lot more than likely a very agonizing loss of life. Wouldn’t you drastically take into account any remedy that would lessen indicators and increase your life? Back to the case in point of folks with diabetes, you can now understand how they willing devote on any product that they feel will aid them. | <urn:uuid:7e5096f1-d2c6-4605-a4b3-0b53d6dffe30> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.destinyofcrown.com/what-can-easily-overall-health-in-addition-to-wellness-coaching-perform-with-regard-to-an-individual/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963986 | 990 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Found in moowon an amazing article about textile collage prepared by Chinese women living in the countryside.
The testimony about this making shared in the article is amazing.
“When I was a kid, my mother was making collages. She always kept aside the cloths she found. When the time came to make it, she first sorted all the cloth on a paper to the right and left to see if the colors were in harmony, then she began to glue them when she was satisfied with the colors. And that’s how a work of art was born. When the weather was nice, the women of the village gathered at the entrance of a house to work together while chatting. And the collage became a real competition between the women. The one who made the most beautiful collage was like a champion who would have won a grand prize for sport.” (San Paolo, Brazil in 2002, Xin Yang, retired director of the Museum of the Forbidden City) | <urn:uuid:3cf27740-868d-4787-a29b-e694da0ccf27> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dahliarodriguez.com/tag/china/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.985652 | 201 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Barbara created this challenge as a means for us to remember the basics needed to continue on our journey to being a stronger runner.
Taking all of 8 minutes, it consists of
- 2minutes foam rolling (I added in 5 min instead of 2, as I can never get anything done in 2min)
- 1 minute plank
- 1 minute side planks (30 sec. Each side)
- 1 minute push-ups (however you need to do them- knees, stability ball, etc.)
- 1 minute clam shells (30 Each side)
- 1minute glute bridges (30 each side)
- 1minute hip hikes
There are none 🙂
- Sign up for the challenge – Leave a comment, committing to the challenge. Encourage me and be encouraged.
- Pin the challenge image and pass on the motivation.
- Tweet/Facebook with #EngageTheBasics if you so feel inclined to.
- Great foam rolling cheat sheet from Greatist – http://pinterest.com/pin/8373949279527900/
- Hip hikes, the why and how – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OwttGWEOB8
- Clamshells and its variations – http://www.livestrong.com/article/359524-clamshell-exercises/
Are you attempting any challenge or planning to start one? Let me know so I can cheer you on.
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India could miss the boat when it comes to 5G, a committee of the country’s parliament has warned, with the next-generation mobile technology yet to begin trials on the sub-continent as other nations roll out fully functioning networks. While India’s size makes it a potentially lucrative market for mobile operators, significant policy and infrastructure changes are needed to make 5G a viable prospect.
Trials of 5G are not expected to begin in India until October this year, even though the deadline for applications to host them passed in January 2020. A limited deployment of the technology could begin early in 2022, but this is not soon enough for the Indian parliament’s standing committee on information technology, which says the country “has not moved beyond the modest beginning stage as compared to other countries in the world”.
In a report published last month, the committee said it is “inclined to conclude that sufficient preparatory work has not been undertaken for launching 5G services in India. It is likely that after missing the 2G, 3G and 4G bus, India is going to miss 5G opportunities, unless time-bound action is taken in core areas where governmental intervention is required”. Indeed, some of India’s neighbours are already much further down the line with 5G deployment; China claims to have installed 700,000 5G base stations, with 180 million 5G devices in circulation, and smaller countries such as Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines already have networks providing services to businesses and consumers.
GSMA, the trade body for mobile telcos, says that 5G could create an additional $150bn in GDP for India between 2025 and 2040. So why is it struggling to progress?
The pandemic has been a factor, but spectrum prices also appear to be putting mobile network operators off. A spectrum auction earlier this month raised INR187bn (rupees) ($2.5bn), but the 700mhz band, which is suitable for 5G did not attract any bidders. Bharti Airtel, which operates the country’s second-largest network, is reported to have said the band “did not get any bids from the operators as it made no economic sense for them based on the high reserve price”.
The reluctance of the mobile operators to cough up these steep licence fees arguably results from the success of the last generation of mobile networks in the country.
India: a 4G success story
India’s population is heavily reliant on mobile phones for internet access. Fixed broadband subscriptions are few and far between, with only 1.4 per hundred of the population in 2019, compared with 31.3 in China.
Mobile networks provide connectivity for many Indians. Though the country is still lagging behind most of its neighbours when it comes to network penetration, with 84 mobile and 47 mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 residents, the situation has been improving since the deployment of 4G networks in 2016. India is now the largest consumer of mobile data in the world, with average monthly usage per customer last year of 15.7GB.
“We’ve seen a massive increase in penetration rates and the adoption of smartphones, and 4G has been key to that,” says David George, director of services, thematic research at GlobalData. “By 2020, 60% of phones in India were able to connect to 4G, and by 2023 we expect that to be nearly 80%, so in that respect, India is becoming a mobile-first economy.”
Low mobile data costs, driven by the ultra-aggressive pricing strategy deployed by market-leading operator Reliance Jio, have helped fuel 4G’s popularity, with consumers and businesses in India paying far less for their data than counterparts in neighbouring countries.
This is good for users but bad for operators, George says. “Jio has been able to massively disrupt the market because it has a parent company [the Reliance group] that has been able to support it in terms of a retail presence, distribution, and cash,” he says. “There are question marks about how sustainable this is, and other operators have struggled to keep up.”
This situation is compounded by the high tax rates paid by the telecoms sector in India. “The percentage of operator revenues that go out in taxes is among the highest in the world,” George says. “Combine that with low prices, and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work out that it’s not a great situation.” Facing such difficult market conditions, it is no surprise the operators are hesitant to make the significant investment required to make 5G a reality.
5G in India: is it needed and which industries could benefit?
Nevertheless, the fact that the vast majority of India’s connectivity comes through wireless access means 5G could play a key role in enabling future growth. “The importance of mobile broadband in India cannot be underestimated,” says Jeanette Whyte, head of public policy for the APAC region at GSMA. She believes fixed wireless access 5G, which utilises the lower bands of the spectrum, could prove a good way to increase the reach of mobile networks in India, and adds “with median age in the country hovering circa 27 and India’s target of becoming a $5trn economy by 2025, clearly, there is an opportunity to increase mobile broadband penetration”.
If strong 5G networks are established in India, industries that could reap the rewards include manufacturing, retail and agriculture, the GSMA’s 5G in India report says. Healthcare could also receive a timely boost. “Seventy per cent of healthcare in India is provided by the private sector,” says Meghna Misra-Elder, associate director at the UK India Business Council. “The population is such that the sector faces a big challenge, and tech has got to be part of the solution. 4G connections are fine for basic telemedicine, but we need 5G to be able to go beyond that and take advantage of artificial intelligence and IoT devices.”
How to make 5G in India a reality
When trials do begin later this year, Misra-Elder believes the regulatory framework around 5G will need further consideration to convince businesses to make the investment required to drive widespread adoption of the technology. “5G isn’t just about the connectivity,” she says. “It’s about data, where that data sits and how it can move between systems. In India we don’t have a very robust cybersecurity policy, we’re working on our data regulations and a data protection act, but establishing that framework is difficult at the moment.”
For mobile operators, the cost of spectrum will need to come down to ensure that future auctions don’t end with unsold 5G rights. “Spectrum pricing is one of the most important factors for a timely roll-out and a high-quality network,” explains GSMA’s Whyte. “Between 2010 and 2017, final spectrum prices in developing countries were on average more than three times those in developed countries, normalised by income, while reserve prices were found to be five times more.”
As well as looking at lowering spectrum prices, the government could also step in to share the burden on operators when it comes to new infrastructure. “There is a large-scale investment requirement of mobile network operators in India to make 5G a reality – partially due to the need for additional base stations,” Whyte says. “Other policies could support this need, such as lowering taxes, making public infrastructure available and encouraging sharing among mobile network operators.”
GlobalData’s George says India needs to be realistic about the role 5G will play in its economy in the short term, as the roll-out of the technology will inevitably take time in a country where average income remains low. “Putting any hubris or nationalism aside, India is still an extraordinarily poor country,” he says. “What we’re seeing globally is a huge shift to 5G in developed markets. Clearly, this will happen in emerging markets too, but it’s still at an early stage.” | <urn:uuid:1c0ae504-803a-4833-af91-7b8a77851acb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://techmonitor.ai/technology/networks/5g-in-india-alliance-jio | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95781 | 1,732 | 1.882813 | 2 |
What is a factory farm? What is a CAFO? What is a cattle feedlot? These and numerous other questions are some that I receive on a weekly basis pertaining to cattle production. I have spent most of my life becoming better acquainted with many aspects of cattle production. Over the next several posts, I hope to share some insight from my experience in one of the most intensively managed stages of cattle production.
Working in Cattle Feedlots
Next to reproduction, nutrition is probably my favorite area of cattle production. Even as a kid in elementary school, I had calves in the barn lot that my dad put me in charge of feeding. My family managed a large cattle ranch with over 12,000 head of cattle on annual basis. Most of these cattle, when they left our ranch, went to the Panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma to be fed out and turned into the beef that is on our plates.
During college, I spent a summer working as a management intern for Cactus Feeders, which at the time was the largest cattle feeding operation in the country. Apparently, I did not get my fill of cattle feeding and went to work for the now-largest cattle feeding company in the country, JBS Five Rivers, as a cattle-receiving manager after finishing my bachelor’s degree.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
Many folks refer to factory farms as a part of modern livestock production. For years, we in agriculture have known these as Concentrated (or Confined) Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO), or cattle feedlots.
An operation is defined as an animal feeding operation, or AFO, if the facility confines, stables, or feeds animals for 45 days or more in a 12-month period and a ground cover of vegetation is not sustained over at least 50 percent of the confinement area.
An operation is defined as a concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, if it meets the definition of an animal feeding operation (above) and also confines more than 1,000 animal units (1,000 animal units is equal to 2,500 swine; 100,000 broilers; 700 dairy cows; or 1,000 beef steers).
In the cattle business, these CAFOs are known as feedlots, interchangeable with feedyard. A cattle feedlot is the final stage of production prior to slaughter with a focus on efficient growth and weight gain of the animals. This is achieved by providing a readily digestible, high-energy diet; reducing the amount of energy expended to find food, directing more toward growth, and managing the cattle to minimize stress and health problems.
When and how did the cattle feedlot begin?
In the 1800s, grain farmers were looking for a market for excess grains and the ability to provide year-round employment for farmworkers. Farmers began feeding the grains to livestock and soon realized the increased value in grain-finished beef. Urban demand for this beef continued to grow during the Civil War and farmers began expanding their efforts. As population centers began to expand and transportation became more reliable, farmers soon moved closer to the grain-producing areas of the country; primarily the Mid-West.
Around the 1950s, cattle feeding began to grow and centralize in the High Plains states. The arid climate was ideal for finish feeding fat cattle, irrigation enabled farming of grain and forage crops, and relocation of slaughterhouses made the region perfect for the growing business away from population centers. Today most cattle feedlots reside from West Texas, through the Oklahoma Panhandle, western Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado.
Is a cattle feedlot considered a factory farm?
Cattle feedlots and other CAFOs are considered to be factory farms by many in the animal rights movements. These operations may not be the picturesque red-barn farm, but they are not factories. There have been many misperceptions created about feedlots, which are often referred as synonymous with corporate agriculture. Yes, the feedlots I have worked for were owned by large companies, but most feedlots are owned and operated by family farmers. These feedlots are operated by people just like me, not large corporations out for the almighty dollar.
Those who are set on painting the image of factory farms harp on the negative and misrepresent the facts when it comes to CAFOs. Truth is, we do care about animal welfare and good stewardship of our environment and resources. Every animal receives individual, consistent care on a daily basis, even on these large farms. As the amount of land for agricultural use continues to decrease, and the global population continues to increase, these good stewardship principles become ever more so important.
Over the next few weeks, I will share my thoughts on concentrated animal feeding operations, specifically cattle feedlots. I will share some insight from my hands-on experience pertaining to animal welfare, antibiotic use, environmental impact, and regulation to describe more about how cattle are treated and fed in a feedlot, and address the question “Is there a better option for beef production?”
If you have any questions about CAFOs or cattle feedlots, please leave your questions in the comments section below or utilize the contact form in the Ask A Farmer tab at the top of the page.
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Many writers have traced the formation of al-Qaeda to the war in Afghanistan in the 80s and 90s, linked with American backing of the the mujahedin. What’s less commonly considered is how those forces matured in Bosnia in the 90s, again with help from the Americans.
In ‘Intelligence and the War in Bosnia’ (published 2002) Professor Cees Wiebes of Amsterdam University complied a report called ‘Intelligence and the War in Bosnia’ in which he details actual alliances between the Pentagon and radical Islamic groups from the Middle East.
America allowed the movement of Islamic fighters into the region but once that genie was out of that bottle it wasn’t going back in. Subsequent events don’t require detailing, but the importance of these watershed years can’t be overstated.
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President Mikheil Saakashvili faced a political crisis as thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets in the capital, Tbilisi, in early April 2009 demanding his resignation and early presidential elections. Protests lasted for two months, before opposition unity faded. During the protests, human rights groups documented a suspicious pattern of attacks on opposition activists by unidentified assailants, and police used excessive force against and detained protestors, and attacked journalists.
More than a year after the August 2008 Georgian-Russian conflict over South Ossetia, the government has not investigated comprehensively international human rights and humanitarian law violations committed by the Georgian military. Russia continued to exercise effective control over South Ossetia and another breakaway region, Abkhazia, preventing international observers' access and vetoing international missions working there. A European Union-funded international inquiry into the 2008 conflict highlighted the dramatic lack of accountability.
Freedom of Assembly and Police Violence
Thousands of opposition supporters demanding Saakashvili's resignation blocked Tbilisi streets from April to early June. Although the government tolerated protracted protests, police used excessive force against demonstrators and journalists, and dozens of activists were arrested, some later claiming ill-treatment in custody. Moreover, in a spate of attacks in April and early May, unidentified men in civilian clothes, often armed with rubber truncheons and wearing masks, beat and threatened a number of individual demonstrators leaving protests at night; civil society groups and the ombudsman reported dozens of similar incidents. The authorities opened over 50 individual cases, but failed to meaningfully investigate-suggesting acquiescence or support for such attacks.
On May 6 three young activists, including one minor, were taken into custody on alleged hooliganism charges. All three claimed they were beaten and threatened before being released a day later on bail. Following these activists' detention, an opposition leader illegally entered the Tbilisi police headquarters compound by climbing over a fence. A confrontation between police and opposition supporters ensued. Although some protestors wielded sticks at police, police failed to exhaust less violent crowd control means before firing rubber bullets without warning into the crowd at close range, resulting in serious head injuries for several demonstrators.
On June 15, police attacked about 50 opposition supporters again gathered outside the police headquarters protesting the detention of youth activists the day before. Without warning, police chased and beat demonstrators with rubber truncheons, resulting in at least 17 demonstrators being injured. Police claimed that opposition supporters blocked the main entrance and road. They detained 38 demonstrators, releasing 33 after imposing fines and sentencing 5 to 30 days' administrative detention. Many of those released reported abuse in police custody. Police also assaulted several journalists and confiscated their cameras; although police later released the equipment, several journalists claimed that video and photo images had been deleted.
Police apologized for impeding the work of the media during the June 15 incident, yet conducted no independent investigation. Several officers (whose identities were not disclosed) received reprimands following an internal inquiry only. No meaningful investigation was conducted into the police use of excessive force.
Apparently in response to the protests, in July parliament adopted regressive amendments to the Administrative Code, increasing administrative detention, including for minor hooliganism and defying police orders, from 30 to 90 days. The measure appears excessive given that pretrial detention for criminal charges is only 60 days. July amendments to the Law on Assemblies and Manifestations banned full or partial blocking of roads during rallies unless the rally cannot be held elsewhere due to the number of participants.
Despite repeated calls from key international actors, the government has refused to launch a comprehensive investigation into events of November 7, 2007, when police used excessive force against largely peaceful political demonstrations in Tbilisi, resulting in at least 500 injured.
Lack of Accountability for Laws of War Violations
Well over a year since the Georgian-Russian conflict over South Ossetia, Georgian authorities have yet to ensure a comprehensive investigation into and accountability for international human rights and humanitarian law violations by their forces (see also Russia chapter).
During the war the Georgian military used indiscriminate force, including firing multiple rocket launchers-an indiscriminate weapon that should not be used in civilian areas. The military also used tanks and machine-guns to fire at buildings in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, including at apartment buildings where civilians sheltered; South Ossetian forces had fired on Georgian forces from at least some of these buildings. The military also used cluster munitions against Russian military, including in civilian-populated Georgian territories adjacent to the administrative border with South Ossetia.
Some 20,000 ethnic Georgians from South Ossetia still remain displaced.
Criminal Justice System
Prison overcrowding leading to poor conditions remains a problem, despite construction of new prisons and several presidential pardons and amnesties. Although official statistics showed a decrease in the use of pretrial detention, the total number of prisoners increased to 19,504 by June 2009, a more than 50 percent increase since 2006. The frequent use of consecutive custodial sentencing is largely responsible for this increase. Allegations of deliberate ill-treatment of prisoners continue, including at the newly-built prison near Tbilisi.
In two judgments, the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of the prohibition on torture and inhuman or degrading treatment for the government's failure to provide adequate conditions or medical care in prisons. In Ghavtadze v. Georgia, the European Court also concluded that despite logistical and financial problems, Georgia is obliged to ensure dignified conditions in prisons.
The government has failed to conduct a thorough investigation into the March 2006 operation to quell a riot in Tbilisi Prison No. 5, which left seven prisoners dead and dozens injured.
The government maintains the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 12, in defiance of a June 2008 United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recommendation to reinstate it at 14. However, the government continued a moratorium on criminal charges against those under 14 until the creation of a separate juvenile justice system, which was planned for mid-2008 but has not been completed.
The media environment remains mixed, with diverse print media, but nationwide television broadcasting limited to the state-owned public broadcaster and pro-government Rustavi 2 and Imedi stations. Transparency of media ownership remains a concern. On June 15, 2009, two Tbilisi-based pro-opposition television stations, Maestro and Kavkasia, briefly suspended broadcasting after their journalists were attacked and their equipment confiscated during the clash at the police headquarters. On May 30 the local cable network in Rustavi, near Tbilisi, removed Maestro from its lineup, allegedly under pressure from local authorities. In October a local court ordered Channel 25, the only independent regional television station in the Ajara Autonomous Republic, to pay a US$166,000 tax debt. The station's owners dispute the fine, alleging that it is intended to close the station ahead of upcoming local elections.
Print media outlets, although vibrant, depend on newsstand sales and advertising for revenue. Claims by Tbilisi municipal leaders in September that newsstands tarnish the city's image raised concerns about newsstands' potential removal, a move that would threaten many print outlets' existence.
Several journalists alleged pressure and attacks. Nato Gegelia, a journalist for the regional newspaper Guria News, was assaulted in a police station on June 10 in Chokhatauri, in western Georgia, as she investigated an opposition activist's detention.
Key International Actors
The United States and the European Union deepened their engagement and financial backing of Georgia, but failed to make full use of their leverage to ensure meaningful human rights improvements. Meanwhile, Russia continued to occupy Georgia's breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and barred access to international observers. In December 2008 Russia blocked an extension of the mandate of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe mission in Georgia, and in June 2009 vetoed the UN Observer Mission working in Abkhazia.
A 1,129-page report released in September by the EU-funded international inquiry into the August 2008 conflict found that international human rights and humanitarian law violations were committed by all sides, and highlighted a dramatic lack of accountability. The International Criminal Court-to which Georgia is a party-continued to keep under analysis crimes committed by all parties to the conflict.
In May 2009 Georgia signed a Declaration on New Eastern Partnership with the European Union, providing for additional assistance and cooperation. Georgia is already part of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), which pledged over €120 million through 2010 plus an additional €500 million following the August 2008 war. The April 2009 ENP Action Plan progress report commended Georgia for progress in certain areas, but raised concerns about media freedom. The first round of a structured human rights dialogue between the EU and Georgia was held the same month. The EU extended the mandate of 200 unarmed EU observers in Georgia; Russia continued to block their access to the breakaway regions.
The US and Georgia signed a Charter on Strategic Partnership in January 2009, envisaging increased cooperation, including on strengthening human rights. As part of a US$1 billion pledge to support Georgia's recovery following the 2008 war, in May the US released US$53.3 million, including US$20 million for good governance, civic participation, and election and media reform. In a show of political support, US Vice President Joe Biden visited Tbilisi in July.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted several resolutions on the Humanitarian Consequences of the War between Georgia and Russia, calling on all sides to conduct meaningful investigations into the violations during the conflict. The Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner issued a report in May on human rights following the conflict, also emphasizing the need for meaningful accountability. | <urn:uuid:7a92c1d5-d04f-46d3-bf45-38b2ded414a6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2010/country-chapters/georgia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957776 | 2,001 | 2.734375 | 3 |
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers using electronic tags were able to monitor blue and fin whales off the coast of Southern California over multiple weeks, providing new insight into the feeding behaviors of the two largest whale species. The researchers also found evidence of differences in the feeding intensity and habitat use of males and females of both species.
“The information collected with these tags gives us a good description of the scale of whales’ feeding behavior over periods of hours, days and weeks, which is something we’ve not been able to do before,” said Ladd Irvine, a senior faculty research assistant in Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute and the study’s lead author.
The whales fed mostly during the day, usually in short bursts lasting one to two hours, but would also feed continuously throughout the daytime, and in rare circumstances for an entire day.
“We were able to quantify feeding bouts, which are periods of uninterrupted feeding, and found that the duration of feeding bouts correlated with another measure of feeding success - the number of prey capture events, known as feeding lunges,” Irvine said. “That means the whales stayed longer in areas where they fed more. This allowed us to make inferences about the profitability of feeding patches, as whales should stay in an area and feed longer where prey is abundant and move on when prey becomes scarce.”
The findings, which were published today in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, could have implications for managing populations of blue and fin whales, both of which are listed as endangered in the United States.
In 2014 and 2015, researchers tagged eight blue and five fin whales off the coast of Point Mugu and San Miguel Island in Southern California. Both species frequent the area, feasting on krill.
Prior whale monitoring efforts had relied solely on location tracking, which tells researchers where the whales travel, but not what happens along the way. The tags used in this study, developed at Oregon State in collaboration with Wildlife Computers Inc., included GPS for movement monitoring as well as the ability to record information about the whales’ behavior every second while they were on the move. Accelerometers and other sensors on the tags measured lunge-feeding behavior as well as frequency and depth of dives.
“The hardest thing about studying whales is that you can’t really follow them when they dive below the surface” said Irvine, who is also a doctoral student in the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences’ Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. “The data collected from these tags give us unprecedented detail about what whales are doing over a longer time period than was previously possible.”
Tags remained on the blue whales an average of 22 days and on the fin whales about 14 days. It’s unclear why the tags came off the fin whales more quickly, but it could have to do with their movement and faster speed in the water, Irvine said.
The researchers found that both species of whales had similar feeding bout characteristics. During an average feeding bout, blue whales made 24 dives over a period of about 3.3 hours, while fin whales made 19 dives over 2.7 hours. The similarities are not surprising, the researchers said, as the two species are similar in size and feed in the same way. Slight differences observed may be due to preferences in terms of patch characteristics or prey type.
The researchers also observed consistent differences in dive depths during feeding bouts between individual whales, in some cases even when the whales were feeding in the same place, Irvine said. That suggests some individual whales may have different foraging strategies.
“This study represents a significant leap forward in our knowledge of whale foraging ecology,” said Daniel Palacios, who holds the Endowed Faculty in Whale Habitats position at the Marine Mammal Institute and is a co-author of the paper.
“By collecting data from individual whales over multiple days and weeks, we were able to obtain large amounts of new information about how feeding intensity evolves and changes in time and space, at scales that are relevant to ecology as well as management,” he said. “We were able to answer questions like how long does a whale feed? What is the size of a feeding patch? How far does a whale need to move before it finds the next patch? Do females and males feed at the same intensity? It may seem surprising, but studying whales is enormously challenging and we lacked much of this information.”
But feeding might not be the only thing on the whales’ minds, as the researchers also found differences in movements between tagged males and females of both species.
“The males made big loops offshore of Southern California, while the females stuck closer to shore. Those routes may be related somehow to breeding behavior, and could have implications in terms of exposure to human activities if whales of one sex are more likely to be encountered in specific parts of busy Southern California waters,” Irvine said.
“While the results are exciting, our conclusions about the behaviors of whales from this initial set of data from 13 animals should be viewed as preliminary,” he said. “These data are an incredibly rich description of the tagged whales’ behavior, but they ultimately represent a relatively small number of individuals, occupying a portion of their overall range.”
Ideally, similar data would be collected again from different locations or different whales to determine if the observed feeding and other behavior patterns are representative of the broader populations, he said.
“Nevertheless, this information is a huge addition to our understanding of blue and fin whale feeding ecology,” Irvine said. “Does what we saw with these individuals hold up as we continue to study them in other places and seasons? That’s a question still to be determined. We’re still just scratching the surface of our understanding of whale behavior.”
Other co-authors of the paper are Barbara Lagerquist and Bruce Mate of OSU’s Marine Mammal Institute. Funding for the study was provided by the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet Command as part of the Marine Species Monitoring Program, under subcontract with HDR Inc.
About OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center: The center is a research and teaching facility located in Newport, Ore., on the Yaquina Bay estuary, about one mile from the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. It plays an integral role in programs of marine and estuarine research and instruction, as a laboratory serving resident scientists, as a base for far-ranging oceanographic studies and as a classroom for students. In addition to Oregon State researchers and students, its campus includes research activities and facilities from five different state and federal agencies. | <urn:uuid:a8ead209-3b7a-4dca-a704-d3b094086412> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/how-long-does-whale-feed-new-data-gives-insight-blue-and-fin-whale-behavior | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960099 | 1,381 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Tonies Peppa Pig
Tonies Peppa Pig Audio Play Character
- Join Peppa Pig as she travels around the world and goes on holiday with George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig.
- Teaches children about friendship, strengthening family bonds, travel, and adventure.
- Includes Peppa Pig toy character with 7 stories and total run time of approximately 65 minutes. Recommended Age Range: 3+, Language: English, Narrated by John Sparkles.
- Tracklist: Peppa Goes Around the World, George's Balloon, Peppa Goes on Holiday, Peppa Goes Skiing, Peppa Goes Boating, Miss Rabbit's Day Off, and Peppa's New Neighbours.
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Nam Dev (traditionally 1270 – 1350 CE) was a Hindu poet and saint from Maharashtra in India. Very little is certain about his life, except that he was born into a low-caste family, which would have excluded him from traditional religious rituals. His poetry is prized not only by HIndus but also by Sikhs, and a number of his compositions are included in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Laughing and playing, I came to Your Temple, O Lord.
While Nam Dev was worshipping, he was grabbed and driven out.
I am of a low social class, O Lord;
why was I born into a family of fabric dyers?
I picked up my blanket and went back, to sit behind the temple.
As Nam Dev uttered the Glorious Praises of the Lord,
the temple turned around to face the Lord’s humble devotee.
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Rogel Villanueva Gutierrez
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The Maya of the Yucatan region have a long history of keeping the native stingless bees (subfamily Meliponinae). However, market forces in the last two decades have driven the Maya to favor the use of invasive Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) for producing large quantities of high quality honey which has an international market. Furthermore, the native bees traditionally used by the Maya are now disappearing, along with the practice of keeping them.
An interdisciplinary approach was taken in order to determine the social factors behind the decrease in stingless beekeeping and the ecological driving forces behind their disappearance from the wild. Social research methods included participant observation with stingless beekeepers, Apis beekeepers, and marketing intermediaries. Ecological research methods included point observations of commonly known melliferous and polliniferous plants along transects in three communities with different degrees of human induced ecosystem disturbance.
The stingless bee species most important to the Maya, Melipona beecheii, has become extremely rare, and this has caused a breakdown of stingless beekeeping tradition, compounded with the pressure of the market economy, which fuels Apis beekeeping and has lessened the influence of traditional practices. The community with the heaviest amount of human induced ecosystem disturbance also had the lowest degree of bee diversity, while the area with the most intact ecosystem had the highest diversity of stingless bees, though Apis mellifera was still the dominant species. Aggressive competitive behavior involving physical attacks by Apis mellifera against stingless bees was observed on several occasions, and this is a new observation previously unreported by science. Human induced disturbance of the ecosystem and competition with the Africanized honey bee are affecting the diversity and abundance of various bee species.
Cairns, Christine Elizabeth, "Effects of invasive Africanized honey bees (Apis Mellifera Scutellata) on native stingless bee populations (Meliponinae) and traditional Mayan beekeeping in Central Quintana Roo, Mexico" (2002). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1970.
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When professionalism and safety are not the primary considerations in air traffic control, the public’s safety is jeopardised, trade union Solidarity cautioned.
This comes after Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) apparently falsely accused two of its managers of racism and suspended them.
The charges of racism relate to separate incidents where air traffic controllers jeopardised air safety by inappropriate air traffic instructions. In the subsequent inquiries, carried out by two Solidarity members at ATNS, Johnny Smit (manager of air traffic controllers) and Leon Altree (acting operational manager), disciplinary action against four air traffic controllers was recommended. Instead of instituting the recommended disciplinary action against the air traffic controllers, ATNS charged Smith and Altree with racism and suspended them.
Piet le Roux, spokesperson for Solidarity, said that the managers concerned are white and the air traffic controllers, who violated air safety rules, are black should not play a role. “Turning the matter into a racial issue is an injustice to our members. What’s more, the public’s safety is put at risk when serious violations are ignored.”
Smit and Altree’s disciplinary hearings started last month and will continue at the end of November. One of the charges, in respect of which evidence has been led, relates to an incident at OR Tambo International Airport in June 2013. In this incident, the air traffic controller almost caused a fatal plane crash by giving a Boeing 777-200 of an international airline permission to take off and allowing a smaller plane to land on the same runway at the same time.
To make matters worse, it is clear from the sound recording of the incident that the air traffic controller, after issuing the conflicting instructions, became aware his instructions would lead to an accident, but kept quiet instead of taking emergency measures. A potential accident and loss of life were avoided at the last minute when the pilot of the smaller airplane broke off the landing with a risky evasive manoeuvre.
The incident was rated as a class A2 incident, just two levels below the most serious incident on the ranking of aviation incidents – where the most serious incident is a full scale plane crash. Owing to the seriousness of the incident and the fact that the same air traffic controller had made serious mistakes in the past, Smit and Altree recommended disciplinary steps be taken against him.
Dana Viljoen, who is assisting the members in their hearings on behalf of Solidarity, rejects ATNS’s allegation that Altree and Smit apply a double standard with respect to white and black air traffic controllers.
“ATNS claims our members are racist because they made different recommendations regarding violations in which white and black air traffic controllers were involved, but ignores the difference in the nature and seriousness of the respective violations.”
According to Viljoen, ATNS claims remedial training instead of disciplinary action recommended after a white, female air traffic controller made a considerably less serious mistake proves the Solidarity members’ racism.
“ATNS makes this allegation, even though the incident was rated a class B2 incident, five places lower on the scale of seriousness than the A2 incident. The air traffic controller concerned rectified the mistake immediately according to standard procedure and did not leave it up to the pilots,” said Viljoen.
He maintains the disciplinary processes against Smit and Altree are procedurally irregular. “In what is supposed to be simply charge sheets, the members are already found guilty of racism. Moreover, in the charge sheets they are charged by the company itself instead of aggrieved colleagues.” | <urn:uuid:fc1a0671-ec0d-44dc-8c9d-e19a2f527df4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/trade-union-claims-atns-puts-race-ahead-of-safety/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953226 | 741 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Dr. Christopher Powell
Mae'r cynnwys hwn ar gael yn Saesneg yn unig.
Christopher Powell, who has died from a brain tumour aged 70, was a lecturer in architecture for more than 30 years.
Born and educated in south Gloucestershire, Chris followed his father's career and graduated in 1964 with a degree in architecture from Bristol University. He chose not to join the family practice and instead took a post at the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, then spent time with various agencies and practices, including Wilson and Womersley, working on housing developments in the south-east.
During this period, the historical and social dimensions of his subject became an increasing attraction. After completing a master's thesis on local authority housing in 1972, Chris moved into academia as a lecturer at the Welsh School of Architecture, in Cardiff. While there, he pursued new areas related to the economics of building and design. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Construction History Society and was for many years the joint editor of its journal. The strands of his research were brought together in the book An Economic History of the British Building Industry, 1815-1979. He also wrote a history of the Welsh School of Architecture, published in 2009.
Away from university life, Chris had many interests. A pile of books, often hefty biographies of artists, authors and politicians, was always to hand, and he delighted in sending amusing postcards and cartoons to family and friends. A keen cyclist, he completed several long distance jaunts around the country, most notably Land's End to John O'Groats, which was achieved not long after heart surgery.
Painting and drawing were passions which gave an effective expression of his familiarity with building styles and forms. This knowledge also came to the fore when travelling around the countryside in search of an isolated church, an unusual cottage or an old inn. In the last case, "Powell's law" on the age of pubs would lead to a declaration that at least 100 years should be deducted from any claimed age.
Whoever he was with, Chris was an ideas man who enjoyed nothing better than debating a new finding or piece of research in diverse fields from archaeology to politics.
He is survived by his wife, Pam, whom he married in 1963, and his daughter, Jo, and son, Alex.
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Creating an Algebra Book using our Topic Index
Written by: Dr. Christine von Renesse
In 2012 the Discovering the Art of Mathematics team started reaching out to the two-year colleges, wondering if our materials and pedagogy might be interesting and helpful to them. To start collaborating we went to the NEMATYC conference in 2013 and gave a workshop about some of our materials and ideas at www.artofmathematics.org. Among the many things we learned was the realization that many faculty are interested in support around algebra related courses.
So here was the question: could we use our materials (Discovering the Art for Mathematics books) to teach algebra related content? I went to the topic index on our website and looked at all the chapters that are in the section algebra. The good news was that there is a lot of great material covering some basic understanding of algebra as well as some interesting practice and applications of algebra on our website. Unfortunately it is tedious (and not so pretty) to download the PDFs of the chapters and make them into a new book by merging them (I tried it). So I decided to actually grab our $LaTeX$ chapters and make it look a bit prettier. We dream of a system that will allow all users access to our $LaTeX$ chapters to create their own book versions, but realizing this vision will be some time off in the future. The new algebra book has now a table of content that follows a flow from easier to more advanced or applied algebra topics. Please let us know if this is useful for your class and if there are particular topics that you are missing.
And while I was writing this blog post, I received an email from a Community College in Illinois where they started teaching a new course: Preparatory Math for General Education (PMGE). This course will replace the traditional beginner and intermediate algebra courses and teach algebra topics conceptually and problem based - a pathway to a mathematics for liberal arts course. This sounds like a great place to use some of our ideas. I would love to know if we would need to adjust the level of our activities or not, my guess is that we would. Phil Hotchkiss and Volker Ecke will travel to Springfield, IL in October 2013 to do professional development at a community college and I hope they will learn more about how to adapt our activities for the needs of a PMGE class. | <urn:uuid:0d3aa4c3-5930-43fe-b8c7-c1bfa77b1fb1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.artofmathematics.org/blogs/cvonrenesse/creating-an-algebra-book-using-our-topic-index | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960529 | 488 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Your significant others always tell you to visit a dental clinic regularly to have your teeth checked and maintained in very good condition. But due to some factors – of which include laziness, lack of initiative, forgetfulness and negligence towards personal dental health care – these visits are often delayed, postponed and worst, they are cancelled. It shouldn’t be that way, though. I mean, when do you plan to pay a visit to the nearest dental clinic near you? When you are in your worst condition? When your dentist can no longer do anything about your state? When it is too late? While dentists can help you find cure for the oral care problems you are experiencing, still the cliché continues to live up a very practical message to most people. “Prevention is better than cure.”
When your gums have already swollen
Swollen and bleeding gums are signs of a gum disease. Technically, most gum diseases are identified through your yearly teeth clean-up in a dental clinic. A dentist can best identify this when gums become too sensitive to the dental cleaning tools used in the procedure. The tendency is that, the gums bleed. Unhealthy gums are also characterized by their color. Lighter ones are considered healthy, while the ones that have darker hues have a tendency to be somehow problematic. Early detection of such problem can best be managed through the careful selection of toothbrushes with softer bristles and also through the use of toothpaste tailor-made for gum care.
When your teeth have decayed
Cavities are not only portrayed as bacteria digging a hole into the core of your tooth – that’s more of a physical thing, you know. But yeah, aside from what could be seen, there is also something that could be felt. Yes. This particular hole comes with pain, and it is something you surely would not want to experience. Once a hole (regardless of size) is detected by your dentist in one of your dental clinic visits, it is expected that he or she will automatically suggest for a temporary dental filling or a permanent tooth removal. By acting out either of the two procedures, you are able to automatically avoid that intolerable painful sensation when a cavity gets deeper and bigger. You get yourself saved by a dental professional!
When you have lost all your teeth
Who says you are only limited to giving your friends and new acquaintances a smirk, or a sheepish one at that, rather? Are you still waiting to lose all your teeth before you decide on going to a dental clinic? How long will you wait then? It would take too long, I guess. Hello? We’re in the twenty-first century. Dentists can get you back that smile again through the application of different modern dental procedures. All you have to do is choose. But, naturally, you cannot choose from the available options without really talking personally to your dentist. Tell her or him about what you want, and from there you’ll be able to pick the best option for your dental care. | <urn:uuid:57507e92-60ec-48f8-acc4-6737ba892da6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.adsubsidies.com/when-is-the-worst-time-to-visit-a-dentist.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964213 | 623 | 2 | 2 |
How are you feeling today? Happy? Sad? Or more likely, is your emotional state a little more complex than that, without a handy word to accurately describe it? The sort of mood that you can only really address by getting a watercolor tattoo or learning how to paint; what do you call that?
John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (opens in new tab) is a site dedicated to inventing new words that describe those complex emotions that the English language fails to accurately summarise.
The strange wistfulness of second-hand book shops? That's vellichor. A moment that seemed innocuous at the time but ended up marking a diversion into a strange new era of your life? A keyframe.
Koenig's site has hundreds of these wonderful little invented and borrowed words, each of them neatly encapsulating an emotional state that no-one's previously thought to name, and now the guys at Live Learn Evolve (opens in new tab) have collated 11 of them and turned them into beautiful designs.
So if you've ever experienced the sadness that you'll never truly know what people think about you, or a melancholic trance in which you become absorbed in vivid sensory details, or if you've over-analysed a momentary state of happiness to the extent that you reduce it to a mere aftertaste, then these designs will help you put a name to your emotional state.
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Aesthetics in the classical forms of Shaikh Ayazs’ Poetry
Shaikh Ayaz is no doubt the towering literary figure and a great poet of twentieth century in Indus valley. He was not only an exceptional mind and a poet laureate of the sub-continent, who stands in the category of world prominent poets, but a rare one, after Shah Abdul Latif in Sindhi literature, who described Sindh and Sindhi people in an artistic manner. Ayaz not only has a series of published volumes of poetic & literary work on his credit, but was the only modern Sindhi poet and prose writer, who had remarkable knowledge of eastern as well as western literature, history and art. He was well aware of world classics and aesthetics, which he adapted in his poetry very flamboyantly. | <urn:uuid:5935478e-c6dc-4881-961a-28494f72126c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://irpll.aiou.edu.pk/?page_id=9095 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.983856 | 175 | 1.890625 | 2 |
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced up to $2.1 million in funding for National ICT Australia (NICTA) to develop an online national renewable energy mapping platform.
ARENA CEO, Ivor Frischknecht, said the Australian Renewable Energy Mapping Infrastructure (AREMI) portal would be a valuable planning resource for the renewable energy industry.
“NICTA is developing a comprehensive mapping platform that will make renewable energy projects easier to get off the ground in Australia,” Mr Frischknecht said.
“Importantly, this will include a centrally accessible repository for ARENA project information and a portal for $15 million of ARENA-funded mapping projects.”
“Renewable energy project developers will be able to freely access spatial information such as ground measurements and existing infrastructure to assist with site identification.
“State and local governments will be able to use this information to assist with environmental and regulatory planning approvals, as well as for tracking and promoting projects in their region.”
NICTA will work with the Clean Energy Council and Geoscience Australia, and consult with industry stakeholders, in order to determine what kind of data will be most useful.
Mr Frischknecht said the new AREMI portal will build on national mapping infrastructure with an open source three dimensional platform.
“The new portal will convert and display information in a web browser, allowing multiple data formats from different sources to be displayed side by side.”
“For example, it could be used to compare mapping data from Google, elevation data from Geoscience Australia, and solar resource data from the Bureau of Meteorology.”
“This advanced functionality has the potential to further leverage ARENA’s suite of mapping and knowledge projects and give future renewable energy developments a head start on planning.”
The project is scheduled for completion in 2016. NICTA and the Clean Energy Council will be consulting with industry over the coming weeks and will provide regular updates. | <urn:uuid:a4e1f151-d8d2-458a-8a89-04633b788b35> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://utilitymagazine.com.au/arena-to-fund-renewables-mapping-data/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.883481 | 422 | 1.859375 | 2 |
An operations manager is responsible for the whole cycle of production of goods and services and delivering the product to the customer.
The operations manager has to explore ways to improve the services and business processes. For this purpose, the manager monitors and analyzes business processes daily, sets the quality management and control standards, searches for new technologies, and raises overall efficiency.
The goal of the Master's Programme in Business Administration in Operations Management is to create an environment for middle and high-level managers and analysts/consultants, where they will be able to learn operations management and its components, to deepen theoretical knowledge in the business decision-making process and of business management instruments, acquire better skills for evaluating context, and to address the challenges arisen in practice.
The program is oriented for middle and high-level managers and business-analysts/consultants who have practical experience.
Upon completion, the graduates will work as operations managers and occupy higher positions in management and business-analyst/consultation services. They will be able to run the projects and make investment decisions. Graduates will be able to create and manage their businesses.
After completion of the Master Program, the graduate will own general and specific competencies listed below:
knowledge of personal qualities of leadership and communication instruments;
knowledge of methods and techniques of mathematic and economic analyses;
ability to identify the problems and set the tasks;
ability to prioritize problems and tasks;
ability to work in teams and lead the team;
ability to plan and conduct communications.
possess substantial and systematic knowledge of the fundamental sphere of business – operations management and its components;
ability to monitor, analyze, interpret and forecast the business processes;
possess appropriate techniques and information, to solve complex problems, and to have a creative approach.
Competences developed in the program are following the six criteria for the second level of Higher Education set by the National Qualification Framework:
Knowledge and Understanding:
Graduates of the program will have an in-depth and systematic knowledge of the field, which enables them to generate new ideas, acknowledge the problem solution approaches, in particular:
theoretical and practical knowledge needed for making business decisions;
understanding of financial information, knowledge of methods, rules, and approaches for preparing financial statements according to the international standards;
complete knowledge of cost structure in business;
in-depth knowledge of budgeting processes of the different types of businesses;
knowledge of theoretical and practical methods for making decisions that will lead to an increased value of the company;
knowledge of theoretical and practical methods to evaluate investment projects;
understanding the role of the methods of marketing concepts in the process of business management and knowledge of planning marketing tactics;
in-depth knowledge of tactical and strategic management topics;
understanding of complexity, typology, and nature of business transactions;
fundamental knowledge of principles of human resource management;
knowledge of the service and manufacturing operations, design, planning, control, and improvement techniques
knowledge of the different factors affecting decision-making;
understanding importance of the mathematical models in the decision-making process;
knowledge of the principles in developing new product and related processes;
knowledge of manufacturing and space planning techniques;
understanding the importance of statistical control of quality management and processes;
knowledge of fundamental aspects of ranging;
knowledge of quality management principles;
knowledge of different methods of research.
Applying Knowledge to Practice:
The graduate will act in a new, unforeseen and multidisciplinary environment; search for new and original ways of solving complex problems, including independent research using the latest methods and approaches. In particular, the graduate will be able to:
make the right tactical or strategic decisions based on the cost statements;
create operational and financial budgets;
evaluate investment projects;
make investment decisions;
plan and manage business transactions;
apply theories and concepts of marketing into practice;
make managerial decisions regarding human resources;
run and lead the whole cycle of the project management;
manage the process of design, planning, monitoring, and improvement of the service and manufacturing operations;
apply concepts of modelling into practice;
apply computer simulations and algorithms in the decision-making process;
define and classify measurements of business effectiveness;
manage the process of developing quality systems design and use tools and instruments of the control;
conduct the research.
Ability to Make Conclusion:
The graduate will be able to make grounded conclusions bases on the critical analysis of complex and incomplete information (including recent research); to make innovative synthesis based on the recent data. In particular, the graduate will able to:
create statistic models and solve practical tasks by using those models;
a model business task in Excel;
explain and analyze graphically the dynamic of market processes;
monitor, explain and analyze the market prices and other essential indicators;
conduct mathematical and economic analysis using standard programming tools;
evaluate and make conclusions of presentations and business communications;
analyze different types of cost statement systems;
apply quantitative and qualitative skills to determine various managerial or operational problems;
analyze the results and make appropriate statistical conclusions;
analyze theories of micro and macroeconomics;
identify, evaluate and manage financial risks;
make critical analysis;
conduct a quantitative and qualitative analysis of quality management;
analyze the results of made decisions.
The graduate will communicate their conclusions, arguments, and research methods with the academic and professional staff on Georgian and foreign languages, considering academic ethical norms and modern information and communication technologies. In particular, the graduate will be able to:
work in teams and lead the team;
conduct communication on business transactions;
conduct communication on investment decisions;
manage interpersonal relations;
communicate with the investors;
master presentation and public speaking skills.
Ability to Learn
The graduate will independently conduct the learning process, understand the learning process's characteristics, and make its strategic plan. In particular, will be able to:
update knowledge regularly;
find appropriate sources and resources.
The graduate will be able to evaluate values and contribute to the establishment of new values. In particular, the graduate will:
acknowledge and share free-market ideas;
share private ownership principles;
share principles of liberal democracy;
appreciate differences and cultural diversity;
carry out business activities with professional responsibility;
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A minor in Classical Languages requires a minimum of six courses.
A minor in Ancient Studies requires a minimum of six courses.
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Domestic violence is the physical, emotional, sexual
or mental abuse of one person by another, with whom they have or have had
an intimate relationship.
violence is very common: it can happen to any woman, regardless of her
age, social class, race, disability or lifestyle. Domestic violence can start at any
point in a relationship, even many years after you first met.
violence is rarely a one-off event. Physical violence often escalates in
frequency and severity over time. However, the violence can take many
forms and even though the physical or sexual abuse may not happen
regularly, other forms of abusive or controlling behaviour may be ongoing,
so that you always feel off-balance or anxious about your relationship.
every situation is unique, there are some common behaviours that link the
experience of an abusive relationship. Acknowledging
that you are in an abusive relationship is an important step in preventing
and stopping the violence. All forms of abuse – psychological, economic,
emotional, sexual and physical - come from the abuser’s desire to
maintain power and control over another person.
acknowledging that it is happening to you and to stop playing down the
abuse you are experiencing. Women’s Aid is here to help you come to
terms with the violence.
to recognise that you are not to blame. No-one
deserves to be assaulted, humiliated or abused, least of all by their
partner in a supposedly caring relationship. Women
often blame themselves because they have consistently been told it is
to begin seeking the help and support that is available. This step
includes gaining emotional support and practical help. You can start this
process by talking to a friend that you trust, calling the Women’s Aid
Helpline, or contacting your local Women’s Aid group. You may want to
start thinking about moving to somewhere safe, away from your abuser, or
taking legal action that will protect you and stop the violence against
free of abuse can be a lengthy process. Most women try to seek help or
leave a number of times before they finally make the break.
prospect of leaving an abusive relationship can be as frightening as the
prospect of staying. It takes courage for a woman to reach out and seek
help and this process can be painful and distressing.
How can women's Aid help you?
If you, or someone you know, is experiencing, or has
experienced, physical, emotional or sexual violence in the home, the Women’s
Aid 24 hour Helpline (0800 917 1414) can give you support, help and
You do not have to be in an emergency situation to contact the
Women’s Aid Helpline.
is staffed by paid and voluntary workers, as well as women who have
experienced the benefits of Women's Aid themselves. The self-help process which allows
women to take control of their own lives, underpins the work of Women's Aid. They
will discuss the practical and legal options available to you and, where
necessary, refer you onto a refuge, a local Women’s Aid group or other
agency that can help. Your local
Women’s Aid group may also offer aftercare or, face-to-face support.
You do not have to go to a refuge or leave your
relationship to get support.
If you do decide to go to a refuge Women’s staff
and help you devise a safety plan for leaving.
is a Refuge?
A refuge is a safe house where you can live free from
violence. It offers temporary accommodation and a breathing space where
decisions can be made free from pressure and fear.
If you have children, you can take them with you, but
you don’t have to have children to stay in a refuge. There are refuges
throughout Northern Ireland -you can choose to travel as far away from, or
stay as near to, your home town as you wish. It may also be
possible to get accommodated in refuges run by similar organisations
throughout the UK.
You can stay at the refuge for as long as you need, this
can be anything from a few days to several months. The refuge will help you if
you need to find somewhere permanent to stay.
Continuing support is available from the refuge workers
when needed. The networks
established among women in the refuges are a very important source of support.
How can I get
referred to a Women's Aid refuge
There are no
hard and fast procedures. Referrals
may come through Social Services, Police, Homeless Advice Unit, Samaritans,
and The Citizens Advice Bureau. You
may get in touch with the refuge directly or through the Women's Aid Helpline. If you need to go to a refuge in an
emergency, the police can take you when asked to help. Social workers and GP's also have
lists of refuge addresses.
Who can go to a refuge?
Any woman, regardless of her religion, political
outlook, culture or background.
How much does it cost?
If you have no
income or are on income support, Housing Benefit covers rents. When you come to a refuge you are
entitled to make a claim for income support.
If you are on a low income the cost charged will reflect your ability
What facilities are there
Living accommodation is shared, women cook for their own families
and good laundry facilities are available for washing and drying clothes. Families will have their own
sleeping accommodation. Outings
and playgroups are sometimes arranged for the children.
What if I don't want to go to a refuge?
local Women’s Aid groups also run advice
or outreach services to more isolated areas. You can call in to see
someone or telephone for advice and support, without having to stay in a
can I help a friend?
for information on helping a friend.
where the nearest telephone is located.
where refuge can be sought.
a list of important and emergency numbers.
money for bus or taxi fare.
an extra set of keys to home and car.
an emergency bag - take enough clothes, including school uniforms and
children’s favourite possessions.
when it is best to leave. Discuss it with the children. It is important to try
to leave with all the children.
important documents together e.g. benefit books, medical cards, certificates,
bank books, legal orders etc.
a note of the family’s essential medicines.
when partner is not around.
all of the children.
clothing for several days.
children's favourite toys.
Take important documents
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Another year, another State of the Union address by President Barack Obama.
On Tuesday, he’ll deliver his seventh – and next-to-last – such speech to the nation. This number counts his Feb. 2009 address to Congress (technically not a State of the Union, because he had been on the job for just a month).
And looking back on his past speeches, they serve as a kind of time stamp on his presidency, highlighting his goals and challenges. They also chronicle his graying hair and control of the U.S. House of Representatives (with Democrat Nancy Pelosi first sitting behind him, then Republican John Boehner).
Here are some past highlights:
2009: “[W]hile our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before” – Obama speaking in the midst of the country’s economic free fall and right after passage of the American Recovery Act, a.k.a., the stimulus.
2010: “Don't walk away from [health-care] reform. Not now. Not when we are so close. Let us find a way to come together and finish the job for the American people. Let's get it done. Let's get it done” – Obama exhorting Congress (especially Democrats) after Scott Brown’s Senate victory in Massachusetts looked to imperil health-care reform.
2011:“Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner. And as we mark this occasion, we’re also mindful of the empty chair in this chamber, and we pray for the health of our colleague – and our friend -– Gabby Giffords” – with the new GOP-controlled House and after then-Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot.
2012:“For the first time in two decades, Osama bin Laden is not a threat to this country… We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules” – as Obama’s re-election message was coming into focus, especially with Mitt Romney as his likely Republican opponent.
2013: “The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The families of Oak Creek and Tucson and Blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence –- they deserve a simple vote. They deserve a simple vote” – after the Newtown, Conn., shootings.
2014: “For decades, few things exposed hard-working families to economic hardship more than a broken health care system. And in case you haven’t heard, we’re in the process of fixing that” – after the problems associated with HealthCare.Gov
Obama’s calls for action that were met
President Obama’s past State of the Unions also outlined his policy and political objectives. Some of them were accomplished:
Health care: “I suffer no illusions that this will be an easy process. It will be hard. But I also know that nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough. So let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year.” – 2009
Financial reform: “I ask Congress to move quickly on legislation that will finally reform our outdated regulatory system. It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.” – 2009
Repealing “Don’t’ Ask, Don’t Tell”: “This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are. – 2010
Defeating Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda’s core leadership: “In Pakistan, al Qaeda’s leadership is under more pressure than at any point since 2001. Their leaders and operatives are being removed from the battlefield. Their safe havens are shrinking. And we’ve sent a message from the Afghan border to the Arabian Peninsula to all parts of the globe: We will not relent, we will not waver, and we will defeat you.” – 2011
Call for actions not met
Other objectives weren’t accomplished:
Cap and trade: “So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.” – 2009
Closing Guantanamo: “That is why I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists – because living our values doesn’t make us weaker, it makes us safer and it makes us stronger.” – 2009
Another jobs bill after the stimulus: “I want a jobs bill on my desk without delay.” – 2010
Ousting the Assad regime in Syria: “A year ago, Qaddafi was one of the world’s longest-serving dictators -– a murderer with American blood on his hands. Today, he is gone. And in Syria, I have no doubt that the Assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change cannot be reversed, and that human dignity cannot be denied.” – 2012
Passing immigration reform: “Finally, if we are serious about economic growth, it is time to heed the call of business leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders, and law enforcement – and fix our broken immigration system... So let’s get immigration reform done this year.” – 2014
“The State of Our Nation Is….”
A final observation about Obama’s past State of the Union addresses: Each has had a slightly different way in describing the state of the nation.
2009: “We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.”
2010: “Despite our hardships, our union is strong.”
2011: “And tonight, more than two centuries later, it’s because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward, and the state of our union is strong.”
2012: “The state of our Union is getting stronger. And we’ve come too far to turn back now.”
2013: “So, together, we have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and we can say with renewed confidence that the State of our Union is stronger.”
2014: “Tonight, this chamber speaks with one voice to the people we represent: it is you, our citizens, who make the state of our union strong.”
The word game
The number of times Obama mentioned these words in his six previous addresses:
Health care: 38
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You can find articles on nearly every running topic under the sun, including how many weeks of preparation are needed, how much mileage and intensity should be involved and even nutritional advice for each phase of marathon prep. However, there are few pieces that address marathon and half marathon recovery and its effective implementation. Once you complete your target race, then what? What should the next training sequence look like?
Full Rest vs. Active Rest Based on Mileage and Gender
Former marathon world record holder Paul Tergat viewed his marathon race as the "beginning of [his] rest." For Tergat, 20 to 30 days of complete rest post-marathon, both physically and mentally, with no running whatsoever, was something he commonly addressed as both "intelligent and needed." Tergat took the unique perspective that these rest periods were part of his training rather than the absence of it. However, is this method the best? History, research and a cross section of even the best global runners suggests that how best to recover from a marathon depends on a variety of factors, not the least of which are how much you run and have run and whether you are male or female.
Traditional vs. Active
Road racing is nearly three times as popular as it was in the '70s and '80s and is also seeing more runners race half and full marathons with lighter loads of training. ZAP Fitness commonly host adult campers who have entered marathon events on as little as 20 miles a week. (For the record, we don't necessarily advocate this "lower volume prep" approach to marathoning.)
it's these "newer" runners to whom I recommend a more active rest period with mobile, non-running exercise such as swimming and walking, as well as a more rapid ramp-up back into "normal training" in the weeks after a marathon or half marathon. On the flip side, runners with larger volumes of training background—can draw upon their long-term fitness more readily after a rest. The general thinking here is simple: If you have trained more and over a longer period of time in terms of both quantity and quality, your rest needs to be ample. For those with less background, you should get back to running more quickly to continue aerobic development over the long-term.
The sample below details the transition in the first two weeks post-race for a 64-year-old man who ran two marathons in the past year, running "only" 35 miles a week to train.
Week One Post Race
Sunday - Marathon Race
Monday - walk/ off from running
Tuesday - walk 60 to 70 minutes/off from running
Wednesday - light 3-mile run
Thursday - non-running exercise (light swim/ bike) for 45 to 60 minutes
Friday - walk/ off from running
Saturday - light 3- to 4-mile run
Week Two Post Race
Sunday - non-run exercise (swim/ bike) 60 to 70 minutes
Monday - 4 to 5 miles of easy running
tuesday - walk 70 to 80 minutes
Wed - 4 to 5 miles running
Thursday - walk 70 to 80 minutes
Friday - non run exercise for 60 to 70 minutes
Satrday - 4 to 5 miles easy running
The third week saw him run 25 to 27 miles for the week and the fourth saw him close to peak mileage. It is worth noting that I, as a coach, have had far more athletes acquire injuries in the ramp back up to training after a rest than in the period when steady, consistent volume is re-established.
Male or Female?
It has long been theorized that women recover faster from endurance-based training and racing than men. As far back as the 1940s, Swedish Coach Gosta Holmer, considered the father of the fartlek, observed the recovery qualities of women and the speed of that recovery compared to men. Of Swedish and Finnish women in that era Holmer noted that "women seemed prepared to come back with tough work in short periods much more effectively than men." Similar observations have been made in both the Japanese and Australian federations. In recent years we have seen these theories emerge and tested.
New research shows women can get rid of waste product more rapidly and effectively than men, and the greater percent of muscle to overall body weight in men is actually a detriment as it relates to recovery—not to mention that women have long been proven to have higher overall pain thresholds than men. Put these factors together, and you can see why women tend to recover from grueling endurance events, such as marathons, in a comparatively shorter period of time than men.
The "Marathon/Half Marathon as a Springboard" Plan
The half and full marathon distances are two of the most grueling in endurance athletics. However, for those who are able to recover more quickly from these longer races, another half or full in short order can be an effective, albeit risky way to move forward. The first half or full itself, if recovered from properly, will serve as a boost toward the second. Once again, the inherent challenge is the first 14 to 17 days after your first race when intensity should be kept to a minimum yet overall volume not considerably reduced.
On a related note is the concept of the practice marathon within a build-up, from which recovering is a simpler task. A practice half or full marathon is simply using your chosen distance as one of the critical long runs as you build toward the more important primary goal race. I have become more of a fan of running a low-key half marathon five to 11 weeks out from a marathon if for no other reason than to practice race day scenarios, fluid intake, etc.
Recovery of Every Sort
Body maintenance is a critical factor as it relates to marathon recovery. As you conclude your marathon target race, be certain to focus on muscle repair through body maintenance. Be it massage work or other body care such as osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture or chiropractic work, body maintenance can and will advance recovery from a longer race exponentially.
Nutritional recovery—taking in quality proteins to rebuild muscle tissue microtearing, proper hydration and an emphasis on magnesium and potassium stores and lost electrolytes—will enable that additional one to two percent toward advanced recovery.
Mental rest is also just as important. Marathons and half marathons are arduous events not only physically but also in the focus it takes to get the most out of yourself, regardless of your level of performance. A good mental break where you can remove yourself from the spotlight of performance and goal setting can go a long way toward entering the next training cycle effectively.
The Individualized Nature of Recovery
A distance runner can have the best laid plan for event recovery, but much like event preparation itself, recovery is as individual as a fingerprint. Different body types, different training backgrounds and lifestyles and different fitness and nutrition within the cycle all play critical roles when it comes to marathon recovery. Listening to your body is the best thing you can do during recovery and moving toward your next goal. Do not fight rest. Rest is indeed part of training and not its absence. Conversely, if your body utilizes the fitness attained from your marathon and you've recovered well in the first few weeks, be open to the idea of using the race as a springboard into another event sooner than usual. | <urn:uuid:3407fb91-8950-4acd-884a-1dc4f8222302> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.active.com/running/articles/how-to-approach-recovery-after-a-target-race?int=72-3-A8 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.961792 | 1,501 | 1.898438 | 2 |
National College Championship Semi-Finals #3:
The last Jeopardy question (Friday, 2/18/2022) in the “Historic Structures” category was:
In the year 1100, the Bishop of Durham became the first prisoner here, and after suffocating his guards with wine, he was the first to escape.
Competing in the Semi-Final 3 of the National College Championship are: Kristin Donegan, a Carnegie Mellon University senior; Liz Feltner, a senior at Northeastern University; and Emmey Harris, a University of Minnesota sophomore.
Section 1: A Minor in History – Abbrev. – High quality – between 10 and 20 – Don’t be too thirsty – ESPN
Kristin won the Jeopardy! round every day double on “Don’t Be Thirsty” under the $800 mark on the 14th pick of the round. She was in third place with a negative $200, $2,600 less than Liz’s lead. Kristin bet $1,000 and came away with a pear. That is WRONG.
Earl Gray tea gets its distinctive flavor from an oil derived from the bergamot variety of this fruit. report
What is Orange?
Emmy ended up taking home $3,600. Liz was in second place with $3,000 and Kristin was last with $800. All the symptoms were reported.
Part 2: Geographic Name Changes – One Word Movie Titles – 20th Century Books – Chemistry Glossary – Religion – “Tic” Talk
Kristin earned the first Daily Double on “Chemistry Glossary” under the $1,600 clue on the second pick of the round. He is in third place with $2,800, $800 less than Emmey’s. Kristin worked every day honestly and it was the BEST.
Europium is one of these metals, although they are not as rare as their name suggests. report
WHAT ARE THE RARE EARTH METALS?
Kristin got the last Daily Double on “Book” under the $800 clue with 9 clues left behind her. He led with $13,600, $6,800 more than Emmey in second. Kristin bets $3,000 and thinks it’s a grape. That is WRONG.
In a Steinbeck novel, the title character is thrown into the water after a storm. report
WHAT IS THE KING?
Kristin and Liz finished in a tie for the title with $11,000. Emmy was last with $10,800. All the symptoms were reported.
All contestants receive a Jeopardy Hope! right.
WHAT IS THE TOWER OF LONDON?
If you don’t have the time or desire to watch the video above, here is a link to Bishop Ranulf Flambard’s biography on Wikipedia.
Emmy bet her entire $10,800. He ended up with $21,600.
Liz bet every penny of her $11,000 and ended up with $22,000.
Kristin bets all of her $11,000, putting her in a bind with Liz. That required a solid record. The category “Fine Arts”:
A trip to France in the 1920s inspired him to compose “An American in Paris”
Liz first posted with the correct answer: WHO IS GEORGE GERSHWIN? Liz Feltner won the game with $22,000 which put her on top of yesterday’s results.
1. $22,000 Liz Feltner
2. $20,779 Raymond Goslow
3. $18,801 Isaac Applebaum
There are three stumpers from each round:
ABBREV. ($200) Alliance: NATO
RELIGION ($2000) The Hindu goddess Durga, known here as “D” for short, fights for dharma and rides a lion.
Semi-Final National College Championship #4:
The final Jeopardy question (Friday, 2/18/2022) in the “Texts in Banned Books” section is:
Introduced in 1928, this character is a disappointment with a writer before he starts a happy relationship.
Competing in the Semi-Final 4 of the National College Championship are: Joey Kornman, a Brandeis University junior; Jaskaran Singh, a University of Texas at Austin senior; and Megan Sullivan, a University of Virginia senior.
Episode 1: World History – Rock & Roll! – A day at the Sorbonne – Names of school clubs – Salty – Science Fiction
Jaskaran won the Jeopardy! Daily Double round on “World History” under $1,000 clue on the second choice of the round. He led with $800. There is nothing else on the table. Jaskaran bet $1,000 and he was right.
Under the revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo, this country declared its independence from Spain in 1898. report
WHAT IS THE PHILIPPINES?
Jaskaran finished in the lead with $5,400. Joey was second with $4,800 and Megan was last with $2,600. All the symptoms were reported.
Part 2 Army: Expanding Across the US – Chorus – “Ya”s – Let’s Have a Watch Party – Verbs – Science Fact
Megan got the first Daily Double on “Verbs” under the $1,600 clue on pick 8 of the round. He is in third place with $3,800, $4,000 less than Jaskaran’s. Megan is all about it and she’s RIGHT.
Speak clearly & clearly; it also means coming together by joining together report
What is ARTICULATE?
Joey got the last Daily Double on “Science Fact” under the $1,200 clue with 11 clues left behind him. She is in second place with $10,000, $3,200 less than Megan’s lead. Joey bet $4,000 and he shot with bauxite. That is WRONG.
Here is the wind, and this ore of uranium was first discovered report
Megan ended up taking the lead with $14,000. Jaskaran was second with $12,200 and Joey was last with $9,200. All the symptoms were reported.
Only one of the contestants received Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS LADY CHATTERLEY?
DH Lawrence’s novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was first published in 1928 in Italy but was banned in the USA and other countries for many years on the grounds of pollution and adultery. Learn more.
Joey thought it was Madame Bovary (a 19th century novel). Joey bets and loses his entire $9,200.
Jaskaran was right. He bet all in and doubled his score to $24,400.
Megan has Madame Bovary. He lost his $10,401 bet and ended up with $3,599. He put Jaskaran on top of the list of finalists.
1. $24,400 Jaskaran Singh
2. $22,000 Liz Feltner
3. $20,779 Raymond Goslow
4. $18,801 Isaac Applebaum
As Mayim reminded us, the top 3 finishers will move on to the finals which will air next Tuesday (2/22/2022). Isaac will go home with $35,000 this time, but according to Michael Davies, Isaac will be back in the first two tournaments. We will see Jaskaran, Liz and Raymond in the final two games next Tuesday.
There are three stumpers from each round:
SCIENCE FICTION ($600) In this “animated” author of “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing”, alien cartoons called Carls appear all over the world.
MUSIC CLASS ($400) A standard piano has 52 white keys & these black keys.
There are three stumpers on page 2. Click on Number 2 below.
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After fixing several major and minor bugs in Gpredict 1.1 it was time to look at what new cool features version 1.2 should include. Fortunately, there is a nice list of feature requests from users that have been accumulated over time so all I had to do was to pick one and start working on it. This time I picked improvement of the layout engine.
New Layout Engine
I think we can agree that Gpredict is already one of the most flexible satellite tracking application applications when it comes to customising how the tracking data is presented to the user. In version 1.1 the user can chose between four different visualisation modules that can be arranged in many different layouts. Despite this flexibility, the available options are still limited to a fixed number of possibilities that is more or less hard coded into the software. I wanted to change this into something more generic that does not put any hard limits on what is possible.
I decided that the best and easiest way to accomplish this – also considering the limitations of the underlying Gtk+ toolkit – was to allow the user to place any number of views in a virtual grid. This means that when the user selects a given view to include in the module he/she has to specify the grid-coordinates for the module. The size of the grid will then be automatically determined according to the specified coordinates for all modules.
As of writing, the only way to create these fancy layouts is to specify it manually using an array of integers. The array has 5 numbers for each view:
- The first number is the view type
- 0: List view (table)
- 1: Map view
- 2: Polar view
- 3: Single satellite view
- 4: Event list view (to be implemented)
- The second number is the left-attach coordinate of the view starting from 0
- The third number is the right-attach coordinate of the view
- The fourth number is the top-attach coordinate of the view starting from 0
- The third number is the bottom-attach coordinate of the view
The coordinate system of the grid has origin (0,0) in the top left corner. So, the layout code for the module shown above is:
Creating layouts this way is really fun for me, though I fear it would scare the hell out of regular users — in particular those who are just trying Ubuntu Linux for the first time. Obviously, a better configurator GUI is needed. To begin with, Gpredict 1.2 will include a set of pre-configured layouts and still allow to enter the layout code manually for custom configurations. The user manual will describe the layout configuration in detail. I hope then that somebody will create a fancy drag-and-drop layout configurator for a later release.
If you know me you have by now figured out that the primary reason for this new feature was my desire to be able to make cool video recordings of satellite passes such as this one (yes, that’s Gpredict 1.2 in action).
Event List View
Now that Gpredict allows creating complex layouts, the next problem is the lack of views. Currently, there are only four different kind of view (shown on the screnshot above) and few more would be really nice to have. Ideas that have been tossed around over the years include:
- Sky view – showing a photographic view of the sky
- Space view – a camera following (or attached to) the satellite showing the Earth from space
- Event list view – showing a list of upcoming events and counting down to the event.
For version 1.2, I expect to implement the last one – Event list view – simply because it is relatively easy. It will show the satellites tracked in the module with a count down clock to their next AOS (or LOS if they are within range). Alternatively, the user will be able to select showing the time of AOS/LOS instead of the count down. The list will be sortable according to either satellite name or time.
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A quick (sorry if that turns out to be a lie) report to highlight students and formally announce three new courses that we quietly released while the rest of the Brotherhood was battling crystal monsters.
This first new course is one we had on the to-do list to introduce members to the creature system the Brotherhood now has in place in both possessions and character sheets, but when a member stepped forward with an idea for a course on the fauna of the galaxy, we decided to let him run with it, instead. Rhylance completed the course, Creatures & You, within weeks of the proposal. So a huge thanks to Rhylance!
Definitely check out the course even if you’re already familiar with the subject, and remember it’s there as a resource if new members have questions or want to learn more. We tried to consolidate information on purchasing creatures, interacting with them with skills and Force powers, and also just basic information about each biological category of Star Wars beastie.
With the renewed Mandalorian hype, our Mandalorian Studies course was due for an update. It should come as no surprise that a certain “Mandaboo” that is also on the Shadow Academy staff jumped at this opportunity. Due to the sheer amount of content, we decided to split this course into Mandalorian Culture Studies and a separate course (soon to be courses) on Mandalorian history.
Appius took the lead on this course to delve a little deeper into the nuances of Mandalorian culture and its development over time. Since this is considered an update to the old Mandalorian Studies, you won’t be able to take the exam if you’ve already taken the previous version, but I’d still encourage you to have a look at the new content and join me in thanking Appius for all his hard work!
As a separate course, I wanted to expand the section on Mandalorian history from the old course to include a more detailed account of Mandalorian history from their early crusades and war against the Jedi through the end of the Clone Wars. The result is Mandalorian History 101, which is a brand new course waiting for people to collect those Quick Learner trophies (be among the first ten to submit a perfect exam). ;)
This course will be followed up shortly by Mandalorian History 102, which will continue their history after Order 66 with the new content that’s been released.
While wartime often means a break in Shadow Academy activity, our professors noted two students during this period that stood out both for their activity and the quality of the answers they supplied on their exams.
Acolyte Dalric Hadroll of Clan Vizsla joined the Brotherhood in late June and immediately began tearing through courses at the academy – including successfully completing ACC qualification within two days of joining! As of today, he’s completed 42 courses and five degrees with a perfect average. Our Combat and Warfare professor, Crysenia, also praised the quality of his answers on the exams in her department, and I’ve already seen him around Telegram, so I’m excited to see where he goes from here. Welcome to the Brotherhood, Dalric, and great job!
In addition to Dalric, both Crysenia and Sang, the professor of our Lore Department, highlighted Sergeant Raleien Sonvarret of Clan Scholae Palatinae for his exams in their departments, as well. Raleien (a former SA staffer!) just re-joined the Brotherhood a month ago and has jumped right back into the action, completing 35 courses and four degrees – including the infamous Alchemy exam.
The 2nd Quarter Shadow Academy Decathlon just wrapped with the following winners for the entire quarter (check out the comp link to see the monthly winners):
Congratulations to all! To get on the leaderboard next month, just start taking exams and collecting those ACs.
And, last but definitely not least, I wanted to celebrate the “construction” of two additional DJKs (JM4s). These members were both promoted in late May and early June, but I hadn’t yet had a chance to highlight them, so here it goes.
The Shadow Academy is only a small part of the journey to this milestone for most members, but I love seeing new members who come through the academy use it as a springboard to really get connected with the club in the way that these members have to achieve these promotions. Their units can speak better to their accomplishments, so I’d encourage you to click on their names below to read their promotion events and celebrate with them. :)
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Marketing represents perhaps the biggest challenge. SMEs are spread out everywhere, and yet are hard to reach. The cost of customer acquisition can be very high. This has dissuaded most companies from trying to sell SMEs. Says Stuart Feil, senior editorial director of Bredin Business Information:
Small businesses are conservative by nature when it comes to change. They want to let someone else be the tester. For the most part, small businesses are not early adopters. There are a lot of offerings out there right now that are just looking to get some sort of an anchor online. They understand that they have to be there right now even though there might not be the customer base. So that when the customer base really does get there, these companies have a good toehold. This applies to Internet business solution or application companies. The enormous market might not be there now for these services. But you need to be there when the market catches up.
Gary Griffiths, CEO of Everdream, elaborates on the challenge of marketing to SMEs:
How to reach all of these granular customers in a cost-effective method is a challenge. Direct sales forces don’t work, because they’re not cost effective. We depend on sales channel structure with our partners such as ISPs and ASPs. There is also not a typical office; it’s like marketing to 10 million different individuals.”
One needs to be extremely innovative when trying to sell e-Business solutions to SMEs. Some possible approaches are:
- Partnerships – target those who sell to SMEs: SMEs need to interact with organizations like banks and telcos. They can work as good intermediaries for reaching out to SMEs.
- Internet – leverage for marketing: The Internet can be used as a low-cost marketing medium. SMEs need to be attracted by some free services (in many cases, it may make sense to give away a part of the basic service rather than spend money on expensive advertising in the press or other media).
- Word-of-mouth – use the SME Ecosystem: SMEs interact with other SMEs for many of their needs. They also tend to trust other SMEs. So, buzz among this community can play a strong role in adoption of a solution.
- Government and Industry Associations: SMEs need to interact with the government and are likely to be part of local and industry bodies. Interaction with the government is the biggest “pain” factor in the lives of many SMEs. The government can also be used in a positive manner – to encourage SMEs to adopt new technology (e.g. to adopt EDI solutions for customs clearances). Industry associations can help in offering success stories of how technology has helped the smaller companies compete effectively against the larger players.
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A scratchcard (also called a scratch off, scratch ticket, scratcher, scratchum, scratch-it, scratch game, scratch-and-win, instant game, instant lottery, or in the United Kingdom a scratchie, lot scrots, or scritchies) is a card designed for competitions, often made of thin cardstock or plastic to conceal PINs, where one or more areas contain concealed information which can be revealed by scratching off an opaque covering.
Applications include cards sold for gambling (especially lottery games and quizzes), free-of-charge cards for quizzes, fraudulent free cards encouraging calls to premium rate phone services, and to conceal confidential information such as PINs for telephone calling cards (otherwise known as recharge cards) and other prepaid services.
In some cases, the entire scratchable area needs to be scratched to see whether a prize has been won—the card is printed either to be a winner or not—or to reveal the secret code; the result does not depend upon what portions are scratched off. In other cases, some but not all areas have to be scratched; this may apply in a quiz, where the area corresponding to the right answer is scratched, or in some gambling applications where, depending on which areas are scratched, the card wins or loses. In these cases, the card becomes invalid if too many areas are scratched. After losing, one can scratch all areas to see if, how, and what one could have won with this card.
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The scratchcard itself is made of paper-based card, or plastic, with hidden information such as PIN or HRN (Hidden Recharge Number) printed on it, covered by an opaque substance (usually latex). The original cards were covered with an environmentally unsafe solvent based coating. In the late 1980s, adhesive specialist Jerome Greenfield invented a safe water-based coating still used in scratchers today that can be scratched off relatively easily, while resistant to normal abrasion. Other types of scratch panel are scratch labels, hot stamp foil or 'sandwich' label which are technologies that is easy to produce for manufacturers without specialised equipment for applying latex panels. Unlike silkscreen latex panels that bond with the card body, labels are distinctly separate to the card body and applied by adhesion which makes them prone to sophisticated and fraudulent manipulation.
Gambling and quizzes
The original game tickets were produced using manual randomization techniques. In 1974 the American company Scientific Games Corporation led by scientist John Koza and retail promotions specialist Daniel Bower produced the first computer-generated instant lottery game. In 1987, Astro-Med, Inc. of West Warwick, Rhode Island, received the U.S. Patent for the instant scratch-off lottery ticket, but the patent acknowledges that "instant-game tickets comprising a card having game-playing indicia imprinted on a window thereon and a removable opaque layer covering the window:" had already been available for a number of years.
Simple prize scratchcards require the player, for example, to scratch off three (or more) areas hiding numbers, symbols, etc. If all the items revealed are the same, a prize has been won. More complicated scratchcards have several different ways to win on one card. Other scratchcards involve matching symbols, pictures or words, or are adaptations of popular (card-)games such as blackjack, poker or Monopoly. Games are also tied to popular themes such as Harley Davidson, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, the National Hockey League, Marvel Comics and FIFA World Cup.
There are currently two major manufacturers of game tickets: Scientific Games Corporation, with production facilities in the USA, Chile, UK, Germany, Canada, Brazil and Australia; and Pollard Banknote, with production facilities in the USA and Canada. There are several other smaller manufacturers in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Scratchcards are a very popular form of gambling due to their low cost, their distribution in many corner stores and gas stations, and the opportunity to win instantly, as opposed to waiting for a draw like many lotteries. There is a trend towards more expensive scratchcards (20-50 USD) that have prizes in the millions of dollars. However, many such "instant" tickets sold in the US, especially in Massachusetts and New York, do not pay top prizes "instantly," but rather over many years, with no cash lump sum option.
The popularity of lottery scratchcards has been increasing at a greater rate than any other form of lottery.
In the 21st century there have been attempts to increase the odds on finding a prize-winning card based on statistics, by tracking the amount of prize money won and cards sold to calculate accurate current odds. There have been a number of instances where a series of cards are still available although all major prizes have been won. Some lotteries make this information available to all free of charge to help promote their games Hypothetically, large early payouts may exceed ultimate sales before expiration of the game card series. However, the low odds of winning – typically from less than 1 in 5 to about 1 in 2.5 – and players who buy cards unaware of the low return offset these losses, so the lottery still makes a profit.
Many state lotteries also run a second-chance sweepstakes in conjunction with the retail sale of state lottery scratchcards in an effort to increase consumer demand for scratchcards and to help control the litter problems associated with the improper disposal of non-winning lottery tickets. Since lottery tickets and scratchcards are considered in the United States to be bearer instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code, these scratchcard promotions can be entered with non-winning tickets that are picked up as litter.
Break Opens, also known as breakopens, break open cards, strip tickets, pull-tabs, nevada tickets or in some Bingo Halls as "pickles" are lottery or bingo cards on which there are concealed letters, numbers, or symbols that have been predetermined as winners. The cards are often made of cardboard and contain perforated cover window tabs, behind which the combinations are printed. The purchaser must "break open" the card, or pull up the pull-tabs, to see the information printed within, and then must confirm with winning combinations printed on the back of the card, various cards may have come from the printer highlighted as winning under the tabs. The winning combination will be highlighted, making the identification of winning tickets easier.
Online gambling scratchcards
By around 2010 online versions of virtual "scratchcard" (not physical cards) gambling games which utilized Macromedia Flash and Java to simulate scratching a card on a computer were available. Virtual cards could be bought, and prizes collected, over an Internet connection.
A widespread misuse of scratchcards is the free-of-charge distribution of cards offering a range of prizes, ranging from extremely low-value to very desirable; for example from time-limited discount vouchers redeemable only through a specified agent to cars. Cards always reveal that a prize has been won, but the nature and value of the prize can only be determined by phoning a premium rate telephone claim line costing a significant sum per minute. Calls to this number are designed by the promoter always to take several minutes, and the prize won is, in reality, always of far less value than the cost of the call, and usually not worth claiming. Regulatory authorities for telephone services have been taking action against such schemes, issuing warnings and large fines.
Games sold with claimed jackpots
Over the years, many lotteries have continued to sell scratch games, while failing to disclose that the larger prizes or jackpot have already been claimed in order to discourage players from no longer playing a won scratch game, though before the 2000s and direct connections between the lottery and their sales terminals could be made, there was no expectation of this to be known. In February 2018 it was reported that some scratch cards in the UK are still sold even after the jackpots have already been won. Research by The Guardian newspaper found that the £250,000 Gold game, which advertises 15 top prizes worth a quarter of a million pounds each, were still being sold after all 15 jackpots had been claimed.
This happened again in May 2018, in which the 20X Cash Scratchcard was still being sold after the last jackpot prize was claimed. Many lotteries since the start of the 2010s have begun to have their retailers print out up-to-date game lists from their terminals daily or weekly (often with the force of state, provincial, or national law after consumer watchdog organizations or television station investigative units have exposed the practice), which note games where jackpots have already been won or which have large prizes left, along with up-to-date winners' lists on their websites.
Cards hiding confidential information
Scratchcards can also be used to distribute confidential information, without any element of chance or skill. A common example is the phone card or recharge card sold for a price which provides specified phone call usage. The card itself, unlike a credit card, has no function in itself; it is simply a vehicle to inform the purchaser confidentially of the PIN required to make the phone calls paid for.
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- www.play-scratchcards.co.uk describing different Internet scratchcards. Encourages play, but not associated with any one provider.
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- "Jackpots on some National Lottery scratchcards impossible to win". 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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This tower of cream puffs is sure to impress. While it may seem intimidating, this pastry creation is made of 3 base components: choux pastry, vanilla pastry cream, and caramel. From the baking to free-form assembly, this guide will walk you through to croquembouche success!
Croquembouche, also known as Croque en bouche, which means “crunch in mouth,” is an absolute feat of pastry creation. It’s a traditional French pastry served at special celebrations, and it certainly is a special dessert! Made of cream puffs stacked and held together with caramel, it’s sure to make your dinner guests gasp with delight.
For the home chef, it can be an intimidating project to tackle. All those tiny cream puffs and having to glue them together with hot caramel – sounds like a potential kitchen nightmare.
But never fear, after tackling this beast, I’m here to walk through the process along with helpful tips and tricks. Rather than thinking of it as one giant project, break it down into 5 stages:
- Make the choux pastry puffs
- Make the vanilla pastry cream
- Fill the puffs
- Make the caramel
- Assemble the croquembouche
I like to split this over 2 days. On day 1, I make the choux pastry puffs and the vanilla pastry cream. On day 2, I fill the puffs, make the caramel, and assemble. Let’s walk through each step!
1 – Make the choux pastry puffs
We’re going to use the recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction. First step is to make the choux pastry. We’ll mix butter, milk, water, salt, and sugar over medium heat before adding flour and whisking to create a thick paste. We’ll add beaten eggs to the paste to create a thick and pipe-able dough.
Tips for great choux pastry
- How many eggs you add to the pastry will always vary a tiny bit, so you’ll need to add in increments and observe the texture. I beat my eggs in a measuring cup and add slowly to the dough while the mixer is going. One way to tell if your dough has enough eggs is to take a scoop with your spatula and let it drop off. The remaining dough should form a “V” shape hanging off the spatula.
- Use a proper piping bag and tip. Normally I’m all for piping with a ziptop bag with the tip cut off, but having very regular, even choux is going to help with the overall construction of the croquembouche. I have this Ateco set from Amazon
- Do not open the oven while the pastry is baking. This will drop the oven temperature and deflate your pastry.
After you make the choux puffs, let them cool completely. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Make up to 1 day ahead.
2 – Make the vanilla pastry cream
Next up is making the vanilla pastry cream. We’ll mix milk, butter, salt, and vanilla extract over the stove. In a separate bowl, we’ll beat together the eggs with sugar until light and fluffy, then add corn starch. We’ll temper the eggs by pouring the milk mixture into the eggs while whisking. Finally, we’ll pour it all back into the pot and cook until thickened.
Tips for great pastry cream
- It’s very important to temper your eggs. If you add the eggs directly to the hot liquid on the stove, they will scramble and leave you with chunky cream. Pouring the liquid slowly into the eggs while whisking helps bring the eggs up to temperature without scrambling them.
- If you find your cream to be a little lumpy, you can use a sieve to strain out any chunks.
- When you cover the cream for storage, make sure that the plastic wrap touches the surface of the cream. This prevents a film from forming.
After you make the pastry cream, cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge. It needs at least 2 hours to chill but can be made up to 3 days in advance.
3 – Fill the puffs
I like to do this step the next day. We’ll take the wonderful smooth pastry cream and place it in a piping bag. To make piping easier, we’ll poke holes in the bottom of the puffs. From there, we’ll fit the piping bag nozzle into each puff and gently inject cream.
Tips for filling the puffs
- If you’re filling the puffs on the second day after baking, place them on a baking tray and dry them out for 5 minutes at 350°F. Dry puffs help with firmness and structure.
- Don’t overfill the puffs. Normally I fill my puffs ALL THE WAY, but when it comes to croquembouche puffs, I aim for 50% – 75% full. Very full puffs can lead to sogginess which is not great for structure.
4 – Make the caramel
Out of all the steps (except maybe assembly), I found this one the most difficult because I am just not good at making caramel. Caramel is a simple mixture of sugar and water that is heated to about 340°F. Adding water helps the sugar dissolve, and eventually it will boil off.
Tips for making caramel
- Stir at the beginning to help dissolve the sugar. After that, don’t stir as it can cause crystallization.
- Continually brush the sides of the pot with water. Again, this prevents crystals from forming on the sides of the pot. Once crystals have formed, they can easily spread to the rest of the caramel.
- Use a thermometer to check the temperature for done-ness. I didn’t have one handy, so I just eye-balled it, but I can confirm that using a thermometer is much easier and less anxiety-inducing.
- Have a bowl of ice water ready to dip the bottom of the pot in after your caramel is done. This cools down the mixture and prevents additional cooking.
- If you’re struggling with the caramel crystallizing, adding 2 tbsp of corn syrup at the beginning can help with stabilization.
Once the caramel is done, you’re ready to move on to your next step – assembly!
5 – Assemble the croquembouche
The puffs are filled, the caramel is ready – it’s now time to put it all together. First, we’ll trace the outline of a circle on a piece of parchment paper to use as a guide. Then, we’ll dip cream puffs in caramel and slowly build up the tower.
Tips for assembly
- Assemble the croquembouche on whatever you want to serve it on. It sounds obvious, but the final tower will be difficult to shift from one surface to another.
- Before assembly, arrange the cream puffs from largest to smallest. The larger ones will go at the bottom of the power.
- The caramel will periodically need to be reheated. When you feel it thickening up, place it back on the stove.
- Watch out for hot caramel and have a glass of cold water nearby. Be very careful, as the caramel will be very hot and can burn you! As you assemble, you may stick your finger in burning hot caramel. You may then instinctively want to stick your finger in your mouth. Resist the temptation, as then you will burns in your mouth as well. Instead, stick you finger into the cold water.
- If you don’t want to do a free-form croquembouche, you can make a mold out of poster board following this tutorial.
- When making a free form croquembouche, this is the process that worked best for me: drizzle caramel over the area that you’re stacking on as a kind of “mortar.” Then, dip the front and sides of the cream puff in caramel and adhere to the tower. Hold for a little bit as the caramel sets.
Overall things to watch out for
- Moisture and humidity are the enemy. Moisture and humidity will soften your choux pastry and make it harder for your caramel to set. This is why we don’t fill the pastry until right before assembling, because the moisture from the cream will cause the pastry to soften as well. If you live in a very humid environment, consider running a dehumidifier in your kitchen.
- For the best results, try not to be rushed for time. I promise there’s nothing worse than frantically trying to construct a cream puff tower while burning your fingers in hot caramel.
- After assembly, your tower will be good for about 5 – 8 hours before the puffs start to soften. So eat quickly!
If you’ve read all the way here, I think you’re ready to make a croquembouche!
Other pastry recipes to try:
If you make this recipe, please let me know! I would love to see your fabulous pastry towers. You can comment below or tag me on Instagram @halicopteraway.
- Hand or stand mixer
- Large mixing bowl
- Medium saucepan
- Baking tray
- Parchment paper
- Piping bags and tips
- Pastry brush
- 1 cup (230g) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1 cup (240g) water
- 1 cup (240g) milk (whole or 2%)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 tsp granulated sugar
- 2 cups (250g) all purpose flour
- 8 eggs, beaten
Vanilla pastry cream
- 2 cups (480g) whole milk
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup (25g) corn starch
- 2 1/2 cups (500g) granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (120g) water
Day 1: Make the choux pastry
- Combine butter, water, milk, salt, and granulated sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the butter has melted. Bring the mixture to a simmer and then reduce heat to low. Add all of the flour and stir until completely incorporated. The dough should be a thick ball. Press against bottom of sides of the pan for 1 minute to cook the flour and remove from heat.
- Place ball of dough into a large mixing bowl and allow to cool before adding eggs.
- With hand or stand mixer on low speed, slowly add the beaten eggs in 3 or 4 batches with 30 seconds between each. Pour in very slowly and observe the texture of the dough. At first it won't look like it's coming together, but will eventually become thick and glossy. Stop when you have a thick and pipeable texture. I like to save at least 1-2 tbsp of egg to use as the egg wash.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line two baking sheet with parchment and lightly brush each sheet with water. The water helps create extra humidity in the oven, which helps with puffing.
- Fill your piping bag fitted with a 1/2 inch tip with the choux pastry dough. Pipe circles 1 inch in diameter. Space each circle 1 inch apart on the sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes and then, making sure not to open the oven door, reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for 5 – 10 more minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack. Cool completely.
- Store choux puffs in an airtight container at room temperature until ready to assemble.
Day 1: Make the pastry cream
- Whisk egg yolks and sugar in a medium bowl until pale, light, and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Whisk in corn starch until fully incorporated.
- Mix milk, butter, salt, and vanilla extract in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer.
- Slowly pour the milk mixture into the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and cook on medium heat, whisking constantly until the mixture is thick and the whisk marks hold. This should take about 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and pour into a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, making sure the surface of the custard touches the wrap. Chill for at least 2 hours and up to 3 days.
Day 2: Fill the puffs and prep for assembly
- When ready to assemble, remove the puffs from airtight containers. Spread on baking sheet and dry out for 5 minutes in the oven at 350°F. Let cool before filling.
- Poke a small hole in the bottom of each choux puff. Place the pastry cream in a piping bag fitted with a 1/4 inch tip. Fill each puff by placing the piping tip inside of the puff and gently squeezing in cream. Be careful not to overfill. You should have about 50 – 60 filled puffs.
- Arrange the puffs from largest to smallest. This will help with assembly.
- Trace a circle on a sheet of parchment paper that is 8 inches in diameter. Flip upside down so you can still see the circle through the paper. This will be a guide for assembly.
Day 2: Make the caramel
- Fill a large bowl with ice water. Place sugar and water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir the sugar to dissolve. Do not stir again after the sugar has dissolved. Brush down the sides of the pan with water to prevent crystallization. After the caramel is an amber color (about 340°F), remove from the stove and place the pan in the cold water to prevent further cooking.
Day 2: Assemble
- Fill a glass with cold water and place next to your work station in case of caramel burns. If your fingers touch the hot caramel, dip them into the water.
- Use the largest puffs for the bottom of the croquembouche. Dip the front and one side of a cream puff into the caramel, being careful not to burn your fingers. Stick the puff onto the sheet, with the top of the puff facing out. It should be just within the edge of the circle. Dip another puff into the caramel, coating the front and two sides. Place the puff so that one side sticks to the other puff, and the other side sticks to the parchment paper. Repeat until you close the circle, angling the puffs slightly inwards.
- Repeat with the second layer, using at least 1 less puff. Before placing each puff, drizzle caramel on top of the first layer to use a "mortar." Try to place puffs in the empty spaces between puffs in the first layer for structural stability. I find it helpful to hold the last puff I place while dipping the next puff to help the caramel set up.
- Continue to build layers, using less puffs for each layers. You may periodically need to reheat the caramel. Finish the tower with a single puff. You should have 8 layers.
- To decorate, you can make caramel strands by letting the caramel cool in the pan until thickened. It should form a thread when you lift it with a fork. Dip a fork in the caramel and spin around the croquembouche to encase in caramel threads. Alternatively, decorate with ribbon and fresh cranberries.
- The croquembouche will last for 5 – 8 hours before it begins to soften.
- The choux pastry recipe makes about 80 – 90 puffs. You may have 20 – 30 puffs left unfilled, which you won’t need for the final construction. I suggest cutting them in half and enjoying with ice cream. | <urn:uuid:aad2af8f-e0d3-40f3-b4fd-1590685a5fce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://halicopteraway.com/2020/12/14/croquembouche/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.904444 | 3,378 | 1.554688 | 2 |
'People do get sent back': cuts to legal aid systems worry local organizers
Matthew House says it helps more than 200 people with refugee claims
A provincial funding cut means Legal Aid Ontario has stopped accepting new immigration and refugee claims.
The cutoff started Tuesday. In Windsor, this funding affects hundreds of refugee claimants who are waiting for their day in court.
"These cuts are realistically putting the lives of men, women and children at risk," said Mike Morency, executive director of Matthew House.
Matthew House works with refugee claimants until they have had a hearing — and there are currently more than 200 people being assisted by the group.
"Refugees who have legitimate claims, reasons to fear for their lives in their home country, may have their claims denied because they weren't represented by a professional," said Morency.
The province told Legal Aid that only federal funding can be used to cover immigration and refugee services. the amounts to less than half of the between $30 million to $34 million needed by the agency for the year.
The provincial government also cut overall funding to the organization by 30 per cent.
"We help people obtain benefits from social service for food and shelter, we help tenants maintain housing, we help workers get wages they have been denied," said Marion Overholt, director of Community Legal Aid and Legal Assistance of Windsor.
"Our work is about providing the basics of life."
Legal Aid funds the certificate system (providing legal aid certificates to anyone who meets a financial criteria) and the clinics, like Windsor's. The 72 clinics across Ontario are only 20 per cent of the Legal Aid budget.
"If a 30 per cent cut comes to our clinic, there's no question that I would have to lay off staff and cut back on legal services," said Overholt.
Overholt said she agrees with the premier that Ontario should be a 'place to grow.'
"But it should also be a place to recover," said Overholt. "I'm very concerned with the cuts, that we will be in a position and unable to help people who need it most."
Morency said when refugees are unable to access legal aid or end up with less experienced lawyers, claims get denied.
"People do get sent back," said Morency.
Legal Aid Ontario has said they will honour all clients currently being served.
In Windsor, more than 3,600 people were helped by Legal Aid in Windsor through Legal Assistance Windsor and Community Legal Aid.
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Whether your hair is long or short, dry or oily, curly or straight, the importance of proper hair care must not be understated. Hair maintenance is not difficult, but you have to consider some significant points to make your hair healthy. Proper hair care includes everything ranges from shampooing to hair styling and good nutrition. The following guideline will ensure the long-term health of your hair:
A Good Hair Cut – A good hair cut determines the health of your hair and the quality of good hair cut completely relies on your hair stylist and the tools he uses. Good hair cut enhances the appearance of a person and makes him or her look charming. Hair stylists must use top quality scissors that must be well maintained. Dull scissors can damage your hair and lead to split ends.
Hair Cleanliness- Wash your hair sparingly. Washing hair too often leaves hair dry out and may damage your hair. Shampoo your hair every other day. Hair conditioning is vital for improving the condition of your hair. Conditioners smooth the cuticle, keep hair moisturized and help to prevent hair tangling. Conditioner must be used as per your hair type.
Proper Nutrition – Eat a healthy and well-balanced diet. Give your hair the right amount of protein, vitamins, and other necessary nutrients. Lean proteins, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, omega-3 fatty acids, salmon and other protein rich food should be added to a diet for keeping hair healthy. Drink plenty of water as it prevents hair breakage.
Let your hair dry naturally – Excessive heat can ruin your hair, and the damage is not even reversible. If you want to use hair dryer, follow these recommendations to protect your hair from potential damage:
- Choose hair dryer that offers different heat and air pressure settings.
- Choose dryers with a nozzle attachment and diffuser so that it would be easy to target air flow and even heat distribution over hair.
- Always hold hair dryer six inches from your hair.
- Before drying your hair with the blow dryer, apply thermo-active heat protector on hair and then select the heat setting based on the thickness of your hair.
Hair Treatments – Hair treatments have become the need of the day, but it is necessary to treat your hair the right way. Don’t combine hair coloring with permanent straightening or perming treatments. If you want to get both, then you must opt for coloring first and other treatments after one week. Repeated bleaching, dying or straightening will affect the hair’s porosity making it more prone to damage. Use a deep conditioning mask for a few days before or after such treatments.
Avoid heat Damage – Hot irons, curlers, rollers and hair dryers are the standard hair styling tools that may also damage your hair if not used properly. These styling products are used to realign the shape of the hair, but an excessive amount of heat can cause water in the hair to boil thus producing tiny bubbles of steam that damage the cortex and dry out the hair. You must apply thermo active heat protector before using styling products.
Remove stress from life – Physical or mental stress can cause hair loss. In any situation in which body is under stress, the body will first support the essential tissues. Your hair suffers in any condition of stress. Yoga, meditation or exercise will help in lowering the stress.
These handy tips will help you to avoid the common mistakes that you are making unknowingly and damaging your hair.
- Use a wide toothed comb to detangle hair instead of brushing it.
- The sharp-toothed comb can damage your hair, rub your scalp and cause split ends.
- Brush your hair for 3-4 times a day to stimulate your scalp. It promotes natural oils and removes dead scalp. Too much brushing causes damage to your hair strands.
- Avoid brushing hair while wet, as it makes hair brittle and weak.
- Don’t rub the towel on hair vigorously.
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In addition to all the impressive church commissions and life-size statues, it were always the fine, detailed carved nativity figures that have been inspiring the people of Oberammergau for centuries. This true tradition of Bavarian craftsmanship is close to our family’s heart as well. Our very own nativity story is told like this:
It all started with Albl Josef’s wish to design his own nativity set. He was inspired by the artwork of the “Adoration of the Shepherds” by the famous baroque painter Gerrit van Honthorst. As in the painting, the central element of the newly created ALBL-Nativity is the portrayal of Mary with baby Jesus, in which she protectively spreads a white cloth around her newborn.
The biblical narrative of the birth of Jesus Christ, with its numerous protagonists and scenes, provides a rich source for ideas. Year after year Albl Josef carefully added more figures to the collection. An important guiding principle for carving, as well as for collecting figures of a nativity set, is to recreate the diverse stations of the Christmas story. In the tradition of how to set up a nativity set, the main event at the birthplace of Christ is always accompanied by various biblical sceneries. Classic motifs are, for example, the Annunciation to the shepherds, to whom an angel appeared to tell them the glad tidings. Another significant group of figures is, of course, the Three Wise Men (or: the Magi), who followed the star to the city of Bethlehem. But also the re-enactment of Mary and Joseph’s search of shelter or their flight into Egypt, up to different stations from the life and suffering of Jesus, are often displayed as additional sceneries in larger nativity settings. However, every nativity scene only starts to come alive by a fascinating arrangement of its various characters. Above all, that involves placing the nativity figures in relation to each other. In a good composition well balanced spaces create calm and allow the viewer to better capture all the details. On the other hand, closely positioned figures and animals within a group, support the feeling of security and warmth. The much loved angel group of the ALBL-Nativity who gather around Mary and Baby Jesus in the manger are a wonderful example of this.
Every Christmas, a different arrangement of the individual little figures provides surprising new settings and overall appearances. Everyone finds, preferably through experimenting for themselves, their own new way of doing this and thereby discovers the perfect composition over the course of the years. For 25 years already, our collection of the ALBL-Nativity is growing and will be curated and refined by the next generations. Summarizing, it is this special idea behind collecting a nativity set that inspires us the most: It accompanies your family each Christmas for a lifetime and is lovingly taken care of and expanded. Finally, it becomes your own family tradition, which you want to pass on to your children and grandchildren.
In addition to large church sculptures, the carving of nativity figures was always a special passion of Oberammergau citizens. Even master sculptor Josef Albrecht, known for large statues and elaborate relief works, took great pleasure in the details of a Nativity scene.
The painting “The Adoration of the Shepherds” by Gerrit van Honthorst recreated with our Nativity figures. The design of the Albl-Nativity set is inspired by this work of the famous Baroque painter.
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
Luke 2, 1-5
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
Luke 2, 6-7
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
Luke 2, 8
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
Luke 2, 9-12
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Matthew 2, 1-2
(…) and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 2, 9-11
(…) an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod.
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The purpose of this application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to designate a neotype for Belostoma ellipticum Latreille, 1833. This species has been accepted by heteropterists since 1962, but it is actually a nomen dubium, since Latreille designated neither types nor a type locality and provided little descriptive information. Subsequent to Latreille, in the absence of a useful diagnosis, authors referred specimens of several other taxonomically valid taxa to B. ellipticum. Belostoma ellipticum sensu Lauck, 1962, however, is readily defined by the presence of a pair of conspicuous notches along the lateral margins of the ventral diverticulum of the phallus in ventral view, and it is this concept of the species that has gained general acceptance. Fixation of a neotype displaying this feature, which cannot be confirmed in any potentially syntypic Latreille specimen of the subspinosum group in Carreno's collection at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, will facilitate retention of B. ellipticum as a valid species name.
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As the child enters high school,... ... middle of paper ... .... Many teachers figure that Hispanic students will not try to challenge themselves academically, so says Burton, “they do little recruiting of minority students and here is the big fault in part of the teachers because they assume that the students are being lazy when in reality there is a deeper origin of the problem. (Burton) The lack of support from home and school make it difficult for a student to find confidence within him or herself. Apart from the difficulty of identifying themselves as Hispanic or American comes the burden of not being told that they have to potential to achieve anything they can. This group has been wrongly stereotyped as lazy young male and females, when in reality the circumstances they were born in and grew up in left little to no choice on whether they wanted to live a life differently fro those of their parents.
As an educator, this made me realize that there are many issues and problems that a student goes through when immigrating. Most of the time of why a student acts a certain is because of the social, educational, economical, social-cultural, linguistics, and mental health perspective. It is my job as an educator to not act irrationally when I know there are one or a few of those factors affecting an immigrant students. New students see teacher’s as support systems and we need to be able to be there for students who are new to help them assimilate to a new environment and culture. Teachers and immigrants need to meet halfway and understanding what each other’s expectations are to be able to have an optimal learning and teaching experience.
This can be a bit taxing. I was in a resource room helping students on an individual bases. Each student was unique and learned in different ways. The students with social barriers I found to be the most challenging. As the year progressed I found ways of communicating with them and teaching the information they needed to be successful in school and life.
As secondary English teachers it is important for us to keep in mind that student’s lives and identities in school are affected by their lives outside of school. By the time students reach the secondary level they have already shaped much of their identity around how others perceive them, their home life and popular culture. During adolescents identity continues to be formed and questioned and has a huge impact on the student’s development of their identity as an academic, student and reader. Literacy is a social practice that is affected by the identity of the student, the community of the student and the student’s interaction with popular culture. In a classroom of thirty or more students there are bound to be students from various cultural background and socioeconomic status and it is important as educators to keep in mind how a student’s background affects how they perform as a student.
Freire noted many ideas on this subject that are true. Just set back and remember your high school classes or even your college classes. A few examples of one concept Freire named the “narrative” concept is when the teacher teaches and the students learn, the teacher issues discipline and the students are the recipient and the teacher confuses the knowledge with their own professional authority, in which this limits the freedom of creativity for the students. Teaching such as the “narrative” concept terro... ... middle of paper ... ...able learning people. The “problem- posing” concept and practice take the students as face value, and allow a more comfortable atmosphere for learning.
There are so many things going on in our students lives we sometimes forget they have lives, pressures and disabilities that affect their performance and attitude in our class that have a profound impact on how they learn. For this paper I have chose to focus on learners that struggle with autism and students who have ADHD. Autism and ADHD learning disabilities are becoming more and more common in the everyday classroom and many more cases go undiagnosed. According to our textbook, of children ages 6-21in the United States and the District of Columbia, there are a reported 483, 554 or 8.1% with an emotional disability such as ADHD and 140,280 or 2.3% with Autism (Kevin Ryan). These disabilities can severely affect a child’s ability to learn in a normal classroom setting.
Teaching middle school students will not be easy and I understand that management and instruction of a classroom is one of the most important aspects to have a good learning environment. I will have to adjust my style of teaching to my students that pass through my class year to year. Knowing and understanding your students is how I am going to try to shape and structure my classroom because if the students are not responding it is something that I need to change about my style of
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Teachers must work in a diverse classroom which requires the educator to exceed or at least meet the needs of their students. Students will have different personalities, skills, interests and learning needs. New teachers find diverse classrooms very challenging to individualize a lesson plan. Instructing a class of students that are not all identical to each other is rewarding. Teaching a group of different pupils will give a new teacher professional improvement and development.
The following factors include: background information, faculty involvement, connection with faculty, discrimination, and adapting to a new environment. These factors have an effect on GPAs, campus involvement, and graduation rates. Literature Review First we must look at backgrounds. A students’ environment can tell about how they are going to act in school, during an activity, and how they are going to work with the people surrounding them. According to Tinto, “The overall differences in persistence rates between African American students and non-minorities were primarily due to differences in their academic preparedness rather than differences in their socioeconomic backgrounds” (Tinto 1993; Baker, Robnett, and Torres 2012). | <urn:uuid:9ed24f42-3456-4611-88ac-7e6743009934> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.123helpme.com/essay/The-purpose-of-a-Dream-Hispanic-and-92133 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.973848 | 1,281 | 3.3125 | 3 |
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During September, Hunger Action Month, northAmerican is featuring agents that are fighting food insecurity this year.
September is Hunger Action Month, the goal of which is to raise awareness and prompt action in the fight against food insecurity. Hunger is an unfortunate reality for tens of millions of Americans. In fact, one in six children go to bed hungry every night. The pandemic has exacerbated this problem through increased unemployment, forcing many individuals and families across the U.S. to have to choose between paying bills like rent and electricity or buying food. This has increased pressure on local food banks to step up and increase their assistance, even as food donations have decreased. northAmerican and its agent network are committed to helping fight hunger, which is why we are a proud partner of Move For Hunger.
Move For Hunger is a non-profit organization that offers a way for individuals that are moving, through their moving company, to donate non-perishable food items to local food pantries. northAmerican has been a Move For Hunger partner since 2011, with our agents collecting 611,929 pounds of food, the equivalent of 509,941 meals. This number includes donations in 2021, which to date are 81,666 pounds.
This Hunger Action Month, northAmerican will be featuring a few of the many agents that help combat hunger across the United States.
One of the northAmerican agents that has truly taken the fight against food insecurity to heart is Beltmann Relocation Group. Despite unparalleled demand for moving services, this summer the Beltmann team in Los Angeles teamed up with Farmlink to transport 3,964 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables (including potatoes, romaine lettuce, yellow squash, green onions, broccoli, oranges, snap peas, green squash, celery and peaches to the Hollywood Food Coalition. The food was used to create the Coalition’s nightly community dinners served to the area’s homeless and hungry.
Across the country, the Beltmann team in Pompano Beach, Florida, conducted their own food drive in July – one of the busiest months of the year for movers. The team was able to surpass their goal of 500 pounds, collecting 1, 175 pounds of food donations. The donated food items were delivered to Boca Helping Hands in Boca Raton, where they will help provide meals to over 265,000 people (1 of 5 of which are children) in Broward County, Florida.
Ward North American also continued their spirit of giving back to their community by providing pick up and transfer for food drives at local apartment complexes in April and May. In April, Ward transported food collected at The Place at Green Trails "Spring into Action" food drive. In May, they transported food donations collected at two "Spread the Love" food drive events held at Midtown Houston by Windsor and Sovereign at Regent Square. All in, Ward delivered 1,376 pounds of food to the Houston Food Bank this spring.
In May, the Indianapolis location of University Moving & Storage teamed up with Target and Move For Hunger to help their employees pick up food donations as part of an Earth Day food drive. University then transported 852 pounds of donated non-perishable food donations to Grace Care Center and Choice Food Pantry.
Rainbow Movers, Franklin Massachusetts, also got into the spirit this year by participating in Move For Hunger’s One Box Challenge, collecting 67 pounds of food donations from customers during the month of May.
All this activity is in addition to the Great North American Food Drive in April 2021. During the week-long food drive, 32 northAmerican agent locations in the U.S. and Canada collected over 25,000 pounds of food for local food banks. Thank you to all our agents, their drivers, crews and employees, for supporting Move For Hunger and joining the fight against food insecurity.
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F, b. circa 28 February 1676, d. 27 October 1743
|Father||Jacques Laporte dit St-Georges b. 5 Mar 1627, d. 11 Sep 1702|
|Mother||Marie Nicole Duchesne b. c 1641, d. 7 Jul 1703|
Suzanne was born in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was christened there on 28 February 1676 in the church of St-Enfant-Jesus.1 Suzanne married Pierre Menard on 21 January 1695 in Contrecoeur, Vercheres County, Quebec, Canada, at Tres Ste-Trinitie Church.2 Suzanne departed this life on Sunday, 27 October 1743 in Contrecoeur. She was buried there in the churchyard of Tres Ste-Trinitie on Monday, 28 October 1743.3
|Pierre Menard b. 1672, d. 26 May 1746|
- [S1598] Research Program In Historical Demography: Baptism: 28 February 1676 - Susanne de LaPorte, daughter of Jacques de LaPorte & Nicole Duchesne; sponsors: Antoine de Laporte & Susanne Duran, wife of Gabriel Gibaut dit Lepoitevin; Presider: Father Michel Barthelemy at Pointe-aux-Trembles.
- [S1598] Research Program In Historical Demography: Marriage: 21 January 1695 - Pierre Menart, residing and native of St-Ours, son of Pierre Menart dit Stonge & Marguerite DeHest of St-Ours, and Susanne Laporte, daughter of Jacques Laporte & Nicole Duchesne at Contrecoeur; performed by Notary Adhemar.
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A consumer wants to leave a piece of themselves in a place, especially if it’s a unique place, often somewhere they don’t see everyday.
You still find that young people like writing all sorts of things behind bathroom doors while some prefer to engrave their names on rocks, trees or write on desks. These things are in some cases frowned upon.
Instead of frowning upon it why not give a consumer a medium to leave their mark?
At the Design Indaba this year the Freedom of Speech wall gave consumers a chance to write whatever they desired, be it a message or their name. I mean they could write anything, after all it was the Freedom of Speech wall.
You find freedom of speech best expressed on social media which is a great place to listen in on what the consumer feels, wishes and aspires to.
Why not bring this South African human right to life through your brand?
People either want to be seen or heard but empower consumers to leave their mark through your brand. You may get a whole lot of names and signatures but you may also learn about the consumer if they feel comfortable to share real feelings or thoughts on a matter that may influence your brand.
A consumer wants to leave a mark to know that who they are and what they have to say matters. What better way to reconnect with the consumer than knowing them better and making it ok to share something about themselves in a creative way that will be immortalised through your brand.
Get the consumer to write something they feel in your brand environment is also a great way to stay in their memory as they won’t forget it and it will leave a positive impression on them.
Article by Gabrielle Mixon
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The sentiments expressed in the article for Foreign Affairs this week by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba are very understandable given the invasion, the destruction and the atrocities that Ukraine has suffered — but they must not become the basis for Western strategy.
Fury, however righteous, is not a good shaper of policy. Moreover, unlike Ukrainians, U.S. and Western officials and analysts are not themselves under the same kind of fire or threat. They have therefore no excuse for allowing their judgment to be clouded by emotion. Their professional duty to their own countries mandates keeping cool heads and strong nerves.
Kuleba seeks to identify the West with purely Ukrainian goals, irrespective of the wider costs to humanity. Parts of his article read very much as if American public relations professionals crafted the language. But the primary duty of American citizens is to their own country. Läs artikel | <urn:uuid:238b5b6d-1339-4298-a94a-d11506241e30> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.alliansfriheten.se/ukraine-minister-kuleba-accuses-critics-of-being-enablers-of-putin-responsiblestatecraft-org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964094 | 180 | 1.664063 | 2 |
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The topics covered in this course focus on quantum mechanics. The course is taught by Leonard Susskind, the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University.
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Reprinted with permission from ProPublica.
On Wednesday we added details to our FEC Itemizer database on nearly $763 million in contributions to the political nonprofit organizations — also known as 501(c)(4) groups — that have spent the most money on federal elections during the past eight years. The data is courtesy of Issue One, a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization that is dedicated to political reform and government ethics.
These contributions often are called “dark money” because political nonprofits are not required to disclose their donors and can spend money supporting or opposing political candidates. By using government records and other publicly available sources, Issue One has compiled the most comprehensive accounting of such contributions to date.
To compile the data, Issue One identified the 15 political nonprofits that reported spending the most money in federal elections since the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC in early 2010. It then found contributions using corporate filings, nonprofit reports and documents from the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor and Federal Election Commission. One of the top-spending political nonprofits, the National Association of Realtors, is almost entirely funded by its membership and has no records in this data.
For each contribution, you can see the source document detailing the transaction in FEC Itemizer.
The recipients are a who’s who of national political groups: Americans for Prosperity, the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc. account for more than half of the $763 million in contributions in the data. There’s also American Encore, formerly the Center to Protect Patient Rights, one of the main conduits for the conservative financial network created by Charles and David Koch.
The largest donor is the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a Koch-organized business association that has contributed at least $181 million to the leading political nonprofits. Other donors include the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, which has given at least $25 million to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and major labor unions like the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, which has given at least $2.8 million to Democratic political nonprofit organizations.
Also among the donors are major corporations like Dow Chemical (mostly giving to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce), gun manufacturers (to the NRA), 501(c)(3) charities and individuals.
You can read Issue One’s report on its work as well as its methodology for discovering the contribution records. Because many of the sources are documents that are filed annually, this data won’t be updated the same way that FEC Itemizer is for campaign finance filings, but it represents the most comprehensive collection of dark money contributions to date.
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Four weeks of a year is spent as a taxi driver, 27 days on DIY duties and more than £20,000 is paid out to raise two children.
You've guessed it, it's the role of being a dad.
With Father's Day looming, online gift retailer Getting Personal has done the maths in their quest for the finer details.
The special Sunday falls on June 18 this year, which is in just over three weeks' time.
That's plenty of days to be ticked off on the calendar to find present worthy ideas.
Here's our quick guide to tell you all you need to know- and maybe give you a little inspiration to boot.
Why do we celebrate Father's Day?
It dates back to the Middle Ages related to the feast of St Joseph, however the modern version is much newer.
Following the USA, who started it around 100 years ago, we have been celebrating it since the 1940s.
It is not clear exactly how it was founded.
Some say American Sonora Dodd came up with the idea after hearing there was a Mother's Day in 1910, while others maintain Grace Golden Clayton was the founder.
This was so that children in a nearby town could remember their fathers following several hundred deaths in a mine explosion.
How is Father's Day celebrated across the world?
The date is a public holiday in America.
Over here, children give cards and gifts, whereas those of the same age in Germany celebrate with beer, wine and meat on wagons.
Like us, France, Cyprus, South Africa and the Netherlands mark the day in June.
However, places like Australia, Fiji and New Zealand celebrate in September.
India traditionally has a two-week celebration since ancient days dedicated to celebrate ancestors called the Pitrupaksha, but it is not picked up throughout the whole country.
Brazil's is on August 13 and publicist Sylvio Bhering picked the day in honor of Saint Joachim, patron of fathers.
Spending Father's Day in the Cotswolds
It is traditional to give our loved ones a card and present to mark this day, but many families like to enjoy the summer weather by spending it outdoors.
The Cotswolds is the perfect place to do just that, with so many attractions ranging from Cotswold Wildlife Park to Westonbirt Arboretum.
For those watching the pennies, there are plenty of pretty places like Bourton-on-the-Water to stroll around to take in the sights.
Or for an investment in fine cuisine, why not try some of the area's top rated restaurants on Trip Advisor, like Lumiere or Prithvi.
Not enough ideas? Here's some fail-safe presents you could buy
The fashion conscious dad: A new shirt and tie from Monty Smith, just off The Promenade in Cheltenham. There is a sale on at present because they are moving premises, so snap up a bargain while you can
The beer-loving dad: A trip to Stroud Brewery, which has crafted a range of organic and vegan beers made with barley grown on the surrounding Cotswolds hills. Tours are run on the first Thursday of every month.
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- balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance, trade gap(noun)
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Jacques Maritain and the centrality of intuition
The dissertation entitled Jacques Maritain and the Centrality of Intuition is a study in the influence of Henri Bergson's notion of intuition in the thought of Jacques Maritain. It is argued that Maritain used tenets from Thomistic philosophy to transform Bergsonian intuition, first by putting intuition back into the intellect from which Bergson in fact severed it. It is also argued that, although Bergson in fact put a wedge between intellect and intuition, that was not his intention. Because Bergson in fact separated intuition from the intellect, however, Maritain accused him of being anti-intellectual. Contrary to Maritain's criticism, it is argued that Bergson was anti-intellectual only in the sense of criticizing a bad use of intelligence, but not in the sense of criticizing intelligence as such. Maritain then interprets Bergson's intuition as an immediate knowledge of reality in two ways: first, as the intellectual metaphysical intuition of being yielding a concept of being as being in its analogical amplitude and as not intrinsically linked to matter; second, as various and analogous modes of intuition by way of affective connaturality, i.e., an obscure, but deep and penetrating knowledge of the very subsistence of a thing by bypassing the concept. Various modes of affective connaturality are described, namely, the connatural knowledge of the virtuous person, of the prudent person, of the natural law itself, of the mystic, the lover, and the poet. In connatural knowledge, intuition is seen to be both intellectual and emotion-laden. Given the various modes of intuition explored by Maritain, it is argued that intuition is central to Maritain's thought. It is further argued that the content of one's experience of the self and being known in the various modes of connatural knowledge is stored in the depths of the spiritual preconscious of the soul and acts as an indirect cause that disposes one to have an intuition of being should one be so gifted. In addition, connatural knowledge of being is also an indirect cause of creative insights in science, mathematics, and in all other kinds of knowledge. A kind of poetic intuition is at work everywhere, even when subordinated to the ends of some other kind of knowledge. Consequently, it is necessary to be a contemplative, especially for the philosopher who needs to be attuned and receptive to the mystery of being if he/she is to be gifted with the metaphysical intuition, without which one cannot be an authentic metaphysician of existence. The thought of Henri Bergson, Pierre Rousselot and the Maritain Thomist, Joseph Sikora, S. J. is heavily relied on in the exposition of the thesis.
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The Renaissance was a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life in the early modern period. Starting in Italy, and spreading to the rest of Europe by the 16th Century, its influence was felt in literature, philosophy, art, music, politics, science, religion, and other aspects of intellectual inquiry.
This course will explain and outline the ideas and artists who made the Italian Renaissance one of the high points in Western Art History. Beginning in the 14th Century and working through to the 16th Century, the sessions will explain how new ideas re-shaped the way people thought and how they made art.
During the 5 sessions course, we will review the great artistic achievements and other creative initiatives of the re-birth of the Classical styles, discussing the influences and works of the Great Masters who made the period. Giotto, Donatello, Fra Angelico, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Titian are just a few of the names that will be examined while one session will be dedicated to Michelangelo including a short documentary showing masterpieces such as David, Sistine Chapel, Pieta, The Last Judgement and many more in breath-taking details.
07/09 – 7pm – 9pm
The Foundations of Italian Renaissance: from Giotto to Masaccio
14/09 – 7pm – 9pm
Early Renaissance Art in Florence and Central Italy
21/09 – 7pm – 9pm
High Renaissance: da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael
28/09 – 7pm – 9pm
Michelangelo (Lecture & Film)
05/10 – 7pm – 9pm
Renaissance Painting in Venice and Northern Italy
Art Biennales: ‘from Venice to the East’
The lecture is an introduction to the history, concepts and strategies behind today’s curatorial-based periodic international art blockbuster exhibitions; also known as “art biennales”.
The first half of the lecture will be dedicated to the foundational biennales. It begins by analyzing the historical and cultural conditions for the emergence of the Venice Biennale, the so-called “mother of all biennales”, in 1895. The Venice model will be taken as a reference to contrast with other relevant international art mega-exhibitions such as São Paulo Biennial, Documenta, Havana Biennale, Istanbul Biennial, Manifesta and Lyon Biennale.
The second half of the lecture will explore the proliferation of art biennales in Asia and Pacific in recent decades. The analysis will include references to some of the most influential exhibitions in the region such as Asian Art Biennale at Bangladesh, Sydney Biennale, Gwangju Biennale, Asia Pacific Triennial at Brisbane, Yokohama Triennale, Shanghai Biennale, Guangzhou Triennial, Taipei Biennial, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Busan Biennale, Auckland Triennial, Sharjah Biennial, Aichi Triennale and Singapore Biennale
Introduction to Modern Art: Bridging the Centuries, from Manet to Picasso
Visual Arts Centre and Corcovado Arts are proud to present to you a series of talks on Modern Art History.
The lecture series is a comprehensive course designed to provide non-art specialists with a general overview of Modern Art History. The 5-sessions/5 films course is suitable for all art enthusiasts in the general public that are interested in learning about the work of Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Picasso, Jawlensky and more.
The series will combine lectures with 5 matching art documentaries (*) that will provide an in-depth look into iconic pieces and the famous people behind them.
(*) Exhibition On Screen documentaries by award winning documentarian Phil Grabsky
To register and for more information, click here.
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Payers and providers across the country are looking for ways to deliver better care to people with disabilities, including those who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. A 2020 study, developed and led by people with disabilities, examined member engagement and outcomes in the Massachusetts One Care Program, which provides comprehensive, integrated, coordinated care for dually eligible individuals under 65. The study found that by including members in care planning and team design, focusing on member needs and desires, and enabling access to long-term services and supports, One Care members perceived improved control over their health decisions, quality of life, and hope for their future.
The Better Care Playbook recently spoke with Dennis Heaphy, MPH, MEd, MDiv, a policy analyst and health justice advocate at the Massachusetts Disability Policy Consortium and a One Care member, to learn more about the findings of the One Care study that he co-authored. The conversation highlights the impact of engaging members with disabilities in care planning and strategies that health systems and payers can use to advance health equity through improved engagement with people with disabilities. | <urn:uuid:077e46bc-4d3d-475f-a955-e2b042549bbb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.chcs.org/engaging-people-with-disabilities-in-health-care-lessons-from-the-massachusetts-one-care-program/?utm_source=CHCS%20Email%20Updates&utm_campaign=ae38c45f48-Dennis%20Heaphy%20Blog%20Post%20%28CHCS%29%20-%203/17/22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbced451bf-ae38c45f48-157220498 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.968459 | 218 | 2.09375 | 2 |
RHI can only help the heat-pump market
Heat pumps can deliver renewable energy 24/7, and there are few heating and cooling applications that cannot benefit from this technology. And with the Renewable Heat Incentive about to come into effect, the market is poised to grow faster than ever. Terry Seward puts heat pumps into context.
Even before the details of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) were announced, the heat-pump market was growing apace. Over 200 000 heat pumps were sold in the non-domestic market in 2010, and 18 000 are expected to be sold in the domestic market in 2011 — up from 7000 sold in 2008. Customers are obviously buying in to this technology in a big way, but, once all the incentives come into play the market will fly!
Because heat pumps supply more energy than they consume by extracting heat from their surroundings they now form an essential part of the solution for reducing both energy consumption and carbon emissions. They can also provide their heat from renewable sources such as the ground and solar-heated ambient air. Heat pumps are an efficient and space-saving means of heating a wide range of premises. They can also provide cooling to these premises should there be the requirement.
There are few heating and cooling applications that cannot benefit from heat-pump technology and, in doing so, deliver significant energy efficiencies.
Heat-pump technology can be used in applications as diverse as space heating (or cooling) for human comfort in offices, homes and all kinds of residential installations. They can also be found in applications for process drying, swimming pools and factory production processes.
Heat pumps are available to claim free or waste heat from a number of places and deliver that heat to air or water, as summarised in the table.
Most of the genres above can also be utilised for both domestic and non-domestic (commercial and industrial) buildings.
Heat pumps have for several years been considered by the Government as one of the solutions for a sustainable future as they are both a low-carbon technology and a renewable-heat technology under EU Directive for the Promotion of Energy from Renewable Sources (RES), when utilising the solar-heated ground, ambient air, and water as a heat source.
Under the framework of the RES the previous Government announced its intention to implement the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme for consumers and businesses investing and operating renewable heat (and power) technologies.
The coalition Government has now made a firm commitment to the RHI, and it will go ahead from July 2011 for non-domestic installations only. This scheme is a world first, and the Government should be commended on this. It is also, in principle, a structure that the Heat Pump Association can strongly support.
Ground-source heat pumps are included in the RHI from the start, although the tariff rates are slightly lower than in the initial consultation document. This may help to restart the ex low-carbon building programme phase two market which was brought to a halt many months ago by the cancellation of financial support.
Compliance with the Microgeneration Certification Scheme will be required for heat pumps with a heat output of up to 45 kW. This requirement endorses the rigour that this scheme, which the HPA supports and helped to create, brings to the supply chain at this level of installation. MCS is not, however, required above 45 kW heat output, which is sensible as it acknowledges that the industry is wider than just microgeneration and has its own existing professional competence base in a fairly mature market.
Domestic installations are, unfortunately, not in the RHI in 2011 but are scheduled to be in from October 2012 (alongside the Green Deal). However, air-source heat pumps will receive an RHI Premium Payment of about £850 to bridge the gap between July 2011 and October 2012 when domestic installations enter into the RHI proper. Domestic heat pumps qualifying for Premium Payments will also qualify for RHI in 2012.
On the minus side it is disappointing that the domestic market will not be included in the RHI from the start, and we feel this is short-sighted as this is the sector that requires a catalyst right now and that without it the domestic market for heat pumps and other microgeneration technologies could stall.
There will be certain conditions to these premium payments, and heat pumps installed will probably need to be fitted with a means to meter the heat produced.
The 2011 start date for RHI excludes air-source heat pumps of all types for non-domestic buildings as DECC (Department for Energy & Climate Change) wishes to gather more information on these products. We are particularly disappointed that air-to-water installations are not eligible from day one as their measurement requirements are not much different to ground source.
On the plus side we fully expect air-source heat pumps to be included in 2012.
Although the non-domestic tariffs have been declared for those technologies eligible from 2011, the RHI tariff for domestic installations in 2012 has not yet been declared. However, we understand there will be a consultation on this in the Autumn of 2011.
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- Innerleithen Cemetery
The main cemetery in Innerleithen and the site of Commonwealth War Graves.
- Innerleithen Churchyard
An historical cemetery with headstones dating back to the nineteenth century.
- Innerleithen War Memorial
The Innerleithen War Memorial is located just outside the Memorial Hall on Leithen Road. The Memorial Hall was built in 1922, in memory of the fallen of World War I, while the War Memorial lists the names of those lost in World War II. The sculpted garden between the War Memorial and the Memorial Hall is a representation of the Leithen Valley, with stone replicas of Lee Pen and Pirn Hill as well as a miniature Cuddy Brig and Leithen Water.
- Traquair War Memorial
The Traquair War Memorial is a stone cross listing the names of those lost in World War II, located in Traquair at the turn-off to Cardrona.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticized the U.S. under Joe Biden for promoting “aggression against white people” and inciting global “cultural revolution”.
During a national television interview with political scientists, Moscow’s top diplomat said that Russia has long supported a global trend in which “everyone wants to get rid of racism” and has promoted “equal rights of people of any skin color”, Moscow Times reported.
However, he stressed that it was important “not to switch to the other extreme which we saw during the ‘BLM’ (Black Lives Matter) events and the aggression against white people, white U.S. citizens.” Founded in 2013 and became a rallying cry after the killing by U.S. police of the unarmed black man George Floyd last May, the far-left Black Lives Matter movement has launched unprovoked attacks on white people, citing twisted racial justice arguments.
The movement has sparked a national debate about race, rights of people of color, and the removal of statues of figures associated with slavery or colonization in countries U.S. and UK.
Lavrov claimed that the U.S. under Biden administration was now promoting a “cultural revolution” to spread these cultural Marxist values around the world.
“They have colossal possibilities for it,” he said in the interview.
“Hollywood is now also changing its rules so that everything reflects the diversity of modern society,” he said, calling that “a form of censorship.”
Lavrov went on to describe the madness of modern American political correctness. “I’ve seen Black people play in Shakespeare’s comedies. Only I don’t know when there will be a white Othello,” Lavrov added. “You see this is absurd. Political correctness taken to the point of absurdity will not end well.”
During his first few months in office, Biden has taken a tough stance toward Russia, imposing new sanctions on U.S. exports to Russia and labeling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “killer” during a television interview. Democrats have accused Russia of secretly supporting Trump for years, and they have made it clear that they want the country to pay for it. | <urn:uuid:ef413196-1fc3-48dc-a0fc-2a3989277ac3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://m.thebl.com/us-news/russia-biden-admin-is-pushing-aggression-against-white-people.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960075 | 476 | 1.6875 | 2 |
GUERILLA MARKETING: TAKTIK PERPUSTAKAAN UNTUK EKSIS DALAM MENGHADAPI GENERASI MILENIAL
Keywords:Marketing Library, Guerilla Marketing, Millennial Generation
The big challenge facing the library to be known by the millennial generation is the rapid development of information and communication technology. This rapid development makes the millennial generation very easy to obtain information, regardless of the information are fact or hoaxes. This makes the millennial generation lazy to use library facilities because they think, all the information they need can be obtained through the internet. However, using the internet without knowledge can lead to false information. Therefore, they must utilize the services provided by the library to obtain information that is correct and in accordance with their needs. In order for the millennial generation to know about the existence of libraries, special marketing tactics like Guerilla Marketing are needed to attract their interest in utilizing library services. | <urn:uuid:63bc02c4-d5d5-43d9-b4d1-a99531eb3c42> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rjfahuinib.org/index.php/shaut/article/view/79 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.899622 | 221 | 1.78125 | 2 |
BEAUFORT – From tagging sea turtles at Cape Lookout National Seashore to writing stories on personal and ecological resilience for Carteret County middle and high schoolers, nine Duke University undergraduates were immersed in the community this spring and early summer during the DukeEngage program at the Duke Marine Lab on Pivers Island.
The program May 8 to July 3 titled “Conservation and Community: Working with education and conservation organizations in rural, coastal communities,” is one of the numerous Duke University DukeEngage programs taking place across the country and beyond. The program’s goal is to have students and faculty “collaborate with communities – locally and globally – to address critical social issues through an immersive summer of community engagement.”
DukeEngage’s Conservation and Community program supports coastal organizations with educational and conservation missions. Students in this program will work with the Community Science Initiative at the Duke Marine Lab, an initiative that increases community engagement through research, according to DukeEngage.
In its second year, the Beaufort program students worked with six area organizations, many of which have small staffs, to accomplish much-needed projects. The students were also able to go camping and take field trips to see Carteret County.
Two groups focused on youth in the community. One group worked with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain’s Morehead City and Beaufort locations to create hands-on science programs for club members. Another group designed a resiliency curriculum for Carteret County Public Schools.
Another two groups worked to protect sea turtles. One group created a way to track how light pollution affects sea turtles for Cape Lookout rangers while another worked with the state Wildlife Resources Commission, based in Raleigh, to create content about protecting sea turtles.
The students spent time working behind the scenes as well. At the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island, one group archived material for a yet-to-be-launched website about Carteret County communities. Students working with Coastal Carolina Riverwatch helped plan one of that organization’s major annual events and collect resources for educators.
The last meeting for DukeEngage was July 3, when community partners were brought together to discuss and celebrate the work.
DukeEngage Site Coordinator Laura Givens, a marine science and conservation doctoral candidate at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, said that the final meeting went well.
“Most of our community partners were able to attend and expressed how much they enjoyed working with the students and how impressed they were with the work they completed,” Givens told Coastal Review.
She said the wrap-up session was one of her favorite parts of the entire experience.
“Our partners were really engaged with their own students, which was unsurprising since they’d been working together closely the past eight weeks, but they also seemed to be inspired by the other projects and their enthusiasm for the whole program was encouraging. All of them have said they want to work with the program again next year as well, which is great,” she continued. “The students did an incredible job with every single project that we had them working on and the output will be truly helpful in our community. They were great to work with and it was sad to see them go.”
Early in the morning of the last Friday in June, which was the seventh week of the eight-week program, the students were seated at tables for two in a semicircle discussing their progress with DukeEngage organizer Liz DeMattia, who led the meeting remotely. DeMattia directs the marine lab’s Community Science Initiative put in place to increase community engagement through research.
During the meeting, the group helping with Coastal Carolina Riverwatch excitedly shared the details of their recent field trip to look for new water sampling sites. Coastal Carolina Riverwatch is an advocacy organization working to protect and enhance the waters of the White Oak River Basin.
Undergraduate Amy Buckalew explained that in addition to helping with sampling, the group compiled a list of activities and resources on subjects such as stormwater, wastewater, plastic pollution and marine debris for educators to use in their classrooms. This group also helped with the annual North Carolina Marine Debris Symposium to be held in October.
Lisa Rider, executive director for Coastal Carolina Riverwatch, told Coastal Review that the organization was grateful to be a part of the student engagement and community support program offered by Duke University.
“This program is a huge value to our community environment,” Rider said. “We have a small staff and as a growing organization, we are incredibly grateful for additional support and work for the mission.”
Rider said the DukeEngage students pulled and consolidated educational resources on water quality issues, prioritized concerns and prepared public outreach materials including creative content. Students were also efficient in leading the due diligence efforts of comparing venues for the North Carolina Marine Debris Symposium.
Spencer Moyle, an environmental science and policy major, said during the meeting in June that the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum group was making progress digitizing material for the Carteret County community history website.
DeMattia explained that the website effort with Core Sound began with the DukeEngage program last summer. “Then this year, this group has just exploded and put even more staff and more resources onto it.”
One objective for DukeEngage is to work with community organizations that do not have the staff or resources to take on large projects, such as the website, DeMattia said. Not only is it a great product these students have created but, she said, it’s something that the community wants. The museum didn’t have the human and monetary capital to do this without DukeEngage. “It’s been a nice win-win.”
Museum Executive Director Karen Willis Amspacher told Coastal Review that this second summer with DukeEngage “was another great team of hard workers.”
“Our focus was on a website that serves as a community archive for the Core Sound communities that involved website design, formatting and editing, but most of all, provided the students with a glimpse of how Down East’s past has helped shape the communities we are today,” Amspacher said. “Students this year got to visit many of the Down East communities in person, giving them a real-life experience to balance all the historical documents and photos the website work included.”
Participant Blake Todzo, a psychology major, said the group working with Cape Lookout had been surveying activity on the protected seashore, helping with turtle tagging and researching how light affects sea turtles.
DeMattia added that the National Park Service wanted to figure out how to measure light. The group worked with scientists and created an instrument that the students used to collect data to share with the park service. “And again, this was something that rangers really wanted to do but didn’t have the time or energy to do because it always comes up in the middle of the nesting and tagging surveys.”
Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Jeff West called it an outstanding project.
“One of the foundations of our protection efforts is that we have science to back up any regulations that might be imposed upon the public. One of the concerns we have is specific nighttime driving habits at this park,” West said in an interview
The work this group did is laying the framework for understanding local habits, behaviors and impacts, West said. “What we found, although preliminary — it will need more research – is that typically nighttime drivers at Cape Lookout are few, tend to locate a camp or fishing spot and stay there, and are cautious when driving at night.”
They also identified potential problems with the way campers use light at night, West said.
“Some camps leave lights burning all night, and some have brighter lights than are necessary for safety around the camp. Based on what we learned, we are putting together educational information to use next year on camp lights — what to use, why it is important to avoid bright fixed lights and when it is appropriate to use light in a camp based on sea turtle protection and safety,” he said, adding that it was a great effort, timely and beneficial to the park.
Undergrad Andreas Hernandez said his group worked on sea turtle conservation projects with the Wildlife Resource Commission, “essentially just getting the word out about protecting sea turtles on the Atlantic Ocean. We’ve been doing that through a website that has the dos and don’ts of sea turtle conservation,” she said. They also worked on a documentary.
The students were able to spend time with and create programming for county youth, as well.
Participant Emma Lofgren said that the Boys and Girls Club group had worked on creating programs for members. She said the group went weekly to Morehead City and Beaufort club locations to engage in activities with the children, such as hands-on science and creative problem-solving exercises. For the older students, Lofgren said there were drone days at the Duke Marine Lab.
Spencer Moyle, an environmental science and policy major, said the group that worked with the Carteret County school system began the program by writing stories with personal resilience and ecological resilience woven together. The group read their stories to teachers during a recent workshop and developed a curriculum on resilience. He said they worked to publish their stories and create a podcast.
Moyle said during the meeting that he had joined DukeEngage for the experience. As an environmental science and policy major, Moyle said he knew that after college he would be focused more on policy. DukeEngage provided a chance to experience the community in a different way.
Other students piped up that they enjoyed camping, collecting data while spending time in nature and seeing the community’s youth participate in science.
DeMattia said that DukeEngage is one of her favorite programs “because it pairs amazing Duke students with community organizations that need and love having the influx of their brains and energy during the summer. So it’s such a win-win in a positive situation that is really fun to be part of.”
DeMattia said the program was set to go in 2020 but was canceled because of COVID-19. Last year, the program was held virtually, and this year, they were able to do it in person.
“Last year was great and this year, it has been phenomenal,” she said
DukeEngage works with the same community organizations that the university’s Community Science Initiative does during the regular school year. The initiative was started as a resource for conservation and education groups here on the coast and to connect the Duke Marine Lab with the community.
When DeMattia asked the community groups whether there would be interest in DukeEngage, the answer was a resounding yes.
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- 1 How can I check my property tax online in Delhi?
- 2 What is the last date for property tax in Delhi?
- 3 How is property tax calculated in Delhi?
- 4 What is the rate of property tax in Delhi?
- 5 How can I check my property ID in Delhi?
- 6 How are property tax arrears paid in Delhi?
- 7 Is property tax date extended in Delhi?
- 8 What happens if property tax is not paid in Delhi?
- 9 What is property tax in India?
- 10 How can I check property owner online in Delhi?
- 11 Who is responsible for property tax in India?
- 12 How do I pay my NDMC property tax online 2020 21?
- 13 How do you calculate conversion costs?
- 14 What is UAV in property tax?
How can I check my property tax online in Delhi?
Log on to the MCD’s Property Tax Website. Choose your area’s municipal corporation. You can search here to find whether the property falls under the North, South or East Delhi MCD’s jurisdiction.
What is the last date for property tax in Delhi?
✅What is the last date for property tax in Delhi ? The due date to submit the entire property tax in a lump sum is June 30 of each year. Making the payment within the period attracts a 15% rebate on the entire tax amount.
How is property tax calculated in Delhi?
How to calculate property tax in Delhi . Property tax = Annual value x Rate of tax Where Annual value = Unit area value per sq metre x Unit area of property x Age factor x Use factor x Structure factor x Occupancy factor. Rate of tax . Tax rates for properties in categories A to H are published by the MCD every year.
What is the rate of property tax in Delhi?
For Category A – 12% tax on residential property, 20% for commercial, and 15% for industrial property. For Category B – Same as Category A. For Category C – 11% house tax, 20% tax on commercial property, and 12% tax on industrial property. For Category D – Same as Category C.
How can I check my property ID in Delhi?
Your property ID can be found in previous property tax challan/receipts.
How are property tax arrears paid in Delhi?
Enter the property details required and automatically compute tax and click on submit. Pay tax either by using credit/debit card or net banking. Click on ‘generate challan’ and the official challan will be displayed.
Is property tax date extended in Delhi?
If you are a resident of Delhi and probably tensed to miss the deadline for filing the return for property tax , the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has extended the due date to submit the property tax returns till July 31 along with a rebate sum up to 15%.
What happens if property tax is not paid in Delhi?
In case you delay the payment of property tax , a fine of 1% will be levied each month by the MCD on the tax amount payable. The deadline for the payment of tax is announced by Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC).
What is property tax in India?
House Tax in India Property tax is a charge that the owners of real estate are bound to pay to the Government. A property tax is charged on all kind of real estates, whether residential or commercial and whether self-owned or rented out. A property tax can be paid both offline and online.
How can I check property owner online in Delhi?
How to access land records Click on Abhilekh and you will be redirected to a new page. Here you will see Login/Register on top right. Click and register yourself. Once completed, you will receive an email with your registration details. In the property search you could find sale and lease deeds.
Who is responsible for property tax in India?
Who is liable to pay the property tax ? In India house owners are liable to pay the tax . If you have been forced to pay the tax as a tenant then you can redressal in the civil court. Moreover, the owner for the purpose of payment of taxes include deemed owner.
How do I pay my NDMC property tax online 2020 21?
The steps to pay the property tax online are as follow: Visit the official website of NDMC or you can click on http://mcdonline.gov.in/tri/ndmc_mcdportal/. You will be directed to a different page and you will have to tick the box for agreeing to the terms and conditions and click on ‘click here to file property tax ‘.
How do you calculate conversion costs?
a) The formula for working out conversion charges is as under :- ( 200 × R)+[0.4 × R×(P-1000)] Where P=Plot area in sq. mtr. R=The land rates per sq.
What is UAV in property tax?
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Disability for Back Pain: What Qualifies for SSDI Benefits?
Back pain causes millions of people to suffer throughout their workday. Many can’t make it to the end of the day. Suffering to a point where you are unable to work means you could qualify for Social Security Disability (SSD or SSDI) benefits. At MJ Ellis Disability Law Office, we focus our entire legal practice on helping people in Northern New Jersey and the surrounding area get the disability benefits they deserve.
In this blog post, we’ll explain how the Social Security Administration (SSA) determines who is disabled enough to qualify for monthly benefit payments and what kind of back pain is likely to be recognized as a qualifying disability. If you have any questions about your back pain and Social Security Disability benefits, contact us anytime for all the information you need. We’d love to help you get all the benefits to which you are entitled.
How Bad Does Your Back Pain Have to Be to Get Disability Benefits?
The Social Security Administration operates two disability benefit programs, one for people with a substantial work history called Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD or SSDI), and a second one for people whose employment history is more limited called Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Both programs use the same criteria to determine what qualifies as a disability:
“A qualifying disability is a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that lasts, or is expected to last, at least 12 months (or result in death), and prevents the person from performing substantial gainful activities.”
Determining the “severity” of someone’s back pain can be difficult for several reasons. Often, the cause of the back pain is not able to be objectively confirmed through standard testing methods, like x-rays, CT-scans, MRIs, bone scans, and nerve conduction studies. Without this clear source of validation, your doctor’s examinations, observations, and treatment notes will need to be the source of all documented medical evidence. Your doctor will record the pain you report and exhibit as well as the results of the doctor’s testing of your limited range of motion, and ability to reach, bend, stand, etc. They’ll also document your ability to lift, hold, and carry weight, and to sit or stand without suffering with too much pain to continue.
What Back or Back Pain Conditions Will Qualify for Disability Payments?
Back pain can be caused by injury, illness, or natural degeneration. And each of these sources of back pain affects people to varying degrees, some much more severely than others. Some of the causes of back pain that are commonly approved for SSD or SSI benefits when the individual has severe pain include the following:
- compression of the nerve root
- rheumatoid arthritis (autoimmune disorder leading to inflammation)
- osteoarthritis (wearing down of cartilage in joints)
- degenerative disc disorder
- arachnoiditis (swelling or compression of the spinal cord membrane)
- herniated discs
- spinal stenosis (narrowing of space between vertebrae causing pressure on nerves)
- spondylitis (inflammation of joints in the spine and back of the pelvis)
- spondylolisthesis (displacement of one vertebra onto a lower one)
- scoliosis (curvature of the spine sideways)
There is no impairment that automatically wins approval of disability benefits. Each case is reviewed to determine whether the impairment is supported by documentary evidence, whether the impairment will persist in disabling severity for 12 months, and whether the severity of the case prevents the claimant from performing some employment to earn more than a minimum of $1,350 per month (2022 “substantial gainful activity” SGA amount).
Blue Book Impairments vs. Residual Functional Capacity (RFC)
The Social Security Administration publishes a manual listing commonly disabling impairments which include the detailed symptoms and test results the SSA uses as criteria for each impairment to be deemed a qualified disability. These are referred to as “listed impairments.” If your impairment meets the elements specified in the Blue Book, then your likelihood of being approved for SSD or SSI benefits is very high.
However, if your impairment or group of claimed impairments do not match any single “listed” impairment criteria, you can still win the approval of disability benefits if your individual medical evidence demonstrates a long-term impairment severe enough to prevent you from earning a living.
The SSA will also evaluate your case to determine what’s called Residual Functional Capacity (RFC). This is an analysis to determine whether a disabled person who was a bricklayer, for example, might be able to perform alternative work as a customer service representative. The SSD claimant’s impairment could be one that does not prevent light work.
To determine a person’s RFC, all the claimant’s personal history is considered, including age, education, experience, the nature of their impairment, the likelihood of their successfully being retrained, etc. Older SSD claimants are much less likely to be appropriate for retraining than are younger disabled workers. | <urn:uuid:a0a2e3d2-58e0-4c3b-8c64-69b03928ba2e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thenewjerseydisabilityattorney.lawyer/disability-for-back-pain-what-qualifies-for-ssdi-benefits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.934759 | 1,078 | 1.71875 | 2 |
This is the time of year often associated with overeating. It’s a time when people get together with families and a time for you to choose quality not quantity for Thanksgiving and throughout the holiday season. Making sure that you bring the healthy snacks to the family feast to keep your appetite under check can help you stick with the program, plus help you when portion control becomes important. You’ll only want a sliver of the delicious pies at the end of the meal or will be able to choose the one that is healthiest, satisfying and lower in calories. Consider a lattice crust rhubarb or pumpkin with no top crust over a rich pecan pie.
Eat a nutritious breakfast in the morning.
You can’t control what everyone brings or the hostess serves for Thanksgiving, but you can control what you eat before you go to dinner. Fill up before you go with a nutritious breakfast. People often make the mistake of foregoing a breakfast to save calories when they know they’ll be feasting that day, but it’s the worse thing you can do. A breakfast that keeps you filled will with fiber and protein can help keep you satisfied for a longer time and make it easier to avoid those high calorie snacks before dinner or gorging yourself at the feast.
Fill you plate with nutritious foods and protein, but go light on ones with sauces.
The turkey is the center of attention at Thanksgiving. After all, don’t people often call it Turkey Day? Choose white turkey meat, plenty of veggies…sans those with sauce, lots of fresh leafy veggies and some mashed potatoes. If you’re making the potatoes, use Greek yogurt to make them or bring it along to put on the top, avoiding gravy entirely. Volunteer to make a low calorie gravy. You’ll find plenty of recipes on the internet that cut out much of the fat, but still taste fantastic. Snack away on fresh veggies and dip made with low calorie yogurt.
Always remember portion control.
Some foods can be eaten with joy and as often and as much as you want. Those are the fresh vegetables, greens and cooked vegetables without a sauce. Others need to be approached more cautiously, but still aren’t all that bad for you. Consider the turkey as your second line of defense against fat. Finally, there are those foods that you know are ones that should only be sampled, nibbled and slivered in portions. Yeah, they’re the gravies, macaroni and cheese, pastries and pies. Eating a spoonful of mac n’ cheese can curb your appetite for it, just as a sliver of pie does. You’ll have the pleasure of the food without consuming hundreds of calories.
Eat slowly. The slower you eat, the less people will notice your eating habits. There’s always someone in the group that says, “come on, you can eat some more.” If a broth based soup is part of the menu, it’s a good option.
Don’t pass up those foods you only get once a year at holiday time. Instead, just take a small portion. You’ll be satisfied if you savor each small bite.
Skip alcoholic drinks. Instead, go for water. It’s healthy and thirst quenching.
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- 1 Can you lay a patio without cement?
- 2 Can I lay flagstone directly in soil?
- 3 Can you lay a patio on a dry mix?
- 4 Can you lay pavers on just sand?
- 5 Can I lay slabs on membrane?
- 6 Can I lay slabs on soil?
- 7 What do you put under flagstone walkway?
- 8 What is the best base for flagstone walkway?
- 9 What should I put between flagstone?
- 10 What do you put under paving slabs?
- 11 How thick should mortar be under slabs?
- 12 Do you wet sand before laying pavers?
- 13 How thick should SAND be under pavers?
- 14 What is the best base for laying pavers?
Can you lay a patio without cement?
Adding sharp sand
If you‘re not confident about making a concrete bed, don’t worry – sharp sand is easier, and works just as well. It holds just as firm as cement and still allows water to escape beneath.
Can I lay flagstone directly in soil?
Consider using flagstones that are at least 1-1/2 inches thick as stepping stones or patio flooring. With the latter, flagstones can be laid directly in soil or a bed of sand. Thinner slabs should be laid in wet mortar or concrete to prevent cracking when stepped on.
Can you lay a patio on a dry mix?
I’ve just laid my patio on to a dry mix – works quite well. The ratio can be as low as 1:10 (1 cement, 10 sharp sand), or as high as 1:3, depending on the amount of foot traffic you expect, and what the sub base is like.
Can you lay pavers on just sand?
Compacted concrete sand is then placed on top of this. A thin final layer of setting sand is the actual surface on which you place the pavers. Larger paving stones act like building footings. In other words, compacted sand can provide a sufficient base for a paver patio that’s just going to have you walking across it.
Can I lay slabs on membrane?
You can lay slabs directly onto weed control textile if you do not have a budget for a proper base but the slabs must be open jointed or the joints filled with gravel as grouting will not cope with the degree of ground movement.
Can I lay slabs on soil?
If you’re upgrading paving slabs that are already in place, dig these up before beginning. Dig a depth of around 150mm across the whole area, making sure the soil is evenly compacted. Then tip in the sub-base, raking it into a consistent depth of 100mm. Make sure it’s smooth, flat and firm.
What do you put under flagstone walkway?
Add Sand. With the weed block material in place, spread a few inches of sand out, making sure to keep it somewhat level (Image 1). For better drainage, make the middle of the pathway a bit higher than the sides for better run off. Tamp sand down for compaction (Image 2).
What is the best base for flagstone walkway?
Concrete, aggregate, bark, gravel, and stones can be set directly on stable soil; paths made of of other materials need a base. Sand is a good choice, but it can wash out from under pavers and bricks, making them settle unevenly. To prevent washout in rainy areas, layer sand over a 2-inch gravel base.
What should I put between flagstone?
Sand. Sand is often a traditional material used between the cracks of pavers depending on if it’s irregular pavers or square ones and how close the gaps can be. The small granules will fill in the gaps between stones without leaving spaces.
What do you put under paving slabs?
Paving slabs are bedded in a mortar mix with four parts sharp sand to one part cement. Measure your quantities using a shovel or a bucket – for example, four buckets of sand for every one bucket of cement.
How thick should mortar be under slabs?
Add a mortar bed
The mortar should be damp, not runny. Spread it out and level it with a trowel. The mortar bed needs to be 30-40mm thick and should enable the slabs, when positioned, to sit 6-10mm high.
Do you wet sand before laying pavers?
The layer of sand should be from one to one and a half inches thick. The sand also needs to be dry, not wet.
How thick should SAND be under pavers?
The amount of sand you use can make or break your paver installation, so it’s best that you use no more than the recommended 1 inch. Here’s why: A sand layer that is too thick can create waves in your patio during the installation. Pressing pavers into a thick sand bed may result in misalignment and a messy look.
What is the best base for laying pavers?
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The perfectly cleaned teeth are then polished with small brushes and a polishing paste so that biofilm and plaque have a harder time settling on these very smooth surfaces in the future. Finally, the tooth surface is fluoridated. The patient receives information on the brushing technique and possibly also suggestions as to which toothbrush or toothpaste is best suited for them ( oral hygiene consultation ).
After the professional tooth cleaning, one should not eat any staining food, not eat for one hour and not smoke for at least three hours or preferably not at all. Such a professional tooth cleaning cannot be carried out by a patient and is tooth-preserving. It also greatly reduces or completely removes germs in the oral cavity. Rinsing the gum pockets with disinfecting solutions is very good for drastically reducing the number of germs here too.
What does a professional tooth cleaning cost?The costs of a professional dental cleaning range from 60.-EUR to 180.-EUR. The large price differences arise because dentists bill according to the private fee schedule GOZ. As a private service, the costs of a PZR are not covered by the statutory health insurance funds. A few pay a proportion of the costs. A price comparison is also worthwhile here.
This preventive care through regular professional tooth cleaning is recommended by all dental and scientific associations. It should be carried out at least every six months. The frequency of preventive care is determined by numerous factors. Studies show that where you live and your lifestyle have a decisive influence on your dental health. For teeth that are active in caries or have periodontal damage, a PZR should be performed every three months. Dentists advise every 3 months, because then even slight brushing deficits - which we all have - are of no consequence.
Supplementary dental insurance offers partial or full reimbursement. 2/3 of the statutory health insurances cover a fixed subsidy. Private health insurances usually reimburse the costs completely. For older patients, declining dexterity and receding gums make dental cleaning more important than car inspection, as health and well-being depend on it.
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Have Bees Moved Into Your Chimney?
Bees getting into chimneys is a not a rare occurrence for homeowners and chimney sweeps. We are the ones people tend to call about the issue and there are some important ways chimney experts can help, but there is someone else you need to call first. If bees have been seen in and around your chimney, don’t delay in taking action. Specifics on what to do about bees in your chimney follow.
Keep These Things in Mind
We humans depend upon bees for our food supply. About 80% of all U.S. vegetable, fruit, and seed crops are pollinated by honeybees. They are also the world’s only producers of honey and bee’s wax. If you have bees in your chimney, you need to call a bee removal company because Africanized bees are in Texas, and they can be dangerous. If possible, find a local company that offers beehive relocation rather than extermination.
When Do Bees Swarm?
Although more common in spring and fall, bees usually swarm from March through October. During the heat of the day is when they tend to swarm. If you see bees around your fireplace, it is only good to discourage them by lighting a fire in the fireplace if they have not started building a hive.
Once there is a hive in a chimney, lighting a fire creates a devastating mess of liquified honey and wax that will forever strongly attract bees in the future. In addition, if the chimney flue is obstructed, lighting a fire will cause toxic fumes to enter your home and potentially cause health issues.
What to Require of Bee Removal Experts
When bee removal experts arrive at your home, be sure they understand that the beehive must be removed through the top of the chimney. This is true whether the bees are moved or exterminated. Problems are multiplied when beehives fall down on the fireplace damper or onto the smoke shelf of the chimney system.
Once the bees have been removed from your chimney or exterminated, the struggle is not over, unfortunately. Bees leave behind pheromones that cannot be erased with even the best chimney cleaning equipment and supplies. Those bee pheromones will attract bees in the future. Chimney sweeps can take steps that will help prevent bees from getting into the chimney system.
If your chimney is in a state of disrepair, there is a good chance bees can enter through openings in the masonry. A well-maintained chimney, on the other hand, is sealed sufficiently to keep moisture out, which prevents bees from entering at the same time. With your chimney and flashing in a state of good repair, all that should be left in preventing the return of bees is dealing with the top of the chimney flue.
Top Sealing Damper
If you only have the standard damper located near the firebox in your fireplace, bees are able to freely enter the flue and build hives in your chimney with no problem. A top-sealing damper can change that. A top-sealing damper is installed at the top of the flue pipe. It is your best defense against bee invasions, though total prevention cannot be guaranteed. Top-sealing dampers can typically only be installed on masonry chimneys.
Contact Guardian Chimney Sweeps
If you have bees in your chimney in Houston, Conroe, or the surrounding area, contact us at Guardian Chimney Sweeps for help with chimney masonry repair, chimney cleaning, and top-sealing damper installation. We also provide chimney inspections, chimney cleaning, and the full range of chimney maintenance and masonry repair and rebuild services. But first, call a bee removal service! We are here to provide you with the best in chimney services. Contact us by email at email@example.com or by calling one of the numbers below.
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A topic buzzing around the campus of Oklahoma State University — should OSU remove from a building the name William H. Murray, the governor from 1931 to 1935 who wrote large portions of the Oklahoma Constitution and was reportedly a well-known bigot?
A forum was held in October during which Dr. Randi Eldevik, an associate professor of English, and Dr. Bill Bryans, an associate professor of history, both of OSU, debated the topic. The Arts and Sciences Faculty Council sent a recommendation to interim OSU President Marlene Strathe about removing the name of Murray Hall. “He was really head and shoulders above the other racists and bigots,” Eldevik said. “He was just the worst of the worst.”
Preserving history is Bryans’ main argument, or at least learning about the issue before taking action. “I think this is a great educational opportunity,” Bryans said. “I am not necessarily against removing the name from the building. This is a great opportunity to deal with our past.” On the other hand, some professors are looking more toward the future than dwelling on the past. “The issue shouldn’t really be about Murray,” said Dr. Jason Kirksey, an associate professor of political science.
“The issue should be about the university and how the university wants to be perceived from this point forward.”
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There’s a ton of jargon to learn when you’re new to boating. Simple things–like what you call the steering wheel on a boat–turn out to be not so simple at all!
A ships steering wheel can be referred to as a wheel, ship steering wheel, ship’s wheel, boat’s wheel, control wheel, rudder, helm, or tiller.
Some would have you believe that getting the right name for things is a big deal and that you’ll look like a fool if you go around calling the steering wheel a steering wheel. But in truth, everyone started somewhere. It’s all a learning process, and most people are out on the water to have fun.
What Do You Call a Ship’s Steering Wheel and What Does It Look Like?
So, without further adieu, exactly what is the steering wheel of a ship called? Drum roll, please—it’s called the ship’s wheel!
But alas, the answer is more complicated than that, dear reader. While the ship wheel name applies to the actual wheel, another word pops up in the same general area–the helm. So what the heck is the helm then?
The helm of a ship is the wheel’s location, where the helmsperson sits or stands to steer the boat. The helm is a position or location, and the wheel is the actual thing that does the turning of the ship. The helm station will include other controls, like the autopilot control panel and maybe the throttle and engine controls.
In automotive terms, the ship’s wheel is analogous to the steering wheel, and the helm is like the driver’s seat. So on a boat or ship, you might hear the helmsperson say, “take the helm,” or possibly, “take the wheel.” Either work; they both mean, “drive the boat.”
Other terms you might hear the ship wheel called include:
- Ship steering wheel
- Ships wheel
- Boat’s wheel
- Control wheel
What Does the Ship’s Wheel Look Like?
The ships wheel name applies to a specific part of the boat called the helm. Helms and ship’s wheels look different depending on what type of ship you’re on.
What Is the Steering Wheel on a Pirate Ship Called?
Avast ye landlubbers and sit back while I account a tale from the high seas. You might wonder, what is the wooden, old-fashioned steering wheel on a pirate’s ship called?
It’s still referred to as the ship’s wheel or the helm. On old wooden ships, the wheels were made of wood spokes connected with wood rings on the outer rim.
Large ships often had a huge wheel that cranked rope around a winch. As you turned the wheel one way, it tightened the rope around the winch, which pulled on the rudder. This provided a mechanical advantage so the crew could move such a huge rudder without too much trouble.
What Do Modern Ship’s Wheels Look Like?
Of course, technology has evolved a lot today. For example, the wheels on modern cargo or cruise ships are much smaller. The helm station they are mounted to is also usually smaller, full of digital gauges and controls.
In fact, some ships have forgone the wheel altogether and simply have a joystick or small tiller-style lever control.
This is possible because modern ships use hydraulic controls. As a result, the helmsperson can move an enormous rudder with little trouble and a little wheel.
How Does the Rudder and Wheel of a Ship Work?
All ship’s wheels are used to turn the rudder. The rudder is a vertical control surface located under the water on the back of the boat.
When the rudder is deflected in one direction, it will move the bow of the boat in the same direction. So if the rudder deflects to the left, the bow will turn left so long as the vessel has some forward speed. Rudders don’t do anything if the vessel is stopped.
Using the wheel on a ship is intuitive. For example, if you move the wheel to the left, the boat’s bow will turn left (when you are going forward).
On some boats, the engine moves instead of the rudder. Outboard motors, for example, move the entire engine and propeller when the wheel is turned. This allows them to be even more maneuverable than an inboard boat, especially when operating as low speed.
Big ships may also have pod drives that can be moved to improve their handling around docks and piers. These allow the ship to be much more maneuverable. If it’s equipped, the controls for the pod drives will also be located at the helm.
Some boats also have thrusters. Thrusters are propellers that are mounted sideways on the bow or stern. Activating one will move the boat to the side, a great help when docking. Thruster controls are usually joysticks mounted at the helm station. The helmsperson uses the thrusters in combination with the wheel to make tight turns.
Types of Boat Helms
So, we’ve talked about wheels and how they control the boat. But wheels are just one type of steering device to do the job. Here’s a look at some other ways you can control a boat or ship.
Steering Wheel on a Ship
On modern ships, the wheel is usually an underwhelming item on the bridge. So many of the systems on board are automated that computer controls and autopilot inputs are just as prominent. As a result, the wheel is usually small and is rarely used in general. In other words, most big ships have power steering!
On sailboats, the most prominent manufacturer of steering systems is Edson Marine. Edson makes all sorts of boat steering wheels, plus many steering gear system components like steering chain. If you flip through the Edson catalog, you will see several styles of steering wheel for boat called destroyer wheels or traditional yacht wheels.
Destroyer wheels are oversized wheels made of stainless steel and are simple, large wheels with several spokes. Edson also makes wheels out of carbon fiber for racing or performance boats.
The standard steering mechanics on a sailboat works with a system of pullies and cables. Rotating the wheel to one side tightens one cable, which pulls a horn attached to the top of the rudder.
Some boats have rack and pinion steering, much like a car. Outboard boats use a mechanical cable or hydraulics to steer the entire motor on its mount instead of a rudder.
Large ships use hydraulic systems to turn the rudder. Such huge rudders, plus the force of the water passing over it. With a hydraulic system, the wheel turns easily, and a giant pump forces the rudder to move one way or another.
What is a Ship’s Wheel Called, and Do You Steer a Ship?
Here’s a great inside look at the helm of a big cargo ship and exactly what goes on inside the bridge. They even include a tour of the mechanical spaces and show the hydraulic pumps that do all the work!
Tiller on a Boat
Of course, there are boats out there that have no wheels. Instead, they use what is called a tiller.
A tiller is basically just a lever arm attached to the top of the rudder. You stand (or sit) to one side of the tiller, and you pull or push it side to side. Doing so turns the rudder, which turns the boat.
Tillers are a bit confusing to drive the first time you try. Since the tiller is attached in front of the rudder, moving the tiller to starboard moves the rudder (and the boat) to port. So you move the tiller in the opposite direction of the way you want to go.
But once you get the hang of it, tillers are simplicity itself. There are no pullies or cables to fail. They have no moving parts and are easy to use.
A vast majority of boats that have rudders have an emergency tiller on board. These are pipes that connect through the deck and onto the rudder shaft. That way, in case of a cable or wheel steering failure, you can install the tiller and restore control of the vessel.
You might think that a tiller could not have a sailboat autopilot system, but there are actually several ways to attach an autopilot system to a tiller. Several companies sell “tiller pilots,” which connect to the tiller right in the cockpit.
Tillers are most common on very small boats. If a boat is under 20 feet long, chances are it has a tiller. Some bigger sailboats, some as much as 40 feet long, have tillers, too. A tiller on a bigger boat is possible, but the lever arm would likely be so long that a wheel steering system would take up less space.
In addition to small sailboats, many skiffs and dinghies have outboards with tiller steering. This saves a lot of space in a small boat, so you don’t have to install a proper helm station with remote control. An outboard tiller also includes a throttle grip and gear shifter so that the helmsperson can control everything with one hand.
What Is a Boat Steering Wheel Called?
Wheel, helm, tiller, or round thing. Don’t let the jargon slow you down when learning to boat. The point of being on the water is to have fun and learn some new skills. Remember, graphics of ship steering wheel symbolize charting your own course and taking control. So whether you call the steering wheel of a ship a wheel or the helm, grab it and head off into the sunset!
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
What is the steering wheel of ship called?
The steering wheels are usually referred to as a ship’s wheel. It is located at the helm, a position on the bridge of a ship from which it is controlled. The helm station will have controls for the throttle, autopilots, and the ship’s wheel.
What is an old boat steering wheel called?
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Spent a long night talking to friends and readers from different areas of the province who are dealing with and worrying about the many wildfires all over the province and woke up this morning to see pics of my hometown of Prince George on twitter being smoked out to the point the street lights are on this morning! 😦
With the hundreds of wildfires around BC, I thought it might be helpful to post the information you may need to reference if you are travelling in different areas or simply worried about what the situation is your area.
Please report all wild fire starts at 1-800-663-5555 or call *5555 on your cell.
In urban areas report grass fires and fire starts in parks to 911 or your local fire department.
You can also follow access forest fire information at this website: http://bcwildfire.ca/Situation/
Reports on the most notable fires, with links to Drive BC reports for smoke warnings etc here: http://bcwildfire.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp
Air quality indexes and warnings from forest fire smoke: http://www.bcairquality.ca/
Most of all, be safe. It only takes a small spark from equipment or a BBQ, to a careless cigarette butt toss to start a massive fire.
There is also a petition going to urge the government to bring back the Mars Bomber, which is an incredibly effective fire fighting tool as anyone who has seen it in action can attest.
Sadly, they were taken out of service last year: here is a bit of info on that http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/martin-mars-water-bomber-grounded-after-53-years-in-b-c-1.624458
A bit of a shame,considering forest fires not only create risk of loss of life and home…. but also have a huge ability to reduce merchantable timber to ashes, impacting forestry jobs for decades to come in some areas, along with impacting tourism in areas where fires burn out areas around lakes and camping areas.
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Do you have a 3D printable product that you plan to bring to the market but don’t want to spend thousands of dollars on manufacturing and initial inventory? You already have a successful Etsy, eBay, or Shopify store, but manufacturing is slowing you down? Or are you looking for reliable passive income by selling 3D printing products, but you don’t know where to start?
We can help you bring your product to market with no initial capital investment, no inventory cost, and no contract. If you still don’t know what to sell or where to start, we can even help you find products that you can sell. Our dropshipping program is designed to be fast, affordable, and adjustable to your needs.
Our team will gladly help you in every stage of the process to ensure you succeed because we know your success is our success.
What to sell?
If you already know what to sell and your product is ready for the market or already on the market, you can skip this part. If you have an idea for a product and you are wondering if additive manufacturing is a good fit, you can send us an email, so we evaluate your model. If you still don’t have a 3D model, you can try to model it yourself or ask a professional designer to help you.
If you have no idea what to sell, don’t worry. There are more than a million 3D models on the web that you can buy the copyright from their designer for a few dollars. You can even find hundreds of thousands of free files that their commercial right is free to the public.
If you like to model your idea yourself, you are in luck because you are living in a perfect time. Many softwares and thousands of free online tutorials can help you bring your ideas to reality.
Tinkercad is a free software perfect for beginner designers. Most people can master Tinkercad within a few days.
If you prefer a professional designer to help you generate your 3D model, you can find countless eager creators excited to help you desging your next product.
Packaging and Handling
We offer a full packaging service as part of our dropshipping program, which allows you to choose between a box or parcel for packaging in a variety of shapes and sizes. You can decide how you like your product to be packaged and be presented to your customers.
We work with all the primary postal services companies to ensure your customers receive their orders in the fastest and most affordable way. The postal carrier of your choice determines the shipping cost based on size, weight, and destination. To make tracking packages easier, we directly purchase a postal label from your eCommerce shop, so the cost of shipping directly comes out of your sold items. If you sell multi-item in one order, you only pay for one shipping, which increases your profit margin.
Have a full inventory or print to order?
As a business owner, you are in charge of inventory management. You can have an inventory of 100,000 plus items or none. We don’t require any minimum quantity, but we strongly suggest you have two things in mind for your inventory management:
One: If you anticipate strong sales, you need to have adequate inventory, 3D printing takes time, and customers want to get their orders ASAP, so if you are expecting thousands of sales on your launch day, then you should plan in advance.
Two: Unless you have a super-strong marketing plan with a large budget to spend, it’s improbable to sell thousands of items on day one, so print to order is the best model for most sellers.
As a partner, we don’t see any difference between your customers and our customers because when customers are not happy with their order, we all lose, and when they are happy, we all win. So when we send products out, we make sure every one of them has been inspected and passed our quality criteria.
Your Intellectual Property and Privacy
You own a hundred percent of your business and your website, your eCommerce shop, and the intellectual property right of your products.
If, for any reason, you like to stop your partnership with us, please just let us know so we immediately stop fulfilling new orders.
White glove services
We handle every single order with love and respect, and we make sure each order is prepared and packaged the way you envisioned. (RexRoi doesn’t include any name, tag or marketing label that refers to us on the shipments that we ship out on your behalf )
How to distribute your 3D printed product is something that you as a business owner should decide. You can exclusively sell your products on your website or only sell them on a leading eCommerce platform like eBay and Etsy. Generally, the more exposure your products have, the more sales you will have, so it’s good to have multiple shops on different e-commerce platforms because they have customers who only shop from them.
Many online tutorials show step-by-step opening a shop on Etsy and eBay and creating a successful listing. Remember that your listings are the storefront of your business. Unlike a physical store, your customer can not see and touch your products before purchasing them, so having great quality images and video plus a good title and description is all the tools you have to convince your customer online.
Selling on Amazon is a little different than selling on eBay and Etsy.
You don’t need Unique Product Codes (UPC) for selling on eBay and Etsy, but for selling your products on Amazon, you do need UPC for each product unless you sign up for Amazon handmade program, which is very similar to Etsy. However, dropshipping is forbidden by Amazon because Amazon doesn’t like any competition with its Prime service. You can test your product’s demands on other platforms, and when you find out which products have the potential for Amazon Prime, we can print batches of 50 or 100 and send them to Amazon Prime, which isn’t violating Amazon seller terms.
Please remember that Amazon is uncompromising when it comes to its sellers. The slightest violation of its policy will cost you a lifetime ban as a seller.
To have a successful Dropshipping business, you need to eliminate everything that can cause mistakes. Automation is the best practice to eliminate mistakes and increase productivity, and Shopify is the leading platform for automation. You can connect your Amazon, eBay, and Etsy shops to the Shopify shop. By granting Collaborator permissions to us, we can automatically receive your new orders, prepare them, and generate shipping labels directly from your Shopify shop, so your buyer gets a live update of their order status.
The most significant advantage of this system is that you don’t need to do anything when you get a new order. You can just relax and make money:)
The other advantage of using Shopify is the listing exchanges ability from one platform to another. When you create a listing on Shopify, you can automatically add it to your Amazon, eBay, and Etsy shop.
You can have the best product on our planet, but you will sell none if people don’t know it exists. Marketing is a critical part of each business, and how to market your product is something you decide as a business owner. Having a solid footprint on social media can do magic for your business.
Suppose you sell your products on any major e-commerce platform. In that case, it is usually good to use their paid advertising system to target your customers, but constantly monitor your advertising spending to profit ratio to avoid losing money. When it comes to marketing, it’s essential to be creative. Remember that spending money on a bad ad campaign won’t have anything for you but lose money, so be careful how you spend your ad money; otherwise, you will be disappointed very soon.
As we mentioned before, you don’t have any upfront cost, and when you sell an item portion of your sale would cover your Cost.
Money from sold items goes to your bank account directly, and every Friday, we send you an invoice for the prior week’s orders; you have three days to pay the invoice before we stop fulfilling your orders.
Suppose you have good products and a reasonable selling strategy. You can make serious money quickly, so if you are living in the US, you should register a business, so take full advantage of the tax break for businesses. Most of our Dropshipping partners have registered their company as Limited Liability Company (LLC); however, we recommend you do your own research and talk with a professional before opening your business.
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Although practicing proper oral hygiene, such as brushing and flossing, is helpful when it comes to keeping tooth decay at bay, there are some other ways in which issues like cavities can be prevented.
One of the most effective ways of preventing cavities, particularly in children, is to have fissure sealants applied.
The treatment is completely painless and relatively quick to perform.
Fissure sealants are a thin coating of composite resin that is painted onto the chewing surface of the teeth to protect against cavities and other damage.
Fissure sealants act as a barrier between the teeth and the bacteria that can cause tooth decay and cavities.
The sealants applied to areas of the mouth that are hard to reach with a toothbrush, such as the pits and grooves of the molar teeth.
Once fissure sealants have been applied, food and bacteria are unable to get into the grooves of the teeth, and the risk of tooth decay and cavities forming is reduced.
Before fissure sealants are applied to the teeth, your dentist will professionally clean the teeth and remove any plaque or bacteria on each tooth.
Once the teeth have been cleaned and dried, they have to be prepared to ensure that the sealant will bond correctly. The liquid sealant resin is painted onto the teeth so that it can enter the deep grooves of each tooth. The resin is a strong material and will last for many years.
After the resin has been applied to the teeth, a special blue light is used to set the sealants in place.
Finally the dentist will check your bite pattern and polish off any excess sealant if necessary.
Every time your child visits the dentist, the fissure sealants will be checked to ensure they have not worn down.
Fissure sealants are particularly well suited to individuals who have large grooves or pits in the teeth — your dentist will be able to advise you as to whether the treatment is right for your child.
Fissure sealants are very helpful in reducing the risk of tooth decay, and along with practicing proper oral hygiene and seeing your dentist for regular check-ups. Overall fissure sealants are an effective means of maintaining optimal oral health.
In fact, once your fissure sealants have been placed, you may find it easier to clean your teeth properly as your toothbrush will be able to reach all the surfaces of your teeth.
At Kitchener Street Dental, we offer fissure sealants that are made from a durable resin material which are designed to last for many years. However, we do recommend that you have them checked on a regular basis. Fissure sealants can be reapplied if they have worn down over time.
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Find out which famous people share the same birthday as you
July 19th is the 200th day of the year (201st day in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 165 days remaining until the end of the year.
On this page, we have placed information about July 19th, including famous people born on, historical events that occurred on, holidays and observances that fall on, and astrological connections of, this day.
Famous People born on July 19th
1789 John Martin (painter, engraver, illustrator)
1814 Samuel Colt (firearms manufacturer)
1834 Edgar Degas (artist)
1860 Lizzie Borden (accused but acquitted of two axe murders)
1894 Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (Prime Minister of Pakistan 1951-1953)
1922 George McGovern (US politician)
1924 Pat Hingle (actor)
1938 Jayant Narlikar (astrophysicist)
1945 George Dzundza (actor)
1946 Ilie Nastase (tennis player)
1946 Stephen Coonts (author)
1947 Brian May (guitarist - Queen)
1949 Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish politician)
1952 Allen Collins (guitarist - Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1963 Gary Nix (author)
1971 Michael Modest (wrestler)
1976 Benedict Cumberbatch (actor)
1977 Erin Cummings (actress)
1979 Luke Young (soccer player)
July 19th in History
64 A great fire burns down much of Rome, while the Emperor Nero, according to legend, fiddles.
1333 English winner a decisive victory over the Scots at the Battle of Halidon Hill.
1545 The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks near Portsmouth, England.
1553 Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I as Queen of England after only nine days as queen.
1832 British Medical Association (originally called the "Provincial Medical and Surgical Association") founded.
1843 SS Great Britain launched. It is the largest vessel in the world at the time. It is also the first ocean-going vessel with an iron hull or a screw-propeller (the SS Great Britain has both).
1870 Start of the Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
1900 First line of Paris Métro opens.
1903 First Tour de France cycling race won by Maurice Garin.
1979 Sandinista rebels enter Managua, winning the civil war in Nicaragua.
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Believe it or not, there are people who are paid for doing roadkill cleanup.
To do roadkill cleanup, in fact, they are paid quite well (considering that it is mostly unskilled labor) for doing it.
In essence, you spend your day driving around in a truck and picking up the carcasses of dead animals who were killed along the side of the road.
No, it’s no glamour job and it can be kind of depressing and even smelly.
But, as the saying goes, it’s a dirty job by someone’s got to do it.
There are both government jobs in this business as well as private jobs.
Sometimes, the city or state will arrange for their own roadkill cleanup crews who drive around in government vehicles.
They draw a government salary, usually a decent one, though not necessarily a great one.
Creating your own roadkill cleanup business
However, there is also the possibility of creating your own company.
Your company would then contract out with the city or state to provide the same services that they would have had with a professional service.
Often, if you own the company, you can make more money by getting a contract like this, but be aware that the business can be competitive.
You’re likely not the first person to realize that a stinky job can be a pretty well paid one.
Therefore, you will need to make your bid competitive.
And make sure the city or state picks your company and not another one for their needs.
How Much Can You Make?
The amount you can earn for doing roadkill cleanup varies widely.
Many people talk about getting just $15 an hour for doing the job (then again, for what is basically an unskilled, if disgusting job, the money isn’t horrible).
However, those running their own companies which subcontract with the state or city can often take in a decent living.
Sometimes running to the high five figures and even low six figures.
It really depends where you work, whether you are working for someone else (who after all has to make a living also) and how willing you are to go the distance for the job.
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Aside from government jobs or contracts, it’s also possible to land additional work, especially if you run your own firm, contracting with private individuals.
Don’t forget that animals don’t necessarily die in convenient places.
Sometimes, a raccoon will crawl into someone’s attic to spend its final days.
Homeowners will have to pay good money for someone to come in, remove it and get the smell dealt with as well.
One of the most important things that most roadkill cleanup technicians mention that they need to have is human empathy.
Especially if you are cleaning up in someone’s home.
You could easily be cleaning up the family pet who got him or herself stuck somewhere inaccessible where it died from starvation.
However, even when cleaning up by the side of the road, you often will have to deal with people who are distressed.
People are often distressed over the experience of having found a dead animal and they need comforting.
Roadkill cleanup is part therapist and part clean up crew
Roadkill removal professionals say the job is part therapist and part clean up crew.
In general, if you can deal with the smell and the emotional trauma, you may also want to consider working with companies specialize in the removal of human remains.
As horrible as it may sound, the experience is not very different from removing a dead animal from someone’s home.
Sometimes, when a murder occurs, special cleanup crews need to be brought in to clean the site.
Other times, if someone dies and isn’t noticed for a while, there can be all kinds of contaminants to clean up.
It’s a disgusting job, but like roadkill cleanup, it’s something many people don’t want to do and as such it’s pretty well paid work all things considered.
Qualifications / Requirements
You will typically need to go for a certain amount of training in order to land a job working in roadkill cleanup.
The training can last from one month to several months and will typically involve:
- your learning how to stay safe while working along the side of a busy highway
- how to remove a carcass which may have frozen to the ground in cold weather or partially decomposed
- how to sanitize for smells when working in or near someone’s home.
First Steps to do roadkill cleanup
Start by looking for entry level work either with a private contractor or with your local city or state roadkill cleanup authority.
You are unlikely to be able to start your own business just because you walk in and say you are interested.
But eventually, you can work your way up to that if you take the time to learn the ropes first.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4505882_remove-roadkill.html – Some how-to advice.
http://www.allstaranimalremoval.com/Services/DeadAnimals2.html – Questions and answers about dead animal cleanup.
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Stories on the #CSW58 Priority Theme
Written by: Kristen, a young adult delegate from EW member organization the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to CSW58. For more reflections of the ELCA young adult delegation, check out their blog.
The following are just four of countless stories of incredible women that come to mind when I consider the priority theme for this year’s Commission on the Status of Women, “Challenges and Achievements in the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for Women and Girls.” I have first included a quick listing of the Millennium Development Goals, followed by four stories that stand independently and do not necessarily flow from one to the next. The stories are united in the concrete expressions and faces that bring the successes and failures of the Millennium Development Goals to life.
I encourage you, the reader, to reflect on the women in your life who have also embodied the struggle for a more just world.
Millennium Development Goals:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Global partnership for development.
The face of human trafficking for me sat across the table at a center for people with addictions adjoining a homeless shelter in eastern Hungary. As a volunteer at the shelter I tried to make conversation as best I could with my limited knowledge of the Hungarian language. Our conversations often involved travel since I was the odd foreigner they couldn’t quite figure out and one morning this woman, who I will call Maria, mentioned that she had previously lived in Amsterdam. Both naively and excitedly I latched on to this thread of conversation and asked her a dozen more questions, thinking that we might have something in common in having traveled abroad for work. She revealed few details other than the work that she had done was “very bad work.” Later I learned that there is a street in the red light district of Amsterdam named after the city in eastern Hungary that I too called home because so many women and girls were taken from that city. The tragic social and ethnic backdrop to this story is that most of the exploited women and girls are Roma. As members of an ethnic minority, most Roma women and girls face bleak prospects due to low primary school completion rates, employment discrimination, and high rates of pregnancy among teenagers. Driving west along a rural highway in central Hungary, I also saw several women standing alone on the edge of the road. I will never know where they were and are going, but I can only hope that they too were not setting out on a journey like Maria’s. I do not know how she was able to return home to eastern Hungary nor do I know for sure if she is still safe today, but I do know that universal primary education, health education for women, and equal access to employment in Maria’s neighborhood and many other just like it are essential to ensuring that more of her friends and neighbors do not suffer as she did. “Developed countries” as much as any other must to do more to protect and empower ethnic minorities who are all too often forgotten.
Universal primary education is a goal that is still unmet in the rural villages of Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras. I know this not from ever being there, but from helping first-generation immigrants to the U.S. Midwest complete job applications available only in English. Most of the clients requesting this service are men and rarely do they list more than a few years of schooling in the education portion of the application. Witnessing the social structures of this particular immigrant community, where girls as young as middle school are expected to care for their younger siblings while their parents are away at work, would lead me to guess that girls in these remote villages receive the same if not less education. I also see this reality as we work to tailor adult English language courses to the needs of the women who attend every session but cannot read or write in their native Spanish. The evidence of the empowering effects of education is clear. Improving school retention rates in rural areas must be a priority for the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
Education rates among ethnic minorities such as the Roma in Europe, who are often subject to multiple discrimination, must also be closely monitored. In rural eastern Hungary most villages are largely homogenous, with either Roma or non-Roma residents but rarely both. The living conditions in the Roma villages are almost always worse and shockingly few children complete primary school. Without equal access and attainment at this early age, Roma young people will never catch up with their non-Roma peers and ethnic tensions over jobs, demographics, and social services will only worsen. I had the privilege of working with 20 Roma students through a program that supported their university education. Sadly they are the exception, not the norm, but their stories demonstrate that small steps, one student at a time, can make an enormous difference that could one day transform the country in which they too are citizens. When I asked one student how she had come to the university to study, she explained that like many of her peers living in a small village she had little intention of continuing her studies. However, a kind neighbor invited her to attend a visit day at a high school in a neighboring city that prepares students for university. That day she was welcomed so warmly she decided to attend. Four years later seeing her friends apply to local universities she couldn’t help but do the same. Concrete actions such as this simple invitation on the local, national, and international levels are essential to reaching many more students like her, especially those living with the labels of ethnic minorities and growing up in tiny rural villages, so that they too can study beyond the primary level.
One of the women I most look up to lives in eastern Hungary. While the economy values her work as a pastor at a humble salary in forints, it does not recognize her contribution to society as a single mom and primary caretaker for her aging mother who still lives in her rural home with a large garden. “Developed countries” as much as any other must rethink the way that we honor and value caregivers. | <urn:uuid:c2192a91-686d-4146-aef5-4cfcbe5fec50> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ecumenicalwomenun.org/post/stories-on-the-csw58-priority-theme | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.974744 | 1,285 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Can we conceive of a postscreen world?
“People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better.”
—Ray Bradbury, Beyond 1984: The People Machines
So where are the designers who dream as Bradbury does? We seem to be content to let corporations do the dreaming for us. On the internet, we can be routinely entertained by their visions—videos depicting possible futures that are far more controlled, sterile, and expensive than is likely. Their future is impossibly abundant, with no shortage of resources, space, or time. (And of course, it’s built on technologies developed, at great cost, in corporate research labs.) Is it not possible to envision a future of less? Less, after all, could be a good thing—a comfortable minimalism that comes from cutting away life’s excesses—or a not-so-good thing. Less could also be catastrophic and interrupt our plans. But since designing the future should be equal parts hope and caution, is it responsible to plan for one tomorrow when we have good reasons to expect another?
There has been no shortage of discussion of these videos in recent months. Microsoft’s “Productivity Future Vision” was called creepy by the technologist Nicholas Carr—presumably because it’s populated by people who display a flat, pleasantly robotic contentment with their surroundings. But for designers, an angst-less future can’t be a believable one. We’ve read our Huxley—we’re waiting for the sinister undertones to make themselves known, and without any on the surface, we have no problem imagining them ourselves. It’s the uncanny-valley effect, writ large.
Mood aside, what of “productivity?” Microsoft is not the first to suggest that we’ll continue to spend most of our time placidly moving information around on screens. In its world, every surface—mirrors, kitchen tables, refrigerators, car windows, and, of course, desks—will be transformed into touch screens, weaving a seamless thread of productivity from morning to evening into our previously unmaximized lives. Needless to say, this is a touchy subject.
Bret Victor, a former Apple designer, complained in his own response to the Microsoft video that the kinds of gestures most interaction design demands are essentially inhuman, rejecting the four fundamental human grips named by John Napier in his book Hands. Perhaps so. But as long as screens are central to our interaction with the world, we’ll likely need to add a few gestures to our repertoire. Undoubtedly, page turning was a tricky leap for our scroll-wielding forebearers. Though I agree with Victor’s critique, my primary concern is not how little Microsoft’s vision corresponds with the scope of human touch but how it limits the use of our other senses. Touching a glass screen is hardly a rich tactile experience, but that is almost beside the point. What we are doing when we interact with touch screens is primarily a visual experience. Yes, we’re touching everything—but without seeing the information we “touch,” our fingers are all but useless. Unless we engage our other senses, we will leave many—those visually or tactilely impaired—behind and become “people of the screen,” as Kevin Kelly recently described it at the Books in Browsers Conference. We must resist the cultural entropy that associates interaction solely with screens. Apple gets this. In lieu of releasing its own futurism video, it instead deployed Siri, which, in emphasizing auditory interactions, gives me hope for a postscreen future.
It would be a shame to be remembered as the generation that tweeted while the world crumbled around us.
On the list of problems to solve, communication has sat at the top far too long, and consequently, our countless solutions are what fill screens today. After a decade of focusing primarily on the social applications of interactive technology, we need to turn our attention to other matters and use our many communication tools to address the interaction problems of 21st-century urbanity: resource management, transportation, energy, and infrastructure. It would be a shame to be remembered as the generation that tweeted while the world crumbled around us.
As for predicting the future, there is one question worth asking today: Do we, individuals and corporations alike, have the courage to imagine a future we don’t like, one that doesn’t assume the continuing triumph of today’s technological paradigms? This isn’t a needlessly pessimistic exercise. Sometimes we first need to identify what we do not want in order to articulate what we do. Then we can get to work and build it—not more of the same, but better. If it is a future worth building, it will not be done overnight.
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5 Reasons To Think About A Bike's Size And Fit Before Purchasing
A bike that caters to your weight and height offers flexibility and a safe and comfy riding style that you’ll love cruising on. A bike that fits you poorly can result in muscles aches and pains, inefficient cycling, and general discomfort that may cause you to want to give up cycling forever.
Thankfully, we’ve come up with five sure-fire tips to get the perfect bicycle frame sizes and a cruiser bike size chart that will ensure you stop asking the question, “What size bike do I need?” so you can get to pedaling!
To find the perfect sized bike for you, you’ll need to know a couple basic measurements, including:
- Your arm length (from the end of your shoulder to the middle of a closed fist)
- Your torso length (from your crotch to your sternum)
- Your leg inseam (from where the bike seat would be in your crotch to your foot)
Here are some entry level considerations you should know when fitting a bike:
- Your bike should cater to how you currently ride and should fit your current abilities, including endurance, strength, and flexibility.
- Fine tuning the fit takes time.
When you do this, make sure that you are going to wear the proper cycling footwear when evaluating your stand-over height, since they will add to the overall length of your leg.
If it’s a beach cruiser with a step-thru styling design, you don’t really have to worry about the stand-over height as these bikes were designed to have you easily place both feet on the floor when you’re in the saddle.
If you’re shopping online, look for the listed stand-over heights and compare that to your inseam.Assessing Upper Body Positioning
A correct stand-over height is sometimes not enough to ensure a bicycle is a good fit. You’ll also want to have proper upper body positioning to guarantee your utmost comfort.
Target a riding position that will give you a small amount of shock-absorbing bend without making you reach very far out to apply your brakes. It should feel like you are playing piano keys comfortably on your handlebars while your arms are in a strong, sturdy, and comfortable position.Bike Saddle Height
To get the right seat height, ask a friend or family member to hold your bike upright for you while you mount it. When your foot is at the bottom of the pedal stroke, you should see a slight bend in your leg, reaching about 90 percent of full leg extension.
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The SKA Project
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, with approximately a square kilometre (one million square metres) of collecting area. This is equivalent to 140 football pitches.
The SKA will not be a single telescope, but use the technique of interferometry to eventually combine vast numbers of three different types of radio telescopes in four unique configurations. This represents a huge leap forward in both engineering delivery and research & development, and will deliver a correspondingly transformational increase in science capability when operational in the mid 2020s.
The SKA telescope will be co-located in radio quiet zones in Africa and Australia. South Africa, hosting the core of the high and mid frequency instruments, along with several African partner countries, will work alongside Australia, who will host the low frequency dipole antennas and the dish-survey instrument. With a range of other large ground- based and space telescopes covering huge swaths of the electromagnetic spectrum already or becoming operational over the coming decades, the SKA will perfectly augment, compliment and lead the way in scientific discovery.
The SKA Organisation, with its headquarters at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Manchester, UK, manages and formalises relationships between the international partners and consortia and centralises the leadership of the project. Members of the SKA Organisation are Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India (associate member), Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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La Luz de Esperanza encourages you to pull a tag from the Christmas Tree of Hope
Share your Christmas joy with others
PALOMAS, Chih. Mexico – Esperanza Lozoya extended her humanitarian outreach to the interior of northern Mexico 11 years ago. Deep in the foothills of the mountainous region, Lozoya spent years living among the small impoverished population of San Pedro de Conchos. Through donations and charitable causes, Lozoya was instrumental in bringing electricity and running water to the village that was primarily made up of elders and children. Able-bodied adults sought employment and resources in neighboring towns.
Lozoya and her volunteers at the Community Kitchen and Resource Center in Puerto Palomas provide meals, gently used clothing and footwear, and provide health checks through the promotoras (certified health workers) in the community.
The Community Kitchen and its volunteers stay away from federal or state funding to escape the loopholes associated with federally- and state-funded programs,
“We are solely supported by donations from the public,” Lozoya told the Headlight. "We recently held a food drive and enough canned goods and other non-perishable food items were donated so that we could feed over a hundred families on Thanksgiving Day.”
During the winter holidays, Lozoya’s nonprofit organization, La Luz de Esperanza (The Light of Hope), looks to bring a bit of Christmas cheer to those less fortunate in Palomas and the pueblos at the foothills of northern Mexico.
Her humanitarian work is an extension of her mother and father, Andrew Sanchez, in Palomas.
“We organized the Tree of Hope (El Arbol de la Esperanza) 19 years ago and it helps the children and families in Palomas and the interior of Mexico share in the joy of Christmas,” Lozoya said. “The people don’t ask for much, and any little thing will do.”
The idea came from her sister Lupe who worked with the Salvation Army.
The Tree of Hope is set up at various locations around Deming, Columbus and Palomas. Each Christmas Tree has tags with the name and age of a child or family member. The tags also have personal information regarding recommended gifts. The public is asked to take a tag and fill that Christmas wish by returning the unwrapped gift, along with the tag attached.
“Most of the tags come from children and senior citizens,” Lozoya said. The gift requests are reasonable and for items that many of us take for granted.”
The trees are placed at Peppers Supermarket in Deming, San Jose Grocery in Columbus, and Pedro Avilar’s pharmacy in Palomas next to Memo’s Grocery Store.
Gifts and tags must be returned to the tree locations by Dec. 21st. Distribution of gifts in Palomas will occur on Dec. 22nd and gift distribution in San Pedro will take place on Christmas Day, Dec. 25th.
Tax deductible monetary donations can be donated along with Walmart Gift Cards to: Dos Manos, P.O. Box 595, Arroyo Seco, NM, 87514.
Stella Apodaca was busy pulling tags off the tree a week ago on Friday at Peppers Supermarket. Stella said her family does this every year, and that it is a good feeling to share the joy of Christmas with others. Stella walked away with four tags.
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Embarking on an IoT development project presents many questions that need to be answered, whether you have extensive experience in wireless communications or you are just starting out. The enormously fast-moving field of IoT (Internet of Things) offers a growing selection of supporting components and connectivity methods, and for developers it can feel like the landscape changes daily.
In this post we will lay some groundwork to help make sense of it all, and talk about the key things to consider as you are preparing to launch an IoT development project.
While we may not be able to completely mitigate the overwhelm factor, we can certainly help to highlight the important considerations that drive decision making and provide resources for getting answers.
Wireless Technology in IoT Product Design
At the heart of the explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) is wireless technology, made possible via RF or radio frequency. This technology enables devices to communicate with another without being physically connected. With its roots in the early 20th century, RF technology is not new. But it has grown to include cellular devices and other advances, keeping in stride with an enormous demand for new consumer and industrial applications.
Technological enhancements that support this incredible growth include the speed and bandwidth of the underlying networks, extended battery life of IoT devices, broader capabilities of wireless communication protocols, and more secure management of devices and networks. These advancements have allowed a significant number of industries to replace expensive, and often unreliable, wired communication with wireless communication.
Millions of miniature wireless devices – sensors and radio modules – now gather and send data in a vast array of environments from smart cities to manufacturing facilities and other industrial settings, and deliver that data faster than you can blink.
To manage it all, a sophisticated cloud applications such as Digi Remote Manager®
can allow network administrators to monitor the health and security of their devices from a central console, update the firmware of many devices with one command, automate security monitoring, and get notified quickly in the event of a problem anywhere those devices are deployed, worldwide. That said, how do you get started designing and developing a successful IoT or IIoT product? While theres far too much to cover in a single blog post, we can talk about some of the key things you will need to know if you are going to develop a product incorporating wireless technology.
Key Considerations for Wireless Design in IoT
Launching a wireless design project can be daunting. You need on-staff expertise, supporting professional services, or both, to define your requirements, design and develop your IoT product, and ensure that it will pass testing and certification to meet your time-to-market promise. You will need to carefully assess the costs involved in building your product against your go-to-market pricing and ROI goals. And you will need to ensure that you have a strategy for secure device operation.
The considerations vary by the type of application, and there is no one-size-fits-all process. For example, an industrial tank sensor and a wearable device that reports heart metrics are both IoT applications, but with very different requirements. However, in most cases, the key considerations can be summarized as follows, regardless of the product parameters and its intended use.
Be sure to take time to assess all of your product requirements. It is far too common for teams to launch the design process without taking the critical first step of accurately identifying the market needs, which can be a costly mistake. Some of the considerations in this phase include:
- Market and use case: What is the intended use for the finished product? How much data does it need to process, and how fast? Are you solving a real business problem with the product? Time to market is also a key consideration, as market opportunities can be short lived before other competitors fill the space.
- Target price: How will you price your product against any competing products? You want to ensure that you can build sell your product within that markets price expectations.
- Physical placement: How and where will the product be used? For example, will your IoT product be placed in a stable location, such as a medical facility, warehouse or industrial tank? Or will it be on a moving vehicle such as a bus, or perhaps worn by a cyclist or runner?
- Geographic location: Where in the world do you want to sell the product? This will affect several design decisions, your entire go-to-market strategy, and the types of certifications required.
Wireless Connectivity and Range
There are several questions to answer in the process of determining your IoT product connectivity requirements:
- How will the product connect and transmit data? Will the product have access to a reliable wireless connection, and will it need to communicate over Wi-Fi or cellular for best performance? This decision has several ramifications. For example, a Wi-Fi network will need a gateway for data routing, and local technical support personnel, while a cellular network is maintained by the carrier and requires less maintenance, but it will require a data plan. Note that you can also enable both Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity.
- Will the deployment location have structures or objects that can obstruct the signal, or will it be deployed in a remote area? For example, are you developing an industrial IoT product to be deployed deep in a mine or on a remote oil derrick? If so, you will need a strategy for managing connectivity issues.
- What type of antenna will you need to support your connectivity requirements? Antenna requirements are based on several factors including the wireless range needed, size of the device, its location and placement, the radio hardware and wireless communication protocol, and whether the device is indoors or outdoors.
Battery Life Management
Determining whether your IoT product will be wireline powered or battery powered is a significant decision and involves several considerations. The type and location of the device will help to determine whether it should be rechargeable, or whether it is more important to design for proactive battery management to support long battery life. For example, you would expect to regularly recharge most cellular devices, such as wearables, but a device that monitors a remote industrial tank would require a battery that needs to be changed out infrequently. Another key consideration in IoT development is that some wireless protocols are better suited to battery-powered devices than others.
Certifications and Time-to-market
Wireless products have certification requirements based on the region(s) in the world in which they are deployed. For example, in the U.S., wireless products must pass FCC and cellular certifications. Other regions have different requirements, and you will need to meet them all if you want to market your product worldwide, or in multiple regions. This process can be arduous if you have not planned and designed your product with knowledge of the various certification requirements in mind. On the other hand, planning for certification, and even starting with pre-certified communication modules, can dramatically reduce the time, cost and pain involved in moving through the certification process.
Building your product using a pre-certified module and designing your product for rapid certification can also help speed your time-to-market. IoT product developers often struggle with the question of whether to build their product from the ground up or start with pre-built components. If you have plenty of time and your applications end-user cost is more important than time-to-market, you may want to build. If you need to get to market quickly to release a competitive or in-demand product, building your IoT application based on pre-certified modules will likely give you more advantage.
Launching Your IoT Product Design
Once you have determined your IoT product requirements in detail, and ensured that you have a feasible product that meets a market requirement, you are finally ready to embark upon your product design. The electrical design of a wireless product includes the layout of your PCB, considerations around isolation of your RF signal, impedance matching, types and locations of ports and connectors, and power supply. To make these determinations, you will need to have an experienced RF engineer and mechanical engineer on staff, or have the ability to consult with a professional RF design services to create the board layout and ensure component decisions match the product requirements.
As a best practice, consider performing a feasibility study to ensure your design plan is going to work, and start by prototyping the product to learn about any obstacles you may encounter in your final design. Resolving these issues in the prototyping phase of your project can save an enormous amount of time and cost, and ensure that you get to market on schedule.
Wireless Design and Build Resources
Digi offers a wide range of solutions for every aspect of your product design and development process, from a complete suite of product components, to Wireless Design Services
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Although 27 percent of all older adults who live in nursing homes in this country have both high blood pressure and dementia, we don’t have enough research yet to inform healthcare providers about the best way to treat their high blood pressure.
Specifically, we don’t know when the benefits of taking medication to lower blood pressure outweigh the potential risks, especially in older adults who also have moderate to severe dementia and a poor prognosis (the medical term for the likely course of a disease). That’s because clinical trials for high blood pressure treatments typically do not include older adults who have severe chronic illnesses or disabilities.
A team of researchers designed a study to learn more about the best high blood pressure treatments for older adults who live in nursing homes. Their study was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
The research team used information from Medicare records. The team identified 255,670 long-term nursing home residents in the United States during 2013 who had high blood pressure. Of these, nearly half had moderate or severe dementia-related difficulties with thinking and decision-making. Slightly more than half of them had no or only mild cognitive impairment.
The study’s participants were about 85 years old on average. They had moderate impairment of their physical function and about 3 percent were receiving hospice care or had a life expectancy of six months or less.
At the beginning of the study, participants were receiving high blood pressure treatment.
The most common high blood pressure medicines received were beta blockers, followed by calcium channel blockers, and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Nearly half the participants were taking more than one high blood pressure drug.
After following the participants for 180 days, the researchers learned that the residents taking a higher number of high blood pressure medications (more intensive treatment) were slightly more likely to be hospitalized or hospitalized for heart disease than those taking fewer high blood pressure medications. However, they were slightly less likely to experience a decline in their physical abilities than those residents taking fewer high blood pressure medications. This was true whether or not the residents had dementia.
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Iron Ore Mining Processing Method,Iron Ore Crusher In Iron mining process, iron ores are rocks and mineral deposits from which metallic metal may be.
Processing of Magnetite Iron Ores Comparing Grinding. Processing of Magnetite Iron Ores - Comparing Grinding Options. Although the majority of current steel production is supported by iron ore sourced from high grade haemetite deposits, the long-term growing demand for steel has led to higher raw material prices and opened the way for many new magnetite deposits to also be developed.
Iron ore is converted into various types of iron through several processes. The most common process is the use of a blast furnace to produce pig iron which is about 92-94 iron and 3-5 carbon with smaller amounts of other elements.
Extraction of Iron, Iron Mining, Iron Ore Processing. As one of the earliest, most widely used metals in the world, iron ore is an important raw material for iron and steel production. At present, iron ore resources are decreasing day by day, which is characterized by lean ore than rich ore, associated ore and complex ore composition.
Production Process of Iron Ore. Generally, the processing of iron ore needs several processing stages, including crushing, grinding, ore beneficiation, concentrating, drying, etc. The equipments for iron ore beneficiation is consisted of Jaw Crusher, Ball Mill，Classifier, Magnetic Separator, Flotation Machine, Concentrator Machine and Dryer.
Jul 11, 2018 The iron ore production has significantly expanded in recent years, owing to increasing steel demands in developing countries. However, the content of iron in ore deposits has deteriorated and low-grade iron ore has been processed. The fines resulting from the concentration process must be agglomerated for use in iron and steelmaking. This chapter shows the status of the pelletizing process.
Different siderite has different iron ore processing methods. The extraction of iron from single siderite with coarse grain size is suitable to be treated with single gravity separation, single strong magnetic separation and combined process including two kinds of iron ore processing technologies.
Robust solutions for tough conditions. The harsh environment and varied bulk material sizes in iron ore mining and processing demand technology that’s both durable and can be adjusted to your unique needs. Working in close partnership with the world’s largest iron ore producers over the past 20+ years, we’ve developed a range of solutions.
Mar 14, 2014 Processing of the ore ranges from simple crushing and screening and separating various size fractions of the ore to the processes that beneficiate or upgrade the quality of the iron ore products. This is done by physical processes, which remove impurities by difference in particle density or size gravity or size separation.
The iron ore processing flowsheet is consists of two processes Dry Processing and Wet Processing. The primary beneficiation plant consists of only a jaw crusher and from there the material is transferred to the secondary plant via conveyor belt method. The main objective of the primary beneficiation plant is the crushing of the ROM from the.
However, LKAB is a leading manufacturer of highly refined iron ore pellets and is thus able to operate reasonably economically. About 83 of their iron ore goes into the processing and production of pellets. However, in 2014 and 2015, the company‘s operational result collapsed due to iron ore price erosion, and the company went into the red.
Iron ore is the key raw material for steel production enterprises. Generally, iron ore with a grade of less than 50 needs to be processed before smelting and utilization. After crushing, grinding, magnetic separation, flotation, and gravity separation, etc., iron is gradually selected from the natural iron ore.
Direct reduction, in which iron ores are reduced at temperatures below the metal’s melting point, had its origin in such experiments as the Wiberg-Soderfors process introduced in Sweden in 1952 and the HyL process introduced in Mexico in 1957.
The course is designed to explain what the users of iron ore are looking for in both physical and chemical properties and how processing the ore can create the necessary properties. Participants will look at the typical types of iron ore deposits and how each may be processed to achieve a sellable product.
Mar 13, 2010 Iron ore is obtained in the conventional method of open cast or underground mining and conveying the ore to the surface preparation are where it is crushed, washed, and transported to the smelter. Here the ore is put into a blast furnace along with limestone and coke and subjected to hot air blasting and heat which converts the ore to molten iron.
To efficiently process iron ore for high quality steel production, frequent ore grade monitoring, during all steps of downstream processing, is mandatory. Independent from the ironmaking method, the optimal use of fuels and energy during sintering, pelletizing and direct reduction of iron ore (DRI) needs to be applied to stay competitive and.
What are the common iron ore processing methods If you want to know , click here. 2020-03-02 03 03 28. 975. 0. Ilmenite Recovery by Combined Processing Method. For ilmenite dressing, the combination of multiple methods is often better than the single dressing method, which can better improve the grade and recovery of the ore.
Apr 09, 2015 Exploitation of existing iron ore deposit is the easier part of the mining operations. The harder part is to find new ore deposits and to define their extent and the iron content (grade). Exploration is the process by which the accumulations of iron ore minerals can be found in the earth’s crust.
Oct 23, 2017 The Step-by-Step Process of Producing Iron from Iron Ore. Some 3000-4000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians derived iron from the fallen meteorites (or so they say), carved them and made tools and equipment besides jewelry. We have come a long way since then. Now, first of all, pure iron is rarely available (except if one or two meteorites crash).
Jan 01, 2015 Iron ore was won by drilling and blasting . As mining technology generally developed, so did drilling techniques and the explosives used. Smith (1990) reported that the Cleveland deposit was associated with a very strong stone roof rock (known as “dogger”) allowing mine drivages to be self-supporting. However, he states that in later years where the mining had progressed to the dip, this.
May 26, 2016 The method does not use water to process iron ore, instead it transforms mining tailings – with low iron content and no commercial value – into high iron.
Oct 23, 2016 The student, having practised some of the above experiments, may proceed to the assay of an iron ore. Determination of Iron in Brown Iron Ore. Weigh up 1 gram of the dried and powdered ore, calcine in the cover of a platinum crucible, and dissolve up in an evaporating dish with 20 c.c. of strong hydrochloric acid.
2.2 Resources Reserves of iron ore deposit in India 7 2.3 Processing of Iron ore in India 8 2.4 Slimes of Iron ore 11 3. BENEFICIATION PLANT STUDY OF NOAMUNDI IRON ORE MINE 14 3.1 Mineral Processing.
Processing and pelletizing of low grade malaysian iron ore163 Кб. 2.8.2 Iron Ore Processing Ball et al. (1973) stated that, the ore loaded at the mine face is in the form of lumps whose maximum size can be up to 1.0-1.25 m with high grade ores it is only necessary for the ore to be reduced in size and gradedThis method now is little used for iron ore concentration. | <urn:uuid:1519b7ec-f5a2-4987-bde0-4ddf196a2641> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.badges-kezako.fr/15049/processing-methods-for-iron-ore.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.932312 | 1,598 | 2.609375 | 3 |
First of all download XAMPP from here for your Machine and then install it.
After installing run it and then start Apache and Mysql by simply clicking of start.
Then open your browser and go to localhost/xampp, remember you will get resolving error if you don’t start Apache and you can’t create Database if you don’t turn on Mysql.
When the page resolves you will receive a list of languages you can choose from.
After selecting your preferred language, a new page will open. Select phpmyadmin on the bottom left under the tools section.
Now we can start creating Database. On the top left, click on new and then write any name you want, the general naming practice is yourname_db. Don’t worry about the dropdown next to the name for now and simply click create.
There you go your database is created. Now we just need to add tables and columns.
To do that select your newly created DB from the list on the left and create table.
For the purpose of our sign up tutorial, we will name the table tbl_user and we will make 6 columns for id, email, username, phone, password, and address. After creating the table with 6 columns, you will reach a page like this.
Now create the column id, name, email, password, phone and address. The type of id should be int and for all other select the type varchar. You must specify a length for fields with varchar datatype. Type around 100 for all. Lastly in the index dropdown select primary for id and also check AI(auto increment) right next to it. Leave the rest as it.
Voila! you have created your database ready to be used with this PHP sign up lesson.
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This article originally appeared in the winter 2014 Harker Quarterly.
Milwaukee Symphony concertmaster Frank Almond gave audiences a rare chance to see and hear one of the world’s most famous musical instruments at the first concert of the 2014-15 Harker Concert Series season. The centuries-old Lipinski Stradivarius, which briefly went missing earlier this year after Almond was attacked following a performance, has a long and storied history, one that figured into the evening’s repertoire.
Rather than start with the music, Almond opted first to address the crowd on the history of the Lipinski and its connection to two of the pieces he would be playing. Giuseppe Tartini’s Violin Sonata in G minor, commonly known as “The Devil’s Trill,” was a fitting choice as the first piece of the evening, he explained, as Tartini was the Lipinski’s first known owner.
When it came time for the sonata’s third movement, Almond proved more than up to the task of traversing it. Among the more impressive and moving displays of the evening was an unaccompanied section consisting almost entirely of treacherously difficult double stop trills, handled so well that any thoughts of the virtuosity involved all but vanished.
Impressive though it was, it seemed almost like a warmup for Almond’s rendition of J.S. Bach’s legendary Chaconne from Partita in D minor. A marvel of sheer creativity, the chaconne begins with a simple four-measure theme that is taken through dozens of variations, resulting in a piece that for centuries has been hailed for its emotional and structural depth. Bach’s vision was served well by Almond’s masterful hands, which beautifully manipulated the Lipinski to illustrate the uniqueness of each variation and how they combine into a brilliant whole.
Harker parent Prashant Fuloria (Anika, grade 6; Varun, grade 3) enjoyed the performance of the Bach piece in particular and said that the concert’s atmosphere was a good environment for many age groups. “It’s not too formal. Kids can go around and be kids and listen to some great music,” he said.
“It is breathtaking,” attendee Lynn Mitchell said of Almond’s performance. “I particularly enjoy the Röntgen piece.” She also enjoyed the “inviting” atmosphere of the venue, and said the food was “delicious.”
The final piece for the evening was Cesar Franck’s Sonata in A Major, which was chosen, Almond said, because “it’s fun to play.” Pianist Jeffrey Sykes set the tone with a soft bedding of chords before being joined by the violin, whose vulnerable melodies were gorgeously rendered as they swayed rhythmically with the piano, the two trading melancholic lines. An urgent, almost sinister assemblage of piano notes opened the next movement before bursting into a dazzling run. Almond expertly utilized the Lipinski’s warm lower registers to introduce the frantic, flowing melody, which both contrasted and played off of the panicked piano underneath. The slow and repentant third movement was beautifully anchored by Sykes’ emotive subtleties, punctuated by anguished outbursts. As if to make up for the anxiety and despair of the previous two movements, the sonata shifted into an uplifting and determined mood, bringing back the theme from the first movement for a rollicking finish. | <urn:uuid:13944d23-2514-4f59-b109-aea8763f360d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://news.harker.org/frank-almond-wields-the-lipinski-stradivarius-to-dazzling-effect/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960813 | 755 | 1.539063 | 2 |
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There is very little doubt that, as the United States of America jumps up again after facing the disastrous consequences of the coronavirus, there has been a major increase in the number of online job interviews taking place. Although we cannot say for sure at all what has caused this increase, we can make an educated guess. We believe there are two reasons behind this happening: the first reason is that companies have been reopening their offices lately. So when these companies reopen their offices, they look for employees to fill them up. Obviously, this increase in job vacancies increases the number of interviews happening. The second reason is that more companies are now willing to conduct interviews online rather than in-person. Obviously, this is because of the pandemic. Knowing that they did just fine with recruiting during the pandemic when everything was virtual has convinced companies that they can continue the practice of virtual interviews even when the pandemic has subsided.
Acquire The Best Internet You Can
The topic of this essay is online interviews. The word online itself implies the usage of the internet. After all, you will need to grab hold of one video calling software or another! And all those video calling software indirectly or directly rely on the internet to function. Thus, it is important to grab hold of good internet. In the case that you do not already have quality internet coverage, feel free to check out the various Comcast internet deals! We can recommend the internet service provision brand to you with full confidence knowing that the brand will always pull through in terms of not only quality but also quantity.
Invest In Top-Notch Items
The internet is not the only thing you will need to invest in; another thing you will have to invest in is a good infrastructure. And we mean a lot by good infrastructure. The first thing we mean by good infrastructure is a collection of quality computing devices. These computing devices can be a variety of things including top-notch personal computers and high-end webcams. After all, you need the computer to run the video calling program on which the interview is happening and you need the webcam to make sure that the video call is featuring good picture quality from your side.
Do Your Homework
We simply cannot stress the importance of doing your homework in a job interview. Just know this: before a call starts for your interview, you need to be able to prepare for it. And you prepare for it in a number of ways: 1)you think about any questions the interviewer may ask and then prepare answers for them. These questions can be ones such as “tell us about yourself,” “tell us about a time that you were in a fix and how you got out of it,” and “tell us about your decision-making thought process.” Although the ones we mentioned are pretty common, they are not by any means representative of all the kinds of questions asked. Make sure you prepare a large list of questions and responses to them. 2) Know more about the role you applied for as you may very well be asked questions about it. 3) Research about the company. This is an ideal way to show that you are really interested in and capable enough for the job!
It is so important to rehearse your answers to the mock interview questions. You can either ask one of your pals to listen to you or alternatively you can speak in front of the mirror. Alternatively and perhaps more beneficially, you could record your video as well. This recording of your video will then allow you to have more of an idea about how the world will be able to build itself for the future.
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Fort Drummond, a piece of British and American military history that lives on only in ruins. Located in Whitney bay on Drummond Island, the fort was the location of retreat by British soldiers after the American takeover of Fort Mackinac during the War of 1812.
After the War of 1812, the British relinquished control of their hold of Mackinaw Island, and retreated north to Drummond Island in 1815. At the time, it was known Fort Collyer, and, with the arrival of the soldiers from Mackinac, they were both stationed there and it was named Fort Drummond.
Now, after years of weather abuse, all land occupied by the fort is privately owned. The few lasting remains are preserved from public interference and stand as a reminder of a time important to the history of the country .
Impact of the Treaty of Ghent
Lieutenant Col. McDonall, commander of the British occupants of Fort Mackinac, was set on maintaining presence in the fur trade in the Great Lakes with Indian tribes, and maintaining a British militaristic presence near the United States. The Treaty of Ghent set border lines , yet the treaty did not reach the Lieutenant until 1815. He evacuated Mackinac in search of a new location to fortify that would be outside of the assumed new national border .
It took several years to move to Drummond, as several locations were considered. The strategic location, along with the ability to maintain contact with native tribes, and the beautiful surroundings made Drummond Island the clear choice for the British. Throughout the time McDonall had been operating in the Great Lakes area, a relationship with the natives had been established. The British had offered assistance through their resources, and the natives aided in the fur trade in the region. The treaty and subsequent movement of his troops threatened that relationship, as he feared the American impact on the natives to be very negative. In his words to Major Foster, “[The natives were] forced by us into the War, assured by us again and again, of our faithful adherence to their cause, and of our constant protection, and now ‘abandoned at their utmost need’ to a merciless vengeance of a relentless enemy.” This solemn statement displays the Lieutenants views on the American treatment of Native American tribes in the Great Lakes region even after the treaty was signed. This mistrust of the Americans was the cause of some of the major actions taken by McDonall in years to come.
Construction and Leadership
Much of the construction of the fort was delayed and ultimately not finished, as McDonall did not get the approval from Britain to spend money on building. This was from the ongoing negotiations on borders with America. However, through the time that they were there, much of the groundwork was set for construction and several buildings and structures were erected. Through this construction, however, many men died as it was during the winter months and sickness went through them in the spring. The fort was supposed to maintain separate housing and buildings for the soldiers and civilians that resided there. However, because of the slow progress and continued delay on construction, this separation was never established. There were only a few buildings built, most of them being quarters for the people residing there. The buildings were made generally with timber, however, a lime quarry was created and the fireplaces, and kitchen areas of the buildings were constructed using very good quality stone. Some of the remnants of these structures are still present, which attests to the time they took to craft the structures . After the national borders had been finalized, McDonall was reluctant to leave the post because of continuing fur trading/assistance to the natives, and for his resentment of the American forces. He only decided to pull his troops out of Drummond after a threat by the Americans to invade the island and force him out .
Throughout the years of British control, nothing really happened at the fort, with the exception of the maintained relationship with native groups. It existed during a time of uncertainty, and funding was not appropriated for major construction efforts or operations. As more soldiers perished due to sickness, winter, and other natural causes, the desire to maintain the fort was diminished. Ultimately, the fort was abandoned in 1828 as the national borders were finalized and the British troops were required to relocate once more. They retreated back past the Canadian border, and the British occupation of Fort Drummond came to an end. After the British troops left the area, there was no further action taken at the fort. It remained abandoned and became a historical site, which was eventually sold to private citizens and remains that way today.
1. Treaty of Ghent. (1814). Library of Congress
2. Carroll, F. (2004). The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary along the Michigan Frontier, 1819-1827: The Boundary Commissions under Articles Six and Seven of the Treaty of Ghent. Michigan Historical Review, 30(2), 77-104.
3. Robert McDonall to Major Foster. (1815). Mississippi Pioneer and Historical Collections, 16 (1890) 325-327.
4. THE TRIBUNE TRAVELERS’ GUIDE. (1959, May 17). Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963)
5. GREAT LAKES SHORELINE RECREATION AREA SURVEY (1959). National Park Service
6. Cook, Samuel F. (1896). Drummond Island: The Story of the British Occupation, 1815-1828
For Further Reading
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Most of you know the common variable sections, VAR, VAR_INPUT, VAR_OUTPUT, VAR_IN_OUT and VAR_PUBLIC. However in TwinCAT we have some more variable sections available. In this post I will discuss and explain the usage of VAR_TEMP, VAR_STAT and VAR CONSTANT. Variable sections which I find very use full from time to time.
What is it: Variables declared in a variable section in functions and methods are always temporary variables. The variables are initialized when a method or function is called and are forgotten afterwards.
But variables declared in variable sections in a program or in a functions block are static within the function block or program. This is not always what you want, or need. Typically counters and temporary help variables do not need to be remembered. Most notably the FOR index variable ‘i’. With VAR_TEMP you can declare these variables as temporary variables. This means that the variables are reinitialized each time you program or function block instance is called!
How to use it:
FUNCTION_BLOCK Pou VAR END_VAR VAR_TEMP i:int; END_VAR
When to use it:
In my experience it is usually not a matter of performance, but a clarification of your variable usage. Explicitly distinguishing between static and temporary variables makes your code and it’s intention more clear to the reader.
What is is: Variables declared in ‘normal’ variable sections are saved in there owning program of function block instance. By declaring variable in a VAR_STAT section you create static variable of which only one instance exist. Also if there are multiple instances of it’s owner! It is good to know that the VAR_STAT is not described in the IEC61131-3, but is an extension to it made by Codesys.
For example the declaration of a function block ‘POU’
FUNCTION_BLOCK POU VAR_STAT i:int; END_VAR
The program Main has two instances of this function block. But assigns only a value to the first instance:
PROGRAM MAIN VAR POU1:Pou; POU2:POU; END_VAR
Even though only the variable in the first instance is assigned, the value of ‘i’ is the same in both instances!
How to use it:
FUNCTION_BLOCK POU VAR END_VAR VAR_STAT i:int; END_VAR
When to use it: When you want a ‘global’ variable which will be same variable in within the scope of the function block.
What is it: The VAR CONSTANT is no variable section itself, but the CONSTANT keyword can be added two different variable sections: VAR, VAR_INPUT, VAR_STAT and VAR_GLOBAL.
As you would expect the variables defined in a VAR CONSTANT are read only and can only be initialized with an variable.
How to use it:
FUNCTION_BLOCK POU VAR END_VAR VAR_STAT PI:REAL:=3.14; END_VAR
When to use it: As with VAR_TEMP it is not so much of a performance gain. But more a clarification of the intention of a variable.
This post discussed the usage of VAR_TEMP, VAR_STAT and VAR CONSTANT. Variable section I find useful from time to time. Let me know you experiences with different variable sections. For more info on variable declarations check out this post about variable lists! | <urn:uuid:c2594fa3-6851-45b1-ac3b-77806d802a6e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.plccoder.com/var_temp-var_stat-and-var_const/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.862914 | 817 | 2.90625 | 3 |
FNS CONFERENCE 2020: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS.
The Friedrich Nietzsche Society (FNS) invites the submission of abstracts to be considered for presentation at the 26th annual FNS meeting. The conference will take place from the 10th-12th of September in Lisbon, at the Universidade de Lisboa and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
- Judith Norman (Trinity University, Texas)
- Paul Patton (Wuhan University)
- Maria Cristina Fornari (University of Salento)
Call for abstracts
Nietzsche’s writings abound in references to ‘woman’ and the feminine. His predominately controversial remarks on this subject pervade in his philosophical questioning about the notions of humanity, Western culture, nihilism, modernity, life and death, nature, suffering, art and creativity, illusion, truth and philosophy itself. It is therefore not surprising that his thoughts on women and the feminine should have raised diverse, and even opposed interpretations. What is perhaps more surprising is how these issues have remained somewhat under-interpreted. In other words: there is much more to be thought and said on this topic.
This conference addresses the mysterious, polemical and in many cases unexpected relationship that Nietzsche establishes between women and philosophical thought throughout his writings. Presenters will examine the way Nietzsche uses and thematizes the notion of ‘woman’ and the feminine (and related concepts such as motherhood, pregnancy, love, desire, difference, the representation of life and truth as a woman), the importance these concepts had for the development of his thought, and their intersection with other themes and ideas in his work. In addition, this conference considers the influence Nietzsche has had and may still be having in the development of feminist theories. The organizers therefore also invite discussions of feminist readings of Nietzsche and Nietzsche’s influence on Feminism.
Possible questions and topics include:
- On Weib (and possible differences with other approaches from Schopenhauer, to Wagner, the Romantics, etc.)
- Nietzsche’s critique of feminism or ‘feminine emancipation’ in modernity
- Nietzsche’s understanding of ‘masculinity’
- Dionysus and the feminine
- Women and
- Nature and life (suffering, beauty, creativity)
- reason and unreason (madness, animality, feeling, play, ambiguity…)
- truth and falsehood (deceit and masks)
- Sexual difference
- Love, marriage, friendship and the relation(s) between man and woman
- Love, pleasure, desire, and possession
- Nietzsche on philosophers as lovers (of truth)
- Artists, women, creation and procreation
- Nietzsche on pregnancy, motherhood, and children
- Identity and difference
- Weakness and strength
- Nietzsche and Feminism(s) and feminist critique of Nietzsche
- Nietzsche’s experience with women (mother, sister, Cosima, Lou, Malwida, etc.)
- Contest and conflict between the sexes, and its potential creativity
Paper proposals on additional topics related to the conference theme are also welcome.
- Submitted abstracts should be 300-500 words long. Abstracts should clearly describe proposals for a 25 minute presentation, must be written in English, and must be received by 16 March 2020.
- Abstracts must follow this template, and include a paper title, research question, description of approach, references to both primary and secondary literature, and 3 – 5 Keywords (to assist with parallel session organization).
- Abstracts should be sent to the FNS Conference Committee – at firstname.lastname@example.org – as a plain Word (or Word compatible) document.
- Please include a title in the body of your abstract.
- Please save your file using the following format: FNS2020ABSTRACT_YOURLASTNAME
- In the body of the email, please state the following information for potential inclusion in the conference programme:
- The title of the paper
- Your name and institutional affiliation
- Your preferred email contact address
- In the subject line of the email, please state only the following: FNS2020ABSTRACT_YOURLASTNAME
- All conference presenters must register to attend the conference, in order to have their paper included in the conference programme.
- Presenters are strongly encouraged to become members of FNS. FNS membership information is available here: https://www.fns.org.uk/join.html.
- Abstract submission deadline: 16 March 2020 (midnight, CET)
- Acceptance notifications: 17 April 2020 | <urn:uuid:e3510296-e873-4795-aae0-5a448900db59> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.nietzsche-news.org/6476/?wpfpaction=add&postid=6476 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.923123 | 990 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Thursday 16 December 2021 8:35am
2021 has been a bumpy year for everyone, but researchers have once again stepped up to engage with media, demonstrating the critical importance of Otago’s academic expertise.
Packed media training workshops for academic staff were held across Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington campuses, with many attendees who had never worked with media before commenting they had realised how important it was to share their wealth of knowledge with the public.
Media Engagement Manager Liane Topham-Kindley says it’s been encouraging to see the growing breadth of Otago’s media expertise, especially given how challenging and uncertain this year has been.
“Not only have our researchers with COVID-19 expertise gone above and beyond with media and government engagement, we’ve had quite a few academics branch out into media work for the first time with outstanding results.”
“A lot of academics attending these workshops want to increase their confidence in dealing with media queries, and it’s been encouraging to see them walk away with those skills and the realisation they have what it takes to do this important mahi.”
From vital pandemic-related commentary through to climate change expertise and even quirky human interest stories, researchers across divisions and campuses have made informed contributions to media stories as well as penning a wide array of quality opinion articles.
Māori and Pacific staff in particular have thrived in the media this year by shining a light on issues affecting their respective communities, thereby increasing public education and appreciation of those issues.
She thanked staff who had attended training workshops, which covered interview techniques and opportunities to work with media, and featured guest academic speaker Professor Michael Baker.
“A lot of academics attending these workshops want to increase their confidence in dealing with media queries, and it’s been encouraging to see them walk away with those skills and the realisation they have what it takes to do this important mahi,” Ms Topham-Kindley says.
Ms Topham-Kindley says she expects to continue offering the workshops next year.
Existing Otago partnerships with Newsroom and The Spinoff continue to deliver strong platforms for researchers and on occasion PhD students to contribute informed written opinion, and Ms Topham-Kindley welcomes a renewed membership to The Conversation in 2022.
Otago Insights, the media contact list of researchers available for interviews on news topics, has gone from strength to strength this year as more researchers have put their hands up to be included.
“We know from media feedback that Otago Insights is a valued resource – we’ve had many a grateful time-poor journalist express their appreciation at this list of trusted interviewees being delivered straight to their inbox several times a week,” Ms Topham-Kindley says.
She encourages academic staff to contact the communications team if they are looking to engage with the media through a media release, opinion piece or Otago Insights, have an upcoming interview and need some advice, or would like to attend a training workshop in 2022.
Otago voices in the media 2021: a curated selection
When questions surrounded Japan’s decision to press ahead with the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Associate Professor Roy Starrs was on hand to provide insight
When public outrage greeted the announcement of an offshore film production ‘They are Us’, Dr Rosemary Overell gave multiple radio interviews on the controversy
As the cost of housing and food continued to rise, PhD candidate Katherine Cresswell Riol argued on Newsroom it’s time to amend the Bill of Rights Act to include fundamental rights
When the New Lynn terror attack occurred on September 3, 2021, journalists hit the phones seeking expertise on counter-terrorism law developments from Professor Andrew Geddis and Professor Richard Jackson
As climate change coverage ramped up, Professor Sally Brooker, who is also co-leader of the Germany-New Zealand Green Hydrogen Alliance, stepped into the spotlight as a trusted voice on green hydrogen
While hot chip-hungry Kiwis eagerly clicked on the results of Consumer NZ’s research on where the best chips are found, Dr Graham Eyres was there to explain the science behind the perfect scoop
When journalists grappled with the task of explaining COVID-19 modelling to the public, Dr Matthew Parry lent a helping hand
As women’s sport uniform rules came under scrutiny across the globe, Associate Professor Sally Shaw shared her expertise
When RSV spread like wildfire through childcare centres across the country, Associate Professor Tony Walls gave hope by detailing two international clinical vaccine trials underway
While the public and media debated arguments for and against vaccine mandates, Associate Professor Angela Ballantyne outlined the ethical elements to the discussion
When confusion reigned over what face masks people should invest in, Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard provided some public education
As rural COVID-19 vaccination rates lagged behind cities, Professor Garry Nixon kept up public awareness of the issue
As Kiwis wondered if they’d ever be able to holiday overseas or enjoy tourism experiences again, Dr Julia Albrecht cast light on the future of tourism
As COVID-19 impacted on the global economy, Dr Murat Üngör provided critical economic analysis throughout the year
Dr Sebastian Gehricke delved into the nitty gritty of climate finance, becoming a trusted expert by media
On the day the COVID-19 Protection Framework system was implemented, Dr Craig Lee offered his expertise on challenges facing businesses
Māori and Pasifika expertise
Associate Professor Sue Crengle, member of Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā, has become a leading Māori voice on COVID-19
Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu has provided vital Pasifika expertise on COVID-19
When the prime minister made an apology for the 1970s Dawn Raids, Dr Michelle Schaaf explained why it was so significant
As race became a political tool amongst the leading political parties, Dr Paerau Warbrick lent his voice to the analysis
Newsroom: Op-ed series
Otago Global Health Institute’s 14-piece COVID-19 Masterclass Series
Three-part series on COP26 by Professor Janet Stephenson, Professor Merata Kawharu, Dr Karly Burch, Associate Professor Miranda Mirosa, Associate Professor Sara Walton
Three-part series on the history and future of farming by Professor Hugh Campbell
Dignity and Mana in Aotearoa law by Dr Mihiata Pirini and Dr Anna High
The connections with wai that can keep us safer in the water, featuring Dr Chanel Phillips | <urn:uuid:f636f68a-af04-4c91-958d-e2f0f28cde1b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago836175.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940286 | 1,400 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Vibrio vulnificus, a resident in the human gut, is frequently found in seafood, causing food-borne illnesses including gastroenteritis and severe septicemia. While V. vulnificus has been known to be one of the major food-borne pathogens, pathogenicity and virulence factors are not fully understood yet. To extend our understanding of the pathogenesis of V. vulnificus at the genomic level, the genome of V. vulnificus FORC_017 isolated from a female patient experiencing a hemorrhagic rash was completely sequenced and analyzed.Three discontinuous contigs were generated from a hybrid assembly using Illumina MiSeq and PacBio platforms, revealing that the genome of the FORC_017 consists of two circular chromosomes and a plasmid. Chromosome I consists of 3,253,417-bp (GC content 46.49 %) containing 2943 predicted open reading frames (ORFs) and chromosome II of 1,905,745-bp (GC content 46.90 %) containing 1638 ORFs. The plasmid pFORC17 consists of 70,069-bp (GC content 43.77 %) containing 84 ORFs. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) value of the FORC_017 and CMCP6 strains was 98.53, suggesting that they are closely related.Pathogenesis-associated genes including vvhA, rtx gene cluster, and various hemolysin genes were present in FORC_017. In addition, three complete secretion systems (Type I, II and VI) as well as iron uptake-related genes for virulence of the FORC_017 were detected, suggesting that this strain is pathogenic. Further comparative genome analysis revealed that FORC_017 and CMCP6 share major toxin genes including vvhA and rtx for pathogenesis activities. The genome information of the FORC_017 provides novel insights into pathogenicity and virulence factors of V. vulnificus.
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Middleton Grange launches counterterrorism training workshop
Middleton Grange and Counter Terrorism Policing North East have teamed up this New Year to launch a free course for shopping centre customers that will offer advice on how to tackle such threats in the community.
Taking place on Saturday 1 February, the workshop has been created specifically for the general public by the counterterrorism officers. It will give Hartlepool shoppers guidance on how to spot the signs of suspicious behaviour, how to mitigate against current terrorist methodology as well as information on what to do if individuals find themselves in a major incident.
Mark Rycraft , Middleton Grange Shopping Centre manager, said: "As a central hub of Hartlepool community, it's our responsibility to ensure the safety of our visitors is paramount. By working in partnership with Counter Terrorism Policing to deliver a dedicated training session at the centre for the public - which is the first of its kind in the UK - then we are untimately helping people feel secure in their own community.
"Above all we want this to improve general awareness as well as convey a greater understanding of what counter terrorism is and the methods in which to combat such risks."
Counter Terrorism Policing is a collaboration of UK police forces working with the UK intelligence community to help protect the public and national security by preventing, deterring and investigating terrorist activity.
Originally launched in April 2018 for businesses and those working in crowded places, more than 350,000 people have taken part in the training, with nine of 10 users saying they would recommend it.
Assistant Chief Constable of Cleveland Police Lisa Orchard said: "It is fantastic to see local businesses supporting the community in this way. Everyone can do their part to help keep our local community safe by becoming a CT Citizen. Understanding how to make a report if you're concerned about something you've seen online or within your communities, and knowing what to do in the unlikely event you're caught up in an incident.
"The threat level remains at Substantial meaning an attack is likely. The Act-E-Learning training gives everyone the chance to be the extra eyes and ears we need in our continued effort to keep our communities safe.
"Many incidents have been prevented by diligent members of the public."
For more information on how to take part in the Middleton Grange's counter-terrorism training course in partnership with Counter Terrorism Policing, please visit www.middleton-grange.co.uk
The sessions will be taking place on Saturday 1 February and will start at 9am, running every 1 and a half hours until 5:30pm.
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It may be time to take a look at your current environment, friendships, life stressors stressors including your perception of stress. If you believe something is stressful, then it is.
As Dr. Maruta, the chief investigator of the Mayo Clinic Study states, “ultimately it is not stress that kills us. Rather, it’s our perception of stress that makes the difference.” With this in mind, it is never to late to take charge of your attitude. Begin to look at the glass as half full. Take time daily to think about and focus on gratitude. Find positive people, experiences, and work on creating meaning and pleasure in your life. Whatever happens in life has “opportunity: tucked away inside for optimism. Since you have a choice how you think about things, go forward with a positive attitude to enhance optimism. | <urn:uuid:fe9f3218-413b-4361-9119-eb00c209319b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://klayborandklaybor.com/2011/03/more-on-optimism.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.962184 | 176 | 1.90625 | 2 |
JAFFA, Israel – The Saudi authorities have banned a controversial woman poet from participating in cultural events for 15 years, the Qatari-British Al Quds newspaper reported on Sunday.
Hind Al-Mutairi (pictured), a critic of patriarchy and polygamy, was precluded at the personal insistence of Prince Khaled al Faisal, a poet and the official in charge of all the cultural events in the kingdom.
Al-Mutairi read some of her controversial poems at an exhibition in Jedda recently, drawing fire from conservative critics who already protested the invitation of a female participant.
Prince Khaled succumbed to mounting public pressure to sanction the poet. The organizing committee of the exhibition accused al-Mutairi of adding a provocative verse to her poem to stir controversy and embarrass them.
In her defense, al-Mutairi said that she had read the same poem at a festival in Cairo shortly beforehand.
Prince Khaled sought to preempt criticism from liberal circles in the kingdom and abroad, and decided to ban two of al-Mutairi’s critics from participating in the exhibition that has yet to close. | <urn:uuid:2b3a0b40-4150-46f8-8030-ff8602e345f4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2015/12/27/saudis-ban-controversial-female-poet-for-15-years/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960738 | 233 | 1.695313 | 2 |
One of the experiences of the pandemic has been the incredible strain placed on people parenting school-age children. This was acute during times of isolation and work/school from home, but the residual trauma may be felt by children and youth for some time. While no shared experience is the same for everyone, in many ways the circumstances of the pandemic uncovered or underscored an isolation and need for support being felt by families in our society today. This includes our Religious Society; when a family walks through the door of a meeting, there are three sets of needs we should be prepared to support: the spiritual formation of their children, the spiritual journey of the adults as individual seekers drawn to Quakerism, and the family unit as they search for a spiritual community for their family to grow and contribute in.
Welcoming and nurturing a family in the circle of meeting life is the work of the whole meeting, and pastoral care for children begins with pastoral care for their parents or primary caregivers. This care is best served at an intersection of multiple committees and ministries — youth religious education, worship and ministry, care of community, etc. A nominating committee seeks to identify and nurture the gifts of adults in the meeting — including people who are parents (don’t make assumptions about their time for them!). Property committees have a role in creating welcoming, safe spaces where the unspoken message to children, youth, and families is, “You belong here.”
During this time, there have been wonderful examples of meetings staying connected to families in their community. I’ve also heard sadness and worry that because of the pandemic, families have been less present in meetings — Will they come back? That’s really up to us, Friends. Let’s join in recognizing that children and youth are not the future of Quakerism, they are part of the body now. Let’s ask families what they need to participate (hint: child care is going to be on the list). Let’s be open to what we’ve learned from the pandemic and discern what new ways of doing things we tried and want to continue.
As we consider the lessons from the last year and a half, a vital query to lift up is: How can we do better to reach out in love and address the diverse spiritual needs of families with children?
Quaker Parenting Initiative
One important resource for Friends is the Quaker Parenting Initiative. QPI is dedicated to helping parents find direction and spiritual meaning in their parental role as they nurture and guide their children. The QPI website is a place to share ideas, ask questions, learn about upcoming events, find resources and more. Visit the QPI website and the Facebook group for more information and community sharing. Members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting have been active in QPI since its founding, and four PYM Friends are current Facilitators for Quaker Parenting programs — both online and in person for meetings, Quarters, and Friends schools. This QPI flyer can be displayed in meetinghouses and shared with Friends.
Parents Gather at Annual Sessions
While we can’t gather in the residential Family Neighborhood together this summer, we’ll offer a space for parents, primary caregivers (including grandparents), foster parents, and guardians of infants to teens to gather for support and fellowship on Saturday evening, July 31, for worship sharing from 9-10 pm. Gather with others for a time of grounded listening, spiritual care, and joy together. People who are parenting children ages 0-18 are invited to join!
Welcome, Inclusion, & Nurture for People Who Parent
- Building Vibrant Multigenerational Community with Children & Families (bookmark with advices and queries)
- Videos: Welcoming children and families into Quaker meeting (Quaker Religious Education Collaborative – QREC)
- “Faith At Home” section of the QREC website
- Families At the Threshold and ideas for welcome
- Spiritual Nurture in the Home — practices for families
- Coming Together: Talking to Children About Race and Identity Developmentally appropriate resources from Sesame Street for exploring racial justice and celebrating identity with young children.
- Talking About Racial Injustice with Children includes a collection of current resources for families (published on PYM website June 2020)
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Addison-Wesley released a “Rough Cut” of the forthcoming book Ajax Security. Rough Cuts, from Safari Books Online, allow readers to gain access to portions of a book as it is being written. The book is scheduled to be published in late 2007 and you can access the rough cut here.
Ajax Security, a hands-on, practical primer for professionals who want to prevent Ajax-related security weaknesses, exposes the minefield of vulnerabilities inherent in the Ajax framework and provides a guide for software developers to safely navigate through its complexity and create a secure application. Ajax Security will also benefit quality assurance and security penetration testers who want to find vulnerabilities in the Ajax applications they test to secure them from potential attacks. Each chapter begins with a myth about Ajax security which in turn is debunked. Throughout the book, readers can find case studies of actual exploited Ajax vulnerabilities to illustrate key points. The authors also provide specific recommendations for securing Ajax applications for each of the major Web programming languages (.NET, Java, and PHP) as well as for the popular new language, Ruby. Readers will become familiar with the security issues of the Web 2.0 world as well as learn how to create secure mashup web sites; will learn how to identify vulnerabilities that may be lingering in current code; and receive recommendations for keeping new security vulnerabilities out of code. | <urn:uuid:793d0895-2b68-4c75-83c1-daaf2a980ddd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2007/08/02/rough-cut-of-to-be-published-book-on-ajax-security/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.928771 | 274 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Despite hopes of achieving an 80% vaccination rate among eligible residents, Australia still runs the risk of seeing another surge in infections if it pushes through with plans to reopen its borders, new data modelling suggests.
Variants of COVID-19 have the potential to enter the country – similar to the havoc seen with the Delta variant which led to extended lockdowns. New cases due to more aggressive mutations are likely to emerge once the government relaxes travel restrictions, according to estimates published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
The New South Wales government earlier revealed the state would end hotel quarantine requirements for Australians and visitors travelling to Sydney from 1 November. This coincides with the travel order from Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who said international borders would allow entry to vaccinated Australians, permanent residents and their immediate families, but would remain shut to non-citizens.
Enforcing border restrictions – even as Australia works to raise vaccination rates across communities – may be a step in the right direction, following the results of the data modelling generated by the Centre for Big Data Research in Health at the University of New South Wales.
"The planned reopening of Australian borders to international travellers increases the risk of introducing new chains of infection and new variants of SARS-CoV-2," the study said.
Data modelling showed the possibility of new waves of infections and hospitalisations afflicting the population – even if 80% of eligible vaccine recipients were to receive the jab – if the pathogen that entered Australia had the same transmissibility as the Delta variant. The same would be true regardless if the country were welcoming a mere 2,500 or up to 13,000 entrants per day. Potential outbreaks would also require more stringent measures than social distancing and wearing a mask.
"Political and health system policymakers should not focus exclusively on defining vaccination thresholds at which particular restrictions might be removed," the study said. "Instead, they should recognise that mass vaccination is unlikely to achieve complete protection against COVID-19." | <urn:uuid:725f0a2d-b824-472f-85b0-224dd9067bb8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://anz.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/leadership/re-opening-borders-too-soon-could-spell-disaster-for-australia-heres-why-31310?page=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.946566 | 398 | 2.25 | 2 |
THE SEMINARS ON RHETORIC AS A CREATIVE LABORATORY FOR IDEAS. OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE TEACHING OF RHETORIC
State University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (BULGARIA)
The article presents the author’s experience in teaching of Rhetoric and some experiments which are useful, give positive results and stimulate students think creatively.
Communication between two subjects is performed as the meeting of two horizons, the meeting of two different contexts. The communication is so important for the Seminars on rhetoric. Creative atmosphere also. The lector tries to rehabilitate communication as creating joint field for intelectual sharing between people, as a field for possible understanding, as the need of dialogue, cooperation, openness to others, of tolerance.
Constructivist approach is author's teaching practice. One of the key principles of constructivism is that learners absorb information in accordance with their personal interests and needs. According to constructivism, people construct new knowledge while interacting with the environment. The main thesis of the author is that only internally motivated student is able to build their knowledge and skills. Therefore at the beginning of the course in rhetoric lector requires students to write on paper targets they seek and who placed at the beginning of the course. Goal setting is an important element of any action, because the right direction is determined by properly charted routes, to reach. A recorded on paper purpose is already displayed and a man should achieve it. Of course, these goals should be tied to reasonable deadlines.
Reading and analyzing various texts are part of education of students – it is so important students to have experience with the authentic thought of philosophers, of speakers, of politicians and others. Disputs are also common practice in seminars of Rhetoric.
One of the innovative methods is based on Eduard de Bono’s theory for Lateral Thinking. The report presents examples of the opportunities and results that gives the method which using random words as creative provocation.
Dr. Parijkova uses a challenge with random words to stimulate students to create something new and valuable. The words are used as they are, without changing the letters or using metaphorically sense. The students do not replace the word with its association. The Random words are used to stimulate creation of new ideas.
Presentations are binding element of teaching because they are a summary of information that must be learned by the students.
It is also describes how may apply knowledge management in the teaching of rhetoric. | <urn:uuid:0fc66130-0481-4f38-9e3c-8720b073edfb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://library.iated.org/view/PARIJKOVA2015SEM | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.939123 | 531 | 2.640625 | 3 |
What is the goal of a descriptive study?
The goal of descriptive research is to describe a phenomenon and its characteristics. This research is more concerned with what rather than how or why something has happened.
What are the 5 senses in descriptive writing?
Tips to Use Your Five Senses When Writing
- Sight. The most often used sense when writing is sight.
- Hearing. Loud, soft, yell, whisper, angry, and all kinds of other adjectives are used for sound.
- Smell. Smell is another one of those senses that’s different for each of us.
- Touch. The way things feel is more than just texture and temperature.
What are the elements of descriptive writing?
2) Elements of Descriptive Writing Good descriptive writing is comprised of five elements; Sensory Details, FigurativeLanguage, dominant impression, precise language, and Careful Organization.
What are some examples of descriptive writing?
Examples of Descriptive Writing
- Her last smile to me wasn’t a sunset.
- My Uber driver looked like a deflating airbag and sounded like talk radio on repeat.
- The old man was bent into a capital C, his head leaning so far forward that his beard nearly touched his knobby knees.
Is descriptive writing in past tense?
The descriptions should include similes, adjectives, analogies, and metaphors. Thus, emotion plays an important role in writing a descriptive essay. Always use the same tense and do not switch between past and present tense, unless required.
Which tense is most common in academic writing?
Most Common Verb Tenses in Academic Writing According to corpus research, in academic writing, the three tenses used the most often are the simple present, the simple past, and the present perfect (Biber et al., 1999; Caplan, 2012).
What is the most common type of descriptive study?
The most common descriptive research method is the survey, which includes questionnaires, personal interviews, phone surveys, and normative surveys. Developmental research is also descriptive.
What tense should I use when writing an essay?
In general, when writing most essays, one should use present tense, using past tense if referring to events of the past or an author’s ideas in an historical context.
What makes a descriptive study?
Descriptive research aims to accurately and systematically describe a population, situation or phenomenon. It can answer what, where, when and how questions, but not why questions. Unlike in experimental research, the researcher does not control or manipulate any of the variables, but only observes and measures them.
Does descriptive writing have a title?
Format of Descriptive Essays. Whenever you need to write a descriptive essay, you need to know how to choose the right format for essays of this type. Additionally, you should know that each part of the essay might have titles and subtitles in order to highlight key points about the topic.
How do you write a descriptive research title?
So here are three basic tips to keep in mind while writing a title: 1] Keep it simple, brief and attractive: The primary function of a title is to provide a precise summary of the paper’s content. So keep the title brief and clear. Use active verbs instead of complex noun-based phrases, and avoid unnecessary details.
How do you end a descriptive writing?
Your conclusion should tie all the thoughts in your essay together. Restate your thesis statement in the conclusion and end with a strong final sentence. Do not add anything new to your essay in the conclusion. Simply evaluate your thoughts in the essay and wrap things up with a short, final statement.
What is a descriptive writing?
The primary purpose of descriptive writing is to describe a person, place or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader’s mind. Capturing an event through descriptive writing involves paying close attention to the details by using all of your five senses.
What is descriptive paragraph and examples?
A descriptive paragraph describes a thing, a person, or a place. Detailed information allows the reader to form an image in his or her imagination. Let’s take, for example, a description of a place. …
What tense is a letter written in?
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Start a small business. Learn where to start and how to succeed.
- While it is important to prepare well before you start a business, be aware that there are many things that could go wrong. You must be flexible to change in order to run a business that is successful.
- A key part of creating a business plan is conducting in-depth market research in your field and the demographics for your potential clients. This includes conducting focus groups and surveys as well as researching SEO and public data.
- You must build your brand before you can start selling your product.
- This article is intended for entrepreneurs who are interested in learning the fundamental steps to starting a business.
money.defendthegrave.com Name and logo creation are easy tasks. But what about the more important, less well-known, yet equally important, steps? The workload can quickly mount, regardless of whether you’re establishing your business structure or creating a detailed marketing strategy. Instead of spinning your wheels trying to figure out where to begin, use this checklist with 10 steps to transform your business into a reality.
How to start your own small business
- Refine your ideas
- Create a business plan
- Check your finances
- Decide your legal business structure
- Register with government and IRS
- Get an insurance policy
- Create your team
- Choose your vendors
- Advertise and brand yourself
- Grow your company
1. Fine-tune your idea.
You probably already know what you want to do or the market in which you want it to be sold if you are thinking of starting your own business. You can start by looking for companies that are already in your industry. Find out what the current leaders in your industry are doing to help you figure out how you can improve. You believe your business can do something that no other company does (or provide the same thing but faster and cheaper), then you have a solid idea. Now you are ready to develop a business plan.
Define your “why”
Glenn Gutek, CEO at Awake Consulting and Coaching told Business News Daily that Simon Sinek said, “always start with why.” It is important to understand why you are starting your business. It may be a good idea to distinguish between a business’s purpose and a market need. Your business’ scope will be greater if your why is focused upon a market need than one that serves a personal need.
Another option is to open an existing franchise. You already have the concept, brand following, and business model in place. All you need is a good area and the funds to finance it.
Think about your business name.
It doesn’t matter which option you choose; it is important to understand your idea. Stephanie Desaulniers is the owner of Business by Dezign. She was previously director of operations and women’s business programs at Covation Center. Stephanie cautions entrepreneurs not to write a business plan, brainstorm a name, or even sketch out a business idea before determining its value.
Clarify who your target customers are.
Desaulniers stated that too many people rush to launch their businesses without taking the time to consider who their customers are and why they would buy from them.
“You must clarify your motivations for working with these customers. Do you have a passion to make people’s lives better? Desaulniers said. “Or they enjoy creating art to bring life to the world. These answers will help you clarify your mission. The third step is to determine how you will deliver this value to customers and how you can communicate it in a way they are willing to pay.
2. Create a business plan.
After you have your plan in place, it is time to ask yourself some important questions: What’s the purpose of your company? Who are you selling to What are your ultimate goals? What are your financial goals? These questions can all be answered in a well-written business plan .
New businesses make a lot of mistakes by jumping into the action without considering all aspects of the business. Find your ideal customer base. Who will buy your product? What good is it if you don’t have evidence of demand for your product or service?
Do market research.
A key part of creating a business plan is conducting thorough market research in your field and identifying potential clients. It involves conducting focus groups and surveys as well as researching SEO and public data.
Market research allows you to understand your target customers – their preferences, behavior and needs – as well your industry and your competitors. To better understand market opportunities and limitations, many small business professionals recommend collecting demographic information.
Small businesses that offer differentiated products and services are the best. This can have a major impact on your market and allow you to offer unique value to customers.
You should consider an exit strategy.
As you create your business plan, it’s a good idea also to think about an exit strategy. You can look forward by creating a plan for how your business will eventually be sold.
Josh Tolley, CEO at Shyft Capital, and Kavana, stated that new entrepreneurs often get so excited about their business, and are so certain everyone will be a client, that they don’t give much time, if any, to explain the plan for leaving the company.
What is the first thing you see when you board an airplane? How to get out of it. What do the moviegoers point out before the film starts? They point out the exits. They line up the kindergarteners and instruct them how to fire drills out of the building. Too often, I’ve seen business leaders who don’t have predetermined exit routes. This has resulted in lower company values and even damaged family relationships.
A business program will help you determine where your company is headed, what it will do to overcome any obstacles and what you’ll need to maintain it. These templates are available for you to use when you’re ready.
3. Take stock of your finances.
Every business comes with a cost. You need to decide how you will pay those costs. Are you able to finance your startup or will you need to borrow funds? Do you have enough money to sustain yourself and your startup if you are leaving your job? It is best to determine the startup cost.
Many startups fail due to running out of capital before they turn a profit. As it is possible for the business to start generating sustainable revenue, it is a good idea to underestimate the amount of capital needed.
Do a break-even analysis.
A break-even analysis is a way to determine how much money your company needs. This essential part of financial planning helps business owners to determine when their product, service or company will be profitable.
It is easy to follow:
Fixed costs /
This formula is a must-have tool for entrepreneurs. It tells you what the minimum performance your company needs to achieve in order to avoid losing money. It also helps you to understand where your profits are coming from so that you can set production goals accordingly.
These are the top three reasons you should conduct a break even analysis.
- Determine profitability . This is usually every business owner’s highest interests.
What revenue should I generate to pay all my expenses? What products and services make a profit? Which ones do not?
- Pricing a product or service. Most people consider the cost of creating their product and what their competitors’ prices are.
Do you want to know What are your fixed rates? What about variable costs? What is the total cost of the goods? What is the price of physical goods? What is the labor cost?
- Analyze the data. How many goods and services are you required to make a profit?
What can you do to reduce your fixed costs? What can I do to reduce my variable costs per unit What can I do to increase sales?
Be aware of your spending habits
When starting a business, don’t spend too much. Know what purchases are best for your business. Don’t spend too much on equipment that doesn’t make you more successful. Keep track of your business expenses so you can stay on track.
Jean Paldan, founder of Rare Form New Media, stated that startups often spend too much money on unneeded things. We worked with a startup with two employees, but they spent a lot on office space for 20 people. A professional printer was rented to accommodate 100 people. It had key cards that allowed them to track who was printing what. Start small and spend only what is necessary to make the business grow. Once you are established, luxury can be yours.
Take into account your financing options.
There are many ways to raise startup capital for your company. There are many factors that will determine the best method to raise capital for your company. These include creditworthiness and available options.
- Business loans. A bank loan can be a great starting point if you require financial assistance. However, these loans are not always easy to obtain. You can also apply for a loan to your small business through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), or another lender. [Read Related Article: Best Alternative Small Business Loans]
- Business grants. Business grants can be compared to loans, but they don’t have to be repaid. Most business grants are very competitive and have stipulations that must be met to be eligible. You should seek out grants that are specific to your circumstances when trying to obtain a small business grant . There are grants for minority-owned businesses, grants for women-owned companies and government grant.
- Investors. Investors are a good option for startups that require significant upfront funding. A startup may need to raise several million dollars upfront. Investors will expect that they will be involved in the running of your company.
- Crowdfunding. Crowdfunding can also be used to raise small amounts of money from multiple investors. Crowdfunding has been a great tool for many companies in recent years. There are many reliable crowdfunding platforms that can be used to help different types of businesses.
Select the right bank for your business.
The size of your business bank is important when you’re looking for one. Marcus Anwar, cofounder of OhMy Canada recommends small community banks. They are more in tune with local market conditions and will work closely with you based upon your business profile and character.
Anwar stated that small banks are different from big banks, which look at credit scores and will not lend money to small businesses. “Not only are they more personal than big banks, but small banks also want to establish a relationship with you and help you if your payments get late or you have problems. A benefit of smaller banks is that decisions can be made at the branch level rather than at a higher level at big banks.
Anwar believes you should ask these questions before choosing a bank to finance your business.
- What is most important to you?
- Do you want to establish a strong relationship with a bank that is willing to assist me in any way?
- Do I really want to be just another account in a bank, as big banks view me?
The most important thing in choosing the right bank for you business is your needs. Writing down your banking requirements can help you narrow your focus on what you should be searching for. To find the right bank for you, schedule meetings with banks to discuss your banking needs and get answers about their approach to small business customers. [Read similar article: Business Bank Checklist: Documents you’ll need ]
4. Identify your legal business structure.
Before you can register your business, you must decide what type of entity it is. The business structure legal will affect everything, from how you file taxes to what your personal liability is if something goes wrong.
- Sole proprietorship. You can apply for sole proprietorship if you are the sole owner of the business and intend to be fully responsible for all debts. This route could negatively impact your credit score.
- Partnership. A business partnership is another option. It means that more than one person can be held responsible as business owners. If you are able to find a partner who has complementary skills to yours, you don’t necessarily have to do it all alone. To help your business grow, it’s a good idea to include someone else.
- Corporation. You may consider one of the following types of corporations to help you separate your personal and company liability. While each type of corporation has its own rules, it is generally possible to create a separate entity. Corporations can have property, assume liability and pay taxes. They can also enter contracts and sue like individuals. Jordan Counsel’s managing attorney Deryck Jordan stated that corporations, particularly C-corporations, are a good choice for businesses looking to ‘go public’ or seek funding from venture capitalists.
- Limited liability company. The limited liability company (LLC) is one of the most popular structures for small businesses. This hybrid structure allows for tax benefits and legal protections that are similar to a partnership, but also provides the protection of a corporation.
It is ultimately up to you to decide which entity suits your business needs and goals. It is important to understand the different legal business structures. It’s a good idea to talk to a legal professional if you are having trouble making a decision.
5. Register with the IRS and government
Before you can legally run your business, you will need to obtain a number of business licenses . You will need to register your company with the federal, state, and local governments. Before you register, there are many documents that you need to prepare.
Articles of incorporation & Operating Agreements
You must register with the government to become an officially recognized business entity. A ” articles for incorporation” document is required by corporations. This document includes information about your business, including your name, stock details, and any other information about the company. Some LLCs may also need an operating contract.
Doing business under (DBA).
You will need to register your business name if you do not have articles of incorporation, an operating agreement or fictitious DBA. This can be your legal name or your own name. For additional legal protection, you may want to trademark the business name.
A DBA certificate is required by most states. A DBA certificate may be required for proprietorships or general partnerships that operate under fictitious names. You can contact your county clerk to inquire about the fees and requirements. There is usually a registration fee.
Employer identification number (EIN).
You may need an employer ID number from IRS after you have registered your business. This is not necessary for sole proprietorships that have no employees. However, it may be worth applying for one to keep your personal taxes and your business taxes separate. To determine if you need an EIN for your business, the IRS has created a checklist. Register online if you are required to have an EIN.
Forms of income tax
To fulfill your federal income tax obligations, you will also need to fill out certain forms. Your business structure will determine which forms you will need. For information about state-specific or local tax obligations, you will need to visit the website of your state.
Natalie Pierre-Louis, licensed attorney, and owner of NPL Consulting, said, “You might be tempted just to go with the flow with a PayPal account or social media platform. But if you start with an established foundation, your business will have less hiccups in the long term.”
Licenses and permits for federal, state, and municipal levels
In order to be able to operate, some businesses might need permits and licenses from the federal, state, or local governments. Your local city hall is the best place to get a business license. The SBA database can be used to search for licensing requirements according to state and type.
Professional licenses are required for businesses and contractors working in certain trades. A commercial driver’s licence (CDL) is one example of a professional license for business. A CDL allows individuals to drive certain types of vehicles such as buses, tank trucks, and tractor-trailers. The three classes of a CDL are Class A, Class B, and Class C.
Also, check with your state and city to see if your business needs a seller’s license that allows you to collect sales tax from customers. There are many names for a seller’s permit: resale permit. resell permit. permit license. reseller permit. reseller permit. certificate of authority.
These requirements and names may vary from one state to the next. Register for a seller’s license through the state website in the state you are doing business.
Jordan states that not all businesses have to collect sales tax or obtain a seller’s permit.
Jordan stated that New York sales taxes are not usually required for most services (such a professional service, education and capital improvements to real property), food for home consumption, or medicine. A New York seller’s license is not required if your business sells only medicine. New York sales tax must also be collected for the sale of tangible personal goods, utilities and telephone service.
6. Get an insurance policy.
Although it might seem like something you “get around” to, buying the right insurance is an important step before your company launches. You need to make sure you are properly protected in the event of an accident, theft, or lawsuit from a customer.
While many types of business insurance are important, most small businesses can still benefit from a few basic plans. If your company will have employees, then you will need to at least purchase workers’ compensation insurance and unemployment insurance.
Other types of coverage may be required depending on where you are located and your industry. However, most small businesses should purchase general Liability (GL) insurance or a policy for the business owner. GL protects you and third parties from bodily injury, property damage, and personal injury.
Professional liability insurance is also recommended if your business offers a service. You are covered if you make a mistake or fail to do what you should have done when you were operating your business.
7. Your team.
Unless you plan to be your sole employee, recruit or hire a great group to get your business off the ground. Joe Zawadzki is the CEO and founder at MediaMath. He said that entrepreneurs should give the “people” aspect of their business the same attention as their products.
Zawadzki stated that “Your product was built by people.” ” It is important to identify your founding team and understand the gaps. Then, determine how and when you will fix them. It is equally important to determine how the team will work together. It will save you lots of headaches later on by clearly defining roles and responsibility, the division of labor, how we give feedback, and how we work together when there are multiple people.
8. Choose your vendors.
It can be difficult to run a business. You and your team won’t be able do it all alone. Third-party vendors are here to help. Third-party vendors are available in all industries, from HR to business telephone systems. They can help you run your company better.
You need to be careful when searching for B2B partners. You will be able to access sensitive and vital business data from these companies, so it is important to choose someone you can trust. Our guide to choosing business partner recommends asking potential vendors about their industry experience, track record with clients, and the kind of growth they have helped clients achieve.
While every business may not require the same vendors, there are some common products and services that all businesses will require. These are essential functions for all types of businesses.
Customers can pay you in multiple ways. To ensure that you get the best rate possible for your business, compare the options and find the right credit cards processing provider.
9. Advertise and brand yourself.
Before you can start to sell your product or service, it is important to establish your brand and build a network of people who are ready to jump when your doors open.
- Company website. Build your online reputation and create a company website. Customers often look online to find out more about a business. A website can be digital proof that your business is actually there. It’s also a great way for potential and current customers to interact.
- Social media. Social media can be used to promote your business or offer discounts and coupons to your followers. Your target audience will determine which social media platforms are best.
- CRM. CRM software that stores customer data allows you to market to customers more effectively. An well-thought out email marketing campaign will make a huge difference in reaching customers and connecting with them. You will need to build your email marketing contacts list strategically if you want to be successful.
- Logo. Make a logo that people can easily recognize and use across all your platforms.
Keep these digital assets updated with interesting, relevant content about your industry and business. Ruthann Bowen is the chief marketing officer of EastCamp Creative. She says that too many startups are not aware of how their websites can affect them.
Bowen stated that the problem is that they view their website as an expense, not an investment. This is a big mistake in today’s digital age. Small business owners who are aware of the importance of having a strong online presence will be able to start off strong.
A marketing plan is vital to build a clientele and keep the word spreading about your business. This is as crucial as offering a quality product/service, especially at the beginning.
Ask customers to sign up for your marketing communications.
Ask your customers and prospects for permission to communicate with you as you build your brand. Opt-in forms are the best way to do so. These forms of consent are given by web users and allow you to contact them with additional information about your business.
These forms are used to request permission to send marketing materials, newsletters, and product sales to customers. Edmonson stated that customers should opt in to these forms. You can build trust with customers by asking them to opt into your services transparently.
The opt-in form is a great way to build trust and respect with potential clients. These forms are also required by law. Federal Trade Commission sets standards for commercial email via the CAN-SPAM Act of2003. This law does not apply to bulk email. It also applies to commercial messages. Accordingly, the law covers any electronic mail message whose primary purpose is commercial advertising or promotion of a product or service. More than $40,000 is the maximum penalty for any email that violates this law.
10. Expand your business.
You are just beginning your journey as an entrepreneur. You must always be growing your business to make it profitable and keep it afloat. While it will take effort and time, you will get the most out of your business if you put in the work.
Collaboration with established brands is a great way for growth. In return for a product or service sample, reach out to other companies. To get your name out there, partner with a charity organization and offer your products or time.
These tips can help you launch your business and set you up to grow. However, there is no perfect plan. It is important to prepare well for the start of a business. However, things can go wrong. You must be flexible to change in order to run a business that is successful.
Fiddlestix Party + Supply founder Stephanie Murray said, “Be prepared for adjustment.” “No plan survives the first encounter,” is a military saying. This means that even though you may have the best plan, the reality is that things will change quickly. You need to be willing and able to adapt quickly and find solutions. Your value as an entrepreneur lies in solving problems. This could be your product or service solving problems of other people, or your own problems solving those within your company.
FAQs regarding starting a business
How do I start my business without any money?
A successful business can be launched without the need for startup capital. You can use your skills to create a business idea that offers something new and unique to the market. To reduce financial risk, you can continue working in your current job (or “day job”) while you develop a new business.
Once you have a business idea, and are ready to create a business plan for it, you will need to find funding. Investors can help you raise capital by pitching your ideas to financial backers. Crowdsourcing platforms such as Kickstarter can help you raise funds. You may also be able to set aside money each week from your weekly income to fund a new venture. You can also seek loan options from banks or other financial institutions to help you get your business started.
Which business is the easiest to start?
It is easiest to start a business that doesn’t require a large amount of capital upfront. Dropshipping is one of the easiest new businesses to start. Dropshipping does not require inventory management. This saves you the time and hassle of managing stock. Dropshipping allows you to order from another company, which will fulfil your customers’ orders. The company will handle the order fulfillment, packaging, and inventory management. You can start an online shop by choosing curated products from our catalog.
What is the best time for a company to be started?
Every person will have a different ideal time frame for starting a business. You should first make sure you have enough time for the launch of your business. If your product or service is seasonal, you should start your business at least a quarter ahead of your expected busy season. Spring and fall are the most popular years for non-seasonal businesses to launch. Winter is the least preferred launch season because many new owners prefer having their LLC or corporation approved for a brand new fiscal year. | <urn:uuid:55a80446-58c5-4285-a023-09e44b2bb130> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://money.defendthegrave.com/how-to-start-a-business-a-step-by-step-guide | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956365 | 5,392 | 2.171875 | 2 |
“There are also preliminary hints that some people might have a degree of preexisting immunity against the new coronavirus. Four independent groups of scientists—based in the U.S., Germany, the Netherlands, and Singapore—have now found that 20 to 50 percent of people who were never exposed to SARS-CoV-2 nonetheless have significant numbers of T-cells that can recognize it. These “cross-reactive” cells likely emerged when their owners were infected by other, related coronaviruses, including the four mild ones that cause a third of common colds, and the many that infect other animals.
But Farber cautions that having these cross-reactive T-cells “tells you absolutely nothing about protection.” It’s intuitive to think they would be protective, but immunology is where intuition goes to die. The T-cells might do nothing. There’s an outside chance that they could predispose people to more severe disease. We can’t know for sure without recruiting lots of volunteers, checking their T-cell levels, and following them over a long period of time to see who gets infected—and how badly.
Even if the cross-reactive cells are beneficial, remember that T-cells act by blowing up infected cells. As such, they’re unlikely to stop people from getting infected in the first place, but might reduce the severity of those infections. Could this help to explain why, politics aside, some countries had an easier time with COVID-19 than others? Could it explain why some people incur only mild symptoms? “You can go pretty crazy pretty quickly with the speculations,” says Crotty, who co-led one of the studies that identified these cross-reactive cells. “A lot of people have latched onto this and said it could explain everything. Yes, it could! Or it could explain nothing. It’s a really frustrating situation to be in.”
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By Anthony Watts
The headline of a recent story on CNBC claimed, “Scientists Are Using Twitter to Measure the Impact of Climate Change.”
I did a double-take and checked the calendar to make sure this was not April Fools’ Day, thinking this had to be some sort of a joke.
Sadly, it is not.
Incredibly, scientists are basing claims of a climate crisis on the number of people tweeting about climate events—a very bad sign for science, indeed.
The CNBC story featured a newly published study titled, “Using Remarkability to Define Coastal Flooding Thresholds.” (“Remarkability” is a fancy, sciencey-sounding name for Twitter volume.) A pair of scientists from the University of California at Davis and the Max Plank Institute for Human Development examined Twitter messages to measure how often people complained about flooding nuisances—typically caused by backed-up stormwater drains—along coastal counties, including Boston, Miami, and New York.
“Coastal floods and inundation are projected to produce some of the primary social impacts of climate change, imposing significant costs on communities around the world,” the study claims.
“Flooding due to high tides, storm surges, or a combination of the two is increasingly common in many coastal areas and is projected to become more frequent and severe as sea-levels rise globally.”
However, the study ignored hard, objective data like rainfall rates, choosing instead to build a scientific case for worsening coastal flooding by noting that people are tweeting about it more often. The researchers defined a “remarkable threshold” for coastal flooding when the number of Twitter posts in a particular county complaining about flooding rose by 25 percent. Then, they compared the Twitter data with official flood records.
The kinds of Tweets that would qualify as scientific evidence of increasing, climate-driven flooding would include, “Hey neighbors! The street is flooded again because the city didn’t clear the storm drain of junk and leaves. Don’t park out front.”
The study reveals trends of social media commentary, but certainly not objective, factual data about climate. It also reflects trends of social media volume in general, as well as people reflecting the inundation of climate propaganda coming from media sources. None of these are scientific evidence of climate change or climate change impacts.
Here is another interesting tidbit: For some strange reason, the researchers limited the scope of their study to a relatively short period, ranging from March 2014 to November 2016. I’m always suspicious of any scientific study that doesn’t use the entire available dataset. Why not from 2014 to 2018? In many cases, analysts limit their choice of data because when they analyze data for a study and the full dataset does not provide the answer they were hoping to find, they report misleading results from a partial dataset instead.
To their credit, the researchers noted that Twitter data might be misleading. They mentioned earlier research demonstrated that the more people experience things, the less remarkable they become. In other words, when storms and floods occur less often, they are more likely to be exciting and deserving of a Twitter post when they finally do occur.
Here is the biggest flaw in the study: Nowhere in the study did the authors look at the increase of Twitter users or tweets during the same period, and that’s a shocking oversight on their part. According to data for the United States compiled by Statista, Twitter’s audience grew massively from the first quarter of 2013 to the fourth quarter of 2014, from 48 million to 63 million monthly active users. This 31.25 percent increase in the number of Twitter users overlapped the period studied in the previously mentioned (and dubious) flooding study.
Gosh, do you think there might have been an increase in tweets about street flooding because more people were using Twitter during the months at the end of the study period than were using Twitter at the beginning of the study period?
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The World calls us to celebrate our wins and reflect on our journey. How does The World present for you?
Today, I want to talk about five simple ways that you can reduce your waste. Now, as a pagan, living an earth-centric life is important to me. Living in an eco-conscious way is important to me and the way that I practice. So, I wanted to give you five tips for reducing your waste. You’d be surprised how much waste you actually accumulate once you start to pay attention.
The Wheel has turned again and we are slowly making our approach to Lughnasadh. As the First Harvest and one of the Celtic Fire Festivals, did you know that Lughnasadh has been celebrated for many, many years? In ancient Ireland, it was celebrated as Lughnasadh – the first harvest of the season. Now, it is more commonly known as Lammas, the anglicized version of the name. So, what is Lughnasadh and why do we celebrate it?
Lúnasa is almost upon us and now is the time to start thinking about the bread you’re going to bake for the wonderful celebration of the first harvest! Baking bread is a traditional and popular way to give thanks to the Gods and incorporate the beautiful goodness that is baked bread.
A changeling is Fae that has taken the place of a baby. Sometimes, it wasn’t just the babies that they took the place of. Sometimes it was mothers, and we’ll talk about that in a second.
In the pagan and witchcraft – heck, even the spiritual community – the idea of gatekeeping gets thrown around a lot. Today, I want to discuss this topic with you and why it isn’t a concept that should be thrown around like salt during a cleansing.
Judgment is not always wanted, but it is a fact that we will all be judged at least once in our lifetime.
This moon phase calendar has been helpful for me as someone who doesn’t always want to rely on an app for the moon phase. Make it along with me! This moon phase calendar is super easy to make and you only need a few things. Make it for yourself. Make it with your kids. Make it just because you want to!
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By Kim Anderson and Chor-Ching Fan
Inventory is the most important part of sensor maintenance, because without it, it wouldn’t be possible to carry out any other steps of the maintenance process. It gets difficult to track the locations and statuses of individual sensors when there are thousands of them deployed, as is common in large areas. There are easily thousands of sensors in a place like a college or a city street. However, it’s necessary to track sensors individually, because each has their own job to do and their own maintenance needs.
You can think of sensors like people on a team. On a marketing team, you have members with different names, job titles, and roles. There are graphic designers, copywriters, web developers, and strategists, to name a few. The marketing team has a common project goal, but each member has their own unique part to play in reaching that goal. If one person doesn’t do their part, the project will be undeliverable or won’t meet the performance expectations. The same is true of sensors deployed within an organization. If one sensor fails, automated operations can quickly fall apart, leading to security threats, health and safety issues, and other unexpected emergencies.
It’s a marketing team manager’s job to make sure that every team member has the resources they need to do their job effectively and to help them deal with any roadblocks that might prevent them from getting their job done. When each team member delivers successfully in their role, the whole team succeeds. All organizations should have employees assigned to manage sensors, in the same way that a marketing director manages their team members, by ensuring that they are equipped to carry out their jobs for successful automation operations.
So just like people, every sensor should have their own name, called a unique identifier, that they can be tracked by for management purposes. In a sensor management software system, where sensors and IoT devices can be registered, viewed, edited, and tracked all in in one place, the sensor type should also be listed. The sensor type can be thought of as a job title, because it lets us know what kind of role the sensor plays in data collection. A large office building may have a sensor with the unique identifier Employee Temp—Floor 3 and its sensor type listed as “temperature.” This would indicate that this particular sensor is a temperature sensor deployed in the employee workspace on the third floor of the building.
Sensor management systems also keep track of the “place” sensors are deployed, which is the name of the facility or area where it’s located. The place of the Employee Temp—Floor 3 sensor could be listed as Corporate Headquarters.
Additionally, sensor management systems can organize sensors by location, assign users to manage the sensors in one or more locations, and provide maintenance alerts for each unique identifier, such as privacy and security updates. Privacy and security updates for sensors can include things like new software installs and replacement to keep up with regulatory changes.
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With laws everything that is affecting your income tax bracket towards the depth of the storm windows, it is reasonable to consider they could additionally expand to protecting you against the type of high-interest car finance prices which have literally ruined an incredible number of People in the us’ life.
And, in fact, there have been legislation written doing exactly that. They simply don’t really connect with the majority that is vast of lending you cash to purchase your automobile.
Exactly exactly How is the fact that feasible?
Essentially, it is because America’s rate of interest rules have significantly more loopholes than your grandma’s latest needlepoint project. Here’s the infuriating truth about exactly how contemporary loan providers have the ability to duck ab muscles laws built to rein in sketchy and also downright oppressive loan techniques.
Usury: The Funny Term By Having a history that is dark
Begin looking into financing practices of just about any period as well as the term“usury” will again come up and once again.
It’s a term dating back to to the center Ages that refers to your training of lending cash at an interest rate that is morally reprehensible. During these not-so-good-old times, you can literally be charged a supply and a leg ( or even the oh-so-literary lb of flesh) for the cash you borrowed. Due to the basic horribleness of the, kings and queens as well as the church interceded to ascertain guidelines to prohibit the practice—or to at the least attempt to make loan sharks whom involved in unjust financing feel responsible for the prices they charged.
Nowadays, needless to say, we now have reams of banking regulations and entire companies such as the FDIC—created following the devastating aftereffects of https://speedyloan.net/installment-loans-ak the fantastic Depression—to protect customers from unjust practices that are financial. Regrettably, in terms of the financing industry, usury limits—the legal standard when it comes to prices loan providers may charge for many services and services and products—are managed in the continuing state level and differ commonly by locale.
Interest Limits By State
Formally, the “legal interest rate” ranges between 5 per cent and ten percent generally in most states. However some states, such as for example Southern Dakota and brand brand New Mexico, enable a legal price as high as 15 percent.
In many cases, a state’s general usury restriction is dependant on Federal Reserve rates of interest; other times on that state’s own rules. For instance, Pennsylvania decided it is unlawful to charge a lot more than 25 % interest, while Colorado and Oklahoma have actually a broad usury restriction of 45 per cent. Meanwhile, Nevada and brand brand New Hampshire haven’t any limits that are usury all.
For Many, Interest Limitations Don’t Situation At All
Nevertheless the major issue with this technique is the fact that these limitations don’t actually matter much at all since nationwide banking institutions had been permitted to ignore them entirely in the wake regarding the inflation crisis associated with belated 1970s.
Jon Brodsky, a finance professional and writer with Finder.com, stated an individual instance efficiently upended the whole bank operating system in 1978 once the Supreme Court ruled that a nationally chartered bank (including many credit card issuers we’re knowledgeable about today) may charge as much as the appropriate interest levels associated with state for which they’re positioned.
“As an end result, states like Southern Dakota and Delaware changed their legislation to basically expel usury restrictions for bank cards, which generally speaking includes shop cards too, ” Brodsky said.
However, Brodsky stated some states have actually remained vigilant in keeping lending that is fair.
“Today, ny is considered the most state that is visible the nation when it comes to protecting its citizens from out-of-state usury, specially from non-bank organizations which are reliant on a bank’s federal charter to offer loans, ” he said.
Predatory Short-Term Loans Can Be Brutal
Nevertheless, the big banking institutions appear like angels when compared to ridiculous prices that payday as well as other “alternative” loan providers may charge, stated Donald E. Petersen, a customer security attorney situated in Orlando, Florida.
That’s because usury rules don’t connect with chartered companies such as for instance little creditors, personal automobile loan providers as well as education loan servicers. Usually, these businesses simply desire a permit to exempt them from state limits that are usury permitting them to charge whatever they desire, to whomever they need.
Petersen stated it is additionally a problem of economics, as bigger banks have actually taken away from poorer areas, making residents really “unbanked. ” Alternate funding organizations, including loan that is personal, payday lenders along with other personal loan providers have actually filled that void. As well as for people with non-existent credit scores or any other issues that are financial it is an easy task to develop into a target associated with the system.
This is the way a $5,000 loan that is personal transform as a $42,000 financial obligation despite there being clear regulations designed to ward against this kind of event. Since the L.A. Circumstances describes, a Southern Ca client whom decided to a loan that is short-term by by herself spending a crazy 116 % interest, super-sizing a tiny bit of cash into a huge debt—a move that’s completely appropriate regarding the lender’s part.
Usury Is Alive And Well
Tough state usury restrictions are demonstrably an idea that is good. However when they don’t have any teeth that are legal loan providers can charge whatever they need. Short-term payday advances, as an example, can achieve an astounding 700 % yearly portion price then be layered on top of standard interest if you maintain a balance or miss payments and incur late fees—and.
“In Florida, car loan providers may charge about 29 % APR, and pay day loan prices can add up to roughly 391 % APR—and that is legal under federal legislation, ” Petersen said. “The Feds recently had to step up and cap interest rates on payday advances to active-duty armed forces at 36 per cent, after hearings demonstrating that the ‘market’ prices had been interfering with armed forces preparedness. ”
But car funding arrangements—especially those catering to at-risk buyers—also exist in identical grey area where usury restrictions don’t apply.
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Pregnant women experience significant physiological changes throughout the process, and this can lead to a number of issues that can cause pain, discomfort and make it difficult to perform the everyday tasks that you would normally have no problem with.
As a woman that is currently pregnant, you can seek the help of your pregnancy chiropractor in Plymouth MN & Maple Grove to address many of the issues that come during this time of your life. By visiting a chiropractor during pregnancy, you can find relief from pain, improve your health and reduce the chances of complications during labor. In this article, we are going to discuss a few of the pregnancy related issues with which chiropractic care during pregnancy can be an effective means of treatment.
Pain is the most common reason that pregnant women will consider visiting a chiropractor in our Plymouth, Maple Grove Chiropractic clinic. For the most part, this pain is the result of the added weight that comes with carrying a baby. The added weight can put pressure on the spine, and it can affect the way that the woman carry the weight throughout the entire process. This weight and the changing of balance and posture can result in a number of pain issues. With the added stress of pregnancy, the spine can become compressed, joints can become misaligned and pressure can build on nerves.
Seeing a chiropractor during pregnancy can provide relief for these issues you are experiencing. Chiropractic adjustments can restore proper alignment to the joints, relieve pressure from the spine and improve nervous system function. In addition to that, a chiropractor can prescribe exercises that can help the woman to maintain a better posture and balance while they have the extra weight on their body.
Another issue concerning pregnancy is pelvic alignment. Pregnant women will often experience misalignment in the muscles, ligaments and joints in the pelvic region. When they are out of line to such a degree, this can reduce the amount of room that the fetus has to grow, and it can make it difficult for the baby to reach the optimal position for birth. Our chiropractors at Northern Edge Chiropractic in Plymouth and Maple Grove MN, study special techniques for analysis and manipulation that assist with balancing the pelvis, helping reduce the chances of complications during the birthing process.
As a final point, chiropractors specialize in treating the musculoskeletal system which can provide improved whole-body health to the patient. When the structures of the body are properly aligned, and performing as they should, it provides better health throughout the pregnancy which can also reduce the chances of certain complications.
By visiting your pregnancy chiropractor, you are less likely to be nagged by issues of discomfort and you significantly increase your chances of having a healthier pregnancy without complications. Chiropractic care can reduce the potential for issues that may require the need for cesarean section, and studies have noted that chiropractic care can reduce the amount of time spent in labor and delivery. Here are some additional benefits of chiropractic care during pregnancy. | <urn:uuid:1d3d322a-6b3c-452e-bafa-2565ee64c26e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://northernedgechiro.com/chiropractic/common-conditions/pregnancy-chiropractic-care/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.959314 | 611 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Frontotemporal dementia – how to recognize the signs
In people under 65, frontotemporal dementia is the second most commonly diagnosed dementia, but it is less common in those over 65.
Frontotemporal dementia is a group of conditions caused by the death of nerve cells and pathways in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Damage to the brain is linked to the abnormal formation of proteins that interfere with communication between brain cells.
The main types of frontotemporal dementia are:
- Behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (also known as Pick’s)
- Primary progressive aphasia which consists of semantic dementia and non-fluent progressive aphasia.
Like other forms of dementia, it is a progressive disease that affects behavior and personality and can sometimes lead to disinhibition and inappropriate social behavior.
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Eating habits can also be affected, with people suddenly gorging on food, especially sugary foods. This form of dementia can sometimes be confused with depression, stress, anxiety, psychosis, or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
In the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia, the initial symptoms may include:
- behavior and personality changes
- obsessive or repetitive behaviors
- loss of empathy
- changes in appetite and the food consumed
- difficulty in decision making, problem solving and concentration.
In primary progressive aphasia, the initial symptoms may include:
- language difficulties
- speech problems
- reduced comprehension
- loss of understanding of familiar words
- difficulty recognizing people or objects.
There are several things that can help a person with symptoms, which can be painful and confusing.
- Establish a routine and regular activities
- Have a card that lets people know you have dementia in an emergency. These can be ordered from the Dementia UK helpline or website.
- Try to monitor your food and water intake as there may be weight gain due to overeating and fixation on sugary and calorie foods.
- If you are having language difficulties, ask the GP to refer you to a speech therapist so that new ways of communicating can be explored.
For anyone living or caring for someone in this situation, there is a lot that can be done to help.
- Remember that personality changes, inappropriate social behaviors, and apathy are due to illness and are not intentional.
- As the affected person may not have an idea of ââthe changes experienced, trying to “correct” the behavior of the person could be resistance and could lead to arguments.
- The family may need specialized counseling and support to accept and manage the changes they are experiencing
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An atomic force microscope can detect signs of osteoarthritis long before existing diagnostic methods, according to a paper online this week in Nature Nanotechnology. The research, by Martin Stolz and colleagues, could lead to development of a minimally invasive arthroscopic tool for clinics, so that earlier treatments can be implemented.
Osteoarthritis, a debilitating degenerative joint disease prevalent among older people, starts at the molecular scale and progressively spreads to the higher architecture of the cartilage. Pain is caused by wearing down of the cartilage that cushions joints, and a decrease in the fluid that would usually keep them lubricated. At present, there are no known cures for the disease.
The atomic force microscope works by tapping the surface of a material with a sharp tip and recording the changes in the tip displacement ? which corresponds to stiffness. The cartilage in osteoarthritic mice and normal aging-mice is stiffer and has thicker cartilage fibres over time. Importantly, cartilage changes were seen as early as one month using nano-sized tips, whereas routine methods and micron-sized tips did not show any damage until six months. The method could also distinguish the different grades of cartilage obtained from patients undergoing hip or knee replacements.
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