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MUSTANG RACING HISTORY
The iconic status of the Ford Mustang can be attributed to several major factors, including its lasting hallmarks of great looks and performance combined with affordability as well as its starring roles on the big screen. But, for enthusiasts who have nurtured this image, the legend of Mustang began on the racetrack and grew quickly over four decades of dominating performances.
The new 440-horsepower Mustang GT-R concept is a bold expression of this glorious racing success, with ties to some of Fords most famous racing moments, and fittingly arrives as tens of thousands of Mustang fans prepare to gather (at a racetrack of course) to honor the legends 40th anniversary.
In the early sixties, Ford and the other American automakers were “officially” out of racing, chafing under the self-imposed Automobile Manufacturers Association ban that had begun in 1957. Seeking to boost its image, Ford would ultimately create a formidable racing program in the 1960s that is still thriving today.
That original program included the A.C. Cobra, the GT-40, the 427 and Boss 429 NASCAR and drag racing engines, the double overhead cam Ford Indy engine, the Ford-Cosworth DFV Formula One engine and production cars like the Mustang.
The name Mustang was suggested by executive stylist John Najjar because he was an aficionado of the P-51 Mustang fighter plane of World War II.
The wild-horse theme was adopted almost immediately. The familiar running-horse emblem was plainly visible at Watkins Glen, N.Y., in the fall of 1962. The crowds, on hand for the U.S. Grand Prix Formula One race, were treated to an exhibition of the Mustang I two-seat prototype driven by Dan Gurney.
A little more than a month after its April 17 introduction, Mustang was on the racetrack as a pace car leading the 1964 Indianapolis 500. Before the year was out, Mustang was a winner in competition, finishing first and second in class in the 1964 Tour de France international rally an auspicious beginning.
One Quarter Mile at a Time
The first American assault came in drag racing, initially by individuals and dealer-sponsored teams. Racers squeezed 427 high-riser V-8s into their Mustangs, and the “horses” were off and racing.
By 1965, Ford was involved with cars competing in the National Hot Rod Associations Factory Experimental, or A/FX class, as the 427-cubic-inch single overhead cam V-8 made a potent powerplant in Holman & Moodys A/FX Mustangs.
Ten of these Mustangs were built, and five of them qualified in the Factory Stock Eliminator field at the 65 NHRA Winternationals. Bill Lawton drove his Tasca Ford Mustang A/FX to victory in the cars very first race.
Taming the Twisties
In 1965, Carroll Shelby, responding to Fords challenge to build a winning road racing program, introduced the Mustang GT-350 a stripped down Mustang 2+2 with modified suspension, shocks, steering, brakes and Ford 289-cubic-inch V-8s for Sports Car Club of America competition.
Jerry Titus, Bob Johnson and Mark Donohue drove GT-350s to national titles in 1965, and the GT-350 went on to win SCCA B-Production national championships for three straight years.
1966 was the inaugural year for the SCCA Trans-Am series, and Mustangs found a new racing home. Jerry Titus, in a Shelby-prepared Mustang, won the season finale at Riverside. All told, Mustang racers won four of the seven series races and Ford won the manufacturers championship.
In the 1967 Trans-Am series, Titus chalked up four more victories in a Shelby Mustang, won the drivers title and Ford took a second straight manufacturers championship. Mustang also won another SCCA B-Production road-racing title.
In 1968, while singer Wilson Pickett was asking Mustang Sally to “slow your Mustang down,” Ford introduced the 428 Mustang Cobra Jet.
To performance enthusiasts, 1969 was dominated by the hottest Mustangs ever 428 Mach 1, Boss 429 and Boss 302. Three modified examples of this fearsome threesome were taken to the Bonneville Salt Flats in search of speed records.
Driven by Mickey Thompson, Danny Ongais, Ray Brock and Bob Ottum, they collected 295 United States Auto Club-certified records, including a 24-hour run on a 10-mile course at an average speed of 157 miles an hour.
Ford backed two Trans-Am teams in 1969: Carroll Shelby fielded drivers Peter Revson and Horst Kwech, while Bud Moore signed on Parnelli Jones and George Follmer. The teams combined for four victories and were tasting victory at mid-season before experiencing a string of accidents.
In 1970, Bud Moores team raced against one of the most competitive Trans-Am fields of all time with six factory teams. Jones and Follmer fulfilled the promise of a year earlier by winning six races and the manufacturers championship as Jones took the drivers title.
Budget cuts, the oil embargoes and economic recession all contributed to the end of factory backing for Mustang’s racing career in the 1970s — and to the end of the so-called “muscle-car era.”
Of course, it didn’t mean that Mustangs stopped racing.
Mustang was a favorite of short-track stock car racers through most of the seventies. In 1972, Dick Trickle raced a Mustang to a national record of 67 short track feature wins in one season.
And in drag racing, drivers like Connie Kalitta, Shirley Muldowney and Don Nicholson kept Mustang in the winners circle.
Pro Stock gained popularity, and by 1975 a now-familiar name was in the record books. Bob Glidden drove a Ford Pinto to his first Pro Stock championship in 74, and then switched to Mustang for 75, winning four national events and his second NHRA championship Mustangs first Pro Stock title.
In Fords resurgent racing program of the eighties, Mustang figured prominently from the beginning in 1981. In International MotorSports Association (IMSA) GT racing, the turbocharged Miller Mustang, driven by Klaus Ludwig, came within a 10th of a second of winning its first race over the dominant Porsche 935 Turbos. Ludwig then made the threat a reality with back-to-back victories at Brainerd and Sears Point.
Tom Gloy put a Mustang back in a Trans-Am winners circle for the first time in a decade when he won the 1981 season finale at Sears Point.
And, in SCCA road racing, Mustang became the first domestic car ever to win the Showroom Stock ,a national championship, when Ron Smaldone drove his turbo Mustang to victory at Road Atlanta.
By 1984, Ford Division had staked out the IMSA GTO series as Mustang turf. Enter Jack Roush, who was to the Mustang in the eighties what Carroll Shelby was in the sixties.
A Roush-prepared Mustang, driven by Willy T. Ribbs and Wally Dallenbach Jr., won GTO class in the three-hour IMSA 84 season finale at Daytona. It was the beginning of a Mustang reign as king of GTO.
The following February, Dallenbach, John Jones, and Doc Bundy won GTO class at the Daytona 24 Hours the first of three consecutive Mustang victories in the season-opening marathon.
John Jones went on to win the85 GTO drivers championship, while nine Mustang victories brought Ford its first road-racing manufacturers championship since 1970. Three of those wins belonged to Lynn St. James, the first ever for a woman in the series.
The Roush Mustangs carried on the winning tradition in 1986 with eight more GTO wins and another manufacturers title for Ford. Scott Pruett scored seven of those wins and claimed the GTO drivers championship, as well as the GT Endurance Championship with more than a little help from Bruce Jenner.
In drag racing, Rickie Smith drove his Motorcraft Mustang to the semifinals or better at all 11 races on the International Hot Rod Association schedule, and took the IHRA Pro Stock world championship.
The 1987 Daytona 24 hours and one other victory were Mustangs GTO total for the year. However, Saleen Autosport Mustangs, campaigned by Steve Saleen and Rick Titus, won the SCCA Escort Endurance SSGT championship.
Mustang Turns 25, Steers Wins
In its silver anniversary year, Mustang returned to Trans-Am as rookie driver Dorsey Schroeder drove Fords “anniversary car,” numbered 25, while Lynn St. James returned to a Mustang. Schroeder won his very first race on his way to six season wins, a drivers championship and a leading role in Fords first Trans-Am manufacturers title since 1970.
In 1997, Tommy Kendall carried on the Trans-Am tradition by piloting his Roush-prepared Mustang to a record 11 consecutive wins as he clinched a third straight drivers championship.
John Force, perhaps the most dominant racer of a single race series, broke his own NHRA drag racing record by winning his 12th national crown in his Ford Mustang Funny Car in 2002.
While Force continues to dominate the straight-line arena, Roush Racing and Saleen Racing are the most prominent privateers who carry the Mustang road-racing torch into the new century.
The new Mustang GT-R concept meshes this four decades of racing success with the all-new 2005 Mustangs magic and world-class performance to send one clear message: Mustang will continue to dominate the racing scene.
Ford Motor Company, headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, is the worlds second largest automaker, with approximately 335,000 employees in 200 markets on six continents. Its automotive brands include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury and Volvo. Its automotive-related services include Ford Credit, Quality Care and Hertz. Ford Motor Company observed its 100th anniversary on June 16, 2003.
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Sec. 221 final regs. on deducting qualified education loan interest.
Sec. 221 was enacted by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) amended its provisions, to (1) increase the income limit for the deduction and (2) eliminate the 60-month period for the deduction and the restriction disallowing a deduction for payments during a deferment. The EGTRRA amendments apply to interest paid on loans after 2001 and before 2011. As a result, in 2011, the pre-2002 rules will again apply, unless the EGTRRA amendments are extended or made permanent.
To accommodate the dual sets of rules, the regulations are divided into two parts, Regs. Sec. 1.221-1 addresses qualified education loan interest paid from 2002-2010, inclusive; Reg. Sec. 1.221-2 applies to such interest paid from 1998-2001 and after 2010. This item focuses on Regs. Sec. 1.221-1.
Sec. 221 (a) provides that individuals may deduct interest paid during the tax year on qualified education loans. Sec. 221(d) defines this as a loan obtained to refinance other qualified education loans or to pay qualified higher education expenses (QHEEs) for an eligible student at an eligible educational institution. The "eligible student" can be the taxpayer or his or her spouse or dependent. Under Regs. Sec. 1.2211(e)(3)(i) and (e)(3)(v)(A), the boa rowed funds must be used solely to pay QHEEs or refinance qualified education loans; if any part is used for other purposes, it is not a qualified education loan.
Further, under Sec. 221(d), flush language, and Regs. Sec. 1.2211(e)(3)(iii), qualified education loans do not include loans a taxpayer obtains from related parties (as defined in Sec. 267(b) or 707(b)(1)). Thus, if the student borrows money from his or her grandparent, it is not a qualified education loan; any interest paid thereon would not be deductible. Other loans that do not qualify include those made under a qualified employer plan (under Sec. 72(p)(4)) or a contract identified in Sec. 72(p)(5). Kegs. Sec. 1.2211(e)(3)(iv) provides, however, that qualified education loans need not be issued or guaranteed under a Federal postsecondary education loan program.
QHEEs: Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(e)(2) defines QHEEs as the cost of attendance, including tuition and fees, room and board, books, supplies, transportation and miscellaneous student expenses. To ensure that a double benefit is not received, however, Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(e)(2)(ii) requires that the total cost be reduced by certain nontaxable amounts, including qualified scholarships (Sec. 117); educational assistance received by veterans or members of the armed forces (Chapter 30, 31, 32, or 35 of title 38, U.S. Code or Chapter 1606 of fide 10, U.S. Code); employer-provided and other excludible educational assistance (Secs. 127 and 25A(g)(2)(C)); savings bond interest excluded due to educational use (Sec. 135); distributions from Coverdell education savings accounts excludible under Sec. 530(d)(2); and amounts distributed from a qualified tuition program and excluded under Sec. 529(c)(3)(B).
Under Sec. 221(d)(1), QHEEs must be incurred by the taxpayer or his or her spouse or dependent at the time the debt is incurred. Such expenses must be attributable to education furnished during a period when the student qualified as an eligible student, and must be paid or incurred within a reasonable period before or after the debt is incurred, Regs. Sec. 1.2211(e)(3)(i)(B) identifies an eligible student as one who is a degree candidate carrying at least half a normal fulltime courseload.
Reasonable period: Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(e)(3)(ii) provides that a reasonable period is determined on the basis of doe relevant facts and circumstances; a safe harbor rule provides two ways in which expenses can be deemed paid within a reasonable time. The first is if they are paid with loan proceeds that are part of a Federal postsecondary education loan program; the second is if the proceeds used to pay expenses for a particular academic period are disbursed during a period that begins 90 days before the start of such academic period and ends 90 days after it ends.
Eligible educational institution: Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(e)(1) provides that an eligible educational institution can be any college, university, vocational school or other postsecondary educational institution described in Section 481 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 USC Section 1088). The institution must be certified by the U.S. Department of Education as eligible to participate in the Department's student-aid programs. Certain institutions or healthcare facilities offering internship or residency programs are also eligible. An educational institution is required to be eligible only at the time the student is an eligible student. Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(e)(4), Example (5), clarifies that even if an eligible institution subsequently loses eligibility, the qualified education loans borrowed while the institution was eligible will continue to be qualified.
To prevent a double benefit, Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(g)(2) prohibits a Sec. 221 deduction for any amount deducted under any other Code provision or for any amount excluded under Sec. 108(f) (related to debt cancellation). Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(b)(1) provides that to take the deduction, the taxpayer must have a legal obligation to make the interest payments. If a parent makes a payment on a loan for which only the child is liable, the parent is not entitled in a deduction.
Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(b)(2) limits the interest deduction to taxpayers who are not claimed as dependents during the year. If a taxpayer is claimed as someone else's dependent for the year, he or she may not claim a Sec. 221 deduction in that same year. Under Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(b)(3), married taxpayers may claim a Sec. 221 deduction only if they file jointly.
Deferment: For ninny student loans, interest payments are not required until after the student completes the schooling. Similarly, there may be periods when a borrower is not required to make payments on a student loan, such as a deferment on an undergraduate student loan during a period in which a student returned to school to obtain a graduate degree. Regs. Sec. 1.2211(g)(1) provides that interest payments on qualified student loans at such times are deductible.
Third-party payments: Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(b)(4) addresses interest payments by third parties. If a third party not legally obligated to pay interest, makes a payment for a taxpayer legally obligated to pay interest, the payment is treated as made from the third party to the taxpayer, and then from the taxpayer. In such cases, the taxpayer is entitled to an interest deduction if all the other Sec. 221 conditions are met. Examples include situations in which a third party pays the interest as a gift to the taxpayer or the taxpayer's employer pays the interest as taxable compensation to the taxpayer.
Sec. 221(b)(2)(B) provides that the interest deduction is limited to $2,500 for 2001 and thereafter; the deduction is phased out for higher-income taxpayers. The deduction is not available for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) (as defined in Sec. 221 (b)(2)(C)) of $65,000 or more ($130,000 on a joint return). The deduction starts to phase out proportionally as MAGI rises from $50,000 to $65,000 (from $100,000 to $130,000 on joint returns). After 2002, the phase-out range is adjusted for inflation in $5,000 increments, under Sec. 221(f).
MAGI is described in Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(d)(2). The computation starts with Sec. 62 AGI and takes into account (1) the exclusion of Social Security and railroad retirement benefits (Sec. 86), interest on the redemption of U.S. savings bonds used to pay higher education costs (Sec. 135) and amounts received under adoption assistance programs (See. 137); (2) the deduction for qualified retirement contributions (Sec. 219); and (3) the limit on the deduction for passive activity losses (See. 469). However, MAGI is computed without excluding income from foreign sources and certain possessions (Sec. 911, 931 or 933), and without deductions for qualified tuition (Sec. 222) or interest on qualified education loans (Sec. 221).
Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(f) provides that the interest eligible for deduction includes the amount stated as interest on the loan, plus any interest included as original issue discount (OLD). For this purpose, OID can include capitalized interest and loan origination fees.
Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(f)(1)(ii) defines capitalized interest as any unpaid accrued interest added by the lender to the amount of the loan (e.g., interest that accrued while the student was in school on a loan that did not have to be paid until after graduation). The lender capitalizes the unpaid interest and adds it to the amount borrowed. The unpaid interest included in the loan's outstanding balance is OID. Regs. Sec. 1.2211(f)(2)(i) provides that OID is not deductible as it accrues, but when paid. Thus, as the loan balance is paid, amounts attributable to capitalized interest are paid first; such payments are deductible as interest on a qualified education loan.
Loan Origination Fees
Regs. Sec. 1.221-1(f)(2)(ii) and (f)(4), Example (2), discuss loan origination fees. When the lender imposes such a fee, the amount is typically deducted from the loan proceeds. If the loan origination fee is imposed for the use of money (rather than for property or services), the fee creates or increases the OID on the loan. When the fee is imposed for the use of money, it is deemed interest that accrues over the loan's term. Each payment made on the loan first pays the stated interest, then pays any OID accrued as of the payment date, then pays principle. As the loan is paid, the loan origination fee is paid, and the interest is deductible.
Taxpayers who seek to deduct interest paid on education loans must meet Sec. 221's requirements. While the rules are relatively straightforward, the new regulations help clarify the gray areas.
FROM WAYNE M. SCHELL, PH.D., CPA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY, NEWPORT NEWS, VA (NOT AFFILIATED WITH DFK INTERNATIONAL)
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There’s nothing fairly like a 20-minute sweat session in a sauna. You really feel extra unwinded and relaxed after you’re done, as well as the warm helps eliminate sore muscles and also improves your general health and wellness and well-being dynamic lugano 3-person low emf far infrared sauna dyn-6336-01.
However if the heats of a conventional sauna are just excessive for you to take care of, an infrared sauna may use the advantages of a sauna without the extreme warmth.
What is an infrared sauna?
Unlike a typical sauna, infrared saunas do not heat up the air around you. Rather, they utilize infrared lights (that make use of electromagnetic radiation) to warm your body straight.
” These saunas make use of infrared panels instead of conventional warmth to conveniently penetrate human cells, warming up your body before heating up the air,” discusses physical therapist, Vivian Eisenstadt, MAPT, CPT, MASP.
An infrared sauna can run at a lower temperature level (typically in between 120 ˚F as well as 140 ˚F) than a conventional sauna, which is commonly in between 150 ˚F as well as 180 ˚F.
Makers claim that in an infrared sauna, just concerning 20 percent of the warmth mosts likely to warm the air and the various other 80 percent straight heats your body.
Fans of infrared saunas state the heat permeates extra deeply than warmed up air. This permits you to experience a much more intense sweat at a reduced temperature.
Eisenstadt states this environment is extra bearable, which allows you to remain in the sauna much longer while enhancing your core body temperature by 2 to 3 degrees.
What are the meant benefits of using an infrared sauna?
The intended advantages of using an infrared sauna are similar to those experienced with a traditional sauna. These include:
- better sleep
- fat burning
- remedy for sore muscles
- relief from joint pain such as joint inflammation
- clear and tighter skin
enhanced blood circulation
- assistance for people with chronic fatigue syndrome
Individuals have been using saunas for centuries for all kind of wellness problems. While there are numerous researches and also study on typical saunas, there aren’t as many research studies that look particularly at infrared saunas:
A tiny 10-person studyTrusted Source discovered that individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome took advantage of using an infrared sauna as part of a general therapy.
An additional 10-person studyTrusted Resource found that infrared saunas assisted decrease muscular tissue soreness and increase recuperation from strength-training sessions.
According to one review, numerous studies have actually discovered that infrared light treatment saunas might help reduce high blood pressure.
The absence of strong proof as well as wide-spread studies about the possible benefits of infrared saunas leaves the customer (you) to arrange via the claims made by the business that give this service.
In a similar way, there are no records of adverse impacts so far, past the warns about any kind of sauna experience. These consist of the opportunities of getting too hot, drying out, and disturbance with drug, along with the prospective risks for those who are pregnant, have cardiovascular disease, or are under the influence of medications or alcohol, among others.
The bright side: Even if your sweat session doesn’t do all of the important things it declares to do, a minimum of it still really feels excellent. And also, it contributes to your total health and wellness and health by helping you loosen up, relaxing stiff or limited muscular tissues, lowering joint pain, and also providing you some much needed time to on your own.
How do you make use of an infrared sauna?
Many individuals will do infrared sauna therapies at a gym, spa, or doctor’s workplace, while others will purchase and also build one in their house. If you determine to provide an infrared sauna a try, it’s important to know that they do not included global directions.
There are standards you can follow, but inevitably, just how you choose to use an infrared sauna is up to you. Here are some ideas to obtain you began.
Consume water. Make certain you’re moistened prior to entering into an infrared sauna. Drink a glass of water before your session. You can also bring water right into the sauna, especially if you’re sensitive to greater warms.
Select the temperature. The average temperature for an infrared sauna varieties from 100 ˚F to 150 ˚F, with newbies starting at the reduced end as well as more skilled customers at the higher end. If this is your first time, begin with 100 ˚F. You might wish to stay at this temperature level for a few sessions. You can always increase the temperature each session up until you get to 150 ˚F.
Size of time. For novice users, start with 10 to 15 minutes. You can add time each session until you get to the recommended time of 20 to half an hour. Saunas include a timer, so see to it to set it. You don’t wish to remain in there too lengthy as well as risk coming to be dried out.
Apparel. How you gown is your choice. Some people will use bathing suits, while others prefer to go in naked.
What you can do while in the sauna. Unwind, read, practice meditation, listen to songs, or see with buddies. Just do not go to sleep.
After the session mores than. When your session is done, it’s recommended that you take your time as well as let your body cool. When cooled, do not hesitate to take a shower or bath. Just make certain you are consuming lots of water.
Variety of sessions weekly. The majority of facilities that supply infrared sauna therapies suggest making use of the sauna three to four days each week. If you are healthy and endure the 4 days, you can use the sauna daily.
What should you know before you try an infrared sauna?
There are a couple of points you ought to know before delighting in your first session.
Prevent utilizing an infrared sauna if you have actually been drinking alcohol.
If you feel unwell or have a fever, it’s ideal to wait to utilize the sauna until you’re feeling much better.
Using an infrared sauna will create you to sweat a whole lot, so you may feel lightheaded when you stand up. If this takes place, make certain you stand up gradually and take a seat when you leave the sauna. Consume water right away after finishing your session and also wait on your body to cool down prior to doing anything else.
In extreme cases, some people might experience overheating (heat stroke as well as heat fatigue) or dehydration.
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As part of the Growing Matters report, AgInfomatics, LLC, initiated case studies to document the real world impact of neonicotinoids to farmers and turf and ornamental professionals. These case studies demonstrate the important role that neonicotinoids play to sustain communities by helping farmers grow bountiful crops, and ornamental professionals grow vibrant and healthy plants.
Citrus Case Study
Hear from citrus growers about the impact of neonicotinoids on Asian Citrus Psyllid – a devastating invasive pest that can lead to citrus greening and wipe out orchards.
Cotton Case Study
Members of the Mid-South cotton community talk about the importance of cotton to the fabric of their community, and the role neonicotinoids play in keep their industry productive.
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How Bytebase uses Render
What is Bytebase
Bytebase is a start-up I currently take internship at. Its aspiration is to build an open-source, web-based database schema change and version control tool for team collaboration. We are a remote team and most of our development happens on GitHub.
We recently moved most of our hosted service to render.com and also leverage its unique capability to improve our dev workflow. I was responsible for this task.
Problems we faced
The demo page is stale
Our demo page (demo.bytebase.com) was deployed on AWS EC2 . There is an extra step to manually update it during each release.
No staging environment for each release
We did not have a staging environment before each release. We want such a final testing stage after merging all works from different feature branches. Also, it would be great for our DevRel colleagues to taste our next release in advance.
No feature preview for PR
A running app worth a thousand words. As an open-source project with a fully-fledged web interface, we'd like to have a preview for every PR to facilitate the review process.
Render as a solution
From their website, render (https://render.com) is a unified cloud to build and run all your apps. Any app can be deployed and updated instantly with nearly no configuration. They boast their deployment velocity, and from our own experience, that's pretty true.
How do we use render?
Bytebase employs monolithic architecture using Vue + Golang + SQLite. Our team adopts a trunk-based development workflow and we require our main branch to be deployable at every commit. We decided to use our demo site to validate this promise.
Configuring this on render is quite straightforward. Below are the steps to make our demo site deployed whenever new commits merge to our main branch.
Create a new web service
Link to our GitHub repo
Config our service
The free tier is good enough for us.
Specify our building and starting scripts
After the setup, our demo page is updated automatically whenever a new commit is merged into the main branch.
Staging environment for pre-release
Preview for each PR
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We are conservationists, regen farmers, and engaged youth working to restore and protect the largest jungle in Central America -- the Selva Maya. This area is incredibly biodiverse and home to ancient Maya temples throughout the forest. It feels like something out of Indiana Jones!
We are looking for help on a permaculture food forest and model regenerative livestock farm, both of which have eco-youth groups of children from the village.
Both programs are available to you for volunteering and you may switch between them as long as there is clear communication with one week stay required at either project.
They are located in ecotourist town El Remate, Petén, Guatemala. 30 minutes from Tikal National Park, 40 minutes from Flores Island, and 1.5 hours to the Belize border. These farms are locally owned and serve as educational models and experimental stations to teach other farmers in the area the value in forests and how to farm without cutting it down, using appropriate technologies.
The permaculture food forest is 8 hectares of native tropical forest of which 40% is dedicated to shade-grown cacao, vanilla, ginger, turmeric, fruit trees, medicinals, rabbits, worm compost, gardens, and a tree nursery.
Local team: Baltazar, Emanuel, Gonzalo, Pamela, Armando
Accommodation style: jungle camping in tent.
The regenerative farm is a family owned model agroforestry farm of 7 hectares with 50% tall native forest, 10% tropical fruit forest, and 40% reforested forage areas for free range chickens and cows. It has hilltop views of the lakes below.
Local team: Rigo, Walter, Weche, Lilian. Accommodation style: Agroforestry farm camping in rustic 3 wall bungalow or tent.
We also sponsor local activists in the heart of the Maya Reserve, in Cruce Dos Aguadas village near El Zotz Biotope and the Mirador Pyramids hike. Here projects include a 1 year old 750 native tree reforestation on community land and a forest conservation park with natural springs under new permanent protection for sustainable community use and education. For those interested, there is an option to visit while here.
All projects have youth groups with activities multiple times per month. The youth groups have kids ages 4-14 and we have 15+ kids in each group. They learn about nature, sustainability, values of learning and self-determination among many other things that often volunteers present. We also seek donations to sponsor the children with school supplies and other basic necessities. If you think you can help with supplies please let us know.
These 2 projects are owned and operated by local Guatemalan campesinos. They offer accommodation and a once in a lifetime experience. FOOD AND WATER ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH VOLUNTEER. There is often food available on the farms for picking, and the local team can call a man who brings 5 gallon water jugs for $1US to the farms. Several restaurants in El Remate serve meals for $1.5-3 USD and two large grocery stores are also found at walking distance in town. Feel free to cook at the farm’s rustic outdoor kitchens.
The projects were cofounded with the assistance of a US-based environmental group with the mission of restoring and protecting the Selva Maya by helping small and medium scale farmers adopt sustainable alternatives to extensive cattle ranching and slash-and-burn.
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
You will be camping at our jungle farms on the edge of the largest forest in Central America. Both farms are family run, so you will experience first hand what it's like to live on the frontier in the Guatemalan jungle along with the settlers who populated the area. Expect your Spanish to improve greatly in the first weeks/months.
Volunteers are expected to help with farm chores: planting, watering, pruning, caring for animals, composting, working with hand tools (including machetes), interacting with and teaching the youth groups, mingling with local Guatemalan farming families.
NOTE: This is a very local experience. At least beginner Spanish is recommended. Free to volunteer. No fee.
Englisch: Gute Kenntnisse
Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
Our local team is learning English, and we want to immerse you in the Spanish language.
Free accommodation on the farms: volunteers camp in tents, in hammock with mosquito net, or in open air bungalow with mattress and mosquito net. You also have the option to pay and stay in a hotel/hostel in town -- a 10 minute walk to both farms.
We provide accommodation, and an unbelievable educational and authentic experience working side by side with Guatemalan regenerative farmers in the jungle. You are expected to cover the costs of your food and water, which should be about $5USD per day (depending on how/what you eat). Depending on the season, food on the farms is free for you to pick, in particular leafy greens, chiles, herbs, and seasonal tropical fruits (bananas, avocado, mango, jocote, citrus, coconut, etc). Maximum 2-3 hours a day, 5 days a week help only.
El Remate is a stunning village of about 2000 people on the shores of Lake Peten Itza. El Remate has most everything you'd need though Flores is just 30 minutes away with large supermarkets, hospitals, markets, airport, etc. There are several restaurants in El Remate with meals from $1.50-3 USD and groceries are available in two large stores plus the vegetable/fruit market. We have rustic outdoor kitchens at both farms if you’d like to cook your own meals.
The lakeshore of El Remate has several public docks and is excellent for swimming. There are many small restaurants, cafes, grocery stores, and hotels in town. Wifi is available at the larger establishments. Cerro Cahui is a 700 hectare protected area overlooking El Remate; it's great for hiking. The river mouths of Ixlu and Ixpop are great for nature tours by boat. Nearby Flores is a beautiful colonial island with restaurants and bars. There is ARCAS animal rescue sanctuary nearby where you can see all the native wildlife including monkeys, macaw, jaguars, etc up close in a rehabilitation center. There is a great place to swim with a big rope swing near Flores.
El Remate is the perfect jumping off point to visit Mayan ruins such as Tikal via colectivo or private tour. There are also many other ruins in the jungle that you can hike and visit such as Yaxha, El Zotz, Uaxactún, Nakum, Naranjo, Waka Perú, Holmul, and the largest Maya site ever discovered El Mirador! We have many contacts across the area including with the Guatemalan Park Rangers, who on more than one case have brought our volunteers on patrol with them deep into the jungle! That's a once in a lifetime experience. Needless to say, this area has a lot to offer! We hope to work with you soon!
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Digital nomads are welcome to volunteer with us. Unlimited free Wifi is available at our good friend's cafe in El Remate near our project.
We have parking on site for vans, trucks, cars, motorcycles, and horses.
Pets are allowed as long as they are well behaved.
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Maximum 2-3 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Crow’s Nest, Queensland: A town on the Great Dividing Range, servicing farming communities and a growing tourism industry. Population: 2,160 (2016 Census) Climate: warm summers, cool winters (perfect) How to get here: 42 km north of Toowoomba along the New England Highway For more information on Crow’s Nest visit the Crow’s Nest Tourism website
Crow’s Nest Museum & Historical Village
You may be aware that our latest project has been to relocate the Old QR Grain Shed from behind the CN Pharmacy to the front of the Museum site on the corner of Thallon Street [New England Highway] and Oxford Street. The intention is to provide Crow’s Nest with an Information Centre as well as a new reception area for the museum.
The building is now fully restored, painted and landscaped with local native plants. Qld Railways have prepared historical information boards, which are installed on the site.
Local Not for Profit organisations include: The Crow’s Nest Amateur Fishing Club, The Crow’s Nest Buffalo Lodge, The Crow’s Nest Men’s Shed, The Local Ambulance Committee, The Crow’s Nest Tennis Club, The Crow’s Nest Swimming Club, The Crow’s Nest Show Society and The Crow’s Nest Lions Club.
Crow’s Nest Men’s Shed
The Men’s Shed organisation is yet another example of Australian initiative. Started in 1978 it is now a world wide organisation with more Men’s Sheds in Australia than McDonald outlets.
The Men’s shed organisation was set up with men’s mental health in mind, providing a venue where men who felt isolated could network with men in a similar position.
At the Crow’s Nest Men’s Shed we have metal and timber workshops for those who wish to turn their hand to DIY projects or to learn new skills.
In addition we help people who have that favourite piece of furniture that breaks and is needing repairs.
We are open Mondays and Wednesdays between 8 and l2. Why not come down and see what we have to offer. We are located at the western end of the Showground and would be happy to see you and show you around our great facility.
Crow’s Nest Men’s Shed
Crow’s Nest & District Tourist & Progress Association Inc.
Heritage community grant helps Crow’s Nest State School students switch to new technology
Crow’s Nest State School students are boosting their love of learning after receiving a Heritage community grant for $19,725 to purchase 25 new laptops.
Heritage Crow’s Nest Community Branch is a joint venture partnership between Heritage Bank and the local community, represented by PCCN (Progressive Community Crow’s Nest).
Under the Heritage community branch model, PCCN’s share of profits is distributed back into the community as grants to local organisations, charities and special community events.
Heritage Crows Nest Branch Sales and Service Manager Aimee Skaines said, “The beauty of being a community branch is that the more people bank with us, the more we are able to give back through grants and sponsorship.
People can see real examples of local initiatives they’ve helped support just by doing their everyday banking with Heritage. It promotes a real sense of community pride.”
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As the showdown in Congress escalates, the Biden reconciliation bill’s $3.5 trillion size has become a lightning rod.
President Biden’s $3.5 trillion reconciliation package would expand Medicare, combat climate change and offer free public prekindergarten and community college while boosting federal safety-net programs. At first glance, its price dwarfs era-defining social programs like Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, which cost around $324 billion in today’s dollars, and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society, which cost around $520 billion in today’s dollars. Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act cost around $943 billion while the Affordable Care Act was pegged at around $1.1 trillion through 2019, adjusted for inflation.
The Biden legacy is even bigger if you include the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan plus another roughly $572 billion in new spending through an infrastructure package, which the House was wrestling with on Friday.
But while the reconciliation package looks colossal by those standards, its passage wouldn’t guarantee Biden a legacy on par with those transformative social programs. His predecessors led a smaller country with a smaller economy. Even after adjusting for inflation, the U.S. economy is more than 20 times bigger than it was in 1934 and five times bigger than in 1964, thanks to a population that has more than doubled as well as factories and offices that produce far more than their Depression-era predecessors.
Every dollar in spending FDR and LBJ proposed was much larger relative to each taxpayer’s income, making costly legislation harder to pass. So rather than adjusting for inflation, many economists compare historical spending with the size of the economy (GDP). In an average year from 1934 to 1940, New Deal spending was equal to 2.8 percent of all goods and services sold in the United States. The Great Society averaged about 0.9 percent a year, while Obama’s plans combined averaged around 1 percent of GDP. Biden’s plan comes in around 1.1 percent of the economy for an average year from 2021 to 2031 — 2.1 percent if you include the American Rescue Plan and infrastructure bill.
“We’ve outdone the New Deal by a long way in terms of spending,” said Price Fishback, an economics professor and New Deal scholar at the University of Arizona. “But it’s almost impossible for him to have an impact that will go beyond what Roosevelt did.”
Biden’s plan also looks bigger, because thanks to limits on how many filibuster-proof bills can be passed via reconciliation each year, many key initiatives have been compressed into a single ambitious package — or three packages if you count the other two pillars of the Biden agenda above. The New Deal and the Great Society were both passed piecemeal over several years.
And $3.5 trillion is just the cost side of the bill. It would be offset by $2.9 trillion in revenue, according to recent estimates, putting its budgetary impact at $0.6 trillion. For comparison, Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cost between $3.3 trillion and $5.6 trillion, according to Marc Goldwein of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, depending on how you count the money shifted around by a restructuring of the tax code. But offsetting those tax cuts with revenue means it added between $1.5 trillion and $1.9 trillion to the budget.
The true size of Biden plan is further limited, because many of its provisions are set to expire within a few years, economist and Urban Institute fellow Eugene Steuerle said. That’s a budgetary trick that reduces the top-line cost but sets the stage for future political battles. The popular $300 child tax credit, for example, would expire in 2025. The New Deal and Great Society, of course, spawned myriad programs still in effect today, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission to Medicare and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. If the Biden plan’s expiring provisions are extended, as Democrats hope, the plan’s long-term cost will be larger.
But long-term cost as scored by budget wonks is not a perfect measure.
“Many of the costs should be regarded as investments with fairly sizable returns,” said University of California at Los Angeles professor Martha Bailey, co-editor of the book “Legacies of the War on Poverty.” “The political discussion often revolves around how much things cost today but neglects that these costs are substantially reduced or even generate revenue when viewed over the longer term.”
For example, Bailey and her collaborators recently showed Head Start, a preschool program that remains a signature achievement of the Great Society’s War on Poverty, actually turned a 14 percent profit by increasing college graduation rates by almost 40 percent and reducing reliance on public assistance.
Many such programs, particularly those focused on low-income children, generate generational returns that ultimately pay for themselves, according to a recent analysis of 133 U.S. policy changes over the past 60 years by economist Nathaniel Hendren and PhD candidate Ben Sprung-Keyser of Harvard University, published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Adult-focused programs such as unemployment benefits or housing vouchers, however, are designed to provide short-term benefits to recipients and tend not to recoup their costs in the long run.
Step back and consider a chart of U.S. social spending as a share of GDP over the past 60 years. It’s hard to even pick out major programs like the New Deal and Great Society, according to University of California at Davis economist Peter H. Lindert, author of the book “Making Social Spending Work.”
“The $3.5 trillion proposal not only fails to stand out in the long sweep of history, but even represents a deceleration of the average upward trend in that taxpayer cost over the last six decades,” Lindert said.
In fact, the Biden administration’s reconciliation proposal amounts to a step down from the truly massive rush of social spending experienced in 2020, under the Cares Act passed by large congressional majorities and signed by Trump, Lindert said.
Overall social spending has increased steadily over the decades as the population ages and incomes rise, regardless of who is in power. The president’s opening bid for reconciliation spending is in line with that long-term trend. The contents of the bill may well be revolutionary, but the price tag, which so far has attracted the lion’s share of the attention, isn’t.
Formal, comparable federal spending estimates are difficult to find for the decades before Congressional Budget Office began operations in 1975.
For the most comparable possible numbers for the New Deal, The Washington Post used 1934 through 1940 spending totals from a 2015 Research in Economic History analysis by economist Price Fishback of the University of Arizona as well as 2015 Journal of Economic History analysis by Fishback and Valentina Kachanovskaya.
There have been few attempts to put a comparable price on the Great Society and its signature program, the War on Poverty. To create one, The Post started with “Federal Outlays Benefiting Persons Below the Poverty Level” in the 1976 Statistical Abstract of the United States. We imputed missing values based on neighboring years and counted all spending from 1965 to 1974 on programs created by the Great Society, as well as all increases in spending above 1964 levels on programs expanded by the Great Society.
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Earlier this week, on March 4th 2013 The Albany Academies for Boys and Girls celebrated their 200th Anniversary. The schools marked the event with a procession of students from both Albany Academy and Albany Academy for Girls, holding their class banners and joining together in the front circle of The Albany Academy at the end of the school day.
The Head of the School, Dr. North, welcomed the entire community and had six students join him on the steps to read a special proclamation. At 3:00 p.m. the restored clock rang three times, representing three centuries.
But that’s not all! The schools are planning celebrations all year long to commemorate their bicentennial.
The Albany Academy was chartered on March 4, 1813, and according to WNYT, famous alumni of the school include author Herman Melville, who authored Moby Dick, the late Andy Rooney of “60 minutes” and Philadelphia Eagles running back Dion Lewis.
Throughout its 200 years, the school has been committed to living up to its mission, to develop the “potential of the whole individual by building a community that fosters scholarship, leadership, character, service and creativity.”
The schools are planning celebrations all year long, as well as several projects. Their 15-month Bicentennial Celebration will include a
Bicentennial Spring Gathering, forums, special keepsakes, a documentary and more with alumnae groups singing at some of the events.
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When it comes to finding inspiration and the how-to’s in improvements you want to make in your home, your local library or bookstore used to be the main source of useful information. The internet has made it easier to look for some easier home improvement projects with huge impact.
Home projects can be fun, and for information you need in getting them done, the internet is a bottomless treasure throve of ideas and tips. However, actually doing the project will not be easy unless you have the right tools and the know-how in using them.
The Tools You Need
A basic tool for making a fence, like a circular saw or a screw gun, is necessary in order to cut the wood, but there are many other tools that you may want to buy. Things like nails, saws and hammers are also available at your local hardware store, but you might want to think about buying new tools as well.
A good rule of thumb is to do your project once and then try again if the materials or workmanship seem to need more work. The same goes for paint projects, especially if they involve painting the inside of your house or on a wall. Sometimes you can get away with just changing the paint colours on the wall if you are working on another part of the house that is painted, otherwise you will run into problems with having everything matching.
One fun way to make things easier is by using your computer and the internet. Many websites offer templates for people to use. Just remember to look at the material provided and don’t get too carried away or you could end up doing something completely different from what the template is showing.
An even better idea is to look through the magazines available. There are many interesting ideas available that you will never find elsewhere. Many people use their hobbies to become more creative and once you start looking at all of these magazines you might find some new ideas that you haven’t thought of before.
Home projects to try can range anywhere from small projects like painting walls to big jobs such as a deck or a patio. You can even bring in new furniture and do something that’s rarely done, such as bringing the outdoors into your home. You can view some wholesale outdoor furniture Melbourne shops have, which in itself can give you an idea on the kind of look you will want to go for. Outdoor pieces can give your home a refreshingly unique look.
Don’t Be Shy To Ask For Advice
Whether you have experience or not, you can always go to the stores and ask for some suggestions and advice before taking any action on your project. If you aren’t sure what you are doing or how you are going to finish the job, you should consider hiring someone to help.
There are many home improvement stores that can offer information and advice on what types of materials are needed for the small projects and how much they will cost, even if you have no experience. There are also many resources on the internet for you to find the right information to start your project off right and get the finished product on time and in good shape.
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According to the latest Reuters report, Bangladesh’s second LNG import terminal has been hit by a month-long delay. The intention was originally for the terminal to be commissioned this March, however it has been pushed back to 20 April.
Summit Corp, a subsidiary of Summit Power International, and its partner Mitsubishi Corp, jointly own the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) terminal in question.
A spokeswoman from Summit Corp recently announced that the unit will be named Summit LNG, and will receive its commissioning cargo from Qatargas in Ras Laffan, Qatar, before commencing operations in Bangladesh. It is currently located in dry-dock in Nakilat’s NKOM yard in Ras Laffan.
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9th Circuit revives suit against California law requiring women on corporate boards
A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a California law that requires women be placed on the boards of publicly owned companies.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously decided that a shareholder had the legal right to sue California to invalidate the 2018 law, which requires all publicly held corporations with principal executive offices in California to have women on their boards of directors.
At the time he signed the bill into law, then-Gov. Jerry Brown expressed concerns that it might not survive a legal challenge.
The law already has raised the number of women on corporate boards in California. Companies have filled vacant seats with women or expanded their boards. Other states have followed California’s lead, introducing similar measures.
In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed another bill into law that requires publicly owned companies based in the state to add ethnic and racial minorities and members of other underrepresented groups to boards. Underrepresented groups include Black, Latino, Asian and Native American people and members of the LGBT community.
The California law on gender diversity required that at least one woman serve on a board of directors by the close of 2019. By Dec. 31, 2021, two women must serve if the corporation has five directors and three women must serve if the corporation has six or more directors.
Although companies risk fines for noncompliance, the state has not yet fined any company or developed regulations, the 9th Circuit said. The state does report compliance, however.
The Pacific Legal Foundation, a conservative public interest law firm, challenged the law on behalf of Creighton Meland Jr., a shareholder of OSI Systems. He contended the law required him to discriminate on the basis of gender, in violation of the 14th Amendment.
The Pacific Legal Foundation filed the suit in federal court, arguing the law violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
A district court dismissed the suit, ruling that Meland lacked standing — the legal right to bring a challenge — because he had not suffered an injury. OSI Systems has complied with the law.
The 9th Circuit said Meland had standing because shareholders generally elect corporate directors, and the California law intended they comply with the state mandate. The panel described the law as “coercive legislation.”
“Because Meland has plausibly alleged that [the law] requires or encourages him to discriminate based on sex, Meland has adequately alleged an injury in fact,” wrote Judge Sandra S. Ikuta, appointed by former President George W. Bush and joined by Judges M. Margaret McKeown, a Clinton appointee, and Daniel A. Bress, a Trump appointee.
Anastasia Boden, a senior attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, said the ruling confirmed that the law was intended to change to the behavior of shareholders.
“The law is not only unconstitutional,” said Boden, who argued the case on behalf of Meland. “It’s patronizing. It perpetuates the myth that women cannot make it to the boardroom without government help and are only making it there due to government’s help.”
Judicial Watch, a Washington-based conservative group, is also challenging the gender diversity law in state court and has sued to block the newer California law requiring more directors from minority groups.
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Video: humorous web series explores race, gender dynamics
A new YouTube series is taking on race and gender. Tales from the Kraka Tower, created by University of South Florida MA student Aphrodite Kocieda, is equivalent to the academic version of Awkward Black Girl.
It’s Lakisha Wisniewski’s first day in the “Diversity Department” at Kraka University, and there to welcome her is Dr. Kimball, the school’s self-proclaimed “diversity specialist.” A white woman decked out in a dashiki and kufi, Dr. Kimball fails to recognize a photo of Angela Davis—“Is she a rapper?”—before asking if Lakisha is “fully black.”
This is but one of the facepalm-worthy scenes in the first episode of the new Web series Tales from the Kraka Tower, created by University of South Florida MA student Aphrodite Kocieda, who also plays Lakisha. It’s a laugh-out-loud funny (and stroke-inducing enraging) look at race and privilege in the academy—a must-watch for anyone who enjoys the cult hit The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, and anyone who believes barbed satire to be an effective weapon in the fight against everyday prejudice.
Watch the first episode:
Kocieda plans on producing at least six episodes that she hopes will “reignite the activist spirit in any minoritized person who feels defeated or depressed because of daily microaggressions.”
Thoughts on the use of humor as a weapon against racism and sexism?
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Home remodeling projects can quickly become overwhelming. The amount of decisions you have to make in a short time escalates as you move from beginning to end.
A lot of homeowners have their hearts set on a particular type of flooring, only to discover their contractor tries to steer them in a different direction. It turns out that exotic hardwood flooring you’ve been dreaming of might not be the perfect fit for your bathroom. There are better choices, she says.
How about vinyl or laminate?
Before you scream: “What!” take a second look at these two products and see how they’ve changed the marketplace. These aren’t your parents’ flooring products. Technology has changed what’s possible, and made vinyl and laminate some of the best flooring products for every room in your home.
What is laminate made of?
Remember the laminate of yesteryear? It took on an almost plastic look and feel. Yet contrary to belief, laminate isn’t made up of plastic at all. Instead, laminate is made up of four wear layers built upon each other to build strength and durability into the final product. They are fused together using high heat and intense pressure to create a product that stands up well in areas where traditional hardwood often fails. These layers include:
- Back layer – this is the bottom layer used to protect against moisture and help balance the floor
- Core layer – this is a highly durable board that helps protect from moisture and build strength
- Design layer – this is a high resolution photograph to mimic many of the top floor patterns on the market today
- Wear layer – this is a clear layer to protect against scratches, stains, and fading
What are vinyl planks made of?
Vinyl comes in a variety of styles. While the more traditional vinyl flooring products were laid in place as either sheet vinyl or vinyl tiles, today homeowners have another option: luxury vinyl planks. These closely resemble other top flooring products, including hardwood or stone.
In the marketplace, luxury vinyl is commonly referred to as Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) or Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP).
Both LVT and LVP are made up of synthetic materials formed by mixing polyvinyl chloride (PVC), calcium carbonate, plasticizers, fungicides, and UV stabilizers, among other things. Through a heating process, they are combined with a vinyl compound that finishes the product base.
Like laminate, LVT and LVP both use four main layers:
- Backing layer – a vinyl base layer that protects against moisture, mold, and mildew
- Vinyl core – this is made from PVC material to make the product flexible and waterproof
- Decorative layer – this is a thin digital image layer that is adhered to the vinyl core
- Wear layer – the is a transparent topcoat that protects against scratches, stains, and fading
Vinyl vs Laminate – Which is better?
Homeowners usually gravitate towards vinyl and laminate when they are looking for a durable, economical, attractive flooring choice. If you want to take on a DIY project, both vinyl and laminate are good options. But which is better? That’s where many homeowners get confused.
For many years, laminate was the flooring of choice with its realistic graphics, easy installation, and thick, durable product that stood up well under traffic. But when the luxury vinyl plank entered the marketplace, things changed. A high quality LVP can stand up to pressure equally as laminate, and the graphics make it look like the real thing.
There really isn’t a bad choice when comparing the two.
Where will you install?
In some cases, it can center around where you’ll be installing your new flooring. One of the biggest separators between laminate and vinyl is the ability to stand up against moisture.
All types of vinyl – sheet, tile, and plank – are waterproof. They are usually made from a material that is 100 percent waterproof, giving it the ability to be installed in rooms where wet conditions are prevalent, such as bathrooms, laundry rooms, or mud rooms. While older vinyl may have had a fabric or felt back, newer product lines are made from polymer materials that can be fully immersed in water and still be unaffected.
Laminate uses a fiberboard at the core. Because this is a wood-based product, it will soften, swell, and eventually deteriorate when exposed to water. This can cause a host of damage, from warping during the drying process, to having the design layer peel back and fade away. If laminate has severe water damage, it will most likely have to be replaced.
Because of that, vinyl can be installed anywhere in your home and look great no matter how much abuse it takes. With laminate, you should be a little more choosy about where you install. Places like the living room, dining room, or bedroom are perfect for laminate. Full bathroom, laundry room, or mudroom, not so much.
Let’s talk about composition
While we’ve already compared the two products based on how they are produced, we haven’t talked much about composition.
Vinyl flooring is made entirely from synthetic material. You’ll find a thin fiberglass base coated with PVC vinyl, embossed with a print layer, and finished with a wear layer over the top. When you select luxury vinyl planks, they fit side by side, clicking into place. Because these layers are thin, you’ll find the overall thickness ranges from 1.5 mm to 5 mm.
Laminate flooring uses the same locking installation process, but the critical difference is the core. Because this is made from a wood product, it’s thicker than its synthetic counterpart. The overall thickness of laminate flooring ranges from 6 mm to 12 mm.
That can make the difference for where you choose to install it. Pay attention to transitions from room to room; are you trying to match a different flooring choice?
It’s all about aesthetics and preferences
Still trying to decide which is better, vinyl or laminate? Honestly, we love them both.
Today’s product lines can mimic just about any flooring product on the market, while giving you the benefits of being a more resilient flooring choice. Both vinyl and laminate can mimic wood, stone, ceramics, or just about any flooring you choose. The three-dimensional graphics used to create both vinyl and laminate are more real than ever before. If you want the look of exotic hardwood, for example, you might just prefer the look used to mimic it on vinyl or laminate, plus it’s a fraction of the price.
Is there a right choice? It all depends on your preferences. The best place to start is to stop by our showroom and see the differences yourself. Both vinyl and laminate are great products to include in your latest remodeling project.
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Port cities in southeast Asia have been characterised as being flexible and amorphous for centuries. As heir to this ancient tradition, Singapore still carries on this exuberant heritage of mixing up things in an ambiguous way. Join Peter Lee as he traces this cultural lineage from the starting point of rojak, through the mayhem of regional culinary history where influences randomly passed back and forth between families and communities, to the wonderful way people expressed themselves in cooking, dressing, music-making, architecture and interiors. Accompanying this exploration are fascinating archival and family photographs, and echoes of the rojak in local musical tastes.
About the Speaker:
Peter Lee is an independent researcher, and the Honorary Curator of the NUS Baba House – a historical house museum managed by the National University of Singapore. He co-authored The Straits Chinese House with Jennifer Chen, published by the National Museum of Singapore in 1998 and 2006. In 2008, he produced Junk to Jewels — The Things that Peranakans Value, an exhibition and catalogue for the Peranakan Museum. He co-curated Sarong Kebaya, which opened in April 2011 at the same museum and a book he wrote on the subject was published in 2014. In 2018 this book was shortlisted for the Singapore History Prize. The 2013 exhibition, Inherited and Salvaged: Family Portraits from the NUS Museum Straits Chinese Collection comprised largely portrait paintings he had assembled. He also contributed an essay to the exhibition catalogue that was published in 2015. In 2016, he co-curated Singapore, Sarong Kebaya and Style at the Fukuoka Art Museum and the Shoto Museum in Tokyo. He was the guest curator of Port Cities: Multicultural Emporiums of Asia, 1500-1900 at ACM, which opened in November 2016, and co-authored its exhibition catalogue. In 2017, he was the historical consultant for a Peranakan-themed short film launched at the Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 4. Peter was also the guest curator of Amek Gambar: Peranakans and Photography, an exhibition held at the Peranakan Museum from 2018 to 2019. In 2020, The Mark of Empire, a four-part documentary in which he features as the series’ host, was broadcast regionally by Channel News Asia, Singapore, and uploaded on Youtube. | <urn:uuid:b999a8da-6302-4166-be3b-26b9df3a3e21> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-events/events/detail/2022/02/25/research-events/rojak-how-a-salad-represents-everything-about-singapore | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960885 | 487 | 1.617188 | 2 |
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Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/View of the Hebrews
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- Question: Could Joseph Smith have used Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews as a guideline for creating the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Was the View of the Hebrews theory of Book of Mormon origin advanced during the lifetime of Joseph Smith?
- Question: What did B.H. Roberts say about View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon?
- Question: What are the similarities and differences between View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Has the book View of the Hebrews been readily available?
- Question: Is there a link between Ethan Smith, author of View of the Hebrews, and Oliver Cowdery?
Question: Could Joseph Smith have used Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews as a guideline for creating the Book of Mormon?
- It is claimed that a 19th century work by Ethan Smith, View of the Hebrews, provided source material for Joseph Smith's construction of the Book of Mormon.
- Some also postulate a link between Ethan Smith and Oliver Cowdery, since both men lived in Poultney, Vermont while Smith served as the pastor of the church that Oliver Cowdery's family attended at the time that View of the Hebrews was being written.
Many of the criticisms proposed are based upon B. H. Roberts' list of parallels, which only had validity if one applied a hemispheric geography model to the Book of Mormon
The View of the Hebrews theory is yet another attempt to fit a secular origin to the Book of Mormon. Many of the criticisms proposed are based upon B. H. Roberts' list of parallels, which only had validity if one applied a hemispheric geography model to the Book of Mormon. There are a significant number of differences between the two books, which are easily discovered upon reading Ethan Smith's work. Many points that Ethan Smith thought were important are not mentioned at all in the Book of Mormon, and many of the "parallels" are no longer valid based upon current scholarship.
Advocates of the Ethan Smith theory must also explain why Joseph, the ostensible forger, had the chutzpah to point out the source of his forgery. They must also explain why, if Joseph found this evidence so compelling, he did not exploit it for use in the Book of Mormon text itself, since the Book of Mormon contains no reference to the many "unparallels" that Ethan assured his readers virtually guaranteed a Hebrew connection to the Amerindians.
Question: Was the View of the Hebrews theory of Book of Mormon origin advanced during the lifetime of Joseph Smith?
The theory the Joseph Smith plagiarized View of the Hebrews was never advanced during Joseph Smith's lifetime
The theory the Joseph Smith plagiarized View of the Hebrews was never advanced during his lifetime. The prevailing theory of the day was the Spalding Theory, which quickly lost credibility upon the discovery of an actual Spalding manuscript in 1884 which bore no resemblance to the Book of Mormon. There are no records which indicate that Joseph Smith came into contact with the View of the Hebrews during the period of time that he was translating the Book of Mormon. The View of the Hebrews theory was in fact first proposed by I. Woodbridge Riley in 1902, 58 years after the death of the prophet.
Joseph Smith quoted View of the Hebrews as supporting the Book of Mormon
There was, however, a reference to View of the Hebrews within Joseph Smith's lifetime, but it came from the prophet himself. In an article published in the Times and Seasons on June 1, 1842, Joseph quoted View of the Hebrews in support of the Book of Mormon:
- If such may have been the fact, that a part of the Ten Tribes came over to America, in the way we have supposed, leaving the cold regions of Assareth behind them in quest of a milder climate, it would be natural to look for tokens of the presence of Jews of some sort, along countries adjacent to the Atlantic. In order to this, we shall here make an extract from an able work: written exclusively on the subject of the Ten Tribes having come from Asia by the way of Bherings Strait, by the Rev. Ethan Smith, Pultney, Vt., who relates as follows: "Joseph Merrick, Esq., a highly respectable character in the church at Pittsfield, gave the following account: That in 1815, he was leveling some ground under and near an old wood shed, standing on a place of his, situated on (Indian Hill)... [Joseph then discusses the supposed phylacteries found among Amerindians, citing View of the Hebrews p. 220, 223.]
It strains credulity to claim that Joseph drew attention to the work from which he derived most of his ideas. Why would he call attention to the source of his forgery?
Question: What did B.H. Roberts say about View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon?
B.H. Roberts was playing "devil's advocate" when he examined View of the Hebrews, and showing what a critic might do
The View of the Hebrews theory was examined in detail by B. H. Roberts in 1921 and 1922. Roberts took the position of examining the Book of Mormon from a critical perspective in order to alert the General Authorities to possible future avenues of attack by critics. The resulting manuscripts were titled Book of Mormon Difficulties and A Parallel. Roberts, who believed in a hemispheric geography for the Book of Mormon, highlighted a number of parallels between View of the Hebrews and The Book of Mormon. Roberts stated,
- [C]ould the people of Mulek and of Lehi...part of the time numbering and occupying the land at least from Yucatan to Cumorah...live and move and have their being in the land of America and not come in contact with other races and tribes of men, if such existed in the New World within Book of Mormon times? To make this seem possible the area occupied by the Nephites and Lamanites would have to be extremely limited, much more limited, I fear, than the Book of Mormon would admit our assuming.
Roberts concluded that, if one assumed that Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon himself, that View of the Hebrews could have provided him with a foundation for creating the book. In fact, many of the issues highlighted by Roberts vanish when a limited geography theory is considered. The acceptance of the View of the Hebrews theory is therefore contingent upon the acceptance of a hemispheric geography model for the Book of Mormon. In order to promote View of the Hebrews as a source, critics necessarily reject any limited geography theory proposal for the Book of Mormon.
Roberts rejected the idea that the Book of Mormon was not divine
In 1985, Roberts' manuscripts were published under the title Studies of the Book of Mormon. This book is used by critics to support their claim that B. H. Roberts lost his testimony after performing the study. Roberts, however, clearly continued to publicly support the Book of Mormon until his death, and reaffirmed his testimony both publicly and in print.
Question: What are the similarities and differences between View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon?
Examples of parallels and differences
Some parallels do exist between the two books. For example, View of the Hebrews postulates the existence of a civilized and a barbarous nation who were constantly at war with one another, with the civilized society eventually being destroyed by their uncivilized brethren. This has obvious similarities to the story of the Nephites and the Lamanites in the Book of Mormon.
"Parallels" that actually aren't parallels
Many of the "parallels" that are discussed are not actually parallels at all once they are fully examined:
|Both speak of...||View of the Hebrews||Book of Mormon|
|...the destruction of Jerusalem...||...by the Romans in A.D. 70.||...by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.|
|...Israelites coming to the American continent...||...via dry land across the Bering Strait.||...via the ocean on board a ship.|
|...colonists spread out to fill the entire land...||...from the North to the South.||...from the South to the North.|
|...a great lawgiver (whom some assume to be associated with the legend of Quetzalcoatl)...||...who is identified as Moses.||...who is identified as Jesus Christ.|
|...an ancient book that was preserved for a long time and then buried...||...because they had lost the knowledge of reading it and it would be of no further use to them. ||...in order to preserve the writings of prophets for future generations.|
|...a buried book taken from the earth...||...in the form of four, dark yellow, folded leaves of old parchment.||...in the form of a set of gold metal plates.|
|...the Egyptian language, since||...an Egyptian influence is present in hieroglyphic paintings made by native Americans.||...a reformed Egyptian was used to record a sacred history.|
Parallels that are everywhere
Some "parallels" between the Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews are actually parallels with the Bible as well:
|The Book of Mormon||View of the Hebrews||The King James Bible|
|The Book of Mormon tells the story of inspired seers and prophets.||View of the Hebrews talks of Indian traditions that state that their fathers were able to foretell the future and control nature.||The Bible tells the story of inspired seers and prophets.|
|The Book of Mormon was translated by means of the Nephite interpreters, which consisted of two stones fastened to a breastplate, and later by means of a seer stone, both of which were later referred to by the name "Urim and Thummim" three years after the translation was completed.||View of the Hebrews describes a breastplate with two white buttons fastened to it as resembling the Urim and Thummim.||The Bible describes the Urim and Thummim as being fastened to a breastplate (Exodus 28:30).|
This highlights the fact that general parallels are likely to be found between works that treat the same types of subjects, such as ancient history. In what ancient conflict did one side not see themselves as representing light and civilization against the dark barbarism of their enemies?
Critics generally ignore the presence of many "unparallels"—these are elements of Ethan Smith's book which would have provided a rich source of material for Joseph to use in order to persuade his contemporaries that the Book of Mormon was an ancient history of the American Indians, and that they were descended from Israel. Yet, the Book of Mormon consistently ignores such supposed "bulls-eyes," which is good news for proponents of the Book of Mormon's authenticity, since virtually all of Ethan's "evidences" have been judged to be false or misleading.
The lack of such "unparallels" is bad news, however, for anyone wanting to claim that Joseph got his inspiration or information from Ethan Smith.
Scripture use in View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon
If the View of the Hebrews served as the basis for the Book of Mormon, one would think that the Bible scriptures used by Ethan Smith would be mined by Joseph Smith for the Book of Mormon. Yet, this is not the case.
Why was this only discovered later?
No contemporary critic of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon pointed out the supposedly "obvious" connection to the View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon. It is only with the failure of the Spaulding theory that critics began seeking a new naturalistic explanation for Joseph's production of a 500+ book of scripture. As Stephen Ricks notes:
- Beyond these "unparallels," there is a further question that must be answered by proponents of the View of the Hebrews hypothesis: why do none of the early critics of the Book of Mormon mention Ethan Smith in their attacks on it? If the parallels are so evident, why weren't they noticed by individuals who were not only acquainted with Ethan Smith's book, but were also existentially interested in its claims? Why wasn't it prominently mentioned as a source for the Book of Mormon until the beginning of the twentieth century, when the book itself had only an antiquarian interest and its contents were no longer so widely a part of popular discussion? My suspicion is that what appear today to be "distinctives" of View of the Hebrews, eschatological and otherwise, seemed less so in the early part of the nineteenth century, when these ideas flowed freely in published and unpublished forums.
Question: Has the book View of the Hebrews been readily available?
Because availability was limited, BYU's Religious Studies Center re-published the 1825 edition of View of the Hebrews in 1996
The View of the Hebrews theory became more popular as the availability of the book itself diminished. The best evidence that argues against View of the Hebrews as the primary source for the Book of Mormon is a reading of the text itself, yet the ability to access that text had become more difficult over the years. In order to provide the interested reader with the ability to decide for themselves, BYU's Religious Studies Center re-published the 1825 edition of View of the Hebrews in 1996. It is also available at wikisource.
Both Ethan Smith and Oliver Cowdery lived in Poultney, Vermont while Smith served as the pastor of the church that Oliver Cowdery's family attended
Critics postulate a link between Ethan Smith and Oliver Cowdery, since both men lived in Poultney, Vermont while Smith served as the pastor of the church that Oliver Cowdery's family attended at the time that View of the Hebrews was being written. Beyond speculation based upon this circumstantial evidence, there is no indication of a connection between View of the Hebrews, Oliver Cowdery, and the Book of Mormon.
This article from BYU Studies shows that the type of connection that critics align with Oliver and Ethan almost certainly did not exist.
Testimony from Lorenzo Saunders
At least one critic has attempted to place Oliver Cowdery on the Joseph Smith farm beginning in 1826 based on the testimony of one Lorenzo Saunders to strengthen the supposed connection between Ethan Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and the origins of the Book of Mormon. Dan Vogel writes:
On 19 Janaury 1885, Thomas Gregg of Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, wrote to Lorenzo Saunders living near Reading, Michigan, requesting information about Mormon origins. Gregg's letter, as reproduced by Charles A. Shook reads as follows:
Charles A. Shook wrote an expose of Mormonism in 1914 called The True Origin Of The Book of Mormon. He quoted this letter from Lorenzo (brother-in-law to Sally and Willard Chase —the same Chases who had trouble with Joseph) as a means of placing Oliver close to Joseph Smith in years before the publication of the Book of Mormon. However, as Vogel himself writes as commentary in a footnote to this letter:
4. Saunders' claim that Cowdery first came to Palmyra and Manchester in the summer of 1826 is not corroborated in any other source. However, it is known that Cowdery's brother Lyman was in the area as early as 1825 and possibly taught school in Manchester prior to Oliver's arrival for the 1828-1829 winter term. This is another example of Saunders' tendency to remember things in conformity with the demands of his interviewers, which should be considered when assessing his statements regarding Rigdon's appearances in the Palmyra/Manchester area (see note 10 below).
Thus we have:
- A late source as the letter comes a little more than 5 decades after Saunders was supposed to have seen Saunders on the farm.
- A biased source as Thomas Gregg was an avid Spaulding theorist and Saunders was certainly no friend to Joseph.
- A more than plausible alternative for this supposed presence of Oliver on the Smith farm in 1826 which Saunders can easily misremember or remember in conformity with the demands of the situation which, as Vogel notes, is something he was wont to do.
This source is nearly worthless in establishing anything of value in the historical record. Any claims of the evidence being "inconclusive" for Oliver's presence on the Smith farm or meeting Joseph before 1829 based upon this source are of the the same value.
To see citations to the critical sources for these claims, click here
- John W. Welch, "View of the Hebrews: 'An Unparallel'," in Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1992), 83–87.
- I. Woodbridge Riley, The Founder of Mormonism (New York, 1902), 124–126.
- Joseph Smith, Jr., "From Priest's American Antiquities," (1 June 1842) Times and Seasons 3:813-815.
- Brigham H. Roberts, Studies of the Book of Mormon, ed. Brigham D. Madsen (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1985).
- View of the Hebrews: 1825 2nd Edition Complete Text by Ethan Smith, edited by Charles D. Tate Jr., (Provo: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1996), 223. ISBN 1570082472. off-site wikisource
- Ethan Smith, 220.
- Ethan Smith, 184-185.
- Stephen D. Ricks, "Review of The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Mormon by Wesley P. Walters," FARMS Review of Books 4/1 (1992): 235–250. off-site
- Andrew H. Hedges, "Review of: View of the Hebrews," FARMS Review of Books 9/1 (1997): 63–68. off-site
- Jeremy Runnells, "Debunking FairMormon" under Witnesses. Last updated 4 June 2014
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Religious and community organisations have been paid thousands of pounds by the Home Office to assist immigration enforcement teams in removing people from the UK, in most cases rough sleepers.
There is mounting concern about Home Office tactics to deport migrant rough sleepers from the UK and its use of payments to assist with these removals, with the department facing accusations of racial profiling.
A list obtained by the Manchester-based human rights charity Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research, and seen by the Guardian, reveals that 21 Home Office immigration surgeries are embedded in community centres and places of worship across London and in Birmingham, Slough and Manchester. It shows that Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs are being targeted for removal, along with Brazilians, Albanians and Chinese people.
Fizza Qureshi, the co-chief executive officer of the Migrants’ Rights Network, condemned the practice of faith and community organisations assisting the Home Office with removals.
“The extent to which the Home Office is infiltrating our communities by co-opting community and faith organisations is extremely shocking,” she said. “These kinds of practices destroy trust within and between communities. It will also leave many marginalised people wondering who they can turn to and trust in their time of need.”
The Public Interest Law Centre previously brought a successful high court action against the Home Office for rounding up migrant rough sleepers from the EU for removal. A spokesperson expressed concern about the variety of Home Office schemes that can lead to the deportation of migrant rough sleepers.
He said: “There appears to be a strong element of racial profiling in the way the Home Office is targeting charities and faith groups for involvement in immigration enforcement. We are concerned that community groups are being paid to play ‘good cop’ to the Home Office’s ‘bad cop’ and help the government meet its targets for getting people out of the country.”
Two linked Sikh organisations – Sikh Council and Sikh Youth and Community Service – have received six-figure sums between them from a series of Home Office grants in recent years. They say they have helped the Home Office to send more than 400 people back to India. The Brazilian organisation Casa Do Brasil says it helped with the removal of about 320 people in 2018.
Balvinder Kaur of the Sikh Youth and Community Service in Nottinghamshire, said about 220 people had returned to India in “a respectful and dignified manner” since 2016. She said her faith-based organisation did not operate immigration surgeries in places of worship but put out messages in Punjabi media in the UK about the service the organisation provided to assist with voluntary return.
A spokesman for the Sikh Council said: “The scheme was a direct response to the need on the streets where people were sleeping rough, had ill health. It is not considered as conflict in charities accessing government funds to alleviate poverty and suffering of the homeless. The funding has to be applied for annually and paid in arrears. The allocation and actual spend figures differ due to unpredictability of numbers wishing to return voluntarily.”
A spokesperson for the north London-based Casa do Brasil said: “We do provide specifically a voluntary departure service from [the] Home Office every Monday for people without the right to stay in the UK to return to their country. Our budget is based on the work done and expenses incurred to make the programme available to the public.” There had been about 320 successful returns since 2018, he said.
On Monday, a letter signed by 15 different organisations was sent to all London councils raising separate concerns over the Home Office’s Rough Sleepers Support Service. The initiative involves local authorities and others identifying a course of action for migrant rough sleepers which may include a voluntary or enforced return. About half of London’s rough sleepers are estimated to be migrants.
Migrants Rights’ Network, Liberty and Public Interest Law Centre put together the letter calling on councils to suspend cooperation with the scheme because of concerns that migrant rough sleepers may be removed from the UK rather than receiving support.
The letter calls on the Home Office to provide detailed and transparent guidance about how the scheme works, asks councils not to pass on personal information about migrant rough sleepers to the Home Office without their informed consent and asks the councils to fund independent accommodation, advice and support for this group.
A Home Office spokesman said: “Immigration surgeries give people the opportunity to speak to immigration officers about the steps they should take to regularise their stay or to get practical support to return voluntarily. These are held in community and faith-based locations, including mosques, in order to have conversations with individuals without the fear of arrest. Home Office staff build relationships with community leaders and surgeries are conducted with their permission.”
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This is followed by a contribution by Ferruccio Osimo on experiential dynamic psychotherapy, an … TOWARDS A MORE FACILITATING PEER ENVIRONMENT TOWARDS A MORE FACILITATING PEER ENVIRONMENT Tuckett, David 2001-08-01 00:00:00 As this is the last Part of the International Journal for which I am responsible, I would like to end by indulging in some personal reflection s. These remarks are prompted by some … Believing that learning English was the key to success, his father then sent him to be schooled in London. Peter Fonagy with the Duchess in 2017 "There is nothing more important we can do for the youngest members of our society than to give them a … 1. After the seminar there are the follow-ups of the three cases presented by Leopolda Pelizzaro, Ferruccio Osimo and Emilia Fumagalli, and a report by Germana Agnetti and Angelo Barbato, who gave hospitality to Bowlby and his wife. Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness – in particular, the experience of psychosis.Laing's views on the causes and treatment of psychopathological phenomena were influenced by his study of existential … Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books you've read. Having someone who mentalizes us positively is crucial for our stable emotional development. Peter Fonagy gave a detailed presentation based on work he and his. “The university held a series of lectures by analysts and even the largest auditoriums weren’t big enough to hold the audience. Find the perfect Gala Peter stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. A randomised controlled trial known as Mentalization for Offending Adult Males (MOAM), led by Professor Peter Fonagy at University College London is being implemented across 13 sites. Mentalization can be described as trying to understand misunderstandings. Personality and conduct disorders : This volume dedicated to personality and conduct disorders contains part of the conferences given during the 5th Congress of the International Society of Adolescent Psychiatry (ISAP), which took place in Aix-en-Provence in the presence of 900 specialists on July 4-7, 1999. Only and only … Peter Fonagy, The human genome and the representational world: The role of early mother-infant interaction in creating an interpersonal interpretive mechanism, Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 10.1521/bumc.65.3.427.19844, 65, 3, (427-448), … Whether you've loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. At age 17, he contacted the Anna Freud Center in London … Eia Asen, Peter Fonagy, Mentalizing Family Violence Part 2: Techniques and Interventions, Family Process, 10.1111/famp.12276, 56, 1, (22-44), (2017). Trouvez les Gala Peter images et les photos d’actualités parfaites sur Getty Images. Recently, attachment theory has been expanded and further developed by Peter Fonagy and Anthony Bateman. Wiley Online Library . His family moved from Hungary to Paris. Wiley … Pioneering research has been carried out over the last decade on mentalization and the promotion of mentalizing capacity - the ability to interpret the behavior of oneself and others as based on intentional mental states, such as needs, desires, feelings, and beliefs. Trouvez les Kate Simon images et les photos d’actualités parfaites sur Getty Images. The Handbook of Mentalization-Based Treatment - Ebook written by Jon G. Allen, Peter Fonagy. Kate said the higher status of doctors, nurses, care home workers and others will be 'one of the main positives' to come out of the crisis which has killed 13,700 people in … … Choisissez parmi des contenus premium Gala Peter de la plus haute qualité. 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Peter Fonagy, a Hungarian émigré, who is now a professor of psychoanalysis at University College London, found the analytic firmament exhilarating as a student there. View other formats and editions. Paperback 267 Pages / Published: 17/07/2001 We can order this; Usually dispatched within 3 weeks Quantity Add to basket. "She makes a very special contact with kids," said Peter Fonagy, chief executive of the Centre. The effectiveness of psychosocial treatments. Jay L. Lebow, Editorial: Mentalization and Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Therapy, Family Process, 10.1111/famp.12277, 56, 1, (3-5), (2017). When you mentalize you have minds on your mind. This book is a consolidation of … In Restoring Mentalizing in Attachment Relationships: Treating Trauma With Plain Old Therapy, Jon G. 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Tired of Being Tired? Try Traditional Chinese Medicine
There are many factors involved with fatigue. If you are overtired, Traditional Chinese Medicine might be able to pinpoint the culprit, give some extra pep and help you kick those afternoon blues.
In TCM the idea of treatment is to find the root of the problem instead of simply treating the symptoms. In the case of fatigue, there are many possible root causes to feeling tired including: stress, depression, over exercising, lack of sleep, poor diet, poor absorption of nutrients and vitamin deficiency. Of course, these can overlap and one can exacerbate the other.
In TCM, there are a few basic syndromes associated with fatigue.
-Spleen Qi deficiency and dampness: This mainly comes from poor digestion and malabsorption of nutrients from an insufficient diet. Associated symptoms are a pale complexion, gas and bloating, to name a few. Dampness is excessive mucus and a feeling of heaviness in the head and body usually seen in overweight individuals. Since food is not transformed and transported well, food is not being absorbed adequately, which can lead to feeling sluggish. Treatment focuses on digestive issues and lifestyle choices to increase energy.
-Blood deficiency: Similar to anemia, symptoms are pale complexion, dizziness and fatigue. Treatment focuses on building blood,herbal formulas and dietary advice.
-Yin or yang deficiency: The body continually strives to achieve a yin and yang balance, as does everything in the universe. If there is an imbalance in one of these, there will be a relative change in the other. For example, if one is yin deficient the symptoms would include heat, dryness, sweating, irritability and thirst. This is seen typically in menopausal women, as the yin declines with hormone changes and normal aging.
On the other hand, yang deficiency (common in male aging and low testosterone) would have cold signs such as feeling cold, having low energy, weakness in the legs and wanting to curl up. The lower yang energy influences the balance of yin. This is so the yin is relatively higher. Treatment consists of building the deficiency and balancing your yin and yang.
In other terms, if it is a hormone imbalance, treatment would safely adjust hormone levels with safe and effective herbal formulas and acupuncture.
-Shen disturbance: Shen refers to the mind and spirit. If one is stressed, angry and having anxiety, it may disrupt sleep patterns, which would cause fatigue. Unhappiness with one’s situation causes great emotional fatigue and lethargy. Feeling stuck causes stagnation in the liver channel and disrupts the free flow of energy. Treatment would include calming the mind and adjusting lifestyle choices.
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8.5.4 Find out more about the university
Most junior applicants are too narrowly focused on the job in question and their future department or school. However, showing you know more about the university as a whole indicates you have made a real effort. It also signals that you are potential leadership material as you are able to take a broader perspective.
Find out what is the university well-known for. You can search for the Universitys most cited publications using a general search. Make sure though that to double-check that the university in question is listed as an affiliation of the author, not in the references or any other part of the publication (see Section 5.3.5 for more details).
Having found out what your panel members are working on, try to establish whether there is anyone else in the university working on similar topics. You can do this in the general search function by including the topic and the university in question. Your interview panel will be mightily impressed if you have identified another academic in their university that shares their research interests, especially if they werent even aware of him/her.
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Chain Control Python script for Poser 12. Requires Poser 12.0.703 or later.
This is a Python script to automate the posing of long bone chains figure items that ship with no posing dials. Examples are whips, tails, ropes, chains, and tentacle figures.
How many of such figures have you never used because they have no posing dials, where manually posing long bone chains is discouraging? This script came to help with that by offering a simple universal tool that can pose just about any figure that have bone chains!
> Universal: works with any figure that have bone chains!
> Pose ANY bone chain with simple sliders.
> 4 different chain posing methods: Bend, S-Bend, Wave, and Spiral.
> Pose the entire chain, or parts of it, depending on what is selected!
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> Bend individual X, Y and Z axes with different posing methods.
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> Toggle auto-docking on/off.
> Fully illustrated built-in PDF manual (launch it from the script!).
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FOOD SAYS A LOT, THE BOND CAN BE EXPLAINED VERY WELL WITH EMOTIONS OF MOTHER’S LOVE
Mother and Mother Nature is a very unique gift to humans in this world. In other words, we can say that Mother is Nature itself. We cannot even imagine our life without a mother. The greatness of the mother can be gauged from the fact that even if a person forgets to take the name of God, he does not forget to take the name of the mother.
Mother is considered a great symbol of love, compassion, and Sacrifice.
Always a mother wants to give her best comfort to her children even after suffering from all over the world. On the other hand, in the same way, Our Mother Nature gives thousands of things to us to human welfare to everyone without selfishness, whether it’s like pure water, wind, trees, plants, and much more, or anything which comes directly from Nature. There is no such difference between Mother & Mother Nature.
Nature has some transformative powers that change our nature accordingly, and It has the power to get the patient out of their disease if we provide the necessary and pleasant environment. It is very important for our healthy life, That is why we should preserve it for ourselves and the next generation.
It is truth itself that in the special propensity between the mother and children bond, the food made by the mother’s hand has a different place in itself. It’s said that a lot of love is present in the mother’s handmade food items.
This is why we have brought for you the valuable products of Kisan Kirana Grocery products which connect you with such a brand of grocery items and cereals that come directly from Mother Nature to you without losing Mother’s extra care and love which is a bond of love between mother and child.
Kisan Kirana gives you:
- We promise you the best quality cereal for your family directly from the farm to home. It is known for its numerous health benefits and taste.
- We serve you the taste and pureness. Our spices are dried under the sun and grinned to keep the goodness of nature intact. Add a little flavor of your love and serve pure delight to your family.
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Kisan Kirana is a brand, which brings consumers & farmers close to each other with pure natural quality products and directly sourced from farmers. It is the first brand in Central India in which you get to see many domestic products along with quality Flours and Cereals, Spices, Dry Fruits, Instant Mix, Pulses, Grains, and Cereals.
Taste and healthiness with Kisan Kirana
Once again, warm wishes to all the mothers out there on this International Mother’s Day!!
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My talk will discuss two related topics to HydroTerre (http://www.hydroterre.psu.edu), a prototype infrastructure that provides researchers, educators, and resource managers with seamless access to geospatial/geotemporal data for supporting physics-based numerical models. The first topic describes the prototype, defining the supporting Essential Terrestrial Variables (ETV’s) and the infrastructure to support models and data anywhere in the continental USA (CONUS). I will address how we are overcoming important problems of accessibility to high-resolution geospatial data sets from multiple sources, scalability of geospatial data in support of distributed models and data-intensive computation for multi-scale, multi-state simulations. The second topic will describe a derived data product based on National Hydrography Dataset’s (NHD) level 12 Hydrological Unit Catchments (HUC) (~90,000 of them in the CONUS) to enable multi-scale data access to model across any scale in the CONUS. With this new data service, users can select any level 12 HUC and retrieve a graph network of all the catchments above the selected catchment. The graph includes the “Strahler number” hierarchy for catchments, enabling modelers to distribute their models in a High Performance Computing environment and achieve “naïve” parallelism of distributed model and data. The graph includes location of where streams (using NHD stream networks) exchange flow between level 12 HUCs, or where they do not (closed basins) for boundary conditions. I will discuss the data issues encountered in the process, why the existing NHD connections are inadequate, how edges do not conform to level 8 HUCs and the multiple strategies to address closed basins, the great lakes, and ocean outlets. In the near future, this data service will be part of the HydroTerre framework, and will be a fundamental block with how to address multi-scale modeling in HPC environments.
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The goal of this major essay is to promote the development of critical reflective skills in order to analyse specific global-related issues, considering diverse perspectives and heterogeneous stakeholders in cross-national contexts that are shaped by global forces.
The unit of analysis of the major research essay combines the main topics covered during the course with specific issues developed in particular industries, companies and/or organisations in which global forces have created controversies or contradictions.
In order to facilitate the selection of themes, student must combine any three themes; two from column one and one from column two (see Table below). Two groups must not focus on the same issue or company. The first group that informs the course convenor their chosen topic will be awarded the right to develop it. Alternatively, groups can propose topics that focus on specific issues covered in column one and two. In this case groups must obtain acceptance from the Course Convenor in writing.
|Column 1||Column 2|
|TNCs & Globalisation||Agro-food industry & Fair trade|
|The State in a Global world||Bio-fuels|
|Global variations in State economic policies||Exploration of natural resources|
|Civil Society, NGOs & Globalisation||Low cost manufacturing and services|
|Corporate Social Responsibility & Globalisation||Global pharmaceutical Industry|
|Business Ethics in the Global arena||Global electronics industry|
|Sustainability & Business||Specific developing/developed country situation|
In your analysis you must consider at least one of the two following questions:
In order to develop this assignment, you need to focus on one specific situation (issue or problem) that will facilitate the application of the selected topics in order to develop your essay. In order to find out ‘the problem’ I advise to look at Newspapers (e.g. The Australian) or Magazines (e.g. The Economist). You can also look at the Web but only to get ‘data’ about the issue you are researching. You must not use ready-made cases available either in textbooks or web sites. For example, if you are focusing on ‘low cost manufacturing’ (column 2), the role of the state (column 1) and CSR (column 1), you can use the example of Nike to illustrate and discuss situations regarding the exploration of manpower in developing countries, something that can be linked to the use (or not use) of CSR policies by TNCs as well as the role of the government. There is one restriction regarding this point: students cannot use McDonald’s, Nike or Coca Cola as ‘the problem’ to be investigated.
A minimum of 10 academic journal articles &/or scholarly monographs (books) are required in this item. Academic journal articles need to be directly related to the themes (from column 1) selected. Web information and data can be used but are not considered to be academic journal articles. I strongly recommend the use of academic articles from the list of readings of this course. Students who have difficulties in differentiating scholarly books from textbooks must contact course convenor for clarification.
Remarks about references
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I was talking with a longtime freelance associate yesterday about two pricing issues she’s having. First, she’s trying to find a way to charge a premium for her services when the client wants to buy extensive rights vs. one-time, one-purpose rights. Second, she’s got a potential ghostwriting job and is attempting to calculate an appropriate rate that won’t price her out of the market.
Jokingly, I mentioned how most pricing matrices, even the ones in The Writer’s Market, aren’t particularly helpful — telling me that writers charge between $0.02 to $2.50 per word isn’t much of a guide when it comes down to formulating an estimate.
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Regional Forces Fail to Adequately Address Famine in South Sudan
“It is utterly abhorrent that women in this area have to choose between getting raped or getting a livelihood…but this seems the brutal reality of what South Sudan has become.” Andrew Gilmour, the U.N. assistant secretary-general for human rights traveled to South Sudan last week to visit some of the areas of South Sudan devastated by government and rebel fighting.
The South Sudanese government and the UN recently declared a famine in parts of South Sudan. The UN distinguishes between food insecurities and famine, defining famine to exist if three conditions are met: at least 20% of households face extreme food shortages, 30% or more of the population experience acute malnutrition, and the death rate exceeds two people per 10,000 per day. This makes South Sudan the first country to face an official famine since Somalia in 2011. Many have already died from hunger and another 100, 000 face starvation. According to U.N. humanitarian agencies, nearly 5 million are in need of urgent food assistance in the war-torn nation. This amounts to half of the country’s population. According to Serge Tissot, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s representative in South Sudan “many families have exhausted every means they have to survive.”
The list of worst-affected regions Gilmour visited notably includes the Unity Region, a rebel stronghold and birthplace of rebel leader and former Vice President Riek Machar. Arguably the worst affected region, brutal fighting between government and rebel forces largely caused the famine that currently plagues the country. Conflict fuels food shortages. More than half the population in the Unity state has been affected largely due to the overwhelming violence driving families from their towns and prohibiting agricultural production in an area dominated by farmers. According Lorenzo Bellu, a senior economist for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), “conflicts are one of the key causes of food insecurity.” Given that this area is home to rebel leader Machar and therefore the rebel coalition’s base, it became the center of much severe fighting causing higher levels of displacement and famine. Additionally, President Kiir’s appointment of a fellow Dinka to the Unity State governor caused further uproar and increased fighting in this rebel stronghold. The rebel force, the SPLM/A-IO denounced the appointment, as the 2015 peace agreement granted that the governor of Unity would be chosen from within the state’s own ranks. This fuels continuous instability and violent tensions in the region. According to the state department, this man-made crisis is a “direct consequence of a conflict prolonged by South Sudanese leaders who are unwilling to put aside political ambitions for the good of their people.”
Unity families have fled to hide from the fighting, with children now living in the swamps and marshes of the Nile. Pushed to the brink of surviving on any wild plants or fish they can find, thousands are emerging and walking to the town of Thonyor where they have heard international humanitarian agencies will provide desperately need food aid. Nyambind Chan Juar, an elderly woman, explained how 16 of her children and grandchildren had “only [been] surviving by eating wild honey and water lilies from the river.”
In a country where children pass away daily from hunger and 40% of the population depends upon international aid, the regional body IGAD bears responsibility to act productively. IGAD involved itself extensively in exerting significant pressure on Kiir and Machar to sign the 2015 peace agreement. This block of eight countries – Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda – works to achieve regional peace, prosperity and cooperation.
Regarding the famine in South Sudan, rather than providing meaningful assistance itself, IGAD has been slow to respond to the declaration of famine in South Sudan and urged the international community to increase support. In a statement of the IGAD Council of Minister’s consultation on the region, released March 17, IGAD called for an expedited deployment of the UN Security Council’s call for a regional protection force (RPF) composed of international peacekeepers. Additionally, the regional body declared their “unanimous support” for Kiir’s transitional government. This caused many South Sudanese to look towards European countries for help instead (the British government recently allocated 200 million for food aid in South Sudan). James Hakim, a young government worker, doesn’t “think this people (African leaders) will save us, they are the part of the problem we face, but when it comes to solution they cannot do it.” David Jok, a resident of Juba, echoed this sentiment in saying he has “no hope in Africa, it’s the same Africa of yesterday, we should not expect much from this continent, but we appreciate the others (European) support and intervention.”
Long-term, the solution is simple: peace. WFP country director Joyce Luma reminds the world that “there is only so much that humanitarian assistance can achieve in the absence of meaningful peace and security, both for relief workers and the crisis-affected people they serve.” After the famine in Somalia in 2011, “the world said never again.” Emma Jane Drew, a humanitarian program manager for Oxfam in South Sudan, said that the “declaration of famine in South Sudan reflects the collective failure to heed the countless warnings of an ever-worsening situation.” A report released by the UN – after March 8 when the UN chief declared the risk of genocide had “considerably diminished” despite the continued fighting – stated the UN, AU and IGAD had a common strategy on decreasing violence in the country. One of the very few details released about what exactly such a strategy consisted of emphasize fostering an “inclusive dialogue” to promote sustainable peace in South Sudan. However, this regional focus on long-term peaceful solution demands substantial aid from international humanitarian organizations right now.
In the short-term, immediate assistance is needed to sustain devastated South Sudanese communities such as the Unity state population. The situation demands urgency and a more direct solution than strengthening and emphasizing the failed 2015 peace agreement, as IGAD has done. The World Food Program (WFP) is coordinating an emergency response, planning to provide food and nutrition assistance to 4.1m people in the coming months.Negotiations with both government and rebel leaders in this region allowed international agencies to airdrop desperately needed food supplies to this community. However, thousands cannot reach this aid, impeded by rivers and more fighting in areas where the two sides have not agreed to provide access. Once fed, these families will return again to their hiding places without a sustainable food source. With half of the country’s population facing starvation, the international community must rise from its position on the sidelines to employ some mechanism to protect civilians and impact the millions of starving families if regional bodies fail to adequately address the pressing concerns of a desperate population. | <urn:uuid:eaafb834-516c-4718-8ad2-fa4d0ca88999> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/regional-forces-fail-to-adequately-address-famine-in-south-sudan/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.948372 | 1,464 | 2.59375 | 3 |
An ‘emotional triangle’ refers to ‘the manner in which the relationship between any two people, or a given individual and his or her symptoms, can be a function of an often unseen third person, relationship, or issue between them’ (205). Indeed, there ‘may be no such thing as a two-person relationship.’ Emotional triangles are the building blocks of relationship systems and ‘function predictably, irrespective of the gender, class, race, culture, background, or psychological profile of the people involved, and also irrespective of the relational context, family or business, the kind of business, or the nature or severity of the problem.’
Emotional triangles follow a few straightforward rules:
- They form out of people’s discomfort with each other.
- They are self-preserving and resist all attempts to change them.
- They interlock with and reinforce other emotional triangles.
- They make it hard for people to alter their patterns of thought and behaviour.
- ‘They transmit a system’s stress to its most responsible or most focused member’ (206).
Once we understand the logic of emotional triangles, we will have a means by which to make emotional processes more directly observable. These emotional triangles support the claim that one’s position rather than one’s nature is the most determinative factor within a relational system. They also help to explain why self-differentiation can be so effective.
‘Almost every issue of leadership and the difficulties that accompany it can be framed in terms of emotional triangles, including motivation, clarity, decision-making, resistance to change, imaginative gridlock, and a failure of nerve.’ As leaders learn to recognize and analyse triangles, they will be better able to understand the connections between people and issues and the precise structure of difficulties, and be better equipped to overcome them.
Friedman gives dozens of examples of possible emotional triangles. Within the family it could involve the spouses and any third person (child, lover, relative, in-law, boss, friend, etc., etc.), or the spouses and a symptom (drinking, smoking, health, job, spending, gambling, etc.), or the parent, child, and a third party (teacher, sibling, grandparent, friend, etc.), or the parent and their child and their behaviour. Emotional triangles can also exist in workplaces and in any other relational context.
The Laws of Emotional Triangles
How they form
Emotional triangles form ‘because of the inherent instability of two-person relationships’ (209). Between partners with a lack of differentiation, no clear leadership, and in a context of anxiety, it won’t be long until a third person or issue becomes their focus. A and B, by triangling a third party, C, into their relationship (by a shared hatred or support for), or out of their relationship (through secrets and exclusion), grants stability to the relationship between A and B, who can now organize their relationship in terms of that third axis.
In the context of adultery, the triangle is formed, not primarily by the sex, but by the secrecy. Within a family, the most common emotional triangle involves two parents and a child. A single child is almost invariably in such an emotional triangle. Such an emotionally triangled child will often tend to either extreme achievement or dysfunction. Trying to help such a child to overcome their dysfunction without addressing the triangle itself is generally futile. The only way that such a situation can usually be addressed is by one parent taking the lead ‘against the resistance of the other’ (210). Understanding the logic of emotional triangles can help us to understand why children in the same family can grow up so differently.
Emotional triangles also exist in society. Friedman illustrates this in terms of race relations in America: ‘from the beginning the black population of America has served as a displacement focus for the problems of whites with one another, particularly the normal differences between classes’ (211). He suggests that this displacement focus is one reason why America has never experienced the intensity of class struggles that one finds in other nations (it might also suggest that, as race issues are addressed, a greater class struggle would emerge). Emotional triangles help to form alliances and are often shrewdly employed by weaker parties.
How they operate
‘Once formed, emotional triangles (1) are self-organizing; (2) are perpetuated by distance; and (3) tend to be perverse’ (213). Emotional triangles are self-organizing in the sense that they establish stability in relationships that would otherwise be unstable. When one of the axes is removed or significantly changed, the relationship becomes unstable again. The emotional triangle tends to resist such change. In most triangles one side is more conflictual. However, if that relationship is calmed, trouble will tend to emerge in one of the other sides.
Friedman argues that most in-law struggles involve displacement issues with, for instance, the daughter-in-law displacing issues with her own mother, and the mother-in-law displacing issues from her marriage. Such struggles can be seemingly magically transformed when the daughter-in-law works on her relationship with her mother, or on her relationship with her own daughter.
Emotional triangles are perpetuated by distance. ‘Distance’ can involve secrets and gossip that keep people in the dark, or criticism in the form of ‘you statements’, which pushes people away. It could also involve excessive levels of privacy. If a leader wants to succeed in a context, it is important to close these distances. When these distances are closed, polarization is less likely to occur.
Emotional triangles are perverse. The more that one of the parties in an emotional triangle works to change the relationship between the other two, the more likely that their relationship will become even stronger. Understanding this helps us to account for the failure of many attempts at coercion and therapy, and also for why the presence of a leader can be so effective.
The general rule is this: One can only change a relationship of which one is directly a part. For example, if a child gets in trouble with teachers or friends because of particular behavior patterns, a parent will not be successful in trying to modify those patterns. The very act of making the attempt creates a stabilizing triangle that makes change impossible. (215)
Interlocking Emotional Triangles
Different emotional triangles can share sides. These interlocking triangles can form vast structures in society, families, institutions, and other relational systems. ‘The side that is shared by two triangles is the key to the transmission of emotional processes from one triangle to another’ (217).
Triangles can be with the past. For instance, the way that our parents related to certain aspects of our behaviour can shape the way that we relate to our children’s behaviour. We might need to revisit that old triangle in order to address the problems in the new one. Interlocking triangles are especially obvious in blended families. ‘[T]he guaranteed way to break up the marriage is for either partner to try to rearrange the partner’s established relationships with his or her children.’
Friedman sees a further example of a common interlocking triangle in that between an entrepreneur’s relationship to his business and its problems and his position as a ‘standard bearer’ of his family of origin, with a mandate to achieve (219).
Stress in Emotional Triangles
There is an inverse relationship between effective leadership and stress: ‘the type of leadership which creates the least stress also happens to be the type of leadership that is most effective.’ To the extent that you become ‘enmeshed’ in the relationship that exists between two other persons (either as you take responsibility for it, or as they triangle you out), ‘you will wind up with the stress for their relationship’ (220).
Stress is not just about hard work, but is about the place that we occupy in emotional triangles. ‘[T]he same amount of hard work will be more or less stressful depending on the position from which one approaches or becomes involved with work.’ The stress that leaders experience primarily arises from the manner in which they come to occupy a position of responsibility for the relationships of other parties. These other parties ‘could be two persons … or any person or system plus a problem or goal.’ ‘The way out is to make the two persons responsible for their own relationship, or the other person responsible for his or her problem, while all still remain connected.’ This last part is crucial: one stays in the triangle, but one does not allow oneself to become triangled. This is very different from quitting, abdicating, or resigning.
Stress has a toll on our bodies. Each one of us is in a triangle between our bodies and our minds. The challenge that we face is that of putting them together ‘through the integrating effects of self-differentiation’ (221). Symptoms of stress and burnout can be mental or physical depending in part on the way that we negotiate this triangle, something that can depend on our genes, family background, etc. Leaders are most likely to suffer the effects of stress if they have failed in the task of self-differentiation.
Leaders who feel responsible for holding an entire system together are most vulnerable to the harmful effects of stress. Emotional triangles are very effective at channelling stress toward a single individual. The ‘togetherness position’ can be lethal to the leader who allows him or herself to be triangled. Leaders should learn to treat their physical, mental, and behavioural symptoms ‘as early warning signs that they are in an emotional triangle that is pulling, if not tearing, them apart’ (223). These symptoms can function as a sort of feedback from the environment and, rather than trying to ignore and battle through them, leaders should see them as signs that they are approaching things in the wrong manner. Such symptoms, if we attend to them, can help us to become more effective leaders.
Crisis and Sabotage
While the experienced sailor appreciates that engaging in a battle of wills with the forces of wind, tide, and sea is generally futile and that it is far more effective to position oneself in relation to these forces so that their natural operations enable you to achieve your purpose, most leaders believe that, if they just have enough will, they can overcome all of the forces that operate against them. At the heart of virtually every deeply disturbed or failing relationship system is a conflict of will. When leaders are experiencing little or no success, it is almost certain that they are swimming against a tide.
The key dimension of positioning oneself so as to take advantage of the forces at work in such a context is to be found in the leader’s self-differentiation, ‘his or her capacity to be a non-anxious presence, a challenging presence, a well-defined presence, and a paradoxical presence’ (230). Even when leaders have great power invested in them by virtue of their office, the true strength of the leader is ultimately rooted in the ‘nature of their presence’ (231).
Friedman contrasts poorly differentiated with well-differentiated leadership. Well-differentiated leadership focuses on strength rather than pathology, is concerned with its own growth rather than being obsessed with technique, and works with motivated people rather than symptomatic people. Well-differentiated leadership seeks to mature the system, rather than ‘better the condition’ and enduring change, rather than mere relief of symptoms. It is avoids the treadmill of just trying harder and focuses on its own issues, rather than on diagnosing others. It is not put off by reactivity, but recognizes that ‘reactivity and sabotage are evidence of one’s effectiveness.’ It has a wide and non-reductionist perspective (for instance, seeking understanding in relational systems, rather than in the individual psychology of system members). It recognizes that ‘problems’ are generally the symptoms of anxiety rather than the cause. It adapts towards strength, rather than towards weakness. Instead of seeking empathy with ‘helpless victims’, it has a challenging approach designed to produce responsibility in others. It is more likely to create intimate relationships, rather than dependent relationships.
In sum, the well-differentiated leader modifies the relationships by which he or she is surrounded ‘through its presence rather than its forcefulness’ (232). Our full appreciation of this fact entails a conceptual leap from action-oriented understandings of leadership to presence-oriented understandings. Friedman compares the well-differentiated leader to a step-down transformer which functions to decrease anxiety levels ‘in such a way that you let the current go through you without zapping you or fusing you to the rest of the circuit.’
This is not a matter of “breaking a circuit”; it requires staying in touch without getting “zapped.” Anyone can remain non-anxious if they also try to be non-present. The trick is to be both non-anxious and present simultaneously. (233)
Leadership is not an easy task. It can involve the pain of isolation, of the losing of friends, and of suffering personal attacks.
Friedman’s Own Experience
Friedman relates all of this to his personal experience as a patient facing surgery. He observes the way in which he had to manage information, and the fact that information and expertise ‘does not take the place of making decisions’ (239). Important as being informed is, it should not be overrated.
Experts are also often unclear in their communication of the exact character of the information that they have: is it a fact, a hypothesis, or a finding based merely on one particular research method? Are prognoses based upon on a person’s condition, or on statistical averages, without full account being taken of a person’s capacity for self-differentiating response?
There comes a point where you have to decide that you have enough information, and you need to be decisive. Friedman’s approach was to stop when the same question asked to various experts on several occasions produced no new information. He approached the physicians as if they were his cabinet and he was the president. The cabinet members have far more specialized knowledge and the president needs to consult them, but ultimately the president is the one elected to be responsibility for the territory (241).
He also points to the importance of physicians’ own relational networks with him and with each other. When physicians fail their patients there is frequently some relational problem in some other area of their lives.
Managing anxiety and managing one’s own self overlap. It is important to keep our presence ‘loose’, so that we can be present in triangles, without getting locked into them. As Friedman observed earlier in the book, reactive societies take everything in deathly seriousness. Injecting light humour into situations is an important way in which things can be kept loose.
He articulates a number of principles that are important in times of crisis. We must keep up our functioning, refusing to ‘let crisis become the axis around which your world revolves’ (245). We need a wide support system, to stay focused on long-term goals, to practice means of calming, and to listen to our bodies. We need to be attentive to triangles and keep everything loose with humour. We also need to recognize the possibility that the crisis may have been occasioned by our own prior forms of functioning, and seek to address and change these.
In crisis situations, leaders must maintain a balance between different poles of behaviour (e.g. leaning on others/staying accountable, getting information/being decisive, appreciating loneliness/not cutting off), going different ways as the situation demands, but without ‘triggering a counterbalancing reaction’ (246).
Crisis can also result in a manner that is ‘precipitated by the leader’s own leadership’. Such a crisis ‘is not due to failure or incompetence but to his or her success at self-differentiation.’ Self-differentiation triggers reactivity, and the way that leaders respond to this is a ‘make or break’ moment, ‘part and parcel of the leadership process itself’ (247).
‘Self-differentiation always triggers sabotage.’ It is in the face of sabotage that leaders are tempted to unwork their differentiation and adapt to the dysfunctionality of the system again. Sabotage is unavoidable in the process of effective leadership. ‘It is only after having first brought about a change and then subsequently endured the resultant sabotage that the leader can feel truly successful.’
The Presence of the Past
While most approaches to understanding relationship appreciate the importance of the past, most think of the past’s relationship to the presence as akin to the collision of billiard balls, and only focus on the impact of the immediately previous generation. Friedman argues that ‘the nature of connections in the present can have more to do with what has been transmitted successively for many generations than with the logic of their contemporary relationship’ (249). In seeking to change the way that a family, organization, or institution operates, structural changes alone will prove insufficient, unless they are ‘accompanied by changes in an institution’s multigenerational emotional processes.’
Friedman gives the example of churches that have the reputation for being ‘pills’ and others that have the reputation for being ‘plums’. While ‘plums’ often only have only ‘three or four clergy in a century … pills spit them out after a few years’ (250). ‘Pills’ can make new leaders look very ineffective, while ‘plums’ can make them appear highly effective, as they benefit from the ‘effective functioning of the congregation’ (251). Without well-differentiated leadership the character of such institutions will not change, generation after generation. The leader who understands this can be effective in situations where others may not be.
First, it would be interesting to explore the relationship between emotional triangles and church unity (and further to relate this to Girardian scapegoat mechanisms). How often does the unity of churches depend upon ‘triangling’, which channels the stress of the system onto particular persons (e.g. pastors, older faithful members, especially single people who lack a partner to help them in their differentiation)? Alternatively, how often is church unity achieved through the systematic exclusion or isolation of certain parties? When church unity breaks down, it can be worth exploring whether it was previously held together by such a perverse triangling unity, which has since been rendered inoperative.
Second, it seems to me that the relationship between sin and triangles could prove an immensely important and fruitful matter for study. If what Friedman has said about triangles is correct, then a direct attack upon the sins in our lives may prove ineffective. In fact, it may even strengthen them. Even if it does prove effective in eradicating a particular area of sin, problems are likely to emerge elsewhere. Sins are symptoms of broader relationship dysfunction (something which should equip us in understanding the concept of systemic evil). In order to tackle sin effectively, our focus should not really be on tackling sin directly, but on dealing with the dysfunctional relationships that it symptomizes.
Theologically, it might help to illuminate the problem of the Law, which can lead to us being in a perverse triangle with our sin and the Law. The more that we will to change, the more ineffective we can be. It is only through the work of Christ, who enters into this triangle and reconfigures it, and our relationship with sin and the Law, that sin no longer holds us in bondage. Christ enables us to self-differentiate from our sin and through free forgiveness heals the broken relationships that produce the anxiety that fuels our sin. I don’t know, perhaps there is something worth exploring here.
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Penguins, like all other birds, lay eggs and have to incubate their eggs for a certain period of time before they hatch.
Penguins are sexual in nature i.e they require the transfer of sperm from the male to the female to produce fertilized eggs.
Male penguins do not lay eggs, they mate with the female who then lays one or two eggs which later hatches into a chick.
Although male penguins might not be able to lay eggs, they are one of the best fathers on the planet.
We will delve into the world of penguin reproduction, how the males share in the parenting duties and how penguins care for their eggs generally.
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Do Penguins Lay Eggs?
Penguins like other birds lay eggs after mating.
The process of egg laying starts during the breeding season when the female has to get a good fat male who will watch and warm the egg while she is away to see foraging.
After selecting a male, the pair gets bonded.
They then go ahead to mate: to successfully mate, the female lies down on the ground, while the male climbs on her back and walks backward till their cloacas align.
This way, sperm is transferred and egg laying can begin.
There are about 18 species of penguins all over the world, the emperor and king species only lay one egg at a time while other species can lay two eggs at a time.
Related: Here is an article I wrote on can penguins see in the dark
Can Male Penguins Lay Eggs?
There has been no record of a male penguin laying eggs. The males have to mate with the females and transfer sperm for reproduction to occur.
The females predominantly lay the eggs, however both parents share incubating duties and the care of the child.
Male penguins are usually less in number than the females so the females have to compete for the males while also trying to get the best male who will make a good dad for her chicks.
Do Male Penguins Carry Eggs?
Male penguins carry and warm eggs when it is laid up until the period the chick hatches.
Most penguin species with the exception of the emperor penguin share incubation duties amongst both parents.
They take turns warming the egg while the other goes out to feed and forage.
The males take the first turn after the female lays the egg and they warm the egg by carefully balancing it on their feet and covering them with their brood pouch.
This serves to protect the egg from the harsh weather conditions giving the right temperature for the egg to mature and hatch.
For emperor penguins however, once the female lays the egg, she transfers the egg to the male and goes out to sea for the duration of the incubation period.
The male remains within the colony sharing heat with his fellow soon-would-be-daddies and relying on his fat reserves to keep the egg safe till the return of the mother.
This species more than others looks out for fat males as the male has to go fasting throughout the incubation period which can last as long as 2 to 3 months.
They can lose up to 45% or more of their body weight during the incubation period.
Can Penguins Lay Eggs Without Mating?
A penguin female requires a mating ritual to be able to lay a fertilized egg. Mating and pair bonding is very important in the penguin life cycle.
Both parents are required for the periods of incubation and care of the hatched chick.
For most species, the parents share the incubation duties with each taking turns to watch the egg and going out to feed.
On the other hand, the emperor penguin species eggs are incubated entirely by the father while the female goes out to see.
Penguin reproduction is sexual in nature, however there have been reports where a female laid an egg without mating occurring..
The eggs even though they were incubated by the parents did not develop to produce hatchlings.
They were most often abandoned by their parents or got spoiled.
Also check out this article I wrote on can penguins move their eyes
What Happens If A Male Penguin Drops The Egg?
For the emperor penguin species who lay eggs during the winter season, dropping an egg can be extremely dire for the egg.
Once the egg is laid, the mother transfers it to the feet of the father, who balances it carefully while also covering it to keep it warm.
During the transfer of eggs, it is possible for the couple to accidentally drop the egg if they are not careful.
Also, if for one reason or the other the father drops the egg it could be a problem.
Emperor penguins nest on ice and apart from the fall damaging the egg shell, the ice will quickly freeze the egg and any hope of hatching the egg is lost.
Males who also cannot endure their fast are known to abandon the egg and walk away. This can happen when hunger overcomes their paternal instincts.
Why Do Male Penguins Look After The Eggs?
For almost all species of penguins, the father and the mother incubate the egg.
One parent stays with the egg while the other goes out to feed and they take turns alternating that way till the egg is hatched.
For emperor penguins however, it is solely the responsibility of the father to incubate and look after the baby once the mother has laid the egg.
The reason for this is quite simple, male penguins have stored reserves of fat and that is why during the mating period, the females look out for the fat guys.
The father is expected to keep the egg warm and safe in the arctic winter where temperatures drop as low as -40 degrees Celsius.
The father relies on his stored reserves of fat to get him through 2 to 3 months until the mother returns, he has to be on a fast and will huddle with his fellow male penguins to keep warm throughout the cold winter.
How Do Penguins Take Care Of Their Eggs?
Some penguin species build nests or return to their previous nests once it’s breeding season.
The Gentoo penguin for example builds nests called scrapes which involves a simple structure of rocks lined through with feathers and vegetation.
The Temperate and Little penguins make burrows in the soil while other species can make their nests under scrubs, in caves or in rock crevices.
These nest structures are ways to keep their eggs safe and warm.
The Emperor and King penguins do not build nests but keep their eggs warm and safe from the elements but balancing it on the males feet and covering it with feathers called the brood pouch.
They form rookeries where the males all stay huddled to remain warm throughout the cold winter.
Once the eggs are laid, both parents take turns incubating it while the other goes out to feed.
This goes on till the egg is hatched and the parents continue to care for it till it becomes a full fledged juvenile.
How Many Eggs Do Penguins Lay?
Most species of penguins with the exception of the king and emperor penguins lay two eggs at once.
The Adelie penguin, Chinstrap penguin, Rockhoppers and Little blue penguin are all examples of penguin species that lay two eggs at once.
The Emperor and King penguins however only lay one egg at a time and this is due to their peculiar and similar nesting habits.
For the emperor penguin, they breed during the harsh winters of the Antarctic region.
They do not build nests but form colonies with thousands of males balancing eggs on their feet and huddling together to stay warm.
It is a big job to look after one egg, and as such they only produce one at a time.
The King penguins also breed during the winter while the males take care of the eggs by warming it on their feet.
Penguins lay fertilized eggs which hatch into chicks after a period of incubation.
Male penguins do not lay eggs however they share in the incubation and chick raising process.
For the Emperor and King penguins, it is the sole responsibility of the father to care for the egg once the mother lays the egg.
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I have always been interested in money, not from the standpoint of what it can buy or how we can use it to invest, but from the standpoint of psychology. Money is the ultimate confidence game. The dollar is not backed by anything today. It is worth what it will buy, and we are confident in it as long as we think others are confident in it.
The chart to the right shows the number of dollar bills in circulation and the total value of those bills. I apologize that the chart is a bit dated, from 2016. The total value of bills in circulation today is $2.2 trillion, up from $1.4 trillion in 2016. And the number of $100 bills is now much greater than the number of one-dollar bills. Back in 2016, they were about equal. The dollar is the world’s #1 currency, and it is estimated that 70% of the value of all dollars are held outside the U.S. It is also estimated that most of the $100 bills are offshore. I rarely see a $100 bill used here, but outside the country it is much more common to see it in transactions.
The use of currency in general is in gradual decline today. Sweden is the extreme case. Many banks no longer have cash on site. Everyone uses plastic or cellphone apps. The same goes for China where two private apps, Alibaba (Alipay) and Tencent (Tenpay), use cellphone QR codes linked to funds on deposit to make payments.
Here in the U.S. many older people prefer using cash, but overall only 18% of Americans now favor paying in cash versus 27% in 2016. New York State was concerned enough recently to legislate that retail establishments had to accept cash in addition to plastic, or face a fine.
Other traditional transaction methods are also in decline. Checks seem to be the dinosaur of finance today. Who even knows what the numbers at the bottom of a check mean? (Hint: the 9-digit number bottom left is the bank routing number; the next number is your account number. You’re welcome).
So, what is next for money? Some think it might be crypto, which is not corrupted by government control and is protected by blockchain. But after 15 years, crypto has still not proven itself as a medium of exchange (i.e., where can you use it?), and it certainly is not a store of value. It can bounce up or down 50% in just a few months.
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Many workers are exposed to hazardous substances or conditions that cause serious illnesses. For example, firefighters can develop a rare form of cancer known as mesothelioma as a result of prolonged exposure to asbestos.
Sadly, many occupational diseases are fatal. If your loved one’s death was caused by an occupational disease, it’s important to understand your right to workers’ compensation death benefits.
Who Can Receive Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits?
If a worker dies as a result of an occupational disease, his surviving spouse and children are eligible for workers’ compensation death benefits.
Which Employer is Liable For A Fatal Occupational Disease?
Surviving family members cannot file a workers’ compensation claim until they determine which of the victim’s employers is liable for the fatal occupational disease. To determine liability, you must figure out when the victim was last exposed to the hazard that caused his occupational disease. The victim’s employer on this date of the last exposure—along with the company that provided the employer with insurance on this date—is liable.
How Death Benefits For Occupational Diseases Are Calculated
The liable employer must compensate the surviving family members for up to $10,000 in funeral expenses. If there is a surviving spouse but no children, the spouse will receive a lump sum payment of $100,000. In addition, the spouse will receive weekly payments that equal the lesser of either 70% of the victim’s average weekly wage or 70% of the state’s average weekly wage.
The victim’s children are entitled to death benefits as well. Each child is entitled to a lump sum payment of $25,000. If there is a surviving spouse and children, the children are also entitled to weekly payments that equal the lesser of 15% of the victim’s average weekly wage or 15% of the state’s average weekly wage. However, if there is no surviving spouse, the children’s weekly payment increases to 50% of the victim’s average weekly wage or the state’s average weekly wage.
The rules are different if there is a surviving spouse and more than two children. In this case, each of the victim’s children will receive an equal share of a $50,000 lump sum payment. Each of these children will also receive weekly payments equal to 30% of the victim’s average weekly wage.
These benefits cannot make up for the loss of your loved one, but they can ensure you are financially secure in the event your loved one’s death is caused by an occupational disease.
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A large number of Australians are now in trades, the fastest rate since the start of the pandemic. A record number of students are also attending universities, but experts believe more must be done to boost skills training possibilities that are focused on the future of employment.
The number of young Australians enrolled in university has increased to nearly 50%, the highest cohort on record, according to industry and researchers, who claim that a growing preference for higher education is diverting talented young people away from emerging industries that can be accessed through vocational education and training.
It is their opinion that, in the face of a national skills shortage, the government should do more to promote options in vocational education and training that are tailored towards developing industries.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, more people have rushed into higher education, with Productivity Commission data revealing that 47.8 per cent of those under the age of 25 are currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree programme. A recent analysis of financial results has revealed that many students would benefit from pursuing vocations rather than simply going to school for a degree.
Young Australians with low ATARs who choose to go to university are expected to earn less during their lifetimes, according to a Grattan Institute study that looked at historical incomes and education records.
An urgent need for skilled labour has arisen in the wake of the pandemic, which has been compounded by two years of border closures and the exodus of foreigners.
According to analysts, the increase in vocational training is insufficient to fulfil the demands of the future of employment….
‘Industry 4.0,’ according to Peter Nolan, chief executive of industry training organisation PEER, represents a growing realisation that the future generation of employment, which he refers to as “Industry 4.0,” offers a plethora of new prospects outside of university qualifications.
According to Nolan, “There is a big portion of the fascinating difficulties with automation and artificial intelligence that require tradespeople to design, operate, and maintain the technology that delivers automation and advancements in robotics.”
Similar to Hurley, Peter Hurley, a higher education researcher from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University, believes that policymakers must develop better vocational education and training (VET) courses to provide young people with more options outside of traditional apprenticeships and university education.
The minister noted that while record numbers of young people are attending university and completing apprenticeships, “there is a need for more high-quality options,” pointing to jobs in business, hospitality and elderly care, as well as in childcare and childcare assistant.
Industry leaders have been reporting for years that private upskilling programmes have gained popularity in the tech sector, which has also struggled to find talent in a limited local pool. This has been attributed to a lack of government-funded training programmes geared specifically towards the sector, they say.
In an interview with Business Insider Australia, Lambros Photios, the founder of Sydney-based software development Station Five, stated that many major corporations are losing out as a result of their fixation on hiring university-trained employees.
With their existing operating methods, universities are unable to generate courses quickly enough, he claims, because the time required for them to create a course would already render the technology obsolete.
Vocational training should be promoted.
Vocational education and training enrolled 3.9 million people last year, according to data from the National Center for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).
Some 2.4 million of those were enrolled in short courses like first aid and construction safety rather than in extensive vocational training.
Furthermore, while national numbers show an uptick in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in trades being taken up and completed in the June quarter of 2021, this was not enough to make up for significant declines in recent years.
Despite an increase in training and completion statistics between the June 2020 quarter and June 2021 quarter, Labor leader Chris Minns stated that fewer students were completing training in NSW.
In the previous year, “the fall has hit across all sectors with a 12 per cent decrease in building trades workers, an 18.9 per cent decrease in food trades workers, and a 20.2 per cent decrease in skilled animal and horticultural workers,” Minns explained.
However, Alister Henskens, the NSW Minister for Skills and Training, has stated that the state’s free apprenticeships and traineeships have resulted in 40 per cent more students starting an apprenticeship or traineeship in 2021 than in 2019 before the epidemic started.
Federal Skills Minister Stuart Robert said the soaring numbers were confirmation that government programmes like as JobTrainer, as well as a $2.7 billion boost to apprenticeship start-ups, were successful in getting young people into jobs and keeping them there.
In the first half of 2022, there will be nearly half a million job-ready Australians who will be skilling up or upgrading their skills, thanks to more than 270,000 JobTrainer enrolments and the biggest number of trade apprentices ever enrolled, according to Robert.
These gains in the apprenticeship pipeline, on the other hand, may not be sufficient.
Several huge infrastructure projects currently under construction around the country, according to a newly released analysis by Infrastructure Australia, will see their investment more than quadruple over the next three years.
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Recent events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have shown how small airports (general aviation (GA), non-hub, and small-hub commercial service), which have limited resources and expertise, are often ill-prepared to address airport disruptions. Airport disruptions are situations that impact staffing, financial and information technology (IT) resources, infrastructure, facilities, and supply chain shortages.
Specifically, these airports have challenges with effective coordination and integration of contingency planning (operational and business continuity, emergency response, financial sustainability and resiliency). Research is needed to help small airports benefit by integrating all aspects of contingency planning to sustain operations and build resiliency.
The objective of this research is to develop guidance to assist small airports to effectively integrate plans for operational and business continuity, emergency response, financial sustainability, and resiliency to respond to airport disruptions.
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A sampling of case studies at a variety of relevant types and sizes of small airports and other industry entities (e.g., rail, highways, ports, utilities) that reflect best practices of integration;
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Flexibility for integration with respect to event complexity, airport size, and its resources (internal and external); and
A process for conducting a cost benefit analysis of integration.
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The Second Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS.
Encouragement against trouble. AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 ¶ Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and sal
7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
11 You also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
12 ¶ For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward,
13 For we write none other things unto you than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also
Paul excuseth his
not coming to them: are ours in the day of the Lord | are helpers of your joy: for by Jesus. faith ye stand.
15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto yoụ before, that ye might have a second benefit;
16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea.
17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use light-you, lest, when I came, I should ness? or the things that I pur- have sorrow from them of whom pose, do I purpose according to I ought to rejoice; having confithe flesh, that with me there dence in you all, that my joy is should be yea, yea, and nay, the joy of you all. nay?
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that, to spare you, I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Paul's preaching and success. UT I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
3 And I wrote this same unto
24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but
6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with over much sorrow.
8 Wherefore I beseech you that would confirm your ye love towards him.
9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
The success of his labours
in the gospel ministry. 10 To whom ye forgive any | letters of commendation from thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing, as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away;
8 How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11 For if that which is done
Of the gospel ministration. 2 CORINTHIANS,
The Apostle's integrity;
away was glorious, much more | man's conscience in the sight of that which remaineth is glorious. 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
Paul's comfort in distress.
Thave this ministry, as we body.
have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every
11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 We having the same spirit
and comfortable assurance of a blessed immortality. of faith, according as it is writ- | tabernacle do groan, being burten, I believed, and therefore dened: not for that we would have I spoken; we also believe, be unclothed, but clothed upon, and therefore speak; that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
5. Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God.
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. CHAP. V.
Paul's hope of immortal glory. OR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
10 For we must all appear before the judgement-seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God, and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
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ALA’s Culture of Experiential Education
In 1989, our founder Richard (Rocky) Kimball was the recipient of the Kurt Hahn award which is given to a person who has contributed to the development and advancement of experiential education. ALA recognized very early on that leveraging experiential education was at the core of great development, but it was not yet being widely used in the corporate development world. The people who best understood the experiential learning principles were from places like Outward Bound and outdoor leadership programs. These teachers had a gift for using experiences to create learner-centered environments in which the participant was at the center of their own learning. Most of these teachers, because of their profession, were fit, enthusiastic, adventurous people. The culture of ALA was born from that adventurous outdoor spirit with the core appreciation that experiences are the richest environments for learning.
Today the ‘work hard, play hard’ culture of ALA is a bedrock of our existence. This culture is what feeds the needs to keep our body and brains in motion. We use these ‘play hard’ experiences as a way to develop and grow new experiences for our clients. That culture makes us unique to many of our clients and often we are seen as having a different perspective on learning. We bring the spirit of what can be learned in an inspiring outdoor environment into any program we deliver; whether it’s inside or outside. | <urn:uuid:f2217712-bd76-4495-929e-f642fb5bd1f2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://actionlearning.com/about-us/ala-culture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.978682 | 295 | 1.914063 | 2 |
For 150 years, ‘Home’ has been where you sing this song
Brewster Higley is an enigma.
When he arrived in Kansas in 1871 he was already 50, so life on the frontier must have been a special challenge. Higley was a doctor, what today we would call an ear, nose and throat specialist. But in rural, remote Smith County, near the geographic center of the contiguous United States near the Nebraska line, he was a simple country doctor. He amputated limbs with a handsaw, fought typhoid fever, dressed gunshot wounds.
And he wrote the lyrics to what would become the unofficial American cowboy anthem. One hundred and fifty years later, the first line of Higley’s poem-turned-song is instantly recognizable:
“Oh, give me a home…”
As a kid growing up in Kansas, I didn’t think much about the song. It was just always there, part of a collective soundtrack played live at school recitals and emanating from the AM radio on the kitchen table. “Home” was in my old Mel Bay guitar book, but I skipped it, looking instead for the power chords I hoped (unsuccessfully) would make me cool. But over the past few months I’ve revisited the song and been struck by how each generation has appropriated the old melody.
“Home on the Range” became Kansas’ official song in 1947, but it was hugely popular before that. It has been covered by artists from bing crosby (1933) to progressive rock band Kansas (2016). A campfire favorite, it’s relatively Easy to learn, and you can hear him play just about any old-school acoustic guitar gathering. It has also been a lightning rod for plagiarism allegations. Various states have claimed the song as their own, including Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
There is little doubt now that Higley was the author.
What’s less certain is what motivated him to come to Kansas in the first place.
“Dr. Brewster Higley was an eccentric character,” wrote his friend, publisher W.H. Nelson, in a 1914 edition of the Smith County Pioneer. Nelson recalled Higley, an amateur poet, as “gross and crude in appearance, but with a heart filled with poetry and compassion for suffering humanity”.
Back in Indiana, Higley left a life marked mostly by her misfortune. Those who knew him there have told historians in the decades to come of his family’s poverty, his marriages, his losing battle with the bottle. He had good reason to be a troubled and lonely man. His first three wives died, according to CM Cooper in the Great Plains Quarterly. When he married a fourth wife, Mercy Ann McPherson, a widow with a young son, the union apparently proved so unpleasant (perhaps for both parties) that he sent his two children to live with relatives in Illinois and left, secretly, for Kansas. . For years, according to Cooper, no one in Indiana knew where Higley had gone.
Higley took with him a borrowed revolver and the ambition, apparently, to start a new life by settling in Kansas. After spending the first year at a boarding house, he staked out a claim on Beaver Creek in Smith County and built a one-piece dugout. It was there, in 1872, that he wrote the poem that begins with the line “Oh, give me a house where the bison roam”. The poem was published in the Smith County Pioneer a year later.
Then Higley forgot about the poem for about a year until a friend found it hidden in one of the doctor’s books. The friend urged Higley to set the poem to music, and Smith County neighbor Dan Kelley, a musician and Civil War veteran, offered the melody that would be recognizable to us today. Kelley performed the song with local band Harlan Brothers, and a chorus was added that mentioned clear skies and no discouraging words. From there, the song takes flight on cattle trails, passing from singer to singer, performed in somewhat different versions.
There have been several fanciful accounts of how Higley came to write the song, including a dubious 1947 biography by Margaret Nelson which purports to show his thought process as he wrote every line. One of the most common stories is that Higley was waiting for a deer to wander by his cabin so he could shoot it for supper (presumably not with the borrowed gun) when, tired of waiting, he started writing on what he had observed in his cabin. gate. But Cooper, who wrote the article in the Great Plains Quarterly, treats such stories with suspicion; it is unlikely that Higley wrote of things he saw from the dugout, since by 1872 there were probably no bison left in Smith County. Similarly, antelopes or swans glide along Beaver Creek.
“The landscape that Higley has created in his poem,” Cooper believes, “is an ideal conglomeration of benevolent forces, a perfect and peaceful ‘garden of the West’. ”
Perhaps this is the purpose of “Home on the Range”, a desire to live in a pleasant and peaceful place where animals play and are not needed for dinner. Higley was certainly looking for a home, and perhaps he found it in the three or so years he lived in the dugout and cabin he later built.
Decades later, the song was a staple of radio’s golden age. After Franklin Delano Roosevelt told reporters that “Home on the Range” was his favorite song, it became the most popular song on the air. Most performers thought it was a traditional folk tune and in the public domain. But in 1934, the stations stopped playing the song because an Arizona couple, William and Mary Goodwin, sued NBC for $500,000 for copyright infringement. They were the authors, they claimed, and had published scores, under the name “My Arizona Home”, in 1905.
A New York lawyer, Samuel Moanfeldt, was hired by NBC to uncover the truth, and the lead led him to Smith County and the version published in the Pioneer in 1873. Although the edition of the newspaper which carried originally the poem was lost, publisher Nelson republished the poem in 1914. More importantly, another local newspaper, the Kirwin Chief, had reprinted the poem in 1876, and those copies were available.
This settled the Goodwins’ case, but it didn’t stop many others over the years from claiming to have written the song. And while the preponderance of evidence weighs heavily in favor of Higley, folklorist John A. Lomax Sr. had doubts, because he had a letter from a Texan claiming to have known the song as early as 1867. Lomax, who had first heard the song from a black saloon keeper and former cowboy, had published the song in 1910 in his anthology, “Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads.
So what’s in the song that’s kept it going for 150 years?
For El Dean Holthus, that’s an easy answer.
“I dare you to close your eyes and sing the chorus and not think about your house,” he told me.
Holthus, the spokesman for the Beach House Cabin, has given similar quotes to other journalists, but he delivers the line with such sincerity that you believe him every time. And there’s truth in what Holthus, an 89-year-old who has lived his entire life in Smith County except for his college and military stints, has to say. We all long for home. It’s ingrained in us, as it was in Higley.
“Why was ‘Home on the Range’ recorded by artists ranging from Vernon Dalhart in 1927 to Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Lisa Loeb, Mitch Miller, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, virtually every cowboy movie star? singing boy who’s ever strummed a guitar and the rock band Kansas? Because while it may be Kansas’ official song,” Boggs said, “its appeal is universal.”
The song offers us an idyllic world without storms or pollution, according to Boggs, where everyone gets along, even the animals.
“Alas, you won’t find that anywhere today,” he told me. “You probably couldn’t find it often in the late 1800s – but wouldn’t it be great if we could look at these stars and wonder if ‘their glory exceeds ours’?”
My friend Jim Hoy, who wrote about Flint Hills Cowboys and just about anything else you could think of, Kansan talks about “Home on the Range” in a forthcoming book. He showed me a chapter of the manuscript in which he jokingly says he’s sorry for the other states that don’t have such good songs.
“We can lay claim to the most melodious, poetic, and well-known official state song in the entire country,” Hoy wrote. He admits a bit of hyperbole there and says he really doesn’t know any other state song except maybe “Oklahoma!”
A documentary about “Home on the Range”, directed by Ken Spurgeon and starring Buck Taylor, was released in 2017. Filmed entirely in Kansas, it won a 2018 Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Museum in Oklahoma City . It was produced with the financial support of the Peoples Heartland Foundation, a non-profit organization that operates the Home on the Range Cabin site.
The cabin, which was in poor condition and being used as a chicken coop when author Homer Croy visited it in the early 1940s, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was restored in 2013. Although owned private, it is open to daily visits “from day to dark”, according to the website.
Holthus, the cabin’s spokesperson, said there was something special about the site.
“You can come and sing the song where it was written,” he said.
Higley would never know how popular the lyrics he wrote along Beaver Creek would become. Those who knew him said he never thought much about the song and liked another song he wrote better. But, there would be at least some measure of happiness for the solitary doctor with a troubled past.
In 1875 Higley married his fifth and last wife, Sarah Clemons.
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“The Damascus Road”
By Dennis Lee
Today we’ll be looking at the last road in our series, “A Journey to and from Easter.” And while each road may lead in different directions, they all have the same destination, Jesus Christ.
The same is true with this last road and the man who found himself traveling upon it. His name was Saul of Tarsus, and the road was the one leading to Damascus.
Saul was born a Jew, grew up as a Pharisee, but held Roman citizenship. And like the other religious leaders he probably expected that the enthusiasm and teachings that marked Jesus’ followers would soon die out with Jesus’ death.
But that didn’t happen, instead the believers’ enthusiasm grew, along with their numbers, and so Saul began persecuting Christians. It was at the stoning death of Stephen that we first see Saul as he held the garments of those throwing the stones.
Saul of Tarsus was a man full of vinegar, that is, full of hatred and bitterness. He was a man on a mission; but not a mission from God, nor a mission of mercy, rather it was a mission of punishment and pain.
He was on a mission to confront and get rid of all who followed Jesus, those that he described as belonging to “the Way.” In the Hebrew this means a person’s walk or manner of life. In other words, Christians, those of “The Way,” stood out in a crowd, or in whatever situation they found themselves in.
These first followers of Jesus walked the talk; they lived as Jesus would have. These first followers of Jesus Christ stood out. So it really wasn’t hard for Saul to find them. They literally left a trail of new believers in their wake.
Little did Saul know, however, that while on this road to Damascus he wouldn’t confront the followers of Jesus, rather Jesus would confront him.
And although he was not willing to change, he would be changed in ways greater then he could ever possibly imagine, and that he wouldn’t challenge the beliefs of Christians, but rather have his own beliefs challenged.
So this Damascus road is a road of confrontation, change, and challenge.
Today there are many who are walking down a similar road, a road that leads to destruction, a road of drug and alcohol addiction, crime, hatred, bitterness, greed, lust, and sexual immorality.
In the same way He confronted Saul, Jesus wants to confront us with the light of His truth, His presence, and His desire is for us to quit kicking against the leadings of the Holy Spirit and come into the fullness of His light and presence.
What have you been fighting God about? What has the Lord been saying to you that you’ve been turning a deaf ear too and hardening your heart about?
We have all done some really stupid things in this life, but God still extends to us His grace and mercy. In fact, God’s grace and mercy are new to us each and every morning.
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Wisconsin Senate approves plan to punish cities, counties that defund police
The proposal imposes a dollar-for-dollar cut in state aid for every dollar that local governments take away from law enforcement.
Cities, towns, and counties in Wisconsin that take money away from their police departments would get less money from the state under a new plan headed out of the state Senate.
Lawmakers OK'd the plan, Senate Bill 119, on a party-line vote, 20-12.
The proposal imposes a dollar-for-dollar cut in state aid for every dollar that local governments take away from law enforcement. Any money that is withheld by the state would then be reinvested into cities, towns, and counties that spend more on their police departments.
Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) is the plan's author. He said the message is simple: Local governments that defund the police will pay a price.
"Government's responsibility is to protect the people that live in our communities and in this state," Wanggaard said during Wednesday's debate. "When you can't walk out your front door and walk in your neighborhood without being armed, for fear of being mugged, carjacked, raped or whatever, that to me is not living."
Democrats in the Senate said the plan is pure politics.
Sen. Janet Bewley (D-Madison) said Republicans are looking to punish Milwaukee and other poorer, big cities in the state.
"The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer," Bewley said on the Senate floor Wednesday. "The communities that can't afford to keep their police are going to lose money. And it's going to be redistributed, probably to communities where Republicans have constituents."
Bewley said cities and towns shouldn't worry about losing money, because she said Gov. Tony Evers is certain to veto the proposal.
Wanggaard said that's a choice the governor and Democratic lawmakers will have to make.
"Anybody who votes 'no' for this, that would like to cut more police officers from their community, that's a vote against public safety," Wanggaard added.
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punishments from causing them to fall into having prevailed with any of thoir nation, who apostacy.
had embraced Christianity to return to Judaism, This design is apparent, from the illustrious were not satisfied with their abusing it; they character he gives of the Lord Christ, to whom required them to utter blasphemies against the they had devoted themselves by embracing the person of Jesus, and against his mysteries, as Christian religion. He is not a mere man, not appears from the ancient forms of abjuration an ordinary prophet, not an angel; but the Lord which the learned have preserved. of men, and of angels. “For God,” says the All these considerations, and many more, of apostle at the commencement of this epistle, which the subject is susceptible, demonstrate, “who spake in time past unto the fathers by that the grand design of St. Paul, in his Epistle the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to the Hebrews, was to prevent apostacy, and unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed to prompt them to confess the truth amidst the heir of all things, by whom also he made the most cruel torments to which they might be worlds. Who being the brightness of his glory, exposed by the profession. This is the design and the express image of his person, and up- of my text. “Let us run with patience the race holding all things by the word of his power, that is set before us; that is, let neither persewhen he had by himself purged our sins, sat cutions the most severe, nor promises the most down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; specious, be able to induce you to deny Chris being made so much better than the angels, as tianity, nor any consideration deter you from he hath by inheritance obtained a more excel professing it. lent name than they. For unto which of the On this first design of the apostle, we shall angels, said he, at any time, Thou art my Son, merely conjure those, with whom there may this day have I begotten thee?" Heb. i. 1-5. remain some doubt as to the horrors of apos
This design is farther apparent, as the apos- tacy, and the necessity imposed on all Chris tle apprizes the Hebrews concerning the diffi- tians either to leave the places which prohibit culty, and even the impossibility of obtaining the profession of the truth, or endure the semercy after an abjuration accompanied with verest tortures for religion; we shall conjure certain aggravating circumstances, which time them seriously to reflect on what we advance; does not permit me here to enumerate. The not to content themselves with general notions; sense is asserted in these words: “It is impos- to compare the situation of those Hebrews with sible for those, who were once enlightened, and that in which some of the reformed Christians have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made are placed; to compare the abjurations required partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted of the first, with those required of the latter; the of the good word of God, and the powers of the punishments inflicted on the one, with those world to come, if they fall away to renew them inflicted on the other; and the directions St. again unto repentance,” Heb. vi. 4–6. To Paul gave the faithful of his own time, with "fall away,” here signifies, not the repetition those which are given to us. If, after sober and of a criminal habit we had hoped to reform, serious investigation, we still find casuists who (and who could expect salvation if this were the doubt the doctrine, by affirming, that those of meaning of the apostle?) but professing again our brethren, who still remain in France, ought the errors we had renounced on becoming Chris- to make their choice, between flight and martians, and abjuring Christianity itself.
tyrdom, we will add no more; feeling ourselves This design appears likewise, from the care unable to persuade men, with whom arguments the apostle takes to exalt the Christian econo- so strong are incapable of conviction. my above that of Moses: hence he infers, that Perhaps some of you think, that we insist too if the smallest offences, committed against the often on the same subjects. But we frankly Levitical economy, were punished with rigour, avow, that, so very far from thinking we preach there cannot be punishments too severe for too often, it seems to us we by no means rethose who shall have the baseness to abjure sume them sufficiently. We are also fully reChristianity. “If we sin wilfully after that we solved to insist upon them more powerfully than have received the knowledge of the truth, there we have ever done before. Yes! while we shall remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a cer- see the incendiaries of the Christian world, men, tain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery who under the name of the meek and lowly indignation which shall devour the adversa- Jesus cherish the most ambitious and barbarous ries,” Heb. X. 26, 27. The sin into which we sentiments, holding the reins of government in wilfully fall, does not mean those relapses, of so large a space of Europe, making drunk, if I which we spake just now, as the ancient fathers may use an expression in the Revelation, and believed: whose severity was much more calcu- an expression by no means hyperbolical, lated to precipitate a postates into the abyss king drunk the kings of the earth with the wine from which they wished to save them, than to of their fornication:” while we shall see edicts preserve them from it.
But to sin wilfully, in issued anew, which have so often made to blush this place signifies apostacy; this is the sense of every one who has a vestige of probity in the the words which immediately follow the pas community from which they proceed; while we sage. “He that despised Moses' law, died shall see fresh faggots kindled, new gibbets without mercy, under two or three witnesses; erected, additional galleys equipped against the of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, Protestants; while we see our unhappy brethren shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden invariably negligent to the present period in under foot the Son of God, and counted the which they promised to give glory to God, alblood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanc- leging, as an excuse, the severity of the persetified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite cution, and the fury of the persecutors; that unto the Spirit of grace?” Heb. x. 28, 29. The when peace shall be restored to the churches, whole is descriptive of apostacy. The Jews, I they will return to devotion; while we see
million of men bearing the Christian name, IV. We shall point to the different classes contenting themselves to live without temple, of persons who compose this congregation, the without public worship, without sacraments, various consequences they should draw from without hope of having on their death-beds the this doctrine, and the sentiments with which it aids of ministers of the living God to comfort should actuate their minds. them against that terrific period; while we shall I. We shall remove what is equivocal in see fathers and mothers, so very far from send the term perseverance, and in the expression, ing into the land of liberty the children, whom " let us run with patience the race that is set they have had the weakness to retain in the before us.” We may take the term in a double climates of oppression, have even the laxity, sense; or, to express myself more clearly, there shall I say, or the insanity to recall those who are two ways in which we may consider the have had courage to fly; while we shall see ex- course Jesus Christ prescribed to his disciples. iles looking back with regret to the onions of We will call the first, losing the habit of Chris Egypt, envying the condition of those who tianity; and the second, doing actions incomhave sacrificed the dictates of conscience to patible with its design. By the habit of Chris fortune: while we shall see those lamentable tianity, we mean that disposition of a believer, objects, we will still enforce the doctrine of St. in consequence of which, notwithstanding the Paul in the epistle whence we have selected weakness he may feel in virtue;—the defects the text. We will still enforce the expressions with which he may have cause to reproach of the apostle, and in the sense already given. himself;—and the daily warfare between the “Take heed, lest there be in any of you an flesh and the Spirit, or even some victories evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the which the flesh may obtain over the mind;living God. It is impossible for those who all things considered, he gives God the preferwere once enlightened, and have tasted of the ence to the world and the flesh; and has a heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the consciousness in his own breast, that divine Holy Ghost, and have tasted of the good word love prevails in his heart over every other of God, and the powers of the world to come, love.-We may also turn aside from the course if they fall away, to renew them again to re- prescribed by Jesus Christ to his disciples, by pentance, seeing they crucify to themselves doing things incompatible with the design of afresh the Son of God, and put him to an open Christianity. It would discover a defective shame. Let us hold fast the profession of our knowledge of man to conclude, that he has lost faith without wavering; for if we sin wilfully a habit the moment he does any action conafter that we have received the knowledge of trary to it. One act of dissipation no more the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice constitutes a habit of dissipation, than a single for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of duty of piety constitutes the habit of piety; judgment, and fiery indignation which shall and we have no more reason for inferring, that, devour the adversaries. He that despised because a man has discovered one instance of Moses' law died without mercy under two or attachment to the world, he is really earthly. three witnesses; of how much sorer punish- minded, than we have to say, that, because a ment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, man has discharged a single duty of piety, he who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, is really a pious man. In what sense then, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, does the Holy Spirit exhort us to persevere? wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, Is he wishful to preserve us from doing any and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace.” | thing incompatible with the design of ChrisAnd in our text, “Seeing we also.”. To what tianity? Is he wishful to preserve us from do these words refer? To what the apostle losing the habit? had said a little before respecting the faithful, Doubtless, my brethren, his design is to prowho, for the sake of religion," had been stoned, serve us from doing any thing contrary to the had been sawn asunder, had been killed with object of Christianity; because it is by a repetithe sword:” after enumerating these, he adds, tion of this sort of actions that we lose what “Seeing we also are compassed about with so is called the habit of Christianity: That disgreat a cloud of witnesses, let us run with pa- position of mind, however, which induces a tience the race that is set before us.
Christian to fortify himself against every tempo 2. Enough having been said concerning the tation, is a mean rather to obtain the virtue first sense of the text which regards but few which our Scriptures called perseverance, than Christians, we shall proceed to the second; perseverance itself. When we say, according which concerns the whole body of Christians, to inspired men, that, in order to be saved, we who are still in a world which endeavours to must endure to the end, we do not mean, that detach them from the communion of Jesus we should never in the course of life have Christ. St. Paul exhorts them to “run with committed a single fault; but that, notwithpatience the race that is set before them;" that standing any fault we have committed, we is, to persevere in fellowship with him. Per- must be in the stato just mentioned; that, all severance is a Christian virtue. On this virtue things being considered, we give God the preshall turn the whole of our discourse, which ference over sensible objects, and feel divine shall be comprised under four classes of obser- love in our hearts predominant over every vations.
other love. Where indeed should we be, if I. We shall remove what is equivocal in the we could not be saved without undeviating term perseverance, or running the race. perseverance, without running with patience II. 'We shall enforce the necessity of perse- the race in the rigorous sense, I would say, so
as never to commit an action incompatible III. We shall remove certain systematical with the design of Christianity? Where should notions which excite confusion in this virtue. we be, were God to scrutinize our life with
rigour; if he waited only for the firet offence | his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. we commit, to plunge us into the abyss reserved When I say to the righteous, that he shall for the wicked? Where would be the Jobs, surely live: if he trust to his righteousness, and the Moseses, the Davids, and all those distin- commit iniquity, all his righteousness shall not guished offenders, whose memory the Holy be remembered; but for his iniquity that he Spirit has immortalized, to comfort us under hath committed he shall die," Ezek. iii. xviii. our falls: One of the greatest motives to com- xxxiii. 12, 13. Such is the morality of our ply with a law is the lenity of the legislator: I Scriptures. Such is the vocation of the faithwill cite on this subject a passage of Justin ful. It is not enough that we keep, for a few Martyr.* "How could Plato,” says he, "cen- years, the commandments of God; we must sure Homer for ascribing to the Gods placa- continue to keep them. It is not enough that bility by the oblation of victims. Those who we triumph for awhile over the old man, we have this hope, are the very persons who en- must triumph to the end; and if we have wandeavour to recover themselves by repentance dered by weakness for a season, we must steadand reformation: whereas, when they consider fastly return to piety and religion. the Deity as an inexorable being, they abandon 2. Consider on what principle the Scripture the reins to corrupt propensities, having no characters founded their assurance of salvation. expectation of effect from repentance." Was it on some speculative notions? On some
Distinguish then the virtue we enforce from confused systems. No: it has been on the one of the principal means of its acquisition. principle of persevering in the profession of If you ask me what is perseverance? I answer, their religion, and in the practice of virtue. I it is that disposition of mind which enables us, will adduce but one example, which seems to as I have more than once affirmed, and which me above all exception: it is he, who, of all the is still necessary to repeat; it is that disposi- sacred authors, has furnished us with the most tion of mind which enables us, all things con- conclusive arguments on the doctrine of assusidered, to give God the preference over every rance of salvation, and the inamissibility of sensible object, that divine love may predomni- grace; I would say, the example of St. Paul. nate in our heart over every other love. If | He never doubted but that he should always you ask me, what are the surest means of ac- persevere in piety, and in the profession of requiring that disposition? I say, it is to watch ligion. The love of God was so deeply rooted against every temptation to which you may be in the heart of this apostle, as to remove all exposed. I say, in order to preserve the habit scruple on that head. When, however, St. of Christianity, you must use your utmost en- Paul, by abstraction of mind, considered himdeavours never to do any thing incompatible self as having lost the disposition which we with its design.
shall call the habit of Christianity;-when he II. Having removed the ambiguity of the term considered himself as falling under the tempperseverance, we shall prove in the second arti- tations which exposed him to the flesh, to bell, cle that we cannot be saved without this virtue. and the world;—what did he expect consider
1. The passage we have explained is not ing his state in this point of view? What did solitary. It is a passage which coincides with he expect after the acquisition of so much knowmany other texts of Scripture. The truth, re- ledge; after preaching so many excellent sersulting from the sense here given, is not a truth mons; after writing so many excellent and substantiated solely by the text. It is an ex-catholic epistles; after working so many miraplanation which a great number of express cles; after achieving so many labours; after entexts establish beyond the possibility of doubt. countering so many dangers; after enduring so Weigh the following: “Let him that standeth many sufferings to exalt the glory of Christ; take heed lest he fall,” 1 Cor. x. 12. " Thou after setting so high an example to the church standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but What did he expect after all this? Paradise? fear: for if God spared not the natural branches, The crown of righteousness. No: he expected take heed lest he also spare not thee. Behold, hell and damnation. Did he expect that his therefore, the goodness and the sererity of God: past virtues would obtain the remission of his on them which fall severity; but towards thee present defects. No: he expected that his past goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: virtues would aggravato his present faults. "I otherwise thou also shalt be cut off,” Rom. xi. count not myself to have apprehended,” Phil. 20—22. “I have heard the voice of the words iii. 13. “But I keep under my body, and of this people, which they have spoken unto bring it into subjection, lest that by any means, thee: they have well said all that they have when I have preached unto others, I myself spoken. O that there were such a heart in should be a cast-away,” i Cor. ix. 27. In what them, that they would fear me, that it might situation did he place himself to lay hold of be well with them, and their children for ever,” | the crown of righteousness, and to obtain the Deut. v. 28, 29. “He that endureth unto the prize? He placed himself at the close of his end shall be saved,” Matt. x. 22. "Hold that course. It was at the termination of life, that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy this athletic man exclaimed, “I have fought a crown,” Rev. jji. 11. “Thou son of man, say good fight, I have finished my course, I have unto the children of thy people, the righteous- kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for ness of the righteous shall not deliver him in ine a crown of righteousness,” 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8. the day of his transgression: as for the wicked- 3. Consider what have been the sentiments ness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in of the most distinguished Scripture characters, the day that he turneth from his wickedness; when they recollect themselves in those awful neither shall the righteous be able to live for moments, in which, after they had so far of
fended against divine love as to suppose the * Ad Græcos exhort. p. 28. Ed. Colon. habit lost, or when their piety was so far eclipsed as to suppose it was vanished. Did the inamissibility of your faith, and sure pledges they oppose their past virtues to their present of your salvation. But, my brethren, was this faults." Hear those holy men: “O Lord, heal indeed the system of those saints of whom we me; for my bones are vexed: my soul is also have spoken They were not more convinced sore vexed," Ps. vi. 2. “Mine iniquities are of this principle, that a sincerely good man gone over my head, as a heavy burden: they cannot fall from grace, than of this which folare too heavy for me," Ps. xxxviii. “ I ac- lows: that a man who cannot fall from grace, knowledge my transgression, and my sin is cannot fall from piety. They have trembled ever before me," Ps. li. 3-11.
" Make me to
on doing an action contrary to piety; fearing hear joy and gladness, that the bones which lest the habit was lost. thou hast broken may rejoice. Cast me not 5. In a word, our last proof of the necesaway from thy presence; restore me unto the sity of perseverance is founded on the necessity joy of thy salvation. Will tủe Lord cast off of progressive religion. It is a proposition alfor ever? And will he be favourable no more? ready established on other occasions, that there Is his mercy clean gone for ever? Doth his is no precise point of virtue, at which we are promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgot allowed to stop. If a man should take for his ten to be gracious Hath he in anger shut up model one of the faithful, whose piety is least his tender mercies!" Ps. lxx. 8–10. What of all suspected: if a man should propose to ideas do these words excite in your minds? Is himself so fine a model, and there restrict his it the presumptuous confidence which some attainment, saying, I will go so far, and no men, unhappily called Christians, evince after farther: such a one would have mistaken nocommitting the foulest offences? Are these the tions of religion. The Christian model is Jesentiments merely of an individual, who by a sus Christ. Perfection is the sole object of a simple emotion of generosity and gratitude, re- Christian; and, the weaker be feels himself in proaches himself for having insulted his bene- its acquisition, the more should he redouble factor? Or are they sorrows arising in the soul his exertions to approach it. Every period of from the fears of being deprived of those fa- life has its task assigned. The duties of youth vours in future? Magnanimous sentiments, will not dispense with those of riper age; and doubtless are found in the characters of those the duties of riper age will not dispense with distinguished saints. A repentance, founded those of retiring life. “Be ye perfect as your solely on the fear of hell, can never obtain a Father who is in heaven is perfect,” Matt. v. pardon: it may do well enough for a disciple 48. This is the command of Jesus Christ. of Loyola; but not for a disciple of Jesus “ Be perfect,” 2 Cor. xiii. 11. This is the preChrist. It is respect for order; it is the love cept of St. Paul. What do you infer from this of God; it is sorrow for having offended a be- principle! If we are condemned for not having we sincerely love, which is the basis of true ing advanced, what shall we be for having repentance. It is fully apparent that the ex- backslidden? If we are condemned for not pressions you have heard, are the language of having carried virtuous attainments to a more à soul persuaded of this truth, that we cannot eminent degree, what shall we be for having deobtain salvation without persevering till death based them to a degree so far below the standard? in the habit of holiness, which it fears to have III. But a doctrine of our churches seems to lost. They are the language of a soul, which frustrate all our endeavours to prompt you to reproaches itself, not only for a deviation from perseverance, and to warn you that salvation order, but which fears, lest it should have for- is reserved solely for those who do persevere. feited its salvation.
It is this. We fully believe, that the most il4. Consider the absurdities, arising from the lastrious saints were guilty of offences, directopinion we attack. The commencement of a ly opposed to Christianity; but we profess to life,sincerely consecrated to the service of God, I believe, that it was impossible they should lose is a sufficient barrier against all the fears aris- the habit. We conceive indeed the propriety ing from crimes with which it may in the issue of exhorting them not to commit those faults be defiled. The children of God can never which it is impossible they should commit. fall from grace. And none but the children But why exhort them not to lose a habit which of God can be sincerely consecrated to him in they cannot lose? Where is the propriety of the early period of life. On this principle, I alarming them with a destruction on the brink will frame you a system of religion the most of which grace shall make them perfect? This relaxed, accommodating, and easy, even at is the difficulty we wish to solve, and this is the bar of corruption the most obstinate and the design of our third head. inveterate. Consecrate sincerely to God a sin- But I would indeed wish to illustrate the gle hour of life. Distinguish by some virtue subject without reviving the controversies it the sincerity of that carly period. Then write has excited. I would wish conformably to the with a pen of iron on a tablet of marble and views of a Christian (from which especially a brass, that, In such a day, and in such an gospel minister should never deviate.) to assohour, I had the marks of a true child of God. ciate as far as the subject will admit, peace After that, plunge headlong into vice; run un- and truth. If the wish" is not chimerical, we bridled with the children of this world to the cannot, I think, better succeed, than by availsame excess of riot: give yourself no concern ing ourselves of a point unanimously allowed about your passions; if the horrors of this by the divines divided on this subject, in order state should excite any doubts of your salva- to harmonize what seems calculated still to dition, comfort yourself against the anathemas vide them. of legal preachers; comfort yourself against It is a received maxim in every system, I remorse of conscience, by casting your eyes on would say, in every system of those who are this tablet of brass and marble;--monuments of | divided on the doctrine of the inamissibility of per of mind.
grace; that, to preserve the habit of holiness, IV. Three classes of people have consewithout which they unanimously agree, we quences to deduce from the doctrine we have cannot be saved, we must use all the means now advanced. We first address ourselves to prescribed in the sacred Scripture to preserve those who seem least of all interested; I would so valuable a disposition. Divines, whom dif- say, those who have no cause to fear falling ference of opinion has irritated against one from grace; not because they are established, another, reciprocally accuse their brethren of but because they never entertained the sincere weakening this principle; but there is not one resolutions of conversion. If people of this among them who does not sincerely embrace description would pay serious attention to their it, and complain of the reproach, when charged state; if they would read the Scriptures with with having rejected it. Those who exclaim recollection; if they would listen to our seragainst the doctrine of the inamissibility of mons with a real, not a vague and superficial grace, are so far from rejecting it, that they design of reducing them to practice, I think pretend to be the only persons who establish it the doctrine we have delivered would rouse upon a sure foundation; and maintain that it them from their indolence; I think it would cannot exist in systems opposed to the first hinder them from going so intensely into the They say, that the doctrine of the inamissibili- world, on withdrawing from devotion, as not ty of grace is so far from opposing this princi- to hear the voice of their conscience.' What! ple, that it constitutes its foundation. And the people of whom we speak should say, who among the advocates for this doctrine, What! Christians of the first class; what! those ever affirmed that we can preserve the grace distinguished saints who have devoted the of perseverance, if we frequent the haunts of whole of their life to duty; what! those who infarny; if we keep company with persons who have "wrought out their salvation with fear tempt us to adultery and voluptuousness, and and trembling;" can they promise themselves 80 with regard to other virtues? This then is nothing from past efforts? What are all the a principle such as I would seek. It is a prin- sacrifices they have made for Christianity useciple inculcated by every system, that in order less, unless they persevere in piety; and, for to retain the habit of holiness, without which having failed to run only a few steps of their it is impossible to be saved, we must use all course, will they fail of obtaining the prize the means pointed out in the sacred Scriptures promised to those only who finish the whole? for the preservation of such an individual tem- And I, miserable wretch, who am so far from
being the first of saints, that I am the chief of This being granted, it is requisite in every sinners;—1, who am so far from having run system, to represent the calamities we incur the race which Christ has set before his disciby losing the habit of holiness, because it is ples, as to have put it far away;—1, who have the dread of incurring the calamities conse- been so far from working out my salvation, as quent on our fall, which the Scriptures point to have laboured only by slander, by calumny, out as the most usual and powerful preserva- by perjury, by blasphemy, by fornication, by tives from apostacy. Hence they exhort us to adultery, by drunkenness;—1, who have done "work out our salvation with fear and trem- nothing but obstruct the work, yet I am combling.". Hence they make one part of a good posed, I am tranquil! Whence proceeds this man's happiness to consist in fearing always. peace? Does it not proceed solely from this Hence they require us to rejoice with trembling. circumstance, that, my sins having constrained Each of you may collect a variety of parallel the Deity to prepare the sentence of my eterpassages.
nal condemnation, he has (among the calamiOur divines, to illustrate this subject, have ties prepared for me by his justice,) the fatal sometimes employed a comparison, which, in condescension to make me become sensible of my opinion, is well calculated to answer their my misery, lest I should anticipate my condempurpose. It is that of a wise man at the top nation, by the dreadful torments which the of a tower, who has all the necessary means certainty of being damned would excite in my of preserving himself from falling into the soul. Oh, dreadful calm! fatal peace! tranabyss open to his view. We may properly quillity to which despair itself is perferable, if say, it is impossible such a man should fall. there be any thing preferable in despair! Oh! Why? Because, being a prudent man, and rather, thou sword of divine vengeance, branhaving all the necessary means, it is impossi- dish before my eyes all thy terrors! Array ble his prudence should not prompt him to in battle against me all the terrors of the avail himself of their support. But in what mighty God, as in the awful day of judgment; consists one part of this means of safety? It and striking my soul with the greatness of my is the faculty suggested by his prudence, of misery, give me, at least, if there be time, to knowing, and never forgetting the risk he emancipate myself! If there be yet time? And, runs, should he neglect the means of safety. if there be not time, why do you yet breathe Thus fear, so circumstanced, is one part of his Why are there still open to you the gates of safely, and his safety is inseparable from his this temple? Why is the gospel still preached, fear. The application of this comparison is if it is not that you may be recollected; if it easy; every one may make it without difficulty. I is not that you may renounce the principles of It is sufficient, not indeed to remove all the your past folly; if it is not that you may yield difficulties of which the loss of grace is suscepto calls of grace, which publish to you the tible; but to answer the objection I have made consoling declarations of the merciful God? of its being useless, on a supposition of the “When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt impossibility of falling from grace, to warn a surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that real Christian of the calamities he may incur, which is lawful and right; if the wicked re should he lose his habit of piety.
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One of the most common questions that other physicians ask me is how to begin to use lasers in their practice. It can seem exciting, yet daunting, to bring in a new procedure that centers on a device.
The exciting part? Acquiring new devices means expanding your aesthetic services. The daunting part is the level of knowledge and training required to properly treat patients and produce excellent results. Many times, physicians have limited time for further training once a busy practice has been established.
In addition, lasers are expensive, and most surgeons are not used to having to purchase expensive equipment beyond the initial investment in supplies to start a surgical practice. That being said, laser procedures can help you offer a much wider range of treatments that will benefit both the patient who has had surgery and the one who is not yet ready for surgery.
I tell physicians and patients that laser procedures can be “insurance for your surgical procedure” in many ways. Laser procedures can help add to the result of surgical tightening by treating dyschromia, discoloration, texture, pore size, vascular lesions, and providing overall better skin health and appearance.
You can pull the skin tighter with surgery, but the skin often needs surface treatment with laser procedures. Don’t just focus on achieving tighter skin; focus on overall better-looking skin, also.
This may sound like a sales pitch, but you will hear me often say, “Don’t put cheap tires on a Rolls-Royce.” Surgical results will greatly benefit from follow-up, “maintenance” laser procedures, and good medical skin care.
Finally, a laser procedure can often help you treat a patient who does not really need surgery yet, so that you don’t have to refer the patient elsewhere.
TRAINING IS PARAMOUNT
My advice always starts with telling fellow surgeons that they need to obtain proper training in the type of laser they are going to incorporate into their practice.
Understanding the theory and physics, and differences, of each laser device is the key to fully utilizing the device in treating patients, not just in safety measures but also in achieving great results (remembering that you can undertreat just as much as you can overtreat).
Although I unfortunately see burns and other complications in patients who come to me from other practices, it is much more common for me to see a patient who has a treatment somewhere else who is unhappy because they were “undertreated” or treated with the wrong device. Commonly, this occurs when a physician delegates a “lesser laser” procedure to someone who is not properly trained.
Commonly, I’ve seen many patients who have had laser hair removal and treatments with intense pulsed light (IPL)-based devices and were unhappy about the result. A thorough consultation, informed consent, expectation discussion, and proper patient selection are always necessary for success.
PATHS TO FOLLOW
There are basically two ways for you to begin to incorporate lasers: “top down” or “bottom up.”
Top down—your first laser is one that provides the highest-grade result for skin tightening that a laser can provide. The “top” is actually a reference to the quality of the surgical result that can be achieved by a laser. In my opinion, the top laser is a CO2 resurfacing laser.
As your laser practice grows, you can begin to incorporate other lasers “down” from the CO2 laser, including fractional lasers (both ablative and nonablative), IPL, vascular lasers, and laser hair-removal lasers.
There are also alternatives that rely on new technologies to tighten skin. For example, Solta Medical Inc’s Thermage is a noninvasive radiofrequency (RF) procedure for tightening and contouring skin. Another more recent noninvasive skin-tightening device is Ulthera, from the firm of the same name—a procedure that uses micro-focused ultrasound instead of traditional light or RF energy-based approaches. There are many more examples of products that make up the energy-based device universe, the enumeration of which is beyond the scope of this article (see “Laser- and Energy-Based Devices Snapshot” in the sidebar below).
In practice, you first add what complements your surgery the most—you already know that my favorite is fractional CO2—and then adds other as the needs arise. This is the best way to develop a laser practice, but it necessitates a lot of hands-on involvement.
Bottom up—you start with a more common and simpler procedure, such as laser hair removal. Delegating this procedure to a non-physician can be done carefully with proper training of the practitioner, as well as your proper continued involvement (after you are well-trained and individually comfortable with all aspects of the laser procedure).
As your laser business develops, you can comfortably purchase other devices as the patient population begins asking for procedures that demand a wider variety. If you’ve ever read my material or heard me train or lecture, then you have heard me warn you against becoming the “jack of all trades, master of none.” So, be careful to master each procedure before spreading you or your staff too thin.
THAT LITTLE THING CALLED TRAINING
How do you get trained in lasers? Ideally, you received proper training as a resident and were exposed to a wide range and number of procedures.
Residency programs like dermatology and plastic surgery are increasing requirements for cosmetic laser procedures, but the majority of physicians reading this may not have had much experience with lasers as a resident.
Regardless, you must become familiar with what each laser can and cannot treat, the range of treatment parameters, the risks and complications, and what type of patient will benefit from a procedure.
Typical “weekend courses” are very expensive and usually cover only the basics of different procedures (and are often “company specific,” so that you would need further training if you bought another brand of the same type of laser). These courses are useful for the beginner without much experience.
After you learn the basics of theory and physics, and obtain specific laser training, you usually can begin to conservatively treat staff members, family, friends, and trusted patients. A lot can be learned from conservative treatments that become more aggressive with comfort.
You must properly disclose to those you treat about the complication risk. In particular, the chance of undertreatment will allow you to carefully treat. Via experience and additional education and training, you can learn how to treat more aggressively. Once you have performed a number of basic treatments, then you can obtain further training at a practice like mine, in which you can spend a few days getting advanced training. Practice makes perfect.
SHOW ME THE SCIENCE
Another great question is how to choose a laser in a certain category of procedures. It is overwhelming even for someone with experience to consider all of the different companies that make a laser that treats the same condition.
Several firms offer procedures like laser hair removal, IPL, or fractional CO2. I am a practitioner, not a “techie,” but I know my laser physics and theory. When I consider a new device, I want to be shown the science. Any sales rep that calls on me will be met with that first question: “Will you show me the science?”
Don’t let fast-talking salespeople present you with a list of procedures and pictures and just get away with saying, “But it really works.” You need to find out why it works and how well it works. Do your homework.
The most common mistake practitioners make is in buying the wrong device. You will rarely find a “cheaper laser” that does what its more expensive competitor does. You get what you pay for. You need to research a number of different options and companies, discuss with trusted colleagues, understand the device and conditions it treats, and try it before you buy it.
Typically, I will research a device for months, let others try it first and publish studies, demo it, and wait for results before even considering cost and purchase. I personally offer training services, so please feel free to contact me for more information.
Knowing what each laser can and cannot treat is also very important. There’s a saying: “If all you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.” This is true for any energy-based device, as well, especially those with a wide range of conditions that are FDA-approved for the laser to treat.
Usually, each condition is only best treated with one or two devices. Practitioners will invite complications if they try it for something else—to see if it works. Although this philosophy can cause complications, it more often simply leads to an unhappy patient.
Stick to what you know the laser can do. You can feel free to borrow that line and use it like a mantra when you consider buying a device. If you find it hard to believe that it can really do what it says it can do, it probably cannot—no matter what you think the before-and-after pictures show.
Physicians will often delegate laser procedures to non-physician practitioners. If done correctly, this can be very financially beneficial to the practice and very cosmetically beneficial to the patient.
You must always know your state medical board’s policy regarding delegation, and you can find this information on the state board’s Web site or via a simple phone call.
Prior to delegating, become very comfortable with the procedure yourself and build a history of achieving great results. Then have the practitioner spend ample time observing you perform the procedure and, eventually, you observing them perform.
Here is the most important thing to remember for success: Practitioners must be able to perform the procedure just as well as you, which can be achieved by the well-qualified practitioner acting under you—if you stay involved.
In any case, you should always see the patient for the initial consult and consent. And I also believe that it works best if you do the initial consult with the practitioner along with you. If this is not possible (in some practices, this may be difficult), then it can be done efficiently by having the practitioner who will be performing the procedure do the bulk of the consult and you can give a “final blessing” and consent.
However, it works best if you can also see the patient each time a treatment is to be performed, so that past treatment and result and future settings can be discussed.
MEDICAL SKIN CARE
As I have trained many physicians, I am always concerned if a practice is beginning to use lasers without including a good medical skin care line.
Too often, I see a very well-trained surgeon begin performing laser procedures without also focusing on skin care. You never want to perform a laser procedure and then put the patient on non-medical-grade, over-the-counter junk.
Pre- and postprocedure skin care is extremely important. Aestheticians or a skin care consultant staff member can be key in that they will be able to help you train the patient in using the proper skin care.
Each of my laser procedures has a very detailed required skin care regimen for before and after the procedure. Although I know the skin care lines I carry, having another specialist to separately assist the patient is ideal. Although you will direct the product selection, you will save a lot of time if your skin care specialist sets up the patient’s full skin care plan.
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Efficiency is essential for success at work. You can concentrate more on enhancing the more strategic aspects of your work if you can produce results more quickly. The amount of mental energy you can devote to other tasks is significantly reduced by the tedious and time-consuming task of physically transcribing audio recordings, private notes, verbal brainstorming ideas, and other documents. Fortunately, there exists technology by the name of speech services by google. You can create documents using your voice and the ability to type without using your hands. In this article, we discuss the best speech services by google available today in various categories of machine learning solutions. Speech services by google is a specialised speech services by google synthesis application that reads digital and written aloud.
15 Best Speech Services by Google Android & iOS
Everyone uses the application, from professionals and students to young children and adults, and it has a variety of use cases. Here is the list of our top five picks for the best free speech services by google to text applications available on the internet.
#1. Converse Smartly
We included Converse Smartly in this list of the best free speech to speech services by google because of its powerful and robust technology. Any audio stream, including conversations from team meetings, conferences, interviews, and seminars, can be quickly and accurately converted to text. It makes it possible for businesses and individuals to work more efficiently and accurately. Converse Smartly was developed by Folio3 with the main goal of improving organisational workflow efficiency. The app uses advanced speech services by google recognition technology based on the IBM Watson Speech API and the Natural Language Processing ToolKit and is one of the best speech services by google with natural voices.
The top characteristics are:
- Analysis of Speech
- Analysis of Text
- Synthesis Generation
- Conducted a sentiment analysis
- Produce word clouds from speech and writing input.
- Recognize significant characters and topics in a speech or conversation.
- Live transcription of audio
- Recognize numerous speakers
- Spot keywords
Microsoft’s Dictate is here to demonstrate that even the greatest speech services by google programmes can be downloaded for free and be just as effective as expensive ones. The Microsoft Cortana Virtual Assistant uses the same cutting-edge speech recognition technology as this feature-rich programme, which was developed by Microsoft Garage, a part of the corporation where workers may work on their ideas as projects. Dictate functions well with Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook and is essentially a Microsoft Office add-on. If it isn’t already pre-installed with a copy of Microsoft 365, you may install it through the Microsoft store.
After installation, you can access it by clicking the “Dictation” tab that appears in the Ribbon toolbar’s upper right corner. The majority of common tasks, like entering or modifying text, shifting the cursor to a new line, and manually or automatically inserting punctuation, are supported by the programme. The software also has features like visual feedback to let users know when speech input is being processed. Microsoft Dictates supports 60 distinct languages for real-time translation of dictation. Microsoft Dictate runs smoothly on Windows 8.1 and later and is compatible with Office 2013 and later.
The majority of content writers now use Google Docs on a daily basis. In particular, if you currently utilise Google services, Consider utilising Google Docs or Google Slides and using Google’s Voice Typing feature if you utilise Google products like Gmail and Google Drive and require an integrated, strong, yet free dictation tool. You can use over 100 visual commands designed specifically for editing and formatting your documents, as well as type with your voice. including adding bullet points, altering the text’s appearance, and directing the pointer to various locations in the text. All you need to do to utilise voice typing in Google Docs is click the “Tools” button, choose “Voice Typing,” and give Google permission to use your computer’s microphone.
Otter is a collaborative tool that may be used for taking notes as well as recording and transcribing any audio source as long as the speech is comprehensible. Meetings, interviews, and other speech encounters are frequent sources of data that is processed in real time. Otter, developed by AISense, offers some of the most sophisticated and precise speech recognition software available today. You may share transcriptions with your colleagues within minutes of their availability.
Speechnotes is a straightforward web application for dictations and speech transcription that is built on the speech services by google engine. Speechnotes is by far one of the more accessible online dictation tools because it does not require downloads, registrations, or installations in order to use it. Additionally, Speechnotes is highly user-friendly; it automatically capitalises the first letter of each phrase, autosaves your papers, and allows you to simultaneously dictate and write. Your job is finished, and there are several ways you may handle your documents. It may be downloaded onto your computer, printed and filed, exported to Google Drive, or sent through email.
Given that it was created expressly for usage with Windows, Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) is a good speech recognition programme that performs best with Windows 10. The majority of users gave it good, rather than fantastic, reviews, while also claiming that it is on par with Google Docs Voice Typing (GDVT) and is a comparable Windows version. The advantages of WSR are that it contains computer automation and associated functions, is completely in charge of the computer and its features, such as sleep or shutdown choices, and is specifically integrated into and developed for the Windows operating system.
Additionally, it offers speech services by google so that any errors may be made and subsequently fixed. However, some drawbacks include the fact that it is not the most accurate speech recognition software on the market, since its accuracy is on the weaker side, and it cannot be used without restriction with other operating systems if a change is required. Its distinctive selling point would be its ability to modify as you go and manage the entire machine through the software options. It is also cost-free and compatible with Windows 10 without any additional fees.
Temi is a highly developed form of speech recognition software that is used for speech services by google transcription. You may upload any type of file—audio or video—and it will be transcribed in under five minutes. Eventually, the files may be saved in the Windows-specific MS Word or PDF formats and even sent via email. Users of this transcription tool will appreciate how simple it is to change the sound, playback speed, skip any section as needed, and add timestamps. However, the sound quality of the uploaded file determines the accuracy of the transcription; the greater the sound quality, the more accurate the transcription.
Additionally, if the files are too big, transcription time may be longer than the five-minute limit. It also has a little trouble distinguishing between various accents. Temi stands out due to the fact that it was created by machine learning and speech recognition professionals. If the entire product is required, there is a small fee associated with it; however, several shorter trial versions are offered without charge. For their line of work, journalists, bloggers, podcasters, and novelists may use this tool best.
This Microsoft API is used to convert speech from any type of audio stream into text for transcription applications. This programme can either show the text that has been translated or it can act on the speech command that has been delivered. It produces excellent recognition results and works best in situations requiring conversion, dictation, or direct involvement. It has two key components: REST APIs, where programmers may make calls and use the service; and the HTTP format. Or, for any type of integration, there are client libraries that are also accessible for downloading and belong to different platforms like Windows, iOS, Android, etc.
It offers excellent accuracy, is extremely simple to use, and is reasonably priced. A free trial edition is also offered so that you may try it out before making a small purchase. One of its main benefits is that it supports many different languages, such as roughly five in conversation mode and fifteen when it enters dictation mode, making multilingual transcription easy. Although it may be slower at transcription than other programmes, it produces the most accurate results when utilised in a continuous and real-time mode.
The Apache License applies to Kaldi, a free speech services by google for Windows and Linux operating systems. John Hopkins University created the programme with the goal of providing extremely high-quality speech recognition solutions for many languages and fields. One of the few speech recognition programmes that has deep neural networks and other cutting-edge technology completely supporting it.
Both generic linear algebra and a design that is expandable for training in features-space discrimination are fully supported by Kaldi. Since the software’s source code was made public in 2014, the platform has been renowned for its user-friendly design and the highest level of accuracy in speech services by google.
Simon is a free speech recognition programme for Windows and Linux that is very adaptable and technologically sophisticated. The programme allows for great levels of customisation for all applications, making it compatible with every system that needs speech recognition. Even better, Simon isn’t constrained by any one tongue and can communicate accurately in all of the main dialects. In essence, the programme introduces automation to take the role of the mouse and keyboard. Simon’s technology is comprised of the KDE libraries, HTK, and CMU SPHINX. The programme is free and open-source for Linux and Windows operating systems.
Simon is a speech recognition programme, but it also allows spoken instructions to operate machines. The programme is also appropriate for those with disabilities. Simon’s robust architecture makes it possible to use it with any language or dialect. Simon may be used to handle a variety of programmes and tools, including email clients, web browsers, and media players.
Verbit uses artificial intelligence to provide sophisticated transcription and captioning functions (AI). The programme is designed in particular to assist businesses and educational institutions with accurate and quick speech-to-text conversion. The programme uses a variety of speech models, such as neural network models and AI algorithms, to reduce background noise and increase transcription accuracy by comprehending speakers of any accent. Software can recognise and take into account contextual events from speech thanks to AI algorithms. Despite the fact that the programme does provide a direct speech services by google, Verbit is often a great option for transcribing services.
Free speech services by google called Speech Texter works exclusively with the Chrome browser or with Android devices. Although the app’s privacy statement states that it doesn’t save any content, Google’s servers may nonetheless process the information (since you will be doing it online through the Chrome browser or Android app). One should thus have that in mind. The software provides accurate speech transcription that is simple to use. The site does provide a live transcription, which you can start using by clicking the start button. The “Result Confidence Wheel,” which displays the estimated percentage of properly transcribed words, is shown alongside the text in the main window after the transcription is complete.
Another excellent free speech services by google converter is Vocola3. The programme enhances the precision and speed of the transcription service by collaborating with “Window Speech Recognition.” Before installing Vocola3, you must enable Windows Speech Recognition in order to use the programme. Once the programme is installed, you may start transcribing by simply activating Vocol3’s settings from the system tray. Additional extensions may be incorporated into Vocola3 to enhance the software’s features and capabilities even more.
Even today, Dragon is by far the best option for speech services by google. The greatest speech services by googleprogramme currently on the market, Dragon Professional Individual, is packed with features and offers a wide range of customization options. The application can adjust in real-time to changes in the user’s speech and environment thanks to deep learning technology. To reduce the number of mistakes, Dragon automatically adds frequently used words and phrases to its internal repository. Furthermore, using the Smart Format Rules, users can easily customise how certain items, such as dates and phone numbers, should appear.
Advanced personalization tools in Dragon Professional Individual enable maximum freedom along with effectiveness and productivity. Additionally, you may import and export bespoke lists of words, acronyms, and different terminology used in the business world. You could even set up personalised voice commands to perform the tasks you perform the most frequently if that weren’t enough. Alternatively, putting commonly used information (such as text or graphics) into documents fast is another option. You can even use time-saving macros to employ voice commands to automate multiple-step processes.
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You don’t even need to go further for a dependable speech services by google for Windows 10 because it already comes with one in Microsoft’s most recent operating system. With the new and improved dictation tool, you can quickly and precisely record all of your thoughts and ideas. Furthermore, dictation functions flawlessly with virtually every text field in Windows 10 because of the close interaction between the programme and Windows. To use the application, choose a text field, then hit “Windows + H” to bring up the dictation toolbar.
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Do Google searches lead to real-world sales?
"18% of local searches generate sales within 1 day"Source: Google Report: Understanding Consumers' Local Search Behavior Date: May 2014
Google’s research into local search has shown that it often leads to store visits and sales.
People who are searching on their mobile phone for local businesses are more likely to be in the end stages of purchasing.
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AT FIRST PASS, “CORALS EATING JELLYFISH” SOUNDS LIKE AN OXYMORON. But newly published research confirms that for at least one variety of stony corals, the concept of corals eating jellyfish is indeed a reality.
Moreover, these tiny colonial animals appear to work together to capture and devour the much larger jellies. It’s the first described case of “protocooperation” among corals, say the authors of the article published in the journal Ecology.
NORMALLY CARNIVORES, ANYWAY
Coral polyps are actually predators, even if their approach to predation is somewhat passive. After all, their core approach to earning their livings is to extend their tentacles into the water column to capture zooplankton moving past on the currents.
It should be noted that reef-building corals get some 80 percent of their nutrition not from grabbing plankton but from photosynthetic algae embedded in their tissues. That’s how they build coral reefs. But even there, some reef-building corals fight with each other for space, or at least for access to solar energy, trying to crowd each other out. Sometime they whip tentacles across each other to try to kill competing polyps.
A MEDITERRANEAN SPECIES
In the case of corals eating jellyfish, the corals in question are a stony cup coral species called Astroides calycularis. They’re found largely in the Mediterranean Sea around Sicily, west to the Straits of Gibraltar. Usually orange, they’re most often are found in caves and under ledges. They lack the embedded algae that power reef-building and are dependent entirely on their plankton-catching skills.
In appearance and size, they’re somewhat similar to more familiar orange cup corals, now found worldwide. My own unscientific observation is that such ahermatypic (non-reef building) corals compensate with fleshier bodies and tentacles for enhanced plankton-filtering purposes.
The jellyfish in question are “mauve stingers” (Pelagia noctiluca), a species found worldwide that grows to about 4 in/10 cm in diameter. Along with anemones, hydroids and other stinging creatures, corals and jellies are all members of Phylum Cnideria (“nettles”), which means that predator and prey are distant cousins. Which doesn’t deter either of them from attacking.
With tentacles extending as much as 10 ft/3 m, P. noctiluca can inflict painful stings. Sources note that they are the most common source of jelly stings in the Mediterranean.
Although they can achieve locomotion by pulsating, P. noctiluca are also captive to ocean currents. Which can be their undoing.
“The feeding behavior begins when a P. noctiluca jellyfish becomes trapped under an overhang with abundant A. calycularis,” the researchers say in their report in Ecology. “The pulsating swimming of the jellyfish moves the bell repeatedly against the overhang ceiling. Here A. calycularis polyps first adhere to the bell after which several polyps rapidly engulf the oral arms of the jellyfish, a process lasting between 1 and 5 minutes.
“Single polyps are able to ingest the oral arm tips preventing the jellyfish from escaping, while other polyps collaborate in ingesting pieces of jellyfish arms and umbrella,” they say. They note that a similar dynamic plays out when jellies are pushed by waves or currents onto colonies established on vertical walls.
They add that several colonies seem to take part in coordinated attacks – a fact that seriously impressed them.
OTHER CORALS EATING JELLYFISH
Mushroom corals elsewhere in the world have been observed capturing and devouring moon jellies, and anemones in Indonesia digesting jellies. But those are larger animals, not cup corals whose bodies are measured in single-digit millimeters.
And the most remarkable phenomenon is their apparent synchronization. This is the first described case of “protocooperation” among corals, they say.
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Don’t panic! That’s the panicked cry of governments and central bankers around the world. Meanwhile their behaviour shows that they expect a very, very deep recession.
After repetition over more than a quarter of century — by mainstream economists, ministers, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund — neo-liberal platitudes have been forgotten. Today, we just aren’t hearing about the efficiency of markets, the importance of balanced budgets or, better, budget surpluses.
Bush in the USA and Brown in Britain have been prepared to shell out billions to prop up the financial system. The pattern is being repeated, with local variations across the developed world.
Less than a year ago, before the election that made him Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd reassured Australian business that he was ‘a fiscal conservative’. But the Labor Government decided valour was the better part of discretion by speeding up expenditure on public infrastructure from the Future Fund. Again, this was designed to reassure corporate Australia: Labor will do whatever it takes to secure growth and, especially, their profits.
In the face of the crisis, a prolonged and careful assessment of how to spend the billions of dollars in the Fund on competing projects was set aside. It was necessary to get the money flowing to make up for the anticipated slow-downs in Australian investment, consumption and income from the export of minerals to China.
The Australian Reserve Bank Board, on which the head of Treasury sits alongside a majority of corporate heavyweights, has the same fears as the Government. So it slashed the official interest rate by a whole one percent on 7 October, for the first time since 1992.
Australia is following a pattern set in the United States, Britain and other countries in Europe.
This looks like Keynesian economics, where the government steps in to sustain growth, to make up for the deficiencies of markets. But the massive policy shift underway is more than Keynesian, as states are taking over some very large businesses.
Governments in the most prosperous countries in the world have been providing tens and hundreds of billions of dollars to bail out private and state banks. In the USA, Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Iceland, they have nationalised failing banks.
Will these policies work? It’s unlikely.
After the pit of the Depression of the early 1930s, the US economy stagnated for a couple of years and then entered a new downturn. World War II not President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal” economic policies, really ended the Depression.
Hard-core Keynesian policies never had to be applied during the 1950s and 1960s because economies were chugging along nicely for other reasons. Instead the concern of economists during that period was ‘fine-tuning’ or, more accurately, tinkering with policy.
When the long post-war boom ended in the mid 1970s and the Keynesian heavy guns were rolled out their impact was more that of a fart than an explosion. There was rising unemployment and inflation, which was supposed to be impossible according to the Keynesian orthodoxy of the period.
Already Republicans in the United States and conservatives elsewhere are expressing concerns about creeping ‘socialism’, as governments take over some banks and promise to regulate the rest much more closely. There is bound to be even more overt state involvement in economic activity as the crisis deepens.
Indeed, the famous social democratic economist Rudolf Hilferding believed that it was possible for the working class to take state power by parliamentary means and to overcome the pattern of booms and slumps on the road to socialism. Twice during the 1920s, he was Germany’s Finance Minister. He argued that the growing domination of production by larger and larger corporations meant that a government putting in place a forthright program of reform could achieve this by managing the capitalist economy and particularly through state control over the banking system.
It must be noted, however, that neo-liberal policies of liberating markets, privatising, corporatising and contracting out state activities were themselves state policies, mainly designed to put the pressure on workers who actually produce the wealth on which profits are based. In Australia, the conservative Howard Government’s market-freeing activities went hand-in-hand with a bigger role for government in policing the population in general and unionists in particular.
Even heavy-duty state intervention is unlikely to solve the world’s current economic problems for two reasons.
First, the problems are not simply financial. As Henryk Grossman put it in 1929, before the stock market crash,
the very laws of capitalist accumulation impart to accumulation a cyclical form and this cyclical movement impinges on the sphere of circulation (money market and stock exchange). The former is the independent variable, the latter the dependent variable.
In other words, the way capitalist production is organised necessarily gives rise to economic crises. Developments in production directly and indirectly affect the financial system.
More ‘transparency’ and better regulation of banking won’t deal with the underlying issue which is low average rates of profit across the global economy.
During the long boom after World War II, capital intensive investment meant that outlays on employing workers declined compared to business spending on machinery, equipment, buildings, raw materials and other goods used in production.
Yet it is only the labour of workers that creates new value. The rate of profit fell and the period between the mid 1970s and the early 1990s saw the deepest global recessions since the 1930s. Profit rates have recovered somewhat, largely thanks to neo-liberal policies that squeezed more work out of employees and, especially in the United States, led to declining real wages.
Even so, the rate of profit did not recover to the levels of the long boom to the early 1970s.
So those who own and manage corporations often prefer to invest in speculative financial assets rather than activity that produces real goods that people need. Most of the transactions on financial markets are a zero sum game: players only gain at each other’s expense. While the US finance sector only realised 10 per cent of total corporate profits in 1980, the figure was 40 per cent in 2007.
So developments in the real economy explain the speculative frenzy that led to the credit crunch. Capital flocked to high-return, high-risk investments in the unproductive financial sector because profit rate in the real economy was low. The financial crisis is bringing that underlying problem of a low profit rate to the surface.
Capitalism has a tendency to break down that is expressed in deep crises like the current one. Grossman argued that
capitalist production is characterized by insoluble conflicts. Irremediable systemic convulsions necessarily arise . . . from the immanent contradiction between value and use value, between profitability and productivity, between limited possibilities for valorisation and the unlimited development of the productive forces.
The fact that production is organised not to satisfy human needs but to make profits for the capitalist class is the ultimate cause of the system’s recurrent crises.
Financial regulation and even an expansion of state ownership, which conservatives and supporters of traditional social democracy label ‘socialism’, cannot overcome this tendency. Governments will soon demand that ‘everyone’ tighten their belts. Unemployment will rise, while employers and governments try to boost profits by driving wages down.
In Australia, this will be easier because Rudd has promised not to touch key elements of John Howard’s industrial relations laws. These include secret ballots for strikes, restrictions on union officials’ ability to talk to their members at work, and the ban on ‘pattern bargaining’, that is, industry-wide campaigns. As the crisis deepens the priority the Government places on subsidising business will increase and it will be under pressure to cut back the public services, and spending on health, education and welfare that benefit the Australian working class which is roughly two thirds of the population.
The alternative is a real socialism in which workers replace production for profit with production to fulfill human needs and the despotic structures of all corporations with democratic control over workplaces and society as a whole. Now that neo-liberalism has ceased to be common sense, it is worth considering.
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In Europe and North America, boys report being bullied the most in Austria and the least in Sweden, according to a recent report (pg. 20) from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The OECD researchers used data from a 2009-2010 Health Behavior In School-aged Children and World Health Organization survey (pdf, pg. 191) of North American and European countries. The survey asked boys and girls aged 11, 13, and 15 whether they had been bullied in school at least twice in the last few months, with this definition of “bullying”:
We say a student is being bullied when another student, or a group of students, say or do nasty and unpleasant things to him or her. It is also bullying when a student is teased repeatedly in a way he or she does not like or when he or she is deliberately left out of things. But it is not bullying when two students of about the same strength or power argue or fight. It is also not bullying when a student is teased in a friendly and playful way
The OECD average for boys reporting bullying was 11% (Ireland, the US, Finland, and Germany were at this average). One in five Austrian boys said they were bullied, the highest rate, versus only 4% in Sweden.
Girls in almost all the countries surveyed reported significantly lower rates of bullying than boys. The OECD report notes, however, that this was a 2009-2010 survey, so it might not capture the extent of cyberbullying that teens face today. A 2013 study of bullying (pdf, pg. 56) among Swedish youth found that girls are more likely to face cyberbullying.
The fully HBSC study, published in 2012, adds some nuance to these numbers. For example, reports of bullying decrease with age, from an average of 13% of 11-year-olds across the countries to an average 9% of 15-year-olds.
Teens do seem to bully more—or admit more to being bullies—as they grow up. The survey asked them whether they bullied others, and that percentage increased with age, from 8% of 11-year-old boys and girls to 12% of 15-year-olds. Another factor was family affluence, which made children in some countries less likely to report being bullied. | <urn:uuid:1a99ceb2-f487-4c5d-bbfe-958bc3666799> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://qz.com/365799/austria-has-the-most-bullying-in-the-western-world-sweden-has-the-least/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.975916 | 470 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Indian FMCG players, especially food and snack makers, have expressed concern over Indonesia’s decision to ban exports of crude palm oil, although some of them expect the decision to have only short-term transitory effects.
Several industry leaders hint that they will gradually reduce their dependence on palm oil and switch to alternatives such as rice bran oil and cottonseed oil for food products.
Indonesia, the world’s largest palm oil producer, last week banned crude palm oil (CPO) shipments, adding to previous sanctions on refined oil, to drive down prices in its domestic market.
However, Indian industry and experts expect the impact to be transitory in nature, as Indonesia consumes only about a third of its palm oil production.
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) “believes that the ban is unlikely to last long, given that Indonesia consumes less than 40% of its total palm oil production, which means that the impact is transitory”.
India is the world’s largest importer and second largest consumer of palm oil, which accounts for about 30 percent of the country’s edible oil consumption, Ind-Ra said.
Expressing similar views, Mayank Shah, Senior Category Manager at Parle Product, said palm oil is perishable and they (Indonesian exporters) should open up eventually. Their production is much higher than local needs.
“Hopefully there could be a reversal in the next 10 days as it is not possible for them to continue the ban any longer,” Shah told PTI.
According to him, the ban should remain in place for a short time and there should be no impact on prices because companies have enough stocks.
“However, if the ban continues for a long time, there will be challenges. The question is how long they can continue with the ban,” Shah said.
Indonesia has imposed a ban on palm oil exports to increase domestic availability and control rising prices of the commodity in that country. Some reports said the ban did not apply to CPO but to refined deodorized bleached palmolein, but the government expanded the scope a few days later to include CPO as well.
Palm oil is preferred in India by the food industry as it is relatively cheaper, lasts longer and is more stable at high temperatures than other oils.
CPO is used by most food companies, while soap makers in India use a derivative of Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD), a key input for making soaps, soap noodles, etc.
COO of snack company Bikano, Pankaj Agarwal, said it was a concern for all snack majors in India as palm oil is one of the ingredients important to our products.
However, he also suggested looking at alternatives like rice bran oil and cottonseed oil.
“Palm oil is one of the important ingredients in our products… In the current situation, we will have to consider alternative options like rice bran oil and cottonseed oil,” Agarwal said.
Last week, the largest consumer goods group HUL said it saw no problem in sourcing in terms of volumes, which it needs to produce materials, whether PFAD or other palm derivatives used for its activity.
On a post-results call with the media, HUL Chief Financial Officer Ritesh Tiwari said India needs to do a lot of work to boost palm production in the country. This requires government support.
“We also continue to research alternative materials to manufacture our product and reduce our dependence on palm oil,” he added.
India imports more than 90% of its 22 demand NTMs, mainly in the form of CPO. Indonesia constitutes about 50% of imports, while 45% of imports come from Malaysia and the rest from Thailand, according to the Ind-Ra report.
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The WSIS Forum 2017 continued today with six high-level policy sessions and several workshops, featuring discussions on issues such as the digital economy, cybersecurity, gender mainstreaming, and online extremism. The high-level concluding session summarised all of the high level sessions, while emphasising the importance of cooperation between all stakeholders in the Internet governance and ICT for development arenas, at national, regional, and global levels.
Policies and initiatives aimed at creating an enabling environment for a sustainable information society were explored in High-Level Policy Session 9. Examples included national plans designed to expand telecommunications coverage, the creation of national incubators for technology companies, the introduction of e-government services, and the adoption of regulatory frameworks in areas such as data protection and cybercrime. It was underlined that, in order to design sustainable solutions for the creation of a vibrant digital ecosystem, equal consideration should be given to economic, social (human rights, local content,and innovation), and governance (inclusion of different stakeholders) aspects.
The digital economy and trade were the focus of session 10. The digital economy is expanding in many directions, but the uptake of e-commerce and digital trade is still low in many developing countries. At national level, one first step to encourage the growth of the digital economy is to address the issue of connectivity; focus should be put on the deployment of broadband networks as the basis for digitisation. The creation of an enabling regulatory environment is equally important, and public policies should be designed to facilitate innovation and competition. At international level, one of the main challenges to be addressed is related to the absence of harmonised rules and standards on issues such as digital signatures and e-payments.
High-Level Policy Session 11 featured discussions on building confidence and security in the use of ICTs. As the Internet and other ICTs have become essential parts of society, ensuring trust in the use of these tools is an essential task. And it is an increasingly difficult one, given the continuous emergence of new cybersecurity risks and threats. As security breaches can affect end-users, small businesses, public entities, and large organisations alike, addressing these challenges is a joint responsibility and should involve a collaborative approach. Cybersecurity is not just a technical issue, under the sole responsibility of the technical community. It has a very strong human component, and awareness raising and education for end-users are key aspects to be considered in any cybersecurity policy or strategy. Capacity building at governmental level, intelligence sharing when it comes to cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and collaboration among various stakeholders are equally important.
Cybersecurity issues were also addressed in High-Level Policy Session 12 and in session 375. A point was made that, despite the lack of an international instrument dealing with cybersecurity, countries make progress in developing their own laws and policies, and by entering into bilateral and multilateral agreements.
There were also discussions on the issue of global connectivity and the need for incentives and subsidies for people to connect to the Internet. However, connectivity alone does not produce information equality, and additional measures are needed in areas such as affordability, education, and linguistic diversity.
Assessing the level of Internet development around the world is a considerable challenge for both governments and other stakeholders. There is a need for appropriate indicators in this regard, and there are several initiatives focused on this issue, such as UNESCO’s Defining Internet Universality Indicators project, the Knowledge For Development Global Partnership, and the European Commission’s Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) (session 289).
The use of ICTs in addressing climate change was tackled as well, and it was noted that technologies such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence have immense potential in this area.
High-Level Policy Session 13 discussed gender mainstreaming strategies and challenges. Gender equality and women's empowerment are seen as human rights and indispensable elements in achieving the SDGs. But the gender digital gap continues to be wide (and even growing) around the world, especially in least developed countries. Many governments, international organisations, and companies are now including gender mainstreaming on their agendas, and putting in place initiatives that are aimed at better integrating women into our digital society. In order to be effective, such initiatives should complement one another, and focus on empowering women to progress along the digital inclusion continuum, not only as users of ICTs, but also as entrepreneurs and policymakers.
Session 14 revolved around the issue of innovation in the digital economy. A point was made that the digital economy brings new business models, new infrastructures and ICT applications, as well as a need for new educational systems. Governments are responsible for creating a solid foundation for the digital economy to grow and for individuals to unleash their innovative potential. This is a challenge particularly in developing countries, where local innovators face difficulties in entering the market, and their businesses are not adequately supported by public policies. Such policies are needed to encourage, promote, and support local innovations, as they can significantly contribute to building stronger knowledge societies and support national digital economies.
The digital economy brings both opportunities and challenges for the world of work. Job opportunities are created on an ongoing basis, but those are targeted at individuals who are equipped with digital skills (session 291). It is therefore important to ensure that the workforce, and in particular young people, is equipped with the skills that allow them to succeed in the digital economy. These include not only the ability to use ICTs, but also coding and programming, cybersecurity, digital entrepreneurship, and digital marketing, among others. Digital skills training should be the focus of both governments and the private sector, and there needs to be a better correlation between what schools teach and which skills are needed on the market.
Intensive discussions were held on ways to counter radicalisation and violent extremism online (session 292). Social media platforms grant ‘radicalisers’ crucial advantages in terms of anonymity, mobility, and ubiquity. It is therefore important to make platforms more accountable. But there is a need for regulatory clarity and predictability when it comes to Internet intermediary responsibility, as well as clear definitions for terms such as ‘radicalising content’. Moreover, it was stressed that measures such as content blocking and censorship are generally not efficient in countering online radicalisation. When content take-down policies are put in place, there needs to be transparency and accountability from both governments and companies, and proper consideration must be given to protecting human rights. The issue of fake news was also addressed, and it was said that one possible way to tackle the negative implications of this phenomenon is by creating a framework that supports journalism and good quality information in the online ecosystem. | <urn:uuid:3101dc26-7f96-45ba-bd24-a39ceee9768e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://dev.diplomacy.edu/blog/wsis-forum-2017-summary-day-3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.955064 | 1,346 | 2.125 | 2 |
Toll like receptors (TLRs) represent members of the pattern recognition receptors and are responsible for discriminating self from non-self. In the human body, this function is executed by 11 specialized receptors present on the cell surface or in endosomal compartments of immune cells. These potent receptors, which induce secretion of inflammatory and anti-viral cytokines, need tight regulation to protect the host against systemic effects.
The LPS sensing TLR4 is present on the cell surface and in phagosomes of immune cells. ZFYVE27 is a membrane protein localized in the tubular endoplasmic reticulum required for protrusion outgrowth during neurite formation in neuronal cells. Preliminary data from our research group suggested an effect of the vesicle transport protein ZFYVE27 on TLR4-mediated signaling. ZFYVE27 silencing was shown to impair TLR4-mediated signaling in human macrophages and macrophage-like THP-1 cells.
In this study we have narrowed down the effect of ZFYVE27 silencing on TLR4-mediated signaling to intracellular TLR4 signaling and examined a possible effect of ZFYVE27 on phagocytosis of Gram-negative bacteria. ZFYVE27 knockout cell lines were generated and tested in their LPS response to optimize the experimental conditions and generate a model cell line to expand the insight into the function of different protein domains of ZFYVE27. Moreover, pilot experiments on intracellular TLRs suggested a more general effect of ZFYVE27 on TLRs signaling. ZFYVE27 silencing prolonged TLR8- and TLR9-mediated signaling (endosomal TLRs), and these results should be confirmed and examined further.
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Benguet Province, Philippines. Long time ago there was a hunter from Kiangan named Lamia-en who frequently travel to faraway places in pursuit of a game. During one of his hunting trips, he reached the village of Tinoc or Tinec. There he met a woman named Dacal-le. He courted her and not long after, they agreed to get married.
They were married in Buguias near the hot spring in the area. On the eve of the wedding, pigs and cows were butchered. At night, worms rapidly spread on all the meat to the consternation of the gathered well-wishers. In the morning however, the worms transformed into beautiful butterflies and filled the vicinity with different colors dancing to the songs of various birds in the nearby flower fields and woodlands. The elders quickly interpreted this as a good omen for the new couple and that they will receive countless blessings. The couple became the ancestors of the peoples of Buguias. Many people in the municipality can trace their lineage to Lamia-en.
At the dawn of the century during the American regime, Buguias was a thickly forested area. Logging was the primary activity in the municipality up until the time of then President Ferdinand Marcos. This explains how communities came about in the highest places like Natubleng, one primary location of the many sawmills in Buguias. After most of the trees were felled, however, the workers started to look for other means of livelihood. Thence, they began farming and planted vegetable seedlings brought by the Chinese and Americans. Due to the government’s neglect to reforest, the trees slowly vanished until there was no more forest to speak of. The municipality then slowly and surely transformed itself into a farming town.
Although the dominant dialect or language in Buguias is Kankanaey, the original language of their ancestors can be traced to Kalanguya, similar to Nabaloi or Ibaloi language. Interactions and intermarriages with the neighboring towns of Kibungan, Bakun and Mankayan who are likewise Kankanaeys, their dominant language slowly saw transformation. Kalanguya, nevertheless, is still spoken in the boundaries of the municipality close to the province of Ifugao. Today, many speak two languages, the Kankanaey and Iloko. In their interactions with vegetable merchants, they have learned to understand and speak Tagalog or Pilipino. There are countless Elementary Schools and few High schools scattered in the municipality. But eventually after high school, most of the students go to the City of Baguio to pursue their college education.
Up to the present, the main livelihood in the municipality is vegetable farming. In higher altitudes, like Natubleng and Sinipsip, climates are much colder that plants grow slower than in the warmer places like Central Buguias. It was noted however that vegetable that matures longer tastes better. The municipality has always been famous with their beautiful vegetable terraces especially when most fields turn vegetable green. With the introduction of different and imported plant seedlings and insecticides, however, more resistant pests have invaded the municipality destroying millions of crops every year consequently forcing many farmers to look for alternative livelihood.
Going to Buguias today, one would notice but a few trees in some areas, far in between. Most if not all available areas had been terraced and tilled as vegetable farms. There are probably no more wild animals to be hunted in the remaining wooded areas where Lamia-en and the legendary Apo Anno used to hunt. Incidentally, Buguias is also a tributary of the major Agno River that supplies three hydroelectric dams. One of which is Ambuklao Dam, whose efficiency and performance have dismally deteriorated due to heavy siltation through the years. If the state of the Agno River and the its surrounding environs remain unchanged, soon the other dams downstream, Binga and San Roque, will likewise meet the fate of Ambuklao. Recently, Ambuclao was rehabilitataed but it’s not immune to siltation unless preventive measures and reforrestation are done.
Having grown up in Buguias, this writer, an eighth generation offspring of Lamia-en, has seen the last of the few remaining Benguet pine trees on many of the land tracts before they have been transformed into vegetable gardens that we now see. Unless the descendants of the great hunter Lamia-en start to maintain check-and-balance between nature and their way of life, we may never again experience the once exceptional state of Buguias; times when weddings, festivals and town gatherings are embellished with native flowers and flamboyant butterflies dancing to the sounds of vibrant birds ever abundant in the forests nearby. Carl C. Taawan | <urn:uuid:18a58c35-a9d8-43fa-91fd-69fe41b9e40f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://portraitasia.com/cordillera/the-kankanaey-town-of-buguias-3/?replytocom=672 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.965774 | 1,005 | 2.75 | 3 |
Vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice, the Moscow Mule is one of the simplest cocktails out there and remains a favorite across the United States. When made properly, it’s served in a copper mug, which takes on the cold temperature of the liquid. It’s easy-to-make cocktail that has enough citrus and bite to create its own following.
Like many great cocktails, there is a debate over its origin. Some say Los Angeles, others say New York, no one is really sure, but the evidence seems to lean to La La Land these days–we tend to agree with the evidence. What’s really important to remember is that it gained popularity in Los Angeles due to a clever marketing scheme.
Back in 1939, John Martin, President of the Heublein drinks company, bought himself Smirnoff. Try as he might, however, he couldn’t sell the Vodka, the spirit just wasn’t in fashion in those days. However, as the story goes, he got together with his buddy John “Jack” Morgan, president of Cock ‘n’ Bull Products and owner of the Hollywood Cock ‘n’ Bull Restaurant, who was struggling to sell his ginger beer and together the created the Moscow Mule.
While often necessity is the mother of invention, it doesn’t seem like that story happens to be true. Rather, invention’s other mother, “the desire to tidy up,” is responsible for the drinks creation. According to Eric Felten’s 2007 article in The Wall Street Journal, Wes Price, a bartender at jack’s Cock ‘n’ Bull restaurant, created the drink, because he “just wanted to clean out the basement.”
- 2 oz. vodka
- 1/2 oz. lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 6 oz. ginger beer
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THE Lanarkshire drug user who contracted the deadly anthrax virus is still in a critical condition in hospital this week.
It is understood the injecting user took seriously unwell after taking contaminated heroin, NHS Lanarkshire confirmed as they issued a public health warning alert last week.
As the Advertiser went to press, the health board would still not confirm if the patient was male or female, or what hospital they were in. They did say the patient remained in a critical, but stable, condition.
Health bosses also issued advice for drug users in the wake of the anthrax case.
The advice is as follows:
l Don't use heroin.
l If you have to use heroin, smoke it instead of injecting. (Muscle-popping, skin-popping and missing the vein are particularly dangerous).
l Do not share needles, syringes, cookers/spoons or other 'works' with other drug users.
l Use clean works for each injection (don't re-use needles).
l Cleanliness is important. Prepare in a clean place and carefully wash hands and skin first.
l If you get swelling, redness, or pain where you have injected yourself, or pus collects under the skin, you should get a doctor to check it out immediately, especially if the infection seems different to others you may have had in the past.
Meanwhile, other injecting drug users known to Lanarkshire addiction services are being contacted to raise their awareness.
Anthrax is a rare bacterial infection caused by the organism Bacillus anthracis.
Symptoms can include a raised, itchy, inflamed pimple which turns into a blister with extensive swelling. If left untreated the infection can spread to cause blood poisoning.
Further advice for injecting drug users is available on the IDU website: http://www.iduoutbreak.hps.scot.nhs.uk/
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An orca that became stranded on the rocks in Alaska was rescued with the help of sailors and members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday, CNN reported.
The killer whale was discovered in the morning on Prince of Wales Island by a nearby vessel, the Steadfast, according to NOAA, which allowed rescue teams to use a seawater pump to “keep the whale wet and any birds away,” NOAA spokesperson Julie Fair told CNN.
“At times during the stranding, the killer whale was vocalizing, and other killer whales were spotted in the vicinity,” Fair said.
As the tide rose in the afternoon, the whale was eventually freed and able to swim away – according to a Tiktok user named Aroon Melane who filmed the incident.
Melane said in her video that the whale was stuck for a total of around six hours.
The orca was identified as a 13-year-old juvenile Bigg’s killer whale by Canadian conservation group Bay Cetology.
Images appear to show blood pouring from the whale’s side. NOAA said it is examining photos and video footage to determine if the animal was injured.
It was beached less than a day after an 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Alaska, but NOAA does not believe that this caused the whale to be stranded.
Bay Cetology told CNN that several other Bigg’s killer whales have become stranded on the North American coast in the last two decades, but all of them survived – sometimes with help from humans.
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Volume 284, 2021Topical Problems of Green Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (TPACEE-2021)
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Border area tourism with problems and prospective: RF-Mongolia
1 Irkutsk National Research Technical University, 664074, Irkutsk, Russia
2 V B Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS, 664033, Irkutsk, Ulan-Batorskaya str., Russia
* Corresponding author: firstname.lastname@example.org
This article will explore the potential of the tourism sector in the districts of the Republic of Buryatia, Irkutsk region and Tyva, RF at the Russian-Mongolian border is based on a combination of a huge amount of diverse natural resources. The area in whole has rich water resources, including lakes, rivers, waterfalls and mineral springs, with well-preserved mountainous landscapes, in harmony with a centuries-old cultural and ethnic heritage of locals. Also, the Okinsky District has a unique location adjacent to the border between the Russian Federation and Mongolia. Despite its remoteness, the area might be considered as an attractive destination with great recreational prospects. However, several problems have been identified which impede severely active promotion of tourism. It is noteworthy that these are typical not only for the Okinsky district but common within many remote areas of the Russian Federation. Ways of solving the problems have been suggested to develop the tourism industry along with provision of environmental sustainability of the area and well-being of the local population.
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JACKSON, Mich. — Mayor Derek Dobies is proposing a responsible contractor ordinance that he says would create more accountability and transparency when it comes to contract bids. Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan President and CEO Jimmy Greene says, why the need?
“My first thought is always the same,” Greene said. “It's how long have you been issuing irresponsible bids. That’s always the first question I ask. When you issue a responsible bidding ordinance that leaves open the question, have they been irresponsible prior to this? What are we fixing or are you attempting to fix?”
Dobies says there hasn’t been one certain contract or bid that has sparked his desire to try to pass this ordinance that went before city council and passed in its first reading.
“There’s been some problems with some delays on certain projects,” Dobies said. “There’s been different issues we face along the way no glaring here’s the reason why we need something like this. It’s been a culmination of going through and awarding these bids in the past that I think we can use an ordinance like this to provide more information to council in the awarding of those bids and council can use that criteria and awarding the contracts that gives us more information than here’s how the bids came back in terms of cost.”
Greene does wonder if this would open the door to legal complaints.
“I think they want to be very careful of lawsuits that have popped up around the country that have put cities and municipalities in particular in jeopardy because that subjectivity turned out to be discrimination. When you say someone is unsafe then you have to prove that someone is safer. When you live by subjectivity you die by subjectivity,” Greene said.
Dobies says there wouldn’t be any sort of discrimination.
“This ordinance doesn’t prioritize anyone over the other,” Dobies said. “But it does ask in the evaluation and the information that would be coming to council for their decision-making process about how they train their workers and ensure their workers have different training.”
The policy would ask contractors to let the city know how they evaluate the skills of their employees. Something Dobies believes is a no-brainer.
“I think it’s reasonable when we’re talking about sometimes multi-million dollar contracts that the city is awarding. We're the fiduciaries of the taxpayer dollars. Beyond just how we can get it for the cheapest cost we should be evaluating the company's ability to perform on that contract making sure they can operate safely,” Dobies said.
The ordinance would be for bids $50,000 and higher.
“There’s a line at which where collecting all that information there’s a diminishing return. We kind of established a $50,000 threshold where on smaller projects collecting all that information can be a decent amount of work.”
Dobies believes if the ordinance does pass it will create more competition with contracts and bids leading to more value on the bids they receive.
The ordinance will be brought for another reading at the Aug. 10 council meeting.
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We Owe Our Immunity Boost to Extinct Human Species and a Gene Variant
A gene variant has recently been discovered by Australian researchers that indicates our immunity derives from an extinct human species: the Denisovans.
The findings were discovered by teams from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Flinders University, and other scientists, who found out our immune system adapts to new and changing environments.
The study was published in Nature Immunology and is the first to point toward one single DNA sequence variant from the Denisovans. This single sequence is responsible for changing the activity of our current human immune system.
Who were the Denisovans?
The Denisovans are an extinct human species that interbred with modern-day humans around 50,000 years ago while the humans were migrating from Africa to Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Today, around five percent of Papua New Guinean blood derives from Denisovan decent.
Thanks to this intermixing of species, we have acquired a gene variant that builds up and increases a range to our immune reactions and inflammation, which include reactions that protect us from microbes.
Associate Professor, Shane Gray, from Garvan, said: "Previous research has found collections of gene variants from extinct human species that appear to have provided an advantage to humans living at high altitudes or to resist viruses, but have been unable to pinpoint which if any were actually functional."
How did the team make this discovery?
Working together with the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick, the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and the Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortium of Australasia, the Garvan-led study analyzed the genomes of families where a child suffered from an unusual autoimmune or inflammatory condition.
Professor Chris Goodnow, the executive director of the Garvan Institute and co-senior author of the study, said: "Four separate families had the same DNA variant in the TNFAIP3 gene, changing one amino acid in the A20 protein from an isoleucine to a leucine (I207L)."
Goodnow continued, "However, the presence of this variant in healthy family members indicated it was not sufficient to cause inflammatory disease on its own."
By extracting immune cells from these families' blood samples, the researchers found that these cells created a more powerful inflammatory response that the immune cells of others.
Going back in time
Dr. Owen Siggs, the study's co-first author from Flinders University's College of Medicine and Public Health, studied the TNFAIP3 gene variant on a global scale.
Studying genome sequence data from hundreds of different human populations around the world, the researchers were able to find that the I207L variant was common in people throughout Oceania.
Furthermore, the team also found the I207L variant in the 50,000-year old finger bone of a Denisovan girl in a cave in Siberia.
Dr. Siggs commented that "Making that connection was extremely exciting."
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IGCSE examinations have changed considerably in recent years, and some centres have adapted to the demands of home educators. These changes are beneficial for home educators who would otherwise struggle to find a suitable centre for their children. Listed below are some of the key factors to consider when choosing an examination centre. Some of them might surprise you. Check the availability of past papers online to get a better idea of what to expect. Find out more
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Some IGCSE courses cost a lot of money. While IGCSE-affiliated schools offer quality education, their fees can be prohibitively high. Some schools charge a lot for their IGCSE courses, and other costs are inflated by lavish facilities and highly qualified teachers. Furthermore, IGCSE is notoriously difficult to find. Ultimately, IGCSE is an excellent choice for international students, but be prepared for the rigor of the exam.
Grades for the IGCSE examinations are determined by the subject and exam format. Students are rated on an 8-point scale. For example, if a student received an A grade in Mathematics, they would receive a “B”. Then, if they earned a B grade in Physics, it would be a grade of D. The same is true for English, despite the fact that the latter is more demanding.
If the centre you choose doesn’t offer Cambridge IGCSEs, there are alternatives. You can try Edexcel or Cambridge if you don’t want to take the exam in Cambridge. They offer a variety of resources to help students prepare for exams. Moreover, some of them have study resources and past papers that help them gain the qualifications they need. If you are looking for a local centre to take your IGCSE exams, you’ve come to the right place. | <urn:uuid:5d5d8add-5148-4d8f-8301-bffe1c2a5301> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://iaisite-eng.org/2022/05/05/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960284 | 382 | 2.234375 | 2 |
New food establishment vaccine mandate begins Monday, January 3
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Department of Public Health today reported an additional 23,136 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Philadelphia since last reported on Thursday, December 9. This brings the total number of fully vaccinated Philadelphians to at least 945,139, and the number of Philadelphians with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to at least 1,179,473. Currently, 76.1 percent of Philadelphia adults are fully vaccinated, and 95 percent of Philadelphia adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
All residents ages five and older are eligible to be vaccinated in Philadelphia. 17.4 percent of 5-to-11-year-olds in Philadelphia have received at least one vaccine dose. Among eligible Philadelphians ages 12 and older, 70.5 percent are fully vaccinated, and 88 percent have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The Department of Health reports 368 patients with COVID-19 are currently being treated in Philadelphia hospitals, with a total of 42 on ventilators.
In the last two weeks, five percent of COVID-19 tests in Philadelphia have come back positive. Thus far during the pandemic, 182,815 Philadelphians have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 4,127 have succumbed to the virus. Philadelphia is averaging 492 new cases of COVID-19 per day over the last two weeks.
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Think of game fishing and what comes to mind? Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea," perhaps? Or hooking a big marlin from the deck of a boat off the Bahamas?
Here in Australia's suburbia on the sea, they do it a little differently – from a lounge chair in the backyard; or off an apartment balcony while watching television or playing pool. And because the quarry is one of the world's most aggressive fish – the bull shark – the catch loses none of the rush it has on the high seas.
The bull shark has multiplied so fast in the waters of Gold Coast creeks and canals that amateur anglers have caught 10-foot-long specimens with nothing more sophisticated than a pork chop taken from the barbecue and attached to a hook.
The Gold Coast extends for 30 miles from the border with New South Wales to Brisbane, Queensland's state capital. It consists of high-rise hotels, shopping malls, and theme parks backed by a spaghetti-like tangle of artificial lakes and canals.
Apartment blocks and villas back onto the water in suburbs with names like Paradise Point, Mermaid Waters, and Isle of Capri.
It is Australia's answer to Spain's Costa del Sol or Florida's Miami Beach – it even boasts a suburb called Miami.
The region's subtropical climate, outdoor lifestyle, and upscale marina developments have made it the fastest growing region in Australia, attracting thousands of newcomers a year from overpriced Sydney and inclement Melbourne.
Just as the waterfront development is prime habitat for humans, so it is for the bull shark, which can tolerate salt and fresh water and have even been found living in rivers hundreds of miles inland. Also known as the Zambezi shark, river shark, and estuary whaler, the blunt-snouted, barrel-shaped predator can reach up to 12 feet in length. They are opportunistic hunters, preying on other sharks, stingrays, crabs, squid, turtles, and, occasionally, humans. [Editor's note: The original version had a photo that was removed.]
Though the Gold Coast has been developing since the 1960s, there are concerns that many of the new human arrivals have little idea of the dangers lurking beneath the surface of the inviting water.
"A lot of people are moving up here and many of them are unaware of the fact that we have sharks in the canals," says Paul Burt, a local fishing expert and newspaper columnist. "There are thousands upon thousands of them, and they are potential man-eaters. They're unpredictable – they'll bite your boat, chew your engine. They're a nut case of a shark. People catch them as they're cooking their snags [sausages] and prawns on the barbie. It's very Gold Coast, very Aussie."
It may rank as some of the easiest game fishing in the world, but bull sharks are not to be underestimated. Two people swimming in the Gold Coast's brackish canals were killed by the sharks in 2003 and a young woman was killed off nearby Stradbroke Island last year.
That's bad news in a place where leisure activities revolve around being on or in the water.
But for Saeed Granfar – an architecture student who has been fishing here since childhood – it's not all bad. In the past decade, he says, he's caught at least 100 sharks.
His technique? He baits his line with chopped eel and fixes the rod to a pontoon in his back garden. Then he retreats to his living room to watch DVDs and keep an ear out for the ratcheting sound of the line playing out.
"I have the sliding door to the TV room open and the remote control in my hand," he explains. "And as soon as I hear a sound, I run down to the pontoon. The reel takes off at about 100 k.m.h. – it's a huge adrenaline rush.
"My mum doesn't like it much because I keep breaking vases and things."
"It's definitely lazy man's fishing," says Mr. Granfar, who throws most of his catch back, but does eat some, tenderizing the meat with a special marinade.
With more than 300 miles of waterways snaking along the Gold Coast, installing nets to prevent the sharks entering from the sea is impractical. The channels that connect the canal network with the ocean are in constant use by boat traffic.
Even putting up enough signs to inform people of the perils of swimming or paddling stretches the resources of the local council.
Instead some on the Gold Coast see ways to turn a bad situation into gold.
There is a call, from fishing outfitters, for a "bull shark classic," a regular tournament in which fishermen would be invited from around Australia and abroad.
"We'd have prizes for the biggest bull shark and for the most caught in one day," says Kurt Mitchell, who runs Gold Coast Extreme Shark Fishing Safaris. "There are enough sharks to sustain a contest once a month."
Bull sharks' aggression and strength make them an excellent game fishing species, Mr. Mitchell says. "They home in on the bait and hit it like a ton of bricks. You have to fight them for up to an hour. It's like being hooked up to a freight train. The biggest we've pulled in was 7-1/2-feet long."
Queensland authorities believe the bull shark population is probably increasing because the excavation of new canals is expanding the species' habitat.
Fisheries officials say that while fishermen are free to catch and kill as many bull sharks as they wish – there is no limit and the species is considered common – they are opposed to a cull. The inhabitants of the Gold Coast must simply learn to live with the aggressive predators.
"There have been calls to eradicate the animal but they have as much right to be in the water as we do," explains Jeff Krause, district manager of the Queensland Fisheries Patrol. "A cull would be massively expensive, and, in any case, if you kill some, others will take their place."
Despite occasional fatalities, the number of attacks on humans is still minimal considering the fact that the Gold Coast is inhabited by nearly half a million people, says Mr. Krause.
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County Officials Recommend Avoiding Prolonged Outdoor Activities in the Vicinity of Dominguez Channel
With efforts underway to eliminate odors within the channel,
Public Health recommends residents impacted by odors reported in Carson and surrounding communities avoid prolonged outdoor activities between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.
CARSON – Los Angeles County officials have been working collaboratively since Oct. 6 to investigate and address the pungent odor affecting communities in the area of Dominguez Channel in the City of Carson. A multi-agency response—including the County departments of Public Works, Public Health, Fire and the Office of Emergency Management, as well as the South Coast Air Quality Management District—was mobilized in response to this incident and to provide rapid relief to residents and businesses that have been affected.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) updated the health recommendations for residents impacted by odors reported in Carson and surrounding communities to avoid prolonged outdoor activities between the hours of 9 p.m. through 8 a.m., based on patterns seen with air monitoring results, and whenever odors are strong to reduce exposure.
South Coast AQMD continues to conduct air monitoring in Carson and the surrounding areas using a variety of technologies, including handheld hydrogen sulfide (H2S) monitors, grab samples, and mobile monitoring.
Monitoring efforts are focused on schools and senior centers in communities impacted. Community monitoring has shown H2S levels to be within typical background levels. However, elevated H2S levels have been detected at various locations along the Dominguez Channel that exceed state nuisance thresholds, but not at levels determined by health experts to be imminently dangerous.
A fixed air monitor was set up last week at the intersection of E. 213th St. and Chico St., near a residential neighborhood adjacent to the Channel, to supplement our monitoring network. The 213th & Chico monitor has shown high H2S levels in overnight readings obtained from Thursday, October 14 through Saturday, October 16. The highest 1-hour average concentrations over those three days were 3.7 ppm, 6.2 ppm, and just under 7.0 ppm, respectively.
South Coast AQMD inspectors conducted 24-hour operations through the weekend and obtained instantaneous readings near residences that were significantly lower than the levels detected at the 213th & Chico monitor. The agency continues to provide data to public health professionals. Additional outreach efforts were conducted by DPH and Hazmat at residences closest to the Channel in an abundance of caution.
On October 17 and 18, readings obtained at the 213th & Chico monitor and through handheld monitoring were drastically lower. The highest readings at the fixed monitoring site over the last two nights were 1.1 ppm and 0.8 ppm. Further information regarding South Coast AQMD’s monitoring efforts can be found on the agency’s website, www.aqmd.gov.
SOLUTIONS TO CHANNEL ODORS
A specialized team of scientists and engineers has been working aggressively to develop solutions to address conditions within the channel, alleviate the smell and restore the waterway to a healthy estuary.
On Oct. 15, LA County Public Works maintenance crews began spraying a natural, water-based and biodegradable deodorizer in the channel to neutralize the odor. The community should expect a noticeable reduction in the smell within 3-5 days.
A bubbler system is being installed today to inject millions of tiny oxygen bubbles into the water to increase the levels of dissolved oxygen and prevent the creation of additional hydrogen sulfide gas.
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES
For businesses that may be impacted by the foul odors, if you have noticed strong odors inside your building during the last week when opening in the morning, Public Health recommends businesses run their air-conditioning units 1-2 hours, if possible, before on-site operations begin. Doing so will increase air flow inside your business and help reduce any odors present that may have built up overnight.
Although the odor has also been detected by those in surrounding communities, the smell is reportedly stronger and higher levels have been detected in the late evening and early morning in the areas next to the Channel. The levels noted can cause notable discomfort, irritation, or certain asymptomatic non-sensory effects. However, the effects are not expected to be disabling, but are expected to be transient and reversible as the exposure decreases or stops. The source continues to be considered as naturally decaying organic material (vegetation and marine life) at the bottom and sides of the Channel in Carson. As air monitoring of the surrounding areas continues, no other point sources for the hydrogen sulfide have been identified. South Coast AQMD, County Fire Hazardous Materials (HazMat), and Public Health continue to evaluate and monitor hydrogen sulfide concentrations and mitigate health impacts.
PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS
While the effort to get rid of the odor continues, Public Health recommends residents take the following actions to lessen their exposure and any symptoms experienced and to protect the health of themselves, their family, and their pets:
Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless gas that has a very strong odor (like “rotten egg”). Its smell can be detected and cause temporary mild to moderate symptoms even below the minimum detection limit of 1 part per million (ppm) or 1000 parts per billion (ppb) of typical equipment used to detect it. Everyone should take steps to reduce their exposure when the odors are present. People experiencing persistent, worrisome, or worsening symptoms from the odors are encouraged to contact their health care providers, especially if they have any chronic health conditions. People should also ensure that they have adequate supplies of their medications, especially if they have heart or lung conditions. In addition, Public Health recommends temporarily leaving the area where odors are present to alleviate health impacts.
For more information on protective measures to prevent odors from entering the home, residents can contact the Public Health Community line at 626-430-9821 and leave a message with their contact information and their call will be returned. The message line will be checked every hour between 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day while odors persist.
If you live in the areas of Carson or West Carson, or the surrounding vicinity, County Public Works has a reimbursement program for the purchase of HVAC air filters, portable HEPA air filters, or for temporary relocation. during this public nuisance event. Please review the recommendations and guidance on “Air Cleaners and Filters to Improve Indoor Air Quality and Remove Odors” below before purchasing filters. Visit https://lacounty.gov/
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Saturday, March 14, 2020
9:00 am - 3:15 pm
Piedmont Community College
Earth’s Climate: Present, Past, & Future
Many of us are concerned about climate change and no longer need to be convinced that it is real. But we can always learn something new about the study of climate and its changes and impacts on Earth’s ecosystems. This workshop will focus on climate changes at different periods of time, and how it might relate to our current climate and inform our thoughts about today’s changes.
Our speakers this year will cover more than 50 million years of Earth’s climate history. From the present state of our coastal ecosystems, to climate perturbations during the historic period, to the glacial ages and their influence on eastern forests, and finally to the fossil record far in the past, we will explore environmental changes in our world.
Enjoy a day with knowledgeable speakers, and find out how both the present and the past can inform our understanding of climate and climate change.
Directions: From I-64 take exit 121 and head south on Rt. 20, Scottsville Road. Turn right on College Drive. Follow College Drive, continuing straight at the traffic circle. The destination will be on the right.
Our venue is the V. Earl Dickinson Building Theater.
There is also a different building called Dickinson Center on the campus.
Morning refreshments and coffee provided. Please bring your lunch.
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The ESL program at Gonzaga is very different from other ESL institutions due to various teaching methods in order to help students improve their weakness. For me, I have improved on speaking and listening skill. For my classmates, they learned more about writing and reading skill. The professors are very dedicated and give attention to every individual in class, hoping each of us succeed in learning English. Personally, the final presentation is the most unforgettable moment in this ESL program. With instruction and help from professors, I was able to present a complicated topic – taxes on wealthy class – to other students, professors, and visitors at Gonzaga. This was the first time I learned how to conduct survey and present the collected information to another person.
I am proud of being more open-minded. In class, the students had opportunity to discuss many topics. Through the discussions, I learned more about the world by examining different viewpoints from my peers and professors. As I have said before, the most difficult thing for me was public speaking. However, after the program, I am more confident when presenting in front of the audiences. I think the way I perceive an idea has changed. Since I interact with people coming from different countries, I am more open-minded, critical, and innovative in my thinking process. I can't express my appreciation to my professors in this ESL program. I encourage future students to apply and actively participate in the program in order to achieve success in studying English. The most challenging was to learn from very different perspectives. There are many different countries having different ideology. Listening and having conversation with diverse students is truly thought-provoking. However, I became more opened to new and creative ideas. Also, when working with diverse students, I learned to be adaptable and flexible. This enables me to work with people who come from different backgrounds and have different working styles. I have become so much more confident in my English and have better cultural understanding. | <urn:uuid:5991d5b3-3c78-4645-98f4-86927de08049> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gonzaga.edu/english-language-center/student-testimonials/ngoc-ba-bao-nguyen | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.972666 | 390 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Now, robot is part of Kerala's fight against coronavirustext_fields
Thiruvananthapuram: Not just in China, but in Kerala also robot is now playing a key role in the health workers' fight against COVID-19, thanks to the innovative spirit of a group of young minds and the support of the state Health Department.
Named "Nightingale-19", the robot is deployed to provide food and medicines among patients at the district coronavirus centre in Ancharakandi in Kannur district where a large number of cases have been reported.
The special display facility, attached to it, also allows patients to communicate with health workers and their relatives if necessary, the health minister's office here said.
Designed by the students of Chemberi Vimal Jyothi Engineering College with the support of the Health Department, the remote control-operated robot can carry food and water for at least six persons at a stretch.
The machine, which can travel up to one kilometre, distributes food, water and medicine in each room, a department statement said.
The robot would be disinfected after each use, it said.
Health Minister K K Shailaja inaugurated the new venture from here recently through the robot's video facility, the statement added.
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When we talk about how easy it is for us to see Mary and Martha as one-dimensional caricatures, it's important to admit that I think we actually got this idea from the Bible itself. Not specifically about Mary and Martha, but about biblical characters in general.
These characters in our bibles show up for a scene, and then they are gone. Some get a whole life story (like David, for example, or Joseph), but most get just a scene. Noah builds an Ark. Solomon builds a Temple. Zacchaeus climbs a tree. Jael drives a stake. Gideon defeats the Midianites in a single battle. Philip talks to Simon and to the eunuch, and then, he's gone. Thomas doubts. Judas betrays.
There are so many characters in God's story that we hear about once, maybe twice, and not again. Thus, they become to us just characters in a story, like any number of characters in a fable - meant to prove a point, to show us something, and then be gone. We aren't supposed to think we can get to know them, not as if they were a protagonist or something. Not as if they were meant to be a main character.
But neither can we reduce them to a caricature. Because while it's true that we don't get to know a whole lot about many of them, what we know for certain is this: they are not just characters. They are real persons. Human beings. Dynamic in their existence and in their relationship with God.
And while, yes, they are there to show us maybe one thing, that one thing that each of these characters is meant to show us...is not about themselves. It is about God. And somehow, we lose that when we get all wrapped up in who is in the kitchen.
We get distracted trying to define Martha. We lose focus when we try to figure out who Mary is. Sure, we can say something, but the more we talk about Mary and Martha, the easier it is for us to forget that the main character in the story is still Jesus. Always has been, always will be. Every single human being that we meet in the Bible is there to tell us something about God, not about themselves.
So we read the story of Mary and Martha when Jesus comes to their house, and we figure out that Martha is the "type" of person who stays in the kitchen and busies herself and misses out on everything and that Mary is the "type" of person who gives up her earthly life to sit at the feet of Jesus and choose the better thing and what we miss is that Jesus is the type of God who goes into the house and talks with both of them.
Oh, I'm sorry. Did you miss that?
And then, we read the story of Martha rushing out to meet Jesus as He's on His way to her brother's dead body and we try to fit this into the "type" of person that Martha is while we know that Mary is at home with all the other mourners, and we're trying to fit this into the "type" of person that Mary is and all the while, we're missing that Jesus is the type of God who travels to see His friend's dead body, who weeps, who comforts His brother's sisters.
Oh, I'm sorry. Did you miss that, too?
We get so distracted by our caricatures that we miss the heart of the Gospel for it, far too often. We are so busy trying to figure out Mary and Martha - because they are, after all, the human beings and we think the point of the story is to tell us what "type" of human beings we should be - that we read right past Jesus - who is, in fact, our God and the actual point of the story is to tell us what kind of God He is.
And actually, if we'd stop having Mary and Martha be caricatures and let them be dynamic human beings, we'd be better off because it would help us to see how Jesus is God in relationship to our own dynamic humanity - to the multi-dimensional reality of who we really are, a people who sometimes run out to meet Jesus on the road and sometimes stay in the kitchen. A people who sometimes sit at His feet and sometimes stay home with the mourners.
Stop seeing caricatures in your Bible. They aren't there.
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NOTICE (March 2018): This website provides access to the CDIAC archive data temporarily.
It will be gradually transitioned into data packages in the new ESS-DIVE archive. This site will continue to operate in parallel during and after the transition, and will be retired at a future date. If you have any questions regarding the data or the transition, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org.
The GLODAPv2 WAVES system is now available at CDIAC: http://cdiac3.ornl.gov/waves/globalprv2.
LDEO Database V2015: Takahashi, T., S.C. Sutherland and A. Kozyr. 2016. Global Ocean Surface Water Partial Pressure of CO2 Database:
Measurements Performed During 1957-2015 (Version 2015). ORNL/CDIAC-160, NDP-088(V2015). Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, doi: 10.3334/CDIAC/OTG.NDP088(V2015).
Approximately 10.5 million measurements of surface water pCO2 made over the global oceans during 1957-2015 have been processed to make a uniform data file in this Version 2015. Measurements made in open oceans as well as in coastal waters are included. The data assembled include only those measured using equilibrator-CO2 analyzer systems, and have been quality-controlled based upon the stability of the system performance, the reliability of calibrations for CO2 analysis and the internal consistency of data. We have added about 1.4 million data points comprised of 461 leg/cruise segments in this version. A total of 200,000 of these were collected on the 5 ships in our current field program. The remainders were added from various web sites for Volunteer Observation Ships (VOS) operated by various agencies. Our ships operate primarily in high latitudes in both hemispheres and have built decades long records in these areas. R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer’s system has been operating since 1995, and R/V Laurence M. Gould’s system since 2001. Combined with the other three ships including USCGC Healy, R/V Sikuliaq and R/V M. Langseth, our contribution to this database through many years exceeds 2.3 million records primarily for the polar and sub-polar seas. These data have been corrected for the time-lag between the ship’s intake port and the pCO2 system as described in the technical report by Takahashi and Sutherland (2015).
In order to allow re-examination of the data in the future, a number of measured parameters relevant to pCO2 in seawater are listed. The overall uncertainty for the pCO2 values listed is estimated to be ± 2.5 μatm on the average. The names and institutional affiliations of the contributors are listed in Table 1. The documentations for the previous versions (V1.0, V2007, V2008, V2009, V2010, 2011, V2012, V2013, and V2014) of our database are available at CDIAC http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/ftp/oceans/LDEO_Database.
CDIAC has published the NDP-096(2016): An Internally Consistent Dataset of δ13C-DIC Data in the North Atlantic Ocean
by M. Becker,1,2, N. Andersen3, H. Erlenkeuser3, T. Tanhua1, M.P. Humphreys4, A. Körtzinger1,2
Prepared by Alex Kozyr5 1 GEOMAR, Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
2 Christian Albrecht University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
3 Leibniz-Laboratory for Radiometric Dating and Isotope Research, Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, Germany
4 Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
5 Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
The δ13C-DIC dataset for the North Atlantic, which has undergone strict quality control. The data, all in all 6068 samples, originate from oceanographic research cruises that took place between 1981 and 2012. During a primary quality control step based on simple range tests obviously bad data has been flagged. In a second quality control step biases between nearby locations of all cruises were quantified through an elaborate crossover analysis; absolute values of biased cruises were adjusted in the data product. The dataset consists of 29 cruises of which 22 could be compared quantitatively for systematic biases through an adequate crossover study. Adjustments were applied to 10 of the 22 cruises. Based on this analysis the internal consistency of this dataset is estimated to be 0.017‰.
The NAC13v1.csv file contains the 13C data, a simple quality flag ('δ13Cf', 2: good, 9: bad/not measured) and a 2nd QC-flag ('δ13Cqc', 1: quality controlled, 0: not quality controlled). The NAC13v1_expocode.csv-File contains the allocation of the cruise numbers used in NAC13v1 and their expocodes as well as the respective cruise numbers in GLODAPv2 and CARINA. For this analysis some cruises that belong together were condensed to one, e.g. the TTO-NA cruises.
The data set is available from CDIAC at http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/oceans/ndp_096/NAC13v1.html
Becker, M., N. Andersen, H. Erlenkeuser, T. Tanhua, M.P. Humphreys and A. Körtzinger. 2016. An Internally Consistent Dataset of δ13C-DIC Data in the North Atlantic Ocean. ORNL/CDIAC-162, NDP-096. http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/oceans/ndp_096/NAC13v1.html Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. doi: 10.3334/CDIAC/OTG.NAC13v1
CDIAC has updated the AGAGE network data held at CDIAC through March 2015.
CDIAC published the GLobal Ocean Data Analysis Project version 2, GLODAPv2.
GLODAPv2 is available at http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/oceans/GLODAPv2/.
This version is a major update of the original GLODAP (2004). Data from 724 cruises are included, covering 1972 to 2013. GLODAPv2 includes all data from the original GLODAP, data from CARINA and PACIFICA, and data from 168 new cruises. All data have been evaluated for measurement bias and adjusted appropriately, using a consistent method. The end result is the most comprehensive and rigorously quality controlled ocean interior data product for marine biogeochemistry studies.
GLODAPv2 consist of three elements:
i. -a data base with original cruise data, as submitted by individual data providers but updated to WOCE Exchange format,
ii. -a merged data product, with measurement biases removed for key biogeochemical variables, and
iii. -a mapped climatology of (ii) consisting of global 3D fields of the seawater distribution of CO2 chemistry and other parameters.
Analysis of GLODAPv2 parameters will allow for quantitative assessment of biogeochemical changes and feedbacks between climate change and the ocean system. GLODAPv2 is the result of a multi-year global team effort funded by EU-IP CARBOCHANGE, US NSF, US-NASA, US DOE, the SCOR-IOC International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) and many other projects, programs and organisations.
The procedures and results are extensively documented in:
Olsen, A., R. M. Key, S. van Heuven, S. K. Lauvset, A. Velo, X. Lin, C. Schirnick, A. Kozyr, T. Tanhua, M. Hoppema, S. Jutterström R. Steinfeldt, E. Jeansson, M. Ishii, F. F. Pérez & T. Suzuki: An internally consistent data product for the world ocean: the Global Ocean Data Analysis Project, version 2 (GLODAPv2), Earth System Science Data Discussions, doi:10.5194/essd-2015-42, in review, 2016
Lauvset, S. K, R. M. Key, A. Olsen, S. van Heuven, A. Velo, X. Lin, C. Schirnick, A. Kozyr, T. Tanhua, M. Hoppema, S. Jutterström R. Steinfeldt, E. Jeansson, M. Ishii, F. F. Pérez T. Suzuki & S. Watelet: A new global interior ocean mapped climatology: the 1°x1° GLODAP version 2, Earth System Science Data Discussions, doi:10.5194/essd-2015-43, in review, 2016
Key, R. M, A. Olsen, S. van Heuven, S. K. Lauvset, A. Velo, X. Lin, C. Schirnick, A. Kozyr, T. Tanhua, M. Hoppema, S. Jutterström R. Steinfeldt, E. Jeansson, M. Ishii, F. F. Pérez and T. Suzuki, 2015, Global Ocean Data Analysis Project, version 2 (GLODAPv2), ORNL/CDIAC-162, NDP-093, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, US.
CDIAC has published the LDEO Database V2014: Takahashi, T., S.C. Sutherland and A. Kozyr. 2015. Global Ocean Surface Water Partial Pressure of CO2 Database:
Measurements Performed During 1957-2014 (Version 2014). ORNL/CDIAC-161, NDP-088(V2014). Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, doi: 10.3334/CDIAC/OTG.NDP088(V2014).
Approximately 9.1 million measurements of surface water pCO2 made over the global oceans during 1957-2014 have been processed to make a uniform data file in this Version 2014. Measurements made in open oceans as well as in coastal waters are included. The data assembled include only those measured using equilibrator-CO2 analyzer systems, and have been quality-controlled based upon the stability of the system performance, the reliability of calibrations for CO2 analysis and the internal consistency of data. This version includes the
results of reanalysis for approximately 2.3 million pCO2 measurements which were made in the surface waters of the polar oceans aboard RVIB Palmer, RV Gould and USCGC Healy using an underway method developed and operated by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) group.
Although these data were reported to the CDIAC in a series of previous reports after the preliminary quality control, a reanalysis of the data has shown that these reported data call for corrections that account for the transit time of pumped sample water from the intake port
near the bow to the pCO2 system located some distance away. The corrections applied to each data point are up to about ±8 μatm for the Palmer and Gould data and ±16 μatm for the Healy data, while the mean of the corrections for each cruise is less than ± 1 μatm. The method used and examples are described in detail in CDIAC report (Takahashi and Sutherland, 2015).
In order to allow re-examination of the data in the future, a number of measured parameters relevant to pCO2 in seawater are listed. The overall uncertainty for the pCO2 values listed is estimated to be ± 2.5 μatm on the average. The names and institutional affiliations of the contributors are listed in Table 1. The documentations for the previous versions (V1.0, V2007, V2008, V2009, V2010, 2011, V2012 and V2013) of our database are available at CDIAC "http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/ftp/oceans/LDEO_Database/
A new journal article published: Liu Z, Guan D, Wei W, Davis SJ, Ciais P, Bai J, Peng S, Zhang Q, Hubacek K, Marland G, Andres RJ, Crawford-Brown D, Lin J, Zhao H, Hong C, Boden TA, Feng K, Peters GP, Xi F, Liu J, Li Y, Zhao Y, Zeng N, He K (2015) Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China. Nature 524:335-338. doi:10.1038/nature14677.
Bob Andres attended the Our Common Future Under Climate Change Conference in Paris, France from 6-10 July 2015. He presented the poster “The changing face of global fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions” with co-author T. Boden of CDIAC.
Bob Andres is an author on the paper, "Audit of the global carbon budget: estimate errors and their impact on uptake uncertainty" published in Biogeosciences (doi:10.5194/bg-12-2565-2015). In the paper the authors present a framework for assessing the temporal and spatial components of carbon budget estimate errors and their impact on uncertainty in net carbon uptake by the biosphere. Even when considering the major sources of error in the global carbon budget, the authors are 93% confident that terrestrial carbon uptake has increased and 97% confident that ocean carbon uptake has increased over the last 5 decades.
Bob Andres attended the DOE Environmental System Science Principal Investigator Meeting in Potomac, MD from 28-29 April 2015. He presented the poster "Temporal, spatial, and uncertainty aspects of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion: Highlights of the last year of TES funding" with co-author A. King of CDIAC. Bob also was a co-author on one other presentation at the meeting.
CDIAC has updated atmospheric histories for CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113, CCl4, SF6 and N2O from 1765 to 2015. The update incluudes a listing of mean northern and southern hemisphere tropospheric CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113, carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrous oxide (N2O) concentrations for the period 1765.5 to 2015.5. The concentrations are given for the mid-point of each year (e.g. 2013.5) and expressed as the mixing ratio (mole fraction) of the trace gas in dry air. Concentration values are reported in parts-per-trillion (ppt) for CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113, CCl4 and SF6 and parts-per-billion (ppb) for N2O.
Bob Andres attended the 5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting in Washington, DC from 26-29 January 2015. He gave the talk "Two developments in uncertainty associated with the CDIAC fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions time series" with co-author Tom Boden of CDIAC. Bob also was a co-author on two other presentations at the meeting.
Bob Andres attended the 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA, from 15-19 December 2014. He showed the poster, "Gridded uncertainty maps of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions: A new data product" with co-author Tom Boden of CDIAC. Bob also was a co-author on one other presentation at the meeting.
CDIAC has published "A high-frequency atmospheric and seawater pCO2 data set from 14 open ocean sites using a moored autonomous system" (NDP-0920) by Adrienne J. Sutton, Christopher L. Sabine, Jeremy T. Mathis of PMEL. In an effort to track ocean change and distinguish between natural and anthropogenic drivers, sustained ocean time-series measurements are becoming increasingly important. Advancements in the ocean carbon observation network over the last decade, such as the development and deployment of Moored Autonomous pCO2 (MAPCO2) systems, have dramatically improved our ability to characterize ocean climate, sea-air gas exchange, and biogeochemical processes around the globe. The MAPCO2 system provides high-resolution data that can measure inter-annual, seasonal, and sub-seasonal dynamics and constrain the impact of short-term biogeochemical variability on CO2 flux. Overall uncertainty of the MAPCO2 is less than 2 µatm for seawater partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) and less than 1 µatm for air pCO2. The MAPCO2 maintains this level of uncertainty for over 400 days of autonomous operation. MAPCO2 measurements are consistent with ship-board seawater pCO2 measurements and GLOBALVIEW-CO2 boundary layer atmospheric values. CDIAC provides this open ocean MAPCO2 data set including 14 surface buoys from 2004 through 2011 and a description of the methods and data quality control involved.
The 2014 version of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) data archive of dry column-averaged mixing ratios of CO2, CO, N2O, CH4, H2O, HDO and HF is now available. Data are available for Ascension Island (British Overseas Territory), Darwin (Australia), Edwards/Dryden (California, USA), Eureka (Nunavut, Canada), Garmisch (Germany), Indianapolis (Indiana, USA), Izaña (Tenerife, Spain), JPL2007 (California, USA), JPL2011 (California, USA), Karlsruhe (Germany), Lamont (Oklahoma, USA), Park Falls (Wisconsin, USA), Pasadena/Caltech (California, USA), Réunion Island (France), Saga (Japan), Sodankylä (Finland), and Wollongong (Australia). Other datasets will be uploaded shortly. The data are provided in netCDF format and include site-specific DOIs.
The Global Carbon Budget 2014 data (Le Quéré et. al.) are now available on CDIAC. The 2014 analysis quantifies all major components of the global carbon budget, including the uncertainties, based on the combination of a range of data, algorithms, statistics and model estimates and their interpretation by a broad scientific community. It shows that CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuel are projected to rise by 2.5% in 2014, 65% above 1990 levels (reference year for the Kyoto Protocol). China, the USA, the European Union (EU), and India are the largest emitters, together accounting for 58% of emissions. China's CO2 emissions grew by 4.2% in 2013, the USA's by 2.9%, and India's by 5.1%. The EU has decreased its emissions by 1.8%, although it continues to export a third of its emissions to China and other producers through imported goods and services. China's CO2 emissions per person overtook emissions in the EU for the first time in 2013 and are now larger than the USA and EU combined. CO2 emissions are caused primarily by burning fossil fuels, as well as by cement production and deforestation. Deforestation accounts for 8% of CO2 emissions.
CDIAC has published NDP-094: Climatological Distributions of pH, pCO2, Total CO2, Alkalinity, and CaCO3 Saturation in the Global Surface Ocean by Takahashi and co-workers. The distributions were calculated using a data set for pCO2, alkalinity and nutrient concentrations in surface waters (depths less than 50 m), which is built upon the GLODAP, CARINA and LDEO database. Calculated pH in global open-ocean surface waters ranges from 7.9 to 8.2 in the year 2005. Lower values are located in the upwelling regions in the tropical Pacific and in the Arabian and Bering Seas; and higher values are found in the subpolar and polar waters during the spring-summer months of intense photosynthetic production. Vast areas of subtropical oceans have seasonally varying pH values ranging from 8.05 during warmer months to 8.15 during colder months.
Bob Andres attended the 13th Quadrennial iCACGP Symposium and 13th IGAC Science Conference in Natal, Brazil, from 22-26 September 2014. He showed a poster entitled "New uncertainty analysis of the CDIAC estimates of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions".
The Web Accessible Visualization and Extraction System (WAVES) has been updated with Global Surface pCO2 (LDEO) Database V2013 that was published last month. Approximately 9.0 million measurements of surface water pCO2 made over the global oceans during 1957-2013 have been processed to make a uniform data file in this Version 2013. Measurements made in open oceans as well as in coastal waters are included. The data assembled include only those measured using equilibrator-CO2 analyzer systems, and have been quality-controlled based upon the stability of the system performance, the reliability of calibrations for CO2 analysis and the internal consistency of data.
Bob Andres gave an invited talk at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, on 28 Jul 2014, entitled "Some thoughts on uncertainty in fossil fuel emission estimates, flux and distributions".
Bob Andres and Tom Boden of CDIAC with David Higdon of Los Alamos National Laboratory published a paper entitled "A new evaluation of the uncertainty associated with CDIAC estimates of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emission" (Tellus B 2014, 66, 23616, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.23616). In the paper they report the results of three uncertainty assessments associated with the global total of carbon dioxide emitted from fossil fuel use and cement production. The three assessments collectively give a range of uncertainty that spans from 1.0 to 13% (2 σ). Greatly simplifying the assessments give a global FFCO2 uncertainty value of 8.4% (2 σ) as a reasonable value. | <urn:uuid:31e39ff7-d9e6-4f79-982a-5ca1cfed0304> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/whatsnew.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.874668 | 5,065 | 1.898438 | 2 |
The Montessori method of education is a pedagogical tool that facilitates more than just the intellectual development of the child.
The Montessori method is a bridge to help the child achieve optimum excellence in relation to their cognitive, sensorial, physical, social, and emotional attributes. One of the Salient Features of the Montessori Method is the Principle of Sensory Training.
According to Dr. Maria Montessori, The senses are the gateway to knowledge, especially during the initial six years of the child’s life. The Montessori Method acknowledges the importance of sensorial stimulation and incorporates “sensorial stimulation” as a significant part of the curriculum. In the initial stages, the child is highly receptive to the information present in the surrounding environment.
The Montessori method of education is designed to provide the children with necessary stimuli that inspire their curiosity. The incorporation of sensorial materials as stimuli encourages the child to be aware, attentive and entertained during the education process.
Dr. Maria Montessori keeping in mind the needs and requirements of absorbent minds during early childhood years prepared an environment where children are encouraged to become self-dependent and confident.
The Prepared Environment of the Montessori Classroom for early childhood facilitates the stimulation of Tactile, Auditory, Gustatory, Visual, and Olfactory senses. The “sixth” sense of the Montessori curriculum is the Stereogenic Sense.
The Stereogeinc Sense in the Montessori Method of Education is defined as the ability to identify the texture, shape, spatial properties, as well as consistency of the assigned object solely on the basis of tactile information (without seeing, hearing, or even smelling the object).
The Montessori Method of education incorporates unique and intuitive activities to develop the child’s Stereogenic sense.
Here is everything the teachers and parents should know to stimulate and develop the child’s Streogenic sense.
What is Stereogenic Sense Exactly?
The Stereogenic Sense is the “sixth” sense in the Montessori curriculum. The stereogenic sense is essentially the combination of muscular and tactile memory.
This sense is also referred to as Tactile Gnosis, which is the ability to identify and recognize objects solely on the basis of tactile information meaning the child will not be able to use the visual, auditory, gustatory, or olfactory sense to identify the object.
The Stereogenic Sense strengthens and develops other senses of the child’s, especially the tactile senses.
The lack of Stereogenic Sense is called Astereogenis, which is the failure to identify the objects solely on the basis of Tactile sense.
Why is the development of Stereogenic Sense so important?
The Tactile Gnosis is the capability to identify objects without the use of Auditory, Visual, Gustatory, or Olfactory Senses. The stereogenic sense is more important than one might give credit to.
There are multiple benefits one can enjoy after developing the stereogenic sense. Some significant benefits are mentioned below.
- Size and Shape:
The Stereogenic Sense is essential for developing children to help distinguish as well as discriminate between different shapes and sizes.
- Spatial Acuity:
With the help of stereogenic sense, the child can easily discriminate between two separate stimuli in close proximity. Spatial Acuity is a requisite function of the exteroceptive Sensorial system.
- Textures and temperatures:
The child is able to successfully distinguish between different stimuli just by the use of tactile senses.
- Mental image:
The stereogenic Sense allows the child to visualize by creating a mental image.
Stereogenic Activities in Montessori:
Stereogenisis is the ability to identify stimuli without the use of auditory, visual, gustatory, or olfactory senses.
The Child is able to perceive information on the basis of tactile senses to provide indications from the stimuli’s texture, shape, size, spatial acuity, temperature, and vibrations.
The Montessori Method of Education introduces two different activities to develop and stimulate Stereogenic senses.
Stereogenic Activity using Mystery Bags:
One innovative way to facilitate Stereogenic senses stimulation is by Mystery bag activity.
- An opaque Blindfold
- A cloth bag with a drawstring
- Small Objects with different shapes, textures, and sizes (easily identifiable)
- The adult should invite the child to come and work with them.
- Introduce the name of the activity to the child.
- The adult must familiarize the child with the object before initiating the activity.
- Once the child learns the names of the objects, place them back inside the bag.
- Ask the child to close their eyes and put on the blindfold.
- Guide the child’s hand inside the Mystery bag and instruct them to sense the objects.
- Ask the child to describe the size, texture, shape, or even address the objects by their names.
- Then the adult will ask the child to take out the objects to check whether they were wrong or right.
- Repeat the process with all the other objects in the bag.
Stereogenic Activity using Sorting Trays:
Another way to effectively facilitate Stereogenc stimulation is through Sorting Trays Activity.
- A Tray
- Three Bowls or Dishes
- One Large Bowl (to be placed in the middle of the tray)
- Any object of different shapes and sizes
- A Blindfold
- Invite the child to the workstation and introduce the name of the activity to the child.
- Place the Sorting tray in front of the child.
- The adult will then ask them to close their eyes
- The Adult will then place the largest item in the child’s hands and ask the child to thoroughly feel the object between their hands.
- Then the Adult will ask the child to feel the object once open.
- Then the adult will then place the object in the Large bowl
- Repeat the same procedure for all the items.
- The child will first check the objects and feel the objects from their own hands.
- After this process is completed, the adult will then introduce the name of the objects to the child.
- The adult will ask the child to put a blindfold on their eyes and feel the items again.
- The child will be asked to identify the name the objects and place them in the second tray.
- The child will then be asked to remove the blindfold and see the results.
Why does your child need to develop their Steroegenic Sense?
The Stereogenic sense or tactile gnosis is the ability to identify objects without the use of Auditory (hearing), Visual (seeing), Gustatory (tasting), or Olfactory (smelling) Senses.
The development of this unique ability is often overlooked in traditional educational institutions. The Montessori Method of education provides children with exciting activities that enhance as well as develop your child’s Stereogenic Sense.
But what is all the fuss surrounding the Stereogenic sense anyways? Well, the stereogenic sense is essential for other senses such as spatial acuity, discrimination between varied dimensions, diameters, sizes, and heights, as well as allows the child to distinguish between different temperatures.
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Science News Summary: Vaccinated Pregnant Women Pass On Protective Antibodies To Babies; Good Friends and Fresh Blood: the Social Life of a Vampire Bat and More
Below is a summary of the latest scientific news.
Good friends and fresh blood: the social life of a vampire bat
When you think of vampire bats, friendship and collaboration may not be among the qualities that come to mind to these blood-eating creatures of the night. But maybe they should. Scientists on Thursday provided a deeper understanding of the social relationships between vampire bats and showed how those who have forged bonds like “friendships” with others will hang out with these pals while looking for a meal.
Vaccinated pregnant women pass on protective antibodies to babies
Below is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. This includes research that warrants further studies to confirm the results and that has yet to be certified through peer review. Vaccinated pregnant women pass on antibodies to babies
AstraZeneca is investing in Imperial’s self-amplifying RNA technology with future drugs in mind
AstraZeneca Plc reached an agreement with the company behind Imperial College London’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday to develop and sell drugs based on its self-amplifying RNA technology platform in other disease areas. Under the agreement, VaxEquity, a startup founded by Imperial vaccinologist Robin Shattock, could receive up to $ 195 million if certain milestones are met, in addition to licensing fees for approved drugs and equity investments from AstraZeneca and the life science company Investor Morningside Ventures.
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We have a large thermometer secured to wall in the front stall of the trailer. The current temperature is visible from the truck using our trailer camera system. We can alter the ventilation in the trailer based on the temperature to keep the equine comfortable during transport.
WARM WEATHER CONSIDERATIONS: When are are transporting one equine in a box stall or two equines in our straight stalls, we not only open up the rear and side windows in their area but we also open the half-door above the side ramps for increased ventilation. We only do this when the equines we are transporting are secured behind the floor to ceiling stall doors. While hauling equines with the half-doors open, we always secure full-size mesh screens over the openings which will allow air to flow through but will prevent any debris, birds, cigarettes from passing vehicles, and other hazards from entering the trailer. Due to safety concerns, we never haul with the half-doors open, with or without screens, when there is an equine in the front box stall or slant stall.
In addition to the three 12-volt fans that were installed in the trailer when we purchased it, we have added four small Ryobi 18-volt fans, two in each stall area, which are all turned on when we are transporting. We also carry a large 18-inch Ryobi fan which we secure to the box stall door in the vacant stall area when hauling a single equine. The Ryobi fans are operated by 18-volt rechargeable batteries which we switch out at fuel stops to provide the fans continuous power. We carry approximately a dozen batteries as well as a 12-volt battery charger that we plug into the truck for charging batteries on the go. The Ryobi fans will operate from 2-4 hours on a single battery depending on the fan speed and size of the battery. These fans really circulate the air and make a difference in the equines comfort level during transport.
COLD WEATHER CONSIDERATIONS: Our trailer is fully insulated and will maintain a comfortable temperature inside even when the temperature outside is freezing. When we are transporting equines during the colder weather months, we prefer not to have the equines blanketed unless they are body clipped. An equine can generate enough body heat to actually increase the temperature in the trailer if the windows and vents remain closed, or barely cracked, during transport. When there is more than one equine, the temperature inside the trailer can be several degrees higher than the outside temperature and a little balmy. It is not safe for a person to enter the stall with an equine to remove a blanket should the temperature inside the trailer become warm enough to warrant removal... a trailer stall is a confined space and it is always smart to limit the amount of time spent in that space with a prey animal with fight or flight instinct and truly unpredictable behavior. We would prefer that an equine be slightly chilly versus being overheated, therefore we recommend that they do not wear medium or heavy blankets during transport. If an equine must were a blanket, due to being body clipped or whatever reason, we recommend the blanket be lightweight or a stall / turnout sheet of some kind. We will haul with the windows and roof vents almost closed to reduce the amount of breeze through the trailer and limit the amount of heat loss inside the trailer. As the transport progresses and the temperature rises, we will gradually open the windows and roof vents at each fuel or rest stop. If necessary, we will be glad to blanket the equines in our care during layover stops. | <urn:uuid:60d2a7fe-9236-488b-8d02-727770d2dff9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://4hoovessmart.com/temperature-control | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.942393 | 724 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Sewage-disposal tank ingredients are marketed to home owners across the United States, yet they lack policy, standardized testing, and also official certification. That can make it tough to know if sewage-disposal tank ingredients actually work, and also if you require them in any way septifix reviews.
To locate solutions, we will split additives into three categories: not natural substances, natural solvents, and also organic additives.
Septic tank ingredients with not natural compounds consist of strong acids as well as antacids. They are suggested to unclog septic system pipes. While these chemical additives might function as advertised, we recommend you avoid them due to the fact that they:
damage the bacteria that are important to the wastewater treatment process
decrease the efficiency of conventional septic systems
rust and also create leaks in concrete therapy containers
quit the anaerobic digestion process in sewage-disposal tanks
interrupt the performance of secondary therapy systems (consisting of the Ecoflo biofilter).
Septic tank ingredients with organic solvents are meant to break down fats, oils, and also greases. Once more, despite the fact that these items might work, we suggest you avoid them because they:.
- harm the performance of additional therapy systems.
- infect groundwater.
- kill the bacteria in septic systems.
- negatively impact the health of traditional septic tanks.
Biological sewage-disposal tank additives consist of yeasts, all-natural microorganisms, as well as enzymes. They are implied to improve the microbial plants in septic tanks and also drainpipe fields, control biomass, and also reactivate inactive septic tanks.
Do I require to include bacteria to my septic system?
Person dropping a biological sewage-disposal tank additive with microorganisms and enzymes right into their toilet.
Healthy sewage-disposal tanks currently have sufficient microorganisms to support the biological processes that deal with human waste and also wastewater.
By adding more germs in the storage tank, you create problems in which microbial populations compete against each other. This competition can do even more damage than great.
Undesirable septic tanks are a different tale. Usually, the bacterial plants in these systems has been destabilized by large amounts of harmful substances, including:.
- specific soaps.
- cleaning|cleansing} items.
When this occurs, microbial ingredients may aid you re-establish a healthy equilibrium in your septic system. To learn if this action is right for you, contact your septic tank producer or ask our team of experts.
Do I need to include septic tank enzymes?
Ingredients with enzymes (likewise known as biography enzymes) are indicated to stimulate microbial populaces in septic systems. They do this by altering the structure of organic pollutants to ensure that bacteria can prey on them more easily.
There are 2 crucial things to learn about septic system enzymes:.
They are specific.
For instance, take 2 usual enzymes: cellulase and also protease. Cellulase breaks down only toilet tissue and other fibrous products. Protease breaks down only protein-based pollutants. These enzymes have no effect on other natural pollutants.
They are not active and also can not reproduce.
Unlike bacteria, enzymes have to be regularly acquired and also added to your septic system to preserve their intended efficiency.
Some sewage-disposal tank enzymes are marketed to limit the build-up of a residue layer. They work by enabling fats, oils, as well as greases to flow downstream right into secondary treatment systems and also various other septic system elements.
The issue is that fats, oils, as well as oils are not meant to flow downstream. If they do, they can overload your septic tank parts, damage their efficiency, as well as shorten their lifespan.
The # 1 Septic System Treatment On The Market: Septifix
Each of our 55 grams tablets includes 14 stress of cardio microorganisms – over 10 billion germs stress per gram, oxygenation as well as pH managing compounds that securely as well as successfully enhance the growth of bacteria colonies inside your sewage-disposal tank, allowing them to grow for up to 90 days.
That’s why if you utilize SEPTIFIX, your septic system will certainly remain tidy for longer periods of time contrasted to all various other septic system treatments.
When our tablets get in your septic tank, they dissolve gradually releasing sodium carbonate and oxygen – as much as 10 liters of oxygen per tablet.
The oxygen in kind of little bubbles spreads throughout your septic tank, while sodium carbonate acts as a barrier on the water, bringing it to a neutral pH.
The launched oxygen reacts quickly with the waste materials that are inside your sewage-disposal tank and also lowers, after that gradually eliminates the smell – in just 3 to 5 days.
At the same time, all bad anaerobic germs like e coli or salmonella which create in your septic system together with various other harmful disease creating pathogens, as well as can create many illness to your family members are ruined!
In the meantime, the online bacteria from our SEPTIFIX tabs feed with all the deposits that are inside your sewage-disposal tank, including toilet paper, oils, grease and soaps, leaving your storage tank clean, hence lowering as well as in a lot of cases, even removing the demand to have your septic tank pumped.
Yes, much of our customers never have to call the pricey pumpers again, saving hundreds of bucks annually!
Our SEPTIFIX tablets additionally prevent rust of pipelines, tubes, pumps, shutoffs, by counteracting the acids that happen normally in wastewater.
Plus they get rid of all blockages that occur inside your sewage-disposal tank, so you can be worry cost-free understanding that you’ll never ever have back-ups as your septic tank is running efficiently!
SEPTIFIX include no severe chemicals, require no special delivery as well as are non-toxic as well as 100% secure to use, and also are manufactured in our premium center right here in United States, so rest assured that you’ll obtain an exceptional high quality product!
So Why Is SEPTIFIX Means Extra Reliable Than Any Other Sewage-disposal Tank Therapy?
– Our tablets increase oxygen degrees throughout the volume of water 75% more than with hand-operated aeration, allowing the online bacteria to grow for as much as 90 days in your septic system.
Regarding we understand, SEPTIFIX is the only oxygen launching septic system treatment available on the American market!
– The Oxygen is released right away – approximately 10 liters of oxygen per tablet computer, and it reacts with Hydrogen Sulfides (the smells), eliminating all unwanted septic smells after simply a few days.
– SEPTIFIX continuing to be components will certainly reduce the effects of the pH of the drainage which, when incorporated with high oxygen concentrations, leads to an optimal setting for our aerobic bacterial stress to prosper.
– The technology utilized inside our SEPTIFIX tabs, enables our tablet computers to insert within the sludge layer and also deal with the entire volume of water from the bottom up, not long after they have actually dissolved. And so, ALL your sewage-disposal tank obtains cleaned.
– Due to the fact that each of our tablet computers consist of over 10 billion cardiovascular germs stress (which is almost 3 times greater than all our rivals), this ensures mass reduction in oil build up, sludge, obstructions, and all harmful microorganisms – like e coli or salmonella, which can form in your sewage-disposal tank and can cause several health problems to your household are destroyed!
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– Our SEPTIFIX tablet computers minimize, as well as in many cases even removes the need to pump your septic system, permitting you to save at least $300 annually!
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In 2015, The Department of Health and wellness approximated that 31% of the sewage-disposal tank systems in United States were falling short to some degree.
And that has been determined as the number one groundwater contamination factor in the United States.
There are 3 kinds of microorganisms always provide in a sewage-disposal tank system.
cardiovascular germs, which is the excellent bacteria that assists break down waste.
anaerobic microorganisms – they are much less effective at breaking down solids – in fact they rarely do any job inside your sewage-disposal tank as well as they are normally providers of disease.
Cardiovascular microorganisms (our germs) need oxygen to endure which’s why many sewage-disposal tank systems have aerators, even though aerators featured a massive price of over $10,000 for instalment, as well as a yearly electricity cost of over $100.
Anaerobic bacteria do not require oxygen to survive as well as according to the new scientific research, they are an indication that pathogens like typhoid, e-coly, salmonella, as well as cholera, even viruses, like those that trigger polio and also Hepatitis A, may be present in your sewage-disposal tank.
These unsafe microorganisms from septic tanks can infect groundwater, and also if they in some way recede into your home or near to your yard with the drain area, your household can get ill.
In 2009, 8 homes in Swan’s Island, Maine experienced a Liver disease A break out. A contaminated family members spread the virus to 8 various other houses.
The contamination happened due to the fact that the family members’s malfunctioning septic tank drawn away waste water with Liver disease An infection in the ground. One private died!
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The billions of online cardio microorganisms inside SEPTIFIX, with the help of the oxygen launched by each tablet computer, damage all these virus as well as infections by counteracting the drainage from your septic tank …
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Solutions for re-opening tourism
Ensuring safety during the re-opening requires thorough preparations by the Government, ministries, agencies, and travel companies, experts have said.
Hoang Nhan Chinh, Secretary General of the Tourism Advisory Board (TAB), said in a letter to the Government that the board strongly supports the Government’s policy of not trading public health for economic benefit.
The TAB has proposed solutions to ensure the safe resumption of tourism, in particular the return of international arrivals, he said, adding that one of the solutions is to establish a working group that brings together experts from different fields like health care, public security, national defence, diplomacy, culture, sports, and tourism.
These experts will put forth pandemic safety criteria and make a list of countries that can satisfy safety standards, according to Chinh.
All international visitors to Vietnam must observe procedures regarding “vaccine passports”, vaccination certificates, and PCR testing before departure and after arrival, he stressed.
A long quarantine may make visitors feel bored, experts have said, so suitable measures are required to shorten the quarantine period while absolutely ensuring COVID-19 prevention and control.
The Government should adopt policies on compulsory travel health insurance that covers COVID-19 for visitors to Vietnam and Vietnamese who wish to travel abroad, Chinh said.
Moreover, tourism workers need to be included on the priority list for COVID-19 vaccination.
The TAB representative also proposed the Government consider a commercial vaccination programme for organisations and businesses that are able to provide shots for their staff, along with drawing up tourism promotions at key destinations.
Vietnam - Safe destination
As one of the leading tourism hub of the nation, the capital city of Hanoi is rolling out a host of activities in an effort to warm up the domestic tourism market, and stands ready for the return of foreign tourists.
Director of the municipal Department of Tourism Dang Huong Giang said the capital has prioritised COVID-19 prevention and control in anticipation of the return of international holidaymakers.
According to the official, Hanoi had to suspend its cooperation with CNN last year promoting the city’s image due to the pandemic, but the programme will continue this year.
“We would like to spread the message that Vietnam, particularly Hanoi, is a safe destination with a raft of complete, quality services,” she said.
The department has asked local hotels to upgrade their infrastructure and strengthen their human resources in preparation for the arrival of foreign vacationers.
Giang affirmed that all international festivals to be organised in Hanoi this year will be at the international level, so as to attract foreign visitors. | <urn:uuid:3f7c1da1-4ed7-438f-909a-ed8fdc4ad7c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sggpnews.org.vn/travel/vietnamese-tourism-ready-to-reopen-91845.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.937472 | 556 | 1.625 | 2 |
PHNOM PENH: According to an OCIC report issued this morning, July 9th, 2022, over 200 hectares of land in the Chroy Changvar area will be transformed into a “City of the Future” as part of the large project “Crown Jewel.”
OCIC mentioned that: Chroy Changvar is becoming a new international business district that meets all the demands for trade, economy, and way of life, attracting local and international investors, generating significant economic growth, and improving living standards.
Chroy Changvar will be the “Crown Jewel” of Phnom Penh and Cambodia, complemented by GMS’s extensive transportation and logistics networks, including the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC), which will provide absolute accessibility and connectivity. It will create new trading and investment opportunities for the entire region, making it one of the region’s new economic hubs once AEC integration is complete.
Over 200 hectares of land will be transformed into a “City of the Future” as part of this project. This “city within a city” is made up of a thriving commercial zone, a prominent business zone, and a must-see tourist attraction.
It will also provide a prime location for exclusive living and working, and ultimately, happiness, surrounded by green, pristine conditions along the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers.
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In the past two years we participated in The MaST Project realized with schools from Romania and Bulgaria. Along the project we had many project presentations which helped us to communicated in English better. Our first device was made to detect smoke and high temperature which can help in preventing a fire hazard.
Since the beginning we were challenged to involve in realizing objects/ functional mechanisms. The work we put in these projects helped me in choosing to be an engineer. Along the project I worked with happiness and collaborated greatly with my colleagues. I had the opportunities to make new friends – I consider this project a great experience which helped me to learn permanently.
After this project our school got new equipment, which we can use from now one for all kinds of extra-scholar activities but also in contests. Until now we started to work with 3D Printers, and in the near future we want to use the NEO robot to make programming more attractive.
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First time visitors to the Good Shepherd Center are surprised to discover this oasis in the city. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd created this space in the Wallingford neighborhood as a refuge for girls from difficult backgrounds, to protect them from the outside world and allow them to grow into healthy women. For over 35 years the gardeners of Historic Seattle have maintained and enhanced that sense of refuge that allows visitors to relax and invites them to explore, learn, and become their best selves.
Join Lead Gardener Tara Macdonald for a leisurely walk through the Good Shepherd Center grounds to explore what was created by the sisters and the visionary gardeners since. Learn about the nun who requested exotic plant specimens from around the world; the first Historic Seattle gardener who envisioned creative collaboration for educational and artful urban farming and garden spaces; the plant collector who continued the nun’s work in building a rare and unusual plant collection and
revived the orchard as an inspiring demonstration site for the local horticulture community; and the present period of restoration that preserves the past and is guided by a growing ecological awareness.
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What is a cover letter for a research paper?
The cover letter should explain why your work is perfect for their journal and why it will be of interest to the journal’s readers. When submitting a manuscript, a well-written cover letter can help your paper reach the next stage of the process being sent out for peer review.
How do you publish a research paper?
Find a journal. Find out the journals that could be best suited for publishing your research. Prepare your paper for submission. Download our get published quick guide, which outlines the essential steps in preparing a paper. Submit and revise. Track your research. Share and promote.
How much does it cost to publish in nature?
Scientific journal publication fees in US dollarsJournalFee in USDSource, Retrieval datePNAS1700estimate of average PNAS ’09PNAS2900estimate of average PNAS ’09Nature Communications5700 ’14; up >$2000 since ’09!Cell Reports5200 ‘1914
Do journals charge to publish?
Most journals charge a significant fee to those submitting a paper, sometimes in the thousands of dollars. The paper’s author might have to pay these fees, although sometimes his or her university or institution has a subscription fee or otherwise covers the cost of publishing.
Do all journals charge to publish?
No regular standard journal charges nothing unless color printing of figures and reprints are opted. Many journals offer an option to keep the article open access which may cost around USD3000. Publication fees charged by certain open access journals range from $8-3,900. Cost also depends on the index “Scopus or ISI”.
Can I publish a paper without a PhD?
Yes, it’s possible to get a paper published without having a PhD: PhD students do it all the time. Submitted papers are supposed to be evaluated according to what they say, not who said it. Yes. In practice, graduate study is one of the main ways people attain the skills to write such a paper, but a Ph.
Can I publish a paper on my own?
Originally Answered: How can you publish a research paper individually without affiliation to any institution? All you really need is an email address, as long as you have the knowledge necessary to write a good paper and access to the scientific literature you need to put it into context.
How can I publish my paper fast?
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Can anyone publish a research paper?
It is possible to publish a research paper without having a formal degree. To publish a paper in a research journal one needs to be at the forefront of the particular sub-sub-discipline/field – whether formally in an University or not.
What is the format of a review paper?
Typically, reviews include an abstract, an introduction, a literature review section, sometimes a methods section if you have specifics to include, and a discussion and conclusion section.
How do you write a good review paper?
Rule 1: Define a Topic and Audience.Rule 2: Search and Re-search the Literature.Rule 3: Take Notes While Reading.Rule 4: Choose the Type of Review You Wish to Write.Rule 5: Keep the Review Focused, but Make It of Broad Interest.Rule 6: Be Critical and Consistent.Rule 7: Find a Logical Structure.
How do you begin a review?
Elements of a review paperTitle Page. On the title page include the title, your name, and the date. Abstract. An abstract is a brief summary of your review. Introduction. The introduction of your review should accomplish three things: Discussion. The discussion section is the body of your paper. Conclusions. References.
How do you write a short review paper?
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Literacy is a comprehensive textbook which provides students and researchers with support for advanced study of the topic. It introduces readers to a broad range of approaches to understanding literacy in educational contexts and in society.
- integrates psychological, educational and anthropological approaches to literacy and its consequences for individuals and society
- gathers together influential readings from key names in this inter-disciplinary field, including: Catherine Snow, David Olson, and Mike Cole
- presents teachers, students and researchers with many diverse opportunities to explore for themselves a broad range of perspectives and methods of study.
Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Literacy is an essential textbook for students and researchers of Applied Linguistics.
Table of Contents
Section A: Introduction A1. Why Study Literacy? A2. Organisation of the Book A3. Keywords A4. Encounters with Literacy A5. Academic Study of Literacy – Mapping the Field A5.1 Meanings of ‘Literacy’ in Different Traditions A5.2 Literacy Acquisition A5.3 Consequences of Literacy A5.4 Literacy as Social Practice A5.5 New Literacies Section B: Extensions B1. Keywords B1.1 Educational Terms B1.2 Anthropological Terms B1.3 Psychological Terms B2. Literacy Acquisition B2.1 Beginning to Read B2.2 Whole Language B2.3 Social Challenges and Policy B2.4 Literacy in Schools B3. Consequences of Literacy B3.1 The Great Divide B3.2 Testing the Literacy Thesis B3.3 Autonomous vs. Ideological Models of Literacy B3.4 Demythologising Literacy B4. Literacy as Social Practice B4.1 Literacy Practices B4.2 Literacy and Identity B4.3 Multilingual Literacies B4.4 Literacies at Work B4.5 The Literacy Thesis Revisited Section C: Explorations C1. Investigating Literacy Practices – An Ethnographic Perspective C2. Literacy Log C3. Phonics, Whole Language and English Orthography C4. Children’s Literature – Code, Content and Practice C5. Academic Literacies C6. Workplace Literacies C7. Everyday Writing in Modern Society C8. International Policy and Practice in the Literacy Field C9. "Literacy problems" and the Mass Media . Conclusion: Coming to Terms with New Literacies
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About children Separate medicine and politics
Recently in the news potential presidential hopeful Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been taken to task for signing a bill making it mandatory for all girls entering sixth grade to be vaccinated with the human papilloma virus vaccine, Gardasil. This is old news. He signed the bill in 2008.The new twist on the story is it has come to light there is a connection between the governor and the company that makes Gardasil. However, there needs to be a separation between politics and preventative medicine.The passage of the law in 2008 led to a debate of the pros and cons of the law. Many cons were from a religious, not a medical perspective.Religious leaders felt then, and many feel now, this vaccine will lead young girls to have sex without marriage. I regret to inform them that activity was already happening. Read the national statistics on teenage unwed mothers. Teens, both male and female, are having sex before marriage. An unpleasant fact to some, but still a fact.Cervical cancer is a medical issue; the HPV vaccine a medical issue. The vaccine has been shown to reduce cervical cancer. Cervical cancer kills. This vaccine can potentially stop millions of women from dying. Separate medicine from morality.There are more than 100 types or strains of HPV. Of those more than 30 are genital HPVs.Twenty million Americans are infected; at least 50 percent of sexually active men and women acquire a genital HPV infection during their lifetime. By age 50 at least 80 percent of women will have acquired a genital HPV infection. The rate of infection is growing by 6.2 million Americans each year.Most men and women who are infected never know they have been infected. However, those who do show symptoms have them in the form of visible genital warts in or on the vulva, vagina, anus, cervix, penis, scrotum, groin or thigh; or in pre-cancerous changes in the cervix, vulva, anus or penis. Some warts can appear within weeks, others not for months.HVP is spread primarily through genital contact. Since most people are unaware they are infected, they can pass the virus to a partner unknowingly.All HPVs can cause an abnormal pap test; 10 of the 30 genital HPVs are known to cause cervical cancer. About 10,500 women are diagnosed annually with cervical cancer; about 4,000 will die.Why vaccinate young girls? Because they are, hopefully, not yet sexually active and not yet exposed to HPV. The vaccine is recommended for young women 11-26. It is preferable for vaccination before sexual activity, but it should also be considered for young women under 26 who are active. Hopefully, they have not been exposed to the four HPVs that cause the most serious problems.The vaccine will not eliminate cervical cancers or prevent the need for yearly pap tests and pelvic exams. The vaccine is an addition to regular medical checkups. Thirty percent of all cervical cancers will still occur. But the majority -- 70 percent -- will be prevented.Three doses of the vaccine are needed at a cost of $120/dose or $360 for the series of three. Pricey, but less expensive -- financially and emotionally -- than having cancer. Some health insurance plans cover the cost; others won't; most will cover it as a recommended vaccine.Concerned about the vaccine giving your daughter the OK to have sex? Not all girls have sex voluntarily. One in four will be sexually assaulted before she is 18. Many of them will be raped. Rapists don't practice safe sex. Why should your daughter die from an HPV she got from her rapist?Even if your daughter is not sexually active until marriage, what about her husband? He may have been infected with HPV from a prior sexual partner. Are you really going to ask your son-in-law his sexual history; and expect an honest answer?Again, this is a medical/health issue. Millions of parents were thrilled with the development of the first polio vaccine. Their children would no longer contract polio and die. The Gardasil shot is a similar breakthrough for death due to cervical cancer. We can now prevent our daughters from dying from 70 percent of all cervical cancers.Don't confuse morals with medical breakthroughs. For more information about the HPV vaccine go to www.cdc.gov/std/healthcomm/fact_sheets.htm.Bev Theil is a child advocate in Wayne and Holmes counties. She can be contacted at email@example.com. | <urn:uuid:a55393fb-d704-4510-939c-8b255f82b752> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.the-daily-record.com/story/news/2011/09/17/about-children-separate-medicine-politics/19638670007/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963374 | 927 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Party, Policy, or Duty: Why Does the Supreme Court Invalidate Federal Statutes?
American Political Science Review, Vol. 101, No. 2, pp. 321-338, May 2007
18 Pages Posted: 14 May 2011
Date Written: January 12, 2007
This paper explores three competing accounts of judicial review by comparing the enacting and invalidating coalitions for each of the fifty-three federal statutes struck down by the Supreme Court during its 1981 through 2005 terms. When a Republican judicial coalition invalidates a Democratic statute, the Court’s decision is consistent with a partisan account, and when a conservative judicial coalition invalidates a liberal statute, the decision is explicable on policy grounds. But when an ideologically mixed coalition invalidates a bipartisan statute, the decision may have reflected an institutional divide between judges and legislators rather than a partisan or policy conflict. Finding more cases consistent with this last explanation than either of the others, I suggest that the existing literature has paid insufficient attention to the possibility of institutionally motivated judicial behavior, and more importantly, that any comprehensive account of the Court’s decisions will have to attend to the interaction of multiple competing influences on the justices.
Keywords: Supreme Court, judicial review, regime politics, attitudinal model, historical institutionalism, Rehnquist Court
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One of my co-workers recently accepted a position at a start-up telehealth business. My interest in what telehealth is and how nursing relates to it has grown ever since. As is my custom when I want to explore a topic I am unfamiliar with, I tried to find reliable information from reputable sources to quench my curiosity.
Before addressing the specific article that I found on the topic, I’d like to briefly introduce the idea of telehealth. The American Telemedicine Association defines telehealth (also known as telemedicine) as the delivery of healthcare via technology. Yes, a very broad definition. It has been common for healthcare professionals to use phones to communicate with patients in the past (e.g. deliver lab results), but now medical providers have the ability to use video conferencing to meet with patients for a virtual appointment and/or monitor patients remotely using monitoring devices.
The article I found most interesting and helpful was written by two Registered Nurses and recently published in April 2019 (see link below). I thought the unique perspective of these authors would be interesting to discuss more in-depth since it specifically addresses how telehealth interacts with nursing. Most of what follows is a summary of the article and deeper discussion incorporating my own thoughts and experiences.
Pros of Telehealth
There are a lot of arguments in favor of telehealth nursing. Some of the pros include increased availability of care services outside of normal work hours and reduced burden for on-call physicians. Nurses cannot only deal with easier patient needs such as education about proper medication administration, but they can also help assess a patient’s status and determine if the patient should be seen in-person by a provider. Often, telehealth is convenient for the patient, allowing him or her to converse with a doctor from a car, home, or workplace. Another benefit of telehealth is that it reaches many people quickly and efficiently, which helps with the predicament of the ever-present nursing shortage.
Telehealth nursing seems to have particular benefits for those suffering from chronic conditions such as diabetes. Using video communication or virtual messages, nurses can send encouragements to the patient to take positive self-care actions, remind them to perform necessary duties like checking blood sugar and counting carbohydrates, and visualize the patients’ feet to ensure foot care is adequate. Telehealth nursing can have a profound impact on those who suffer from long term conditions because it offers an easier, more affordable alternative for health maintenance rather than waiting until a dire health emergency is present to seek care. The goal and hope of telehealth are to ultimately reduce ER visits by promoting healthy lifestyles on a regular, daily basis.
The article I read discussed the importance of properly training telehealth nurses, and I couldn’t agree more. One of the dangers of telehealth is the physical distance between healthcare professionals and patients. Without the ability to perform a hands-on assessment of the patient, a telehealth nurse must be particularly attuned to asking the patient the correct questions in order to analyze a situation correctly with the acquired information. The article mentioned the acronym SCHOLAR as a helpful triaging tool for telehealth nurses to use when assessing a patient (symptoms, characteristics, history, onset and duration, location, aggravating factors, and relieving factors). Hitting all these points will help the triage nurse accurately respond to a situation.
The benefits of telehealth nursing are profound, no doubt. But what about the pitfalls – the cracks in the foundation that could affect the integrity of healthcare as we know it today?
I think a huge problem with telehealth nursing is the lack of physical contact between patient and nurse. Even if a telehealth nurse has monitors on the patient to assess vitals and video imaging to see the patient, there is still the component of touch that is missed. In my office, I often get incorrect readings on the monitor and have to adjust a sensor or change a blood pressure cuff or manually take vitals because the automatic measurer is simply not reading accurately. When I have to take measurements without the use of automatic machines, I find my results are more true to reality. With telehealth, it would be difficult to truly assess a patient without spacial proximity.
Additionally, telehealth nursing is assuming that patients are able to accurately describe their symptoms and story. In my experience, many patients have difficulty expressing exactly how they are feeling. When a patient comes into an office, a culmination of nonverbal and verbal cues can help providers understand what is going on with a patient, but telehealth makes it all the more difficult to put all the pieces of the puzzle together.
And what about the problem in pediatrics, when a parent might set up a telehealth visit with a nurse and describe a child’s status much more dramatically than the actual situation? I spent many days triaging patients in our pediatric office, and it was common for parents of sick children to describe symptoms that sounded extremely concerning over the phone but turned out to be relatively mild once the patient was seen in the office. It would be difficult for telehealth nursing to navigate overly concerned parents who are calling in with health concerns.
The majority of telehealth nursing jobs require at least several years of face-to-face experience with patients before transitioning to a virtual healthcare environment. I understand this line of thinking, but at the same time, I can’t help but think, “Every patient is different. Even if you have two years of hands-on experience with patients, how will you be able to accurately assess every patient that seeks medical advice through telecommunication?”
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This paper will critically and comprehensively provides a book review of the three musketeers. The paper will also discuss some of the weaknesses and strengths of the book and possibly where improvements are needed. The paper will also look at the major character of this book.
The three musketeers is an interesting story which entirely focus on the character by the D’ Artagnan. The story takes place in France in 1600s.The character mentioned had gone to Paris with a letter of introduction from his father to Monsieur de Treville who was the captain of the three musketeers in Paris. However, on his way, D’ Artagnan gets into trouble. During this time when this story is being written, France as a country has many judicial systems. There are two main enemies here and that is the king’s guard and the Cardinal guards. However, despite being enemies, the King did not despise the Cardinal.
The main character in the story is D’ Artagnan. This character is very interesting in the story. The way he relates with other people is just amazing. D’ Artagnan left his parent in the early twenties and then joined Musketeers in Paris. D’Artagnan later joined the kings company and manages to make friends with the three musketeers. D’ Artagnan later becomes helpful to a lady by the name Madam Bonacieux. He managed to rescue the lady from being humiliated by the Cardinal guards and also prevented the secret of the queen love from being leaked to the Duke of Buckingham. Milady wants to kill her. However, D’ Artagnan manages to trick her to a point that she becomes livid. At the end of the story, D’ Artagnan together with the three musketeers becomes the deputy of the musketeers and ever lived happily.
The historical moments brought forward in this book has a significant impact on the history of Paris. During the time when this story was being written, France as a country had many judicial systems. There were two main enemies here and that is the king’s guard and the Cardinal guards. However, despite being enemies, the King did not despise the Cardinal. This story is set in the beginning of the seventeenth century in France. During this time, King Louis XIII Cardinal Richelieu and the Duke were the real people in France. It was during this time that the fight between French Catholics and the Protestants Huguenots was taking place. Therefore, this story can be said to be of much significant especially in the history of France.
In order to bring the moment of fighting in France during the seventeenth century, the author uses the enmity that existed between King’s Guard and the Cardinal guards. Also the fighting which is noticed within the text shows the state of disharmony just like the one that was experienced in France in the seventeenth century between the French Catholics and the Protestants Huguenots. The author of the book brings this clearly especially where the Artagnan and the other three musketeers capture Milady after she had killed and then sentenced her to death.
The novel is very different from a history text book. First and foremost, the book is not organised logically beginning with the definition of terms as it is in history text books. These actually do not qualify it to be classified as a history text book. Secondly, the book has make use of various characters which are described continuously in the book up to the end of the text book. This is different from history text book because, in history text book, characters are not used. For instance, in this book there are major and minor characters. For example D’ Artagnan is the main character. On the other hand, in history text book, there are no major and minor characters. Finally, the book is written continuously and one paragraph helps in developing the subsequent paragraph which is very different in history.
Some of the strength of this book is that it is able to vividly bring to light the picture of French during the seventeenth century. The story is a reflection of the war between French Catholics and the Protestants Huguenots during the nineteenth century. Another strength of the story comes from its moral point of view. According to me, the Moral of the story is above average. For instance, after Milady had killed, she is captured by the three musketeers and then sentenced to death. This actually was very fair.
Despite having a plethora of strengths, it is worth noting to say that the story has some weaknesses. For instance, despite tireless efforts made by d’ Artagnan, to save Madame Bonacieux, it is sad that the lady dies before being married by D’ Artagnan. According to me, D’ Artagnan truly deserved to marry Madame Bonacieux. Another weakness comes from the behaviour that is being depicted by the three musketeers. Despite the fact that these musketeers are highly valued in France, it is prudent to say that they are too proud and often solve their problems with a duel.
The most interesting character in this story is D’ Artagnan. He is an interesting character in this story because despite leaving home only with eleven crowns, a horse and few words of advice from his father, he manages to become the deputy of the musketeers and also becomes very rich. D’ Artagnan also refuses to be lend money and insisted that despite coming with four crowns in his pocket, he could slaughter anyone who said that he was not rich. I love such behaviour of being a gentlemen and courageous. D’ Artagnan also depict the picture of a good servant because he was able to serve the king until death parts them.
In conclusion, it is prudent to note that this paper have critically and comprehensively provides a book review of the three mascateers. The paper focuses on the main character of the book who is D’ Artagnan. The paper has also discussed some of the weaknesses and strengths of the book and possibly where improvements are needed. The paper also looked at the major character of this book.
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Local districts receive grants to bolster digital learning
Digital learning at MCCSC and R-BB schools will receive a boost thanks to grant funding from the state department of education’s Office of eLearning, the state announced last week.
The two districts were among 48 other school districts to receive Digital Learning Grants for 2019. The grants, ranging from $20,000-$50,000 each, are meant to support districts as they build and strengthen their digital initiatives like computer science curriculum, project-based learning and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) instruction.
A total of 110 districts applied for the grants. The Metropolitan School District of Martinsville was also named a grant recipient, and will also receive just under $50,000 to put toward digital initiatives.
The Monroe County Community School Corp. will use its $50,000 grant to support districtwide computer science curriculum for grades K-6. This is the first school year the district has had such a curriculum, using resources such as Common Sense Media, Code.org and Apple Swift Playground. With the funding, the district will be able to do more, said MCCSC STEM and computer science coach Katy Sparks.
“We would like to expand on this work by introducing robotics as an extension of the coding piece of the computer science curriculum,” Sparks said in an email. “This also will address the computing devices and system standards outlined by the IDOE by introducing new hardware that students can program, debug, and troubleshoot.”
The district plans to purchase a few robots that use block-based coding, a coding language that students are already learning in the district. The robots would be available for classroom teachers to access or for digital learning coaches to introduce into the classrooms.
“We are excited for the opportunity to expand our computer science curriculum to include robots,” Sparks said.
While MCCSC incorporates robots, the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corp. is turning its attention to Project Lead the Way curriculum, bringing STEM-centric project-based learning modules to each of its kindergarten through second-grade classrooms by the end of the 2020-21 school year.
By doing so, the district hopes to correct a trend in which students fall away from STEM early, leading to an overall lack of diversity in the field.
“Research shows that female and other underrepresented students are ‘giving up’ on STEM and self-select out of STEM fields by the age of 9 — by the end of second grade,” wrote Jaime Miller, R-BB’s STEAM coach and coordinator, in an email. Kids need early exposure to the field, and the tools to make them feel like they can succeed in it, Miller said. “With this project, we will equip classrooms in grades K-2 with curriculum and resources necessary to prevent this trend.”
R-BB will receive $42,530 in grant funding. More than half that amount — $31,500 — will go toward curriculum and supplies such as computer-science based modules from Project Lead the Way and Chromebooks for the K-2 classrooms, where the district aims to have one computer for every four students.
Of the remaining funds, $9,000 will go toward professional development for teachers through Project Lead the Way’s Core Teacher Training and Lead Teacher Training. The teachers who complete the training will bring that expertise back to R-BB to teach other teachers. | <urn:uuid:4f1911b6-5ff6-4e86-b723-cfbe5eb49ba5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2019/03/28/local-districts-receive-grants-to-bolster-digital-learning/46913603/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957603 | 713 | 2.28125 | 2 |
A credit that is bad may be a serious drawback for the small company. It might stop you from obtaining a business that is small when it’s needed. Even it possible to raise funds, the lender may require you to pay a high rate of interest if you find. This might decrease your profits and then leave you with less cash to buy your business.
Does that mean you’re stuck with a bad credit history forever and that your online business are going to be strapped for money completely?
Quite the opposite, there are numerous things you can do to extricate your self using this situation. In this essay, we’ll reveal why you will need a great credit history , how to enhance your credit rating , plus the sources it is possible to touch for a poor credit loan.
The essential difference between no credit and credit that is bad
Before we address the topic of increasing that loan for the business, it is crucial to know the essential difference between two terms which are frequently blended up: “no credit” and “bad credit”.
Having no credit history
When you have no credit, it suggests you don’t have a credit score. Consequently, a credit won’t be had by you rating.
In the event that you don’t have a credit rating, some lenders could have a difficult time reaching a credit choice once you make an application for that loan. Having said that, some loan providers, like Camino Financial, do offer loans for business people without any credit history.
However, you ought to learn to build credit for the small company . Check out of the ways that this can be done:
Having a credit score that is bad
Your credit rating is decided up to an extent that is large your FICO rating. This rating ranges from 300 to 850.
Here’s a guideline about credit rating:
Exemplary: 700 to 850
Good: 670 to 699
A greater rating signifies that you’ve got a credit that is good and are also prone to repay your financial situation on time. It’s imperative that you determine what determines a good credit rating .
But then that’s a whole other story if you have a bad credit score. Loan providers don’t frequently make use of business people which have a credit that is bad, therefore learning simple tips to enhance it is vital.
Here’s tips on how to work with enhancing your rating:
getting a company loan with bad credit
Bad credit can avoid getting cash whenever it is needed by you. This might lead to missed possibilities and may hold back once again your business’s growth.
For instance, if the interest in your merchandise or services is regular, having less funds could cause a scenario what your location is struggling to pay salaries or satisfy your administrative costs. resolved with financing, exactly what takes place when you have bad credit?
Does it suggest that it’s impractical to get a loan when you yourself have bad credit?
Happily, small businesses with poor credit do have some options.
Pay day loans
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Living in a country with a population of 1.25 billion, I can understand the importance of bigger vehicles and that is why I decided to write about this topic when I came across the #LufthansaA380 blogging contest.
It is time to celebrate, because the largest commercial aircraft in history is now flying to Delhi.
The most important word in the last sentence is “LARGEST“; and this word has got a huge significance in India. Especially for people like me who have been traveling in over crowded buses and trains since their childhood. I remember a number of instances when Indian public transport had taken perfect care of me. Following are a few of them:
I was traveling from Delhi to Agra in a UP roadways bus. The fact about UP roadways is, that they take complete care of their passenger’s needs; needs that we are not even aware of. For instance, the over-crowded buses make sure that we are in touch with reality and understand the importance of staying slim. Because if we turn obese, getting from a window seat to the exit door becomes a back-breaker. It also makes sure that there are enough passengers standing so that they can sweat and burn some calories. To make sure that the passengers are safe from the threat of broken glasses, they simply remove all of them. This again creates a healthy competition amongst the passengers to grab the window seat during summers. And during this process, many of them even get foot massage and acupuncture totally free of cost.
Another instance that comes to my mind is when I was coming back from Allahabad after appearing for my SSB interview. The funny thing about these interviews is that you don’t know when you will be coming back, because you can be rejected on either 1st or 5th day. So though I had made reservations for traveling to Allahabad, I could not make any advance arrangements for my return. And since I got rejected on the 5th day, my guilt did not allow me to spend extra money on Hotels and Tatkal reservations. Thus, I decided to board the next available train after buying a general ticket. This decision lead to a series of events which played a big role in increasing my patience and tolerance. The Indian railway made sure that I learn these two qualities effectively by making me travel as I was cramped between the coach’s wash-basin, two co-passengers (one sitting on my feet and the other resting on my shoulder) and some luggage. That was the moment when I first realized that there is hardly any difference between the luggage and me. Other than the difference that I can breathe, I realized that it was easier for every moving passenger to push me aside rather than pushing the luggage. Nevertheless, it gave me the perfect opportunity to think about my mistakes which led to my rejection; and I had ample amount of time too, since this journey was 11 hours long.
So Yes! I would say that bigger is definitely better. And though the situations like above may never arise in an aircraft, the Lufthansa A380 will definitely reduce the waiting time and provide a stupendous experience to it’s passengers. Do watch this video and share your thoughts while using the hashtag #LufthansaA380: | <urn:uuid:2435dcbd-3643-424b-877c-2bf1d0af3021> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kushalashok.wordpress.com/tag/lufthansa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.977869 | 677 | 1.726563 | 2 |
2021 brought some unforgettable memes. The viral content that drives internet culture has exploded ever since people were forced to stay at home, spending more time on their phones and computers as a result of the global pandemic.
As the pandemic spread, many took to social media to connect and relieve their loneliness and stress, which is clear by the key themes that continue to mix humor with topics that dominate news headlines week by week.
Know Your Meme, a popular website dedicated to explaining memes and internet culture, released a 2020 report uncovering themes and trends. COVID-19 was an especially big topic for internet discourse. Within just three months, Know Your Meme accumulated a record-breaking 100 entries, and 6,500 images related to the virus were uploaded to the database.
"Millions of people have connected through memes during the COVID-19 pandemic about everything from hand washing to quarantine, and our research helps companies better understand this important part of digital culture," Don Caldwell, editor-in-chief of Know Your Meme, said in a statement.
Memes may have helped many people get through these tough times with much-needed humor. Here are some of 2021’s most popular memes explained:
Bernie Sanders’ mittens at the inauguration
Sen. Bernie Sanders, bundled up for the cold January air, proved how a simple pair of mittens can unite us all.
The Vermont senator became an instant meme during the 2021 presidential inauguration after he was spotted sitting with his arms crossed, donning a bulky winter coat and handmade mittens. Sanders topped off the look with a blue face mask and his trademark glasses.
Some even went as far as to classify the look as "grumpy chic," and it soon became one of the first memes of 2021.
Oprah’s reactions during Harry and Meghan interview
Prince Harry and Meghan sat down for an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired in March.
In the two-hour soul-baring interview, the couple painted a deeply unflattering picture of life inside the royal household, depicting a cold, uncaring institution that they had to flee to save their lives.
Several of Winfrey’s shocked and perplexed facial expressions instantly became memes online.
The stuck Suez Canal boat
A skyscraper-sized container ship called the "Ever Given" became stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking the vital waterway for nearly a week in March. Its bow had touched the eastern wall of the canal, while its stern looked lodged against the western wall — an extraordinary event that experts said had never occurred in the canal’s 150-year history.
The blockage of the Suez Canal forced some ships at the time to take the long alternate route around the Cape of Good Hope at Africa’s southern tip, requiring additional fuel and other costs. Hundreds of other ships waited in place for the blockage to end.
The shutdown, which raised worries of supply shortages and rising costs for consumers, added strain on the shipping industry already under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.
After a massive salvage effort by tugboats and help from the tides, the skyscraper-sized vessel was eventually freed six days later, ending the crisis and allowing hundreds of ships to finally pass through the canal. But not before it sparked hundreds of memes online.
Red flag emojis began flooding social media this year. People started posting scenarios in which something stood out to them as a turn-off — or "red flag" — followed by, you guessed it, multiple red flag emojis.
The trend began as something more serious, with people sharing as a way for others to hopefully avoid hurtful relationships or situations, according to Complex. But it has since evolved to include more silly scenarios, like pineapple on pizza, according to one Twitter user.
Kim Kardashian West at the Met gala
Yes, memes are not just quirky cartoons or images with hilarious captions, they can be clothing too. Kardashian West's outfit, including a faceless mask, started a dialogue of its own following the event's theme, "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion."
One user on Twitter posted a photo of themselves mocking Kardashian West’s costume wearing plastic trash bags.
"Me going out like this so everybody thought I'm #KimKardashian," Twitter user @gohrzmn wrote.
One photo taken at the Met Gala event got particularly meme-ified: a picture of her sister, Kendall Jenner, looking perplexed by Kardashian West.
"Kendall, it’s me!" "Who?" joked another Twitter user.
The Weeknd’s Super Bowl maze
The star's pricey performance featured a sequence in which he appeared to get lost in a labyrinth-like maze of lights and dancers in the stands of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
While the moment was likely part of the show's shtick and The Weeknd was probably not lost (he did find his way out to perform on the football field after all), it wasn't long until viewers were inspired to churn out jokes about the performance.
"6 year old me looking for my mom after I lost her in the mall," wrote a Twitter user alongside a video of The Weeknd frantically looking around as he speeds through the maze.
"When you lost in the club," said another, sharing the same clip.
Poking fun at the slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout, another added: "Me trying to find a vaccine site with extra shots about to go to waste."
Anakin and Padmé conversation
The "For the Better, Right?" meme originated from a scene of "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones," where Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker and love interest Padme Amidalla exchange political world views.
The meme itself consists of four screenshots from the scene with invented subtitles that depict Anakin saying, "I’m going to change the world," to which Padme replies: "For the better, right?"
For those uninitiated in the "Star Wars" canon, the text refers to Anakin’s fate of becoming Darth Vader, responsible for intergalactic genocide and the success of the evil Empire.
The dialogue in the original meme was never actually said in the film, but the caption has since been remixed countless times aimed at poking fun of everyday conversations that tend to spiral out of control — a relevant topic considering many comment sections online.
One version pokes fun at the plot of another "Star Wars" film "The Empire Strikes Back, in which Darth Vader duels his son, Luke Skywalker.
The happy side, sad side bus meme
The meme that took Instagram and Twitter by storm near the end of 2021 was originally created by Brazilian artist Genildo Ronchi, who uploaded his original cartoon to the platform on Nov. 28, following the meme’s success.
The meme features two people riding a bus on opposite ends. One frowning looking down towards a bleak and lifeless rock formation, while the other admires a gorgeous view of colorful mountain ranges.
"Choose the happy side of life," Ronchi writes in a caption in Portuguese.
The meme has been recycled countless times, replacing the original caption with various nods to relevant cultural moments.
"Goes to therapy, dyed their hair," wrote one Twitter user with their own take on the meme.
"Argues with people online, blocks people unprovoked," wrote another Twitter user.
In October, Facebook and its apps Instagram and Whatsapp experienced issues that resulted in connection trouble with the inability to load newsfeeds for thousands of users around the world. The outage lasted for hours, prompting memes about the crisis to make the rounds on the internet.
Twitter, one of the few social media apps working amid the Facebook outage, took advantage of the chaos by posting a very tongue-in-cheek tweet writing, "hello literally everyone."
The tweet itself became a meme itself garnering 3.3 million likes and more than half a million retweets.
"Me replying to Instagram stories after a few drinks," joked Twitter user @joeshw.
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At Forest Learning Lab, we are used to spending our days appreciating nature; however, for Earth Day, we challenged our students to try something new to show how they care for the plants and animals of The Parklands.
For two hours on Thursday, April 22, the Education staff and Forest Learning Lab students picked up litter at the Creekside Paddling Access, around the Osage Orange Trail, and around the PricewaterhouseCoopers Pavilion in Beckley Creek Park.
Outfitted with gloves, trash bags, and trash pickers, students from ages 5 to 11 had a blast cleaning up the environment. Many were shocked at how much trash—particularly small pieces of plastic—they found sitting in the grass or washed up along the banks of the creek.
While trash pickup may seem like an arduous task for most adults, the campers were motivated and excited to do their part for The Parklands. After filling up four trash bags, campers and Interpretive Rangers posed for some pictures and then disposed of all the collected trash in a nearby dumpster.
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Angel Stadium of Anaheim has been the home of the Los Angeles Angels since 1966. It is the fourth oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball, and is located in Anaheim, CA.
The Angels shared their stadium with the Los Angeles Rams from 1980-1994. The stadium was expanded to accommodate the Rams — much to the chagrin of Angels fans, as many of the new seats were too far from the game. After the Rams left for St. Louis, the Angels converted their stadium back into a baseball-only facility. The stadium’s current capacity for baseball is 45,477, down from over 64,000 in the late 80s and early 90s. Reducing the seating capacity allowed for aesthetic improvements to the park and the sightlines to the mountain ranges past the outfield. The renovations also added the “California Spectacular,” a display behind the outfield fence in left-center. The display depicts a mountainside — complete with real trees — and features erupting geysers. Make sure to look in the direction of left-centerfield after the Angels hit a homerun: fireworks will shoot over the display.
One of Angel Stadium’s most famous landmarks is “The Big A.” The A is a 230-foot tall metal structure that stands in the stadium’s parking lot. The halo at the top of the A lights up after every Angels win.
Angel Stadium of Anaheim has hosted three All-Star games, most recently in 2010, when the National League won and broke a 13-year losing streak. The park hosted the World Series for the first time in 2002. The Angels’ playoff run that year also marked the first time the team had won a playoff series. Angel Stadium — then called Edison International Field — was the site of a dramatic Angels comeback in game six, and of their game seven victory over the San Francisco Giants.
The park is also used for non-baseball events. U2 has played three concerts there, most recently in 2011. In 2017, Angel Field hosts the Day N Night festival, featuring acts such as Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper.
Frequently Asked Questions About Angel Stadium of Anaheim Events and Tickets
What events are at Angel Stadium of Anaheim?
Angel Stadium of Anaheim is primarily used as the home of MLB's Los Angeles Angels. However, Angel Stadium of Anaheim does host a number of concerts and other events. See full Angel Stadium of Anaheim schedule above.
How much are tickets at Angel Stadium of Anaheim?
Angel Stadium of Anaheim ticket prices on the secondary market can vary depending on a number of factors. Typically, Angel Stadium of Anaheim tickets can be found for as low as $15.00, with an average price of $66.00 but can vary depending on the event.
Where is Angel Stadium of Anaheim?
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Do I need to run mod_python to run virtualmin? One more question, how do I disable/enable Apache modules like mod_python in virtualmin/webmin? I have looked at the documentation and it says to go to the Apache global config but I do not have the link in there that I had on a test installation last week to turn on and off Apache modules.
No, mod_python is not a dependency of Virtualmin.
If you’re interested in tweaking Apache modules, you can do so by going into Webmin -> Servers -> Apache -> Global configuration -> Configure Apache Modules. From there, you can enable and disable any of the Apache modules installed on your system.
I do not have a “Configure Apache Modules” link on that page. Any idea why that may be?
The installation you’re looking at – how did you go about installing it, was it with the install.sh script? Do you know what Webmin and Virtualmin version you’re using? And lastly, are you using the default Virtualmin Framed Theme, or are you by chance using a different theme?
Yes I used the install script. I am using the default theme. I tried all of the others and they are missing the link as well. I installed the system twice on Ubuntu in development using the files from the site rather then the install script and had the link in those versions. There were other issues installing it that way though (the /home directory apache issue etc.) and from going through the forums it looked to be a better option to use the script
Hrm, that’s a bit odd.
Any chance you could post a screenshot of the screen you see whenever you go into Webmin -> Servers -> Apache -> Global configuration?
Here is a screenshot
Nothing huh? I guess I could just use it like it is. It is concerning though that I have the absolute ideal installation as outlined repeatedly on this site and it still does not work as expected so I will try some of the other products on the market. Thanks.
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by Jean Ann Berkenpas
This winter, a small group of Girl Guides has been venturing into the local backcountry through some overnight snowshoeing trips. The group is unique in that their programing is centred on camping and outdoor excursions. The group gets out for active adventures throughout the year, each time discovering a bit more of the wilderness around Valemount.
Amy Pawliuk is a leader of three 12-year-old girls, participating in a Trex group this year. Trex is under the umbrella of Girl Guides, and is considered an “Extra Ops” (for “Extraordinary Options”). It is for 12 to 17 year olds who want to take on bigger and more challenging outdoor adventures. This winter they have snowshoed in to the McKirdy Meadows backcountry cabin and spent a night at Camp Creek Cabin. Both cabins are run by the Yellowhead Outdoor Recreation Association (YORA).
The Girl Guides of Canada is an organization that provides an inclusive all-girls environment. The aim is for girls to take the lead, take on new challenges, build skills, and make friends. The core programing takes place in five different age groups: Sparks (5-6 year-olds), Brownies (7-8 year-olds), Guides (9-11 year-olds), Pathfinders (12-14 year-olds), and Junior Leaders/Rangers (15-18 year-olds). According to the Girl Guides of Canada, Trex is an option “for young women who love to tackle challenging, exciting and bold outdoor adventures.”
The group meetings of Trex focus on trip planning, and less on the traditional earning of badges and recognition. The majority of time together is spent outside adventuring.
Pawliuk finds it rewarding to see the girls gain confidence and inspiration from their trips.
“It is amazing to see the sense of self accomplishment and awe, when you get them to a ridge top and they get a 360 degree view on their own feet,” says Pawliuk.
She also grew up in Valemount exploring the outdoors through Girl Guides and with friends and family.
The girls recently snowshoed up the 6km trail to the cabin, which climbs 500m (the equivalent of 151 stories). They spent the night there and also did some exploring in the area, including a snowshoe hike to the top of the meadow above the cabin. From the ridgeline they were up above the clouds, with an expansive blue sky above and views of Mount Robson in the distance.
“We don’t allow any electronic devices on our trips other than cameras,” says Pawliuk.
This helps the girls engage with each other and their environment. According to her, the girls manage just fine. They are happily entertained with each other’s company and by learning social games that don’t rely on handheld devices. Cat’s Cradle was a big hit on the last trip.
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Chardae Héléna February 2, 2021 Resume
Keep it Relevant – In second grade, I played the role of a singing tree in my school play. As important an event as that was to me in my life, it is completely irrelevant to our discussion here about resume writing tips. You should follow the same advice on your resume. If it is not relevant or you can’t reword it so that it is relevant to the job or employer, leave it off. Focus your resume on the items that qualify you for the position you are seeking. In other words, get rid of the fluff. For example, I once received a resume from a programmer, however the only thing I remember from it was that they attended clown college and competed in national juggling competitions. Yes, that was interesting, but it completely trumped their qualifications for the programming position which I don’t even remember. Basically, limit items on your resume to those relevant to the position for which you are applying. Do not include irrelevant items to that position on the resume. If you haven’t figured this out yet, this means you will have multiple, fine-tuned versions of your resume for each type of position for which you apply.
Provide an Experience Summary – If the reviewer of your resume determines you have experience with the required technologies, the next thing they will attempt to do if to figure out how much experience you have with the specific required technical skills. Your job is to make this process easy for the reviewer, which will then improve your odds for passing the complete resume screening and get an interview. Remember that, in general, resume reviewers do not dedicate much time to each individual resume. If it is too much work for a reviewer to verify your experience against the job requirements, they will most likely move on to the next candidate.
What gives a resume impact, with regards to standing out among other resumes submitted? It is a resume that can be easily read, displays skill sets that are immediately identifiable as being related to the advertised position, and highlights important accomplishments and achievements. A chronological resume emphasizes what a person is doing now; whereas, a skill set resume represents what a person can transfer from their entire career to this new role. A resume with impact also lists a professional summary at the beginning, in place of a career objective, and this provides career highlights that are relevant to any position. Finally, a highly effective resume will be well-written and formatted, with meticulous attention given to every minor detail.
Ensure that your sentences are worded to show that you actually did something. It sounds silly, but consider the following two sentences:
As I mentioned earlier, do not assume that a resume reviewer will be familiar with various terms and concepts that could substitute for the ones in the position announcement. That may or may not be true. Best advice is to use the potential employer’s terminology from the job posting since that is most likely what reviewers will be looking for. Again, do not assume that the initial reviewers are familiar with the technology involved with the position. They may not be. Be very clear that you meet all of their requirements by ensuring that your technical skills summary, experience summary, and experience details all generously use the correct keywords for the position you are seeking.
Note that both sentences convey the same meaning. However, the second sentence is more active. That is, the subject of the second sentence (this approach) actually did the action (performed). In the first sentence, the subject is the same (this approach), however the verb (was) does not convey direct action. Try your best to make your sentence convey action by using action verbs. If you are struggling in this area, you may wish to consider working with a professional resume writer for help.
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Why we need this Guideline
Despite the high prevalence, eating disorders experienced by people with higher weight have been consistently under-recognised and under-treated, and there has been little to guide clinicians in the management of eating disorders in this population.
In response to this, the NEDC Steering Committee convened a Guideline Development Group (members outlined below) to produce the Management of eating disorders for people with higher weight: clinical practice guideline. The Guideline Development Group included academic and clinical expertise and lived experience.
In 2022, NEDC finalised Management of eating disorders for people with higher weight: clinical practice guideline. The Guideline will be launched by NEDC during a one-hour live stream at 12pm AEST on 19 August 2022. Register for the launch here.
The aim of this Guideline is to synthesise the current best practice approaches to management for people with an eating disorder who are at higher weight, based on the premise that every person with an eating disorder is deserving of equitable, safe, accessible, and evidence-based care regardless of their body size. It accords with the role and function of NEDC to bring together research evidence, clinical expertise and lived experience in national standards to improve systems of care for all Australians.
The Group followed the ‘Guidelines for Guidelines’ process outlined by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and has undergone extensive review and consultation throughout 2021-22, involving reviews by key stakeholders with academic and/or clinical expertise and/or lived experience.
This Guideline is intended for all health professionals and does not present discipline-specific information. NEDC encourages all health professionals across varied disciplines and settings of practice to read and utilise the Guideline.
Lived experience perspectives
In the boxes below, you will find the perspectives of people with lived experience of eating disorders and high weight on why this Guideline is needed. For Jo and Zoe’s full stories, click here.
Jo Farmer – Lived experience advocate and Guideline Development Group member
“In hindsight, I’ve lived with disordered eating since I was a child. It emerged following some traumatic experiences, but my eating disorder wasn’t first identified until I was 19 years old and presented at my GP in the UK for treatment for another mental illness. At that time, the eating disorder services in my area only accepted people with a low body mass index (BMI). Since moving to Australia at age 21, it's been a long journey of trying to access appropriate treatment, with periods where I've been well and managing, and several periods when I've relapsed. Currently, at age 32, I’d say I’m mostly well, but I still have periods where I binge, and others where I restrict ‘to compensate’, and food and eating remains something I’m hyper-vigilant about.
But along the way, I have also experienced a lot of bad care. Health professionals who have made me feel ashamed for my weight and dismissed my concerns because I don’t look like the stereotypical eating disorder patient. They have frequently centred my weight and weight loss as the primary goal for my health – as though I wasn’t aware I was living at a higher weight! I’ve experienced a range of treatment from dismissive to outright discriminatory.
Far from helping me recover, this care makes me feel worse about myself, usually leading to a worsening of my mental health (and often weight gain). I hope this guideline demonstrates the pernicious effects of weight stigma, right down to the language we use to describe eating disorders as they present in higher weight as somehow different from the same condition at a low weight (e.g., ’atypical anorexia nervosa‘). Everyone is deserving of equitable care, regardless of what their body looks like."
Zoe Bower – Lived experience advocate
“I grew up chubby and as I entered adolescence and adulthood that became ‘overweight’ and then ‘obese’. I have a few physical health issues that caused me pain and discomfort and I was told that losing weight would help and I should eat smaller portions and try to exercise more.
The first time I got this advice I was 10 years old. At age 10, I was told by my doctor that no one would ever love me at my current weight and that following his advice would make me healthier and happier. I followed this advice but never lost weight, so I was repeatedly doubted by many different medical professionals, so they repeated their advice. I missed out on a lot of typical teenage experiences by being at the gym and avoiding situations where I’d have to eat with people.
My eating disorder wasn’t identified until I was admitted to an inpatient mental health unit at aged 20 but, at the time, I wasn’t in a place to treat it as depression and anxiety took priority. It took a few years before I was ready to get treatment for it, and I addressed it with my psychologist of the time. I was told advice that over the course of my life I have become very familiar with: eat less and exercise more. If I lost weight, then there’d be less fuelling the issues behind my disordered eating. Or at least that’s how it was explained to me."
NEDC Guideline Development Group
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How can I access the Guideline?
The Guideline will be freely available to access through the NEDC website and as an open-access article in the Journal of Eating Disorders. The guideline will be launched by NEDC during a one-hour live stream at 12:00 AEST on 19 August 2022. Register for the launch here.
Click here for Frequently Asked Questions on the Guideline and the launch of the Guideline.
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Many people have put forward ideas for increasing the turnout in local elections. In our neighbouring Coleridge ward, there’s an independent candidate, Puffles The Dragon Fairy, who believes one of the answers is to get politicians more involved with social media, because that’s where most people get their information nowadays. I applaud Puffles’ efforts, but I believe there’s an even simpler and more fundamental way of increasing engagement, and that’s just to give people the basic information about each election. All I’m asking is for every voter to be sent a one-page sheet of paper from the council (and a link to a complementary web page), listing what each forthcoming election is for, how the voting system works, and who the candidates are. That would be a great start. Or let’s really go to town and give the voters the whole background to the election, including the results of the previous election for the whole council, the results of the previous election in their ward, and links to the candidates’ contact details and online information.
It’s not hard to do. I know – because I’ve now done that for this election. Here then is an independent guide to the 2014 Cambridge City Council Election in Queen Ediths. Simply by reading the page I’ve put together, voters of Queen Edith’s will have far more idea about what they’re voting for than residents in any of the other 13 wards of the city. It took me just a couple of hours. With the ability to request information from the candidates with their nominations, it would have taken someone at the council even less time.
Is it of interest to voters? You bet it is. I accidentally put the unfinished page “public” six days ago. There were no links to the page, but somehow Google found it. Already, 69 people have taken a look. That’s hardly an internet viral sensation, but it’s an indication that people are searching for information about the election already. They won’t normally find much. I believe that providing this sort of information widely is the single biggest service the council could give to local democracy after running the elections themselves efficiently. If you agree, contact your local councillors (or current candidates!) and see if they’ll support the idea.
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Texas Prison Rodeo History
The Texas Prison Rodeo was launched in 1931 during the depression years, being first held at the baseball park outside the "Walls" Unit. The baseball park, located on the east side of the prison, was normally home to the Walls Tigers baseball team. The rodeo was the brainchild of
Lee Simmons, General Manager of the Texas Prison System. Simmons envisioned it as entertainment for employees and inmates. Welfare Director Albert Moore headed up the organization and planning for the early rodeos along with Warden Walter Waid and livestock supervisor, R. O. McFarland. The attendants included a small crowd of local citizens and prison. Simmons realized he had a winner on his hands. Two years later, over l5,000 fans traveled to Huntsville for the show. Soon, the Texas Prison Rodeo was drawing the largest crowds for a sporting event in the state of Texas. With a lifespan of more than 50 years, the Prison Rodeo became a Texas tradition, held every Sunday in October. Crowds grew to exceed 100,000 in some years.
Hard Money, Any Way You Look At It
Rodeo events included wild cow milking, calf belling, goat roping, wild mare milking and bull dogging as well as the standard rodeo events such as bull riding, saddle bronc and bareback bronc. Wild horse racing was added to the list in the early 1940's. A favorite
event unique to the Texas Prison Rodeo was the Hard Money Event. Forty Inmates with red shirts were turned into the arena with a raging wild bull with a Bull Durham tobacco sack tied between its horns. The object was for some brave inmate to get the sack and take it to the Judge. Fifty dollars had been placed in the sack but donations often ran the pay up, sometimes to $1500. This became a very popular event for the inmates due to the amount of money involved and was one of the most dangerous ones as well. The fast action kept fans on the edge of their seats throughout the event.
An inmate tries his luck in the "Hard Money" event.
No Rodeo, Not All On Sunday, Not All In Huntsville
The rodeo was not held in 1943 due to the war but when it returned in 1944, all profits from the "Victory" rodeo were invested in war bonds to contribute to the war effort. 1950 was the first and only time the show made a road appearance. It was held in Dallas in the early summer. A new structure made of concrete, steel, and brick was built to replace the old baseball stadium. Weekday rodeos were added to the regularly scheduled Sunday performances in some years and in one year, 1942, the rodeos were all held on Thursdays.
Several inmates ride bulls during the "Mad Cow Scramble" event.
Stars and Bars
Guest stars appeared in the 1951 rodeo including: Eddie Arnold, Guy Willis, Curley Fox and Texas Ruby. This started a yearly tradition which attracted such stars as Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Rodriguez, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, George Strait, Tom T. Hall and the list goes on... Of course, inmate bands also provided a variety of musical entertainment at the rodeo. The most famous inmate performer and one who sometimes stole the show from the paid entertainers was inmate Juanita Phillips. She was better known in the "free world” as Candy Barr. The cowboys, clowns and entertainers of the Texas Prison Rodeo were composed of all types of inmates from all of the units within the Texas Department of Corrections. Some of these men had never been in a rodeo or ridden on an animal in their lives. But it was an honor and a status symbol to be among the cowboys selected to compete in the rodeo.
Close the Gates
The last rodeo was held on October 26, 1986. The fans, including several hundred inmates were entertained by the mother and daughter duo, The Judds. Following the day’s performances, the chute gates were closed for good. Due to costly renovations that the prison system said were necessary to the arena stands, the rodeo was shut down after 1986. There have been discussions of resurrecting this event. However, it will most likely remain only a fond memory for those who participated in, attended, or worked at The Wildest Show Behind Bars... | <urn:uuid:f6606541-b747-46c2-80af-5bca6f301463> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.txprisonmuseum.org/copy-of-captain-joe-byrd-cemetery | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.979385 | 910 | 2.375 | 2 |
With the speaker of Brazil”s lower house of congress introducing impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, here”s what comes next:
A special commission of 66 members of the House of Deputies, with representatives from all political parties, will be formed to decide whether impeachment proceedings should go before the full lower house.
If advanced by the commission, the impeachment measure would be debated and voted on by the House of Deputies.
Impeachment would require support from two-thirds, or 342 members, of the lower house. If that happened, Rousseff would be replaced for six months by her vice president while the Senate considered whether she should be permanently removed as president.
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“Remote work has been on everybody’s mind this past year. Whether you’re in upper management or an information worker near the bottom of the heap, the ongoing pandemic has impacted where and how you work. A virtual private network (VPN) solution is a common approach used by many companies for enabling employees to work from home securely instead of at the office. But VPNs can provide a false sense of security, and they have to be managed carefully if you want to keep hackers out of your corporate network.”
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THE PROTESTANT MARTYRS
One of the most neglected areas of knowledge in the modern church is that of the Martyrs. It seems that when we speak of the history of Christendom we omit the fact that the Roman Catholic Church during the middle ages murdered thousands of true Christians. I would not doubt for a minute this is intentional since so many of the so-called, self-appointed "Christian Leaders" of today are courting the Roman Church. Rome, right down to today, has been the outright enemy of true Christianity. I have made the background red because the blood of the Protestant Martyr flowed generously at the hand of the Roman tormentors. Rome has never backed down from her satanic desire to bring all religions under her despotic rule. Rome did not succeed in the middle ages and as long as there is one King James Version of the Bible around today, she will fail miserably again.
Many thanks go to the Protestant Alliance in Bedford, England for the articles contained herein keeping the blood of the martyrs forever before us, lest we forget and believe the modern traitors to Christ who court Rome. Here in Central New Jersey USA, there is a Christian? radio station with the call letters of WAWZ 99.1 FM which bowed the knee to the Pope and played a Roman Catholic program at 2:30 PM est on Sunday afternoon. It is a shame that there are true Christians in this area who supported this station, even while it was propagating Romish heresy and blatant false doctrine.
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How frequently have you crunched on a sandwich while driving your vehicle? Or on the other hand got lunch at your work area since you would not like to set aside the opportunity to legitimately eat in a settled domain? The demonstration of eating is nurturing. The way toward eating, as indicated by Ayurveda is something consecrated and fundamental for the advancement of awareness and physical wellbeing. When we sit to eat, our entire spotlight ought to be on the taste, surface, and smell of the nourishment. Stand don't as well, walk or drive. Simply sit and be available with your sustenance. This will essentially enhance your absorption. (In some cases it's the most unpretentious things that have the most noteworthy power.)
Evade cold beverages at dinners and super cold sustenances by and large
This is compared to putting cold water on consuming logs. Frosted water quenches the stomach related fire. Indeed, even squeeze or drain straight from the ice chest is unreasonably cold for processing and ought to be consumed at space temperature without ice. When you start drinking refreshments at room temp, you will see an emotional enhancement in your processing. Cold sustenances and nourishments blended with warmly cooked nourishments can cause gas and swelling and general distress in the stomach region.
Eat your principle feast at noontime
Ayurveda pursues the rhythms and cycles of nature. Similarly, as the sun is most astounding and most sultry in the sky at noontime, (between 10 am – 2 pm, so to is your inside flame (Agni). Agni is related to the sun. This is one of the numerous ways Ayurveda looks to interface our brain and body with nature. As the sun goes down so too does your stomach related fire, so expect to eat 75% of your nourishment before the sun sets every day.
Bolster your processing with nourishments and herbs
Another approach to enhance assimilation is to start up the stomach related fire with ginger. You can make a Ginger Elixir take just before dinners.
Begin with a 3-4″ bit of new ginger. Mesh the ginger and include the juice of a large portion of a lime and a touch of nectar and sprinkle of dark pepper. Utilize your thumb and pointer to squeeze and eat.
Bite your sustenance well
Biting great requires your consideration regarding be on the sustenance in your mouth. There is no enchantment number of times to bite your sustenance however bite it longer than you normally do. Biting (separating the nourishment) enhances assimilation and ingestion of the sustenance.
Eat at a moderate pace until you are 75% full
Indulging in one of the noteworthy reasons for the ailment. When you eat excessively, assimilation ends up troublesome on the grounds that there's insufficient space inside the gut for the nourishment to stir. When you complete the process of eating, you ought not to feel substantial or still eager. You need to feel 'perfectly' (like GoldieLocks)
Take a lay on your left side
Following your feast, let your nourishment process a few (15-20 minutes) before going on to the following action. In Ayurveda, it is a typical practice to set down and lay on the left half of the body after a feast. The stomach and pancreas (which make stomach related proteins) hang like a sling on the left side normally taking into account ideal processing. Also, for a moderate walk can help absorption extraordinarily.
Eat sustenance arranged with adoration
The vitality of the cook is dependable in the sustenance, so intend to eat nourishment arranged by somebody who adores you. Maintain a strategic distance from nourishment arranged with outrage or hatred.
Try not to eat in case you're vexed
Your feelings influence your absorption as well. Continuously mean to eat in an agreeable place and don't eat in case you're irate or vexed. It can acrid the nourishment in your stomach.
Permit at least 3 hours between dinners
In the event that you eat again before the past dinner has been processed (it takes around 3 hours) it confuses the stomach related frameworks capacity to make stomach related compounds for various conditions of absorption.
Processing is the absolute most imperative standard of wellbeing. At the point when sustenance isn't processed effectively, poisons develop and start to attack the body. On the off chance that you are not processing admirably, you can, as a rule, see the proof of a covering on your tongue.
Check Your Tongue For Coating
The best time to check your tongue for covering is in the first part of the day. On the off chance that you have a covering, it implies you're not processing great… so start to join the how to enhance your absorption rules above, and you will before long observe your wellbeing and vitality essentially progress.
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