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Most of the online Email Messengers like Gmail, Yahoo etc doesn’t have feature to allow multiple accounts from a single computer at one time. Same as in case of popular messenger >> Skype
. Yes, Skype also doesn’t allow multiple Skype accounts from a single browser on PC. However everyone knows about Skype but let’s have a little intro for it before the trick.
Skye was launched a long time ago as a messenger for both commercial and non-commercial use. Some use it personally and some for their business. Skype was acquired by Microsoft and about 664 million registered users are there on Skype sourced in September 2011. Skype’s network is increasing day by day and even time to time.
- Commercial use
- Non-commercial use
- Instant Messaging
- Making Voice Calls (Mobiles and Landlines)
Yes, Skype has also a feature to make voice calls to mobile phones and landlines as well; with suitable and nominal charges whereas famous messengers like Gmail and Yahoo lacks in this feature.
Now, if you would like to launch a second Skype let us move on to the trick for multiple Skype account launches from a single computer. For this, there are two methods either to opt the manual method or installing a freeware software named Multi Skype Launcher in your PC. However, the manual method is somehow tricky and difficult to follow. So, better is to choose the second method.
Here’s How to Run Multiple Skype Accounts
Minimum Requirements before Programming:
- .NET Framework 3.5 or more
- Pre-installed Skype 4.0
This freeware (Multi Skype Launcher) is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Limitations of Multi Skype Launcher:
Basically, there is no such limitation for Multi Skype Launcher but it works on computer’s hardware. That means you can run as many Skype Accounts at a time from this freeware but if your hardware has less specifications then maybe you have to face slow processing of your system.
If your system has good hardware specifications like suitable RAM, Disk Space, Processor etc then you don’t have to face such problems. But try to run fewer instances at a time for best use.
Is it Safe to Use Multi Skype Launcher?
Yes, don’t be afraid of any spam or malware. It is completely safe to use for both of your personal and business use. Most important and reliable feature is that it doesn’t share your Log-in Details.
Guide to Use Multi Skype Launcher:
- Firstly, Download Multi Skype Launcher from here >> CLICK HERE
- Install it to your PC (Installation is much simple like other freeware. You just might found bit confusion in the installation process when Multi Skype Launcher gives you an option for whether to install G Launcher or not. It’s upon your choice. G Launcher is a simple application to record your Skype conversations)
- After the installation when you run the program it will ask you for the Log-In credentials. Fill up the details and hit OK button. Similarly you can add more Skype accounts as you wish.
- After adding your accounts wish list simply select your preferred account and click Launch button.
- Just after the click, your selected account will be launched in a new window. Repeat this process for multiple instances of your accounts. That’s it, you are done successfully.
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What is Halal?
Halal comes from the Arabic root letters ‘H-L-L’ which can be literally translated as permissible or legal. In Islamic lexicology, Halal refers to ‘actions and consumables permitted under Islamic law’; therefore, mandoob (encouraged), mubaah (allowed) and wajib (compulsory) all fall under this category. Recently however, the term Halal has largely become designated to those consumables that satisfy an Islamic dietary standard. In the Quran, Allah (SWT) has instructed mankind, in general, and Muslims, specifically, to consume pure, hygienic, beneficial, wholesome, and healthy diets that are prepared with the noble intention of providing nourishment for an active body and a vigorous soul. This wholesome package of sanitary ingredients is what defines the essence of ‘Halal’ in Islam with relation to foods and beverages.
Allah (SWT) says, “O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy” (Baqarah :168). In other words, Allah (SWT) orders mankind to consume only that which is lawful and wholesome lest it leads someone on to the course of Shaitaan (devil). This clearly elucidates that a person’s diet is delicately linked to the way he behaves and the character he displays. A wholesome, pure and clean diet can play a great role in reforming social structures and reinforcing righteous morals. The need for Halal nourishments arises from this basic desire of developing an upright and honest society.
Furthermore, these same sentiments are communicated in Allah (SWT)’s address to the Prophets (peace be upon them) and the Muslim nation: “O messengers, eat from the good foods and perform righteous acts. Indeed, I, of what you do, am Knowing.” (Muminoon: 51). “O you who have believed, eat from the good things which We have provided for you and be grateful to Allah if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.” (Baqarah: 172). And lastly, “O you who have believed, do not prohibit the good things which Allah has made lawful to you and do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors.” (Maaida: 41).
Since Allah (SWT) commands us to eat and drink, there is an implicit permission for us to consume all sorts of foods and drinks. Therefore, scholars deduce a general principle that all consumable items shall be considered lawful so long as it is not declared unlawful by Islamic standards (Sharia). A detailed analysis of what is considered Halal and Haram in Sharia shall be expanded upon in the coming posts, InshAllah. | <urn:uuid:555ed53e-77f1-4afe-8d80-162b6e1d4fcf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://halalresearch.org.au/2018/08/11/what-is-halal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.93751 | 605 | 3.21875 | 3 |
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Si te forte meæ gravis uret sarcipa chartæ,
Hor. Lib. 1. Epist. 13.
A. YOU told me, I remember, glory, built
On selfish principles, is shame and guilt;
The deeds, that men admire as half divine,
Stark naught, because corrupt in their design.
Strange doctrine this! that without scruple tears
The laurel, that the very lightning spares !
Brings down the warrior's trophy to the dust,
And eats into his bloody sword like rust.
B. I grant that, men continuing what they are,
Fierce, avaricious, proud, there must be war;
And never meant the rule should be applied
To him that fights with justice on his side.
Let laurels, drenched in pure Parnassian dews, Reward his memory, dear to every muse, Who, with a courage of unshaken root, In honour's field advancing his firm foot, Plants it upon the line that justice draws, And will prevail or perish in her cause. 'Tis to the virtues of such men, man owes His portion in the good that heaven bestows; And when recording history displays Feats of renown, though wrought in ancient days, Tell of a few stout hearts, that fought and died Where duty placed them, at their country's side;
The man that is not moved with what he reads,
That takes not fire at their heroic deeds,
Unworthy of the blessings of the brave,
Is base in kind, and born to be a slave.
But let eternal infamy pursue
The wretch, to nought but his ámbition true,
Who, for the sake of filling with one blast
The post-horns of all Europe, lays her waste.
Think yourself stationed on a towering rock,
To see a people scattered like a fock,
Some royal mastiff panting at their heels,
With all the savage thirst a tiger feels ;
Then view him self-proclaimed in a gazette
Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet :
The globe and sceptre in such hands misplaced,
Those ensigns of dominion, how disgraced !
The glass that bids man mark the fleeting hour,
And death's own scythe would better speak his power ;
Then grace the bony phantom in their stead
With the king's shoulder-knot and gay cockade;
Clothe the twin brethren in each other's dress,
The same their occupation and success.
A. 'Tis your belief the world was made for man; Kings do but reason on the self-same plan; Maintaining your's, you cannot their’s condemn, Who think, or seem to think, man made for them.
B. Seldom, alas! the power of logic reigns
With much sufficiency in royal brains;
Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim
That tell you so---say, rather, they for him,
That were indeed a king ennobling thought,
Could they, or would they, reason as they ought.
The diadem, with mighty projects lined
To catch renown by ruining mankind,
Is worth, with all its gold and glittering store,
Just what the toy will sell for, and no more.
Oh! bright occasions of dispensing good,
How seldom used, how little understood !
To pour in virtue's lap her just reward,
Keep vice restrained behind a double guard ;
To quell the faction that affronts the throne,
By silent magnanimity alone;
To nurse with tender care the thriving arts,
Watch every beam philosophy imparts ;
To give religion her unbridled scope,
Nor judge by statute a believer's hope;
With close fidelity and love unfeigned
To keep the matrimonial bond unstained ;
Covetous only of a virtuous praise;
His life a lesson to the land he sways;
To touch the sword with conscientious awe,
Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw;
To sheath it in the peace-restoring close
With joy beyond what victory bestows;
Blest country, where these kingly glories shine;
Blest England, if this happiness be thine!
A. Guard what you say; the patriotic tribe
Will sneer and charge you with a bribe. --B. A bribe?
The worth of his three kingdoms I defy,
To lure me to the baseness of a lie.
. And, of all lies, (be that one poet's boast)
The lie that flatters I abhor the most.
Those arts be their's, who hate his gentle reign,
But he that loves bim has no need to feign.
A. Your smooth eulogium to one crown addressed, Seems to imply a censure on the rest.
B. Quevido, as he tells his sober tale,
Asked, when in hell, to see the royal jail ;
Approved their method in all other things;
But where, good sir, do you confine your kings?
There---said his guide---the group is full in view.
Indeed !---replied the Don---there are but few.
His black interpreter the charge disdained---
Few, fellow ?--- There are all that ever reigned.
Wit, undistinguishing, is apt to strike
The guilty and not guilty both alike.
I grant the sarcasm is too severe,
And we can readily refute it here;
While Alfred's name, the father of his age,
And the Sixth Edward's grace the historic page.
A. Kings then at last have but the lot of all,
By their own conduct they must stand or fall.
B. True. While they live the courtly laureat pays
His quit-rent owed, his pepper-corn of praise ;
And many a dunce whose fingers itch to write,
Adds, as he can, his tributary mite;
A subject's faults a subject may proclaim,
A monarch's errors are forbidden game!
Thus free from censure, over-awed by fear,
And praised for virtues, that they scorn to wear,
The Aeeting forms of majesty engage
Respect, while stalking over life's narrow stage;
Then leave their crimes for history to scan,
And ask with busy scorn, Was this the man ?
I pity kings, whom worship waits upon,
Obsequious, from the cradle to the throne ;
Before whose infant eyes the flatterer bows,
And binds a wreath about their baby brows;
Whom education stiffens into state,
And death awakens from that dream too late.
Oh! if servility with supple knees,
Whose trade it is to smile, to croucḥ, to please;
If smooth dissimulation, skilled to grace
A devil's purpose with an angel's face;
If smiling peeresses, and simpering peers,
Encompassing his throne a few short years;
If the gilt carriage and the pampered steed,
That wants po driving, and disdains the lead;
If guards, mechanically formed in ranks,
Playing, at beat of drum, their martial pranks,
Shouldering and standing as if stuck to stone,
While condescending majesty looks on ;
If monarchy consist in such base things,
Sighing, I say again, I pity kings!
To be suspected, thwarted, and withstood,
Even when he labours for his country's good;
To see a band, called patriot for no cause,
But that they catch at popular applause,
Careless of all the anxiety he feels,
Hook disappointment on the public wheels;
With all the flippant Auency of tongue,
Most confident, when palpably most wrong ;
If this be kingly, then farewell for me
All kingship; and may I be poor and free!
To be the Table Talk of clubs up stairs,
To which the unwashed artificer repairs,
To indulge his genius after long fatigue,
By diving into cabinet intrigue;
(For what kings deem a toil, as well they may,
To bim is relaxation and mere play)
To win no praise when well-wrought plans prevail,
But to be rudely censured when they fail ;
To doubt the love his favourites may pretend,
And in reality to find no friend;
If he indulge a cultivated taste,
His galleries with the works of art well graced,
To hear it called extravagance and waste;
If these attendants, and if such as these,
Must follow royalty, then welcome ease ;
However humble and confined the sphere,
Happy the state that has not these to fear.
A. Thus men, whose thoughts contemplative have
On situations that they never felt,
Start up sagacious, covered with the dust
Of dreaming study and pedantic rust,
And prate and preach about what others prove,
As if the world and they were hand and glove.
Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares ;
They have their weight to carry, subjects their’s ;
Poets, of all men, ever least regret
Increasing taxes and the nation's debt.
Could you contrive the payment, and rehearse
The mighty plan, oracular, in verse,
No bard, howe'er majestic, old or new,
Should claim my fixt attention more than you.
B. Not Brindley nor Bridgewater would essay
To turn the course of Helicon that way;
Nor would the Nine consent the sacred tide
Should purl amidst the traffic of Cheapside,
Or tinkle in Change Alley, to amuse
The leathern ears of stock-jobbers and Jews.
A. Vouchsafe, at least, to pitch the key of rhyme
To themes more pertinent, if less sublime.
When ministers and ministerial arts;
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An Open Source Hardware Project located here: www.eevblog.com/product/ucurrentgold/
uCurrent is small open source printed circuit board (PCB) that converts nanoamps (nA), microamps (uA), and milliamps (mA) to millivolts (mV). The board is designed to extend the low level current measurement capability of a digital multimeter (DMM) or and low ampere measurement to an oscilloscope for example.
Here is the scope of the project:
- Review the open-source schematic using LTspice,
- Select Seeed Studio in Singapore as the printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing vendor
- Make the printed circuit board (PCB) using uCurrent Gold open source Gerber Files,
- Purchase a working uCurrent Gold board from EEVblog in Australia,
- Compare working Gold board with blank PCB using Zoomify HTML web tool,
- Measure the purchased board performance with a waveform generator and oscilloscope,
- Use the purchased board in a Michelson interferometer as an interface to an optical sensor,
- Build a new board soldering SMD parts on a blank PCB under a stereo microscope,
- Use prior steps above to validate newly built board.
Investigate uCurrent design using LTspice Simulation
Before using the uCurrent Gold current to voltage adapter in my optics bench I wanted to learn more about the circuit. One way to do this is through the use of LTspice simulation. Two problems to overcome are 1) find or develop SPICE models for each component, and 2) keep simulation time short and without failing due some error within the models undetected in simpler test jigs (compared to a full circuit like uCurrent).
I was able to overcome the problems in the use of LTspice thanks to several q/a sessions over at Yahoo’s LTspice group. Also I am pleased to say that the simulation of the uCurrent Gold behaves just as I was hoping so it is worth moving forward in a real test bench.
Each of the IC’s and the switch used in the LTspice circuit for uCurrent had to be imported. The LMV321 and MAXIM 4239 op-amps had SPICE models available from their associated chip vendors. I created the TPS3809L30 voltage supervisor SPICE model using a hierarchical design starting from an LTC1440 battery indicator schematic. The double pole triple throw switch (DP3T) was also designed into LTspice from scratch.
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/YHSaZG8h7cQ
LTSpice Project Files: Zip files for uCurrent Gold LTSpice Simulation
Compare a working board from EEVBlog with PCB from Seeed Studio.
The zoomify tool is presented here showing top and bottom view of two different uCurrent boards: one finished board and one bare board.
I have used this tool to verify that my bare board manufactured by Seeed Studio looks OK compared to the board used by EEVBlog.
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The Astro Scholarship Award is intended to offer financial assistance to people who are doing their pre-university studies/undergraduate studies in local and foreign educational institutions. Particular attention will be paid to applicants with a total annual income not exceeding RM 30,000
Education can transform and inspire people to create a better future for themselves, their families, our community, and ultimately our country. It is with this conviction that we have established the Astro Scholarship Award for high-achieving students who wish to continue their pre-university, university, and post-university studies.
Astro strives to enable our scholars to cultivate their dreams of striving for excellence in education and ending up with a bright future. It is because of this position that our fellows do not have to worry about their travel, accommodation, and study costs, both in Malaysia and abroad.
This beautiful country covering a total landmass of about 329,750 square kilometers is home to about 25 million people including Malay, Indian, Chinese and indigenous people who live together in peace.
The currency used in Malaysia is called the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR).
From colorful markets to mosques, Hindu shrines and Buddhist temples are often found side by side and the abundance of annual festivals that celebrate traditional and modern aspects of this Malay culture.
Half of the country, located at the southern tip of the peninsula below Thailand, is known as Peninsular Malaysia.
In Peninsular Malaysia, you will find most of the top-ranked universities in Malaysia, This area comprises the most vibrant and diverse urban cities.
Malaysia is one of the stable countries in the world in terms of political stability, second only to Singapore when it comes to the regional economy. Malaysia offers a better organic lifestyle than its rival city-state.
So, thinking of studying in this wonderful country, you need all the information you can get.
Astro Scholarship Facts
Level/field of study
AstroScholarship is awarded to applicants pursuing pre-university, undergraduate, and postgraduate studies at local and foreign institutions of learning in any of the following fields of study;
- Economy and business
- Finance and accounting
- Actuarial Science, Data Analysis/Science, Statistics, and Mathematics
- Computers and digital technology
- Engineering (audio, broadcasting, electricity, electronics, and systems, mechatronics, telecommunications, computing)
- Communications and public relations
- Linguistics and language studies.
- social Sciences
- Arts and Design
- law firms of
The AstroScholarship Award is taken and hosted in Malaysia. There are other Malaysia Scholarships available for local and international students. You can use these scholarship opportunities to solve most of your academic problems.
The Astro Scholarship Award is available to legal students who are citizens of Malaysia.
Aside from the Astro Scholarship Award, there are other scholarships available for foreign students to study abroad.
Scholarship Worth/ Eligibility
Scholarship (Pre-university / Foundation / Diploma / Bachelor)
- Financial assistance for pre-university/university studies at local and foreign learning institutions.
- Special consideration will be given to applicants with a total annual family income of no more than RMB 30,000
- The applicant for the Astro Scholarship must be a citizen of Malaysia
- Must have proven active participation in extracurricular, social, or volunteer activities.
- Not linked to other companies/institutions (excluding PTPTN and JPA)
- Willing to be connected with Astro.
- Currently enrolled or have obtained conditional/unconditional admission to pursue a pre-university/undergraduate program
- Consistent and remarkable academic results.
The minimum academic results required for pre-university/foundation/diploma applications are:
- SPM / Level O – Minimum 8A
- The minimum academic results required for undergraduate applications are:
- SPM / Level O – Minimum 8A
- Level A / STPM – Minimum 4 A
- Australian registration – Min 90.0
- Canadian Plate – Min 90.0
- Local Registry – Minimum CGPA 3.7
- Diploma – Minimum CGPA 3.7
- Foundation – Min CGPA 3.7
- ADP – Minimum CGPA 3.7
- IB – Min 36
- UEC – Maximum 5
- Medically certified by Astro panel physicians when selected for the fellowship award.
- Free of criminal record and serious misconduct in schools, educational institutions or workplaces.
- Physically present in Malaysia to attend the required assessments in May/June.
Financial assistance at recognized learning institutions for:
- MBA / Executive MBA
- MSc in Data Analysis/Science
- Students must be citizens of Malaysia
- Relevant work experiences will be considered.
- Not linked to other companies/institutions.
- Willing to be linked to Astro.
- Currently enrolled or obtained conditional/unconditional admission to pursue an MBA / Executive MBA / Master in Data Analytics / Science.
- Medical certificate from Astro’s doctor after being selected for the scholarship.
- Barred from any criminal record and any serious misconduct in schools, institutions of learning, or the workplace.
- Physically present in Malaysia to participate in the requested assessments in May/June.
How to Apply for the Astro Scholarship Award
Applications are made online on the scholarship website. You can visit the AstroScholarship Award website to apply for this Astro Scholarship Award
Astro Scholarship Application Deadline
AstroScholarship Award Application Opens from 24th April and runs throughout the academic year.
Things to consider before studying in Malaysia
HERE ARE THE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE STUDYING IN MALAYSIA.
When you want to study abroad or have been considered for the Astro Scholarship Award, one of the things you need to consider is your accommodation, there are generally two types of accommodation available for international students. namely; 1. on-campus housing and 2. off-campus housing.
For the most part, on-campus accommodation is ideal for international students because the housing units, in schools such as University Teknologi Malaysia, apart from being well equipped, have phone ports and access to the university. Facilities and internet connection.
Some facilities that you can always find in campus accommodation include:
- multipurpose room
- Tennis courts
- Store and common room.
As I said before getting into this on-campus accommodation can be difficult but not to worry there are plenty of private off-campus places you can go but do well to keep the following in mind when going to off-campus accommodation: 1. price 2. facilities offered and 3. proximity to campus in terms of transportation cost.
As a recipient of the Astro Scholarship, this is one of the most important things to know before studying in Malaysia. As in other study abroad destinations, you must have health insurance for the entire period of your study in Malaysia.
Treatments that should be covered by this policy include:
- Personal accident and death;
- Inpatient services;
- Outpatient services.
The range per year for a minimum premium is RM300.00. It is recommended that students purchase insurance policies only from those provided by the school.
Medical insurance in Malaysia compared to another study abroad locations like Australia, the USA, or the UK, is not that expensive. so with health insurance in hand, you don’t have to worry during an emergency.
Job opportunities :
The third thing you will need to know before studying in Malaysia is the job opportunities available to you as a student in the country. Studying and working in Malaysia is gradually gaining ground for international students in the country. These days, international students take jobs in part to help them finance their stay in the country.
Although in Malaysia, tuition fees and costs are relatively modest compared to the students’ home country, it may seem high, so the student needs something to help cover the expenses incurred.
The student can work during the study in Malaysia for a maximum of 20 hours per week, during:
- semester breaks
- festive holidays
- More than seven days of vacation.
Therefore, some of the popular places to work include restaurants, gas kiosks, convenience stores, and hotels.
However, international students are prohibited from working as cashiers, singers, musicians, guest relations officers, and masseurs. Additionally, students must not engage in any activity considered illegal.
Education costs in Malaysia
Your course costs will consist of your tuition fees plus other study-related expenses. Below are the types of charges you may incur during your Course of Study :
1. Academic Fees:
- Computer/Science Lab Fee
- Health and hospitalization insurance premium
- library fee
- Other incidental costs, such as exam fees
2. Non-academic fees:
- Student visa fees
- Medical check
- Health insurance premium and hospitalization.
Cost of living in Malaysia
Cost of Living Breakdown in Malaysia
An average international student is expected to spend around RM1,800 (US$450) per month for their living expenses. The cost can be broken down as:
- Accommodation For your monthly accommodation, an estimate of approximately RM300 (US$75) to RM600 (US$150) should be budgeted. The geographic area, the type of housing, in this case, it could be living on or off-campus in an apartment, condominium, one-story house, two-story house, etc., the facilities available in the house (for example, with or without air conditioning) and, of course, the number of people sharing the room (or apartment or house) can affect the cost of your accommodation.
- Food/Cleaning When it comes to your food and cleaning cost, it is estimated to be around RM600-900 (US$150-225). Assuming you spend RM20-30 (US$5-7.50) for three meals a day. On the other hand, if you cook and share the cost of cooking with your friends, it will be cheaper for you. It is also possible to have a fast meal for less than RM10 (US$2.50) in Malaysia. For example, a McValue meal at McDonald’s costs RM5.95. Meal sets at KFC start at RM6.90 and Domino’s group meal pizza deals are also under RM10 per pax. Moreover, in Malaysia, local food such as rice and noodles at food stalls or cafes ranges from RM4-10 (US$1-2.50).
At mid-range restaurants, you can expect to pay RM20-40 for a meal (US$5-10). A coffee from Starbucks costs an average of RM12-16 (US$3-4).
- Clothes and Laundry In Malaysia The costs of your clothes for things like washing, ironing, dry cleaning, etc. can cost something around RM60 (US$15) per month.
- Public transportation In this part, students who stay on campus or near campus cannot incur any costs to travel to and from classes. However, other trips may cost approximately RM80-150 (US$20-37.5) per month.
- Telecommunications / mobile phone bills and utilities Mobile phone packages in Malaysia are very competitive The amount you spend will depend on your usage and the promotional package you choose. The average student can spend around RM30-50 (US$7.50-12.50) per month.
- Books, reading material, and stationery. The estimated cost of books and stationery should be RM50-100 (US$12.50-25) per month, but will largely depend on the course you have signed up for and the number and nature of the projects.
- Medical/hospitalization insurance If you save RM50 (US$12.50) per month for medical expenses, it would be enough (including it in case you need outpatient treatment in a private clinic) for the year. This estimate is the amount you will have to pay for your hospital and medical insurance of approximately RM500 (US$125) per year.
- Personal Expenses Your monthly personal expenses largely depend on your personal lifestyle. However, the cost can be estimated between RM100 (US$25) and RM200 (US$50). This includes your socializing needs, toiletries, haircuts, clothes, movies, etc.
Using the above estimate, the total cost of living for a student will average RM1,800 (US$450) per month or RM21,600 (US$5,400) per year.
It is important to remember that the above estimate is only a guide to planning your budget to study in Malaysia and geographical location and personal lifestyle should be taken into account when planning your personal budget.
How to get a study visa to Malaysia and its requirements – Malay student pass
As an international student, especially an AstroScholarship award recipient, one of the documents that will grant you access to the country is your Study Visa. Therefore, in this article, we are going to extensively discuss how to get your Study Visa to Malaysia from any country.
- All international students need a student pass to study in Malaysia at all levels of education. Interestingly, the Student Pass acts as a student visa in Malaysia. So when we talk about the documents required for a Malaysian student visa, it basically refers to the documents required for the Student Pass.
- Obtaining a student pass is easy because, once you have been admitted, the university itself will apply directly for the pass on your behalf.
- You will need to submit a personal bond that you will need to pay from $69-$365 depending on the country of origin.
Please note that once your acceptance and student pass are approved, you will need to separately apply for a single entry student visa through the Malaysian embassy or High Commission available in your home country.
For this, you will need to provide evidence of your study offer and student pass, in addition to showing proof of financial stability to cover tuition and living expenses. Depending on the country of origin, you may be required to submit additional information.
You must apply for the pass at the Malaysian Immigration Department.
Study Pass Application Categories
Depending on the course and type of school you are applying to, you have the following types of application categories:
- Foreigner in public schools;
- Foreigner in private schools;
- Foreigner in public institutions of higher education;
- Foreigner in private institutions of higher education;
- Foreigner in language centers;
- Foreigner in training centers under the Skills Development Department;
- Holder of a Dependent Pass (Expatriate)
While the list of documents required for a Malaysian Student Visa (Student Pass) more or less remains the same across all application categories, the application process for the pass may vary.
How to apply for different student pass application categories:
1. Foreigner in Government / Private Schools:
- You have to apply at the State Immigration Office through the schools
- If you are from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), your institution should submit your application directly to the Putrajaya Immigration Department Student Pass Unit (for all new applications). For the extension of your Student Pass, you can, however, approach the corresponding State Immigration Department.
2. Foreigner in public institutions of higher education.
- Your university can apply directly at the State Immigration Office
- Students from India, Bangladesh, or Pakistan have to apply directly at the Immigration Department Headquarters in Putrajaya. If you already have the Malaysia Student Visa but if you want to extend it, you can apply at the State Immigration Office.
3. Foreigner in private higher education institutions/training centers.
- Education Malaysia Global Service (EMGS) Issues Student Pass for new apps. It is necessary to apply through the universities/colleges/training centers.
- For extensions of your student pass, you can apply at the State Immigration Office.
4. Foreigner in language centers
- Application for a new Student Pass can be made at the Immigration Department headquarters in Putrajaya through language centers.
- For extensions, you must approach the State Immigration Office.
5. Holder of a Dependent Pass (Expatriate)
- You have the option of filing your application at an Expatriate Service Division, Immigration Headquarters in Putrajaya or at the appropriate State Immigration Office.
- Your passport will bear the stamp of approval to study in Malaysia.
- Dependent Pass holders under the age of 18 are exempt from having to apply for a Student Pass.
- Spouse holders of Dependent Passes can study in Malaysia, but must first convert their Dependent Pass to a Student Pass.
Required Documents for Malaysian Student Visa (Student Pass)
A valid passport: If you are applying online through Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), you must upload the scanned pages of the passport containing your biological data in PDF format.
When uploading this required document for a Malaysia student visa (Student Pass), please also make sure that the image is clear and all the details are visible.
Transcripts and Certificates: Transcripts and Certificates must be scanned and uploaded as ONE single PDF file.
Offer Letter: In order to be eligible for the Malaysian student visa, you must be offered a place in a school/higher education institution/language center/training center in Malaysia.
Consequently, the offer letter is among the most important documents required for a Malaysian student visa. When applying online, please ensure that the PDF file does not exceed 550KB, which is the maximum size allowed.
Pre-arrival medical report: Before entering Malaysia, you must attend a mandatory pre-arrival medical check-up at a registered medical clinic. However, if you have attended an unregistered clinic, you need to upload the report of the coroner’s report as part of the list of documents required for a Malaysian doctor.
Letter of support: Issued by the Ministry of Education / Skills Development Department.
Immigration Form 14: Two sets
Photos: Two sets of color photos (3.5 cm x 3.5 cm);
Personal Link Form (Sealed)
In addition, students who wish to transfer from university/college must obtain a release letter from their previous university/college, an attendance report, an academic performance report, and a letter of support from the Ministry of Education.
Benefits of the student pass.
1. Dependent Pass: The Student Pass allows Masters and Ph.D. students bring their dependents to Malaysia during the course of their studies.
Each dependent receives a Dependent Pass that is valid for a period of up to 12 months, as long as the members have individual or separate passports.
Who is included in the list of dependents: Spouse, children, mother, and father only.
2. Multiple Entry Visa (MEV): As Student and Dependent Pass holders, you are automatically eligible for the Malaysian Multiple Entry Visa (MEV), which allows you to make unrestricted travel between your home country and Malaysia.
3. Visa on Arrival for Students (VOAS): If you have a Malaysian Student Visa Approval Letter (VAL) issued by the Malaysian Immigration Department, you can avail yourself of the VOAS facilities.
Apply for only Visa with Reference
International students pursuing higher education in Malaysia should apply for Visa with Reference, intended for students, and not Visa WITHOUT Reference. The Malaysia student visa without reference is only for the purpose of a social visit.
Documents required for a Malaysian student visa with reference
- Original approval letter from the Malaysian Immigration Department / other authorizing agencies
- original passport
- Two photocopies of your passport.
- Two photocopies of the Malaysian student visa application form (IMM.47 form)
- Two passport-size photographs.
- Two photocopies of your air ticket along with the original.
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Help make Edinburgh a ‘smart city’, youngsters told
Schoolchildren in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, are being encouraged to show their creativity and help the city embrace a ‘smart’ future.
Local businesses and organisations have teamed up for a project designed to increase the number of children using data science in schools by developing their understanding of data-driven solutions for a range of issues both in and out of school.
It could potentially see, for example, pupils monitoring air-quality in playgrounds, improving the use of digital technology in classrooms, and examining digital methods for managing traffic flow across the city.
‘Showcase their solutions’
CityFibre, the City of Edinburgh Council and the University of Edinburgh’s Data Education in Schools programme are delivering the Smart City-focused Internet of Things (IoT) pilot programme to primary and secondary schools across the city.
The project starts in the spring and pupils will be invited to attend a Smart Cities event in the city to showcase their solutions. CityFibre will also provide schools in Edinburgh with IoT technology kits, enabling pupils to practice solving challenges using sensors and data analysis, with some of the data they’ll be collecting travelling over the CityFibre network.
Elaine Doherty, CityFibre’s City Manager for Edinburgh, said: “We can’t wait to hear about the creative ideas school pupils have to use IoT technologies and make the most of Edinburgh’s new full fibre infrastructure. While most schools and City of Edinburgh Council buildings have been connected to full fibre, construction is well underway to extend the benefits of a full fibre network to almost every home and business across the city with the first homes to be connected next month.”
‘How data can be used for good’
Professor Judy Robertson, Chair in Digital Learning, at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Education, Community and Society, said: “The project will encourage young people to think about how they can use sensors and data to understand their environment and to develop tools that can improve their local communities, learning how data can be used for good. The project is a fantastic addition to our Data Education for Schools project.
“By bringing business, schools and the university together we can ensure that we are providing young people with skills and confidence to take full advantage of the opportunities provided within our data driven society.”
Council Leader Adam McVey said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for young people across Edinburgh to explore how digital technology can change the way we live our lives – and to help us come up with data-driven solutions for some of the challenges facing the Capital.
“Thanks to this partnership with CityFibre and the University of Edinburgh, the next generation of problem-solvers will gain the skills needed to deliver a truly smart city for the future.”
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The upsurge of COVID-19 in France and across Europe is a catastrophe for which President Emmanuel Macron and fellow European governments are responsible. Having repealed all measures to limit the spread of the virus this spring, they have left the population defenseless against a new wave now infecting millions in France and tens of millions across Europe.
Of a population of 67.4 million, France has confirmed 32.1 million cases of COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic, including 19 million from last December to last March, and 2 million over just the last month. On Friday, cases in France had increased 45 percent over the previous seven days. Currently, France has 2 million confirmed active cases of COVID-19.
Despite the availability of life-saving vaccines, such a massive level of infection exacts a devastating toll. Over 25,000 people have died of COVID-19 so far this year in France, including 1,200 people in the past month, and on Sunday the death toll in the country surpassed 150,000, according to the Worldometer tracker. Recurring waves of mass infection are also leaving millions in France with life-altering Long COVID, which affects an estimated 10-30 percent of COVID-19 patients.
The current wave is driven by the highly infectious and immune-evading Omicron BA.5 subvariant, which accounted for 67 percent of cases in France in the last week of June. Infections are exploding across the country, with the seven-day average of daily new cases increasing more than eight-fold since June 12, from 14,561 to over 127,000.
Compared to previous Omicron subvariants, vaccines are less effective against BA.5, symptoms last longer at an average of 7-10 days, and one can be infectious for longer. In addition to these properties, BA.5 has been able to spread rapidly in France’s highly vaccinated population, even though the country just experienced two recent waves of mass infection, due to the complete removal of social distancing guidelines and mask mandates.
France is, moreover, only the worst-hit country as COVID-19 explodes across Europe. Over the past month, the number of confirmed active COVID-19 cases have more than doubled to 1.7 million in Germany, 1.3 million in Italy, a half-million in Britain, and 130,000 in both the Netherlands and Belgium. Almost every country on the continent is experiencing a massive wave of infections that will soon rival that of the Omicron BA.1 surge last winter.
Due to a lack of testing and the prevalence of asymptomatic cases, the true total of COVID-19 infections is doubtless much higher than recorded in official figures. In Spain, where confirmed active cases per capita are five times lower than France, COVID-19 levels in Madrid wastewater are the highest since the pandemic began.
In France, official case totals are huge underestimates. Symptomatic individuals must pay for tests out of pocket, pushing them to get less reliable tests or forego testing altogether. The test positivity rate in the country is over 20 percent—well above the officially recommended 5 percent limit. Similar surges in test positivity rates can be seen across Europe.
High infection rates are translating to increased deaths across Europe, where deaths rose last week to 3,457. This was driven largely by increases in deaths in France, up 50 percent to 402, up 2 percent to 570 in Germany, up 81 percent to 581 in Spain, and up 36 percent to 578 in Italy. In the coming weeks, the number of fatalities will keep rising due to the delay between infection and the onset of serious illness.
Workers must be warned: The pandemic is set to continue indefinitely, at a devastating cost in lives and health, until the working class mobilizes internationally to compel the adoption of a Zero-COVID strategy to eliminate the coronavirus globally. This will involve a direct political struggle against reactionary capitalist governments in France and internationally.
Speculation by French officials that the emergence of the Omicron variant would cause SARS-CoV-2 to become “endemic” and gradually melt away has proven utterly false.
Macron’s policy of making COVID-19 “endemic”—i.e., letting it spread at will—is leading to a high baseline level of infection that periodically surges to hit much of the population. The current surge is already the third this year in the country, the previous ones having peaked at 6.8 million active cases in late January, and 2.8 million active cases in mid-April. Over the last eight months, active COVID-19 cases in France never fell below 350,000.
As in previous waves, the French government’s response is to cynically demand “vigilance” while letting the virus spread unchecked. Recently installed Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne only mentioned COVID-19 briefly in her inaugural speech to the National Assembly on July 6, acknowledging that “the COVID epidemic is not over.” On TF1 television later that day, Borne called for “everyone to be vigilant” before refusing to reintroduce even the most basic measure to slow the spread of this airborne virus: compulsory masking in crowded indoor areas.
Epidemiology Professor Antoine Flahault bitterly criticized Borne in Atlantico, writing, “The government is happy today with a policy of ‘living with the virus,’ capitulating to the virus as have several other European capitals.” While vaccinations meant the Omicron variant proved five times less deadly than the Delta variant, he noted that Omicron’s vastly higher spread amid the ending of social distancing nearly canceled out the difference.
Nevertheless, Flahault noted that COVID-19 is “claiming 55,000-65,000 deaths each year in France. In August 2003, when a summer heat wave claimed 15,000 lives, state authorities and the population and media unanimously considered such a toll among the elderly unacceptable. Measures were taken to prevent more such tragedies in future summers. Now, COVID-19 deaths have been counted out each night for 2.5 years, but we reacted to this macabre toll by collectively covering our ears.”
The class interests underlying Macron’s infection policy were on display on July 7, as Challenges published its yearly ranking of France’s 500 richest individuals. In the first year of the pandemic, these billionaires and multimillionaires saw their collective wealth rise by 31 percent as they profited from multitrillion-euro bailouts and stepped-up exploitation of workers kept on the job without protections. This year, their fortunes rose again, collectively rising above €1 trillion for the first time ever.
The recent successful suppression of a massive Omicron BA.2 outbreak in mainland China has once again shown that coordinated scientific policies can eliminate the virus in a few months. Adopted at a global level, they could end the pandemic.
Imposing such a policy will require an international offensive of the working class against the bourgeoisie and its middle class, pseudo-left defenders, like Jean-Luc Mélenchon in France. Mélenchon has played a key role in facilitating the Macron administration’s mass infection policy ever since the strict lockdown of May-March 2020, to which Macron was forced to agree as strikes spread across Europe amid the first wave of the pandemic.
In May 2020, even with case levels very low, when contact tracing and isolating cases could have eliminated the virus as in China and other Asia-Pacific countries, Mélenchon argued for keeping workers on the job amid mass deaths. Comparing the pandemic to World War I, he said: “We looked into the laws of 1915-16 to see what had been done. French society was a peasant society; all the men were at the front and were dying in the millions. We were interested to see how social cohesion was guaranteed at that time.”
Mélenchon indeed copied French social democratic chauvinists in World War I, who formed a so-called “Sacred Union” with far-right anti-Semitic groups like the Action française to back the war. Together with other leaders of his Unsubmissive France (LFI) party, like François Ruffin, he endorsed far-right protests last summer against vaccines and lockdowns initially called by neo-fascists like Marion Maréchal Le Pen and Florian Philippot.
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Welcome to 2018: The Year of the Farmerpreneur
What does the word “farm” mean to you? If you close your eyes, what scenes come to your mind?
Maybe you picture billowing clouds of dust trailing behind a tractor as it plows through a cornfield.
Or perhaps you think of a middle-aged man donning worn overalls as he squints at a lazy collection of cattle, grass resting between his teeth — just as he’s done daily for decades.
Though these stereotypes may have roots in reality, they aren’t truly representative of all farming today.
The industry is shifting in a big way, in part because of the farmerpreneur movement.
Indoor Tower Farm at Chicago O’Hare Airport
What Does It Mean to Be a Farmerpreneur?
The number of employment opportunities in agriculture is growing, according to research from Purdue University and the USDA. But the most exciting one, in my opinion, is that of the farmerpreneur.
Farmerpreneurs approach agriculture with an entrepreneur’s mindset. Quite simply, a farmerpreneur builds a business by growing food.
The Washington Post recently published a pretty descriptive profile of the average farmerpreneur. They’re often young, college-educated city-dwellers. And they recognize the opportunity to help fix the global food production system while also addressing the scarcity of good, nutritious food.
In other words, farmerpreneurs aim to make a difference while making a living.
They tend to be relatively inexperienced when it comes to agriculture. But an enthusiasm for newer growing techniques, technologies, and tools that enable them to work smarter (rather than harder) makes up for that.
Tower Garden is a prime example of such a solution. With a soil-free, vertical design, the growing system allows you to grow food almost effortlessly in unconventional spaces, including rooftops and urban greenhouses — instead of endless stretches of rural acreage.
Agrotonomy Tower Farms, a Tower Farm on a Spanish Island in the Mediterranean Sea
5 Whys for the Rise of the Farmerpreneur
Tower Garden — and by proxy, its new commercial division, Tower Farms — has certainly lowered the barrier to entry for farming. But I think there are five other reasons we’re seeing such an uptick in the number of farmerpreneurs.
When you start a Tower Farm, you have the opportunity to:
1. Increase the availability of real food.
Have you heard of “food deserts”? The USDA defines them as “neighborhoods that lack healthy food sources.” And there are more of them than you might expect.
The people who live in these places often have to travel several miles just for a fresh head of lettuce. Ironically — and sadly — processed convenient store snacks and fast food is usually much easier to find.
Fortunately, Tower Farms technology allows you to grow inside a concrete jungle and provide fresh, real food to those who need it. And in so doing, you contribute to the betterment of your community and our society as a whole.
2. Contribute to a healthier society.
You may know the quote (often attributed to Hippocrates), “Let food be thy medicine.” Though there’s certainly a place for actual medicine, what you eat does strongly impact your health. And eating whole foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, is one of the best ways to ensure that impact is positive.
In fact, good nutrition can help prevent illness and disease — a fact that compound pharmacist-turned farmer Troy Albright knows well. By growing nutrient-dense produce on his Tower Farm in Mesa, Arizona, Troy is able to offer his patients (and community at large) nourishing foods that could help prevent health problems rather than just treat them.
Inspiring stuff, huh? And Troy is only one example. Many physicians, personal trainers, and other health professionals use farming as a vehicle for enhancing the quality of life for others.
3. Protect the environment (and the future of humankind).
Experts predict that the dwindling availability of key natural resources, such as land, water, and energy, will soon limit food production, creating severe food shortages by 2050.
But these same experts also propose a solution: “More efficient technologies and crops will need to be developed — and equally important, better ways for applying these technologies locally for farmers — to address this challenge.”
The good news is that “more efficient technologies” (including one that grows 30 percent more food, three times faster, with 90% less land and water) already exist. And now, with Tower Farms, it’s easier than ever for local farmers to apply them.
4. Support yourself doing something you’re proud of.
Since “farmerpreneur” has direct ties to “entrepreneur,” I’d be remiss if I didn’t at least mention financial benefits. Many farmerpreneurs believe in mission over money. But making a little green while growing greens sounds pretty great, right?
And it’s absolutely possible. After all, the demand for local food is at a record high. Just look at farmers markets, one of the primary sources of local food. The number of USDA-registered farmers markets has grown from 1,755 to 8,678 — almost a 400 percent increase (!) — in the last 23 years.
By all indications, this upward trend will only continue. And since Tower Gardens can grow virtually anywhere (including airports, bunkers, and beyond), Tower Farmers often grow food inside the communities they serve. Does it get more local than that?
All this to say that urban farming is a viable business (one you can feel good about) — whether you plan to sell direct to consumers, grow hyper-local ingredients for restaurants, or serve some other audience.
5. Grow your own independence.
Running your own farming business means you don’t have to answer to a boss, sit in a cubicle, or commute during rush hour traffic. Put simply, it provides you freedom — the freedom to live life on your terms.
And Tower Farms automates or eliminates many farming tasks, enabling you to grow up to 50 towers (which equates to about 2,200 plants) at once, all by yourself. That’s right: you could grow an entire farm without having paid employees.
Gotta love that low overhead. Plus, it’s hard to beat waking up every morning knowing that you are in control of your life.
Farmer Troy Albright inside the 5,000 sq. ft. True Garden greenhouse
Join the Farmerpreneur Movement
As hundreds of Tower Farmers have already shown, you don’t need to be the son of a farmer (who was the son of a farmer, and so on) — or, frankly, have any agricultural experience at all — to start a farm in 2018. And, believe it or not, digging in the dirt isn’t even required.
What do you need?
Well, a passion for making this world a better place is a pretty good start. Then, offering proven growing technology, educational resources, farm financing, and more, Tower Farms can help with the rest.
So, are you ready to make a living while making a difference in the world?
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised key policy rates in a surprise mid-cycle review on May 4 in a bid to anchor inflation expectations and contain second-round effects.
The RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC) fears that inflation will remain elevated in the near term due to the worsening external environment, elevated commodity prices and persistent supply bottlenecks. Many economists have said that the RBI has been behind the curve in addressing the risk of rising inflation in the economy.
The consumer price index (CPI) breached the RBI’s comfort zone all through the fourth quarter of 2021-22 and was on course to rise at a faster clip in April after climbing 6.95 percent in March 2022 from a year ago, its sharpest rise since October 2020 when it climbed 7.6 percent.
The CPI data for April is to be published later this week.
Soaring petroleum product prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine is not the only reason for the rapid rise of inflation in recent months.
Edible oil prices are on the boil due to a fall in the availability of sunflower oil from Ukraine and the rise in the prices of palm oil.
Pass-through of higher input costs are set to make manufactured products more expensive. Drug manufacturers are taking a 10 percent increase in medicine prices due to the rising cost of key pharmaceutical ingredients.
Inflation had been rising even before the East European crisis due to the supply-chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic and demand outstripping supply for various commodities.
We look at the key components of the consumer price index that put upward pressure in the last year even as the RBI maintained an accommodative stance.
The consumer price index for oils and fats was 27.4 percent in 2021-22 compared to the previous financial year. Retail prices of edible oils began to climb soon after the national lockdown was lifted after the first wave of the pandemic.
Retail prices of all popularly consumed edible oil are about 50 percent higher than they were in December 2020. For instance, a kilo of mustard oil is retailing at Rs 190 on an average against Rs 137 in December 2020. A kilo of sunflower oil is retailing at Rs 188 against Rs 129 in December 2020.
Fuel and light
The consumer price index for the fuel and lights group climbed 11.3 percent in 2021-22, from a year ago. Fuel and light include charges for LPG and other cooking fuels and electricity but do not include expenditure on petroleum products used by households to run their vehicles.
A non-subsidised household LPG cylinder of 14.2 kg was priced at Rs 594 in Delhi in December 2020, after the cooling of petroleum prices lowered the retail price from Rs 860 just as the pandemic set in. It now costs about Rs 1,000 in Delhi and several other markets.
Transport and communication
This is a sub-group within the household goods and services group. The consumer price index for this sub-group climbed 10.1 percent in 2021-22.
Petrol prices rose from less than Rs 84 a litre at the end of December 2020 to more than Rs 105 in Delhi. Similarly, diesel rose from about Rs 74 to almost Rs 97 a litre during the same period.
Communication charges have also climbed, as mobile service providers raised tariffs for pre-paid customers. A majority of mobile phone users have signed up for pre-paid plans.
Airfares have also risen sharply from the levels prevailing before the pandemic, lifted higher partly by the government’s prescribed price bands that set a floor for fares and partly by the soaring cost of aviation turbine fuel.
Processed and prepared food
Within this broad category, non-alcoholic beverages comprising coffee and tea reported an 11 percent increase in the consumer price index in 2021-22.
Processed tea prices rose sharply after the national lockdown and stayed elevated till early 2021-22. Similarly, coffee prices climbed after the nation-wide lockdown and continued to stay elevated through most of 2021-22.
The consumer price index for prepared meals such as parantha, dosas, samosa, noodles and bakery and confectionery, climbed 6.1 percent during 2021-22.
FMCG goods makers such as Hindustan Unilever and ITC among others increased prices of their ready-to-eat offerings to offset a rise in raw material costs. Prices of breakfast staples, including, bread have been raised more than once since the pandemic set in. With wheat and edible oil prices climbing, companies are bound to increase the retail selling price of their products.
Household expenses on healthcare have also risen faster in 2021-22 than in the preceding year. The rise in healthcare expenses averaged 7.5 percent in the last financial year.
With medicines prices, including the essential ones, set to climb by an average of 10 percent, households are set to see their healthcare bills rise in the months ahead.
Households have also been hurt by the rise in prices of staples. While the rise in CPI for cereals and their products was modest at less than one percent during 2021-22, pulses rose about 6 percent. The rise in wheat prices in recent months due to increased demand for exports is set to hurt households.
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National memory is a form of collective memory defined by shared experiences and culture.
Collective memory is the shared pool of knowledge and information in the memories of two or more members of a social group.
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It is an integral part to national identity.
National identity is one's identity or sense of belonging to one state or to one nation.
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It represents one specific form of cultural memory which makes an essential contribution to national group cohesion.
Because memory is not just an individual, private experience but is also part of the collective domain, cultural memory has become a topic in both historiography and cultural studies.
Group cohesiveness arises when bonds link members of a social group to one another and to the group as a whole.
Historically national communities have drawn upon commemorative ceremonies and monuments, myths and rituals, glorified individuals, objects, and events in their own history to produce a common narrative.
A myth is any traditional story consisting of events that are ostensibly historical, explaining the origins of a cultural practice or natural phenomenon.
According to Lorraine Ryan, national memory is based on the public's reception of national historic narratives and the ability of people to affirm the legitimacy of these narratives. | <urn:uuid:8c4f107a-e8bd-48dc-b8e7-881ef8dd04d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://gossipsloth.com/article/national-memory | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.928582 | 279 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Launch of outer membrane vesicles by Gram-negative bacteria is a novel envelope stress response. that unique size ranges of OMVs are released from forms tubular constructions that can connect to neighboring cells and facilitate the exchange of cytoplasmic material (2). It is still unclear whether nanotubes are similar to the nanopods that have been recently reported in sp., which are able to transfer membrane vesicles (MVs) to additional recipient cells (3). Gene transfer via nanotubes and OMVs offers gained particular interest because of their unique feature of intercellular transportation of cellular material. Long-distance transport of cytoplasmic material is a distinctive feature of such mechanisms, for which the full set of biological functions remain to be revealed. One recognized function of MVs is the dissemination of nucleic acids, Trapidil probably resulting in horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events occurring under conditions where additional established mechanisms of gene exchange are not active. OMVs have been reported to serve a number of biological functions, such as the delivery of proteins and toxins to target cells during illness, the transport of various effectors between bacterial cells in populations, including in biofilms, the safety of nucleic acids during intercellular transport, and bacterial defense (4,C6). For instance, OMVs can adsorb antibacterial peptides and therefore probably increase bacterial survival (5). MVs are commonly released from both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (6, 7). The production of MVs is definitely a common trend in growing bacterial populations and is not due to random cell death or lysis (8). OMVs of Gram-negative bacteria have been extensively Trapidil studied because of the association with virulence factors (9). OMVs are produced by the bulging of the outer membrane, followed by constriction and subsequent release from your bacterial cell, a process referred to as vesiculation (10). OMVs contain outer membrane (OM) and periplasmic parts, such as OM proteins, virulence proteins, phospholipids, and lipopolysaccharides (LPS). However, cytoplasmic content, such as genetic material, is also present in MVs (11, 12). The levels of MV formation differ depending on the strain and growth conditions, such as variations in temperature, exposure to antibiotics, the presence of oxygen, and nutrient availability (13,C17). OMVs are spherical and range in size from 50 to 250 nm in diameter (9). Once released from your parental bacterium, they can persist in an self-employed state until lysis. The bilayered structure of OMVs shields the lumen content from immediate degradation by extracellular enzymes, such as proteases and nucleases (18). OMVs can fuse with additional cells, resulting in intercellular transfer of lumen material, including nucleic acids (19, 20). The gene transfer potential of OMVs has been previously analyzed in various genera. For example, in O157:H7 strain harboring a gene-containing plasmid were transferred to additional users (21). FGF3 In spp., OMVs were able Trapidil to transfer genes required for the ability to degrade crystalline cellulose (22). OMVs of were capable of transferring -lactamase proteins to and (24). The Trapidil release of DNA-containing OMVs from pathogenic varieties of has also been previously reported (25,C27). (previously also denoted genus are now recognized as growing threats to general public health because of the frequent event of multidrug-resistant strains in rigorous care models worldwide (29,C31). Approximately 80% of isolates carry multiple plasmids of various sizes (32,C34). Moreover, transposons and integrons transporting multiple antibiotic resistance genes are progressively found in medical isolates of (35, 36) and may be transferred between varieties by natural transformation (37). In this work, we characterized the production of OMVs from the model bacterium by vesicle extraction, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), particle size distribution (PSD) measurements,. | <urn:uuid:87faec81-fe20-4e6a-8faa-cd885110add2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aquadratplus.info/launch-of-outer-membrane-vesicles-by-gram-negative-bacteria-is-a-novel-envelope-stress-response/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94651 | 850 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Dialectical Behavioural TherapyJune 25, 2021 2021-06-25 22:00
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
The research is to find out where the therapy originated, including the name of the person who first introduced the therapy and a brief history if possible. Provide a short summary of any clinical research or scientific evidence that supports the validity of the therapy. List of conditions the therapy is best suited to treat. A summary of how the therapy works to assist the client. Contras or dangers associated with using the therapy. A bibliography listing the resources used to find the information, including websites and publications.
The history of hypnosis is as ancient as that of sorcery, magic, and medicine; indeed, hypnosis has been used as a method in all three. Its scientific history began in the latter part of the 18th century with Franz Mesmer, a German physician who used hypnosis in the treatment of patients in Vienna and Paris. Because of his mistaken belief that hypnotism made use of an occult force (which he termed “animal magnetism”) that flowed through the hypnotist into the subject, Mesmer was soon discredited; but Mesmer’s method—named mesmerism after its creator—continued to interest medical practitioners. A number of clinicians made use of it without fully understanding its nature until the middle of the 19th century, when the English physician James Braid studied the phenomenon and coined the terms hypnotism and hypnosis, after the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos
Hypnosis attracted widespread scientific interest in the 1880s. Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault, an obscure French country physician who used mesmeric techniques, drew the support of Hippolyte Bernheim, a professor of medicine at Strasbourg. Independently they had written that hypnosis involved no physical forces and no physiological processes but was a combination of psychologically mediated responses to suggestions. During a visit to France at about the same time, Austrian physician Sigmund Freud was impressed by the therapeutic potential of hypnosis for neurotic disorders. On his return to Vienna, he used hypnosis to help neurotics recall disturbing events that they had apparently forgotten. As he began to develop his system of psychoanalysis, however, theoretical considerations—as well as the difficulty he encountered in hypnotizing some patients—led Freud to discard hypnosis in favour of free association. (Generally psychoanalysts have come to view hypnosis as merely an adjunct to the free-associative techniques used in psychoanalytic practice.)
Hypnosis or hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation, intense concentration, and focused attention to achieve a heightened state of awareness that is sometimes called a trance. The person’s attention is so focused while in this state that anything going on around the person is temporarily blocked out or ignored. In this naturally occurring state, a person may focus his or her attention with the help of a trained therapist on specific thoughts or tasks.
Spiegel’s research shows that hypnosis can act on multiple brain regions, including some linked to pain perception and regulation. A randomized trial of 286 smokers found that 20% of people who received Hypnosis managed to quit, compared to 14% who received standard behavioral counselling.
Here are some of the potential benefits of incorporating hypnotherapy into your overall wellness program:
Hypnotherapy can be used to address a number of physical and emotional issues, including fears and phobias, drinking and smoking, and overeating and weight loss.
The cost of a single hypnotherapy session can be quite low, especially if you attend a traveling seminar or work with an established hypnotherapist.
A good hypnotherapist can tailor your treatments to your specific needs and address any unique issues you may have. This customization can increase the efficacy of the treatment significantly.
Hypnotherapy sessions are usually short, about one to two hours in length. That means less time out of your day and more time to work on your specific issues.
Hypnotherapy is convenient. No matter where you live, chances are there are a number of hypnotherapists operating in your area. The convenience factor is a major advantage of hypnotherapy compared to other forms of treatment.
Hypnotherapy is not the right choice for everyone. Here are a few potential drawbacks:
Not everyone is receptive to hypnotherapy. If you are one of the small number of people who ‘can’t be hypnotized’, this type of therapy will not work for you.
You may require repeated hypnotherapy sessions to achieve long-term relief from the problems you are addressing. The need for repeat hypnotherapy sessions can drive up your costs.
Your hypnotherapy sessions will probably not be covered by your health insurance program. That could mean high out-of-pocket costs.
Hypnotherapists vary in their skills and experience. It can be challenging to find one who is effective, affordable and receptive to your specific needs.
If you are looking for a way to change your life, break your bad habits and lead a healthier lifestyle going forward, there are many reasons to incorporate alternative treatments, such as hypnotherapy, into your plan. Hypnotherapy can play a positive role in everything from stopping smoking and avoiding overeating to curing deep-seated fears and phobias, but it is important to find and choose a therapist who can tailor a treatment plan just for you.
Understanding the pros and cons of hypnotherapy, and how to make the treatment more effective, is an important first step toward improving your long-term health. If the pros of hypnotherapy outweigh the cons, now may the perfect time to explore this unique form of alternative medicine.
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Probably the smartest animal on Earth, other than humans, is the Orca, projectively known as “Killer Whales.” Of course smarts, as seen with humans, is a very different thing than intelligence.
Just what is intelligence, and would an extraterrestrial species recognize Homo sapiens as an intelligent species?
Here on Earth, Orcas never kill humans in the wild, though they have killed a few people in captivity. Why in both cases?
One answer scientists give to the first case is that “Killer Whales seem to follow rules that go beyond instinct and border on culture, and that it may very well be that within ‘orca culture’ there is a social norm not to go after people.”
Since they’re much bigger and stronger than we are, have sharper teeth, and are carnivores, that rather astounding statement simply begs the question.
It’s been reported, “Many nomadic killer whales have gravitated to humans, bonding with them and playing games.” Perhaps there are clues in that behavior.
Different orca cultures hunt different animals, and orcas have even been observed hunting, killing and scaring the bejesus out of Great Whites off the coast of California. They recognize members of their own group and mix with members of other groups – without the tribalistic warfare that characterizes man.
Given how man is plundering the planet, we’re running out of room for error, and urgently need to understand our place in nature, and the universe.
With respect to the second part of the question, the comforting idea that orcas have killed their trainers out of “play getting out of hand” just doesn’t wash. If orcas are smart enough to have distinct cultures, they’re smart enough to go bad under terrible conditions, like people do, and feel hatred and the intent to kill, like people do.
At this point we need to make a leap of insight and imagination. As has been reported, “The most curious subplot in the news right now is the admission, at the most senior levels of the United States government, that the military services have collected visuals, data and testimonials recording flying objects they cannot explain, and that they are investigating these phenomena seriously.”
Apparently we’re being watched, and the watching is intensifying as the human crisis intensifies. We need to go beyond such silliness as the sci-fi novelette, “The Great Silence,” which imagines a parrot talking to the humans through the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
“We’re a nonhuman species capable of communicating with them,” the parrot muses. “Aren’t we exactly what humans are looking for?”
With the orca, we don’t need the metaphor of a parrot spitting our words back at us, since we have a near equal in the animal kingdom that has a real-life affinity for us as humans.
So what’s the basis of the affinity, and why do I say the orca our near equal?
In the seas, which make up 70% of the Earth’s surface, the orca is the apex predator. They clearly recognize another apex predator in Homo sapiens, and even seem to defer to us, since very little goes into orca training in captivity.
It’s very doubtful however, that orcas possess symbolic thought and mentally construct and live in terms of a self, as humans do. That certainly doesn’t makes us better or more intelligent than them. Transcending thought and self-centered activity is the next level of consciousness that the human species has yet to attain.
In that vein, it may well be that extraterrestrial intelligence is observing Homo sap to see if we’ll make the transition to Homo sapiens — wise humans — the name we prematurely gave ourselves.
In the meantime, Orcas are a nonhuman species communicating with humans on Earth, though we’re still killing them in our planetary rapaciousness and capturing them for our entertainment. Clearly that’s not a sign of an intelligent species.
Intelligence is, at bottom, the realization of a spiritual and philosophical capacity, and as humans we aren’t coming up to the mark. Why? Part of the reason is that in this obsessively externalizing civilization, most people don’t want to look within, despite or because of the malarkey about “wise self.”
Materialists, who insist that life is merely chemistry and randomness, set up and knock down the easy straw man of organized religion and its belief systems. They go further however, maintaining that mystical experiencing “fundamentally opposes the impersonal nature of the universe.”
That’s deeply mistaken, because mystics do no such thing. In fact, we maintain that experiencing the numinous can only occur when the personal dimension is completely set aside, and the noisy, self-centered mind falls completely silent. | <urn:uuid:254c73e2-2270-4ac5-a2c4-f84b11de463d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.costaricantimes.com/orcas-humans-aliens-and-intelligence/71130 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.951771 | 1,066 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
50 wall-ball shots
50-ft. handstand walk
50-ft. handstand walk
Men throw 20-lb. ball to 10-ft. target
Prior to starting this workout, the athlete will need to measure and mark the wall-ball target and the lengths on the floor for the handstand walk.
This workout begins with the athlete standing tall and the ball on the ground. After the call of “3, 2, 1 … go,” the athlete will reach down, pick up the medicine ball and begin performing wall-ball shots. After 50 shots are complete, the athlete will pick up a jump rope and perform 100 double-unders. The athlete will then perform a 50-ft. handstand walk, then another 100 double-unders. Next, the athlete will row 50 calories, followed by another 100 double-unders. Finally, the athlete will walk another 50 feet on his or her hands and complete 100 more double-unders to finish the round. He or she will then move back to the medicine ball and begin the next round.
The athlete’s score will be the total number of repetitions completed within the 20-minute time cap. Each 5-foot section on the handstand walk will count as 1 rep, and every calorie completed on the row will be equal to 1 rep.
The scoring for this workout includes a tiebreak. At the end of each set of double-unders, time should be marked. When you submit your final result, your score will be the number of reps completed. There will be another field in which you will enter the elapsed time at which you completed your last full set of double-unders. In the case where two athletes have the same score (total number of reps), the athlete with the lower tiebreak time will be ranked higher.
Note: All tiebreak times must be reported in elapsed time, not in time remaining. If you are using a countdown timer, you must convert to elapsed time before reporting your score. For this reason, it is recommended you set your clock to count up.
• A medicine ball of the appropriate weight for your division
• A wall mark or target set at specified height for wall-ball shots
• Jump rope
• Floor marks for the handstand walk
• Rower that counts calories, similar in type and calibration to a Concept2 rower (Xebex rowers or differently calibrated rowers and monitors are not permitted)
*The official weight is in pounds. For your convenience, the minimum acceptable weights in kilograms for the medicine ball are 9 kg (20 lb.), 6 kg (14 lb.) and 4 kg (10 lb.).
For each workout, be sure the athlete has adequate space to safely complete all the movements. Clear the area of all extra equipment, people or other obstructions.
VIDEO SUBMISSION STANDARDS
Prior to starting, film the height of the wall-ball target and the weight of the ball so all loads and measurements can be seen clearly. Also film the length of the floor marks for the handstand walk so all measurements can be seen clearly. All video submissions should be uncut and unedited in order to accurately display the performance. A clock or timer with the running workout time clearly visible should be in the frame throughout the entire workout. Shoot the video from an angle so all exercises can be seen clearly meeting the movement standards. Videos shot with a fisheye lens or similar lens may be rejected due to the visual distortion these lenses cause.
1 of 7In the wall-ball shot, the medicine ball must be taken from the bottom of a squat, hip crease below the knee, and thrown to hit the specified target.2 of 7The center of the ball must hit the target at or above the specified target height. If the ball hits low or does not hit the target, it is a “no rep.” If the ball drops to the ground from the top, it cannot be caught off the bounce to begin the next rep. The ball must settle on the ground before being picked up for the next rep.3 of 7This is the standard double-under in which the rope passes completely under the feet twice for each jump. The rope must spin forward for the rep to count.4 of 7The handstand walk area must be divided into 5-ft. segments, visibly marked on the floor. Ideally, the lane will have five consecutive segments, allowing a 25-ft. walk in one direction and a 25-ft. walk back. Walking more than 25 ft. in one direction without turning around is not allowed.5 of 7The athlete must start with feet BEHIND the mark denoting the start of the segment being attempted, and when kicking up, the hands (entire hand, including palm and fingers) must also start BEHIND the line. Stepping across the line or landing with the hands across the line when kicking up into the handstand constitutes a “no rep.”6 of 7If at any time the athlete comes down from the hands, he or she must restart from the last increment crossed. Both hands, including palms and fingers, must cross the line marking the 5-ft. increment to earn credit for that distance. Each 5-ft. section will count as 1 rep.7 of 7The monitor on the rower must be set to zero at the beginning of each row. The athlete or the judge may reset the monitor. The athlete must stay seated on the rower until the monitor reads 50 calories. | <urn:uuid:1dd33284-51f6-43d2-afb0-0c98f05c1c71> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://games.crossfit.com/workouts/onlinequalifiers/2018/3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.918595 | 1,200 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Timothy Hagenbuch’s 1839 Letter to His Brother, Enoch
In 1839, Timothy Hagenbuch wrote a letter to his brother, Enoch. Timothy was living at the Hagenbuch Homestead in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Enoch had moved west to Muncie Town, Delaware County, Indiana. Timothy was almost 35 years old and Enoch was nearly 25. The story of how this letter was discovered was discussed in the first part in this series. Future articles will explore and analyze its contents.
Below is an English translation of the letter which was originally written in Pennsylvania Deitsch. Many thanks to Jean McLane who graciously worked to provide the translation. Minor edits have been made to the translated text for legibility, while more substantial changes are noted in brackets.
It is also worth noting that the letter lacks an envelope. Instead, it is a single piece of paper folded in such a way that it can be sealed with wax and mailed.
Folded Letter, Front Side
Paid 25 Cts
Mr. Enoch Hagenbuch
Folded Letter, Back Side
20 September received
Opened Letter, Side One, Right Page
Albany [Township], August 24, 1839
A few lines for you, Brother Enoch, Wife and Children, praise to God and thanks that we, or I, can still write to you. Our household, or your people, and your wife’s people, are in about the same condition as you left them. The whole neighborhood is fresh this summer, and I wanted to heartily wish you the same when these few lines reach you, wife and children, Joseph, and your neighbors.
On the 27th of March we got your letter, your health [described] therein made us very glad to hear. Jacob Dietrich has not let himself be heard or seen lately. Samuel Grünewalt told me in April the Old Dietrich did not want to let the young guy move, and I heard that from more people.
And on August 17th I was at Jacob Dietrich’s. He lives with his father. Jacob told me you should eat the wonderful peanuts from those you planted for him. Jacob did not say much. But Lea says she would like to go out to you, and that they could even buy land. I believe Lea would rather move today than tomorrow. She only wants [to be] in your neighborhood. Jesse Zähner wants to move next spring to the neighborhood of his sister Maria, and Schneider, people think it won’t happen. R. Zähner moved last spring to Maria’s.
Jesse loaned the storekeeper Kamp $200, Schneider $70, Daniel Z. $80. That was their inheritance, and maybe they will not get the money [back] during their lifetimes. Kamp’s windows were broken on June the 14th, 15th, and 22nd; on July 12th, 13th, 19th, and 20th; and on Aug 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 16th, and 17th day. Kamp’s debts are said to be 6 to 7 thousand dollars. Kamp also wanted to get money from your father-in-law, but he gave him none. That made Kamp mad.
Your father-in-law wants to give you money if it were out there, or he could send it with a man, or if you knew a man to bring it out there who would be coming in here for business. If you know a man that wants to come in here, then you must give him a little note to Grünewalt—that is, a letter. In the letter, Johan doesn’t want to send anything and if it gets lost, the money in the letter, then it will be your loss.
I think the best way would be if Johan would put the money in the Reading Bank, and would send a check out to you so that you can get the money out there from a bank. And if you want it that way, then you must write the bank’s exact name, so that Johan knows the bank’s name. [Jacob] Dietrich should have the money if he goes out there. Johan wants to have that, should he move out there.
Opened Letter, Side Two, Left Page
How far is it to your nearest bank? Amos Grünewalt has in mind next spring to take Neifert’s place. Samuel told me in April [his] father would like to see where you and Joseph live, that is, your land. Samuel told me that some of the children wanted him to travel out there, but I think it is too far for him, and it costs money.
[Daniel] Zähner ran away the 28th of January because of Rebecca Koch. On February 14th he came back. He was at the Wertmans’. On March 7th the constable caught him and took him to Esq. Halteman. He married them. Daniel does not live with her. At Pentecost, he had it put in the newspaper [that] she has a daughter.
On March 25th, Michael had a son. He is named Nathan D. B. Daniel Böly [Bailey] sponsored him [for the baptism]. On May 10th, Amos had a daughter. She is named Kadila [Cordelia]. On May 19th, Stitzel had a son named Nathan Edward.
Isaac Lutz wanted to shoot his wife to death on March 10th. On April 19th his land was sold. Isaac drinks too much. On June 10th, Phillis and Peter Resch moved out to Stark County, Ohio to George Neifert. William Zimmermann has the Resch’s land. In Sept. and Oct. of 1838, the Schinnblästers ran out. Silver is at this time more plentiful than it has been in 10 years.
Married on March 17th, Isaac Leinninger with Kadila [Cordelia] Petry. On June 15th, Salomo Epler with Christina Kamp. On June 11th, Stephan Lentz with Barbara Lorrell. On August 5th, Jackson Ernst with Persida Reichelderfer. Died on May 10th, Michael Friess’s wife. On February 23rd, Johann Lenhaart aged 44-9-11. On March 4th, Jacob Ettinger’s wife. On April 2nd, David Zähner aged 75-3-3. His text was: 2 Timothy Ch. 4, v. 7-8. On July 28th, Michael Schäffer, restaurant owner. On August 24th, Martin Donnat his text here: in his 78th year.
In the summer, it was not so dry as last summer. We have a lot of rain. The grasshoppers have not done us any damage this summer, but I heard of people who had a lot of damage from grasshoppers. There was not much hay in Berks County. A lot of second-cutting hay, a good harvest. Oats, as good as in 4 to 6 years. Was not so good, corn. Buckwheat, very nice until now. The peanuts, excellent. Apples, middling.
Day’s wage 50 Cents in March; April to June, rye by the bushel $1.00 to $1.15; corn $1.00 to $1.05; wheat $1.58 to $1.63; peanuts $1.00 to $1.37 1/2; oats 50¢ to 56¢. Now [we are] in August. In this month, wheat $1.25 to $1.30; rye 65¢ to 75¢; corn 75¢; oats 28¢ to 31 1/4¢; peanuts 25¢. Last year we had no clover seed at all. This year we think we’ll get 10 to 15 bushels. Cattle and sheep, and meat are cheaper. Michael and Amos do on the Schuylkill [River] for us the mash distilling. They get $34 to $36 a month. Jeremias Böhly [Bailey] did 3 months of Kotterman’s work at the furnace for $18 a month.
Opened Letter, Side Two, Left Page
Is Joseph still single? How did his court case turn out? And how is Joseph coming along? Does he already have a house on his land? Joseph Knepper moved home to his father’s in the spring. Joseph recently again got only 6 bushels of rye for his portion. He is a laborer on the Shallens’ over the mountain.
We have not had a letter for 4 or 5 months from Nathan and Daniel. At New Year’s Nathan married Rebecca Stein. He bought 6 acres of land from Samuel Stein. He does not want more, as he has so much work with his trade. They make $4 to $6 [time period unspecified]. In a few years Nathan wants to move further, he says. He wants to buy more land. Daniel was homesick last winter. Sam Stein’s wife caused it. Enoch Mach never [receives] a letter that the Post sees. You know what you do: pay double, and when you get to town, ask whether any letter is there, that way they don’t lie there so long in the office.
You don’t need to pay a cent for this letter. Old Johan paid 25 cents postage for this letter. Write back soon or in the near future. We should have written to you a while back, but they are all waiting on me to write to you. And when Dietrich did not want to move out there, the knee would have been on him to write to you out there. I think your wife will soon get a brother-in-law. Daniel Stein runs over there every week.
As far as I know Joseph’s child is well. Amos Grünewalt lives with his father in the new shop. Reuben Grim is building this summer a new mill, Jonathan Schmidt a new barn, and Steigerwalt a barn too. W. Mosser a brick house, Christian Grünewalt a new barn, Doctor Sallade a barn and next summer a brick house. The Doctor has bought Isaac Lutz’s land for 100 Eagles [a $2.50 coin].
Your father [Jacob Hagenbuch] thinks it must be rough for you because your money is running short for your land, and so he wants to send you a greeting of 5 dollars. When it’s there, you should write back soon [to say] whether you got the greeting. You must not tell anybody if the letters are not perfectly clean, otherwise you may not get them all. You don’t need to tell the postmaster. It is none of his business.
End August 28th, 5 o’clock in the morning. Farewell. So much from your well-wisher till death, Timothy Hagenbuch.
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twice the difference of three times a number and eight
Twenty more than twice a number is 52
2 x = 8 + 4x
It is 5n - 8 <= 2n + 10
twice a number means a number times 2
Twice a number minus two giving us the answer as eight is number 5.
2x/8; x = the number
It's an example of converting something easy into something nearly impossible, and then expressing it obscurely. Behind the veil lies an almost trivial algebra exercise. Although the question doesn't ask for the solution to the exercise, here it is anyway, at no extra cost: -- The difference between (eight times a number) and (twice the number) is (six times the number). -- (Six times the number) is eighteen. -- (the number) is one-sixth of eighteen, or three.
Eight added to twice a number is 42.Give the number the name of ' X '.8 + 2X = 42' X ' is 17.
One number is eight more than twice another if their difference is 25. The larger number is 42
2x + 8
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Rayon, Viscose, Tencel, Cupro, Modal – What Does It All Mean?
Rayon is one of our favorite fibers because it always has a beautiful drape whether it’s a knit or a woven. It’s often soft, usually lightweight, and relatively easy to care for – but what is it exactly? And what about those other fibers like viscose, tencel, cupro, and modal? Rayon is one of the most misunderstood fibers, so we want to demystify some of the misconceptions and confusing terms that surround this great fabric!
So What is Rayon?
Rayon is the catchall term for fabric made from regenerated cellulose fiber. Rayon is often mistaken for a synthetic fiber, but it is actually made from wood pulp and other plant materials. It was developed in the early 1900s as an alternative to silk and has since been used in all sorts of applications, from commercial to industrial.
One of the great properties of rayon is that it is cool to the touch. This and its breathability make it a perfect fabric for warm weather. A swingy rayon dress or blouse will help keep you cool and comfortable when it’s the middle of July and the humidity is out of control!
The bamboo plant is a sustainable source of the raw materials used in the production of rayon. We love our bamboo rayon knits because they are incredibly soft, breathe wonderfully and drape beautifully!
Rayon crepe was a very popular choice for dresses and blouses in the 1940s and we love the vintage vibe that these textured fabrics have. Now rayon crepes come in so many colors, prints, and varying levels of “crepiness”!
This Italian designer rayon crepe is so pretty! It’s called Flower Crown and we have it in both Cream and Navy.
Rayon comes in many other variations as well – it can be textured, sandwashed, sueded, and woven in different ways to change how it drapes and feels. This versatility makes it so perfect for all kinds of garment sewing – you could fill your wardrobe with rayon and not have two of the same garment!
Though viscose originated as an alternative method to producing rayon, it now is considered an interchangeable term. “Viscose” is typically used in European countries, which is why our Italian designer rayons are called viscose.
When you’re working with a print, it can be best to keep things simple. The Ogden Cami by True Bias is perfect for that!
The word tencel is actually a trademarked term for a fiber called lyocell. The manufacturing process for lyocell is slightly different from other rayons and results in very little waste product. This makes tencel/lyocell more sustainable and eco-friendly!
Though tencel can be made into all sorts of different weaves, the type we see most often is twill. Tencel twill is a great bottomweight for making jackets and pants. One thing to note with tencel is that it tends to get shiny when pressed with a hot iron. We recommend turning down the temp and using a pressing cloth.
This Heavy Tencel Twill is the perfect weight for pants and jackets, yet is wonderfully soft and drapey!
You may know cupro by its trade name, Bemberg, which is a popular fabric for lining. Cupro (or cupromonium) is the name given to rayon fibers made through a process that uses copper and ammonium. Its slinkiness and slight sheen make it a great alternative to silk.
What makes modal different from other rayons is that the fibers are designed to be stronger and more resistant to shrinkage. This makes modal easier to care for because it won’t shrink as much as other rayons if it gets tumble dried. Both wovens and knits are made from modal and they’re always extremely soft!
Many beginning sewists shy away from rayon because it has a reputation for being difficult to work with. Though it’s true that the liquid drape of rayon can make it trickier than cotton, it just takes a little more care. Try Flatter (a starch alternative) to make your rayon easier to handle before cutting. Use weights and a rotary cutter to cut out your pattern, rather than pins and scissors. And don’t forget to staystitch your curves after cutting to keep them from getting misshapen! We know that rayon is super easy to wear, but how easy is it to care for? Rayon used to have a reputation for being dry clean-only, but nearly all modern rayon can be machine washed. However, we recommend keeping it away from the dryer. Rayon tends to shrink and you don’t want your lovely summer sun dress to become a micro-mini! If you’re not sure how your fabric will react to washing, just test a swatch before throwing your full yardage in the washer.
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French Jewish Family Savagely Beaten At Home In Anti-Semitic Assault
(JTA) — The family of a French Jewish leader was assaulted in their home near Paris in what representatives of French Jewry said was an anti-Semitic attack.
In the assault Thursday night, three men, two of whom were wearing masks, broke into the home of Roger Pinto, the president of the Siona group representing Sephardic Jews. The attackers beat his son and wife in the domicile in the northeastern suburb of Livry Gargan, the Dreuz news website reported Sunday.
One of the perpetrators, black men in their 20s or 30s, according to the victims’ description, told the family: “You Jews have money,” suggesting the possibility that the men had targeted the family because they are Jewish. The robbers took the family’s credit cards and jewelry and interrogated them for hours on additional goods they could steal, threatening to kill them, according to the family’s complaint to police. The men ran away after Roger Pinto managed to discretely call rescue services on a mobile phone.
The Pintos were taken to hospital for treatment. They suffered some minor injuries but were deeply traumatized, the report said.
The incident, one of several cases in France in recent years in which criminals singled out Jews out of the apparent belief that they have money, provoked passionate condemnations from the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, and the National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism. Both groups said the incident was an anti-Semitic attack. | <urn:uuid:0a7feb3b-2ac6-47d9-b610-3de7f199db21> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://forward.com/fast-forward/382261/french-jewish-family-savagely-beaten-at-home-in-anti-semitic-assault/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.980568 | 325 | 1.539063 | 2 |
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Beyond Moore’s law (by Dr Ed Jordan)
After almost 60 years, Moore’s law, related to the doubling of computing power every year-and-a-half-ish, still holds. At the current exponential speed, there is a brick wall looming in the foreground: the physical limitations of silicon chips. The most straightforward example of how that might impact a company is to look at Intel Corp. But first more on Moore’s law and the more general idea of learning curves.
At some point, the semiconductor material currently in use will no longer support the improvements necessary to meet the requirements of an expanding Information Technology infrastructure. In times past, the way Moore’s law characterized how the growth in the density of computer chips was at the heart of the IT revolution, we have experienced. Interesting, Moore himself viewed this so-called law as an observation, not some grand organizing principle that helps us understand a set of observations that have stood the test of time with many replications. The reason we speak of Newton’s Third Law of Motion, for instance, as a Law is because of the profound success in explaining what we now call Classical Mechanics (Newton’s Laws of Motion, 2020). On the other hand, Moore simply graphed the growth of the number of components on computer chips vs. time using semi-log paper. While the resulting straight line is striking, it does not explain some underlying physical phenomenon (Jordan, 2010). For this reason, the purists among us will always refer to this observation using the lowercase form of law. Below is a picture of the original presentation that Gordon Moore made in 1965 of the characterization (Rhines, 2019).
Figure 1: Moore’s law, as presented in 1964. From Predicting semiconductor business trends after Moore’s law. Used with permission
The impact that Moore’s observation on the semiconductor industry proved to be more of an organizational imperative than an organizing principle that explains a body of observations. As Rhines (2019) points out, over time, Moore has added serval caveats to the original observation.
Figure 2: Moore’s caveats vs time. From: Predicting semiconductor business trends after Moore’s law. Used with permission
Recently, I had the great privilege of attending a webinar hosted by SemiWiki (Rhines, 2020). In this Webinar, Walden Rhines presented where he thought the semiconductor industry was going, what could be called the Learning Curve Roadmap to device improvement, and when some new material may be required to replace the current technologies. Dr. Rhines suggested that if one considers the mathematics of the learning curve, plotting revenue per transistor vs. cumulative transistors shipped using a log-log graph, you have a better picture (Figure 3) of where the industry has gone than the original Moore’s law.
Figure 3: Log-Log View: From: Predicting semiconductor business trends after Moore’s law. Used with permission
The idea of learning curves takes several forms (Learning Curve, 2020). From the shape of the plot presented by Rhimes (2019), it appears what was meant was a power-law relationship between learning and experience. With the correct selection of coefficients, one can imagine a cure, such as we see in Figure 4 (Learning Curve, 2020).
Figure 4: Learning vs Experience – Power Law: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve
As part of the discussion during the webinar, Rhimes goes on to show (Figure 5) that if you plot (log-log) cost per function vs. time (Rhines, 2019, p. 20), you see the same kind of straight-line suggestive of a power-law relationship between learning and experience (Learning Curve, 2020).
Figure 5: Normalized Chip Cost. From: Predicting semiconductor business trends after Moore’s law. Used with permission
Rhimes further suggest that it is instructive to think of semiconductor trends in terms of the so-called Gompertz Curve (Figure 6). This curve has a characteristic “S” shape and is often used to predict saturation, among other things (Rhines, 2019, p. 22).
Figure 6:Gompertz Curve. From: Predicting semiconductor business trends after Moore’s law. Used with permission
The Gompertz Curve is a specialized application of the sigmoid function, again from the mathematics of learning (Learning Curve, 2020). As described by Rhimes, the so-called point of inflection of the Gompertz Curve is particularly interesting (Figure 7).
Figure 7: Lifecycle S Curve. From: Predicting semiconductor business trends after Moore’s law. Used with permission
In the context of this discussion, this particular application suggests the point that growth of the cumulative unit volume of transistors will begin to slow. This point is around 2038. As the title of Figure 8 suggests, that is the point at which a new technology will be necessary.
Figure 8: Projected Transition Point. From: Predicting semiconductor business trends after Moore’s law. Used with permission
In 2010, Jordan found that a new technology should emerge in the timeframe of 10 to 30 years (which should be before 2040). What constituted emergence was also defined in the study. Emergence was defined to mean that point when a prototype would be available for full-scale testing (Jordan, 2010). This definition seems to fit comfortably in the construct, as presented during the webinar (Rhines, 2019). The work by Rhimes (2019) and Jordan (2010), separated by almost a decade, suggest approximately the same answer. By about 2040, a new technology should emerge that will ultimately replace the semiconductor materials that are in current use today. What is important is that these two lines of reasoning, using profoundly different approaches and divergent frames of reference, arrive at essentially the same conclusion. This convergence suggests the confirmability of both.
So what does this have to do with scenario planning in general, and what does that mean for chip companies like Intel? And, what will the likely disruptive technology be that replaces the silicone chip? Jordan (2010) identified likely disruptive technologies.
We at ScenarioPlans.com previously talked about Intel in these two blog posts: how the future of computing is taking on a life of its own, as well as, outa time — the tic toc of Intel and modern computing. It will be interesting to see if Intel remains standing in 2040 or 2050.
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Highly efficient furnaces use 98% of the energy that they consume. However, a broken furnace will be very costly to your monthly utility bill. When you notice a decline, You must have quality and reliable furnace repair services.
The winter’s bitter cold can make you feel lazy all day long. You may just want to stay bundled up in your bed the whole day. Your home furnace functioning at full capacity can bring the warm and comfortable. This feeling will make you want to jump out of bed and start your day.
A furnace is one of the components of the “H” in the HVAC system. Thanks to the technology revolution, furnaces effectively and efficiently heat full homes. This forced-air heating system works when you set the thermostat to activate the furnace. A fan in your furnace will then circulate to spread the warm air around your home. The process of heat transfer depends on the type of furnace.
Furnaces use 4 types of energy to produce heat, these are:
- Natural gas The most common type of a home furnace works with natural gas. They are highly economical and the cheapest form of furnace fuel. The natural gas furnace works by igniting the jets to create hot combustion gas. This raises the temperature of the air through your central heating at home.
- Oil Oil furnaces are one of the cheapest types of units. Oil furnaces are used for heating water or indoor air to produce pressurized oil mist. They are the most commonly used in a cold environment in the Northeastern United States.
- Propane Propane has become a substitute for fuel furnaces when oil and natural gas aren’t available. They provide excellent and consistent heat with your central heating system even in the coldest of months.
If you are looking for the cheapest furnace, go with an electric furnace. They use about half of the natural gas and they can last up to 10 years. However, take note that this can cost you a higher monthly energy bill.
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Ever since the Dark Mode was introduced, we’ve wanted to enable the dark theme across all the apps we use. Google’s Work Apps Suite was the latest entrant to allow the use of dark mode, which is easier for the eyes and your phone’s battery. Slowly but surely, all of our favourite apps are converting to dark mode and we couldn’t be happier! If your work involves using Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides, then let us tell you how to activate dark mode on G Suite applications.
The dark theme has officially rolled out on Android devices and Google hasn’t given that option for iOS, which means the dark theme will not take effect automatically if you’ve already selected it in settings. You will have to force the theme for Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Follow these steps to go dark:
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Display and Text Size > Toggle on Smart Invert.
By this, you will be able to preview all your documents in dark mode. Say goodbye to eye strain by activate dark mode on G Suite applications!
Fair warning: Smart Invert may not be your best companion or a full-fledged solution to the dark theme as some colours don’t go well with Smart Invert on iPhone/iPad.
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- Find Control Center.
- Scroll down to Accessibility Shortcuts.
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Many charities operate on the philosophy of providing people with the tangible goods they need to survive another hour, day or week. While feeding, clothing and sheltering people is essential, it presents the challenge of being unsustainable. Eventually, the food runs out, the clothing tears and the home becomes damaged.
You’ve heard the adage: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. At Khusi Hona, we believe in tackling the issue of poverty by teaching marketable skills that will not only boost a family’s income, but also stimulate the local community by providing needed services and opportunities for further success. We accomplish this in two ways:
1. For children who are young enough, we get them into school. Education opens up a world of opportunities, and we feel that this is the best option for young families.
2. For teenagers and adults, we offer training and skills development that allows people to generate an income for themselves and their families or organizations. Some examples of this type of training include:
- Teaching the employees of an orphanage how to operate a business with an electric rickshaw. The orphanage hired a widowed woman as a driver, passing an income-generating opportunity into the local community. The profits are fed directly into the orphanage.
- Teaching agricultural skills to people in Nepal. A small cash crop agriculture operation was born. This will provide income to the farmers, as well as resources to the whole community.
- Teaching widows how to sew and produce materials that will be sold. Again, this not only raises the quality of life for these women, but also impacts the community as a whole.
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The Netflix film of the late August Wilson’s play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a knockout. His writing informs and moves us on many levels. One is class. That is who makes and takes black music, the subject of Gerald Horne’s Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music (Monthly Review Press, 2019).
Wilson’s character-driven drama unfolds in a Chicago recording studio on a hot summer day in 1927. Blues singer Ma Rainey has traveled to the Windy City from the Jim Crow South, the former Confederacy.
In that region under a big tent, all-black audiences flocked to see her sing the bawdy blues. Viola Davis nails the loud and proud singer’s attitude and body language. Rainey does not take any mess from her white agent and manager in Chicago after leaving her hometown of Columbus, Georgia.
Revel in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ebbs and flows of black life and work, rural and urban, in the U.S. during the Roaring Twenties.
“They don’t care about nothing but my voice,” Rainey laments. She knows the class, color and gender lines of the music business. Black artists lose the lion’s share of the wealth that their labor creates to white takers. There is no democracy at work until workers demand it. Rainey does that.
Director George C. Wolfe turns up the flame on Wilson’s portrait of white racism in the film.
For example, we see the faces of Ma’s band members as Rainey’s white agent and manager call them boys repeatedly in the opening scenes. White aggressions, micro and macro, disfigure Wilson’s characters in ways big and small, and set the table for the Shakespearean drama inside the recording studio.
According to Wolfe, Wilson’s dialogue is musical in range and scope. For instance, the back-and-forth over personal and historical concerns and burdens between the band members zigs and zags, rises and falls, as they wait for Levee Green, the youngest of the quartet.
The late Chadwick Boseman reaches out and grasps us as Levee, a talented and wounded soul who plays the trumpet on his terms, and is a vocal thorn in the sides of Ma and the other band members.
Glynn Turman plays Ma’s pianist Toledo. The character is bookish and shares his views on the history of black people before and after they arrived in North America. In the beginning of the play, Toledo clashes with Levee after he arrives late to the recording session.
I saw the play in Ashland, Oregon years ago. In the film version and on stage, Wilson foreshadows Levee and Toledo’s tragic trajectory in a seamless way.
Colman Domingo plays Cutler, Ma’s guitar and trombone player. He is a conciliator among the band members and between them and Ma and her white agent and manager. Cutler believes in God and Levee begs to differ. Theirs is a clash of the sacred and the secular.
Michael Potts plays Slow Drag, Ma’s double bass player. In short, he is a stabilizing figure. Meanwhile, Slow Drag will hurl a putdown with a chuckle at another band member then take a sip of whiskey from a silver flask.
Taylour Paige plays Dussie Mae, a backup dancer who speaks with her body, and is Ma’s love interest. Paige, who I first saw in White Boy Rick, brings vitality to the role. She veers away from Ma and to the energetic and magnetic Levee. She asks him: “Why you so crazy?”
Levee does not care what Ma or anybody else needs or wants. Levee’s bravado masks deep wounds that propel his revealing and shocking monologue. Boseman is at the top of his game in this role.
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U.S. military spending/defense budget for 2019 was $731.75B, a U.S. military spending/defense budget for 2017 was $646.75B, a 1.08% increase from 2016. U.S. military spending/defense budget for 2016 was $639.86B, a 0.95% increase from 2015. Download Historical Data Save as Image. Data Source: World Bank MLA Citation: Similar Country Ranking; Country Name Billions of US $ United States. The FY 2019 budget increases end strength by 25,900 (24,100 in the active components and 1,800 in the reserve components) over the FY 2018 budget. Each military service has a distinctive readiness. Military budget of China, USSR, Russia and U.S. in constant 2019 US$ billions The military budget is the largest portion of the discretionary United States federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense, or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any military-related expenditures. The military budget pays the salaries, training, and health care of uniformed and civilian. foundation for rebuilding the U.S. military into a more capable, lethal, and ready Joint Force. The objectives of the Department are to be prepared to defend the homeland, remain the preeminent military power in the world, ensure the balances of power remain in our favor, and advance an international order that is most conducive to our security and prosperity. The FY 2019 budget has been.
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As of 2019, the United States military expenditure amounted to 3.4 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), placing the U.S. lower in the ranking of military expenditure as a percentage. Military expenditure (% of GDP) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. License : Use and distribution of these data are subject to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) terms and conditions. Line Bar Map. Label .Creating the national budget for the fiscal year is a process that begins with the presidential budget.The federal budget for the 2020 fiscal year was set at $4.79 trillion The military budget, part of a record 96.72 trillion yen (799 billion US dollars) national budget to come into effect from April 2016, is the fourth time defense spending has been hiked under Abe
This statistic shows the military spending of the NATO countries from 2016 to 2020. The military expenditure of the United States in 2020 totaled 784.95 billion U.S. dollars Here's the breakdown of the Pentagon's budget request. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's fiscal 2020 budget request includes increases in research and development, a cut to science and.
The Executive Yuan announced 15 August 2019 that Taiwan's defense budget for 2020 had been increased to NT$358 billion (US$11.4 billion), representing an increase of NT$17.5 billion (US$558. In 2019-20, DND's budget accounted for approximately 7.3% of the total Main Estimates for Canada. DND funding is comprised of multi-year reference levels approved by Treasury Board each year and accessed through the Parliamentary Estimates process. Canada's current defence policy − Strong, Secure, Engaged − made a long term (20 year) funding commitment that will allow the Canadian. Provides waiver relief to key U.S. partners and allies from certain Russian-related sanctions under the Countering America's Adversaries through Sanctions Act. The 2019 Defense Budget passed with overwhelmingly bipartisan support - a vote of 87-10 in the Senate and 359-54 in the House. Defense Budget Approximate Approval Timeline Overview - FY 2019 Defense Budget CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1-3 The U.S. military's traditional advantages are facing new challenges in the global security environment. For decades the United States has been uncontested or dominant in every operating domain. The United States could deploy, assemble, and operate its forces as needed U.S. military spending from 2000 to 2019. Published by Erin Duffin , Jun 2, 2020. In 2019 the United States spent around 718.69 billion U.S. dollars on its military. This figure is a decrease from.
The budget includes the budget for the first year of the US multi-year aid package (2019-2028), which is less flexible than its predecessor. As in the past, this budget does not include adequate funding for a large scale security event. The budget was formulated without much wrangling between the Ministry of Defense and the Finance Ministry, although differences of opinion between them remain All told, the U.S. military budget in 2019 exceeded the next 10 countries' defense budgets combined and singlehandedly accounted for a hefty 38 percent of military spending worldwide U.S. FEDERAL BUDGET 2019 FISCAL YEAR $137 BILLION • Agriculture • Interior • Transportation • Homeland Sec. (partial) • HUD • Commerce • Energy (non-military) • NASA (50%) • Environmental Protection • Nat. Science Fdtn. • Army Corps Engineers • Fed. Comm. Commission • other physical resources $187 BILLIO 2 The CosT of supporTing MiliTary Bases noveMBer 2019 CBO's analysis is based on the level of BOS services that bases provide today. CBO did not address whether the current level of services is optimal for ensuring readiness (the ability of service members to perform their mission) or retention (their continuation in military service). It is possible that BOS services enhance readiness by.
US Wars and Military Action; Defense spending; Feature; January 7, 2019, Issue; Exclusive: The Pentagon's Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed Exclusive: The Pentagon's Massive Accounting Fraud. The U.S. intelligence budget has two major components: the National Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program. The National Intelligence Program includes all programs, projects and activities of the intelligence community as well as any other intelligence community programs designated jointly by the DNI and the head of department or agency, or the DNI and the President. The. On March 11, 2019, President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Budget request of $750 billion for national security, $718.3 billion of which is for the Department of. When U.S. dollars calculated at market exchange rates are used to measure military expenditure across countries, the data can fluctuate wildly over time, more often than not due to changes in relative exchange rates rather than because of any changes in a given country's military expenditure. This was vividly illustrated in 2014-2015 when the ruble depreciated sharply vis-à-vis the dollar. In 2019, the U.S. spent $732 billion on the military, which was more than China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and Brazil combined. That's.
Le budget de défense des États-Unis correspond à la partie du budget fédéral des États-Unis alloué au département de la Défense ou, plus largement, à la partie du budget fédéral consacrée à toute dépense liée à l'armée. Le budget de défense couvre les salaires, la formation et les soins de santé du personnel en uniforme, du personnel civil et anciens combattants, l. The increase in military spending is one of the largest in modern U.S. history, jumping by 9.3 percent from 2017 to 2019, according to Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis at the. The U.S. Military's budget is more than almost every other department combined which is why it is in ship shape - the ship being one of the disintegrating sh..
Where US military aid is being spent, ranked. The United States spent $47.2 billion in foreign aid in 2019, down from $52.5 billion in 2016. Around 30% of U.S. foreign aid is classified as military, with other funds going to economic development, education, and humanitarian assistance. Foreign aid in total generally represents less than 1% of. Stacker ranks the top 10 recipients of U.S. international military aid by proposed USAID appropriations for foreign military funding in the 2019 fiscal year. It details any changes to proposed funding since the 2016 fiscal year, historical U.S. alliances, the current political and military situation, and where the money is going The U.S. military budget is the amount of money allocated to the Department of Defense and other defense agencies each year for military spending. It comes from the discretionary federal budget and will equal about $773.5 billion for Fiscal Year 2017. The budget is divided up between different operations and departments within the DOD and between the various military branches America's military budget is set to grow for a fifth consecutive year to near-historic highs in 2020, as lawmakers push increases in defense spending for next year despite opposition from some.
America's Indefensible Defense Budget. A parable, to begin: in 2016, the 136 military bands maintained by the Department of Defense, employing more than 6,500 full-time professional musicians at an annual cost of about $500 million, caught the attention of budget-cutters worried about surging federal deficits If the US military were a country, its carbon emissions would rank between that of Peru and Portugal. US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries - shrinking this war machine. Congressional Budget Office, Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2019, Nov. 7, 2019. Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a fiscal policy-focused think tank, U.S. Defense Spending Compared. In 2019, the US became a net exporter of energy for the first time since 1952. The US emits fewer greenhouse gases per person than in 1990, but still emits 20 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per person. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were 11% lower in 2020 than 2019, partly due to pandemic travel restrictions Global military expenditures in 2019 saw their largest increase in 10 years, propelled in no small part by skyrocketing US defense budgets, which continue to dwarf some of the world's next largest spenders combined
January 10, 2019, 12:53 PM. Over the past two months, unusually public negotiations between the White House and the U.S. Department of Defense on the 2020 defense budget request have bounced from. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. military budget has grown. In 2019, the American budget grew by 5.3 percent to $732 billion. In 2019, the American budget grew by 5.3 percent to $732 billion
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting her maiden budget on July 05, 2019, kept unchanged the allocation provided to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the interim budget on February 01, at Rs 4,31,011 crore ($ 61.96 billion).1 Nonetheless, she changed the composition of the MoD's budget by shifting few of the elements from one head of expenditure to another Department of Defense (DOD) budget request totals $705.4 billion, including $50.8 billion (7.2%) to fund the Military Health System (MHS). DOD refers to this latter portion of the DOD budget request as the unified medical budget (UMB). The MHS delivers certain health entitlements under Chapter 55 of Title 10, U.S. Code, to military The U.S. is the world's top military spender by far, at $649 billion in 2019. China remains a distant second at about $261 billion The defense budget authorizes just under $700 billion in defense spending and a 2.4% increase in military pay and a .7% increase in BAH. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class George M. Bell. Catch up on the proposed 2019 Defense Budget. The $700 billion plan exceeded the budget cap of $549 billion as established Budget and Control Act (BCA) of 2011. On February 9, 2018. major budget drivers 7 military pay execution and funding requirements 9 fy 2019 request summary 10 10 u.s.c 12304b combatant command support 12 appropriation summary by category 13 army m-1 detail 16 us army national guard and us army reserve m-1 detail 18 active army military personnel costs officer basic pay, officer 20 retired pay accrual, officer 21 basic allowance for housing, officer 22.
A girl looks at a performance of South Korea's Black Eagles at U.S. Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on Sept. 20, 2019. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images May 28, 2020, 4:57 P The Pentagon's base budget: The Pentagon's regular, or base, budget is slated to be $544.5 billion in fiscal year 2020—a healthy sum but only a modest down payment on total military spending For FY 2021, the Trump administration proposes an increase to the U.S. nuclear budget by almost 20 percent to about $50 billion, 25 which will allow the United States to not only rapidly modernize.
The Military Balance 2021: Features. Updated data on the military organisations, equipment inventories and defence budgets of 171 countries. Analysis of major developments affecting defence policy and procurement, and defence economics, arranged region-by-region. Key trends in the land, sea and air domains, and in cyberspace U.S. FEDERAL BUDGET 2020 FISCAL YEAR $126 BILLION • Agriculture • Interior • Transportation • Homeland Sec. (partial) • HUD (partial) • Commerce • Energy (non-military) • NASA (50%) • Environmental Protection • Nat. Science Fdtn. • Army Corps Engineers • FCC $231 BILLION • Treasury incl., 20% inter-est on debt ($136 B) • Government personnel • Justice Dept. Budget of the U.S. Government. Every year, Congress begins work on a federal budget for the next fiscal year. The federal government's fiscal year runs from October 1 of one calendar year through September 30 of the next. The work actually begins in the executive branch the year before the budget is to go into effect
Joint Chiefs Chairman: 'China is Clearly the Most Significant Geostrategic Threat We Face'. Gen. Mark Milley, then chief of staff of the U.S. Army (now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) reviews a People's Liberation Army honor guard in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng, in August 2016 The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States . The Marine Corps has been part of the U.S. Department of the Navy since 30 June 1834 with its sister service, the United States Navy. The USMC operates installations on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world
Well, as much common sense as possible given the US military budget is the largest of any country in the world, as much as the next 10 country's military budgets combined. Among the many resources used in this analysis was the 116 page Defense Budget Overview, US Department of Defense [DoD], Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request (The Report), in which the 2019 request was $686.1 Billion, an. . By Tara Copp Feb 12, 2018. The Pentagon releases its $686 billion budget request for FY19, including increases in acquisition for jets. While US military spending declined by 15% overall over the past decade, Chinese increased by 85% between 2010 and 2019. India, with the third-largest military budget, increased spending by 6.8%. 1 quality over quantity: u.s. military strategy and spending in the trump years james n. miller and michael o'hanlon policy brief january 2019 executive summar
Global military spending climbed in 2019 for the fifth consecutive year to a new high of $1.9 trillion, or 2.2% of global GDP, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.. Breaking it down: The U.S. spent nearly three times as much as China and 10 times as much as any other country on Earth. While U.S. spending rose 5% last year, it's still down 15% from 2010, when it. , announced on Friday, was part of a US$912 billion national budget for the financial year starting in April 2019, approved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet
bonds. Indeed, before the 9/11 attacks, the US was in budget surplus. The US went into deficit spending after the 9/11 attacks, thus increasing the Federal budget deficit and the national debt. This pattern of war spending and borrowing have continued throughout the wars. The total here includes DOD Overseas Contingency Operations spending. But. Military expenditure (% of GDP) - United States. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. License : Use and distribution of these data are subject to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) terms and conditions. Line Bar Map U.S. Coast Guard 2020 Budget in Brief - February 2019 (48 pages - 3.6 MB) Fiscal Year 2020 Congressional Justification - February 2019 (349 pages - 3.5 MB) Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Fact Sheet - February 2019 (1 page - 256 KB) Annual Performance Report - May 2019 (100 pages - 3.7 MB) 2019: U.S. Coast Guard 2019 Budget in Brief - February 2018 (32. FEB. 15, 2018 — The U.S. Census Bureau released its budget and budget summary for fiscal year 2019. For more information, visit the Plans and Budget website. No news release associated with this report. Tip Sheet only $100M Fits nicely on an ISO / Military standard sized pallet. The couch is made from $46.7 million of crispy $100 bills. $100 Million buys +500x homes @ U.S. average price of $190,000. To have a better understanding of the scale of US Federal budget, lets put it in relative terms & see how many average homes $100 million buys. Average US home price is $190,000 as of July, 2012. The $100.
The FY 2008 budget total for the NIP was officially disclosed in 2008: $47.5 billion . The FY 2009 budget total for the NIP was disclosed in 2009: $49.8 billion . For the first time in FY 2010, the budget totals for the NIP -- $53.1 billion -- and for the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) -- $27 billion -- were both disclosed The Defense Department is asking Congress for $718 billion in its fiscal 2020 budget, an increase of $33 billion or about 5% over what Congress enacted for fiscal 2019. The Navy and Marine Corps.
The U.S. military won't lead efforts to combat climate change Elizabeth Warren says a green military will still be an effective military. But what of the military budget NATO Allies have agreed the civil and military budgets for 2019. At a meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Tuesday (18 December 2018), Allies agreed a civil budget of €250.5 million and a military budget of €1.395 billion for 2019. All member countries contribute to these budgets, according to an agreed cost-sharing formula based on Gross National Income When President Donald Trump signed the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill on Friday, he approved what his administration calls the largest military budget in US history, $700 billion So far, Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has praised the President's 2019 budget proposal, particularly its increase in funding for strategic military programs in Alaska and for the Coast Guard's new heavy icebreaker procurement program . Nonetheless, whether the Trump Administration's proposed funding (and cuts) for US Arctic programs are. This is a map that shades all countries that have partnerships. The countries are: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria.
.S. military is set to spend its lowest amount on the 18-year long war in Afghanistan in nearly a decade.. The overseas. In our case, of course, the definition of national security is subsidizing the U.S. military-industrial complex, year in, year out, at levels that should be (but aren't) beyond belief. In 2019, Pentagon spending is actually higher than it was at the peak of either the Korean or Vietnam conflicts and may soon be — adjusted for inflation — twice the Cold War average The Senate on Thursday passed a budget agreement approved by the House last week that would raise spending limits that would otherwise take effect and suspend the debt ceiling through July 2021 US Military Spending Bill Fails in Senate With Dispute Over Border Wall Reconciling House and Senate on military spending looks unlikely by Jason Ditz Posted on October 31, 2019 October 31, 2019.
Under the 2019 Budget Bill defense expenditures will total €594 million (about US$677 million), which is more than 2.1% of the GDP. The government aims to increase the salaries of military personnel and boost military procurement, with the latter category making up as much as 40% of defense expenditures, according to the 2019 Budget Bill US military spending grew by 5.3% in 2019 to a total of $732 billion — 38% of global military spending. The US's increase in 2019 was equivalent to all of Germany's military expenditure that. In addition, Russia is unlikely to see budget cuts in this sector, as the Russians historically have seen the military as one of their greatest assets, Connolly remarked at the CSIS panel With this budget, Trump takes more than $1tn in taxpayer money and disperses fully $750bn to the military. Out of every taxpayer dollar , in other words, 62 cents go to the military and our.
This defense budget is $120 billion more than what Obama left us with. That could fund free public college for every American. It could fund access to high-speed, affordable internet for every American. But it's worse. The bipartisan amendment to stop the war in Yemen: stripped by the White House. The bipartisan amendment to stop the war in Iran: stripped by the White House Foreign Military Financing 155 Additional volumes to follow: Congressional Budget Justification Appendix 1: Department of State Diplomatic Engagement Fiscal Year 2019 Congressional Budget Justification Appendix 2: Foreign Operations Fiscal Year 2019 . International Military Education and Training 119 . Foreign Military Financing 12 US federal budget showing actual FY 2016 results Source: OMB Historical Tables. Data Sources for 2019_2026: Sources for 2019: GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances 'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years. Sources for 2026: GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources Federal. | <urn:uuid:ebf612ac-7030-4fd1-bcd3-61e4aa448d7b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hearaimez.com/military/an-assessment-of-us-military-powerlehw31703p--8 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.926823 | 4,933 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Remote Realities Residency
with Trinity Square Video in partnership with Dames Making Games
For the Remote Realities residency Terán and Vogl proposed a fully immersive, mixed reality experience working with AR/VR, living mycelium biodata-sonification, EEG and, soft-circuit-tactile interfaces. The virtual environment is home to microbial and fungal organisms that dwell in dirt, air, and water within a Boreal forest.
Boreal forests, or taiga, represent the largest terrestrial biome. Forests occupy approximately one-third of Earth's land area, account for over two-thirds of the leaf area of land plants and contain about 70% of carbon present in living things yet despite this significance, humankind continue to have an unbalanced, parasitic like relationship to this important biome.
Due to COVID restrictions Terán, and Vogl worked together towards a scaled down, conceptual verification, with test subject feedback. Within their VR environment realtime fungal biodata-sonification reacts and responds to human touch.
In order to integrate living mycelium biodata within the VR environment neuroscientist/media artist Brendan Lehman was brought into the project. Brendan’s expertise in coding EEG data interactions in VR was a perfect match. Working with Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) and Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster mushrooms), and Tosca’s bio-sonification modules realtime fungal reactions were brought into Unity. | <urn:uuid:252b1bab-f67b-46cb-ac36-b537a45c21e6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.toscateran.com/remote-realities-residency | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.908374 | 310 | 1.84375 | 2 |
A Hull resident said it was like watching an old TV episode of “S.W.A.T.” as nearly a dozen law enforcement vehicles converged on a condominium home located on Rockland Circle on March 5 just before 6 a.m.
Using a pair of binoculars, the neighbor then watched numerous, heavily armed officers leap out of the unmarked vehicles and run over to the front door.
Then, in one swift, “fluid” motion, the officers forced the door open with a battering ram and hustled inside, the resident said.
“I was drinking my coffee. I thought it was a COVID birthday party. Everybody jumped out in bulletproof gear. I sat there with my mouth open,” said the neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous.
“Well, I finished my coffee and kind of shook my head. At first, I thought it had something to do with the [U.S.] Capitol,” the resident said.
Minutes later a disheveled Shane Spierdowis, 30, wearing jogging shorts, was led out of the house and was arrested on a federal fraud charge arising from more than $200,000 in bogus CARES Act small business loans.
“It was really quite horrifying. If he had resisted … my God,” another resident said, asking to remain unnamed.
Spierdowis was arraigned March 5 in U.S. District Court in Boston on one criminal count of wire fraud.
According to authorities, he used false Social Security numbers and fraudulent documents to apply for federal Small Business Administration (SBA) loans issued in connection with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Authorities say he obtained an SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of $101,517, on behalf of a limited liability company (LLC), and then had the money wired to a bank in Massachusetts. He also allegedly used a fraudulent bank statement “reflecting a balance exceeding $220,000.”
“In fact, this statement was dated before the pertinent bank account was ever opened,” according to a U.S. Department of Justice statement.
“It is alleged that Spierdowis also obtained an SBA Economic Injury Disaster loan of $89,000 in connection with a separate LLC,” the statement added.
To obtain both loans, Spierdowis allegedly used different Social Security numbers and submitted fraudulent federal tax forms for both LLCs, both of which he signed as “president” and “reflect the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages to LLC employees during each quarter in 2019.”
For part of 2019, Spierdowis was already in federal custody after violating his probation stemming from a conviction for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, according to the DOJ statement.
Federal court records show that he informed the court of his efforts to obtain work in early 2019 “without mentioning anything about his supposed presidency of either LLC.”
He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, including three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
The law enforcement action involved agents of the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. attorney’s office, and the Hull Police Department, which provided “valuable assistance with the investigation,” the DOJ said.
“When requested, we will provide mutual aid and/or scene security for officer safety while they conduct their separate and independent investigation,” Hull Police Chief John Dunn said.
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In this story, you will read about the good dinosaur short story of how Baby Dinosaur made Rabbit and Squirrel his friends.
Dinosaur Bedtime Story To Read
Once upon a time, there lived a baby dinosaur in a big forest. Everyone used to run away from him because of his great stature. The animals of the forest were afraid that dinosaurs might eat us at any time. That’s why no one played with baby dinosaurs. He tried very hard to convince everyone that he would not harm any animal in the forest.
One day he went to the rabbit and said will you play with me. The rabbit replied that your height is very big, you can harm me anytime. Disappointed, he went back to his home. The next day, with renewed hope, he went to the squirrel and said would you like to play with me. Then the squirrel’s mother said that many trees had fallen last month due to your mother’s big stature and many squirrels had lost their lives.
I don’t want to let this accident happen again, so you get away from my kids, little dinosaurs. Dinosaur got a sad hearing this and went to a hill and sat down. He used to sit on that hill every day and watch squirrels and rabbits playing. One day the little rabbit and squirrels were playing on the top of the hill and the baby dinosaur was watching them play.
Suddenly Mr. Wolf reached there when he saw the little ones playing together. He rejoiced a lot he thought to himself what a great lunch of the little Rabbits and squirrels will be the evil. Mr. Wolf got close to the baby animals and jumped towards the little ones. They got very scared and started shouting loudly please help us! Every little rabbit and squirrel ran away.
Then one of the rabbits said hey guys Baby Dinosaur is right here let’s get to him and hide behind his legs. The little Rabbits and her friends ran as fast as they could to reach the baby Dinosaur. They hid right behind baby Dinosaur legs. You might also like The Elephant And The Ant Short Story.
Mr. Wolf reached baby dinosaur. The wolf told the baby dinosaur that this is my food, you give it to me. The dinosaur said this is my friend, you go away from here. He turned to Baby dinosaur and told him what If I don’t go. Baby Dinosaur told him that I will push him away with my leg and fall off this hill if you don’t go. Mr. Wolf was horrified to hear this and he did not want it to happen.
So he decided to give up the fight and walk away from there. The little Rabbits and Squirrels were very happy. They gathered around the baby Dinosaur and showed their happiness and Baby Dinosaur laughed happily with them too.
Now baby Dinosaur’s had lots of friends they were sorry for treating baby Dinosaur so badly. But now baby Dinosaur was their friend because he cared for them and defended them. Every day, they all started playing games together on top of the hill. | <urn:uuid:f77011f7-d9df-48df-8028-382b88718cff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://storytime4u.com/dinosaur-bedtime-story-to-read/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.986428 | 628 | 2.5625 | 3 |
1. Are Carbs and Sugars the Devil Incarnate?
Since 1972, when Robert Atkins formulated his “revolutionary” diet, the market has been inundated with high-fat, low-carb diets, claiming that sugars and other complex carbohydrates are the number one reason for weight gain. Low-carb fad diets like keto and Atkins say that most of our body weight is stored in sugars, not fats and that by cutting down sugars we will not only burn the sugars in our body but also use fats as our main energy source. Sure, people employing such strict diets will see rather swift results as the body burns sugars, but for the fat burned to be on par with the fat consumed, a person needs to be intensely engaged in physical activity, especially since burning fat is substantially harder on the body compared to using up carbs for energy.
In the end, all extreme and restrictive diets are hard to maintain over time and may cause long-term damage to the body as weight, fats and sugars fluctuate wildly over periods of mere months.
A preferred nutrition balances carbohydrates, fats, and proteins shunning none, as all are important for our bodily functions. As for sweets, sugars that are naturally-present in food such as fruit and vegetables are just fine. What one should be wary of are mainly refined and added sugars.
2. What Diet Is the Best for Weight Loss?
None. The diet mentality focuses on highly-prohibitive eating regimens with short-term weight-loss in mind, causing even more extreme weight-gain afterward, not to speak of mental turmoil as you see all of the work you put into your diet crumble to dust.
Rather than thinking in terms of diets, we should be thinking about nutrition, and a type of menu and routine we can actually stick to long-term. Yes, the results won’t be immediate or impressive as those of the more extreme diets, but they will be sustainable.
Before eliminating stuff you love from the dining table, consider whether or not you’d like to reintroduce it back further down the line. If that’s the case, you’d be much better served building your diet around still eating or drinking that one thing you really love (in moderation, of course).
3. Can I Lose Weight Simply by Exercising?
To put simply- no. The notion that you can simply compensate for bad eating habits by running does not hold water, as eating the weight you lost exercising is surprisingly easy and people tend to overestimate how exerting their exercise actually was. Moreover, poor results might encourage a person to overindulge in exercise, as if working even harder will yield better results, risking actual harm to the body.
There is no magic trick to weight-loss. The best way to maintain a healthy lifestyle is to have sustainable healthy eating habits alongside regular physical activity.
4. What’s the Worst Thing People Consume?
Surprisingly, the main weight-offender isn’t a food at all, but a drink. Sugar-sweetened sodas are among the unhealthiest things people regularly consume, with a 20 oz bottle of coke containing 16 teaspoons of sugar. For comparison’s sake, imagine dropping 16 teaspoons of sugar into your coffee tumbler. Rather extreme, no?
This amount of added sugars is impossible to effectively burn, causes dramatic rises and drops in blood sugar levels and can affect insulin sensitivity in the body, ultimately causing type 2 diabetes.
All of this is on top of literally zero health benefits.
5. What’s the Best Exercise to Lose Belly Fat?
This question belies a serious misconception that where body fats are stored has to do with which parts of our body are underdeveloped or weak. This is born out of a rather strange idea that fat magically turns to muscle when people work out, or vice versa. That is not actually how weight-loss or muscle definition work.
For all of the people focusing on sit-ups, planking and belly crunches out of some hope that this will make their stomach flat, it is quite possible and common for a person to have strong abdominal muscles AND a protruding gut.
The way the body stores fat boils down mostly to genetics and gender and has nothing to do with strength. Conversely, any activity that burns fat will burn it no matter where it is stored.
6. What Should Be My Caloric Intake if I Want to Lose Weight?
There is no universal formula that works for everyone with regards to how many calories you should be consuming in a day. Reducing caloric intake too dramatically will doubtlessly yield results, but it will also have a poor effect on your psychology, constant craving and eventual relapse.
By accounting for age, gender, current weight and height, you can come up with a general idea of a recommended daily calorie intake, but different bodies function differently, and you can never come up with a magic number by using formulas.
As a general rule, eating less than you’re currently eating is a good idea. By how much is exactly what you should be figuring out, and it is a process of self-learning. Monitor your weekly diet, try eating 5-10% less than that and take note of how you’re feeling and the effects on your weight. Take it slow and don’t be afraid to take steps back if you find yourself tired and starving.
7. Why Is Healthy Food so Expensive?
In short- it isn’t. A study held in Australia found that unhealthy diets were actually more expensive to maintain than healthy ones. While it may be true that whole grain breads are more expensive than refined grain white bread, bread isn’t the only component of an unhealthy diet. That same study found that as much as 64% of people’s food budget was being spent on take-out food, soda drinks, and alcoholic beverages.
Another way of considering how “cost-effective” a healthy diet is is the medical bills one is saving by committing to a healthy lifestyle. Sadly, this sort of long-term thinking and investing is often hard to conceptualize and fully appreciate in a world that seems built upon immediate gratification.
8. What’s the Verdict on Gluten?
As a general rule, if someone is telling that this or that natural food or beverage is bad for you, using the plural form of “you”, he’s probably being incredibly irresponsible, as different things are bad for different people.
Gluten is a mixture of proteins that are present in some of the most popular grains, including wheat, barley, rye, and oats.
In and of itself, gluten is of rather low nutritional value, but gluten cannot be isolated. The grains that contain gluten also contain valuable nutrients like iron and B vitamins. Conversely, many gluten-free alternatives aren’t nearly as nutritious as whole grain flour and can be richer in both fats and carbs.
If you aren’t suffering from a gastrointestinal condition that prohibits gluten (such as coeliac), there’s absolutely no reason for you to drop gluten.
9. What Are the Healthiest Foods?
Vegetables. Shocker, I know. More specifically, non-starchy vegetables should be your go-to. This includes most greens, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, and even the unfairly-maligned mushrooms. Vegetables are the best source for many nutrients, they have a sating effect on our stomach and they are rich in fibers, all in a package that yields very little calories.
Vegetables are the closest thing we have to a common thread between effective weight-loss measures.
10. Can I Snack?
Many diets tout eating many small meals throughout the day, and for good reason- eating between meals can stop you from overeating during lunchtime. Snacking could be a good idea, depending on what you’re snacking on and how much of it you’re eating. Nuts, fruit, raisins, and veggies are all healthy snack options.
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There were many smaller shrines Of Shiva in the far east that were touted as the healing temples visited by pilgrims as well as local Himalayan villagers. Such is the shrine of Tunganath. It stands tall at 3,680 meters near the top ridge of the Mandakini River and this shrine is the highest Shiva temple in the world.
Tunganath literally means ‘The Lord of the Mountains’. It is one of the Five Kedaras that denote the knowledge of the observer. None can tell who built this temple or when. But this temple dates back to more than ten thousand years and was directly linked to The Period of The Mahabharata.
According to the legend, it was the Pandavas, Indian heroes who built the temple after being victorious in the Kurukshetra Battle. The temple is extremely modest in size and can hardly accommodate a dozen people. It is built of black rock. Just as its name and it was built in the very same style as its predecessor The Kedarnath Temple. Here the priest comes from a local village named Makku while the other Kedar temples house the priests from South-India since Adi Shankaracharya began a tradition.
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When I was at the air show last Sunday, I was amazed at how many "serious" photographers were sporting DSLRs with huge lenses. I assume that most were amateurs, as this sort of event doesn't normally draw magazine or newspaper coverage. And there was I, with my humble Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Now, my FZ28 has a zoom with a 35mm equivalent of 27mm to 486mm and it weighs about a pound. Most DSLRs would need several lenses to match the zoom range of my camera, which means they would need a gadget bag to tote all this gear, and the inconvenience of switching lenses to go from wide angle to extreme telephoto.
Let's look at the telephoto part, since that's you would need when photographing planes in the sky. For this, you could either have a zoom lens that maxed out at around 500mm, or a fixed focal length lens of about 500mm. The zoom is probably the better choice, since it will make framing the picture a lot easier, but it would cost a lot more than a fixed focal length lens.
As for the weight of the camera, a DSLR with a 500mm equivalent lens is probably going to weigh somewhere between five and seven pounds. And that doesn't include the gadget bag with the other lenses and gear. (After all, one of the big selling points of DSLRs is the lens interchangeability.) That's a lot of weight to schlep around for an afternoon. This is why so few of these photographers actually carried the camera in their hand, like I did. They either let it dangle from a neck strap or shoulder strap, stood it on a monopod or, for the ultimate, had the camera mounted on a tripod. (How you could photograph something like a air show, with things happening all over the place, wanting to switch between vertical and horizontal framing, with a camera mounted on a tripod, will remain forever a mystery to me.)
How about keeping the image steady with a long focal length lens? For this, you need some sort of image stabilization system, like the one built into my FZ28. With DSLRs, you can get a camera which has image stabilization built into the camera body, built into the lens, or none at all. Image stabilization systems built into the DSLR body are not as effective as the ones built into the lens. The ones built into the lens add greatly to the cost of the lens and work with just that lens. And, for the DSLR with no image stabilization, you can always set the camera to a higher ISO and use a faster shutter speed. Oh, I forgot to mention that the image stabilizer makes it easy to frame the picture by holding it steadier in the viewfinder.
Let's talk about depth of field, which will be critical with a long telephoto lens. My FZ28 has a much smaller sensor than the average DSLR, and therefore uses a lens with a much shorter focal length to get the same size image. The shorter focal length lens will have much greater depth of field than the equivalent lens on a DSLR. This can be a pain when you're shooting a portrait and want the background out of focus, but it's a blessing when your telephoto setting gives five or six times the depth of field of an equivalent DSLR lens.
And then there's the cost of the equipment. The FZ28 is around $400 and you can get the earlier FZ18 for about $300. A DSLR outfit with the same range will cost you thousands of dollars for the camera, lenses, and accessories.
The other thing that I noticed was that the folks with the DSLRs didn't seem to be having that much fun. Maybe it's a DSLR thing to look serious, or perhaps they were tired after lugging those heavy cameras for several hours. I didn't seem them running around and taking pictures like I was. For some, the camera was more of an adornment. But the real question is whether they were able to take the sort of photographs they had in mind.
And I got to thinking that, for these photographers, their big, impressive DSLRs were the photographic equivalent of a Hummer or SUV -- large, expensive, and not quite what you thought it would be (by comparison, my FZ28 is a Prius). I think that a lot of DSLR owners are having the same sort of second thoughts as the folks who bought SUVs. It seemed like a good idea at the time. After all, the DSLR promised things like faster focusing and better image quality. And besides, how could you take a little camera like the FZ28 (or its ilk) seriously? Carry a tiny camera like that and you would for sure be seen as an amateur, but with your big, heavy DSLR, you might be taken for a professional photographer.
This wasn't meant to be a definitive discussion of the pros and cons of the different types of cameras, but just a look at a particular photographic situation and how well each type of camera was suited to it. In the end, it's about pictures. I don't know how the other photographers fared at the show. One of my pictures is and the top of this page and the rest of the results are here
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Enjoy the Excitement of Northeast Kansas
From the bustling state capital to the beauty of its parks, Northeast Kansas offers visitors a memorable escape. One of the most exciting ways to see it is to take a ride along the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway. You'll see the remains of the receding glaciers and some of the oldest communities in the State. The Byway will also take you through Atchison, the birthplace of Amelia Earhart (home of the Amelia Earhart Festival) and a famous stop for Lewis and Clark. You'll pass Leavenworth and get a glimpse of the scenic Missouri River.
But that's not all the Northeast has to offer!
College sports fans can watch the University of Kansas Jayhawks thrill crowds who show up to their basketball, football, and baseball games. Visitors near Topeka in July can experience the Fiesta Mexicana, or they can tour the colorful Tulip Time Festival in April.
Any time is a good time to visit the State Capitol Building, while the summers demand a trip to Schlitterbahn Waterpark. Even the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Jazz in the Woods Festival, and Kansas International Film Festival call the Northeast home. And you might also see a rodeo or two as you wander.
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A world-class lightweight rower who came to the Hong Kong Sports Institute was evaluated over a two-month period of training. He was preparing for the 1995 World Rowing Championships. The subjects trained for approximately 70 minutes per day at different levels of intensity, to simulate race conditions. Caloric expenditures (based upon heart rate response and estimation from specific activity) were estimated to be approximately 4125 kcal/day. A three day dietary survey revealed that the subject was able to maintain caloric balance (caloric intake = 4088 kcal/day). Body weight was maintained at a constant level, another indication that the subject was able to meet energy needs. A breakdown of his food intake revealed protein, carbohydrate, and fat, made up 19%, 51%, and 30% of his caloric intake, respectively. This was somewhat surprising since recommendations for endurance athletes are for higher carbohydrate contribution. During and after the training bouts the subject consumed two separate carbohydrate supplements. A total of 218 g of carbohydrate were consumed daily. This level of supplementation was able to maintain the subject's blood glucose concentration at normal levels following recovery from exercise. Comparisons of recovery heart rates when either water or carbohydrate was consumed indicate a beneficial effect of the supplement. Despite consuming carbohydrates at lower than recommended levels, this athlete went on to win this third gold medal in rowing. Copyright © 2001 Edizioni Minerva Medica.
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CitationXia, G., Chin, M.-K., Girandola, R. N., & Liu, R. Y. K. (2001). The effects of diet and supplements on a male world champion lightweight rower. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 41(2), 223-228.
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VIA Metropolitan Transit’s Primo bus-rapid transit service in San Antonio. HNTB
When bus rapid transit (BRT) systems first started becoming popular in the U.S. a decade or so ago, no one could have predicted how they would change the landscape of how transit is provided. Technology advances and a renewed focus on the customer will change it yet again.
With enhanced stations, dedicated travel lanes, level (or near-level) boarding, and off-board fare payment, BRT represents a significant enhancement from traditional bus service, and BRT capital costs can be as little as $10 million per mile, depending on the type of system and length of the corridor. By comparison, rail project costs can exceed $100 million per mile. For less cost than a single rail mile, communities can offer a robust BRT line.
In a little over a decade, BRT has become a staple of the transit industry. While BRT has grown, technology advancements are poised to deliver new enhancements that will mean even more changes to BRT design and operations.
Particularly popular in many smaller and mid-sized cities and regions without a tradition of high transit ridership or rail transit options, BRT was viewed as a way to provide a significant upgrade in transit services in a cost-effective manner.
In the mid-2000s BRT operations existed in only a handful of cities. Today, you can find BRT throughout the country in cities and regions of all sizes. Even the largest metropolitan areas with large bus and rail systems are implementing BRT.
Cities currently adding or expanding their BRT systems include Kansas City, Mo.; Tulsa, Okla.; Jacksonville, Minn., Chicago, San Antonio, and many others. In cities where operational, BRT systems are well received and often achieve significant ridership.
BRT applications led the way to significant changes in vehicle design in the last decade, with doors that open on both sides and sleek body styling. The next major change involving BRT vehicles is likely to be associated with technology.
Improved radar technology and GPS capabilities are likely to set the stage for precision docking at stations. This will allow transit operators to abandon rub rails or Kassel curbs in exchange for technology which produces much higher results, much more consistently.
The challenge for transit officials is planning for the upcoming technology changes. Transit officials ordering a bus today, which has a 12-year lifespan, don’t want to have an obsolete vehicle in just a few years. They want to know that a bus purchased today can be upgraded or updated with developing technology within the lifespan of the vehicle.
The MAX BRT in Kansas City, one of the nation’s first BRT systems. HNTB
All BRT systems have some form of dedicated lanes or fixed guideway. For most operators this is some combination of lane marking and road signage. Many operators use a BAT (Business Access and Turn) lane configuration, thereby sharing the lane with automobile drivers accessing businesses or perpendicular streets.
As BRT matures, operators are increasing the exclusivity of BRT lanes to assure greater service reliability and higher operating speed. For example, LA Metro is designing railroad-type crossing gates at intersections on its Orange Line BRT. Houston, Minneapolis, Miami and other systems are planning to operate BRT in interstate managed lanes.
Painted lanes are traditionally a way to delineate BRT from general traffic lanes. Looking ahead, as BRT continues to be implemented in heavily congested urban corridors, we can expect to see higher levels of lane separation in order to achieve higher operating speeds, and greater service reliability.
Battery electric buses may fundamentally change the make-up of bus fleets throughout the country. While still a small number of total buses nationwide, their number is growing. Dozens of cities have taken delivery of or ordered electric buses and this trend is expected to continue. The Red Line in Indianapolis became the country’s first all-electric BRT line when it opened earlier this year.
Communities can expect cleaner, quieter operations, and agencies will benefit from simpler maintenance and environmentally friendlier fleets.
Automated Vehicles/Connected Vehicles
Finally, nothing has the potential to change BRT operations more than automated and connected vehicle technology. The capabilities fast becoming reality allow BRT systems to add significant capacity and precision to their operations, positioning them to rival commuter rail lines’ service and ridership with unmatched flexibility to meet marketplace changes.
Imagine three or four automated bus-length vehicles, tethered front-to-back by connected vehicle technology, platooning in a dedicated lane with just inches between them. With each vehicle carrying dozens of passengers and docking precisely at station platforms with level boarding, they will resemble trains with tires. But because they are electronically connected, not physically, it is very easy for vehicles to be reassigned to other routes, the maintenance garage or a charging facility, only to reform again at rush hour when the need is greatest.
Longer “trains” of electronically tethered vehicles will require new engineering and construction for longer station approaches and exits. The investment, however, will yield enormous operational, safety and ridership benefits that will keep BRT moving in cities coast to coast.
Technology alone shouldn’t be the only evolution of BRT. Transit patrons still value the basics done right, including station shelter, adequate lighting, appropriate signage, next-bus arrival information, and easy-to-understand fare payment systems. Patrons may also still want the low-tech human voice when there is a problem or issue.
Forward-thinking agencies are embracing the fundamentals and delivering an experience that makes riding BRT as easy and dependable as possible.
BRT is breaking through in cities across the country. Its evolutionary path, driven by technology advancements and customer service fundamentals, presents transit agencies exciting opportunities to significantly enhance mobility in their communities both now and well into the future.
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s Plastic Free July® comes to an end, we want to take a moment to celebrate everyone who took part in the challenge and share our contribution to this worthwhile cause.
For those who may not know, Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can all have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities.
Plastic Free July provides resources and ideas to help reduce single-use plastic waste every day at home, work, school and local businesses. The movement has inspired 100+ million participants in 190 countries with over 85% of participants making at least one lasting change. By making small changes, collectively we can help make a massive difference to our communities. Over the last three years challengers reduced their waste by 15kg per person per year (3.5% less waste)!
OrangeDoor is proud to be involved in the plastic free challenge in not only July but every month. Through prioritising the management of People, Planet and Profit equally we aim to help preserve the planet for future generations.
We are continuously making changes to our events to embed sustainability into every corner of our business:
- We have introduced reusable service ware to our events – we never use bamboo or plastic.
- Recyclable print materials have become a staple – we no longer use plastics and vinyls for branding at events.
- Hard plastic promotional pens have been replaced with seed pencils.
- A zero tolerance for inhouse single use plastics – we only use reusable glass containers.
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- Each staff member is issued a recycled and reusable cotton shopper bag, mug and seed pencil.
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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of Americans have ordered groceries online for the first time. By some estimates, as many as 45% of all households—55.5 million—ordered groceries online for delivery or pickup during August. Major grocery chains have seen their total revenue from online orders double or even triple from last year. Some surveys show as much as 25% of U.S. grocery sales were ordered digitally during the widespread lock-down period in May, and still nearly 12% in August. Many customers, understandably nervous about the health implications of leaving their homes and sharing narrow grocery aisles with other shoppers, are exploring new ways of getting food to their homes. This not only has led to the surge in online grocery ordering, but also provided a stimulus to the struggling meal kit industry and expanded home delivery of prepared foods. For elderly customers and those with vulnerable health conditions, the expansion of these new food ordering and delivery channels literally is a lifeline in the context of the pandemic.
The growth of e-commerce sales for food has increased the number of jobs available at a time when unemployment across the U.S. economy has skyrocketed. Grocery workers now are seen as essential workers, even heroes. At times they even have received extra hazard pay. And yet media reports also are full of stories of ongoing low wages and poor working conditions, severe health risks, and employer retaliation against workers who speak out. These challenges are even greater for grocery and delivery workers hired as independent contractors, who have no legal employment protections, unstable earnings and hours, low levels of access to health insurance, challenges obtaining personal protective equipment, and legal and administrative barriers to accessing unemployment insurance should they not be able to work.
What are the broader implications of the recent surge in grocery e-commerce work? Will these jobs continue to expand beyond the pandemic and, if so, by how much? What kinds of wages and working conditions exist in different segments of the industry? What changes should people in more traditional grocery store jobs anticipate? As grocery e-commerce continues to grow, what options exist to improve working conditions for the workers affected by this trend?
“The future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed,” says science fiction author William Gibson. While the pandemic has provided a catalyst to the growth of online food ordering, it is simply accelerating trends that already were apparent in the industry before, but just not as widely distributed. In this report, we examine these longer-term, technology-enabled shifts in business processes in the grocery industry, looking both at trends before the coronavirus pandemic and the most recent shifts, to assess the implications for future changes in work. Our conclusions can be summarized thusly:
- Technological change is leading to new job growth. In contrast to the widely held belief that new technologies inevitably lead to automation and displacement of workers, in this case the growth of e-commerce actually is leading to the creation of new jobs, as customers now are paying for tasks they used to do themselves for free. This includes:
- Fulfilling orders, both in grocery stores and fulfillment centers, for both groceries and meal kits.
- Preparing food in grocery stores, as grocery stores respond to increased demand for semi-prepared foods.
- Providing curbside pickup.
- Delivering groceries and prepared foods, as well as increases in delivery of meal kits.
- Providing skilled technology and data analysis services that enable customers to shop and place orders online.
- Job quality is a major concern in nearly all of these growing positions. We should be concerned about the quality of these new jobs being created.
- Most food delivery and a substantial amount of grocery fulfillment is done by platform-based workers who often are hired as independent contractors, with low wages, no employment protections, and no access to benefits.
- Independent contractors and in-house employees alike also are subject to increasing surveillance and algorithmic management that can add stress to their jobs.
- Workers preparing meal kits report unpredictable schedules and earnings, as well as safety and health concerns.
- Workers doing food prep in grocery stores also frequently are paid less than workers on the floor.
- Workers doing skilled technology and data analysis in food retail positions often are paid substantially less than similar positions in other industries, such as financial services or software/information industries.
- New fulfillment jobs will remain primarily in grocery stores, but slowly move to new fulfillment centers. Grocery order fulfillment currently happens primarily in existing grocery stores, either by direct store employees or people working for online platforms, like Instacart or Shipt. This is inefficient and costly, so as online ordering increases, this will create pressure to shift fulfillment processes over time, in some cases to labor-intensive “fast-pick” facilities devoted to order fulfillment, and in other cases to semi-automated micro-fulfillment centers and more highly automated warehouse-size fulfillment centers. However, each of these options faces its own set of challenges, so we expect change will be gradual.
- Cashier positions threatened. We do see e-commerce contributing to declines in the number of cashier positions going forward, though cashier positions also are threatened by customer self-checkout technologies, which likely will have a bigger impact on cashiers than the growth of online sales.
These changes in work are the result of the ways e-commerce is changing the traditional process by which consumers purchase food to be consumed in the home, which involves four distinct steps:
- Customers develop their grocery list.
- Customers fill that order themselves from grocery store shelves.
- Customers purchase that order at a checkout counter.
- Customers bring that order home themselves.
The emerging e-commerce-linked trends that are changing the process of obtaining food consumed at home include:
- Online ordering and payment. Prior to the pandemic, less than 2% of grocery sales were done online, but this has accelerated. Some estimates are that as much as 10% of grocery sales will be done online after the pandemic; this will be disproportionately concentrated in the major grocery chains in the industry, such as Walmart, Kroger, and Albertsons/Safeway. For the most part, these orders will be fulfilled from existing stores, meaning that brick-and-mortar infrastructure will remain a central component of grocery’s e-commerce strategy for the foreseeable future. Rather than considering e-commerce as something separate from and displacing traditional grocery sales, it is more accurate to consider e-commerce as simply one channel in the omnichannel approach to sales that most companies are pursuing.
- Fulfilling orders. Currently in the United States, nearly all order fulfillment is done by people taking goods from existing store shelves, with the exception of Peapod, which has had dedicated warehouse fulfillment systems since 1999. Peapod’s systems are primarily, though not exclusively, “fast-pick” facilities in which the picking still is done by hand, but off of shelves that are optimized for efficiency in online order fulfillment rather than retail customer use. Two new, distinct models of more automated fulfillment systems are growing. One new type is micro-fulfillment centers, which use part of an existing store’s footprint to install semi-automated systems that bring items to pickers rather than pickers going to the items. These systems focus on the most frequently ordered items, with less frequently ordered items still filled from existing store shelves. Takeoff Technologies is the lead company in this space, having signed deals with Ahold Delhaize and Albertsons, with functioning models first rolling out in 2019. A second type of automated fulfillment is pioneered by UK-based Ocado, and involves highly automated fulfillment centers handling all items in large, dedicated w Ocado signed a partnership in 2018 with Kroger to build 20 of these throughout the United States. These are highly automated, though still involve human labor in the picking and packing processes, as well as receiving. Despite growth in these new models, in-store fulfillment is likely to remain the dominant model for the foreseeable future.
- Food to customers. At the moment, about half of all online orders are picked up by customers themselves at stores after a person has fulfilled the order in the store; this “click-and-collect” model is likely to remain a substantial part of online grocery delivery going forward, given the higher costs and organizational challenges of home delivery. Actual home delivery now is done largely by platform-based drivers, with Instacart the leader in this space, but the larger grocery firms are developing their own home delivery systems too, which also will grow.
It also is important to recognize that customers purchasing groceries to cook their own food is only one way that customers get food to eat at home. Grocery stores have for many years sold semi-prepared meals (such as premeasured cake mixes or frozen pizza), or fully prepared meals (such as food sold in store-based delicatessens, or rotisserie chickens). New technologies are enabling a wide range of new prepared and semi-prepared food delivery options, which also are transforming traditional grocery work (see Figure B).
There are two growing forms of prepared and semi-prepared food delivery affecting the grocery industry:
- Meal kits. The demand for meal kits is growing, though at a slower pace than originally predicted when they first appeared. At the moment there is a high level of customer churn in the home meal kit subscription delivery model, with customer acquisition costs high for standalone meal kit services. As a result, we are seeing more integration between meal kit companies and grocery stores, creating new in-store meal kit offerings as well as home delivery of meal kits via grocery stores.
- Prepared food delivery. The growth of new and more convenient ways of getting fully prepared food delivered to the home also is contributing to the long-term shift of food dollars going away from grocery stores to restaurants. Platform-based companies like DoorDash and Uber Eats enable a much wider range of restaurants—from fast food outlets on one end of the industry to white-tablecloth restaurants on the other end—to provide home delivery. This could draw additional revenue from grocery stores going forward, continuing a long-term trend of a lower percentage of consumer food dollars being spent on traditional grocery stores. Yet grocery stores also are taking advantage of this new trend by increasing their prepared food selection, and making it available for home delivery. In addition, some of the increase in home delivery of prepared foods constitutes a shift away from customers eating in restaurants, not just a shift from groceries to prepared foods—a trend particularly pronounced during the pandemic.
Implications for Policy and Practice
There is widespread fear across the entire economy about the impacts of technology on jobs. The fear of automation—the robots are coming!!—permeates much of the discussion around technological change. This study of the growth of e-commerce in the grocery industry makes clear that the fear of technology-induced job loss is overblown. E-commerce growth in the industry has been moderate and manageable and, despite the surge caused by a historic pandemic, will remain a modest feature of the industry for the medium-term future. The growth of food-related e-commerce is contributing to job gain rather than job loss, creating new types of jobs and also expanding existing jobs in brick-and-mortar stores.
Perhaps what is more important than paying attention to the aggregate number of jobs, however, is that we pay attention to the ways technology may be enabling the restructuring of jobs, with implications for job quality for both new and existing positions. It also is important to recognize there is significant variation in the ways technology is linked with changing business practices in the industry, that there is nothing inevitable about these changes, and that there is significant potential for different business strategies and public policies to shape the outcome of these changes for working conditions and workers’ livelihoods.
Many new positions in filling orders and home delivery are insecure and low-paid positions. In many cases, people doing this work also are hired through online platforms, often as independent contractors, which denies these workers basic employment protections and benefits. These outcomes are not inevitable—in both order fulfillment and delivery positions, there are clear examples of in-house grocery employees doing the same tasks as workers deployed via platforms, but with greater job security and predictability of income, especially if they are represented by a union. In addition to decisions about whether or how to engage with online platforms, stores face other choices that have consequences for job quality in e-commerce. For instance, stores can leverage e-commerce channels strategically by linking online ordering and in-store offerings, such as expanding prepared food options and providing greater diversity of fresh foods.
Given the competitiveness of the industry and price pressures, however, it is not enough to rely on high-road business strategies to improve working conditions. Improving working conditions in e-commerce jobs will require proactive public policies and stronger systems of worker voice. This is especially urgent for the growing number of people doing fulfillment and delivery work who currently are being hired as independent contractors.
The most important strategy for protecting job quality for fulfillment and delivery workers is to narrow the criteria under which workers can be classified as independent contractors. This is important for ensuring these workers have access to the benefits and rights associated with employment, such as unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, anti-discrimination and other types of legal protections. The passage of Proposition 22 in California, in which platform-based companies spent over $200 million to exempt themselves from a law designed to ensure platform workers had appropriate employment protections, sets a dangerous precedent of enshrining a new substandard category of employment into state law, underscoring the importance of stronger federal legislation against misclassification. Though far less effective, several interim or alternative strategies may exist where laws addressing misclassification do not (yet) exist, such as specifically including the on-demand workforce in local labor standards policies; creating and enforcing new minimum standards for meal and food delivery workers regardless of employment status that are high enough to ensure workers receive a living wage after accounting for all related business expenses; or requiring licenses for meal and food delivery workers and implementing a regulatory system that could be used to limit the number of workers who can access jobs at any moment in time, ensuring that those who are working can have sufficient earnings.
Ultimately, what is needed are more well-developed systems for workers in these new delivery channels to have a voice in company and industry business strategies. Unions have an important role to play in the industry, seeking to ensure that the growth of e-commerce doesn’t come at the expense of erosion of wages and working conditions. An estimated 15.1% of workers in the grocery industry were directly covered by a union contract as of 2019, and the number of workers indirectly benefiting from union protections is higher than that, due to some company efforts to more closely match union wages and working conditions to avoid union contracts. In addition, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) recently began organizing Instacart workers, but challenges for new union organizing efforts persist. Reforming national labor law to remove obstacles to workers forming unions and engaging in collective bargaining is the most important step to helping more workers gain a voice on the job. Where unions do not currently exist, other organizations representing grocery store workers, like United for Respect, also can play an important role in addressing concerns of in-store employees, while organizations representing so-called gig workers, and other labor rights and labor law advocates, also will be important for addressing misclassification, low wages, and working conditions for platform-based workers.
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BOSTON — This past weekend, an inmate with a prescription for methadone to treat drug addiction came into the Hampden County jail.
The inmate was given daily doses of methadone at a dispensary inside the jail on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The offender went to court Tuesday and was released, and returned to a community methadone clinic.
“They didn’t miss a beat,” said Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi.
The inmate was the first in Hampden County to be treated with methadone under the county’s new medication-assisted treatment program. But the inmate is not alone.
In a major shift in how jails are treating prisoners with drug addiction, seven county jails began a pilot program Sept. 1 in which they will offer inmates all three FDA-approved forms of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction. Since Sunday, the seven jails have provided medication to around 100 inmates.
“Today’s medication-assisted treatment pilot isn’t meant only to disrupt the status quo. We’re looking to rewrite the books on corrections,” said Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian. “We’re beginning one of the most ambitious undertakings in the history of correctional health. It’s progressive, groundbreaking, cutting edge and, importantly, data-driven.”
Koutoujian is president of the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association, which hosted a press conference on medication-assisted treatment Thursday at the Statehouse.
Sheriffs said the programs face numerous challenges, from cost to concerns about diversion to onerous federal regulations for dispensing methadone.
There are three types of FDA-approved medication used to treat addiction: methadone, buprenorphine (also called Suboxone) and naltrexone (sold under the brand name Vivitrol).
Some jails years ago started offering Vivitrol, an injectable medication that decreases opioid cravings and lasts for a month, when a patient was released.
But most sheriffs in Massachusetts and nationwide have resisted providing inmates with Suboxone or methadone, which are opioids administered in daily oral doses, for fear that the drugs would be diverted and sold. In particular, Suboxone, a film taken orally, is frequently smuggled into jails.
Studies have found that inmates who detox in jail and are then released with no treatment and with a low tolerance for drugs are far more likely to die of an overdose than the general population.
The pilot program, created as part of an opioid-related bill that Gov. Charlie Baker signed in August 2018, authorized sheriffs to offer medication-assisted treatment in seven county jails: Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Inmates who enter jail already on medication-assisted treatment, with any of the three types of medication, will be able to continue that treatment. Inmates will also be offered the opportunity to begin treatment 30 days before they are released.
Sen. Cindy Friedman, D-Arlington, who helped craft the pilot program as last year’s chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery, said nearly 75% of those incarcerated in county jails have a substance use problem. Friedman said jailing people for addiction has not worked; the system must offer treatment. Providing medication-assisted treatment in jail, she said, “provides people with a pathway to recovery and helps reduce recidivism throughout the system.”
One of the biggest challenges surrounds methadone, which is governed by strict federal rules put in place in the 1970s. Those rules require that methadone be dispensed in a federally licensed clinic.
Franklin County Sheriff Christopher Donelan just became the first sheriff in Massachusetts to have his jail certified as a methadone clinic. It took him 54 weeks and a 90-page application, he said. Donelan said before he was certified, staff would have to drive inmates on methadone 40 or 50 miles to Springfield each day to get their medication.
Donelan said when a patient is forced to go off their medication in jail, they leave seeking drugs and are at risk of overdosing. Now, he said, a patient who comes in with a prescription can continue their treatment in jail and leave, with a prescription in hand, as “a much better, more stable person.”
The other six jails will be either driving inmates to community clinics or bringing in an outside provider who is certified to dispense methadone.
Even with an outside provider, the jails must create a space suitable for dispensing medication. Essex Sheriff Kevin Coppinger spent $600,000 turning an old print shop into a dispensary.
In Hampshire County, which started a methadone program in January, inmates have been driven to Northampton daily to get their dose. Sheriff Patrick Cahillane planned to start offering methadone in the jail at the beginning of the month, but was delayed due to a federal requirement for a custom-made alarm for a safe. He hopes to start next week.
“The new program is a new way of thinking for a correctional system, and we spend a lot of time trying to get staff to understand this is a safe way to do it,” Cahillane said.
Another challenge is cost. The state has appropriated $10 million in fiscal 2020 for the pilot program. Cocchi estimated that, just in Hampden County, it will cost $5 million the first year to treat 350 to 375 people.
Koutoujian predicted that jails will have to find grant money to fund the programs, in addition to the legislative appropriation.
There also may be challenges connecting inmates who start medication before release to community-based treatment agencies.
“As we do these programs, get people clean and sober, if there’s not a continuum of care after they leave us, they’re going to come back,” said Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins. Tompkins stressed the need for lawmakers to provide more money for aftercare programs.
This can be a particular problem in rural areas. In Franklin County, the sole licensed methadone provider reached its federal cap and cannot take on new patients. Donelan said a second provider is in the process of being licensed.
Researchers from Baystate Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Amherst plan to conduct a comprehensive study of the pilot program through a five-year, $10 million federal grant from the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network. Several sheriffs and advocates said at the press conference that they anticipate the pilot program becoming a national model, since so few jails today offer all forms of medication-assisted treatment.
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It seems a lot of the space stories of this year involve spacecraft making journeys: bouncing across a comet, or making their way to Mars. Private companies also figure prominently, both in terms of successes and prominent failures.
These are Universe Today’s picks for the top space stories of the year. Disagree? Think we forgot something? Let us know in the comments.
10. End of Venus Express
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This month saw the end of Venus Express’ eight-year mission at the planet, which happened after the spacecraft made a daring plunge into part of the atmosphere to learn more about its properties. The spacecraft survived the aerobraking maneuvers, but ran out of fuel after a few engine burns to raise it higher. Soon it will plunge into the atmosphere for good. But it was a productive mission overall, with discoveries ranging from a slowing rotation to mysterious “glories”.
9. Continued discoveries by Curiosity and Opportunity
Methane? Organics? Water? Mars appears to have had these substances in abundance over its history. Continued work from the Curiosity rover — passing its second Earth year on Mars — found methane fluctuating in Gale Crater, and the first confirmed discovery of organics on the Martian surface. Opportunity is almost 11 years into its mission and battling memory problems, but the rover is still on the move (passing 41 kilometers) to an area that could be full of clay.
8. Siding Spring at Mars and the level of study of the comet by other missions at Mars
We had a rare opportunity to watch a comet make a grazing pass by Mars, not close enough to pose significant danger to spacecraft, but definitely close enough to affect its atmosphere! Siding Spring caught everyone’s attention throughout the year, and did not disappoint. The numerous spacecraft at the Red Planet caught glimpses, including from the surface and from orbit. It likely created a meteor shower and could alter the Martian atmosphere forever.
7. Kepler K2
The Kepler space telescope lost the second of its four pointing devices last year, requiring a major rethink for the veteran planet hunter. The solution was a new mission called K2 that uses the pressure of the Sun to maintain the spacecraft’s direction, although it has to flip every 83 days or so to a new location to avoid the star’s glare. It’s not as precise as before, but with the mission approved we now know for sure K2 can locate exoplanets. The first confirmed one is a super-Earth.
6. MAVEN at Mars
Where did the Martian atmosphere go? Why was it so thick in the past, allowing water to flow on the surface, and so thin right now? The prevailing theory is that the Sun’s pressure on the Martian atmosphere pushed lighter isotopes (such as that of hydrogen) away from the planet, leaving heavier isotopes behind. NASA is now investigating this in more detail with MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), which arrived at the planet this fall.
5. India’s MOM
India made history this year as only the third entity to successfully reach the Red Planet (after the United States and Europe). While updates from the Mars Orbiter Mission have been slow in recent weeks, we know for sure that it observed Siding Spring at Mars and it has been diligently taking pictures of the Red Planet, such as this one of the Solar System’s largest volcano and a huge canyon on Mars.
4. Accidents by Virgin and Orbital
In one sobering week in October, the dangers of space travel were again made clear after incidents affected Virgin Galactic and Orbital Sciences. Virgin lost a pilot and seriously injured another when something went seriously awry during a flight test. Investigators have so far determined that the re-entry system turned on prematurely, but more details are being determined. Orbital meanwhile suffered the catastrophic loss of one of its Antares rockets, perhaps due to Soviet-era-designed engines, but the company is looking at other ways to fulfill its NASA contractual obligations to send cargo to the International Space Station.
3. SpaceX rocket landing attempts
SpaceX is attempting a daunting technological feat, which is bringing back its rocket first stages for re-use. The company is hoping that this will cut down on the costs of launch in the long term, but this technological innovation will take some time. The Falcon 9 rocket stage that made it back to the ocean in July was deemed a success, although the force of the landing broke it apart. Next, SpaceX is trying to place its rocket on an ocean platform.
2. Orion flight
NASA’s spacecraft for deep space exploration (Orion) successfully finished its first major uncrewed test this month, when it rode into orbit, made a high-speed re-entry and successfully splashed down in the ocean. But it’s going to be a while before Orion flies again, likely in 2017 or even 2018. NASA hopes to put a crew on this spacecraft type in the 2020s, potentially for trips to the Moon, an asteroid or (more distantly) Mars.
It’s been an exciting year for the Rosetta mission. First it woke up from a lengthy hibernation, then it discovered that Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko looks a bit like a rubber duckie, and then it got up close and released the Philae lander. The soft touchdown did not go as planned, to say the least, as the spacecraft bounced for two hours and then came to rest in a spot without a lot of sunlight. While Philae hibernates and controllers hope it wakes up again in a few months, however, science results are already showing intriguing things. For example, water delivered to Earth likely came mostly from other sources than comets. | <urn:uuid:88fc46a2-59bb-420e-a261-9171a73eb002> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.universetoday.com/117587/universe-todays-top-10-space-stories-of-2014/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956328 | 1,220 | 2.171875 | 2 |
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Year : 1983 | Volume
: 31 | Issue : 7 | Page : 892--894
Study of juvenile retinal detachment
DN Gangwar, MR Dogra, IS Jain, SPS Grewal
Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Candigarh, India
D N Gangwar
Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012
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Retinal detachment in children is relatively uncommon. Studies available on juvenile retinal detachment include patients under 20 years of age It is generally observed that juvenile retinal detachment presents a late to the ophthalmolgist whereas retinal lesions develop early. To the best of author's known information available on this subject from India. So the main purpose is to highlight this problem in out setup. We present our experiences reguarding etiology, types of breaks, retinal detachment, treatment modalities and final outcome of these patients.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
756 cases who attended retinal detachment clinic of PGIMER, Chandigarh, From January, 1974 to June 1982 were reviewed to find out cases of juvenile retinal detachment (under 20 years of age). 73 (9.6%) of cases had juvenile retinal detachment. Out of these 50 cases had complete record and were the subject of this study.
There were 38 (76%) males and 12 (24%) females, 45 (90%) were - between 10-20 years of age and only 5 (10%) presented below 10 years age. Duration of retinal detachment varied from one day to many years. Three patients (6%) had bilateral retinal detachment. All cases complained of diminision of vision which was noticed either accidently or accured suddenly especially following trauma. In nine eyes, one to two quadrant of retina were detached, 12, had 2-3 quadrant of retinal detachment whereas 32 eyes had more than 3 quadratfts of retinal detachment. Only 17 cases had total retinal detachment. Typical fundus picture was seen in cases with partial retinal detachment. Most of these cases had dmcation lines, thinned out retina with involved macula and a dialysis or multiple holes with ragged edges. In these cases attached retina appeared healthy. Partial retinal detachment was mostly in inferotemporal region. Out of 50 patients 27 (54%) were operated upon a rest were considered unoperable or they refused surgery. Average period of follow-up in operated patients varied from 3 months to 3 years (average 6 months). Initial visual acuity varied from accurate perceptions of light to counting finger. Surgical procedure was selected on the particular need of an eye and was in no way different from that undertaken in adults. Important etiological factors were trauma, myopia,m vitreo retinal degeneration, aphakia, coloboma, dialysis and familial retinal detachment.
Trauma: Blunt trauma was the predominant etiological factor in 18 (36%) cases. This included 16 male and 2 famele cases. All except one were more than 10 years of age. Injuries were sustained by cricket and hockey ball (8), fall (4), slap (1), condensor burst (1) and unknown (3). One patient had bilateral retinal detachment with high myopia. Duration of presentation varied from one day to four years average (7 months). 9 (50%) had simultaneous retinal detachment with thrauma whereas other 9 (50%) developed two weeks to two years after trauma (average 1.2 years) Five cases had dialysis out of which three were in iferotemporal and two superonasal. Four had horse shoe tears in temporal retina. Multiple retinal holes were seen temporally in three patients. Three cases had secondary mucular hole. Seven had no evident retinal breaks. Four patients had evidence of blunt trauma in other parts of eye in the form of subluxated lens, traumatic cataract, traumatic mydriasis, secondary glaucoma and vitreous haemorrhage. Retinal detachment was considered operable in only 10 cases. All but one had anatomical reattachment of retina. Seven regained a visual acuity of 6/12-6/36 whereas two patients had 3/60 and 6/60 vision. High rate of inoperabilitywas done to long standing retinal detachment, sequel of blunt trauma and refusal for surgery by the patients.
Myopia: 13 (26%) had myopia as precipitating factor of which 9 were male and 4 female. Two patients had bilateral retinal detachmentwith high myopia. Myopia varied from -3.00 to -12.00 dipters with an average of -6.5 dipters; duration of retinal detachment varied from one week to one year (average one month). Two cases had no evident retinal breaks. Four had retinal dialysis, three came with horse shoe tears, two developed multiple tear with other two developing multiple holes with lattice degeneration. 10 out of 15 eyes were operated and all had anatomic reattachment of retina. Six recovered 6/12 to 6/36 vision whereas four could recover only counting finger to 6/60. Two patients: refused surgery and three eyes were unoperable.
Vitreoretional Degeneration: Five patients all male had some vitreoretinal degenerations. One case had bilateral retinal detachment and one case of unilateral detachment had bilateral retinoschiesis. Three eyes that were operated upon had reattachment of retina with 6/66 or better vision. Two patients had lattice degeneration with hole which were treated prophylactically.
Aphakia: Three cases were aphakic. Average period between cataract extraction and retinal detachment eight years (range 1 to 10 years). All had unilateral unoperable retinal detachment due to late reporting, vitreous changes, fixed holes and no localisation of breaks.
Coloboma: Three cases of bilateral iris and choroidal coloboma had total retinal detachment in one eye each without any evident breaks. Total surgical failure was observed despite resurgery in two cases.
Dialysis: There were 10 cases with dialysis. Two patients had inferotemporal dialysis for which no cause could be attributed. One case refused surgery and other developed massive pre-retinal fibrosis following surgery.
Familial retinal detachment: Two children each from three families were observed to have retinal detachment. In first family two brothers with high myopia had bilateral retinal detachment. Left eye was involved first in both and showed total retinal detachment with disinsertion of retina and complicated cataract. Right eye in each showed similar giant retinal dialysis (270°). Second family had two sisters both had total retinal detachment in left eye without any evident breaks. It was old retinal detachment with hypotony in eyes of both cases. They did not turn for surgery subsequently.
Third family had a brother who had-3.0D myopia and dialysis inferotemporally with retinal detachment in left eye. His sister had total reinal detachment with fixed folds and no evident breaks.
Unknown causes: 8 had no known cause for retinal detachment.
A9.4% incidence of juvenile retinal detachment (JRD) in the present series collaborates the incidence of 3.2 to 12.1% reported in literature.,,, Males between 10-20 years are most prone to JRD. Most of the cases of JRD have retinal detachment of long duration in contrast to adults. JRD cases do net complain of flashes or fleaters as in adults. Partial retinal detachment, demarcation lines and hard border indicate slow progress of retinal detachment. Breaks, dialysis and detachment had prediliction for the lower temporal retina.
Familial retinal detachment in three families showed tendancy for same eye involvement. Similar dialysis and similar retinal fold was observed in one family. Bilaterality of retinal detachment in three families calls for detailed examination of other eye and also of other family members. Among the etiological factors trauma, myopia and hereditary factors are the most important (74%). Emphasis has been laid on the roll of trauma and myopia in literature also.,,,, sub Surgical procedure and the behaviour of the patients in post-operative period is same as in adults. However incidence of inoperability is high as compared to adults. Authors have found long duration and associated traumatic damage to be the main factor for this. Anatomical and functional success following surgery is good and compares favourably with that in adults in our set up and that reported in literature.,, Better visual prognosis was present in patients with recent onset, single breaks and only partial retinal detachment. incidence of resurgery in our series was four out of 27 (11.1%).
There is no known information available on juvenile retinal detachment from our country. We have included patients upto 20 years of age in this group. 73 (9.6%) had juvenile retinal detachment in our set up. 50 cases were available for complete study. Trauma and myopia were most important etiological factors in 62% of cases. Interesting observation of familial retinal detachment was observed in 3 families. Total surgical failure resulted in cases of coloboma and aphakia with retinal detachment. Only 27 (54%) were operated upon out of which 21 had anatomical reattachment of retina with variable functional recovery. Incidence of resurgery was only 11.1%
|1||Jaun Verdaguer T., 1982, Amer J. Ophthalmol 93: 145|
|2||Symposium on Juvenile Ret. Detachment, 6th Gonin meeting (1969). Modern Problems in Ophthalmology 8: 152|
|3||Tass Man W., 1967, Trans,. Am. Ac. Ophthalmol. Ore 171: 455|
|4||Hudson JR., 1965, Trans. Ophthalmol Sec. UK, 75: 79|
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An Introduction to the 3 Water Classifications | SERVPRO® of Garden Grove East/Anaheim Central
Understanding the difference between the types of water involved in water damage can help you better understand how to handle the situation. It is easy to think that all water causing damage is the same, but there are three different classifications of water involved: clean, gray and black.
No matter what type of water is involved in the damage, there is always going to be a cleanup and restoration process that follows. The first and most important step you must take is to remove all the moisture and damp items quickly, so that mold cannot begin to flourish in its ideal environment.
Much like the name says, this water is considered “clean” because it is free from contaminants and will not necessarily be the type to pose an immediate threat to your health. You will generally be dealing with clean water with the following:
- Broken water lines
- Malfunctioning appliances
- Toilet holding tanks
- Snow melt and rainwater
This is the easiest type of water damage to work with, as there will be fewer microbes living in the water, but after 48 hours and following contact with building surfaces, clean water then becomes a category two type of water, “gray” water.
In a gray water damage situation, cleanup and restoration can become a bit more tedious and serious. This is water that may pose a health risk, because it will contain some chemical or biological contamination. Because there is that slight contamination in gray water, it means that it would need to be thoroughly treated before being safe to consume.
Gray water can be a product of dishwashers, aquariums, showers, etc. The 48-hour exposure time applies here, as well, because if gray water is left untreated, it then becomes black water.
Black water is the most serious of the three classifications, and the utmost precaution must be taken when dealing with it because it will be highly contaminated by harmful chemicals and biological matter.
This type of water includes floodwaters containing soil and all sewage waters. Sewage is filled with harmful microbes, including bacteria, protozoans, molds, fungi and more—many of these can be harmful to humans.
Some of the diseases that can be transmitted by black water are:
- Gastroenteritis-type illnesses
The rule of thumb here is to remember that when it comes to floods, all water should be considered to be black water since it is picking up all kinds of contaminants along its path.
All of these classifications of water involved in water damage are recognized by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Remediation Certification (IICRC), an organization that certifies and sets the standards for the cleaning and restoration industries. Our technicians all study IICRC standards and best practices in water restoration and are available to help determine the steps to take to get your home back to normal.
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Peeling Hazelnuts is a basic skill necessary for many recipes
Hazelnuts must be toasted to shed their bitter outer skin. That is a good thing, as toasting brings the flavour out of any nut and the hazelnut is best when toasted.
Take a good look at those gorgeous, plump, fresh hazelnuts, above. Peeling hazelnuts is not possible with aged wizened nuts. It is important that you have fresh, plump nut meats.
Once toasted, the shells tend to separate from the nut, but not without coaxing. You can see some have split as the nut has enlarged from the heat. Now is the time to rub the skin off the oily surface of the nut.
A tea towel works well. Into the tea towel, twisted end, then rub them together with zeal. The friction will cause the skins to shed from the nuts.
There will be a few that have been lost in the crowd and they will shed their skins in the second rubbing once those skinned have been taken out of the pouch.
The amount of bitter skins is surprising. Discard this carefully before working with peeling hazelnuts second time round. The gorgeous globules of fragrant nutty goodness make it all worthwhile. If you are having difficulty with this process, your nuts are simple old. Otherwise, this works like a charm, every time. | <urn:uuid:1bf4d515-93a7-4219-a795-7555ff8932da> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.acanadianfoodie.com/2013/12/02/peeling-hazelnuts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95034 | 287 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Today’s readings: Isaiah 49:1-12; Galatians 2:11-21; Mark 6:13-29
King Herod promised to give the girl who had pleased him anything, “up to half of my kingdom.” In a similar way, Esther had pleased King Xerxes and was promised the same.
Would “half a kingdom” be enough for us? How much would be required to satisfy your wants? We want wealth, success, health, possessions; but we do not always get what we want. We study, work, and perform, but really, just how much is enough to get our wants? Deep down, we most want to be loved and accepted. We will do anything for another person to love us. But because of sin, you cannot trust anyone else to give you what you want when you want it.
But God shows us that He is trustworthy and reliable. From the cross, Jesus opens his arms to us. God’s love is shown to us through Jesus. God’s love is always available. Through it we are forgiven and accepted. Jesus says, “Ask and it will be given” (Matt 7:7) and, “I will do whatever you ask in my name” (John 14:13) — up to my whole kingdom. It is a gift beyond anything we want and we do not have to do anything for it.
Prayer: Loving Father, thank you for giving me everything I need. Amen.
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GM-6A Crawler Soil Nailing Construction Engineering Drilling Rig
GM-6A Construction Drilling Rig is mainly applied for a variety of drilling techniques such as rotary drilling, auger drilling, air down-the-hole hammer drilling, follow-up drilling, and high-pressure jet grouting for construction, which is widely used in engineering fields such as tunnel pipe-shed support, advanced forecasting, deep foundation anchoring, blast holes in open-air quarrying, anti-floating anchoring, geothermal holes, hydrological wells, and geological disaster control.
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Happiness in Obedience
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. Colossians 1:12, 13.
Our future eternal happiness depends upon having our humanity, with all its capabilities and powers, brought into obedience to God and placed under the control of Divinity. Many have no faith in Jesus Christ. They say, “It was easy for Christ to obey the will of His Father, for He was divine.” But His Word declares He was “in all points tempted like as we are” (Hebrews 4:15). He was tempted according to and in proportion to His elevation of mind, but He would not weaken or cripple His divine power by yielding to temptation. In His life on earth Christ was a representative of what humanity may be through the privileges and opportunities granted them in Him. . . .
When Satan tempted our first parents . . . he tried to flatter them into believing that they should be raised above the sphere of humanity. But Christ, by the example He has set before us, encourages the members of the human family to be men, obeying the Word of God within the sphere of their humanity. He Himself became a man–not a bondslave to Satan to work out his attributes, but a man in moral power, obedient to the law of God, which is a transcript of His character. Those who would rebel against subjection to a wise and good law emanating from God are slaves to an apostate power.
Jesus became a man that He might mediate between man and God, . . . that He might restore to man the original mind which he lost in Eden through Satan’s alluring temptation. . . . Disobedience is not in accordance with the nature which God gave to man in Eden.
Through the moral power Christ has brought to man, we may give thanks unto God who hath made us meet for the inheritance with the saints in light. Through Jesus Christ every man may overcome in his own behalf and on his own account, standing in his own individuality of character.
That I May Know Him p. 291
—–My boss’ father is in the hospital and is in really bad shape. He doesn’t even know who anyone is. Please pray that the doctors will find the cause and be able to treat it. Ron
—–Please pray for Ron to recover from the cold and cough that he has had for the past month or so. It has been coming and going since August actually. Rose
—– I have a friend that has been going through a lot of rough storms the last nine years. He is a christian & his faith is really being tested. Divorce with kids involved, health issues, financial issues, job loss & because of the health issues his doctor has told him to file for disability. Which he has & he has been waiting for his hearing – hasn’t heard when it will be. This process has been going on for about a year & a half or so. He has fell behind in his child support & his ex wife has her attorney taking it back to court. It is set up for right after Thanksgiving. He has an attorney but doesn’t know how long he will be able to keep him. The money just isn’t there and his ex will keep him in court until he just can’t do it anymore. She has done this off and on the past 9 years. This isn’t someone I have just met or anything. So I just want to assure you he is a christian. I feel for him because he has told me that this has gone on so long & his ex wife seems to get by with all the evil she has done & continues to do to him & the boys. He doesn’t understand how God will allow it to go on like this. – please keep him in your prayers. I told him I wouldn’t give out his name. The Lord knows who he is. Thank you & God bless. J.
The other day, Ronnie Jay was talking to his big sister and soon it became apparent that he was teasing her. He was enjoying it, but she was not. Since she was on speaker phone, Ron reminded her that she had prayed for him. We all got a good laugh over remembering an incident from that time and all the teasing was forgotten.
When I was pregnant for Ronnie Jay, Eileen who was seven at the time, and I were in a store looking at baby clothes. A clerk came over to see if we needed any help. Smiling, she said to Eileen, “It looks like you will soon be a big sister! Isn’t that wonderful?”
Eileen exclaimed, “Yes! I prayed and prayed for a baby and finally Jesus said, ‘Oh, all right! You can have one.” Both the clerk and I had a difficult time keeping from bursting out laughing. The clerk said something like, “How nice.” and walked away. I was terribly embarrassed.
On the way home, we talked about answers to prayer. I explained to my little girl that God didn’t answer her prayer with exasperation because she had asked so much. He had answered her prayer because He saw that it was best for us to have a baby at that time. I stated that God answers our prayers even when they seem to go unanswered. He knows what is best for us. Jesus said, “your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” Matt 6:8
Our Dear Heavenly Father longs to answer our prayers, but there are conditions for answers to prayer. “Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.” Isa 59:1,2 He yearns to fill us with the Holy Spirit that we may be powerful Christians. “If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” Luke 11:11-15
Our dear Saviour assures us, “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” John 15:7 This does not mean that we will get just what we ask for. James explains, “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” James 4:3 If we abide in Him and ask according to His will, our request will be granted. “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” 1 John 5:14,15 What a wonderful Father we have! He listens to our prayers and weighs each request. Then He answers them in the very way that we would want if we could see the end from the beginning.
Let us have confidence that He hears and gives us our requests according to His great knowledge and understanding. Let us trust Him to take complete control of our lives, allowing Him to guide us in every aspect. Let us reach out and grasp His outstretched hand and let Him lead us to His Heavenly Kingdom is my prayer. | <urn:uuid:83c19a6b-caea-4370-b2fe-3ad0aa8d43c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rosesdevotional.org/147.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.98525 | 1,769 | 1.578125 | 2 |
The Jew with the Iron Cross: A Record of Survival in WWII Russia, by Georg Rauch (iUniverse, Inc., 2006).
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As a teenager, author Georg Rauch helped his mother protect the Jewish couples hidden in their Viennese attic. Officially classified as one-quarter Jewish, Rauch is drafted into Hitler’s army and sent to fight for causes he detests. Rauch finds himself near death many times, but his talents as a shortwave radio operator, chef, and even harmonica player all play a role in his survival. Captured by the Russians in the autumn of 1944, Rauch faces brutality and near-fatal illness as a POW. Recruitment for Russian espionage saves his life this time, but his story isn’t over yet.
Based on eighty letters sent home from the Russian trenches, The Wooden Spoon is a riveting tale of paradox and survival during World War II.
“A fascinating account of what it was like for a partial Jew to serve in the German military during World War II. Rauch’s experiences and hardships dramatically depict the physical and emotional struggles of a ‘Mischling’ during the Third Reich.”—Bryan Mark Rigg, author of Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers
“Not about combat tactics but about what it meant to be in an army at war. Rauch has put a human face on aspects of the war that are usually only referred to in passing.”—Tom Houlihan, WWII cartographer
Georg Rauch was a successful professional artist who exhibited extensively in Europe, the United States and Mexico. Rauch and his wife, Phyllis, made their home overlooking Lake Chapala in the central highlands of Mexico for more than thirty years.
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In an automobile, there are various components used for actual driving and for improving the driver's convenience. One of the most common things that can be seen at the driver's seat is the "console box". As it can be used as an armrest if you close the cover and a storage space if you open it, it performs very versatile functions. In fact, the console box refers to the entire section from the shift lever to the commonly used storage space.
Polypropylene (PP) is used as the console box material as it is light and easy to mold. Its impact strength can be improved by compounding* it with polyolefin elastomer (POE).
POE is a product made by using LG Chem's proprietary metallocene catalyst technology and is a copolymer* of ethylene and octene or ethylene and butene. LG Chem's POE is superior to the products of its competitors in processibility, impact strength and elasticity, and is applied to various fields such as a reinforcing agent for the interior and exterior material of an automobile, shoe midsoles, and sound-insulating materials.
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Interview of Jean Kidwell Pestana
Civil rights activist and attorney. Participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides.
- The Jackson Freedom Ride
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCivil Rights Movement
- Biographical Note:
- Civil rights activist and attorney. Participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides.
- Pestana, Jean Kidwell
- Supporting Documents:
- Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.
- Interviewer Background and Preparation:
- The interview was conducted by Elizabeth I. Dixon, Librarian of the Office of Oral History, UCLA.
- Interviewee Retained Copyright
- Family background, including father's trade union activities; education at University of California, Berkeley; early work in carpet plant; marriage to Frank Pestana; development of political beliefs; decides with attorney Rose Rosenberg to participate in Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) freedom rides testing equality of access to facilities involved in interstate travel, 1961; CORE orientation sessions in nonviolent resistance techniques; bus ride to Jackson, Mississippi; contact with student nonviolent movement in New Orleans; arrest in Jackson bus station; confined in Jackson city jail; transfer to Parchman Penitentiary; prison conditions; community feeling among imprisoned freedom riders; relationship to prisoners other than freedom riders; response of Jackson's black community to released freedom riders; later return to Mississippi for trial; travel to Mexico and Cuba; social and economic conditions in Cuba. | <urn:uuid:5bbbb3a4-1d3f-4b90-bc7a-cec1c2af1cef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://oralhistory.library.ucla.edu/catalog/21198-zz0008zcwz?counter=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.893837 | 338 | 2.640625 | 3 |
The text for this lesson is Luke 8:22–25
- Jesus is the true God who stilled the storm. Jesus continues to do the works of God in my life.
- Law: When I am in danger, I fail to look to Jesus for rescue; in my sin, I doubt His ability to help me when I am afraid.
- Gospel: Jesus is the man who is also God, and He has been given all authority in heaven and on earth to protect me from anything that might threaten me. As true God, He is at work in my life, protecting me from danger and rescuing me from sin, death, and the devil.
- Jesus conducted most of His Galilean teaching and healing ministry in the towns of Capernaum, Chorazin, and Bethsaida, three towns that surround the Sea of Galilee. In this account, Jesus wants to go to the “other side” (Luke 8:22). The other side is the region of the Gerasenes (v. 26). In other texts, the southeast side of the Sea of Galilee is also called “the Decapolis” (Mark 5:20) or “the country of the Gadarenes” (Matthew 8:28).
The region of the Gerasenes was populated by Gentile pig herders, so Jesus’ decision to cross the lake would not have been popular among His disciples. Their understanding of Old Testament purity laws would have made a trip into Gentile lands unthinkable. Any contact with something that was ritually unclean made them ritually unclean as well. The country of the Gerasenes was, in its totality, unclean.
After this account comes the healing of the Gerasene demoniac. After he is healed, the villagers beg Jesus to leave, only to crowd the seashore with the sick the next time they hear Jesus is coming.
- Having concluded a long period of teaching and healing in Galilee, Jesus chooses to expand His missionary activity into the regions outside of Israel proper. After the journey begins, Jesus goes to sleep and leaves the handling of the boat to His disciples, many of whom are experienced fishermen.At this point, a windstorm comes up. These storms were relatively common on the Sea of Galilee and made a trip all the way across the lake somewhat dangerous.
Even with several experienced fishermen on deck, the disciples are terrified. Water is filling the boat, and they are in danger of sinking. In their fear, they wake Jesus and tell Him that they are “perishing” (Luke 8:24). Jesus wakes up and immediately rebukes the wind and waves. The storm ceases immediately.
Our Lord’s next words are perfectly reasonable. He asks, “Where is your faith?” (v. 25). It’s a good question. The disciples have ample reason to know exactly who Jesus is. Consider what they’ve seen Jesus do recently. They’ve seen Him raise the widow’s son at Nain (7:14–15), heal the centurion’s servant (v. 10), and heal the sick and cast out unclean spirits (6:17–19). But even with all of this experience, the disciples wonder, “Who then is this, that He commands even winds and water, and they obey Him?” (8:25).
When trials come, even those with the strongest faith in Christ are assailed by doubt. This is why even those who were taught by our Lord Himself and witnessed His miracles struggled with the same sorts of questions that plague us. They had seen Jesus raise the dead, but the calming of the storm still amazed them. It revealed that Jesus didn’t just have mastery over life and death, but also that He was Lord over the forces of nature that they didn’t understand. This miracle was a demonstration that Jesus is indeed true God, for only the One who created the wind and waves could have mastery over them. | <urn:uuid:9cd249dd-c104-40b6-9b40-259fd3bc4bd2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://seedsoffaith.cph.org/2015/07/07/july-12-2015-jesus-is-true-god-jesus-rebukes-the-storm/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.967745 | 845 | 2.984375 | 3 |
To be effective, an exercise must have both focus and purpose.
Pain usually concentrates the attention and stretching exercises provide immediate relief.
Here are some yoga stretches for back pain. Always consult your doctor before beginning any exercise program. Back pain can indicate serious health issues.
That said. A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that yoga and stretching classes may help manage symptoms and reduce pain medication use.
Cat and Cow Pose
This is a popular yoga pose for back pain relief. It can be used as a warm-up or routine.
Begin on all fours, avoiding pain in your wrists or knees. Exhale and round your back to a cow pose. Inhale and arch your back to the floor. Hold for a few seconds before returning to the cow pose.
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Pakistan Textile Industry
Pakistan has also gained valuable experience in fabric design and it is started to present its special designs with fashion shows in prominent markets. Pakistani textile industrialists, most of whom has created their own trademark together with the patent rights, provide the most important foreign home textile and clothing companies with their fabric.
Many pattern design competitions that make important contributions to development of fabric design in Pakistan are organized by different institutions leading to emergence of young designers and creation of product diversity
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Objective and importance: Third nerve paresis frequently occurs because of external compression by an internal carotid-posterior communicating artery aneurysm. We report i case of third nerve palsy because of direct vascular compression by the posterior communicating artery. Clinical presentation: A 69-year-old man presented to the hospital with the sudden onset of left third nerve palsy and a history of chronic headaches. A cerebral angiogram showed a cavernous aneurysm of the left internal carotid artery as well as a large dilatation of the left posterior communicating artery. Intervention: A left transylvian approach exposed an infundibulum of the left posterior communicating artery in contact with and creating an indentation on the third cranial nerve. The artery was dissected free of the nerve, and vascular decompression was achieved with complete resolution of the oculomotor nerve paresis. Conclusion: Third nerve palsy may in some cases result from direct vascular compression by the posterior communicating artery, particularly if associated with a broad infundibulum.
- Third nerve palsy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
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All new developments must meet local standards of beauty, quality and design under new rules
Local communities will be at the heart of plans to make sure that new developments in their area are beautiful and well-designed, under proposals outlined by Housing Secretary Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP today (30 January 2021).
In response to the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission report, the government is today:
- Proposing changes to the National Planning Policy Framework to place greater emphasis on beauty and place-making, and to ensure that all new streets are lined with trees.
- Publishing a draft national design code that provides a checklist of design principles to consider for new developments, such as street character, building type, façade, and the requirements that address wellbeing and environmental impact, which councils can use as a foundation for their own local design codes.
- Encouraging all councils to publish their unique design code, so residents have a real say in the design of new developments in their area.
- Creating an ‘Office for Place’ within the next year, which will support local communities to turn their designs into the standard for all new buildings in their area.
- Opening a new Community Housing Fund to support community-based organisations to bring forward local housebuilding projects for the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, backed by £4 million of support for local plan.
- And doubling the available funding for areas under the “local heritage listing – monuments men” campaign, with up to £1.5 million now available for communities to nominate local heritage sites including historical buildings or modern architecture, art and memorials for inclusion in their council’s local heritage list.
Taken together, these measures will help the country to Build Back Better and ensure that current and new residents alike will benefit from beautiful homes in well-designed neighbourhoods as we recover from this pandemic.
Greater concentration will now be placed on the quality, design and the environment in planning than ever before, with the local community fully involved in how they want new developments to look and feel. For example, the proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework will set an expectation that good quality design will be approved while poor quality will be rejected, and includes a commitment to ensure that all streets are lined with trees.
The measures mean the word “beauty” will be specifically included in planning rules for the first time since the system was created in 1947 – going back to a previous time when there was a greater emphasis on whether a building was considered attractive to local people.
Housing Secretary Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP said:
We should aspire to pass on our heritage to our successors, not depleted but enhanced. In order to do that, we need to bring about a profound and lasting change in the buildings that we build, which is one of the reasons we are placing a greater emphasis on locally popular design, quality and access to nature, through our national planning policies and introducing the National Model Design Codes.
These will enable local people to set the rules for what developments in their area should look like, ensuring that they reflect and enhance their surroundings and preserve our local character and identity.
Instead of developers forcing plans on locals, they will need to adapt to proposals from local people, ensuring that current and new residents alike will benefit from beautiful homes in well-designed neighbourhoods.
The government has published a new National Model Design Code that outlines the design standards new developments are expected to meet. This provides a checklist that will guide local councils to create their own, unique, local design code, centred on genuine community involvement so residents have a real say in the design of new developments, embracing the history, culture and heritage of their local area.
It is the government’s ambition that every council will produce a local design code and guide, to set expectations for beauty and well-designed homes and places in their local area and to give a simple process to local communities so they can have their say.
Nicholas Boys Smith, Chair of the Design Body Steering Group, said:
There is no fundamental reason that prevents the creation of streets and squares, homes as places where we can lead happy, healthy, and connected lives. In these places we can know more of our neighbours and be more joyful as we go about our daily lives. As a society we have not done this, and we are paying the consequences.
I am delighted that the government is implementing so many of the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission’s findings and would like to thank them for their work to undertake this. I am honoured to be asked to chair the transition board of the Interim Office for Place and look forward to our work to help deliver new places and manage existing places to be beautiful, popular, healthy and sustainable.
Our ultimate purpose will be to make it easier for neighbourhood communities to ask for what they find beautiful and to refuse what they find ugly.
Victoria Hills, chief executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute said:
As a member of the government’s Design Body Steering Group, I welcome MHCLG’s commitment to good quality design. The RTPI has long called for design to be an integral part of the planning process. A survey in 2020 revealed that 88% of our members wanted greater powers to reject poor design and lacked the capacity and resources to do so.
I am therefore delighted that the government has listened and pledged to not only strengthen the National Planning Policy Framework to empower local planning authorities to prioritise design and drive up quality, but has also committed to inject much-needed funding in this area.
I am also pleased that communities will be at the heart of this process. It has never been more important, in the wake of the pandemic, that communities have a say on how their local area looks. Planners and the planning system must play an active role in driving up design quality in all areas of England and we look forward to making an ongoing contribution to this work in advance of the forthcoming Planning Bill.
The government is also putting support in place for councils and communities to help them set expectations of design quality in their area. This includes the creation of an ‘Office for Place’ within the next year which will pioneer design and beauty within the planning system. The new organisation will draw on Britain’s world-class design expertise to support communities to turn their visions of beautiful design into local standards that all new buildings will be required to meet.
An interim Office for Place will be established in the department immediately with a transition board chaired by Nicholas Boys Smith, tasked with considering what form the organisation should take, informed by responses to the planning reform consultation.
This team will this year be piloting the National Model Design Code with 20 communities and empowering local authorities to demand beauty, design quality and place-making, through training on the principles outlined in the National Model Design Code.
Expressions of interest are now open for the first 10 councils to sign up, with these to receive a share of an initial £500,000. The proposals are now out for consultation for a period of 8 weeks.
The government is also relaunching the Community Housing Fund, making £4 million available to help Community Land Trusts (CLTs) bid for funds to support them to prepare bids for the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme. This programme is the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade and will provide up to 180,000 new homes across the country, should economic conditions allow.
This will help to diversify the homebuilding sector, improving design, sustainability and build quality by developing modern methods of construction.
The government is also encouraging communities to nominate historic buildings and other heritage assets such as memorials and plaques for their council’s local heritage list – helping to protect the historic buildings and heritage truly valued in their area.
Following an overwhelmingly positive response to the expressions of interest launched in October 2020, funding has been doubled – to £1.5 million – allowing 22 areas to now be involved in the pilot, instead of the 10 originally announced.
This follows the appointment of Charles O’Brien as the government’s Listing Heritage Adviser to help conserve some of England’s historic buildings as part of the most ambitious local heritage campaign for 40 years. This is the first time such a post has been created since the 1980s and has echoes of the famous Monuments Men who battled to save historic buildings and artefacts from bulldozers during the Second World War.
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R3 Report Issue 35: New and Revised Requirements for Antibiotic Stewardship
Effective January 1, 2023, new and revised antibiotic stewardship requirements will apply to all Joint Commission–accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals. The 12 elements of performance (EPs) are included in the “Medication Management” (MM) chapter (Standard MM.09.01.01) and expand upon the current expectations for antibiotic stewardship programs in the hospital setting.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are at least 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections each year, and more than 35,000 people die as a result. When Clostridioides difficile (a bacterium that can cause deadly diarrhea and is associated with antibiotic use) is included in the analysis, there are more than 3 million infections and 48,000 deaths. Optimizing the use of antibiotics is a patient safety priority, and antibiotic stewardship programs play a critical role in supporting appropriate antibiotic prescribing practices and reducing antibiotic resistance. As a result, The Joint Commission made several revisions to Standard MM.09.01.01, which include updates to align with federal regulations and current recommendations from scientific and professional organizations.
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Bitcoin’s Taproot Has Been Successfully Activated
The long-anticipated Taproot soft fork has been initiated, to make Bitcoin more anonymous, safe, and efficient.
On Sunday, November 14, 2021, at 5:15 UTC, the Bitcoin network set a record when its most massive upgrade, Taproot, launched at block 709,632.
Taproot’s Upgrade is Here!
The adoption is a new phase for Bitcoin, as Taproot is the first critical network improvement since August 2017, following the Lightning Network and Segregated Witness (SegWit) upgrades.
Although SegWit and the Lightning Network are aimed at speeding up and lowering the cost of transactions, Taproot offers much more than increased scaling and fee reduction. It attempts to improve the network’s safety and privacy.
Taproot incorporates Schnorr Signatures to alleviate several network obligations while improving accessibility, performance, and safety. It functions as a form of master key, condensing a collection of signatures into a single one. This significantly simplifies, speeds up, and lowers the cost of performing multi-signature multi-input transactions (UTXI).
It enhances the efficiency of smart contracts. Taproot intends to improve Bitcoin’s scripting language via the Merkelized Abstract Syntax Tree concept (MAST). This enables the network to support smart contracts, resulting in increased utilization.
As reported by Taproot.watch, a devoted site for upgrading hosted by Bitcoin developer Hampus Sjöberg, “it (MAST) can assist in making smart contracts more effective and secure by releasing only the relevant elements of the contract when spending.”
According to Sjöberg, “Taproot is a 100 years soft fork” that “will result in a more fungible and durable blockchain in the long term.”
Bitcoin and Taproot: What to Expect
With Taproot fully operational on the system, it will be exciting to see how far Bitcoin goes in the future.
Almost 90% of miners have previously expressed an interest in upgrading, which explains how Taproot was able to “lock-in” in June and why there was a five-month wait before activation began.
However, the activation does not mean that all work is complete. Users will be unable to transmit or receive the new form of the transaction unless their Bitcoin wallet accepts it. To enable such transactions, wallet developers will have to implement new code in their wallets.
According to history, it could take time for wallets to get on the train. For example, it took Bitcoin’s most recent major update, SegWit, around two years to achieve 50% adoption.
Taproot’s complex use cases (such as private Lightning Network transactions that don’t look distinct from traditional transactions) are still up to the developers to create and execute independently.
An essential factor is that Taproot will open the door to fresh ideas and approaches. As developers continue to innovate, develop, and expand, they will get a broader set of tools. There are already a few of these projects in progress, and more than a few are still unimagined.
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Sciatic nerves go from your reduced back into your legs. When something presses on them, like a slipped disk or a bone spur, you get sciatica. You may have a burning experience, weakness, feeling numb, or discomfort. Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
Some people state it feels like needles and also pins, while others claim it’s even more like obtaining an electric shock or being stabbed with a knife. It feels to you, there are several ways to obtain relief.
Sciatic nerve pain can commonly be mistaken for a disc injury, reduced neck and back pain, pelvic pain, or hip pain. And also knowing exactly how to do away with sciatic nerve pain is crucial to obtaining you feeling much healthier and also happier.
Who Is At Risk For Sciatica?
Sciatic nerve pain can influence virtually anybody, though some males and females may go to greater threat for creating the condition. Risk variables for sciatic nerve pain commonly include:
- Excessive weight
- Diabetes mellitus
- Sedentary way of living
- Literally laborious job
The Length Of Time Does Sciatica Discomfort Last? Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
For the majority of patients, intense sciatica pain deals with within 1- 2 weeks. Sometimes, behavioral alteration or at-home solutions might be adequate for eliminating sciatica discomfort.
Specific patients may establish chronic sciatica pain which might wind down and also wax but remains present over many years. Also acute sciatica can repeat on numerous occasions and also might proceed to a chronic condition.
If your sciatic nerve pain signs last for more than a week, or if you start to lose control of your bowels or bladder, it is essential to look for expert evaluation as soon as possible to prevent more damages.
How to Get Rid Of Sciatic Nerve Pain Efficiently?
Ice Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
The very first tip to remove sciatica discomfort is topping. Topping is a conventional and safe means to decrease discomfort and also inflammation, particularly if it’s a brand-new issue and you have not yet determined the cause of your issue.
If you’re wondering why to utilize freeze warm, it’s since heat can bring in way too much blood flow to the area as well as create a lot more inflammation, more problems, and also much more discomfort. Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
You could have attempted icing here and there and also are convinced it does not function. If you’re only icing for 10 mins every currently and then, you need more.
It’s ideal to ice for 20 minutes on, 20 mins off, 2 to 3 times a day to lower swelling to make sure that you can begin more advanced methods of treating your sciatic nerve pain.
To ice, place a big ice pack under your reduced back while lying down. Ice for 20 minutes and then put your ice pack in the refrigerator to maintain it chilly. Wait 20 minutes and after that ice again for one more 20 minutes. Do this consistently, regarding 2-3 times each day.
It’s normally due to the fact that you have actually been also energetic in a difficult setting and also you’re most likely not taking the time to remainder if you have problems with sciatica. Relaxing permits your body to take a time out, permitting swelling to minimize.
How Should You Rest? Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
One thing you need to be doing is resting on the flooring with your knees raised on a chair, coffee, or couch table.
Lying on the flooring with your knees up reduces stress in your lower back and also legs which is a step closer to removing discomfort from sciatic swelling.
Another essential factor is sleep. Make certain you’re sleeping enough and sleep on your back. Put in the time to breathe, relax, take a go back and also take a break, to provide your body a chance to recover, recover, and heal.
While a little additional indulging may remain in order, don’t remain off your feet for long. Excessive bed remainder can weaken your muscular tissues. Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
If you do not feel up to your common exercise, it’s clever to listen to your body’s signals. Try not to rest the discomfort or a lot may get worse.
To lower swelling, the majority of people try over-the-counter painkiller and anti-inflammatory drugs, but there is a better, all-natural method.
Vitamin D is additionally a vital micronutrient that decreases inflammation and also most individuals, especially right here in the midwest, don’t get enough of it. Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
You additionally need to take a look at your diet because certain foods are extremely inflammatory. You most likely will not like this concept initially, however you’ll require to get rid of sugars, milk, and grains from your diet regimen. These foods can not just trigger swelling but make inflammation worse.
Most of us are persistantly dehydrated, specifically now that we’re putting on masks.
You ought to be drinking half of your weight in pounds in liquid ounces. If you weigh 200 extra pounds, you must be consuming 100 fluid ounces of water daily. And removing sciatica pain makes this no different.
Idea: Discover a multiple-use canteen to bring with you. Know how many ounces it includes as well as the amount of containers you require to consume alcohol each day.
Yes, we desire you to rest, yet there are still exercises for sciatica that you can do, and also stretches are one of them.
Stretching can chill out muscular tissues, so if you have a muscle mass that’s aggravated, tight, or got, these stretches are the very best means to relax these muscle mass to ease sciatic pain. Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
Stretch # 1
- Lie down, grab under your knee, and draw your knee approximately your breast as long as you can.
- Hold for 10 seconds.
- Maintaining your leg tight to the body, align your knee as long as you can.
- Hold for 10 seconds. Draw your toe down toward yourself if you require more of a stretch.
- Repeat these steps on the other side.
Stretch # 2
- Get hold of the top of your knee and also pull throughout your body. You’ll require to do an adjustment of this stretch which you can see here if you really feel hip pain.
- Hold for 10 secs.
- Repeat beyond.
Stretch # 3
- Cross one leg over the other.
- With your hands between your knees, lower your head back to the table and lean back.
- Hold for 10 seconds.
- Repeat on the other side.
If your pain isn’t too extreme, it’s a good idea to stretch, go for short walks, and do any other physical activities that you feel up to. Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
It’s particularly vital to try to extend your reduced back because that’s where something may be pinching your sciatic nerve.
Obtain An Epidural
Still not feeling much better? Your physician may recommend you get an epidural injection, a shot of steroid medicine right into your spine, especially if you’ve been in pain for greater than 6 months.
Researches reveal blended outcomes, though, about exactly how well it works. Speak to your medical professional about the disadvantages as well as pros.
This old Chinese medicine method is beginning to get respect from mainstream Western physicians, as well as for good factor.
Some research study shows that it may function even much better than the typical therapy for pain in the back. There’s little danger as long as you discover a qualified professional.
Get a Massage Therapy
An expert rubdown isn’t almost relaxation. Research reveals that massage therapy relieves pain and enhances exactly how well you can relocate your reduced back.
It also helps get blood flowing, which encourages your body to recover itself. Find a specialist that specializes in neck and back pain and can likewise function some assisted stretching into your session. Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
No, the discomfort isn’t done in your head but your feelings can contribute. Stress and anxiety causes your muscle mass to tense up as well as likewise makes the pain seem worse.
Psychophysiological feedback, which shows you just how your reasoning and actions impacts your breathing as well as heart rate, might use some alleviation. You might likewise attempt cognitive behavior modification.
You’ll collaborate with a psychological wellness professional who will assist you alter your behaviors and ideas.
Refresh Your Pose
Whether you are working at your desk or relaxing at home, if you stay in the very same position for too long, you could discover that your sciatica discomfort spikes.
Numerous your pose every 20 minutes as well as using proper position can aid take pressure off your back as well as minimize your sciatic nerve pain signs and symptoms. Sciatic Nerve Pain Sitting Position
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Hi there! I’m Sara and welcome to my site, 4thicft. As someone who has been suffering from back pain for most of my adult life, I understand what a pain (pun intended) it can be. Thankfully my back feels almost as good as new these days after much trial and error. I am also a big Yoga fan as it has helped with my posture. Hope my site helps! | <urn:uuid:032d3075-d110-41f9-8308-326b71d877ef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://4thicft.org/sciatic-nerve-pain-sitting-position/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940468 | 2,045 | 1.8125 | 2 |
You may already know that I’m a big believer in mentoring. A few years ago, I took a dynamic woman under my wing as her mentor and now, Jackie Trujillo-Watins is our superintendent. It has been a thrill watching her growth in the administration of our schools over the years. I am convinced that through coaching, modeling and mentoring, everyone becomes more invested in creating a united team. At some point as a mentor, you allow your “students” to stretch their wings, take risks and try new things. Along the way, you’re there to advise them as they explore their new world.
Mentors are not only essential in business, but in every child’s life, too. Most often, a child’s “mentors” are parents or other close family members. But neighbors, family friends, teachers, coaches and others can also be influential mentors in a child’s life. According to a new study by Child Trends, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center, “Developmental research shows that having one or more caring adults in a child’s life increases the likelihood that they will flourish, and become productive adults themselves.”
Some of the highlights of the study:
- Children and adolescents who have a formal or informal “mentor-like” relationship with someone outside their home are less likely to be bullies or be depressed.
- These children also are more likely to finish tasks they start, stay calm when challenged, show interest in learning new things, volunteer in the community, engage in physical activities, participate in extracurricular activities and be engaged in school.
- Children who have a caring adult outside the home are more likely to discuss “things that really matter” with their parents.
- Mentor-like adults outside the home promote positive well-being for children and adolescents.
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Beware Your Seminary Professors
A seminary professor is not the same thing as a church elder. That was probably the main thing I observed at last week’s Gordon Conwell Seminary conference “Renewing the Evangelical Mission,” which I attended with Michael Lawrence. Consider a couple of obvious matters:
- An elder is chosen (hopefully) for his exemplary character, his ability to teach, and his track record of doing spiritual good (fruitfulness); a seminary professor is chosen because he or she excels in research and writing.
- An elder’s position requires a holistic regard for his sheep (their intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and physical states); a seminary professor need only be concerned with the “intellectual.”
- An elder’s entire life is expected to be integrated into the congregation’s life (like a shepherd and sheep); a seminary professor need only interact with students in the classroom.
What struck me at this academic conference, however, was how much the “rules of engagement” differed for elders and academics. Three examples:
- In the Western secular academy, one of the highest values is an open exchange of ideas without pre-judgment, a value which has clearly transmitted into Christian academic circles. Yes, there should be a place for Christians to openly consider new ideas, but consider the anthropology behind that democratic value: it assumes (these days, at least) that people are rational, objective, and basically good. When this is our starting point, we feel free to say whatever, whenever. An elder has a very different starting point. He knows that his sheep are weak and susceptible to temptation and self-deceit. Like a parent, he knows that intellectual growth is highly intertwined with spiritual and social maturity. So he takes great care in what he says and does not say. He’s not nearly so democratic. Instead, he must be judicious.
- The academy, by definition, places a higher premium on saying something “new.” Many churches wrongly do this as well, and, admittedly, there is a right place for a “new song.” But the eldering enterprise, by definition, is about faithfulness. The best Christian academics, that is, the Christian academics to whom we are all indebted, say new things from time to time, but only in the effort to be faithful. Too often, however, the ambition for newness is an utterly different thing than the ambition for faithfulness.
- Academics tend to work in isolation, and are assessed only (i) for their ideas (ii) by a small group of similarly-situated experts in their sub-specialty. Elders work in the midst of the assembly, and are assessed (i) for their ideas and their lives (ii) by the whole church body in all of its sociological diversity.
None of the rules for academic engagement are bad, per se. But they become bad in the Christian academy when they’re divorced from pastoral sensibilities. This struck home, to speak frankly, by the utter lack of pastoral carefulness demonstrated by many of the speakers, a carelessness which I’ve witnessed too often in Christian academic circles. Here are three examples which showed up last week:
- Most of the speakers seemed only too happy to treat Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox as “brothers and sisters in the faith,” as easily as a Baptist might refer to a Presbyterian. Now, I trust that some RC and GOs are Christians, but such unqualified, unnuanced passing remarks effectively dismiss the Reformation and jeopardize souls. Don’t you realize the effect your passing comments have on sheep?
- One speaker presented what he described as a “new” formulation of how the divine nature participated in Christ’s death on the cross, which involved jettisoning divine impassibility and simplicity. At the conclusion, another professor responded by saying that he was willing to go along with this new formulation. Really? A sixty minute lecture and you’re persuaded? You’re willing to re-conceive the divine nature because someone really smart gave a paper? No prayer? No long hours of investigation? No discussion of the matter with the elders of your church?
- At a conference with the title “Renewing the Evangelical Mission,” not a single talk of the eleven was about the gospel (with one abstruse half-exception, mentioned in the last bullet).
Numerous matters like these, all heaped together, reminded me what a different thing the academic enterprise is from the eldering enterprise. One is about intellectual stimulation between supposedly good, rational people; the other is about spiritual warfare between desperate, clinging-to-grace people. It’s as if you enter the Christian academic realm and all the rules for pastoral care and wisdom suddenly change—in fact, it’s as if all the rules suddenly go out the window. “We’re all equals here. We’re all discerning and wise and godly. Take no heed!”
I praise God for the faithful academics who trained me in seminary. Yet the best ones were good because they were churchmen first and academics second. Any academic who takes offence at my remarks, I dare say, just might take offense because he or she finds more identity in being an academic than in being a churchman.
If you are an academic, may I propose, do not conceive of your students, colleagues, journal editors, and publishers any differently than you conceive of the members of your church. All of them are sheep who are threatened with temptation and deception on a minute-by-minute basis. Remember that you, too, are a sheep, and that you need the accountability and restraints of your church and its elders in your academic work, even if you are smarter than all of them. | <urn:uuid:4b6f0c6c-8efe-461c-a309-f173c2322ace> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.9marks.org/article/beware-your-seminary-professors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.967607 | 1,232 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Lipedema and Genetics
It’s still not quite clear why and how lipedema develops. However, many lipedema patients report a positive family history. This means that if your mother or other female relatives are also affected by lipedema, your situation is a very common one. Genetics are likely to play a role in the development of lipedema. However, research on the exact mechanism of why and how lipedema develops is still ongoing.
Hormonal Changes and the Onset of Lipedema
No matter when the first lipedema symptoms occur, they usually coincide with weight gain and hormonal changes. These can be related to puberty or starting to take birth control pills, as was likely the case in your situation. But it can also affect pregnant or menopausal women.
Challenges with Lipedema
Living with lipedema can be difficult, but it’s a particular challenge for young adults. Social media promotes the beauty ideal of slim legs and a trained body. It can be difficult not to feel unsettled by this. If your mother is also affected by lipedema, you may fear that your own children could develop lipedema in the future. All this makes it so important to get support from your family, friends, a community, and an experienced team of healthcare professionals.
Manage Your Lipedema Together
Every woman’s lipedema journey is different, so everyone’s struggles are different too. Therefore, it’s slightly challenging to say that what works well for one person will also work for you. The good news is that you can benefit from the experiences of others to help you learn how to live your best life, with lipedema.
Take advantage of your relative’s knowledge and experience when you get your first compression garment, or consult your healthcare professional. You could also consider exercising or cooking together. Although lipedema is considered to be a rare disease, there is a great and supportive community of lipedema patients. Have a look at our Starting Program on LymphCare for more information.
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Air Quality Board Seeking Public Comment on Wood Burning Ban
In his State of the State address to the legislature last January, Governor Gary Herbert suggested a season-long ban on wood burning as a way to improve Utah’s winter air quality. The state Air Quality Board will decide soon whether to make that the law.
Wood burning is already banned for the Wasatch Front and in Cache County on bad air days. The new rule proposed this week would extend that through the whole winter season from November to March.
A public comment period on the new rule begins January 1st. Kerry Kelly is a member of the Utah Air Quality Board. She says there might be room for compromise.
Kerry tells KUER, “Do you want to look at a uniform wood burning ban? Do you want a shorter, seasonal ban? They’re accepting comments on all permutations of this proposal.”
AnikaPickrell is co-owner of Rocky Mountain Stove and Fireplace in Ogden. She says new technology reduces particulate emissions from wood stoves and fireplaces by 95%. And she says the state needs to hear from people who use them.
“This clean-burning wood stove that we have has been one of our biggest sellers in the last three years," Pickrell tells KUER, "and we’re planning on contacting all of those customers to let them know that they need to make their voices heard as well.”
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A study by TEKsystems, a company that offers IT staffing solutions, IT talent management expertise and IT services, reports that businesses are struggling to get Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives past the concept stage. Of the 200 IT and business leaders polled, 42 percent said their business was in early talks regarding IoT and its impact on business. However, only 17 percent said they had pilot programs in place; 22 percent said they have finally “transitioned into IoT-driven processes, services and products.”
According to TEKsystems Research Manager Jason Hayman, “IoT will enable the collection and aggregation of data that will drive digital transformation deeper within organizations, enabling better insight into customer experiences and sparking innovation. IoT is going to change the business-customer relationship in ways organizations haven’t even thought of yet.”
TEKsystems reports that less than a quarter of businesses have gotten to the point where IoT has started to impact the organization in a meaningful or measurable way. Most businesses are still simply talking about IoT or running test programs to get a better idea of how IoT implementations would work and to gauge the return on investment. Hayman says that the biggest roadblock for businesses so far seems to be establishing ROI and a sound business case for IoT, making it difficult to encourage funding and support for IoT.
Businesses overall lack confidence in their ability to adapt quickly to new technology as well as demonstrate the benefits to executives. In the study, 43 percent said they had concerns around ROI and demonstrating to business leaders that IoT investment is profitable. Concerns also exist regarding current business systems, with 37 percent stating they weren’t confident regarding IoT compatibility with current networks and technology deployed in the office. Other concerns included proper budgets, concerns around “early stage” technology, unsure of how make the best use of IoT and an unmanageable increase in data.
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Collaboration and skillset lacking
Respondents also reported low confidence in the business side’s and IT’s capability to work together to effectively implement IoT and the changes that would be necessary. Only 9 percent expressed full confidence that their business was ready for this adoption, while 12 percent strongly disagreed. The rest were somewhere in the middle, either answering that they “agreed,” or remaining “neutral,” when asked if they felt the communication between departments was strong enough for successful IoT adoption.
In order to succeed when establishing an IoT initiative, businesses need to be in constant communication with IT to better understand the challenges and what resources IT will need to get it off the ground. “IoT initiatives are big undertakings that need hand-in-hand partnership internally, and will likely require external partnerships to supplement internal resources as well. Everyone needs to be on the same page and working together to move the whole enterprise through the changes an IoT initiative will entail,” according to Hayman.
Another stumbling block for companies is a lack of talent with the right skills. Respondents were asked to select which IoT skills they were having the most difficulty finding from a list provided by TEKsystems. Topping the list is information security, with 45 percent reporting it as a difficult skill to find in candidates. After information security came big data analytics at 34 percent, architects at 27 percent, cloud at 23 percent and business intelligence at 19 percent.
Emphasizing the lack of needed skills within organizations, TEKsystems found that one third of IT projects require external support from vendors and other third party resources. This only lends to business’ low confidence in their ability to properly and effectively adopt the IoT. Without the right talent, taking on a project as big as IoT adoption can be daunting at best.
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No denying the potential of IoT
Although adoption and confidence remain low, businesses agree that IoT initiatives will have a long-term impact on the business. Of those surveyed, 13 percent said it would have a “transformational impact,” while 42 percent said “a significant impact.” Another 43 percent said that IoT would have “some impact,” and only 2 percent said there would be absolutely no impact. It seems leaders are aware of a growing impact from the IoT, but still haven’t figured out how to successfully implement it into the overall business plan.
Businesses also seem to have a strong idea of how they want to use the IoT and where it might take the enterprise in the next five years. The number 1 objective for IoT in the long term is to help improve user and customer experiences, according to 64 percent of respondents. After that, 56 percent of business leaders expect the IoT “to spark innovation.” Other hopes included creating more efficient business processes, developing new revenue streams, increasing ROI for IT and helping cut costs through operational efficiencies.
But as Hayman points out, “These are multi-year projects that will likely evolve over time, but there needs to be some kind of direction in the beginning to create a strategy that the business can rally around.” That means businesses need to get started on IoT initiatives as soon as possible, so that they can grow and evolve effectively.
Finally, TEKsystems found that the larger business the more hopeful and optimistic it was about IoT than small businesses, and that the businesses that had already started IoT initiatives reported higher confidence about its impact. What the study revealed is that businesses understand the looming impact of IoT and that, used correctly, it can greatly benefit the enterprise albeit the roadblocks and challenges business leaders face when considering IoT adoption. | <urn:uuid:bd6a8abf-e7a5-4df7-bfa5-fc53837e1310> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cio.com/article/240211/business-leaders-lack-confidence-in-iot-technology.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.966522 | 1,178 | 1.796875 | 2 |
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CTen: a web-based platform for identifying enriched cell types from heterogeneous microarray data
BMC Genomics volume 13, Article number: 460 (2012)
Interpreting in vivo sampled microarray data is often complicated by changes in the cell population demographics. To put gene expression into its proper biological context, it is necessary to distinguish differential gene transcription from artificial gene expression induced by changes in the cellular demographics.
CTen (c ell t ype en richment) is a web-based analytical tool which uses our highly expressed, cell specific (HECS) gene database to identify enriched cell types in heterogeneous microarray data. The web interface is designed for differential expression and gene clustering studies, and the enrichment results are presented as heatmaps or downloadable text files.
In this work, we use an independent, cell-specific gene expression data set to assess CTen's performance in accurately identifying the appropriate cell type and provide insight into the suggested level of enrichment to optimally minimize the number of false discoveries. We show that CTen, when applied to microarray data developed from infected lung tissue, can correctly identify the cell signatures of key lymphocytes in a highly heterogeneous environment and compare its performance to another popular bioinformatics tool. Furthermore, we discuss the strong implications cell type enrichment has in the design of effective microarray workflow strategies and show that, by combining CTen with gene expression clustering, we may be able to determine the relative changes in the number of key cell types.
CTen is available at http://www.influenza-x.org/~jshoemaker/cten/
Microarray studies quantify genome wide changes in gene expression and have a variety of applications - from tracing allele ancestry as species evolve to the development of genome-based personalized medicine . A major challenge in the microarray analysis of tissue collected in vivo is that often the perceived gene regulation is the result of changes in the populations of particular cell types as opposed to an actual change in transcriptional activity (see Figure 1). Particularly in situations which invoke the immune response, as the cell count of various lymphocytes change within the tissue, they bring with them their own unique quantities of RNA . This leads to large changes in the copy number of RNA transcripts and can lead to the false perception of increased transcriptional activity.
Several bioinformatics tools exist to identify the cause and effect of changes in gene regulation, with gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) and gene ontology (GO) enrichment being the most popular, and there are several other web-based platforms with improvements or variations of these analytical tools [6–8]. GSEA relies on a database of reference gene lists which were previously determined to be regulated under several conditions (e.g., by transcription factors, chemical and genetic perturbations, or between healthy and diseased states). GSEA determines which reference list - if any - has statistically significant, concordant regulation. Although very useful for linking gene expression to specific transcription factors or identifying similarities between diseases, this tool does not include cell specific data at this time. The other popular alternative, GO, relies on a controlled vocabulary to describe the biological role of genes and their products. It is often accurate in predicting the local phenotype from gene expression data (e.g., inflammation annotations are highly enriched in samples from inflamed tissue ). However, cell specific GO annotations are often overwhelmed by more ubiquitous terms in the GO annotation hierarchy.
Additionally, some algorithms exist to unmix cellularly heterogeneous gene expression data into expression profiles for each cell type [10, 11] but generally either the number of cell types must be known a priori or cell counts must be determined. The Gene Expression Barcode and BioGPS web platforms provide tissue specific gene expression data and allow researchers to compare gene expression between different tissues in their databases. However, these tools do not provide a means to relate user-generated sets of differentially expressed genes to specific cell types. Hence, to facilitate the proper interpretation of genomic regulation from in vivo microarray data, we developed CTen to determine if the observed gene regulation is the result of changes in the cellular make up of the sample.
Two principles guided the development of our highly expressed cell-specific (HECS) gene database and the CTen website's interface. First, basal gene expression levels strongly differ between cell types [3, 14]. By analyzing gene expression across several cell types and tissues, we can select genes with very high expression in a limited number of cell types. In turn, each cell type has a collection of HECS genes to act as a cell-specific signature. Thus for any user generated list of genes, we can determine if the number of HECS genes for a particular cell type is greater than the number expected by chance.
The second principle, which led us to optimize CTen's interface for gene expression clustering studies, is the observation that changes in messenger RNA levels due to cell migration or variances in sample collection techniques result in conserved expression patterns in microarray data. Several clustering strategies, including hierarchical clustering and the weighted gene corregulation network algorithm (WGCNA) , have been developed to identify gene expression patterns which are conserved temporally or across experimental groups. By combining clustering with cell type enrichment, CTen can address a major challenge in biology today; namely separating gene expression from cellularly heterogeneous RNA samples into clusters representing differential transcriptional activity and clusters representing changes in gene expression due to cell migration.
Here, we first describe the construction of the HECS database and discuss the workflow behind the CTen website's design. We then validate CTen’s ability to correctly identify the appropriate cellular signature and evaluate the benefits of users requiring increasingly strict enrichment scores. We motivate the use of CTen using genes differentially expressed in the lungs of mice infected with influenza virus, and, lastly, provide an illustrative example promoting the use of CTen for detecting changes in the cellular demographics and the critical role this plays in functional enrichment and gene network inference studies.
The HECS database construction
We downloaded from BioGPS gene expression data from 96 mouse and 84 human tissues/cell types (Mouse MOE430 Gene Atlas and Human U133A/GNF1H Gene Atlas; a complete list of all cell types used is available in the Additional file 1). The expression values were averaged over the biological replicates (2 per cell type) and, for each cell type, a transcript was identified as a HECS gene if one of its corresponding probes had an expression value (averaged over the 2 replicates) at least 15x or 10x greater than the median expression value of the probe for all cell types in the mouse and human datasets, respectively. Next, probe identifiers were matched to their Entrez Gene IDs and official gene symbols using the Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302 version 2.5.0) and Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Set (hgu133a version 2.5.0) annotation files available from Bioconductor . The final step was to remove redundant Entrez Gene IDs assigned as HECS genes to the same cell type (due to multiple probes mapping to the same gene). The CTen database is available for download under the "Database Info" tab on the CTen website.
Importantly, as stated above, preset cutoffs were used in developing the mouse and human HECS databases. These cutoffs (15x and 10x the median expression level for a probe across all cell types) were selected to balance the quantity of genes with the uniqueness of the genes assigned to each cell type. Uniqueness was quantified by determining the percentage of genes identified as a HECS gene for n or fewer cell types. As seen in Figure 2A-B, raising the cutoff caused a sharp reduction in the number of genes but significantly improved the uniqueness (Figure 2C-D) of the genes assigned as HECS genes to each cell type. Increasing the cutoff for the mouse data beyond 15x did not significantly improve uniqueness and only served to limit the number of HECS genes per cell type to act as cell signatures. For the cutoffs considered for the human data, a cutoff of 15x slightly improves the uniqueness but the number of HECS genes per cell type became prohibitively small. Thus, the HECS expression threshold requirement was reduced to 10x the median expression value in the human dataset to ensure that all cell types are represented.
At the cutoff values selected (emphasized in Figure 2A-B in blue (mouse) and orange (human)), even when applying a more stringent expression requirement, the number of HECS genes per cell type remains significantly higher in the mouse data (average number of HECS gene per cell = 794 in mouse and only 351 for human derived cell types). In terms of uniqueness of the HECS genes (emphasized in Figure 2C-D in blue (mouse) and orange (human)), we find that 55.8% of human HECS genes are exclusive to 3 or fewer cell types, while 53.3% of mouse HECS genes are limited to 4 or fewer cell types.
We emphasize that for both the mouse and human HECS databases, for values greater than 10x the median gene expression, the number of HECS genes per cell type and the identity of the HECS genes do not change significantly. Thus, cutoff selection within the ranges considered should not strongly bias any results from enrichment analysis. We validated this by showing that CTen's performance was independent of the precise threshold selected. We reconstructed the HECS databases for several different thresholds and then used the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to determine if changing the threshold affected CTen's performance in terms of the true positive rate versus the false positive rate. As seen in Additional file 2 and Additional file 3, CTen's performance is robust to the precise threshold used for developing the HECS gene databases.
The HECS genes are highly unique to each cell type
We also determined the percentage of HECS genes shared by any two cell types within the human and mouse databases. As seen in Figure 3, the vast majority of cell types have highly distinct sets of HECS genes, with two mouse cell types sharing an average of only 16.1% HECS genes, while human cell types share an average of 11.6%. The two groups of cell types which share the most HECS genes in both mouse and human datasets belong to the nervous and reproductive systems (denoted by red and purple ticks beside the heatmap in Figure 3). Immune cells in different cell states also share the majority of their HECS genes (e.g., human CD8+ T-cells and CD4+ T-cells share 90.4% of their HECS genes) but the number of HECS genes shared between two different immune cells (e.g., B-cells versus T-cells) is generally less than 50% ( Additional file 4 provides a more detailed heatmap). In all, the strategy behind the development of the HECS database ensures that HECS genes are limited to a few cell types - characterizing a signature for each tissue. Therefore, the HECS database provides a powerful means of identifying cell/tissue specific enrichment in user gene lists.
Data preprocessing and calculating the enrichment score
A minimal amount of preprocessing is applied to the user supplied gene list to ensure that, first, the list is properly parsed, and second, the user supplied genes are found in the HECS database. The workflow of the CTen website is shown in Figure 4A. At the upload screen (Figure 4B), users can upload a list of either gene symbols or Entrez gene IDs, and optionally upload multiple lists at once by choosing the appropriate format (the CTen webpage provides a single and multi-list example). The gene list is processed to determine the number of unique user genes found in the database and if the list does not appear to be one of the two gene identifiers stated above or the inappropriate format was selected, the website shows a parsing error screen and asks the user to ensure that the proper identifier is selected. If there are no parsing errors, CTen produces a table showing the number of unique user genes mapped in the CTen database for each uploaded list (Figure 4C). If no user genes are found in the database, CTen produces another error, "No genes found in the database" and the user is asked to reevaluate the uploaded gene list. Should CTen not detect either of these errors, the option to continue to enrichment appears and the user can complete their analysis.
Using the one-sided, Fisher's Exact test for enrichment, the enrichment score returned from CTen is the -log10 of the Benjamini-Hochberg (BH) adjusted P-values (all calculations are performed in R ). Although the enrichment score is a statistic in origin (indeed the enrichment scores could be used to control the false discovery rate), we advise users to consider the enrichment score to be a ranking and to not apply a strictly statistical understanding of the number. This is due to the sensitivity of the score to the size of the gene list being analyzed, and we show in detail in the Results and Discussion that ranking the results allows for easier interpretation. The appropriate contingency tables are constructed using the intersection of the user list and the HECS genes for each cell type. The gene universe (or gene background) against which the enrichment is calculated is currently defined to be all of the genes annotated in the human or mouse arrays defined above. Importantly, the enrichment scores for each gene list are calculated separately.
When only a single list is processed, a radar map of the enrichment scores is produced but in the case of multiple gene lists being supplied, P-values between each list cannot be compared since the length of the gene lists differ. So we developed a "weighted-ranking" strategy in which the enrichment scores for the 10 most enriched cell types in each list are scaled by the maximum enrichment score for that list. The enrichment scores of cell types either not present in the top 10 or present in the top 10 but with enrichment score of less than 2 are excluded. This procedure selects only the most enriched cell types for each list and allows us to visualize whether the enrichment scores of the top cell types were similar or if one cell type's enrichment score was dominant. The influenza-infected lung tissue example and the advanced use-case in the Results and Discussion illustrate CTen's output for single and multi-list analyses.
Finally, for both single- and multi-lists analyses, the final enrichment scores for all cell types can be downloaded for further processing by the users.
Results and discussion
CTen correctly identifies cell types
To assess CTen’s ability to identify the correct cell type associated with gene expression data, we used an independent database of cell-specific gene expression (GNF1M_plus_macrophage_small dataset from BioGPS; abbreviated GNFM1) to develop several lists of genes which were highly expressed in select cell types. This data set is an interesting test case for CTen because the differences in the experimental protocol tests CTen's performance when using different microarray technologies and biological conditions. In the GNF1M experiment, they used mice which were ~2 weeks older (compared to the mice used to develop the Mouse MOE430 Gene Atlas data set), used a different ratio of male and female mice, and employed custom microarray slides (GPL1037) . For several cell types (5 tissues and 3 lymphocytes; 2 lymphocytes in different cellular states), we selected the top 5% of the most highly expressed probes. Entrez Gene IDs were mapped using the annotation files available from BioGPS, and the resulting lists analyzed in CTen.
We found that CTen consistently ranked the correct cell type the highest for each tissue tested (Figure 5A) and, with the exception of bone marrow, there was a large difference in the scores between the first and second most enriched cell types. Not surprisingly, bone marrow was identified as being highly enriched for bone. For the lymphocyte gene lists (Figure 5B), CTen not only identified the correct lymphocyte but most often identified the correct cellular state of the lymphocyte as being the top ranked cell type. Only for the unstimulated macrophages did CTen rank the inappropriate cellular states the highest. Thus, from independent, cell-specific gene expression data, we confirmed that CTen provides clear guidance in relating gene expression data to the appropriate cell type.
Ranking of the enrichment scores are robust
As with any analysis, small changes in experiment parameters should not greatly change the outcome. P-values from the Fisher Exact test are very sensitive to changes in the size of the gene list, but for many enrichment analyses, it has been observed that the rankings of the enrichment scores are very robust [7, 18]. Here, we asked if CTen could robustly rank the correct cell types by repeating the procedure described above - now using a list of the top 2, 3,…, 10% most highly expressed genes for the selected tissues and lymphocytes, resulting in 90 test lists. The different sizes of the lists simulate different differential expression criteria during gene expression analysis. As shown in Figure 5C, although the sizes of the gene lists (and the underlying enrichment scores) vary considerably, CTen most often ranks the appropriate cell type the most highly. CTen was also able to identify the proper cell state of the lymphocytes as well although unstimulated macrophage data was assigned to bone marrow macrophages collected 6 h after exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) 4 out of 9 times. CTen performed even better for the tissue data, always ranking the appropriate tissue the highest ( Additional file 5). In all, CTen can accurately identify a broad range of cell types and very often identify the cellular state as well. The results are very robust to changes in the length of the test data, which can be equated to changes in the cutoff criteria used during microarray analysis.
Minimizing the false positive rate
While CTen accurately identified the appropriate cell type as having the highest enrichment score, we think it's important to provide a comprehensive analysis of CTen's accuracy for select cutoff values of the enrichment score. Using the same test lists developed above for Figure 5C, we used the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to identify what level of enrichment was necessary to maximize the sensitivity (true positive rate, TPR) while minimizing the false positive rate (FPR) (Figure 6). Demanding a minimal enrichment score of 2 provides a low FPR and, indeed, we found that for randomly generated lists of genes, CTen rarely assigned scores above 2 ( Additional file 6). But we see here, raising the enrichment score cutoff from 2 to 25 greatly minimizes the FPR without sacrificing the TPR. Requiring enrichment scores above 25 only reduces the sensitivity of the analysis. A similar analysis to this was performed using the two databases from which CTen was constructed resulting in nearly identical ROC curves ( Additional file 2 and Additional file 3). These curves also suggest enrichment scores of 20–25 to optimally minimize the FPR for mouse data, but slightly lower enrichment scores (15 to 20) offer optimal performance for human data. It should be noted that these performance results are dependent on the size of the gene list. Thus, for gene lists which are hundreds to thousands of genes in number, a minimum enrichment score of 2 is recommended, but scores of 20–25 appear to offer optimal performance.
CTen versus GO analysis of influenza infected lung tissue
Using a list of genes found to be upregulated in lung tissue collected from mice infected with influenza virus (microarray data unpublished; the gene list is available on the CTen website under the "Simple Example" tab), we compared the results of a CTen analysis to a GO analysis using DAVID . Using the CTen website, we find a very high enrichment of bone marrow derived and peritoneal macrophages (Figure 7A), both of which have been exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and collected at different time points. Macrophage migration to the site of infection is one of the first steps in coordinating the innate immune response . Both LPS exposure and influenza infection induces the activation of the Toll-like receptor pathways, and macrophages are often susceptible to influenza infection themselves . Thus, an increase in macrophage numbers is consistent with previously published studies and the observation of the resulting cell type as "macrophage exposed to LPS", indicates that the macrophages have possibly become infected with the influenza virus as well.
DAVID uses modules of related biological terms to interpret large gene lists into a meaningful biological context and reports the scores of each module as the -log10 of the average P-value for each term within the module . Using the default settings, DAVID identifies the Toll-like receptor pathway (Figure 7B, Cluster #1) as the most significant cluster of annotations (Enrichment score: 12.62; full results available in Additional file 7). However, the clusters indicating enhanced macrophage presence have a low significance (Cluster #29; enrichment score: 1.74) and are very closely followed by a T-cell related cluster (Enrichment score: 1.68). Taken together, these results indicate that although both analyses can identify aspects of the cellular state of the sample, CTen is better suited to identify the known changes in the cellular demographics of the RNA samples.
Advanced use-case: distinguishing changes in lymphocyte cell count from gene transcription
The most exciting potential of CTen is that, when applied to clustering studies, cell type enrichment analysis can be used to approximate the evolution of local cellular demographics. Our laboratory's research is primarily focused on reconstructing the host response during an influenza infection ; a goal which requires us to be able to integrate local intracellular signaling (Toll-like receptor/RIG-I/NFκB pathways) with the coordinated migration, infiltration, and activity of macrophages, T-cells, B-cells, and other immune related cell-types. Being able to resolve the various cell types present in a sample from microarray data would greatly facilitate discovery in a broad range of in vivo studies.
Figure 8 illustrates the proposed strategy for identifying cellular signatures in in vivo data and its implications for in vivo microarray based studies. In this illustration, microarray data was assembled over a span of 5 days from the lungs of mice infected with influenza virus on day 0 (lung tissues are illustrated in Figure 8A). After normalizing and differential expression testing, four gene clusters (Figure 8B) were identified using the user's preferred clustering tool.
In this case, we are illustrating potential results from using the WGCNA package , which applies color labels to each cluster. The genes for each cluster can be uploaded and analyzed in one session to identify the most enriched cell types in each cluster. In Figure 8C, we find that macrophages are highly enriched in the dark red cluster while several categories of B- and T-cells (CD8+ T-cells) are the most enriched cell types in the green and black clusters, respectively. Interestingly, the orange cluster is not enriched for any cell type, and we would conclude that transcripts in the orange cluster represent differential gene expression due to transcriptional differences between the samples (as opposed to difference in the cellular makeup of the samples) and are suitable for further analysis using traditional approaches. The dark red, green and black clusters can be further analyzed for pathway or functional enrichment to identify processes that may be coordinated with cell migration. This result may also help researchers decide the appropriateness of additional analyses. Some analyses, such as gene network inference, will have to carefully consider how to remove the effects of cell migration prior to network construction. Furthermore, the green, black and dark red clusters' gene expression is highly correlated to the corresponding lymphocyte's cell count change. Thus, we may be able to infer the relative changes in the B cell, T cell and macrophage count in the infected tissue.
In all, this example illustrates how CTen has been designed to facilitate the understanding of clustering results by identifying conserved expression patterns that are the result of changes in the numbers of a particular cell type, providing critical guidance for selecting additional analyses for each gene set and allowing users to infer changes in cellular demographics between samples. Based on the CTen enrichment platform, we propose a novel analytical workflow for in vivo microarray, as illustrated schematically in Figure 8D, which ensures that enriched biological pathways and processes identified in a set of differentially expressed genes can be interpreted in the proper cellular context.
In conclusion, CTen can effectively distinguish between active gene transcription and apparent gene expression resulting from differences in the numbers of select cell types in microarray data. Furthermore, we provide a novel research workflow which helps to ensure that gene expression is interpreted in the proper biological context. We will continuously improve the enrichment algorithm so that a larger number of gene lists can be processed simultaneously (currently, users are limited to 20 gene lists in a single session). Recently, a gene set enrichment analysis based on the degree of pairwise correlation within a given gene set was shown to successfully relate samples to their corresponding tissue . No simple interface is available yet for researchers, but it will be interesting to compare the performance between these two approaches in the near future. Additionally, we plan to introduce additional cell specific gene expression datasets so users can compare the results from different databases. And finally, while the examples focused on lymphocyte migration, CTen can be used in several other scenarios; for example, comparing excised tissue to ensure homogeneity between tissue samples.
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This work was supported by the Japanese Science and Technology Agency's ERATO influenza induced host responses project.
No competing interests to declare.
JES designed the project, built the database and wrote the manuscript. TJL, SG, YK and HK revised the manuscript. JES, TJL, SG, YM, and HK implemented the website and YM maintains the public server. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
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Additional file 2: The enrichment performance of the mouse HECS database for select HECS criteria and enrichment scores. We evaluated (1) does the precise cutoff for defining a HECS gene affect the enrichment performance and (2) for each cutoff, what values of the enrichment score seems to best minimize the false positive rate (FPR) without impacting the true positive rate (TPR). We reconstructed the HECS database by defining the HECS assignment threshold as (A) 5, (B) 10, (C) 15, and (D) 20 times the median. Then, from the Mouse MOE430 Gene Atlas dataset, we took the top 10% of the most highly expressed genes for each cell type. From this 10%, we randomly sampled between 500 to 4000 genes 3 times to create 288 gene lists. Using the same procedures described in the CTen implementation, these lists were analyzed for cell type enrichment for each HECS database constructed. The ROC curve illustrates the that sensitivity (TPR) and the FPR are not greatly affected by the HECS assignment threshold selected. Furthermore, on each figure, we show the performance expected for selected values of the enrichment score. We see that selecting enrichment scores of 2 or higher results in a reasonably low FPR but this can be significantly improved by demanding enrichments scores of ~25 before the TPR is affected. (PDF 44 KB)
Additional file 3: The enrichment performance of the human HECS database for select HECS criteria and enrichment scores. We evaluated (1) does the precise cutoff for defining a HECS gene affect the enrichment performance and (2) for each cutoff, what values of the enrichment score seems to best minimize the false positive rate (FPR) without impacting the true positive rate (TPR). We reconstructed the HECS database by defining the HECS assignment threshold as (A) 5, (B) 10, and (C) 15 times the median. Then, from the Human U133A/GNF1H Gene Atlas dataset, we took the top 10% of the most highly expressed genes for each cell type. From this 10%, we randomly sampled between 500 to 4000 genes 3 times to create 252 gene lists. Using the same procedures described in the CTen implementation, these lists were analyzed for cell type enrichment for each HECS database constructed. The ROC curve illustrates the that sensitivity (TPR) and the FPR are not greatly affected by the HECS assignment threshold selected. Furthermore, on each figure, we show the performance expected for selected values of the enrichment score. We see that selecting enrichment scores of 2 or higher results in a reasonably low FPR but this can be significantly improved by demanding enrichments scores of ~20 before the TPR is affected. (PDF 41 KB)
Additional file 4: A heatmap of the percentage of HECS genes shared by any two cell types in the mouse (upper right) and human (lower left) databases.(PDF 112 KB)
Additional file 5: The highest ranked cell types identified by CTen.Using the GNF1M_plus_macrophage_small dataset from BioGPS, the top 2-10% most highly expressed genes for tissues shown were analyzed in CTen. The enrichment scores from CTen were ranked from highest to lowest, and the heatmap illustrates the top 3 most enriched cell types (columns) for each lymphocyte data tested (row labels). BM = bone marrow. (PDF 43 KB)
Additional file 6: Expected enrichment scores for random gene lists. We analyzed in CTen 150 lists of 100–400 randomly selected IDs for (A) mouse and (B) human Entrez Gene IDs - this resulted in a distribution of enrichment scores. The distributions were fit to a gamma distribution using the MASS package in R. Here, we show the density histogram and fitted gamma function (left hand axis) and the probability distribution function (right hand axis). The red bar highlights the enrichment score which is 95% confidently above 0 (α = 0.95 at enrichment scores of 1.66 and 1.67 in the mouse and human data, respectively). (PDF 43 KB)
Additional file 7: A list of genes upregulated in mouse lungs which have been infected with influenza virus and the full results of analyzing this list in DAVID.(XLS 426 KB)
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Shoemaker, J.E., Lopes, T.J., Ghosh, S. et al. CTen: a web-based platform for identifying enriched cell types from heterogeneous microarray data. BMC Genomics 13, 460 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-460
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From Tuesday, October 7, new travel rules for people entering the UK will be enforced. As the Government attempts to contain the new Omicron variant of coronavirus, stricter testing guidelines will be introduced while the red list has been expanded once again. What do you need to know about travel rules to the UK under Omicron?
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Lab 9 • RT methodology introduction • Register operations • Data Path • Control Path • ASM • Example TA: Jorge Crichigno
RT Methodology The circuits we have designed so far did not have any particular structure and were implemented as structural data flow. The structural data flow implementation is not general and can be applied only for simple, trivial systems. The register transfer (RT) methodology is a powerful technique, intended for developing complex digital circuits
RT Methodology • The key characteristics of the RT methodology are: • Use registers to store intermediate data. • Use a data path to realize all the required operations. The data path consists of processing logic and a collection of registers that perform data processing. • Use a control path to specify the order of the register operations. The control path is made up of logic that determines the sequence of data-processing operations performed by the data-path.
RT Methodology • Basic RT operations • Register transfer operations are the elementary data-processing actions. • They are also referred as micro-operations. Register transfers move information between registers, between registers and memory, and through processing logic. • Dedicated transfer hardware using multiplexers and shared transfer hardware called buses implement these movement of data.
Notation of RT operations rdest ← f (rsrc1, rsrc2, …, rsrcn) No restriction of the function f, as long as it can be designed as a circuit Example: r1 ← r1 + r2 r1_next Tcq: clock-to-q delay Note that the system clock is implicitly embedded in an RT operation (major difference between a register and a variable of regular programming languages).
Multiple RT operations and Data Path Consider the following RT operations, which use r1 as the destination register: r1 ← 1, r1 ← r1 + r2, r1 ← r2 + 1, , r1 ← r1 An associated data path for these operations may be implemented as follows Control Path Control signals
Control Path A control path is used to enforce the order of RT operations by generating the corresponding control signals. An FSM is a natural match for this task 1- Since the state transition is performed on a clock-by-clock basis, this naturally matches RT operations, which are also updated on a clock-by-clock basis. 2- Because of (1), RT operations can be specified in a state of the FSM, which can enforce a specific sequence of actions. 3- Upon an examination of input conditions, an FSM can branch to different paths and thus can alter the sequence of actions. This can be used to implement various branch constructs, such as the if and loop statements of an algorithm.
ASM Chart An algorithm state machine (ASM), is an alternative method for representing an FSM. Although an ASM chart contains the same amount of information as a state diagram, it is more descriptive. It is usually used to specify complex sequence of events and actions needed to implement a control path. An ASM is composed of a network of ASM blocks.
ASM Block To reduce clutter, sometimes only the signals that are activated of asserted are shown in the ASM. Example 1:
ASM Block Example 2:
ASM Block Example 3:
Example: a counter Specification: When start = 1 and reset = 0, the system starts counting at each rising edge. If inc = 0, counter is incremented by one; otherwise, it is incremented by two. A synchronous reset is implemented to reset the counter to zero. counter represents the current value of the counter. When counter reaches a value of six or greater, the output end is set to one for a clock period and the counter stops. Finally, the counter is set to zero and the system waits for start = 1 again. Register to be used Counter
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Workers in the agricultural sector could already appreciate the benefits of using various applications for smartphones. And at the moment it is precise agriculture is the sphere where application of such applications is very in demand. Today, their functionality allows not only to collect data and record the result of scanning growing cultures, but also to control the UAV, obtain data from them, monitor the state of the field equipment.
The number of different (including agricultural) applications available for installation on a smartphone is growing exponentially. In this article, we will try to consider the functional of those of them that have already proved themselves well (software that has been developed or modernized in 2017). We have to admit at once that in many cases we are not talking about cross-platform communication – some of the applications are available for the Apple platform, another – for Android and only a few work through the Web-interface.
The AGBRIDGE application, developed by Scruggs Equipment Co used to transfer data between various agricultural equipment and office computers. For data transfer, a standard USB port or Compact Flash Port is used. Available for devices on Android, iPhone, iPad.
«Connect Mobile» (update) (this is update of the pre-existing application). The John Deere Connect Mobile application is suitable for monitoring the operation of machinery and optimizing the operation process. It helps to understand in general how exactly different parts of the machine are loaded during field work. Data transfer is possible through WiFi networks and mobile operators. Having received data from the technics, the smartphone then forwards the information to the John Deere Operations Center. Application can be used with displays GreenStar 3 2630 and Generation 4 4600 CommandCenter. Today, the application is available for iPad owners.
«AkerScout» – This application is designed to monitor the condition of crops and identify areas that need immediate processing. The main work is possible in offline mode with existing cards, additional functionality is included when available high-resolution cards. The data obtained from aerial photography is used for work. It supports work with corn, soybeans, sugar beet and a number of other crops. Cartograms are combined with GPS data. This application allows you to assess the adequacy of watering, the presence of pests, the number of plants, the amount of damage, allows you to leave notes on the photo, create reports based on them. Available for Android, iPad, iPhone.
«Farmobile Notes» – This application is intended for obtaining data from the equipment on which EFR equipment (Electronic Field Records – electronic data recording from the field) is installed. This type of equipment is designed to collect data from agricultural machinery during work. In the normal mode, when moving across the field, all data coming from the sensors are transferred to the central database, only after that they are available for analysis. Which is not always convenient if you are in the cabin of technics in the midst of work. As already understood, to access this information right at the time of work, and created the application Farmobile Notes. Available for Android, iPad, iPhone.
«Pocket Drone Control» от Agrible is designed to simplify the operation of the Crop Copter. Allows you to quickly determine the damage from the occurrence of meteorological events or the appearance of pests. To do this, connect the capabilities of the software, from the company Agrible, Morning Farm Report. This will allow you to even specify the requirements of the plants in fertilizes.
Additionally, Pocket Drone Control greatly simplifies the management of drones. You can set the territory for the survey and run the drone into flight by a few touches of the screen. After loading the photos of the field, you can immediately get a report on the type of problems in this field – hail, disease, flooding or drought. After uploading the data to the cloud, you can share it at any time. Available for iPad, iPhone.
This application from UAV-IQ is designed to process data coming from UAVs, resulting in reduced losses, optimization of field processing costs, increased yield. When loading field survey results, places that need immediate processing, cultivation, selective harvesting are automatically marked. It is possible to compare the results of monitoring of the same place at different times. This allows you to effectively evaluate the results of previous treatments of this territory. The data from the field is not simply transformed into images, they are superimposed on real coordinates and are compared with GPS data. The existing data is available for later retrieval and stored as a data collection. Available for iPad.
«AgriXP» (renewal) – This platform is designed to store data about the state of the field. The application allows the farmer, employee or consultant to receive information about all the actions performed on this field. Data can be exported to formats such as Excell, PDF, CVS. Time intervals of the changes made can be set in increments of a day, a week or a month. Data stored in the system is securely protected and is available only to authorized users. Web-based interface.
7 application – «FieldAlytics Explorer»
«FieldAlytics Explorer» simplifies the storage and processing of field processing data and the results of agrochemical soil analysis. Simpler management of issued tasks, faster synchronization of data with the main database. The information becomes available immediately after the work is done without the need to transfer it through the central office. For the creation of cartograms, GPS services are used. Available for iPad.
«XTEND» от Topcon Precision Agriculture this is a pretty unexpected solution carrying a dashboard with a built-in Topcon in-cab display on your gadget. This simplifies monitoring in a number of cases and makes the work more convenient. On the screen Aypad you can see the current speed of the vehicle, the readings from the fuel sensors, other data. The data is continuously synchronized via the Wi-Fi channel with the on-board computer. Available for iPad, iPhone.
«Ceres Imaging» is used to assess the degree of water stress of the plants, the need in nutrients, the uniformity of seedlings and other aspects related to crop growth. This application estimates the aerial photos of the territory and is suitable both for the evaluation of small areas and large ones. Images can be scaled for a more detailed study of individual sites. Available for iPad, iPhone.
«Taranis» application is designed to control the level of infestation of the field by parasites. Based on the results of the pictures, the field finds «hot» places where human employees must be sent, whose task is to determine the cause of the change in the color of the plant mass on the spot. Data is saved and available for later analysis by an agronomist or other farm employee. Integration of data from rain sensors and traps is possible. Using of this application simplifies the work of the employees of the farm, reduces costs and increases yields. Web-based interface. | <urn:uuid:5a4c2afc-179c-4b3b-9212-4b1a52bb931e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kas32.com/en/post/view?id=244 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.92727 | 1,428 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Dr Mike Yeadon, former Chief Scientist and Vice-President of Pfizer Respiratory & Allergy Research, confirmed at Truth For Health’s Stop The Shot conference that the Covid-19 vaccine spike proteins appear to “echo” the placenta protein in vaccinated pregnant women.
At the conference, Dr Yeadon discussed the petition which he and Dr Wolfgang Wodarg, a German physician, pulmonary specialist, and epidemiologist, sent to the Europeans Medicine Agency (EMA) eight months ago regarding the dangers that the Covid-19 vaccines pose to pregnant women.
In the petition, both doctors demanded that all SARS CoV-2 vaccine studies, in particular the BioNtech/Pfizer study on BNT162b, be suspended.
Their concerns were split into the following points:
- The formation of so-called “non-neutralising antibodies” which can lead to an aggressive and exaggerated immune reaction, especially when the vaccinated individual comes into contact with the real, “wild” virus post-injection. This “antibody-dependent amplification” (ADE) has been known from experiments with coronavirus vaccines in cats, for example, whereby in the course of these studies all cats innitaly tolerated the vaccination but died after catching the “wild” virus.
- The vaccinations are expected to produce antibodies against spike proteins of SARS-Cov-2. Although, spike proteins contain syncytin-homologous proteins, which are essential for the formation of the placenta in mammals such as humans. It must be ruled out that a Covid-19 vaccine could trigger an immune reaction against synctin-1, as otherwise infertility of indefinite duration could result in vaccinated women.
- The BioNTech/Pfizer mRNA vaccines contain polyethylene glycol (PEG). 70% of people develop antibodies against this substance, meaning that many people can develop allergic, potentially fatal reactions to the vaccination.
- The Pfizer study (at the time) does not allow a realistic estimation of the late effects of the Covid-19 vaccine. Millions of people would be exposed to an unacceptable risk once the vaccines were approved.
Dr Yeadon mentioned the Japanese bio-distribution study that was conducted titled ‘Pfizer Confidential’
During the conference, Dr Yeadon mentioned that a study was recently conducted on 15 women who were given the Pfizer vaccine, blood samples were drawn every few days, and researchers measured antibodies against spike protein, which took several weeks to appear. In the study, researchers also measured antibodies against the placenta and they found that within the first 1-4 days, an increase of two and a half to 300 hundred percent in the antibodies against their own placenta.
“I’m sorry to say this, but that is a vaccine-induced autoimmune attack on their own placenta, and I think that you can only expect that that is happening in every woman of child-bearing potential – this critical protein that is required for fertilisation and successful pregnancy.”
Dr Yeadon said that he cannot be certain what the effect will be and he is not sure whether it will be enough to cause first-trimester losses, but he said that he believes it would because academic literature shows that women who have autoimmune diseases are “more likely to have first-trimester losses”, and what this vaccine has done is “induce an autoimmune response.”
“I’m here to warn you that if you are of child-bearing potential or younger, so not at menopause, I would strongly recommend you do not accept these vaccines,” Dr Yeadon warned.
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I’ve got a double case of the I’m hungries happening over here. For the first time in a long time, both Lola and Malone are going through growth spurts at the same time. I can’t keep up with them! It isn’t thirty minutes after a meal before someone is asking for a snack again. I’ve got a case of constantly hungry kids!
Tips For Feeding Constantly Hungry Kids
- Find the root of the reason. I am a recovering emotional eater. This is something I’m working hard not to pass on to my kids. If my kids are asking for a snack because they’re bored, I want them to find a different activity to entertain themselves with.
- Go with the flow. Right now, we’re in the middle of a growth spurt for both kids. We’ve really got no choice but to embrace it and feed them. What worked for their nutrition last week, doesn’t work this week.
- Hydrate first. There are times when I know my children are not hungry, they are thirsty. Little ones often know they need something in their bellies and automatically think it is food they need. I know this to be true of myself too.
- Choose wholesome snacks.
Choosing a wholesome snack has probably been the biggest game changer for us in terms of dealing with constantly hungry kids. Both kids would prefer ice cream or a popcicle in the afternoon. I get it, we’re in the dog days of summer and they want something cool and refreshing. I can’t say that I blame them. But instead of giving them empty calories, I’ve been loading the best alternative, yogurt or yogurt based smoothies.
We like to get our Yoplait® yogurt at Walmart because they’ve always got an awesome variety. We love the Original, but sometimes opt for Light, Greek or Gogurt® depending on our mood (and room in the fridge).
The kids love yogurt in just about any shape or flavor, but have a special penchant for the dessert looking flavors. Today after her afternoon nap, Lola woke up hungry and asking for treats. It didn’t matter to her that she had a banana, a turkey and cheese sandwich and broccoli at lunch. She was starving.
I gave her this and pointed out that it was “pie.” She was delighted.
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Dreaming to travel at India’s former majestic royal palace cities? Want to explore India’s four major regal sites and their age old palaces? Encompass India’s four prime royal palace cities into your incredible India tour and enjoy the classics of India.
Travel around the historic core of Jaipur which is also called Pink City in India and stroll through its age old palaces. Jaipur, the Pink City, is one of India’s star attractions, packed with tourists who flock here to ride elephants at Amber Fort and wander the courtyards, pavilions and halls of the city palace. Adjacent to the city palace is the royal observatory, Jantar Mantar, which was built in 1724, and is a fascinating complex of giant astronomical instruments chiselled out of stone. Also, walk through thousands of rooms, suites, courtyards and museum of palaces.
Travel to Udaipur, the City of Lakes. In the City of Lakes , grace the edge of Lake Pichola and Udaipur’s 16th-century city palace’s majestic complex of hanging gardens, massive octagonal towers and cupolas. Stay at the palace complex houses like the Fateh Prakash Palace Hotel and the Shiv Niwas Palace Hotel. These ornately furnished apartments that were used as the accommodation to host visiting dignitaries such as Queen Elizabeth II, and the Kennedys.
On an island in the middle of the lake, immerse into an ex-maharajah’s dreamy Monsoon Palace built in 1746 and gaze at monsoon clouds. Soak into Leela Palace, Udaipur’s newest luxury hotel, which has curving majestic domes, sprawling grounds and twinkling views across the lake.
Jump into the middle age India’s Pearl City, nowadays known as Hyderabad. In the 13th century, Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort was the capital of a Muslim dynasty. It was a world-renowned trading centre for diamonds in those periods. The Hope, Koh-i-Noor and Regent diamonds were found here.
The fort and the Qutub Shahi tombs can be visited as a day trip from Hyderabad, while, closer to the city, Chowmahalla Palace is a reminder of another wealthy Muslim dynasty. Chowmahalla Palace is famous for Mughal domes and arches and Persian architectural influences in the contemporary Indian civilization.
Travel to another mostly popular regal royal palace city in India at Jodhpur also named as Blue City. The landscape in this royal palace city is soaked with blue houses of the high-caste Brahmin quarter. It hosts Mehrangarh Fort, one of the best fort museums in India. The city is stronghold of the Rathore Rajputs – who claimed to be descendants of the hero from the Indian epic Ramanaya – is chock-a-block with royal treasures such as paintings, costumes, bejewelled daggers and gilded palanquins.
One more significant attraction of Jodhpur is the luxurious Taj Umaid Bhawan Palace Hotel also recognized as the Palace Museum. It has a collection of Victorian and Edwardian timepieces, porcelain and objects d’art, 19th and 20th-century weapons, royal miniature paintings, and crockery from the maharaja’s personal collection.
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The Alhambra Theatre is a theatre in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, named after the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain, which was the place of residence of the Emir of the Emirate of Granada. It was built in 1913 at a cost of £20,000 for theatre impresario Francis Laidler, and opened on Wednesday 18 March 1914. In 1964, Bradford City Council bought the Alhambra for £78,900 and in 1974, it was designated a Grade II listed building. It underwent extensive refurbishment in 1986. Today it is a receiving house for large-scale touring theatre of all types and the main house seats 1,456.
Francis Laidler, who already owned two music halls in Bradford, opened the new Alhambra Theatre in 1914. The architects were Chadwick and Watson, who described it as "English renaissance of the Georgian period".
The building is recognisable for its large domed turret with giant-paired Corinthian columns, an iconic landmark on the Bradford skyline together with the complementary domes on the adjacent, disused Bradford Odeon. Behind this, the building is stepped up, culminating in tall square towers with smaller domes.
It is situated on a sloping site amongst other Bradford landmarks – the National Media Museum, aforementioned Bradford Odeon, the former Windsor Baths building and Bradford City Park. The entrance to the building is on the corner on the other side of the building to the dome and has a distinctive iron and glass canopy.
Inside, the auditorium consists of two tiers, a balcony and an aisle. It is highly decorated with plasterwork. There is moulded plasterwork to the curved balcony fronts and elliptically bowed balconies to the boxes, which are situated in round arched openings with giant fluted Corinthian columns. The circular auditorium ceiling is decorated and has a small rectangular dome to centre. There is a rectangular proscenium arch.
The theatre is also a member of the Dance Consortium, a group of theatres who collaborate to bring international dance theatre to the UK.
The 1,400 capacity main house is a major touring venue and hosts a wide range of stage shows from ballet and opera to variety and comedy, musicals, drama and, of course, the annual pantomime. Regular visits are made from prestigious companies such as Opera North, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures and the Royal National Theatre to complement spectacular West End musicals such as Grease, Miss Saigon, Whistle Down the Wind and The Phantom of the Opera. Wicked started its world tour at the Alhambra Theatre in 2016
In 2012 a new restaurant, called "Restaurant 1914" was opened at the top of the Alhambra theatre, with views overlooking Bradford City Park. This new restaurant, headed by head chef John Monkhouse and senior bars and catering manager Marc Johannson, was constructed at a cost of £250,000 and has more than doubled the dining capacity of the theatre.
- Sheeran 2005, p. 88.
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Students enrolling in Davidson County Schools must reside within the geographical boundaries of the school district. Davidson County Schools does not accept any out-of-district students, even on a tuition basis.
Students new to Davidson County Schools will need to provide the following documents to enroll at South Davidson High School.
- Immunization (shot) record signed by the physician (click here for NC immunization requirements)
- Certified copy of birth certificate
- Parent's ID
- Two proofs of residency (utilities, water, gas, electric, or telephone bill)
- IEP (if applicable)
- Transcript from previous school (recommended for high school enrollment)
- Completed Davidson County Schools: High School Registration Enrollment Form & Language Survey with Course List (English) or Escuelas Del Condado Davidson: Inscripcion Grados K-12 (Spanish)
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Building Better Connected, Equitable, and Sustainable Communities
Birch Ridge Community Forest
New Durham, New Hampshire
The Southeast Land Trust, Moose Mountains Regional Greenways, and the Merrymeeting Lake Association partnered to purchase and permanently conserve 2,000+ acres in New Durham, NH. Our role in this effort was to guide the establishment of a Steering Committee and facilitate community engagement related to the creation of Birch Ridge Community Forest. This included design and facilitation of an engaging public forum structured as a world café event.
Mill City Park
Franklin, New Hampshire
The City of Franklin has been undergoing a series of redevelopment efforts working to increase local economic opportunity, improve quality of life, and build a better connected, equitable, and sustainable city. Mill City Park at Franklin Falls is a non-profit organization based in Franklin whose mission is to create the City’s first whitewater and outdoor adventure park in the northeast. This project is centered around leveraging Franklin’s assets to create a one-of-a-kind experience in Franklin that will attract tourists, stimulate the local economy, create community gathering space, and embody ecological design principles. An 11-acre parcel of land along the Winnipesaukee River was secured for this project and in 2018, RP&D was hired to create a master plan for the future park. The Master Plan provided a concept layout for the site and a framework for planning, design, construction, and maintenance of Mill City Park that is grounded in permaculture design principles and sustainable land use techniques. The design includes trails, mountain bike pump track, parkour area, amphitheater, climbing wall, natural play spaces for children, and a community garden.
Grey Rocks Design
Hebron, New Hampshire
In 2016 we were retained by the Newfound Lake Region Association to evaluate a two-acre property that was once the site of a marina. The design included a plan for the future NLRA headquarters and featured low-impact development techniques, new walking paths, shoreland gardens, picnic areas, and a site for a future building. This Permaculture inspired effort also included an outreach and engagement program that included local residents in the site evaluation and the initial phases of design.
“I have worked with Resilience Planning & Design collaboratively for years, first in planning and now in ecological education and design. I always enjoy working with them because they are so passionate and deeply committed to this important work. They have a way of sharing so much knowledge and yet keeping it light and fun. I often hear people comment on how inspired they are by their work and dedication. I am one of those people.”
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This chapter from Successful Flower Gardening features Aerin’s work with color: his process in designing a color palette and using color theory to create balance, as well as contrast. For the garden discussed here, Aerin integrated a lookout area to enjoy the richness and diversity of the landscape and a sophisticated irrigation system to maintain over 1,900 plant species and hybrids used in the design. The homeowner comments that she used to travel as much as possible but, since working with Aerin, has adjusted the frequency and timing of her trips so as to enjoy the outdoor space fully, indicating the profound effect a beautiful garden can have on the enjoyment of one’s home.
Featuring the same garden as the chapter discussed above, this article highlights the larger design process for the space. One of Aerin’s key design elements in this garden is it’s seasonal planting strategy. Roses in summer, maple in fall, hellebores in winter and dogwoods in spring are just a few of the plants used to create color, diversity and visual interest year-round. The spectacular photos that accompany this article offer insight into the breadth and quality of Aerin’s work but cannot fully do it justice.*
The garden discussed in this article is an example of how planting and styling can be customized to reflect the home owner’s personality. Aerin’s masonry and stone work, among his most sought after services, are beautifully integrated into this project and are complemented by a waterfall and pond.*
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The rise of dangerous military AI is ever growing and a government-appointed panel in the United States has said in a draft report to Congress that it is America’s “moral imperative” to keep pursuing the development of AI-powered weaponry. This article will explore both the technological and ethical arguments to this dilemma. Intrigued? Read on to find out….
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to talk to Yoni Friedman a sales engineer at Gloat who talked to me about all the work that Gloat is up to. In this article I will cover how this AI company works, the implications of their work and finally what future opportunities this presents.
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Have you ever ordered a shirt online and when it arrived, found out it was too large? Or realised the size of the shoes you received were too small? Yes, it happens to everyone. Yet AI can solve that. The fashion industry is one of the biggest industries in the world, accounting for 2% of global GDP, so let's have a look at how AI is helping out.
Imagine a world where all the best-selling novels and highest-rated films are written by AI. Imagine a world where your favourite songs are written, produced and performed entirely by AI. Thanks to OpenAI, that world might soon be our reality.
In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the first-ever phonograph cylinder, a device that could record sound and play it back. Now, 143 years later we have a robot that has made its album. Yes, you read that right. Here we have a robot that has shown us a glimpse of the future of music.
In hiring a top Google exec, banking corporation JPMorgan seem to be betting big on the future of AI in multinational banking. Apoorv Saxena was Google’s head of product management for cloud-based AI, but in heading up JPMorgan’s AI division, Financial analysts say that this hiring is part of a greater AI-based future strategy designed to increase customer engagement, develop new services and products and expand JPMorgan’s customer base. This article looks at how JPMorgan are using AI in modern (and future) banking.
Landings are the trickiest parts of drone flight: unpredictable ground turbulence is hard to compensate for and makes achieving a smooth landing very difficult. Researchers at Caltech have used AI to create the “Neural Lander” - a system that adjusts the flight of the drone to ensure a smooth landing.
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The world is in turmoil. After two years of an atrocious pandemic that turned the world economy upside down, a merciless war on Europe’s doorstep has thrown it into turmoil. Is it the destiny of humanity to be swept away by violence? Is there a way out? Is there any hope? Architect Roberto Kohanoff, a Siloist humanist who has been working tirelessly for nonviolence for more than half a century, reflects with us on this point.
By Isabel Lazzaroni
How do you see the present moment?
The Earth’s evolutionary process is accelerating. Like every organism, the Earth is also in process. This is how it allowed the development of increasingly complex life and then the development of the most evolved species until we reach today’s homo sapiens. And this homo sapiens is able to think, feel and act in an increasingly conscious way. In fact, reaching the development of consciousness will be the most advanced step in this evolutionary process, which is proceeding faster and faster.
And what are the consequences of this acceleration?
Historians who have defined what is known as megahistory (an attempt to explain history in maximum temporal and spatial scales, according to the definition of the Mendocino historian Gabriel Peralta) locate a moment towards the end of this decade that they call a moment of singularity. At that moment, due to the speed of change, all current human learning will become obsolete. Then, as a species, we will have to find inspiration to be able to respond to the world’s conflicts with a response that is characteristic of a new species. We might even say a response that goes beyond the homo sapiens that we still are.
And what will happen then?
Then, conflicts arising from the old strategies of “social ordering”, which are based on the use of violence, or on the belief that more violence can do away with the violence we assign to the enemy, will end up hurting both those who receive violence and those who exercise it. It is simple: we are in a closed system, as a consequence of the acceleration I spoke of earlier, which leads to concentration. And in a closed system, violence comes back to the perpetrator.
Is it necessary to overcome violence?
Of course, it is. Faced with this panorama, the new evolutionary step that the human species has to take is the strong expansion of consciousness. And here, the latest research carried out by neuroscience comes to our aid. Neuroscientists explain that learning is accelerated when it is more empathic. This means – because they have proven it – that both children and adults learn better behaviours, which lead to increased adaptation, through good treatment. The great novelty is this: if one brings peace in oneself and brings it to others, the paradigm shift will be implemented quickly. This will be possible because the fine communications network that now covers the entire planet will allow for an instantaneous change – or in a very short time – of those old organisational structures (or old strategies of “social ordering”).
How does one bring peace in oneself?
Peace in oneself is achieved by spreading by example the most ancient of procedures, already recommended by different spiritualities, religions and philosophies, which was called – and is still called – the Golden Rule. In its Western or Judeo-Christian version, this rule says: “love thy neighbour as thyself”. In its most extreme definition, it reads: “love your enemy, he is you”. And it has been redesigned as: “learn to treat others as you want to be treated”. In the practical version of the Golden Rule, according to Silo, it is: “look for the good side of your enemy”.
Then, when you see the futility that more violence cannot end violence, that learning will emerge for everyone, the learning that with inner peace you can achieve peace in the world.
Is this possible?
This requires the renunciation of the use of violence between countries and regions, but also between communities, between friends, between family members and with oneself.
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In the three months to May 2018, the Index of Production fell by 0.6% compared with the three months to February 2018, due primarily to a fall of 1.2% in manufacturing; this was partially offset by a rise in mining and quarrying of 4.6%.
In May 2018, total production was estimated to have decreased by 0.4% compared with April 2018, led by falls in energy supply of 3.2% and mining and quarrying of 4.6%.
The monthly increase in manufacturing output of 0.4% was supported by increases in 9 of the 13 sub-sectors.
In the three months to May 2018, the Index of Production increased by 1.8% compared with the same three months to May 2017.
The earliest period open for revision in this release was January 1997; revisions to Index of Production data up to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2018 are consistent with Quarterly national accounts: January to March 2018, published on 29 June 2018 and data used for Blue Book 2018, due for release on 31 July 2018.
This May 2018 release is the first time that the Index of Services (IoS), the Index of Production and output in the construction industry, are published alongside each other, allowing for an estimate of monthly GDP, which is also published today (10 July 2018).
In this release, the period open for revision was January 1997; revisions to Index of Production data up to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2017 are consistent with Quarterly national accounts: January to March 2018, published on 29 June 2018 and data used for Blue Book 2018, due for release on 31 July 2018. This is in line with the standard National Accounts Revisions Policy.
The Index of Production (IoP) is an important economic indicator and one of the short-term measures of economic activity in the UK. It is used in the compilation of gross domestic product (GDP); the production industries’ weight accounts for 13.8% of the output approach to the measurement of GDP.
The current price non-seasonally adjusted estimates of industries collected by the Monthly Business Survey (MBS) can be found in the Monthly Business Survey turnover in production industries dataset, which was published alongside this release. Note that the MBS turnover in production industries dataset does not contain data from Value Added Tax (VAT) returns, which have been included in the IoP.
Care should be taken when using the month-on-month growth rates as data can often be volatile; longer-term growth rates and examination of the time series allow for better interpretation of the statistics.
Summary information can be found in the Index of Production Quality and Methodology Information report.Back to table of contents
Figures 1 and 2 show that both the Index of Production (IoP) and Index of Manufacturing (IoM) followed a broadly upward trend following the economic downturn. Growth was more pronounced from the beginning of 2010, as the economy recovered, before a downturn during 2012. Production and manufacturing output have risen but remain 6.2% and 2.5% lower, respectively, in the three months to May 2018 than the pre-downturn gross domestic product (GDP) peak in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2008.
Table 1 shows the growth rates and contributions for the IoP and main sectors for May 2018.
Table 1: Index of Production headline growth rates and contributions, May 2018, UK
|Description||% of production1||Month on previous month growth (%)||Contribution to production (% points)||Most recent 3 months on previous 3 months growth (%)||Contribution to production (% points)|
|Mining and quarrying||7.5||-4.6||-0.35||4.6||0.32|
|Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning||12.6||-3.2||-0.39||-0.5||-0.06|
|Water supply, sewerage and waste management||7.2||1.2||0.09||1.1||0.08|
|Source: Office for National Statistics|
|1. "% of production" column does not add up to 100 due to rounding.|
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The three months-on-previous three months estimate of total production fell by 0.6% in May 2018, with two of the four main sectors decreasing. The fall in manufacturing of 1.2% is a continuation of the slowdown in output that has been documented in previous releases of this bulletin.
The monthly estimate of total production decreased by 0.4% with falls in energy supply (3.2%), due mainly to less demand because of the higher than average temperature during May 2018, and mining and quarrying (4.6%), due to unplanned maintenance on the Sullom Voe oil and gas terminal. Manufacturing output rose by 0.4% and is the first increase in this sector since December 2017.
Table 2 shows the growth rates and contributions for the IoP and sectors for May 2018.
Table 2: Growths and contributions to production, three months-on-previous three months, three months-on-previous three months a year ago, month-on-previous-month, May 2018, UK
|3 months on previous 3 months||3 months on previous 3 months a year ago||Month on previous month|
|Sector||Summary Description||Growth (%)||Contribution to production (% points)||Growth (%)||Contribution to production (% points)||Growth (%)||Contribution to production (% points)|
|IoP||Index of Production||-0.6||-0.56||1.8||1.83||-0.4||-0.36|
|Sector B||Total Mining and Quarrying||4.6||0.32||0.4||0.03||-4.6||-0.35|
|5||Coal and Lignite||5.7||0.00||-5.7||0.00||-10.4||0.00|
|6||Crude petroleum and Natural gas||7.6||0.36||2.0||0.10||-7.4||-0.40|
|789||Other mining and quarrying||1.2||0.03||-1.7||-0.04||-2.9||-0.06|
|Sector C||Total Manufacturing||-1.2||-0.90||1.5||1.12||0.4||0.29|
|CA||Food, beverages and tobacco||0.7||0.08||0.4||0.04||0.7||0.07|
|CB||Textiles and leather products||-0.4||-0.01||1.7||0.05||2.6||0.08|
|CC||Wood, paper and printing||-0.3||-0.01||1.2||0.07||0.9||0.05|
|CD||Coke and petroleum||-0.1||0.00||-8.9||-0.09||-4.3||-0.04|
|CG||Rubber and plastic products||-1.3||-0.08||-0.9||-0.05||1.1||0.06|
|CI||Computer, electronic and optical||3.6||0.13||15.3||0.51||0.6||0.02|
|CK||Machinery and equipment||-1.5||-0.08||9.0||0.43||-2.3||-0.11|
|CM||Other manufacturing and repair||0.1||0.01||2.2||0.15||-0.7||-0.04|
|Sector D||Total Electricity and Gas||-0.5||-0.06||4.4||0.52||-3.2||-0.39|
|35.1||Electric power generation, transmission and distribution||0.1||0.01||4.4||0.38||-1.5||-0.14|
|35.2-3||Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains; steam and aircon supply||-2.0||-0.07||4.3||0.14||-7.3||-0.25|
|Sector E||Total Water||1.1||0.08||2.1||0.16||1.2||0.09|
|36||Water collection, treatment and supply||2.7||0.06||2.4||0.05||0.2||0.00|
|38||Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery||1.6||0.05||-1.4||-0.04||1.7||0.05|
|39||Remediation activities and other waste management services||-3.2||0.00||-8.7||-0.01||2.4||0.00|
|Source: Office for National Statistics|
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Output over the three months to May 2018 compared with the three months to February 2018 has fallen by 1.2%, due to widespread weakness across the sector. This is the largest three-monthly fall since December 2012, when output fell by 1.8%.
In the past few releases of this bulletin, we have alerted users to a marked slowdown in manufacturing output over the latter part of 2017 and the beginning of 2018. This slowdown in output over a longer time span can be understood further when considering current price non-seasonally adjusted manufacturing growth, for export and domestic turnover for three-months-on-three-months a year ago (Figure 3).
Figure 3 shows that growth in export turnover peaked in January 2017 at 18.2%. In contrast, domestic turnover growth peaked in March 2017 at 5.0%. Export turnover has gradually declined since January 2017 to 0.0% for the three months to May 2018, compared with the same three months to May 2017. This is the weakest growth since December 2015 when export turnover decreased by 0.4%. Notably, export growth has now fallen behind domestic growth for the first time since January 2015.
In contrast, the monthly rise of 0.4% is the first increase in this sector since December 2017, due mainly to widespread growth across the sector, with 9 of the 13 sub-sectors increasing. This represents a bounceback from the strong fall of 1.3% last month, the largest fall since January 2017. Therefore, due to the weakness last month, the limited strength into May 2018 should only be viewed as a slight improvement.
Pharmaceutical products and transport equipment provide the largest contributions to monthly growth, increasing by 2.4% and 1.1% respectively. Increased turnover from a number of large businesses was reported via the Monthly Business Survey (MBS) for Divisions 21 and 30.3.
Within the transport equipment sub-sector, the aircraft, spacecraft and related machinery industry performed strongly, increasing by 3.3%, supported by an increase in nominal export turnover growth of 10.9%. This increase was published today (10 July 2018) in the Monthly Business Survey turnover in production industries dataset. However, it is important to note that this dataset is not seasonally adjusted and is based on current prices and therefore does not reflect the impact of price changes.
Electricity and gas
For the three months to May 2018 compared with the same three months a year ago, output has increased by 4.4%, due mainly to electricity generation, which rose by 4.4%. This is supported by a rise of 4.3% in gas supply, due mainly to the lower than average temperature and heavy snowfall that affected most parts of the UK during March 2018. According to the Met Office, the provisional UK mean temperature was 3.8 degrees Celsius in March 2018, which is 1.6 degrees Celsius below the 1981 to 2010 long-term average.
There is no notable growth for the three months to May 2018 compared with the same three months to February 2018, with output falling by 0.5%.
The fall in monthly output of 3.2% is mainly attributable to a decrease of 7.3% within the gas supply industry. This is due mainly to the above-average temperature during May 2018 resulting in less demand. According to the Met Office, the provisional UK mean temperature was 12.1 degrees Celsius in May 2018, which is 1.7 degrees Celsius above the 1981 to 2010 long-term average, making it provisionally the joint second-warmest May in the series from 1910.
Mining and quarrying
An increase of 7.6% within oil and gas extraction is the largest contribution to the 4.6% rise in total output for the latest three months to May 2018, compared with the three months to February 2018. Significant weakness in December 2017, due to an unplanned shutdown to the Forties oil pipeline, allied to oil fields coming out of maintenance in April 2018 are the main factors behind the three-monthly strength.
In contrast, monthly output fell by 4.6% due to a decrease within oil and gas extraction of 7.4%. This is due to unplanned maintenance to the Sullom Voe oil and gas terminal for a few days at the beginning of May 2018.
Water and waste
For the latest three months compared with the same three months a year ago, output has increased by 2.1% due to an increase of 7.2% within the sewerage industry.
For the three months to May 2018 compared with the three months to February 2018, output has increased by 1.1%, due to increases within the water supply and waste collection industries of 2.7% and 1.6% respectively.
Monthly output has risen by 1.2%, with all four industries within this sector displaying increases.Back to table of contents
Blue Book 2018 constitutes our annual update of the national accounts. The Blue Book is the UK’s national compendium of national accounts data and incorporates a number of improvements to methods and sources into the UK’s National Accounts. These improvements ensure that our national accounts continue to provide a reliable framework for analysing the UK economy and comparing it with other countries. The changes being incorporated in this year’s Blue Book-consistent quarterly national accounts and the impact of these changes on current price and chained volume measure (CVM) estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) are discussed in the National Accounts articles.
The Blue Book 2018 revisions, which begin in January 1997, have affected the Index of Production (IoP) and its components. The main sources of the revision are the annual update of weights and seasonal adjustment models, re-referencing of the published indices, methodological improvements and updated source data. As is common for the first IoP publication following the annual updates, there are larger revisions than in an ordinary publication (see Table IOP5R, which shows the revisions to IoP estimates against the previously published). Revisions can be made for a variety of reasons; the most common include:
the annual update of the weights used to construct the chained volume measures of output
the annual update of seasonal adjustment models
the published indices being re-referenced from 2015 equals 100 to 2016 equals 100
updated source data
HM Revenue and Customs Value Added Tax (VAT) returns replacing Monthly Business Survey (MBS) data for small and medium-sized businesses when VAT estimates become available every quarter
This is the first release of IoP in which the reference year and last base year have been moved from 2015 to 2016.
The annual update of weights in Blue Book 2018 has decreased the Index of Production weight within total gross value added (GVA) and the output measure of GDP from 139.5 parts per thousand to 138.0 parts per thousand and the annual change in weights has impacted the components of IoP (Table 3).
Table 3: Changes in the weights of the main components of index of production between base year 2015 equals 100 and 2016 equals 100, UK
|Sector||Summary Description||2015 equals 1001||2016 equals 1001|
|IoP||Index of Production||1000.0||1000.0|
|Sector B||Total Mining and Quarrying||87.1||75.4|
|5||Coal and Lignite||0.3||0.5|
|6||Crude petroleum and Natural gas||65.1||52.6|
|789||Other mining and quarrying||21.6||22.3|
|Sector C||Total Manufacturing||720.5||726.2|
|CA||Food, beverages and tobacco||114.5||111.5|
|CB||Textiles and leather products||26.8||29.8|
|CC||Wood, paper and printing||50.3||53.6|
|CD||Coke and petroleum||13.0||9.9|
|CG||Rubber and plastic products||58.5||59.7|
|CI||Computer, electronic and optical||33.0||33.6|
|CK||Machinery and equipment||44.0||44.9|
|CM||Other manufacturing and repair||67.4||64.0|
|Sector D||Total Electricity and Gas||120.3||126.0|
|35.1||Electric power generation, transmission and distribution||85.9||90.8|
|35.2-3||Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains; steam and aircon supply||34.4||35.2|
|Sector E||Total Water||72.1||72.4|
|36||Water collection, treatment and supply||21.1||20.9|
|38||Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery||29.1||30.0|
|39||Remediation activities and other waste management services||0.7||0.7|
|Source: Office for National Statistics|
|1. Breakdowns may not sum to totals due to rounding.|
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The impact of the Blue Book 2018 revisions to the IoP affect the level of output over time. However, the profile and performance of production remained broadly unchanged from previously published when both indices are referenced to 2016 equals 100 (Figure 4). The larger divergences show from Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017, mainly as a result of incorporating updated source data and the introduction of an improvement to the methodology for non-response in the Monthly Business Survey, which underpins the Index of Production release, as detailed in Improving the methodology for survey non-response.
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The Index of Production (IoP) measures the UK output in the mining and quarrying; manufacturing; energy supply; and water supply and waste management industries. The IoP estimates are based mainly on data from the Monthly Business Survey (MBS).
In addition, from the Index of Production: November 2017 bulletin published in January 2018, Value Added Tax (VAT) data have been included across 64 production industries for small and medium-sized businesses. For further information as to the use of VAT turnover within the national accounts, please see VAT turnover data in National Accounts: background and methodology (published on 19 March 2018).
For the mining and quarrying, and energy supply sectors, and two manufacturing industries, namely coke and refined petroleum, and basic iron and steel, we receive volume data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the International Steel Statistics Bureau (ISSB) respectively. Unless otherwise stated, all estimates included in this release are based on seasonally adjusted data.
The Monthly Business Survey turnover in production industries dataset produces the proportion of turnover from exports by industry and level of turnover and exports (£ millions). However, this is not always comparable with UK trade statistics, for many reasons. These include, but are not limited to:
different data sources – MBS are based on a survey of businesses; UK trade in goods uses administrative data collected by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
different concepts being measured – MBS reports the value of exports as a proportion of the industry's turnover; the UK trade in goods data report the change in ownership between the UK and other countries
time lag – there can be time lags between the sale of a product reported in MBS and the movements of that product reported by UK trade
Further information on UK trade and how data on it are compiled can be found in the Things you need to know about this release section of the UK trade release.
The data collected on the MBS are turnover excluding VAT and exports for some applicable industries. The data collected on the VAT returns are also turnover excluding VAT. These data are then deflated using Producer Price Indices (PPI). Within the manufacturing sector we also receive direct volume data from BEIS for fuel industries and the International Steel Statistics Bureau for steel industries.
The mining and quarrying sector is comprised mainly of data from BEIS, including volume of oil and gas extraction and coal extraction. The data used to produce the energy sector are also from BEIS and include energy and gas supply output. A comprehensive list of the IoP source data can be found in the Gross domestic product (GDP(O)) source catalogue (XLS, 715KB).
Within the suite of datasets published monthly alongside this release, you will find:
Output of the production industries (IOP5) publication tables
Monthly Business Survey response rates for production industries for this publication
Revision triangle – monitors the size of monthly and three-monthly revisions
The Index of Production Quality and Methodology Information report contains important information on:
the strengths and limitations of the data and how it compares with related data
uses and users of the data
how the output was created
the quality of the output including the accuracy of the data
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When you need a fire escape inspected, you should contact a professional fire escape inspection service. These professionals will perform a multi-point inspection of the fire escape, including its handrails and support brackets. They will make repairs based on the report and have a licensed structural engineer review the repairs. The inspection is followed by a 5-year certification letter, which you can submit to your local fire code official for approval.
Maintenance Of A Fire Escape
The maintenance of a fire escape is fairly simple. The most critical components of the fire escape are the steel beams and angles that penetrate the building wall. They provide structural support for the escape. The fire escape may require a reinforcing plate or supporting angle to reinforce the structure. It is important to replace worn or torn slats and treads. This article will provide a brief overview of the maintenance and repair process.
The first step in performing maintenance is removing the old paint. Fire escapes may need to be wire brushed or sanded down to white metal. This procedure is time-consuming, but can be done on a budget if it’s a simple maintenance job. In addition to removing the old paint, fire escapes must be cleaned with a power-washer. Then, the whole assembly should be painted.
The structural condition of a fire escape is vital to the safety of a building. A professional fire escape inspection company can ensure that it is in good condition, and they can also inspect the stairwells and handrails. When an inspection and examination is not enough, a load test is done. Repairs are not usually required to pass this inspection, but they should still pass the fire code. Once you’ve hired an inspection company, make sure they follow the necessary process and provide the proper certification letter.
The inspection process will take one to three weeks, with some exceptions. Once complete, the certification is submitted to the AHJ for approval. There are specific requirements for fire escape inspections, including the load test and the location. The certification is also required for a Certificate of Occupancy. The inspection fee may vary depending on the size and construction of the building. In some cases, the fire escape inspection is required for the Certificate of Occupancy.
Cost Of A Fire Escape Inspection
A fire escape inspection can help you avoid the potential dangers associated with a collapsed fire escape. However, it requires a skilled professional to ensure your safety. These professionals will check the structure of the fire escape and make any necessary repairs. In addition to visual inspection, they also inspect the steel beams and angles that support the fire escape. If any of these elements is compromised, the inspector may recommend adding a reinforcing plate or supporting angle.
Fire escapes built before 1978 may have lead paint. To renovate them, a licensed structural engineer must complete the inspection. Any existing welds must be x-rayed and reinforced. New repairs must be bolted. The EPA fine for welding on lead-painted structures starts at $37,500 per incident. Fortunately, there are several services available that can evaluate the condition of your fire escape.
Requirements For A Fire Escape Inspection
A building engineer must inspect a fire escape every five years to ensure it meets local law 11/98 requirements. The engineer should also note any bent or broken parts, sharp edges, and missing or damaged bricks around penetrations. He or she should also check the condition of any drop ladders. These professionals must have certifications from the State Department of Buildings. This is required for buildings six stories or higher. This type of inspection is mandatory for all buildings in New York City.
The cost of fire escape inspection services varies. Fire escapes are one of the most critical emergency safety equipment in a building. Yet they are often the least inspected. While some inspectors might look for rust on the ladders and cracked treads, a thorough evaluation by a proper fire escape inspection company can prevent fire escape violations in the future. A letter from a welding company is not sufficient. A professional engineering report should be provided.
Companies That Perform Fire Escape Inspections
A fire escape inspector carries out a multi-point inspection of a fire escape. They will check for structural issues, loose parts, or dislocation from the building, among other things. If necessary, they will also conduct repairs. They may also conduct a load test to ensure the system meets fire code requirements. In most jurisdictions, a fire escape inspection takes between two and eight hours to complete. A fire escape inspector is trained to recognize problems, such as missing or unattached stairs.
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- "I command. I return to Isengard by the shortest road."
- —Uglúk in The Two Towers
Uglúk and his company ambushed the Fellowship of the Ring at Amon Hen, succeeding in capturing two of the company's four hobbits, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. In the skirmish, Uglúk killed Boromir with arrows. Under orders from his lord Saruman, Uglúk's company set out towards Isengard.
Uglúk stood by Saruman's demands when a band of Orcs from Moria, led by Grishnákh of Mordor, tried to apprehend Merry and Pippin to take them to Mordor. Uglúk beheaded one of Grishnákh's followers to prevent Saruman's orders from being disobeyed. The hobbits were taken some way further, but near the borders of Fangorn Forest, an Éored of Rohirrim led by Éomer attacked and wiped out the Uruk-hai. Uglúk was slain in single combat by Éomer himself during the fighting.
Portrayal in adaptations
The Lord of the Rings (1978 animated film)
In The Lord of the Rings (1978), Uglúk is voiced by an unnamed extra. He has the same general appearance as most Orcs in the film, and wields a spiked mace.
He is first seen when Merry and Pippin accidentally stumble into the orc camp at Amon Hen, crashing into his back. While trying to corral them, Merry stabs and injures one of his arms; another orc tries attacking them with an axe, but Uglúk fatally strikes him with his mace because of orders to take the hobbits alive.
After Boromir is killed and the hobbits are captured, Uglúk attempts to lead his band to Isengard on foot. He kicks Pippin for tripping and then forces the hobbits to drink something. Like in the book, he has an acrimonious relationship with Mordor orc Grishnákh, knocking him down at one point to take his drink and give it to the hobbits.
He is not seen again after the Rohirrim attack on his group, but he was presumably killed along with the rest of the Orcs.
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
In Peter Jackson's movie adaptation of The Two Towers, Uglúk is played by Nathaniel Lees. In the preceding film, the initial leader of the Uruk-hai was Lurtz, who killed Boromir and was slain by Aragorn at Amon Hen. Uglúk took command of the troop after his death, proving himself disciplined by standing by the instructions given by Saruman from the "master".
On their way to Isengard, the Uruk-hai are intercepted by a group of Mordor Orcs led by Grishnákh, who demands they hand the Hobbits over, spurring an argument. When Mauhúr reports the smell of "man-flesh", Uglúk realizes that they are being pursued by Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, and he and Grishnákh forestall their arguing and begin a relentless sprint toward Isengard. After a day of haste, the Mordor Orcs tire and demand a break, and Uglúk orders that the troop rests by Fangorn Forest. There, tensions between the two groups resume. When Snaga's hunger proves a threat to the captive Merry and Pippin, Uglúk reminds him of their importance (and that they "are not for eating"), but Snaga tries to lay hands on them anyway; Uglúk beheads him in response, then proceeds to cannibalize his corpse with the other Uruks.
Distracted by their feast, the troop is suddenly ambushed by the Éomer and the Rohirrim whom Wormtongue had earlier banished, and all Orcs including Uglúk are slain. Any duel with Éomer, however, was excluded from the films.
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Zeravshan Valley - A Great Attraction in Central Asia
Tajikistan is a mountains landlocked country in Central Asia. Tajikistan is covered by mountains range of Pamir and Alay mountains. More than 50% of Tajikistan is situated 3000m above sea level. The lower land area is in north of Tajikistan which is part of Fergana valley and in southern area which consists of Kofarnihon and Vakhsh river valleys. Dividing lower elevations of Tajikistan into northern and southern areas are chains of 3 mountains. In this article we are going to talk about one of them. We are going to explore Zeravshan Valley that lies in Northern Tajikistan embedded between Pamir and Alay. Zeravshan is quite popular among tourists. So let us see in brief about Zeravshan valley.
Zeravshan is a mountain range which falls in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Literal meaning of word Zeravshan in Tajik is Golden River. The Zeravshan valley receives water from Zerivshan river which crosses the valley. So what makes this valley attractive among travellers? The valley is quite beautiful because this area is unique with its mountain landscape and it's beautiful lakes. Full of beautiful lakes like Alauddin lake, Kulikalon lake, Iskanderkul lake and seven lakes of shing make the valley a famous tourism destination in Tajikistan and Central Asia. Interesting historical fact attached to this valley is that The Tajik ancestors- fire worshippers called the Sogdians- have lived more than 1500 years along the Zeravshan valley. So guided trekking and cultural tours from both Uzbekistan and Tajikistan is quite popular here. You can add this valley trip along with your Samarkand and Bukhara visit or you can arrange your trip to this valley from Panjakent.
What do you get to see there? You get to see old Panjakent. Ruins of Old Panjakent is an archaeological site. Panjakent was there some 2500 years ago, a city on the silk road. You get to see The seven pearls of the shing. This is a string of seven lakes in which each lake has its particular colour and flora embedded in it which makes String of seven lakes a must see site for tourists. You can see Fan mountains. High peaks of alpinists with green meadows, old juniper forests and great number of huge turquoise lakes makes Fan mountain an amazing and muse see sight here. You get to see Iskander kul lake. The water of the Iskander kul lake is too cold to go into for swimming. A story also goes about this lake that the great Alexander had lost his horse somewhere near this lake. You also can see Yagnob valley. This valley is for off the beaten path travellers. Here you can find rural Tajikistan in its purest form.
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Osteopathic physicians (also called doctors of osteopathic medicine, or DOs) are doctors who practice the full scope of modern medicine like medical doctors (MDs). They have a whole-person approach to treatment and care, with special training in the connection between the body's nerves, muscles, and bones.
DOs can prescribe medicine, order medical tests, and perform surgery. They serve as primary care providers, provide care in hospital settings, and may become certified in a specialty, such as anesthesiology, obstetrics and gynecology, or general surgery.
Osteopathic physicians complete osteopathic medical school, followed by an internship and residency program. Accreditation of colleges of osteopathic medicine is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council on Postsecondary Education.
Like doctors who have an MD (Medical Doctor) degree, DOs must pass a state medical board examination to obtain a license and enter practice. Each state board sets its own requirements and then issues the license for the osteopathic physician to practice in that state. All states require licensure for osteopathic physicians.
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The Pronunciation Practice is an excellent way for you to improve your speaking and vocabulary skills. With this tool, you will learn how to speak more confidently using different words and expand your vocabulary.
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15000+ students are more globally minded! In 2021, ICE launched
– 103 educational programmes with
– 15 FREE programmes offered to underprivileged schools and societies
– Directly impacted with 15000+ students and participants
– 43% Universities and corporates, 57% secondary and primary schools
– Over 95,000 views on YouTube!
– New activities: Sustainable Development Goals course, Model United Nations Training, Quidditch, Pinata workshop, etc.
In 2022, we hope to continue to connect aspiring youths to world leaders to maximize their future career opportunities.
#1 Students were matched with international guests to create mini documentaries. These type of projects nurtured global competency of students and improved their interview and cross cultural communication skills.
#2 Bringing in global female leaders from different fields e.g. the United Nations Development Programme and one of the first female space engineer in Krygyzstan to share about their career choices with the girls from Sacred Heart Canossian College.
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Here’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal:
Geoffrey Manne rightly applauds Facebook’s offering of Free Basics (“a ‘zero-rated’ service that allows users to access Facebook – and other useful websites – without incurring data charges”) which has given Internet access to millions of poor people (“Since When Is Free Web Access A Bad Thing? ” Jan. 29). Yet as Mr. Manne explains, ‘net-neutralicists’ object; they demand that service providers be forced to charge one, flat price for access to all of these providers’ services and content.
Mr. Manne’s essay prompts me to imagine what the world would look like if ‘food-neutralicists’ were similarly on the loose:
A hungry woman dying of thirst in the desert is approached by an entrepreneur who offers her unlimited quantities of bottles of water and a selection of snacks, all at a price of $0. No strings attached. The entrepreneur also informs the woman that, if she wishes, he’ll sell to her a seven-course meal (champagne included) for $100. A moment later an armed regulator shows up. Offering nothing to anyone but diktats, the regulator orders the entrepreneur to cease and desist this practice of differential pricing. Unless the entrepreneur offers to the woman access at one, flat price to all that he sells, the entrepreneur must not offer the woman anything.
Uncertain of the woman’s willingness to pay enough for a seven-course meal (champagne included) – and unable to afford to supply such a meal free of charge – the entrepreneur leaves the scene, giving the woman nothing. The woman soon dies as the regulator boasts of his magnanimity at having protected her access to “food-neutrality.”
Donald J. Boudreaux
Professor of Economics
Martha and Nelson Getchell Chair for the Study of Free Market Capitalism at the Mercatus Center
George Mason University
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Business Wi-Fi routers sit at the heart of their networks and it is important to choose the best router for your specific requirements. Routers are designed to share your business internet connection between the computers and other devices connected to the network, with a variety of features available to enhance their performance.
Prices for business Wi-Fi routers can vary widely from entry level consumer routers to feature packed large-scale business routers. To help you find the best router for your budget, we take a look at the most important features of a business Wi-Fi router.
Single or dual band business Wi-Fi routers
In wireless communications there are two main frequencies, 2.4GHZ and 5GHz, with dual band routers able to pick up both frequencies. A basic single band router may suffer from interference and the bandwidth signal may become congested, as it will only provide 3 non-overlapping channels. Overall, a dual band business Wi-Fi router will offer higher speeds and improved performance thanks to the availability of 23 non-overlapping channels.
Guest Wi-Fi access
Some business Wi-Fi routers will offer wireless guest access, which allows you to make your internet connection available using a separate wireless network name (SSID). This connection is virtually separated from your main business Wi-Fi network and different security settings are applied. This means it is possible to provide visitors, the public and contractors with access to the internet, while keeping your own Wi-Fi network secure.
Separate networks (VLANS)
Most business Wi-Fi routers offer the ability to create multiple virtual networks, which are commonly referred to as VLANs. These virtual networks are designed to separate traffic on your Wi-Fi network, which can be very useful for businesses with multiple departments. For example, it is possible to create a separate VLAN for the management team designed to hold sensitive information.
Business Wi-Fi routers often include additional security features, which are grouped together as UTM gateways or Unified Threat Management Gateways. These gateways can scan for viruses, protect against spam and filter content to protect your business from threats and dangerous content. Many business Wi-Fi routers also have built-in integrated firewalls, which support security keys such as WEP, WPA and WPA2, for an extra level of network security.
There are some business Wi-Fi routers which include a USB port, which will allow you to share connections to USB printers or external drives with those connected to the network. This can be a useful feature if your current hardware is not network ready and is often a cheaper alternative than replacing expensive hardware.
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If someone were to ask you to define Atlanta in a brief summary, what would you say?
In general, trying to distill an entire metropolitan statistical area down to an elevator pitch or cute tagline is a good way to be proven wrong.
So maybe the best thing to say is “I don’t know.” Plus, these days it feels like everyone — native, resident and/or rando – has an expert opinion on what Atlanta is and is not. While appreciated, it’s not exactly necessary for one person to tell a whole city who it is.
But in fairness, we know that people will always attempt to define something anyway, so since we’re all here we might as well provide a bit of a blanket statement, by way of a few Is-es and Ain’ts.
While we feel strongly about our accuracy, we also know that we share this city with you and the rest of the world, so we’re totally fine if you write us saying you don’t know WTF we’re on but we’re totally off in our assertions. No, really, tell us if we’re wrong.
The Churn isn’t just people who talk and don’t listen. Issa feedback loop — we want to hear from you!
In the meantime, here are a few inarguable facts on what Atlanta Is and what Atlanta Ain’t.
Atlanta Is… America’s hip-hop capital.
We don’t have to debate this. New York is the birthplace of hip-hop. L.A. is where hip-hop found new life. The South and Midwest are where the culture was reborn. But no other city runs rap today like Atlanta.
Atlanta Ain’t… Scared of any other form of music.
You may think Atlanta is all about snappin’ and trappin’ until you F around and ride by State Farm Arena when Garth Brooks is performing.
We can always bring John Mayer into it.
Hell, for that matter, have you been to the Atlanta Opera lately? Damn, sorry — of course not. Point is there’s a great deal of musical talent in this city, and we support all the good stuff.
Atlanta Is… A beautifully diverse city where people get along.
That’s just the truth.
We may have different politics, live in different neighborhoods, send our kids to different schools and disagree on whether the chicken wing or the Waffle House omelet comes first, but folks really do get along here.
One way to test this: Come to Atlanta, walk into the middle of Centennial Olympic Park, and yell out “F**k OutKast!”
You’ll get your ass whooped by a rainbow coalition of people across a wide spectrum of age, religious beliefs and even native languages. We come together over ‘Kast, and everything else that represents The Atlanta Way.
Atlanta Ain’t… “The City Too Busy To Hate”.
Here in Atlanta, we honor the legacies of John Lewis, C.T. Vivian, Hosea Williams, Ralph David Abernathy, Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King, Ivan Allen Jr., Maynard Jackson and others who pushed for equality. And the work is far from done — in fact it may never be — yet we keep working on it.
But to be clear, this beautiful city is certainly not too busy to hate.
Atlanta has time.
With all its good intentions and positive energy, Atlanta sometimes falls short of the goal of being truly inclusive and equitable. If it was perfect, we wouldn’t be hustling so hard to get it right.
And all those heroes mentioned above didn’t walk as far as they did for us to sit down now. The work continues until it’s truly all love.
Atlanta is… A majority-Black city.
The U.S. Census says that as of 2019 the population of the city of Atlanta — not to be confused with Greater or Metro Atlanta and its surrounding suburbs — is 51.3 percent Black. Facts.
Atlanta Ain’t… Immune to gentrification.
We’re like every other majority-Black city.
People have figured out that they really want to be here all of a sudden. And people who have lived in traditionally underserved communities are unfortunately being displaced rather rapidly these days.
See the historic West End, where the HBCUs of the Atlanta University Center went from being surrounded by housing projects around the Olympics to being bought up by people who may mean well but probably aren’t sending their kids to Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse or Spelman College.
And that was before news broke that Microsoft is coming to Bankhead.
Atlanta Is… The chicken wing capital of America.
Yeah, we’ve heard of Buffalo (shout out to Atlanta resident Westside Gunn and Griselda!), but nah.
Just because they invented one admittedly delicious wing sauce doesn’t mean they get to own the entire chicken body part. Just like with hip-hop, Atlanta has taken the crown, and tossed it in a sauce that is both lemony and peppery.
Atlanta Ain’t… Afraid of eating wings in strip clubs.
We eat and drink everywhere in Atlanta. Why wouldn’t we want food where shoe-models dance? And why wouldn’t that food be way better than it’s probably supposed to be? Don’t judge Lou Williams — judge ol’ muscle-head-ass Terry Crews.
Atlanta Is… Where every celebrity secretly owns a home.
Everybody lives here. They just don’t want you to know where, unless you get that pool party invite. It’s a running joke that every single professional athlete has a spot in The A, even though they don’t play for the Hawks, Braves or Falcons (this is because they’re playing a whole different game, but that’s for another story).
Atlanta Ain’t… “Y’allywood”.
Mane, nobody says “Y’allywood,” dammit. Stop saying that. This is Atlanta. Hollywood needs to get on Tyler Perry’s/our level. When’s the last time you saw a TV show or movie that didn’t have that Georgia logo in the credits?
We’re doing well enough to go by our own name; preshate it.
Think about it: Would people in L.A. like it if we started calling their city “Los Atlangeles?”
Atlanta Is… The home of Freaknik.
Oooweee, you had to be there. It was a glorious mess of anarchy. Interstates became parking lots because brave ATLiens answered the call to ghost-ride the whip — before it was a thing in Oakland — while beautiful ladies twerked on top of backseats in convertibles. It was the most lit thing Atlanta ever had, possibly excluding the sun. But even the sun goes down…
Atlanta Ain’t… Ever having a real Freaknik again.
Those days are over. Sure, we can reminisce or do something “inspired by,” but you will absolutely never see the Freaknik of the mid-90s again.
That was a different time.
Those young ladies and gentlemen acting a whole donkey back then? They are uncles and aunts now — today’s PTA presidents and church ushers. But oooh lawd they had that thyow… At least we’ll always have So So Def Bass All-Stars.
Atlanta Is… Not fun to drive in.
There was a brief moment of commuter glory — maybe two months — where Atlanta traffic was as clear as the skies, and both were results of the coronavirus.
But before and since then, these ATL streets, highways, backroads and even sidewalks (what up BeltLine!) have been hammered by Hemis, hovercrafts, ATVs, motorcycles and even e-scooters, operated by people who seem like they intentionally failed their driving tests.
People say they have worse traffic until they visit, and you’ve never seen nervousness until you’re on the Connector during rush hour, riding with someone from out of town who rented a car at the airport but declined the supplemental auto insurance.
Atlanta Ain’t… Really interested in making traffic better.
You know this is true because Gwinnett County refuses to let MARTA come in, which is just insane. Also, you may have noticed there’s no reliable form of public transportation getting to, fro and around in Cobb County.
Yes, that’s on purpose. Oh, and did you know Atlanta has a Streetcar?
Good, because nobody else does either.
What this means is that you have two choices: Live where you work, or experience emotional trauma every weekday. Or, you know, MARTA. Even park and ride is better than ride and park, knowm talmbout?
Atlanta Is… Weird when it comes to money.
It is well known that Atlanta has major income inequality issues, which is ridiculous.
There are lots of Fortune 500 companies here, including Coca-Cola, Delta, Home Depot and others, and even though we’re pushing six million in the metro area, the population of Atlanta proper is less than 600k.
The fact that there are residents of Atlanta who aren’t eating three meals a day is unacceptable. We’ve gotta change that.
That’s why you’ll see The Churn talking about that paper, how it’s moving and how you and your folks can get it. We know it’s not easy to share money these days, but we are asking you to share game, especially if you know something we don’t. Let us know!
Atlanta Ain’t… “Closed”.
Too many people keep saying stuff like we don’t need more people in Atlanta. Fine if that’s your opinion, but don’t expect it to become reality.
Folks are moving here, and fast. New Yorkers and Angelenos are escaping left and right on some Kurt Russell shit, and Chicago is great, but winter in The Go?
Hell no, we won’t. Where else are you gonna go?
All roads literally lead to Atlanta. You know you’re wrong if you’re being selfish and telling folks on social media they aren’t welcome here when there’s plenty of room for more smart, talented and cool-ass people. Boi stop!
Atlanta Is… Wait, this is getting long.
Look, Atlanta is everything.
And Atlanta isn’t finished becoming what it will be. So if you want to know what Atlanta really is, there’s really only one real answer: It’s undefined. That means no one has the right to tell you what Atlanta is to you.
But Atlanta ain’t all yours. You share it with your neighbors, visitors, people on the other side of the planet who love the culture but have never set foot in College Park other than the airport, and would likely mistake the SWATS for something you wave at one of those big-ass Georgia mosquitos.
Atlanta is a national city, a global city, and a galaxy of its own. It is the greatest place on Earth. It deserves a media company like Butter, and a newsletter like The Churn.
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With Palm Sunday less than a week away, the inauguration comes during one of the busiest times of the year on the Christian calendar. And the day was part solemn ritual, part public celebration.
Before mass, the pope thrilled the crowd by taking about a half-hour ride through the square in an open-air jeep. Along the way, he stopped and reached out to some of the estimated 150,000 to 200,000 people who gathered.
Still wearing his simple iron cross he wore as a cardinal, the pope accepted the gold fisherman's ring and wool stole, symbols of the papacy.
In his homily, the pope urged protection of the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
Representatives from 132 countries and international organizations were expected to attend the installation Mass. Vice President Joe Biden met with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti in Rome. Biden is the first Roman Catholic to serve as vice president, and he led the U.S. delegation for the formal installation of the pope.
The Vatican said no one was officially invited to the inaugural Mass, but everyone was welcome to come. And that included the pope's former adversary, the president of his native Argentina, Christina Kirchner. The two met Monday and interacted like they were old friends. But when Francis was a cardinal in Argentina, Kirchner described his social views as "medieval."
He often clashed with Kirchner over legalizing gay marriage, calling it the "devil's handiwork." He called gay adoption "discrimination against children" and he's denounced abortion as promoting "a culture of death." But the powerful Catholic strongholds of Argentina and Brazil are becoming more progressive. Gay marriage is now legal and contraception is readily available.
So far, the pope's conservative stance on social issues appears to be having no impact on his popularity. Francis is quickly becoming known as the people's pope, mingling with parishioners like a local priest.
While Francis has already made an impression as a pope of the people concerned about the welfare of the poor, the test is yet to come to see what kind of difference he can make inheriting a church wracked by a decades-old sexual abuse scandal and claims of corruption in the clergy.
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JACKSON, Miss.—Mississippi’s young students are building a strong foundation for future educational success with the help of America Reads—Mississippi (ARM) AmeriCorps members, who in turn receive scholarships to help them pursue their own degrees. AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteering and national service, recently announced continued funding for the America-Reads Mississippi program, which will soon enter its 23rd year of helping Mississippi children get their education off to a strong start and helping AmeriCorps members complete their educational goals of completing a bachelor’s degree.
“This grant represents an investment in the success of our state’s students along the P-20 continuum and builds community connections among the universities, local K-12 schools, tutors and students,” said Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr., Commissioner of Higher Education. “Additionally, many of the AmeriCorps members go on to become certified K-12 teachers in Mississippi classrooms, which aids in addressing current teacher shortage.”
Managed by the Institutions of Higher Learning staff, America Reads—Mississippi has demonstrated educational service collaboration between universities, local elementary schools and districts, and community organizations. Their work is coordinated through four regional university offices, including Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, The University of Southern Mississippi, and Delta State University, which is returning as a regional office this year.
Since 1998, more than 4,900 AmeriCorps members have given at least one year of service and served more than 63,000 K-3rd grade students, tutoring them during the school day and in after-school programs. AmeriCorps members have received approximately $17.4 million in education award scholarships, which have allowed them to achieve their dreams of earning a degree, during that time. Many of the scholarship recipients have utilized these funds to gain the credentials necessary to become certified teachers.
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'It's a pretty catchy bug': Prevea CEO on how to prevent coronavirus spread
"It's a pretty catchy bug. When you come in contact with it you get it. That's not like most viruses. It transmits very rapidly." That's how Prevea Health President/CEO Dr. Ashok Rai describes the coronavirus, or COVID-19.
Dr. Rai joined us on Action 2 News This Morning for an interactive event on WBAY's Facebook Live. He answered your questions about the virus.
There are seven active confirmed cases of the virus in Wisconsin. Two of those cases are in Fond du Lac County.
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The virus has been declared a global pandemic.
Dr. Rai says it is essential right now to practice "social distancing." That's staying home, avoiding large crowds, and canceling large events.
Rai says these actions are not drastic and not the result of a "hysteria." "Those are really smart things to do," he says.
"At the end of the day, we know this virus spreads extremely fast. And we know it's lethal," Dr. Rai said on Action 2 News This Morning.
The reason: the United States health care infrastructure is not designed for a pandemic.
"Canceling events is not mass hysteria. Mass hysteria is when a health system is completely overrun and 20 people need a ventilator and we have one ventilator left and we have to make a decision on which person is going to survive and which person isn't. That's the situation we're trying to prevent right now," says Dr. Rai.
The local health care systems are taking cues from how other countries have handled the pandemic.
"We are really trying to learn as much as we can from the other countries. Those that did things well, like South Korea, and those that may have had things delayed and had a health system overwhelmed, like what happened in Italy. And the only way we know to prevent this right now is social distancing," says Dr. Rai.
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What should you do you if you have symptoms?
"If you have a fever and you have a cough and you have COVID-19 and you're healthy, don't come see us," says Dr. Rai. "We can't do anything for you. We're going to recommend things over the phone. Call us. Use our virtual platforms. Telemedicine."
He continues, "We'll triage you. If you have underlying health conditions and you do our triage, we will automatically get you in. But we want to get you in in a safe manner."
Rai says people who are sick should isolate, wash their hands regularly and avoid touching the face.
"We do not have the ability to test everybody right now. When we're able to do mass testing, the health systems will figure out a way with the public health department to organize that," says Dr. Rai. "We're working on that every day on where we're going to do the testing in town, how many testing spots we need."
Older people and those with underlying health conditions (heart disease, diabetes, lung disease) are considered at high risk, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People with those conditions should take the proper precautions.
"You really need to be careful. Practicing good hand hygiene, good health habits. Social isolation is really important for them," says Dr. Rai. "If they have symptoms, especially if they've traveled or been in contact with somebody, they should be calling us."
Action 2 News viewers asked a lot of good questions about the virus. One of those: if you get it once, can you get it again?
"We don't know yet. When we say it is a novel virus, that means we've never seen it before. So we don't know those characteristics," says Dr. Rai. "All we know is what we're hearing from other countries, and other countries are just getting over their first wave. Some have done a really, really good job at social isolation. Some have done even a better job at mass testing. Those countries that have done mass testing will be able to test again."
What are treatment options?
"We're treating symptoms, not the virus. So if you have a fever, we're giving you Tylenol or Advil for pain relief. Those are for people who don't need other medications that they should be taking. In the hospital if you get really sick and you can't breathe, we're treating that symptom by putting you on a ventilator if you need it. But really right now there's no technical treatment. We're treating the consequences of the virus. Not the virus itself," says Dr. Rai.
"When is it time to come to the hospital? Call us. If you're immune-compromised in any way or you're having a hard time breathing or you're having any other serious symptoms let us know. We will get you in the hospital. We'll tell you where to go so we can isolate those patients right away."
COVID-19 is spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
"The virus is found in droplets from the throat and nose. When someone coughs or sneezes, other people near them can breathe in those droplets. The virus can also spread when someone touches an object with the virus on it. If that person touches their mouth, face, or eyes the virus can make them sick," says the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
DHS recommends taking these steps to help stop the spread of the virus:
--Frequent and thorough handwashing with soap and water.
--Covering coughs and sneezes.
--Avoiding touching your face.
--Staying home when sick.
The virus originated in Wuhan, China. The spread started in December 2019.
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