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Is Washington, D.C., home to the worst drivers in America?
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Want to avoid a car accident? Here’s a hint: Stay away from Washington, D.C.
According to Allstate Insurance Co.'s annual report on the 200 largest U.S. cities and how safe it is to drive in them, the nation’s capital ranked at the bottom of the pile. Drivers in D.C. are 107.3 % more likely to have a car accident as compared to the national average.
Overall, they ranked 193 on the Best Drivers Report (not 200, because some cities share a ranking). The surrounding areas didn’t fare much better. Arlington, Va., ranked 180, and Alexandria, Va., ranked 184.
Some other places you might not want to drive -- as anyone who has encountered New Jersey drivers might expect -- are Elizabeth, N.J., ranked 181, and Jersey City comes in at 186. Those two cities in the Garden State received particuarly low rankings.
As for the safest cities in which to drive in America, the data suggest you might be more likely to find motorists checking rear-view mirrors, side-view mirrors and glancing over their shoulders before changing lanes in Fort Collins, Colo. That city was ranked as being the safest in which to drive. Boise, Idaho, was a close second, and Lincoln, Neb., came in third.
The authors of the report note that drivers in cities with populations over 1 million are significantly more likely to experience a collision, but of the bigger cities, Phoenix is where you’re least likely to have a collision, followed by San Diego and then San Antonio, Texas.
Allstate determined these rankings by analyzing insurance claims received by the company.
‘Internal property damage reported claims were analyzed over a two-year period (from January 2008 to December 2009) to ensure the findings would not be impacted by external influences such as weather or road construction,’ the company said in a release.
Of course, accident rates have a lot to do with weather, so dry cities such as Phoenix and San Diego would be expected to have lower crash rates than cities with unpleasantness such as rain and snow.
And D.C. defenders might point out, justifiably so, that the roads in the area were laid out before the American Revolution.
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Opposite of me in high school
[Update 2: Some people have questioned the methods of the survey to which this response has been given by the surveyors:
“Wiseman reached out through Twitter and Facebook because that’s where her colleagues in the educational field most easily interact with her. Burch, Kuhn and Wiseman reached out on Twitter to inform and encourage participation. It was a risk we took and we understood that people could look at this and dismiss the results. However, the majority of our responses came from schools and were verified by teachers and principals who told us when they were administering the survey to their students.”
The entirety of the statement can be read here.]
[Update: Rosalind Wiseman and Ashly Burch gave a speech about this very survey at GDC this year which you can see here.]
1,400 middle and high school students were surveyed about gender representation in games (amongst other topics) by Rosalind Wiseman, Charlie Kuhn, and Ashly Burch — co-star of Hey Ash Whatcha Playin’?, the show that got its start right here on Dtoid and is now being funded on Patreon. The group calls the survey exploratory and not a thorough evaluation, but believes it is an important area to study.
The survey suggests that boys believe female characters are treated too often as sex objects, with high school boys believing that statement more so than their middle school counterparts. 55% of boys who identified as gamers believed there should be more female heroes in games, while 57% felt females were treated too often as sex objects.
Both boys and girls aren’t more likely to play a game based on the gender of the protagonist, though girls care more about playing as a female character as they age and boys care less about playing as a male one. Perhaps this is why we hear about diversity and representation from the press so much; we all grow tired of the same old characters eventually and start to yearn for something different. | <urn:uuid:a132b871-18b1-4bb8-b437-79b6faf8ed04> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.destructoid.com/we-want-more-female-heroes-and-fewer-sex-objects-say-teenage-boys/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.982825 | 417 | 1.75 | 2 |
6. Why Did The Autopsy Doctor Burn His Report?
As is standard procedure in any autopsy, the organs are removed and weighed, but in the case of Kennedy’s autopsy, Dr. James Joseph Humes failed to do so. The reason for the lack of procedure can be chalked up to the unbelievable stress of the situation for Dr. Humes, however, there can be no excuse for what he did next. He didn’t keep the original JFK autopsy report.
Instead, he made a handwritten copy and burned the original. When asked years later why he would do such an inexplicable thing to one of the most important documents in the 20th century, he claim he did it to stop the bloodstained report from becoming a source of morbid fascination. Strange then, that he had other bloodstained documents from that day that he failed to destroy.
Another odd outcome from the autopsy was the now famous autopsy photos that reside in the National Archive. Ones that fail to show the extent of the president’s injuries. Not only that, when Saundra K. Spencer, the woman who developed the photographs at the Navy’s photographic laboratory in Washington, was shown these pictures. She claimed they did not resemble the images she had processed and that the paper type used for these images was not the same as the paper she used on that day. | <urn:uuid:ade24b10-eb53-43bf-9e6d-a846f0283fa1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thecaptain.com/15-unanswered-questions-about-jfks-assassination/7/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.961992 | 278 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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Effects of Non-Payment or Standard Is Hefty
The crushing financial obligation taken on by People in the us so that you can get college levels is having a big effect on our economy as well as on our nation-wide politics.
By the 4th quarter of 2020, $1.56 trillion education loan financial obligation had been outstanding. About 44% of the borrowers had been earnestly trying to make re payments at the time of 2019, while another 6.5% had been regarded online payday loans New Mexico as being in delinquency or default.
In March 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the us government announced relief for federally-funded figuratively speaking: all loan payments and collection on defaulted loans stopped, and rates of interest for student loans fallen to 0%. These measures have been in effect till September 2021.
If you should be considering taking out fully student education loans, or have previously taken them out and are usually fighting repayment, here are a few things you must know in regards to the consequences of non-payment.
Federal and Private Student Education Loans Are Very Different
That $1.56 trillion pertains simply to financial obligation taken in by students or their moms and dads whom took away student that is federal. Some extra financial obligation is owed to personal banking institutions along with other loan providers.
These personal loans are gathered in a manner that is totally different there might be less types of recourse available in the event your loan is personal instead of general public.
Consolidation and Repayment Plans Are Available
When you have issues making repayments in your federal student education loans, know that they may be combined into one loan in order to make payment easier.
There’s also a wide range of income-based payment plans, that may provide borrowers additional time to settle their loan, decreasing the economic burden.
The Distinction Between Default and Delinquency
That loan becomes delinquent regarding the very first time after a repayment deadline is missed. There are numerous phases of delinquency, including thirty days overdue, 60 times delinquent, and 3 months overdue.
Each level gets a bit more severe. The mortgage will not get into standard until much later on, that could be at the very least 270 times (or nine months) of no re payments, with respect to the variety of loan.
Borrowers whoever loans are delinquent nevertheless have actually a true wide range of repayment choices. Default kicks a few reactions into action that are a lot more tough to resolve.
The first Effects of Default
As soon as a loan is recognized as to stay standard, the effects may be serious. The whole unpaid stability plus interest becomes immediately due and payable.
Borrowers lose any eligibility they might have experienced for deferment, forbearance as well as other repayment plans. They’ll not qualify for any future student that is federal, additionally the loan account are going to be turned up to a group agency.
The Long-lasting Effects of Default
There’s no statute of limitations on the assortment of federal education loan financial obligation. Even though the federal government may forgive student education loans in particular instances, this doesn’t connect with loans in standard.
These records will be reported towards the credit reporting agencies and can impact the debtor’s credit score. That hurts the individual’s capability to borrow funds or also obtain a task as time goes on.
The federal government may also withhold income that is federal refunds, garnish wages, or withhold Social protection re payments to stay your debt.
According to just how efficient the federal government is with in updating its electronic documents, it may influence an individual’s capability to restore a driver’s permit or license that is professional also stop the debtor from enlisting within the Armed Forces.
The Quantity Goes On
The debt that is total just become worse. You can find extra interest expenses, belated charges, prospective lawyer costs, court expenses, collection charges, as well as other expenses related to the collection procedure that could be included with the quantity owed.
It Could Get Severe
The debtor may be taken and sued to court for non-payment.
When an unpaid loan begins going through the court procedure, the judge may issue particular purchases. Although a borrower may not be arrested solely for non-payment of a loan, an arrest warrant could be given in cases where a judge’s sales aren’t followed.
There could be extra fees if it’s determined that fraud ended up being mixed up in initial application for the loan or false information had been supplied.
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The Mathematics Behind Support Vector Machine Algorithm (SVM)
This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon.
One of the classifiers that we come across while learning about machine learning is Support Vector Machine or SVM. This algorithm is one of the most popular classification algorithms used in machine learning.
In this article, we will learn about the mathematics involved behind the Support Vector Machine for a classification problem, how it classifies the classes and gives a prediction.
Table of Contents
- Gentle Introduction to Support Vector Machine (SVM)
- Few Concepts to know before learning the secret behind the algorithm
- Diving Deep into the sea of mathematics
- 3.1 Where to use SVM / Background of SVM
- 3.1.1 Case 1: Perfect separated binary classified dataset
- 3.1.2 Equation for Perfect separation
- 3.2 Case 2: Imperfect Separation dataset
- 3.2.1 Final Equation to solve for Imperfect separation
- 3.2.2 Primal – Dual – Lagrangian
- 3.2.3 Use of kernelization to obtain final results
- 3.1 Where to use SVM / Background of SVM
- End Points
1. Support Vector Machine
A Support Vector Machine or SVM is a machine learning algorithm that looks at data and sorts it into one of two categories.
Support Vector Machine is a supervised and linear Machine Learning algorithm most commonly used for solving classification problems and is also referred to as Support Vector Classification.
There is also a subset of SVM called SVR which stands for Support Vector Regression which uses the same principles to solve regression problems.
SVM is most commonly used and effective because of the use of the Kernel method which basically helps in solving the non-linearity of the equation in a very easy manner.
P.S. — Since this article is written focusing on the mathematical part. Kindly refer to this article for a complete overview of the working of the algorithm
2. Quintessential Topics for SVM
Support Vector Machine basically helps in sorting the data into two or more categories with the help of a boundary to differentiate similar categories.
So, first let’s revise the formulae for how each data is represented in space, and what is an equation of a line which will help in segregating the similar categories, and lastly the distance formula between a data point and the line (a boundary separating the categories).
2.1 A point in a space
Let’s assume we have some data where we(algorithm of SVM) are asked to differentiate between the males and females based on first studying the characteristics of both the genders and then accurately label the unseen data if someone is a male or a female.
In this example, the characteristics which will help to differentiate the gender are basically called features in machine learning.
Assuming that we are already familiar with the concept of the domain, range, and co-domain while defining a function in real space. (If not, kindly click on the image for understanding the concept with an example)
When we define x in a real space, we understand its domain, and on mapping a function for y = f(x), we get range and co-domain.
So, initially, we are given the data which is to be separated by the algorithm.
The data given for separating/classifying is represented as a unique point in a space where each point is represented by some feature vector x.
x ∊ RD
Note: R^D here is a vector space with D dimension, it isn’t necessary to have a hang of this concept for this algorithm.
We are applying a similar concept of the domain, range, mapping a function for the data points here, instead of real space, we have a vector space for x.
Further, mapping the point on a complex feature space x,
Φ(x) ∊ RM
The transformed feature space for each input feature mapped to a transformed basis vector Φ(x) can be defined as:
2.2 Decision Boundary
So now that we have represented our points visually, our next job is to separate these points using a line and this is where the term decision boundary comes into the picture.
Decision Boundary is the main separator for dividing the points into their respective classes.
(How and why do I say, main separator and not just any separator will we cover while understanding the math)
Equation of Hyperplane :
The equation of the main separator line is called a hyperplane equation.
Let us look at the equation for a straight line with slope m and intercept c.
The equation becomes : mx + c = 0
(To notice: we have fit a straight/linear line which is 1-D in a 2-D space)
The hyperplane equation dividing the points (for classifying) can now easily be written as:
H: wT(x) + b = 0
Here: b = Intercept and bias term of the hyperplane equation
In D dimensional space, the hyperplane would always be D -1 operator.
For example, for 2-D space, a hyperplane is a straight line (1-D).
2.3 Distance Measure
Now that we have seen, how to represent data points, and how to fit a separating line between the points. But, while fitting the separating line, we would obviously want such a line that would be able to segregate the data points in the best possible way having the least mistakes/errors of miss-classification.
So, to have the least errors in the classification of the data points, that concept will require us to first know the distance between a data point and the separating line.
The distance of any line, ax + by + c = 0 from a given point say, (x0 , y0) is given by d.
Similarly, the distance of a hyperplane equation: wTΦ(x) + b = 0 from a given point vector Φ(x0) can be easily written as :
here ||w||2 is the Euclidean norm for the length of w given by :
3. There’s plenty of
fish Mathematics in the sea
We talked about an example of differentiating genders, so such problems are called classification problems. Now a classification problem can have only two (binary) classes for separating or can have more than two too which are known as a multi-class classification problems.
But not all classification predictive models support multi-class classification, algorithms such as the Logistic Regression and Support Vector Machines (SVM) were designed for binary classification and do not natively support classification tasks with more than two classes.
But if someone stills want to use the binary classification algorithms for multi-classification problems, one approach which is widely used is to split the multi-class classification datasets into multiple binary classification datasets and then fit a binary classification model on each.
Two different examples of this approach are the One-vs-Rest and One-vs-One strategies. One can read about the two approaches here.
Moving ahead with the main topic of understanding the math, we will be considering binary-class classification problem for two reasons:
- As already mentioned above, SVM works much better for binary class
- It would be easy to understand the math since our target variable ( variable / unseen data targeted to predict, whether the point is a male or a female)
- Note: This will be a One Vs One approach.
3.1.1 Case 1: (Perfect Separation for Binary Classified data) –
Continuing with our example, if the hyperplane will be able to differentiate between males and females perfectly without doing any miss-classification, then that case of separation is known as Perfect Separation.
Here, in the figure, if males are green and females are red and we can see that the hyperplane which is a line here has perfectly differentiated the two classes.
To generalize, data has two classifications, positive and negative group, and is perfectly separable, meaning that, a hyperplane can accurately separate the *training classes*.
(Training data — Data through which algorithm/model learns the pattern on how to differentiate by looking at the features
Testing data — After the model is trained on training data, the model is asked to predict the values for unseen data where only the features are given, and now the model will tell whether its a male or a female)
Now, there could be many hyperplanes giving 100% accuracy, as seen in the photograph.
“” So to choose the optimal/best hyperplane, place the hyperplane right at the center where the distance is maximum from the closest points and give the least test errors further. “”
To notice: We have to aim at the least TEST errors and NOT TRAINING errors.
So, we have to maximize the distance to give some space to the hyperplane equation which is also the goal / main idea behind SVM.
The goal of the algorithm involved behind SVM:
So now we have to:
Finding a hyperplane with the maximum margin (margin is basically a protected space around hyperplane equation) and algorithm tries to have maximum margin with the closest points (known as support vectors).
In other words, “The goal is to maximize the minimum distance.” for the distance (mentioned earlier in section 2)
, given by:
So, now that the goal is understood. While making the predictions on the training data which were binary classified as positive and negative groups, if the point is substituted from the positive group in the hyperplane equation, we will get a value greater than 0 (zero), Mathematically,
wT(Φ(x)) + b > 0
And predictions from the negative group in the hyperplane equation would give negative value as
wT(Φ(x)) + b < 0.
But here the signs were about training data, which is how we are training our model. That for positive class, give a positive sign and for negative give a negative sign.
But while testing this model on test data, If we predict a positive class (positive sign or greater than zero sign) correctly as positive, then two positives makes positive and hence greater than zero result. The same applies if we correctly predict the negative group since two negatives will again make a positive.
But if the model miss classifies the positive group as a negative group then one plus and one minus makes a minus, hence overall less than zero.
Summing up the above concept:
The product of a predicted and actual label would be greater than 0 (zero) on correct prediction, otherwise less than zero.
For perfectly separable datasets, the optimal hyperplane classifies all the points correctly, further substituting the optimal values in the weight equation.
arg max is an abbreviation for arguments of the maxima which are basically the points of the domain of a function at which function values are maximized.
(For further working of arg max in machine learning, do read here.)
Further, bringing the independent term of weight outside gives:
The inner term (minn yn |wT Φ(x) + b | ) basically represents the minimum distance of a point to the decision boundary and the closest point to the decision boundary H.
Re-scaling the distance of the closest point as 1 i.e. (minn yn |wT Φ(x) + b |) = 1. Here, the vectors remain in the same direction and the hyperplane equation will not change. It is like changing the scale of a picture; the objects expand or shrink, but the directions remain the same, and the image remains unaltered.
Re-scaling of distance is done by substituting,
The equation now becomes (describing that every point is at least 1/||w||2 distance apart from hyperplane) as
This maximization problem is equivalent to the following minimization problem which is multiplied by a constant as they don’t affect the results.
3.1.2 Primal Form of SVM (Perfect Separation) :
The above optimization problem is the Primal formulation since the problem statement has original variables.
3.2 CASE 2 : (Non – Perfect Separation)
But we all know, there is no situation where everything is perfect and something always goes the other way around.
In our example of gender classification, we cannot expect the model to give such a hyperplane equation which will perfectly separate both the genders, there would always be one or more than one point which won’t end up in their category while an optimal hyperplane equation is being fit, known as miss classification. (As described in the image below)
So we can’t expect an ideal/perfect case. Here we become smarter than the model and allow the model to make a few mistakes while classifying the points and therefore,
And hence add a slack variable as a penalty for every miss-classification for each data point represented by β (beta). So, no penalty means the data point is correctly classified, β = 0, and at any miss classification β > 1, as a penalty.
3.2.1 Primal Form of SVM(Non -Perfect Separation):
Here: for β and C
Slack for every variable should be as low as possible and further regularized by hyperparameter C
If C = 0, means less complex boundary as classifier would be not penalized by slack, as a result, the optimum hyperplane can use it anywhere and accept all large misclassifications. And as a result, the decision boundary would be linear and under fitted.
If C = infinitely high, then even small slacks would be highly penalized and the classifier can't afford to misclassify points and therefore overfitting. So parameter C is important.
The above equation is an example of Convex Quadratic Optimization since the objective function is quadratic in W and constraints are linear in W and β.
Solution for Primal form: (Non – perfect separation):
Since we have Φ, which has a complex notation. we would be rewriting the equation.
Concept is basically to get rid of Φ and hence rewrite Primal formulation in Dual Formulation known as the dual form of a problem and to solve the obtained constraint optimization problem with the help of Lagrange Multiplier method.
In other words :
Dual Form: rewrites the same problem using a different set of variables. So the alternate formulation will help in eliminating the dependence on Φ and reducing the effect will be done with Kernelization.
Lagrange Multiplier Method: It is a strategy to find the local minima or maxima of a function subject to the condition that one or more equations have to be satisfied exactly by the chosen values of variables.
Further, the formal definition of Dual Problem can be defined as :
The Lagrangian dual problem is obtained by first forming a Lagrangian of the already obtained minimization problem with the help of a Lagrange Multiplier so that new constraints could be added to the objective function and then would be solved for the primal variable values that minimize the original objective function
This new solution makes the primal variables as functions of the Lagrange multipliers, and are called dual variables so that the new problem is to maximize the objective function for the dual variables with the new derived constraints.
This blog has explained the working of Lagrangian Multipliers in a very good way.
Taking an example of the application of Lagrange multiplier for a better understanding of how to convert a primal formulation using Lagrange multipliers to solve for optimization.
Below x is the original primal variable and to minimize the function f under a set of constraints given by g, and rewriting for a new set of variables called Lagrangian multipliers.
Solving the primal variables by differentiating the unconstrained Lagrange.
And lastly substituting back in the Lagrange equation and rewriting the constraints
Getting back at our Primal form:
Step 1: Obtain Primal and Determine Lagrangian form from primal
Step 2: Obtaining solution by expressing primal in form of duals
Step 3: Substitute obtained values in the Lagrangian form
The final dual form from the above simplification is :
The above dual form still have Φ terms, and here this can be easily solved with the help of Kernelization
The kernel by definition avoids the explicit mapping that is needed to get linear learning algorithms to learn a nonlinear function or decision boundary For all x and x’ in the input space Φ certain functions k(x,x’) can be expressed as an inner product in another space Ψ. The function
is referred to as a Kernel. In short, for machine learning kernel is defined as written in the form of a “feature map”
For a better understanding of kernels, one can refer to this link of quora
The kernel has two properties:
It is symmetric in nature k(xn , xm) = k(xm , xn)
It is Positive semi-definite
To have an intuition of the working of kernels, this link of quora might be useful.
By the definition of the kernel, we can substitute these values
So substituting properties of the kernel and by definition of the kernel in our dual form,
We get The New Equation as :
AND this solution is free from Φ and so much easier to compute. And this was the mathematics involved behind the SVM model.
4. Pointing out all the steps mentioned above.
Finally, we are at the end of the article, and to sum up, all the gibber gabber written above
- Whenever we are given any test feature vector x to predict, mapped to a complex Φ(x) and asked to predict which is basically wTΦ(x)
- Then rewrite it using the duals so that the prediction is completely independent of complex feature basis Φ
- And is further predicted using kernels
- Hence, concludes that we don’t need a complex basis to model non-separable data well, and the kernel does the job.
I hope I was able to cover the basic intuition and mathematics behind SVM, for the classifier model, and keeping the length of the article in mind, I have tried to attach all the important links for the corresponding links within the article. This was my understanding of involved mathematics in SVM, and I am open to suggestions regarding my work here | <urn:uuid:77cdbe22-971b-497c-a2f1-a3025d186379> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2020/10/the-mathematics-behind-svm/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.920461 | 3,912 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Role of Gap Junctions in a Neuron Astrocyte Network Model
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
A detailed biophysical model for a neuron/astrocyte network is developed to explore mechanisms responsible for the initiation and propagation of cortical spreading depolarizations and the role of astrocytes in maintaining ion homeostasis, thereby preventing these pathological waves. In particular, we consider the neuroprotective role of astrocyte gap junction coupling. The model demonstrates that a syncytium of electrically coupled astrocytes can maintain a physiological membrane potential in the presence of an elevated extracellular potassium concentration and efficiently distribute the excess potassium across the syncytium. This provides an effective mechanism for delaying or preventing the initiation of spreading depolarizations. | <urn:uuid:586c09c7-b497-4fd3-a536-ff76c48532fb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ima.umn.edu/2017-2018.3/W2.12-16.18/26659 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.868079 | 170 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Research Paper about Straight Swords of the Near East
Near Eastern Straight Swords - Past, Present, and Future
By L. Joy Arroyo
Swords of the Arabs and Israelites have long been a fascination of mine. While it is easy to get swept up and focus only on the scimitar, and other shorter, lighter swords, there are several significant examples of straight swords in the Near East that deserve attention. The most significant archaeological find of recent note in this particular category of near eastern straight swords is the Vered Jericho Sword, excavated by Avrahim Eitan near Jericho. Another modern-day example of near eastern straight sword would be the swords used by Shia Muslims during their Ashura rituals. A final example can be found, not in present day but in the future - i.e. the swords mentioned in the Dead Sea Scroll known as the War Scroll.
The Vered Jericho sword is unique example of a near eastern straight sword. This particular near eastern straight sword is described as being about 3 feet long, and about 3 inches wide. Made of iron, it has a hilt made of bronze, but also has a wooden grip. It is singularly amazing that a sword of this age was found intact, as the archaeological strata from which it came dated at approximately 620 B.C. (Shanks)
The use of near eastern straight swords can also be seen in the blood rituals of modern day Shia Muslims. The ritual of Ashura, held on the 10th of Muharram, involves the ritual use of swords to lament the death the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, who was murdered approximately 1300 years ago. The Shia ritual involves bloodletting to commemorate his death and is seen as a promise by the Shias to never put down their swords until they have vanquished their enemies (Ali). One of the most interesting features of some of the near eastern straight swords used would be the narrow groove down the center of the blade, and the lack of a sword guard. This near eastern straight sword is a modern-day example of what appears to be an ancient design, which is mentioned in the prophecy of the War Scroll.
The prophecy of the swords to be used by the forces of light against the forces of darkness in a final apocalyptic battle described in the Dead Sea Scrolls shows not only the ideal sword of the ancient near east, but also describes a design in use today. The near eastern straight sword of this final apocalyptic battle have been minutely described from translation as follows:
"The swords shall be of purified iron, refined in a crucible and whitened like a mirror, work of a skilful craftsman; and it will have shapes of an ear of wheat, of pure gold, encrusted in it on both sides. And it will have two straight channels right to the tip, two on each side. Length of the sword: one cubit and a half. And its width: four fingers. The scabbard will be four thumbs; it will have four palms up to the scabbard and diagonally, the scabbard from one part to the other (will be) five palms. The hilt of the sword will be of select horn, craftwork, with a pattern in many colours: gold, silver and precious stones (Martinez)."
The near eastern straight sword, particularly one with a single or double groove that also lacks a guard, can be found in several obscure places. One of those obscure places to look - would be found at wildweapons.com.
(PART I OF II: Upcoming - near eastern straight sword and the Crusades!)
Ali, Sayed Akbar "Yesterday was Hobson Yobson" Jan 8 2009, May 15, 2009, http://syedsoutsidethebox.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
Martinez, Florentino Garcia, The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated, 2nd ed. (Leiden: Brill, 1996), 99.
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If the public sector was hiring as it did under Reagan, unemployment may be 8% or less today, rather than 8.5%. This is why the Republicans do not want to pass the Obama jobs bill.
The latest Gallup poll on President Obama's job approval rating contained an interesting nugget of information. After two years on the job, Barack Obama's approval rating is higher than that of two recent presidents who had big reelection victories, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan. One term Presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, and post-9/11 president George W. Bush had higher ratings than Obama at the halfway mark.
Republicans have tried every possible delaying tactic: an amendment by John McCain, failed Saturday on a 59-37 vote; on Sunday, a second by Jim Risch, 32-60.
Gallup has released their 2010 poll of the most popular presidents of the last 50 years. While the two names at the top, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, should surprise no one, George W. Bush made his first appearance on the list, and promptly established himself as the least popular living former president.
Republicans lionize Ronald Reagan, and in the older, white population, the dead president is a god who deserves to have his head on Mt. Rushmore. Sarah Palin channels Reagan and her supporters speak of her as being the new Ronald Reagan. It is typical of conservatives to worship a president who hurt the economy, set labor relations and unions back 40 years, and caused untold damage to the environment by destroying regulations. Republicans still think of Reagan as the gun slinging cowboy who rode in and cleaned up the frontier, or the war hero who single handedly stormed up a hill and took out a battalion of Nazis. Regardless the image old white people have of Reagan; he was just an actor, and a bad president whose policies were controlled by banks and corporations
While appearing on CNN's State of the Union, Sen. John McCain continued to carry 2012 water for Sarah Palin by actually comparing her to former president Ronald Reagan. McCain said, "I think that anybody who has the visibility that Sarah has is obviously going to have some divisiveness. I remember that a guy named Ronald Reagan used to be viewed by some as divisive."
As we approach Election Day 2010, a new Pew Research Center/National Journal poll finds that Republican gains in 2010 will have little bearing on the fate of Barack Obama's reelection campaign in 2012. The poll found that voters are more enthusiastic about reelecting Obama than they were at the same point in Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton's presidencies.
The conservative demand for heroes is more intense than ever. There can never be enough dead heroes, Reagan, McCarthy and others, and living heroes seem even more in demand to judge by the quality of those being put forward, like Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin, and by his own reckoning, Glenn Beck.
Well, let me fill you in, lest you be caught unawares at the water cooler by a colleague who begins to spew Fox Talking Points. The RNC had a blog post about President Obama taking “another” vacation. Another brilliantly relevant and accurate political criticism of the President naturally ensued. Glaring as it was in hypocrisy, Republicans took a shine to it. They figure between the racial division they’re drumming up on one hand, this little nod to the lazy Black man on the other will really finish Obama off and get them the House back this fall!
Earth to the Republican Party: David Stockman, the architect of Reaganomics, declared on NPR that “Reagan would never support extending the Bush tax cuts.” Stockman took this assertion a step further in calling out the Republican leadership for perverting the notions of fiscal conservatism and betraying what the Party used to stand for. He laid his harshest blame on the Bush administration.
In the fine tradition of Beck, Limbaugh, and Palin, another Republican a has found a way to get rich, by exploitation. Michael Reagan has announced the email address for "real" Americans. For only $39.95 a month, you can send your email from @reagan.com ($34.95 if you do so by Saturday).
Sarah Palin's 2012 strategy has now become so obvious that even the mainstream media can't miss it. She is out to sell herself to Republicans as the heir to the legacy of Ronald Reagan. From her real American stories to constant name dropping of the former president, Palin seems stuck in the 1980s, and obsessed with reanimating the corpse of a political era that has long since past.
One of the dirty little secrets about presidents and approval ratings is that more often than not the numbers are governed by pocketbook politics. Both Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan inherited recessions early in their terms, and interestingly, Obama is has a higher approval rating that Reagan at the same point during their first terms. Obama is actually stronger than Reagan was right now.
Republicans have continued their push to pass a bill that would replace President Ulysses S. Grant on fifty dollar bill with Ronald Reagan, but a new Marist poll found that people not only dislike the idea, but reject it soundly. 79% of those surveyed replied that they do not want Ronald Reagan's smiling mug on their money. Most surprisingly, 71% of Republicans did not like the idea either.
CNN's Anderson Cooper joined Rush Limbaugh's enemies list last night when on his program he dared to compare Obama's efforts on reducing nuclear weapons to Ronald Reagan's. Limbaugh said that nobody watches Anderson Cooper because he doesn't get that, "Reagan's name is being taken in vain here." Reagan has now been officially deified and Republicans are worshiping a false God.
For years Republicans have been trying to get former president Ronald Reagan's face on United States currency. The latest effort is being spearheaded by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who has proposed legislation that would replace Grant with Reagan on the $50 bill, but here are five reasons why Ronald Reagan should never be on the fifty or any other United States currency. | <urn:uuid:5b7fb7d7-a90b-49be-b418-c9c5f9f5da3f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.politicususa.com/tag/ronald-reagan/page/6 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.972696 | 1,243 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Rheumatoid arthritis with foot degeneration
A 57 years old male patient with Rheumatoid arthritis deformity of the foot joints and both ankle joints. Hallux valgus, pronounced deformity of the left ankle. Rheumatoid arthritis usually affects several joints at the same time, beginning with smaller joints such as those of the foot and progressing to the elbows, shoulders and knees.
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Last month preparation for JEE Mains/ NEET
We know that you heard about it many times but, we are hoping this is for the last time. As the strategy will remain the same for both of the exams, so will discuss it combinedly.
- Proper Time Table: The important thing during any exam is by preparing consistently. Following a proper time table also increases our productivity and resolves our time-related issues.
- Revision is the key: Entrance exams are not about completing the syllabus, it is about how well you know about the subject. This thing can be achieved by doing a proper revision(at least 2-3 times is required).
- PYQP: Previous year question paper is as much important as the revision because it helps you to understand the pattern of the paper. It helps you to recognize your weaker area or stronger area and then you can work out with that.
- Proper sleep: Relaxation is needed for our brain, so at least 7 hours of sleep is compulsory for you. It is the time when your brain cells heal themselves. So, dude go for proper sleep. | <urn:uuid:76ed08e6-280f-45f1-ab1c-df65feece9d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://marg-darshan.com/blogs/blog-details/last-month-preparation-for-jee-mains-neet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.962793 | 230 | 2.265625 | 2 |
The City of Mission Hills is located in Northeast Johnson County, Kansas, and was envisioned in 1912 by urban planner J.C. Nichols, who developed the renowned Country Club Plaza district in Kansas City.
First-time visitors to Mission Hills can’t help noticing the fountains, statues, sculptures and urns. Some are hundreds of years old and many are museum pieces imported from abroad. You’ll see them decorating the traffic islands or adorning our roadsides. But that’s not the only thing that’ll stop you. In how many other cities would you come upon a ford crossing a creek? Or a water garden where a heron waits patiently for his dinner? This is Mission Hills. America’s first and foremost garden community. Read more here.Search Property In Mission Hills View Other Neighborhoods | <urn:uuid:dc731947-63fb-4a74-80d8-2eefb454b827> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kclocalhomes.com/place/mission-hills/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.948001 | 175 | 1.859375 | 2 |
We’ll go over the many benefits of L Glutamine which is a important amino acid, in this article. Not only does it support the immune system but it can also help people deal with sugar cravings, alcohol and anxiety. To learn more stay tuned! While you wait, you can read about the numerous research studies that have proven L-Glutamine to be helpful. What is the best L-Glutamine? Is Glutathione The Same As L-glutamine
L-Glutamine, an essential amino acid for certain conditions is a crucial conditionally amino acid
L-Glutamine is an amino acid that can be found in casein and whey protein. It is among the 20 amino acids that are utilized in protein synthesizing. Normal conditions allow the body to produce enough glutamine. However, it’s not able to make enough when it is under stress, such as physical or mental exertion. Supplementation is sometimes required in times of stress, such as when you train for an endurance event or a race. Is Glutathione The Same As L-glutamine
L-Glutamine is naturally present in the body, however it needs to be supplemented in our diets to ensure that our bodies are functioning optimally. This amino acid is vital to brain health as well as digestion health. It is crucial for healthy muscles, brain function, and intestinal health. It is found in a variety of foods, including fish, meat, and cottage cheese.
L-Glutamine can be described as a non-essential amino acid. Human cells can synthesize glutamine using the glutamine synthetase genes. This gene is located in the skeletal muscles and liver. It can also be converted to glucose in liver cells, and is a source of amino acids to protein, nucleotide and sugar biosynthesis. Glutamine has multiple molecular targets and performs multiple roles.
Glutaamine is an important component of our immune system. However it also has numerous benefits. It helps in detoxification and converts excess ammonia into energy. Glutamine is an important fuel source for the immune system and muscle cells. It is possible that they lose endurance and strength, and be more prone to infection if they don’t have enough glutamine. When glutamine supplements are taken, athletes can prevent these health issues.
It strengthens the immune system.
L-Glutamine is an essential amino acid that is found in foods and supplements. It is crucial for the immune system and plays a crucial role in muscle repair and digestion. It also supports the health of the intestinal mucosa, which is essential in preventing harmful bacteria and toxins from entering the body. By promoting healthy intestinal mucosas, L-glutamine helps improve immune function. L-glutamine offers many advantages that go far beyond its benefits to the immune system. Is Glutathione The Same As L-glutamine
The immune system uses L-Glutamine in a significant amount. It is crucial for the proliferation of lymphocytes as well as the production of cytokines and macrophage phagocytosis. L-Glutamine supports immune system function and has been proven to be an important nutrient for both oral and total parenteral nutrition. It also serves as an energy source for the fibroblasts which are vital to healing wounds. They are responsible for the formation of collagen structure and also lay down the extracellular matrix. L-Glutamine supports the immune system by assisting in the rebuilding of injured tissue, as well as acting as a nucleotide substrate which promote healthy cellular replication.
The body reacts to injury or physical stress by transferring Lglutamine from the bloodstream to the tissues that have been injured. It may also help support healing of wounds. It can help maintain the health of your immune system after trauma. Stress can also increase the requirement for l-Glutamine. It releases cortisol which triggers an increase in the activity of glutaminase in enterocytes.
The proper nutrition is vital to the development and maintaining the immune system. Certain nutrients have been demonstrated to enhance the immune system, and are especially crucial during certain developmental stages or states of disease. This could be the case with weaning from infants, infections, and chronic inflammation. This information is crucial for understanding the relationship between food and the immune system. The immune system requires the right nutrition to maintain working and prevent diseases. It’s likely to decrease when you don’t supply enough nutrition. Is Glutathione The Same As L-glutamine
It can ease anxiety
A number of clinical trials are being conducted to determine whether L-Glutamine is a viable option to treat anxiety. These clinical studies are being conducted to determine the effectiveness of the drug in treating generalized anxiety disorders. The studies are not based on placebo or any other type of drug. These studies require sufficient data collection from participants in order to examine the effects. The results are presented in tables. The studies are not able to allow data pooling due to the diversity in the patient populations, preparations, and outcome measures. Most studies used the Hamilton Anxiety Scale or State Trait Anxiety Inventory to measure outcomes. Erlanger anxiety scales were also used. Other studies assessed anxiety biomarkers like conductance of the skin or heart rate, as well as blood pressure.
While there isn’t a definitive evidence that suggests that glutamine decreases anxiety, it is believed to increase the amount of GABA in the brain. GABA levels are affected by various anxiety medications. This is the reason why glutamine can have a negative impact when you consume excessive amounts. There are some benefits, including improving gut health and energy. It can also help reduce pain. There are many ways to take glutamine.
L-glutamine is commonly found in animal models. Animal studies have shown that it can decrease anxiety and boost sugar and alcohol cravings. It can improve recovery and performance during athletics while also aiding weight loss. L-Glutamine may also serve as a precursor to glutamate which is the most abundant neurotransmitter in the brain. Glutamate is a binder to post-synaptic cell and then activates them. However, too much glutamate can be harmful to neurons.
It can help in reducing sugar or alcohol cravings
Sugar obsession can be caused by many causes. In many cases, the addiction is caused by emotional and physical factors. The body requires protein to maintain its weight, and this amino acid can help curb a sugar craving. While it’s not scientifically confirmed to help people overcome their sugar addictions It could be beneficial for a variety of other conditions, such as digestive issues and pyroluria.
An addiction to alcohol may cause intense cravings and hormonal imbalances. Your body may also be depleted of amino acids like L-glutamine. This amino acid is depleted by alcohol, which could hinder your body’s ability to properly digest and repair. Low intake of protein and healthy fats could cause you to desire alcohol and sugar. Consuming refined carbohydrates can make you more hungry, as L-Glutamine is converted to glucose, without increasing insulin levels. Is Glutathione The Same As L-glutamine
After drinking, your body may need alcohol to keep blood sugar levels in check. If it isn’t able find alcohol then the body will resort to sugar as fuel. Often, people will go through an alcohol or sugar craving to keep a stable blood sugar level. L-Glutamine may help in reducing alcohol cravings as well as prevent the hyperglycemia rollercoaster. It can also help with biochemical repairs after quitting alcohol.
L-Glutamine is naturally made in the body from glutamic and glutamate. It is necessary for our bodies to produce proteins, maintain the immune system and maintain healthy muscle mass. L-Glutamine offers many other advantages, in addition to improving the health of our brain and muscles. It can also help reduce the symptoms of diabetes and leaky gut. L-glutamine is present in numerous foods, such as cottage cheese and bone broth, fish, and even Spirulina.
It can increase your body’s ability to secrete human growth hormone.
L-Glutamine is an amino acid that is vital for the functioning and maintenance of many cells in the body. When your body requires more of this substance, it is transformed into human growth hormone (HGH). Glutamin is converted to metabolic flux between tissues in the liver, skeletal muscles, and stomach. The process continues in immune cells. Supplementation with glutamine is a healthy and safe way to boost your body’s production.
L-Glutamine is typically taken as a powder and is intended to be taken twice per day. It is vital to follow the instructions on the label, particularly the dosage guidelines. Always read the label attentively to ensure you are taking the right amount of L-Glutamine. If you aren’t sure how much you should be taking consult an expert in health or a pharmacist.
If you’ve ever wondered about how L-Glutamine can aid in building muscles, you’re not on your own. Glutaamine can actually increase your body’s capacity to create HGH. Endogenous synthesis is essential for HGH production, but there are some situations where glutamine supplementation may be necessary to boost muscle growth. For instance, a person suffering from high blood pressure may benefit from supplementing with L-Glutamine to increase HGH production.
It is interesting to note that the release of HGH is not linear. The highest levels occur during sleep. Sleep cycles can influence the release of HGH therefore abstaining from drinking alcohol or eating excessive food intake prior to sleep is important. L-Glutamine should be taken approximately two hours before midnight to ensure that your body is in good shape with its blood sugar levels and the fatty acids. You should fall asleep at least two hours prior midnight, since that’s when HGH production is at its highest. After that, the production of growth hormone will continue to rise, and you’ll fall into deep sleep for the remainder of the night. Is Glutathione The Same As L-glutamine | <urn:uuid:1e159028-75fd-4411-acdc-e14e11266ae9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://amipaa.com/is-glutathione-the-same-as-l-glutamine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.945608 | 2,114 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Bindery Guide Part 1: Coil Binding, GBC Comb Binding, & Twin Loop Binding July 11, 2022 Edge OneEducational Information Uncategorized No Comments There are many varieties available when you are looking to bind your print materials. When you have multiple pages of your print project you may be curious about how you can bind them to create a book, magazine, or booklet. Learn about coil binding, GBC Comb Binding, and Twin Loop Binding and see what will work best for your specific project. Coil Binding What it is: A continuous plastic spiral binding wound through holes punched in the pages. Best for: Manuals, cookbooks, and journals; used when the document will need to open flat. Page count: 425 pages maximum. GBC Comb Binding What it is: Comb binding is a method of securing loose printed pages using a piece of plastic with “teeth” (the comb) that fit into rectangular holes in the paper, the book lies flat. Best for: Used for books, catalogs, & magazines. Page count: From 10 to 425 sheets. Twin Loop Binding What it is: Twin Loop wire binding is an elegant binding style available, in which a preformed C-shaped wire is placed through the holes on the edge of your document and closed around the spine. Best for: For notepads, manuals, presentations. Page count: Up to around 80 sheets. If you are interested in the different bindings we offer, don’t hesitate to reach out with a special project request, or contact us with any questions. | <urn:uuid:badc7367-9fab-4703-922f-358132626273> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.precisionimages.com/bindery-guide-part-1-coil-binding-gbc-comb-binding-twin-loop-binding/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.902064 | 316 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Our world isn’t always linear.
Effective engineering analysis will often need to go beyond basic linear simulation. The nonlinear analysis will help you achieve greater accuracy in predicting product behavior. It will reduce costly prototypes and physical testing.
In this webinar, our experts highlight when to use nonlinear analysis to ensure accurate results and improve product reliability.
You can learn:
- What nonlinear analysis is
- How to identify when the nonlinear analysis is required
- The different types of linear analysis
- The appropriate modeling and nonlinear solution strategy
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The Department of Physics offers a broad range of exciting research programs in both Fundamental and Applied Physics. We currently have 31 tenured/tenure track faculty, 16 research faculty and 23 postdoctoral fellows.
Departmental research programs iinclude Condensed Matter Physics, Material Science, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atmospheric and Planetary Physics, Biological Physics, Nano-science, Photo-voltaics, and Seismic Physics. Research centers and programs closely affiliated with the department include the Texas Center for Superconductivity, the Low Frequency Seismic Technologies Consortium, and the Mission-Oriented Seismic Research Program. In addition, faculty members collaborate with researchers at the Texas Medical Center and NASA.
The faculty includes a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and recipients of a National Medal of Science, the Freedoms Foundation Award, and the Guggenheim Award. In addition, we have a TLL Temple Foundation Chair of Science, two Cullen Professors, three M.D. Anderson Professors, and three Moores Professors in the department. Our faculty receive research grants from government and private sources, and our research expenditures total $6 million/year. Three junior faculty members are recent recipients of NSF CAREER Awards.
The department has approximately 100 domestic and international graduate students. They typically complete the core courses during the first year and join a research program soon after. We support virtually all students in the program as Teaching or Research Assistants. In addition to joining research programs in the department, students have the option of conducting research in groups in several other departments within the University and at the Texas Medical Center.
We have approximately 115 undergraduate majors and have had several recent Goldwater scholars. Our faculty includes a recipient of the Noyce Foundation Award and a recipient of a Teacher Quality Award from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
The department strives to maintain an enjoyable and highly collaborative environment for research and education and to help researchers and students reach their best potential. We continue to expand and update our curriculum to include topics of current interest. Please contact us if you are interested in joining our program. | <urn:uuid:e7b10ee3-f930-4713-b08e-211673fbba9c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://uh.edu/nsm/physics/about/msg-chair/index.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94533 | 442 | 1.640625 | 2 |
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- Assessment is a idea du jour in education circles. Although Sugar promotes self-assessment through mechanisms such as the Sugar Journal and Activities/Portfolio, we do provide some mechanisms for more traditional, automated assessment (See Platform_Team/sugar-stats and Activities/Analyze Journal).
- Research what metadata about Sugar activity usage would be helpful to teachers for assessment purposes.
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Organic gardening is something you may want to do but never actually try to accomplish.
Your children will enjoy being involved with you in the organic gardening endeavors.A garden can be a great learning experience for your children, and will give you an opportunity to bond with them while you produce healthy food.
It will also increase the visual appeal of the flower beds look more finished.
Make the most of the time spent in your garden every day.Don’t waste thirty minutes looking around for missing tools. Prepare all of your tools prior to working in the garden, and then put them back in their place when done. Get a tool belt if you need to, or wear pants with many pockets.
Pine can make a great organic mulch. Cover your beds with the needles, they will disperse acid to the soil.
Coffee grounds are a good addition to soil. Coffee grounds contain many of essential nitrogenous nutrients that plants are able to use.
Use an aged laundry basket to help you want to collect your garden. The laundry basket is a great strainer for any produce run off.
Your compost pile should contain green plants and dry plant materials.Green plant material consists of spent flowers, fruit waste, grass clippings, grass clippings, and fruit and vegetable waste. Dried plant materials are things like shredded newspaper, sawdust, shredded paper, straw, and any cut up wood materials. Avoid ashes, charcoal, charcoal and diseased plants in your compost.
Do you prefer to eliminate weeds in a natural way? Take layers of newspapers and layer them for controlling weeds. Weeds must have sunlight to grow. The newspaper will block sunlight and weeds because they no longer receive any sunlight. Newspapers tend to break down nicely over time to become part of the compost.You can then add mulch on top for aesthetic reasons.
Once you understand and begin utilizing the tips you have read, the thought of working on your own organic garden should not seem intimidating at all. Apply the wisdom you have learned here to your home and yard, and you can enjoy pure wholesome foods in your kitchen in not time at all. | <urn:uuid:1a873280-b77a-4348-b6d6-506be34cc726> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://concursoviviendaciudad.com/having-difficulty-with-your-organic-garden-these-tips-can-help/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.950777 | 442 | 2.859375 | 3 |
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This extension writes out msms molecular surfaces, volume viewer contour surfaces and multiscale surfaces in Wavefront OBJ format. Only displayed surfaces are written out. OBJ output is written using menu entry:
Tools / Utilities / Export Surfaces in Wavefront OBJ format
You specify the path for the OBJ file. A second file containing the colors is also written. The name of this material file is obtained by stripping .obj, .OBJ, or .Obj from the obj file name and adding .mtl (or .MTL or .Mtl). Vertex positions and normals are written.
Per vertex colors not output. Chimera surface models can have a different color at every surface vertex. This extension does not output these "per vertex" colors. Only a single color is output per surface component. I did not have adequate documentation for Wavefront OBJ format to include per vertex colors.
Relative positions of surfaces not output. Each surface model is output using the data coordinates. Any rotation or translation made in Chimera is not written out. This means that the relative positions of different surface models will not be preserved in the output.
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Controls on Formula Racing
In your leader of November 1981 devoted to record breaking you made a remark that piqued my interest, namely that you “deplore any control of technical development in Fl racing or record breaking . . .” I realise that the mention of Formula I was in the nature of an aside, burl believe its inclusion in this context deserves some comment.
It is late in the day, I believe, to argue that there should be little or no technical restriction on Grand Prix racing, or Formula 1 racing as it is generally known today. In fact, this kind of racing has been technically constrained in one way or another during most of its existence, the term “Formula” coming into use in the late 1940’s to describe the rules to which Grand Prix cars were to be built.
A good case can be made that these technical restraints (sometimes on weight, usually on engine capacity) add greatly to the interest of Grand Prix racing. They allow the engineering enthusiast to study, analyse, discuss and argue about the ways different designers have tackled a given setof rules. Also, by assuring that therein some consistency of car performance, they lend meaning to the World Championship for Drivers which there is every reason to hold chiefly responsible for the huge worldwide popularity of Grand Prix racing today. If correctly conceived, the Formula 1 rules can and should also contribute to the protection of the driver from injury in the event of a crash.
If we accept that some technical constraints are desirable for the reasons mentioned, we then turn to the nature of these contraints, When we do so, we find that in recent years they have not been worthy of the technical level the sport has achieved. The chief engine restriction, that of a displacement limit, has been arrived at empirically rather than by analysis. This is true of all the Formula 1 rules that have been used since World War II, including the present one, which arrived at 3-litrc unblown engines as a result of a transatlantic compromise and pitted against them supercharged 11/2-litre engines which were to have been derived from the unblown units of that size left over from the 1961-65 Formula I. It was an expedient Formula which is in no respect able to cope with the demands placed upon it by the performance potential of the turbo-supercharged racing engine.
The Concorde Agreement which now governs Grand Prix racing extends through the 1984 season. If new regulations are to come into effect in 1985 — as must be thought highly desirable by all who are associated with this sport — the deadline for their agreement, under the FISA stability rules, is October, 1982, less than a year away. After a run of nearly two decades, the present Formula Is’, well deserving of retirement. It is time to open the debate on the form the next regulations should take if they are to achieve she goals of driver protection, close and competitive racing, and meaningful technical evolution. I hope that these columns could usefully serve as an initial forum in which possible alternatives maybe presented and discussed. When Formula I rules were last actively debated, in the Spring of 1980, Keith Duckworth
developed a flow-limiting metering valve as a means of providing near-equality of engine power and promoting the development of more fuel-efficient engines for cars. Ford supported this idea at that time, as indeed did most of the other auto makers with an interest in Grand Prix racing. I would suggest that Keith’s concept must be a leading candidate for adoption as an important element of the new 1985 Formula 1.
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A genuine fossil ammonite from Madagascar. This species has a very deep centre to it and fine ribbing. It is discreetly and permanently attached to a white plastic base.
Ammonites are extinct relatives of modern day nautiloids and squid. The largest known ammonite in the world would have been 8 1/2 feet (2.59 metres) across if it were complete.
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What academic and career path might be best if these conditions apply to your teen?
Consider the Humanities!
Columbia, in the founding tradition of the oldest American colleges, requires that all students have a firm grounding in the Humanities. Columbia University’s Core Curriculum is a set of mandatory courses forming the foundation of the academic experience of every Columbia undergraduate. The University considers it essential to the education of all students regardless of their major.
The Humanities, as the term implies, is the study of the human condition from a number of perspectives. In the U.S., the academic fields that comprise the Humanities include:
Columbia’s Core Curriculum bucks a trend that began in the late 20th century in American education of reducing Humanities requirements to allow for more STEM courses since many people think that required courses in the Humanities, to the extent that they displace STEM courses, reduce the employability and income of graduates.
The factors that have driven students, often against their desire and best interests, away from the Humanities are exaggerated. In fact, the alleged abandonment of the Humanities is itself an exaggeration.
According to New York Times columnist Nate Silver, although the proportion of students graduating with degrees in the Humanities declined from 1970 to 1995, the percentage of all college-age Americans holding these degrees has actually increased—a discrepancy caused by the boom in college attendance after 1970.
Historically, the rationale for the founding of American colleges has not been to train students for a specialized career, but to expose undergraduates to a broad intellectual tradition necessary for leadership in the community, commerce, and the professions. Although this may now seem naïve and unrealistic in a society as technologically complex as ours, a major in the Humanities yields advantages.
The Humanities teach two vital competencies missing from a purely STEM or Business curriculum: precise communication and critical thinking, useful in jobs across multiple fields. In the Humanities, students learn to solve problems creatively and without bias, express themselves well, and adapt to new situations.
In our fast-changing economy, successful corporations don’t look for management candidates who know just one subject in great depth. They seek potential leaders who are innovative and creative, characteristics that closely fit Humanities graduates. The Association of American Colleges and Universities found that 93% of chief executives agreed that:
“… a demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than a job candidate’s undergraduate major.”
According to Time Magazine, over one-third of Fortune 500 CEOs are Humanities majors and the reason for this, even at high-tech companies, is that the liberal arts train students to see the forest, not just the trees, and that a big-picture orientation is vital to entrepreneurial and corporate leadership.
One measure often used against the Humanities compared to STEM fields is salary after graduation. According to the New York Times, however,
“…the top 25% of history and English majors earn more than the average major in science and math, while the bottom 25% of business majors make less than the bottom 25% of those majoring in government and public policy.”
The best jobs of the near future, some of which don’t even exist today, will go to those who can collaborate widely, think broadly, and challenge conventional wisdom – precisely the capacities developed through an education in the Humanities.
Conversations with a Blue Stars consultant will help teens recognize the right major for them!
We’re experts at what we do, and we can make choosing a major a much smoother and more productive process. Working with Blue Stars is an opportunity for you and your teen to get an expert opinion from an unbiased professional so you don’t need to rely entirely on family, friends, or an overburdened guidance counselor for advice. | <urn:uuid:bb982843-f9d9-4388-b131-26af73e5b221> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bluestars.us/picking-your-major-for-the-right-reasons/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.94844 | 796 | 2.859375 | 3 |
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Peridot, the bright green color of nature, is associated with harmony, good health, restful sleep, and peacefulness. Known as the stone of compassion, peridot calms anger by giving renewal to all things. | <urn:uuid:f7e2f861-b24d-4294-b75a-4dad08c1cde6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://amethystonline.ca/products/peridot-rough-crystals | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.934043 | 91 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Noto Kongo Gammon / Sojiji Soin / Shiroyone Senmaida Rice Terraces / Okunoto Salt Farm Village
Bus tour NOTO Peninsula of beautiful scenery and history by JR bus.
Enjoy the beautiful scenery that combines humanity and nature.
✨Depart from and arrive at Kanazawa.
Just be seated on the bus. No need to check routes and transportation.
✨ Explore the SOJIJI SOIN AND EXPERIENCE THE SPIRIT OF ZEN comfortably, beautiful view of A strange-shaped rock and Japanese traditional salt field in one day.
Depart from Kanazawa Sta. Kenrokuen gate (East Gate), Bus stop No.4
The Chirihama Nagisa Driveway - sandy beach on the western edge of the Noto Peninsula.
Ganmon - a sea cave on the Kongo coast of the Noto Peninsula.
The cave was formed as water eroded a sizeable hole into a rock rising from the sea.
Hatago Iwa （Married Rocks） - Hatago Iwa is a pair of beautiful, weathered rocks sticking out of the water just a few meters off the coast. A Shimenawa rope ties the two rocks together, and on the larger of the two rocks is a small shrine. The rocks are said to be a “married” couple, one male and one female.
SOJIJI SOIN - EXPERIENCE THE SPIRIT OF ZEN.
The head temple Sojiji was founded about seven hundred years ago in 1321 by Zen Master Keizan Jokin.
Shiroyone Senmaida - Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
The scenery of 1,004 small rice paddies on steep slopes along the seaside is splendid and thus famous among the many other rice terraces in Japan.
Okunoto Salt Farm Village - Centuries-old salt-farming techniques unique to the area
The people of the Noto Peninsula have been harvesting salt from seawater using the same traditional methods for about 500 years.
The area is home to beautiful coastal scenery.
Sojiji was founded in 1321 by Zen master Keizan (1268–1325), who is credited with spreading the Soto school of Zen Buddhism in Japan.
Okunoto Salt Farm Village
Centuries-old salt-farming techniques unique to the area
The people of the Noto Peninsula have been harvesting salt from seawater using the same traditional methods for about 500 years. The Okunoto Salt Farm Village offers an in-depth experience where visitors can learn about and observe salt harvesting.
- West Japan JR Bus Company
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- ・From Kanazawa Station to Kanazawa Station（Round trip）
【Adult 6,950 yen / Child 3,480 yen】
・From Kanazawa Station to Wakura spa（One way）
【Adult 6,600 yen / Child 3,300 yen】
・From Kanazawa Station to Wajima city（One way）
【Adult 6,150 yen / Child 3,080 yen】
・The admission fee to Sojiji Temple and Okunoto Salt Farm are included in the plan.
・Lunch is not included. There will be free time at Sojiji Temple, where you can get lunch.
- ・The admission fee to Sojiji Temple and Okunoto Salt Farm are included in the plan.
- From March 19 to December 18, 2022, Operate every Saturday, Sunday, and holiday.
- ※From July 16 to August 29, 2022, Operate every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday.
- about 10hours
- Departure Point
- Kanazawa Sta. Kenrokuen gate (East Gate), Bus stop No.4
- Ending Point
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- By Public Transportation
- from Kanazawa Sta. walk about 1 minute
- 100yen charge will be incurred when receiving a refund before the departure time.
100% charge will be incurred when receiving a refund after the departure time.
1-3-23, Hokuko, Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan
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« Today there are not many great shamans left in our forest. The gold smoke of epidemics nearly completely emptied it. Our fathers and our grandfathers did not trust the white people and had always feared their epidemic fumes.
They did not know that they had come to mark the edges of Brazil in the middle of our land. They never imagined that later these people’s children and grandchildren would come back in large numbers to dig gold from the rivers.
They never thought that these outsiders would one day chase them from their homes to take their land! Then the xawara epidemics arrive in their footsteps and we immediately start dying one after another!
We are the few inhabitants of the forest who survived your fathers’ and grandfathers’ epidemic fumes. This is why I want to speak to you. Do not be deaf to my words! Stop your people from ravaging our land and making us die too! »
– Yanomami spokesman and shaman Davi Kopenawa
Gold mining site in indigenous territory
Gold mining and the indiscriminate use of mercury to ferret out gold are turning swaths of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems into a nightmarish moonscape!
Worldwide, illegal gold mining is more lucrative for criminal organizations, drug cartels, guerrilla groups and mafias than drug trafficking. For criminals posing as precious metals dealers, gold is the perfect medium for laundering illicit money from other illegal activities since illegal gold looks exactly like legal gold and the proceeds from selling it can be placed in the bank…
PLEASE DO NOT BUY OR USE GOLD!
As much as 75% of the gold extracted each year is used for jewelry, watches and other vain and futile status symbols sold by corporations in the luxury industry as well as discount retailers worldwide.
Tens of thousands of rainforest trees must be uprooted, hundreds of tons of soil mined and mixed with dozens of tons of toxic environmental pollutants that contaminate indigenous lands for that one special gold ring…
Please give gifts that don’t destroy nature and the lives of indigenous peoples!
Yanomami boy, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – photo: Barbara Crane Navarro
Please watch this 48 second film of the light installation « Yanomami shamans struggle against xawara smoke of epidemics » included here:https://barbara-navarro.com/2020/09/27/prolongation-exhibition-pas-de-cartier-yanomami-and-trees-gold-mining-and-gold-luxury-items-covid-19-propagated-by-gold-minersthrough-november-12th/
Yanomami observing gold mining site in their territory – photo of Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela and photo montage – Barbara Crane Navarro
Please also listen to the Yanomami shaman’s message:
*The Yanomami shaman being quoted is referring to the destruction to the rainforest and indigenous lives since the “conquest of the Americas” by white (non-native) Europeans which began 520 years ago….
This destruction is ongoing and constantly damaging more Yanomami territory and degrading more Yanomami lives. In 1993, gold miners massacred 16 Yanomami in the village of Haximú. In May 2021, heavily armed gold miners attacked Yanomami daily for over a week in the village of Palimiú
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Frederic Remington (1861-1909) achieved considerable success as America’s leading illustrator of life on the western frontier. His career took off in the mid-1880s when he began making western illustrations for Harper's Weekly and many other widely read New York magazines. Remington traveled West repeatedly and greatly admired the rough and intrepid cowboys and soldiers he met there.
In 1903, due to his supreme success, Remington signed an exclusive contract with Collier's that allowed him to paint twelve pictures a year, of whatever subjects he chose. Each painting was replicated as a full-color illustration in Colliers. “For these canvases, he frequently hearkened back to his love of the Southwest” (Hasrick). Paintings from that time are evidence of Remington’s thematic devotion to the Southwest region and its history.
Our new bronze entitled Unknown Explorers, by 20th century artist Roy Harris, is based on Remington’s 1908 oil-on-canvas painting of the same title. The bronze depicts two explorers, mounted on horses, riding up a rocky trail. This bronze captures the intrepid spirit of early explorers of the Southwest.
In his later years, Remington turned to sculpture. He created 22 stunning, energetic bronzes, most of which were created using both sand-casting and the lost-wax method of casting. Some of Remington’s bronzes were inspired by motifs developed in his paintings and illustrations; others were innovative and complex multi-figure compositions. His talent for sculpture was matched by his technical prowess and exploration, notably seen in his textural detail and innovative patinas.
Another new bronze in the shop, Double Trouble, is a licensed reproduction of one of only twenty two bronze sculptures Remington created during his lifetime. The bronze depicts a mounted cowboy encountering an angry bear. With his rifle aimed and ready, the tense standoff between man and grizzly bear is captured fully in the round.
Remington’s bronzes have a profound sense of storytelling, resulting in some of the finest American bronzes of the time. It is no surprise Remington’s bronzes continue to inspire the next generation of Western artists and sculptors.
During WWII, the government received funding directly from United States citizens in the form of war saving bonds and stamps, which were paid back later with interest. Purchasing war bonds was viewed as a way for American citizens to support the war effort. There was an outpouring of poster art on both the local and national levels for these loan programs, and we explore some of those fantastic designs in this blog.
This month, The Great Republic is showcasing our extensive inventory of World War II memorabilia and antiques. In addition to our August catalog of WWII items, released earlier this week, our upcoming blogs will delve into the rich stories and histories told by these original WWII items.
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4 edition of United States-China Act of 1991 found in the catalog.
United States-China Act of 1991
U. S. Congress
|Other titles||United States China Act of 1991.|
|Series||Report / 102d Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives -- 102-392.|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||18 p. ;|
|Number of Pages||18|
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"THE UNITED STATES-CHINA ACT OF " and CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW I. INTRODUCTION In Junethe world watched as the government of the People's Republic of China brought a violent end to pro-democracy. H.R. (rd) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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For two generations scholars and general readers have looked to John King Fairbank’s The United States and China for knowledge and insights about China.
In this fourth edition, enlarged, he includes a new preface and an epilogue that brings the book up to date through the events of Cited by: history of foreign relations between the United States, China, and Taiwan, there have been numerous encounters, peaceful and violent, between the three nations.
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Third World L. J. (). Hom, Sharon K., Female infanticide in China: the human rights specter and thoughts towards (an)other vision, 23 Colu. Hum. Rts. L.R. (). | <urn:uuid:636bc2bf-8259-4e4e-8954-207c72ead0d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gacahyqewyb.frithwilliams.com/united-states-china-act-of-1991-book-36318dy.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.931863 | 1,992 | 2.078125 | 2 |
The State Department’s decision to hand over control to the oil industry to evaluate its own environmental performance on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has led to a colossal oversight.
Neither Secretary of State John Kerry nor President Barack Obama could tell you the exact route that the pipeline would travel through countless neighborhoods, farms, waterways and scenic areas between Alberta’s tar sands and oil refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Thomas Bachand, a San Francisco-based photographer, author, and web developer discovered this the hard way. A year and a half after he first filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking the GIS data for his Keystone Mapping Project, Mr. Bachand received a troubling response from the State Department denying his request.
In the letter, the State Department admits that it doesn’t have any idea about the exact pipeline route – and that it never asked for the basic mapping data to evaluate the potential impacts of the pipeline.
Where will KXL intersect rivers or cross ponds that provide drinking water? What prized hunting grounds and fishing holes might be ruined by a spill? How can communities prepare for possible incidents?
The U.S. State Department seems confident in letting the tar sands industry – led in this instance by TransCanada, whose notorious track record with Keystone 1 includes more than a dozen spills in its first year of operation – place its pipeline wherever it wishes.
“[State] does not have copies of records responsive to your request because the Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone pipeline project was created by Cardno ENTRIX under a contract financed by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline LP, and not the U.S. government,” reads the State Department’s letter denying Bachand’s information request.
“Neither Cardno ENTRIX nor TransCanada ever submitted GIS information to the Department of State, nor was either corporation required to do so. The information that you request, if it exists, is therefore neither physically nor constructively under the control of the Department of State and we are therefore unable to comply with your FOIA request.”
As Mr. Bachand pointed out in a July 3 blog post: “Without this digital mapping information, the Keystone XL’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) are incomplete and cannot be evaluated for environmental impacts.”
When Mr. Bachand asked TransCanada for GIS data, the company said it couldn’t supply it due to “national security” concerns.
Mr. Bachand’s failed attempt to obtain basic information on the pipeline route exemplifies the recurring problems with the Obama State Department’s botched review of the environmental and climate impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline: huge information gaps, conflicts of interest, industry lobbying muscle and bureaucratic bungling of the process.
As it turns out, TransCanada and its contractors have complete control over critical aspects of the review process, calling into question what else we don’t know thanks to the Obama administration’s poor handling of the most controversial pipeline decision in recent history.
API Dues-Paying Member Did Latest SEIS
The State Department handed over responsibility for preparing the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to an American Petroleum Institute (API) dues-paying member, Environmental Resources Management, Inc. (ERM Group) – a firm with historic ties to Big Tobacco, as well as two other Big Oil-tied contractors.
State originally redacted the biography of one of the co-authors of the environmental study, Andrew Bielakowski, who had worked on three previous TransCanada-sponsored studies for ERM Group. Adding to the scandal, ERM has a history of rubber-stamping ecologically hazardous pipelines, including two high-profile projects in the Caspian Sea and in Peru.
Since TransCanada’s June 2008 Keystone XL proposal, API has spent over $22 million lobbying at the federal level for the pipeline and tar sands expansion. Furthermore, two of API‘s lobbyists tasked to do KXL influence peddling also have close ties to the Obama Administration.
Marty Durbin, the nephew of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), formerly lobbied for API on behalf of Keystone XL. Durbin was President Obama’s former U.S. Senate colleague from Illinois before Obama won the presidency in 2008.
API also hired Ogilvy Government Relations to lobby for Keystone XL in 2012, and one of Ogilvy’s key hired guns lobbying on behalf of API on KXL is Moses Mercado. In addition to serving as a key aide to Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and as a super delegate representing Texas for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Mercado also served as campaign director in New Mexico for Secretary of State John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign.
Unresolved Questions Plague State Department Review
Thomas Bachand asked all the right questions in his blog post reacting to the denial of his FOIA requesting the GIS route data.
“Did the DOS, TransCanada, and Cardno ENTRIX all fail to perform due diligence in this case only – or is this standard operating procedure?,” he asked. “Why hasn’t TransCanada supplied, Cardno ENTRIX seen fit to include, or the DOS requested, electronic data of such national importance? How does the DOS evaluate such national security, economic, and environmental interests without the electronic data?”
These are important questions that Secretary Kerry, and ultimately President Obama, must answer. The fact that neither man has any clue where TransCanada intends to place the Keystone XL pipeline is a troubling revelation that demands immediate and thorough scrutiny.
Without this basic information on where the pipeline would be located, how can the State Department and the White House form an educated analysis of the potential impacts of a tar sands dilbit spill in a neighborhood like Mayflower, Arkansas?
How many schools, backyards, drinking water sources and treasured fishing and hunting spots might be in danger of being ruined by a spill? The answer is, nobody knows, except the oil industry.
Imagine that concerned citizens in northern states hadn’t raised their voices to question TransCanada’s intention to run the pipeline across the heart of the Ogallala Aquifer, their drinking water supply and the spigot for huge swaths of American agriculture. What else wouldn’t we learn about the potentially devastating impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline?
Keystone XL is not only a dangerous gamble with our health and climate, it is also turning out to be a great example of the oil industry’s iron grip on our democracy. | <urn:uuid:6c4f7a27-bb77-498f-b5e6-f2114a423027> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.desmog.com/2013/07/08/state-department-admits-it-doesn-t-know-keystone-xl-exact-route/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.934148 | 1,385 | 2.21875 | 2 |
New York Times staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, who has become the face of the much-talked about the 1619 Project, happened to be in Sen. Ted Cruz’s home state on Tuesday, the day he negatively cited her work during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing in D.C. for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Hannah-Jones spoke to a crowd of more than 600 people at Southern Methodist University’s McFarlin Auditorium for the keynote event of the annual Dallas Literary Festival.
She was asked how she felt about Cruz’s line of questioning from earlier that day. After initially being perplexed, she said, she decided she was proud to be named in the record of the historic confirmation hearing.
“It’s a badge of honor,” Hannah-Jones said, garnering a round of applause.
Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, she’d also be the first former public defender to sit on the nation’s highest court.
Cruz, who ran for president in 2016 and is thought to be eyeing a 2024 run, cited the 1619 Project, which has been attacked by Republicans who reject the notion that America’s founding began not 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, but in 1619 when slaves were first brought to the English colonies.
Cruz questioned Jackson about a speech she gave on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the University of Michigan law school in 2020, in which she referred to the 1619 Project and its author.
Cruz quoted Jackson as saying “the provocative thesis that the America that was born in 1776 was not the perfect union that it purported to be” and asked her if she agreed with Hannah-Jones that “one of the primary reasons some of the colonists decided to declare their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery.”
Jackson responded that much of her speech was about African American women and their contributions to the civil rights movement. She included a bit about Hannah-Jones, whose 1619 Project was recently published and fresh on people’s minds, as an example of more recent women who “have done things in our society.”
“I called it provocative. It is not something that I’ve studied. It doesn’t come up in my work,” she said.
Hannah-Jones said she wasn’t watching the confirmation hearing when people contacted her to say Cruz had named her and the 1619 Project. She didn’t understand what it had to do with the hearing.
But she said that she’s also become accustomed to hearing the project swung into political conversations, despite her belief that the work is not controversial. Though she only authors a few chapters of the project, which features essays from many writers, she recognizes she has become the face of the project.
She called the constant attacks over the past three years “surreal because it’s a work of journalism.”
Hannah-Jones won the 2020 Pulitzer for Commentary for the 1619 Project.
“I got into journalism because I wanted to tell another story. And I didn’t feel like I saw myself and my people in the story, that Black communities were being represented in the way that we deserve,” Hannah-Jones said. “But I didn’t get into journalism to make powerful people comfortable.” | <urn:uuid:716cf514-3179-44b0-86c1-e141b9bf09b3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/03/23/nikole-hannah-jones-badge-of-honor-ted-cruz-cited-1619-project-in-scotus-confirmation-hearing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.981268 | 722 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Watershed Committee Works toward Healthy Water in Springfield/Greene County
Mike Kromrey, Executive Director of the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks (WCO), talks with Leslie Carrier about the mission of the organization.
The Watershed Committee's mission is to sustain and improve the water resources of Springfield and Greene County through education and effective management of the region’s watersheds.
The WCO also receives grants to work on specific projects, such as monitoring the quality of the watershed that supplies Springfield’s drinking water, improving storm water drainage, rainwater harvesting, vegetative filters, streetscape projects, and riparian restoration.
In addition, the WCO provides education programs on maintaining a quality septic system, well monitoring and testing, preventing soil erosion and improving aquatic life. Much of this is done in partnership with other environmental non-profits or governmental agencies in the region, along with working directly with landowners.
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Worrying: is it helpful or harmful? Figure it out with a few simple tricks:
In order to manage worry, it’s helpful to understand it. Worry and anxiety are emotions. The act of experiencing emotions gives our brain information about our internal mental and physical states and helps us decide how to act. So… take an example of a positive emotional experience; let’s say eating ice cream. Eating ice cream makes us feel happy. We enjoy feeling happy, so this causes us to continue to eat ice cream. Conversely, let’s say being late makes us feel anxious. We don’t like feeling anxious so we make a habit of leaving early to avoid being late and thus feeling anxious. In both cases, emotions help communicate to our brain and consequently, influence our behavior.
Worrying can be productive if it causes us to take positive actions. If we worry about our health, we are more likely to make healthy choices. If we worry about an upcoming work presentation, we’re more likely to prepare for it and deliver it successfully. However, when we perseverate or ruminate about things we cannot control, worry is not effective and serves no purpose. For example, if you worry incessantly about the weather ruining your upcoming beach vacation, you’ll likely go into your vacation with a negative attitude and have a hard time enjoying yourself.
So when you find yourself worrying, ask yourself three simple questions:
Is my worrying productive?
Do I have control of what I am worrying about?
Can I take positive action to ensure the outcome I want?
These questions will help you to decode whether or not your worrying is productive.
Of all the things I’ve learned, I’ve found mindfulness to be the one of most helpful in coping with pointless worrying. Mindfulness is the practice of being completely present in the moment. Jon Kabat-Zinn, a teacher of mindfulness meditation and the founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program at the University of Massachusetts, defines mindfulness as:
“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; On purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.”
I know what you’re thinking- making time for mindfulness is going to cause you even more stress and worry. And doesn’t it just sound boring? But mindfulness doesn’t have to take any extra time; you don’t have to meditate to benefit from mindfulness. Mindfulness is simply being aware and present in the moment. Instead of thinking about what just happened or what may happen, focus on the present. Easier said than done, right? Try focusing just on your breath. As you take a shower in the morning, instead of stressing about the day’s events, focus on breathing in and out, fully and slowly. Mindfulness is focusing on the now. If you’re making your kiddos breakfast, just focus on pouring the cereal into a bowl or spreading butter onto the bread. Notice each movement your hand makes with the butter knife, the smell of fresh toast, or focus on the sound of the cereal hitting the bowl. If you have a random worry thought, just notice it, but don’t dwell on it and try to bring your mind back to the present. Mindfulness is effective because if you’re living in the present moment, you can’t be worrying about the future or ruminating about the past.
Now I am not saying mindfulness is easy. It can be extremely difficult and frustrating. But it does get easier with practice; I promise. If you’re interested in learning more about mindfulness, check out the many readings of Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist. Below is a quote from Nhat Hanh:
“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace
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Yesterday, we had our monthly afternoon service. We purposefully try to make it a different format to the morning service. Instead of systematically preaching through a book of the Bible, we take a theological topic, watch a relevant video and then break into small groups to discuss some questions. We come back together for a plenary feedback session and then we do the whole thing a second time to push our thinking a bit further.
This Sunday we took a look at singing and worship. Here is what we did:
- At the most basic level, why ought we to sing?
- Psalm 95:1-2; Colossians 3:16
- What about church history makes singing vitally important? How might this be relevant in our context in Oldham?
- How does our singing affect what we believe and, consequently, how we behave as Christians?
- Eph 5:15-20
- Why is it important to sing based on what we know rather than what we feel?
- John 4:22-24; 1 Cor 14:15-17, 26
- What sort of things ought we to sing about?
- 1 Chron 16:23; Psa 9:1, 11; Rev 5:9, 15:3
- How can we ensure, in our context, that our songs help us praise God for what we know about him? | <urn:uuid:cbb8d21f-c97b-4bff-b03a-aa2c79fa93af> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://buildingjerusalem.blog/2020/02/17/monthly-afternoon-service-singing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.929845 | 286 | 2.125 | 2 |
Various physiological and pathological processes, such as cell differentiation, migration, attachment, and metastasis are highly dependent on nuclear elasticity. Nuclear morphology directly reflects the elasticity of the nucleus. We propose that quantification of changes in nuclear morphology on surfaces with defined topography will enable us to assess nuclear elasticity and deformability. Here, we used soft lithography techniques to produce 3 dimensional (3-D) cell culture substrates decorated with micron sized pillar structures of variable aspect ratios and dimensions to induce changes in cellular and nuclear morphology. We developed a high content image analysis algorithm to quantify changes in nuclear morphology at the single-cell level in response to physical cues from the 3-D culture substrate. We present that nuclear stiffness can be used as a physical parameter to evaluate cancer cells based on their lineage and in comparison to non-cancerous cells originating from the same tissue type. This methodology can be exploited for systematic study of mechanical characteristics of large cell populations complementing conventional tools such as atomic force microscopy and nanoindentation.
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The 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zafarullah Khan Jamali passed away. He served as PM from November 2002 to June 2004 for a duration of 1 Year, 7 Months and 3 days. He is the first politician from Balochistan to become Prime Minister.
Jamali served the country when former military dictator Pervez Musharraf was the President of the country. As PM, Jamali vowed to sign a peace agreement and cease-fire in the disputed Kashmir region. In 2004, Jamali made the first high-level visit from Pakistan to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban government in 2001. | <urn:uuid:c9455a9a-1d17-4b9b-8731-194efffa100b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/former-pm-of-pakistan-zafarullah-jamali-passes-away/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.97439 | 124 | 2 | 2 |
Srinagar: Two days of rain in Jammu and Kashmir have led to an increase in water level in major rivers and streams, but there is no immediate threat of floods, officals said on Friday.
The gauge reading of River Jhelum and its tributaries as per the Irrigation and Flood Control Department at 7 pm Friday indicated that the water levels were well below the danger mark.
The water level of Jhelum at Sangam was recorded at 13.92 feet, at Pampore 3.86 feet, at Ram Munshi Bagh 16.2 feet, at Asham 10.45 feet, while the tributaries including Vaishow Nallah at Khudwani 4.8 feet, Rambiyara Nallah at Wachi 1.34 feet, Lidder Nallah at Batkoot 1.13 feet, Doodh Ganga Nallah 1.93 feet, and Sindh Nallah at Doderhama 2.00feet.
An official at the Irrigation and Flood Control department said that though the water level of the Jhelum River was rising at Ram Munshi Bagh and Asham, it was still flowing below the danger mark at key monitoring points in south, central and north Kashmir.
“There is no need to panic, all major points of Jhelum are below the danger mark in the Valley,” the official said.
As per the I&FC official, their teams are monitoring the water level regularly and have already sounded an alert in the flood-prone areas, asking people not to come closer to the swollen water bodies as a precautionary measure.
The Srinagar Adminstration tweeted: “We’re happy to inform that the water level in Jhelum has now started to recede in Srinagar. It has gone down from 16.35 feet at 5 pm to 16.31 feet at 6 pm. We would like to advise all Srinagar residents to remain alert until it goes further down below 16 feet though.”
Chief Engineer I&FC Iftikhar Ahmad Kakroo said the water level at Ram Munshi Bagh is expected to recede by evening.
“The water level in Jhelum is receding as the weather has improved. It shall further recede if it doesn’t rain further. Our men are on the job,” he said.
Director of the regional Meteorological Department, Sonam Lotus, told kashmir Reader that as expected weather has improved significantly and there has been no report of major rainfall since Thursday evening.
“However, some areas of J&K received light rainfall today,” he said, adding, “We don’t expect rainfall in coming days but because of the moisture present in the air, there will be occassional spell of light rain in Jammu and Kashmir.”
The Jammu-Srinagar highway NH-44 is still blocked at several places from Nashree to Banihal. Restoration work is going on, officals said.
As per an offical, on Saturday, subject to fair weather and clearance of road, only stranded vehicles between Jawahar Tunnel and Nashree shall be allowed to move on the highway.
SSP Traffic for the NH, JS Johar said that SFs Convoy Movement are advised to undertake journey on NH-44 only after confirming the status of road.
He added that the Mughal Road is open for downward traffic for fruit-carrying vehicles. “Only vehicles (carriers) loaded with fresh fruits shall be allowed from Herpora (Shopian) from 1100 hrs to 1600 hours towards Poonch. No vehicle shall be allowed after these timings,” Johar said.
“Moreover, no passenger vehicle or pedestrian shall be allowed on Mughal Road and SSG (Leh-Kargil) road. Subject to fair weather and good road condition only essential commodity vehicles shall be allowed to ply on Srinagar-Sonamarg- Gumari road,” he added. | <urn:uuid:c4596877-c18b-49b7-90ad-235cb15c66fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kashmirreader.com/2020/08/29/rivers-streams-rise-then-ebb-highways-still-blocked/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963489 | 845 | 1.789063 | 2 |
The Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum was founded in 1937 by Ransford W. Shaw.
We are located in the Historic White Memorial Building at 109 Main Street in Houlton, Maine.
Our mission is dedicated to preserving the history and artistic heritage of Aroostook County's shiretown and the surrounding area.
We've been busy with our current digitization project and are adding photos and documents to our digital archive every day.
Take a look around and familiarize yourself with the site. We are confident that you'll find it very informative. We've spent months designing and creating content and hope you enjoy it.
Please make sure that you visit our Houlton History page. It's packed with content that will keep you busy for hours upon end..
Our Virtual Tours
Walk through each room in the Museum with Curator Leigh Cummings. Leigh has a vast knowledge of the history of the local area and the artifacts at the Museum.
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Our Government Is Failing to Protect Our Rights
A few weeks ago a Palestinian-American woman, Sandra Tamari, traveling to the West Bank to visit her family was stopped by Israeli airport officials and ordered to log on to her email account and provide her password so that the Israelis could read her private communications. They insisted this be done before they would allow her to enter the country. From reports we are receiving, this practice has become routine.
Disturbing? You bet it is. But even more upsetting was what happened when Ms. Tamari spoke to a U.S. official. As she relates their conversation:
U.S. Official: Hello. I got your number from_____. You are being questioned by Israeli authorities, I understand.
Sandra Tamari: They are threatening to deport me.
U.S. Official: Are you Jewish?
Sandra Tamari: No.
U.S. Official: have you been in contact with the Israeli government or military before?
Sandra Tamari: No
U.S. Official: Have you been here before?
Sandra Tamari: Yes, several times. I am a Palestinian with family in the West Bank.
U.S. Official: Oh, you have family in the West Bank. Then there is nothing I can do to help you. In fact, if I interceded on your behalf, it will hurt your case with the Israelis.
Sandra Tamari: I don't understand. You are saying you can't speak with them. You have no influence. They are demanding to access my gmail account.
U.S. Official: If they have your gmail address, they can get in without your password.
Sandra Tamari: What do you mean? How?
U.S. Official: They're good!
Sandra Tamari: This is crazy. You mean you know about these requests to access emails and you have no problem with it.
U.S. Official: It is in our travel warning. They won't harm you. You will be sent home on the next flight out...
This story is infuriating on many levels. Israeli treatment of Americans of Arab descent is demeaning and disgraceful - though it pales in comparison with the daily humiliation endured by Palestinians at checkpoints and borders. More disturbing is the acceptance of this behavior and the cavalier disregard some American officials have displayed to these violations of the rights of their own citizens.
I have been dealing with issues of this sort for 35 years. And I have, myself, been personally subjected to hours of frustrating and humiliating interrogations by Israeli officials. Since the 1970's we have logged with the State Department the complaints of hundreds of American citizens of Arab descent traveling to or within Israel and the Occupied Territories who were: detained for hours of humiliating questioning; denied entry, turned away at airports and made to buy tickets to return home; forced to surrender their American passports and to secure, against their will, a Palestinian ID document; denied permission to exit; strip searched; or had property stolen or deliberately destroyed by airport inspectors. The stories are hurtful and have caused great distress to many. There are many Palestinian Americans who, because of their concern with this treatment, have simply stopped going to visit their families.
We have called successive U.S. administrations to task for failing to hold Israel accountable for these behaviors which are in clear violation of their treaty obligations to the U.S. In the 1951 U.S.-Israel Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, Israel pledges to permit U.S. citizens "to travel freely, to reside at places of their choice; to enjoy liberty of conscience" and to guarantee them "the most constant protection and security".
We have also questioned why American officials have failed to deliver on the assurance implied on the opening page of every U.S. passport: "The Secretary of State of the United States of America hereby requests all whom it may concern to permit the citizen/national of the United States named herein to pass without delay or hindrance and in case of need to give all lawful aid and protection".
Sadly, instead of protecting its citizens, the U.S. has all too often feigned powerlessness, thus enabling Israel to continue to violate the rights of Arab Americans with impunity. This is unconscionable since it relegates Arab Americans to the status of second class citizens.
Does the U.S. "special relationship" with Israel cancel out the right of American citizens of Arab descent to equal protection by their own government? From the comments of the U.S. official to Ms. Tamari, that would appear to be the case. The "travel warning" he pointed out to her specifically notes that "U.S. citizens with Arabic or Muslim names, those born in Muslim or Middle Eastern countries" can be expected to be treated differently by "Israeli border authorities". To understand just how infuriating this warning is, substitute "Jewish" for "Arabic" and "Jordanian border authorities" for "Israeli border authorities". Then ask yourself what the reaction of the State Department and Congress would be if that were the case? Would they merely issue a "warning" or "advisory" to American Jews - as if this behavior were some "act of nature" to be lamented but accepted? And yet this is exactly what happened to Sandra Tamari and it is what has happened repeatedly for decades to countless other Arab Americans traveling to and within Israel and the Occupied Territories.
I have been assured by many Secretaries of State that there is but one class of U.S. citizenship, that our rights, as Arab Americans, will be protected and that this matter will be taken up with Israeli authorities. They have done so, and yet the systematic discrimination against and harassment of Americans of Arab descent by the State of Israel not only persists, it has worsened.
This is because after the initial protest is ignored by Israel, our government shrugs its shoulders as if to say "there is nothing more we can do". Well there is something more they can do. They just either cannot or will not muster the political courage to protect the rights of my community when Israel is involved. And they admit as much with their pathetic travel warning. | <urn:uuid:99d125e1-bae0-4dd2-9dca-a68744783638> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.factsandarts.com/index.php/current-affairs/our-government-failing-protect-our-rights | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.966753 | 1,283 | 2.109375 | 2 |
There are 3 Scopes created by the GHG Protocol for companies to reduce their carbon footprint and guide them on the road to Net Zero.
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One thing I want to emphasize in describing the rise of the populist right and people that vote for populist parties, is that to some extent, this understanding of them as disregarded and disrespected, is true. There is a tendency of many people to say: well, this entire group of populist voters are just a bunch of racists and xenophobes, and you know, they are white people that had been dominant in their societies, they are losing that position of dominance, they are resentful that they are losing that, and they are just trying to get back to their old social position. This is true, for a certain group of people in that category, but I think it is important to understand that they actually have a case that they were disrespected and disregarded by the elites. This is more reasonable if you look at, for example, what happened to this white working class in the US, a good part of it actually followed the black working class into a kind of social chaos. So today, among low-skilled white workers you have a vast increase in the number of single-parent families, increases in crime rates in neighbourhoods where they live, you have an opioid epidemic that killed over 70,000 Americans, and actually lowered life expectancy, male life expectancy for white people in the US, in the last couple of years. So, it is very hard to say that these people are not in fact, in some sense, doing extremely poorly. But the cultural aspect of it is what is particularly infuriating to people. There is a very nice book called “Strangers in Their Own Land” by sociologist Arlie Hochschild that teaches at Berkeley, she interviewed a lot of Tea Party voters in rural Louisiana, and she has this metaphor, the central metaphor in her book, where the way these people see themselves is they are all lined up in a queue, there is a door in the distance, over the door it says “the American Dream”. And they are all waiting to go through the door, called the American Dream. They are raising families, going to work every day. All of a sudden, they see people cutting in ahead of them in line. Some of them are black, some of them are women, some of them are gays and lesbians, some of them are Syrian refugees, and the people that are helping them cut the line are basically, frankly, people like you and me in this audience: they are educated, people in the Arts, in the media, and the two political parties, who really have not paid much attention to them. I think that you can hear echoes of that in the populist movements here in Europe as well, that there is a cultural snobbery of the educated, cosmopolitan, urban dwelling, sophisticated people that make up elites in modern societies, against people that have less education, that do not live in big cities, that have much more traditional social and cultural values. There is a degree of justified resentment at that kind of disregard. | <urn:uuid:90e2f9f5-9db7-4a97-83fc-a54d1ae1abc3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tippingpoint.net/francis-fukuyama-identity-politics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.984707 | 609 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Node Locked License, Singularity Container¶
Installing Parabricks via the Singularity container installer requires the following:
A working Nvidia driver,
A working Singularity setup
Installer package, something similar to parabricks.tar.gz
You can refer to the section Installation Requirements for more details
This section assumes you have the installer package as parabricks.tar.gz either through the Trial Process or through the License Portal. For node locked licenses, you should have requested a license.bin from email@example.com
# Extract the installation package. $ tar -xzf parabricks.tar.gz # Install the software. $ sudo ./parabricks/installer.py --container singularity # Verify your installation. # This should display the parabricks version number: $ pbrun version
Installing the Singularity version of Parabricks differs from installing
the Docker version in the third step listed above--specifically in the
addition of the --container singularity option when running
During the installation you'll be asked
To accept the end user license agreement.
If you want to create a symbolic link from the Parabricks installation to
If you want to install the Ampere version or the non-Ampere version.
To check if your system has Ampere GPUs, run the following:
nvidia-smi --query-gpu=name --format=csv,noheader
Any GPU labeled with the first letter A (e.g. 'Tesla A100', 'Tesla A40') is an Ampere GPU.
If your machine has more GPUs than you have licenses, you will need to specify which, and how many, GPUs to use. For example, use the following flags to select only the first two GPUs:
CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="0,1" pbrun [command and inputs] --num-gpus 2
After installation, the
pbrun command will start any tool in the Parabricks software suite.
Answering "yes" to the second question (about creating a symbolic link) will make
available for system-wide access. Otherwise, you can access
pbrun from your local
installation directory, which is
/opt/parabricks/pbrun by default.
Installing without sudo access¶
Clara Parabricks can be built on one machine where you have
sudo access and then
copied to a second machine where you do not have
Log in to a machine where you have
sudoaccess and Singularity 3.0 or higher.
Download the software as described above.
Unzip the package.$ tar -xvzf parabricks.tar.gz
Do a local installation.$ mkdir localdir $ sudo ./parabricks/installer.py --install-location localdir --container singularity
Everything will be installed in the localdir/parabricks folder. Tar this folder....$ cd localdir $ tar -cvzf parabricks_install.tar.gz parabricks
...and copy it to the computer where you will be using Clara Parabricks. This computer must have Singularity v3.x installed.
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- Press Release
- August 6, 2022
Nighttime Orbital View Of Post-Tropical Storm Teddy
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided an infrared image of Post-tropical cyclone Teddy over the province of Newfoundland, Canada in the early morning hours of Sept. 24.
Teddy’s Last Advisory
At 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 23 (0300 UTC on Sept. 24), NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued the final advisory on Post-Tropical Cyclone Teddy. At that time, the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Teddy was located near latitude 51.0 degrees north and longitude 57.3 degrees west based on the Marble Mountain, Newfoundland, radar and surface observations along the west coast of Newfoundland. The post-tropical cyclone was moving toward the north-northeast near 32 mph (52 kph), and this general motion is expected to continue through Thursday. Maximum sustained winds were near 50 mph (85 kph) with higher gusts. The estimated minimum central pressure is 975 millibars.
The center of Teddy moved closer to the northwestern Newfoundland coast overnight.
NASA’s Night-Time View
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard Suomi NPP provided a nighttime image of Post-Tropical Storm Teddy over Newfoundland, Canada. The image was taken at 1:40 a.m. EDT (0540 UTC) on Sept. 24. The nighttime lights of Newfoundland can be seen somewhat through Teddy’s clouds, and the nighttime lights of Nova Scotia were visible, revealing that Teddy had moved past the province.
The image was created using the NASA Worldview application at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Teddy’s Final Fate
On the forecast track, Teddy is expected to move into the Labrador Sea today, Sept. 24 before merging with a larger extratropical low-pressure area.
About NASA’s EOSDIS Worldview
NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Worldview application provides the capability to interactively browse over 700 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and then download the underlying data. Many of the available imagery layers are updated within three hours of observation, essentially showing the entire Earth as it looks “right now.”
NASA Researches Earth from Space
For more than five decades, NASA has used the vantage point of space to understand and explore our home planet, improve lives and safeguard our future. NASA brings together technology, science, and unique global Earth observations to provide societal benefits and strengthen our nation. Advancing knowledge of our home planet contributes directly to America’s leadership in space and scientific exploration.
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“We had better face up to the demands of justice, compassion, and brotherhood if we truly seek peace, order and life itself.”
In this sermon delivered on November 3, 1968, Rabbi Olan uses the upcoming presidential election as an opportunity to extend his concept of moral laws. In many previous sermons, he had asserted that just as there are immutable laws of nature (his favorite example is the law of gravity), so there is a law of justice that operates just as inexorably. When we violate that law and behave unjustly, whether towards marginalized people at home or the people of Vietnam, we will have to pay.
In this sermon, however, he adds a law of compassion, and tells the story that God judges humankind from two thrones: from the throne of justice, we are all doomed, because the rich have not aided the poor and the powerful have not supported the weak. Fortunately, says Rabbi Olan, God’s justice is tempered with his mercy: the law of compassion balances the law of justice. It is not that we will be forgiven no matter what we do: we must align our behavior with the law of compassion if we want to live in a world of “peace, order and life”.
Rabbi Olan then adds a third principle: unity, which he also calls “brotherhood” (using the language of his day). There is one God, and we are all His children. This explains the law of justice: because we are all members of one human family, it is natural that “we share with each other in love”.
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Ireland is commonly known as the Emerald Isle due to its immense natural, green and stunning landscapes. Whether you visit this beautiful place for an exciting castle crawl, the world class hiking, or attending one of the many music festivals, you are guaranteed a fun and exciting trip.
Its people are friendly and kind, its coastlines are truly breath-taking, the festivities and whiskey are top notch and its filled to the brim with a rich history. Ireland has iconic sights and stunning scenery to offer, full of natural wonders and gorgeous countryside.
If you can’t decide where to go on your next vacation, why not choose the unique and welcoming Emerald Isle? Here are a few things to look forward to when you visit Ireland:
Rolling Hills And Stunning Natural Landscapes
- When visiting Ireland you will be able to look forward to misty seaside cliffs, quaint countryside and stoic rock formations. There is some once in a lifetime hiking up the high mountains of Wicklow and McGillycuddy’s Reeks. Take in the views over the Atlantic Ocean from the west coast cliffs.
- Sail or walk along the glossy Celtic lakes such as Lough Erne and Lough Leane. And adventure around the islands where you can educate yourself on Gaelic culture and language.
- If you are visiting Northern Ireland, we recommend following the causeway coast. This coastline has much to offer, make sure you check out The Glens of Antrim, The Giant’s Causeway, and The Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge.
Music And Festivals
Ireland’s lively atmosphere is home to many different festivals and events all year round. The Irish are known to be welcoming hosts with plenty of fun and exciting things to do.
- Check out TradFest, the largest festival of traditional Irish music in Ireland. It happens in January each year in Dublin. The town of Dingle also hosts its own in September.
- And of course: St Patrick’s Day! It’s a wonderful five-day celebration in Dublin.
- If you love seafood, then go to Ireland in September, Galway hosts the International Oyster and Seafood Festival.
- In September Dublin hosts the Fringe Festival, as well as a Bram Stoker Festival in October, both are not to be missed.
Ireland has a rich, deep and ancient history reaching back to The Vikings, Celts and warrior clans. There are around 30,000 castles and ruins spread out all over the country.
Here are some castles to look out for:
- Blarney Castle: Where you can kiss the famous Blarney Stone
- Bunratty Castle: One of the castles left in Ireland that is still whole
- Dunluce Castle: A stunning structure on the cliffs overlooking the sea
- Rock of Cashel: Full of Celtic history and Irish facts
- Ross Castle: A castle in the Irish national park that dates back to the 15th-century
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Eco-friendly sportswear, gym wear, yoga clothes, and outdoor adventure gear are available from these ethical tie dye shorts and sustainable brands.
What makes an athletic brand ethical?
Synthetic fabrics are usually used in workout clothing. Organic cotton can be used for light workouts. It is a good idea to look for materials made from recycled, up-cycled, or regenerated content when using synthetic fibers.
When recycled synthetic fabrics are washed, they release microfibers that kill marine life.
To prevent microfibers from being shed into waterways, be sure to place your garments made from synthetic fabrics in a Guppyfriend Washing Bag that can catch microfibers.
Fair Trade certifications are signs of transparency. Does the brand’s website give specific information about wages and conditions for workers? Do they have a system for tracking? Is the brand able to tell me where the garments are being made? Do they go to thefactories themselves? Do they have photos and videos from the factories? Do countries they source from have high labor standards? What are they doing to make sure these factories uphold high standards?
I know this is a lot, so to help you sort out fact from greenwashing on your search for truly eco-friendly athletic clothing and gear, I have put together a guide of sustainable brands with either all ecologically friendly and ethical activewear or with at least some responsibly-made collections. I made sure to include what to look for from certain brands if they only have sustainable or ethical collections.
This guide includes partners. All brands meet strict standards for sustainable living and we think you will love them too.
1 Kaira Active is comfortable, durable, and versatile. The sports bras and bottoms are made from reclaimed fishing nets and other nylon waste. Each luxuriously soft piece is made in California by makers who make more than the minimum wage in the state.
The leggings, bras, tops, and shorts are made from recycled material. The brand pays 125% of the minimum wage, and provides health insurance. Diverse models are always used in Girlfriend’s campaigns. The check out girl is a size range.
The values of the natives are what inspired the creation of Inhala Soulwear. The brand does everything it can to honor nature. Inhala Soulwear uses recycled and regenerated materials in their collections. They use both recycled and recyclable packaging. There is a check out inhala soulwear.
You will feel good moving in because ourCommonplace has functional, fashionable, and eco-friendly activewear. The WOC-owned marketplace has brands like 1 People and LEONNORD, which use recycled plastic bottles. Check out our commonplace
Day/Won Day/Won is an eco-minded brand with uniquely designed clothing. They have a great variety of prints. The brand uses recycled synthetics for most of their collection. Not all of their pieces are made with recycled materials. There is a size range ofXS to 5XL.
The bras, leggings, and shorts are made from recycled plastic bottles. Whether it is yoga class, a hike on a nearby trail, or running around for your Saturday groceries, the brand’s sustainable activewear is designed to support your active lifestyle. Explore Wolven has a size range.
There are vibrant colors and bold, geometric designs made from recycled materials. The eco-friendly sportswear brand has bras, leggings, and sets in lightweight fabrics for warmer days and light activities as well as in mid-weight fabrics for the cooler weather. The size range is the Explore AHM.
Reprise is an Eco-friendly brand that makes activewear made from renewable resources. The brand is trying to source a portion of their blend from plant-based sources. Makers earning living wages in LA, NYC and New Jersey make Reprise’s plant-based activewear.
It is clear by the brand name that they have a sustainable approach. Organic cotton, recycled nylon, and recycled wool are some of the premium, durable, and eco-friendly fibers that are supplied by Organic Basics. The brand only works with factories with respected third-party certifications. The size range is Explore Organic.
Allbirds is an eco-friendly natural sneaker brand that has recently launched activewear. The sustainable leggings, tanks, and shorts are made from a variety of materials. Check out all the birds.
Patagonia uses eco-conscious materials such as organic cotton, Tencel® lyocell, andHemp for many of their products and follows responsible construction practices, such as improving existing buildings instead of building new ones whenever possible for their retail stores and using solar panels at their headquarters.
The creator of Kuychi Cauldron is an Indigenous Peruvian American. Natural dyes and fibers are used to make each piece. The knit tank tops and leggings are made from a sustainable fabric that is anti-fungal and anti-bacterial. The check out is in the size range.
13 The Threads 4 Thought brand is an affordable ethical and sustainable fashion brand. The fabrics the brand sources are earth friendly. The brand donates part of their profits to the International Rescue Committee. Explore Threads 4 Thought has an extended size collection.
The prAna Prana brand is made with care. There are many products made from sustainable materials. Look for the leaf icon. Fair Trade Certified factories make many of the conscious adventure and athletic wear brand’s products. The product details should say “Fair Trade Factory Certified”. There are all Fair Trade products here. Explore prAna is a size range.
The organic label is the most affordable option among the sustainable brands. PACT is an eco-friendly brand. PACT has been committed to Fair Trade since the very beginning. Toxic dyes are not used in the sustainable fashion brand’s products. Use code CONSCIOUSSTYLE20 for 20% off.
A sustainable yoga and activewear brand with sleek pieces made from natural, earth-friendly fabrics instead of synthetic fibers. The fabrics they use are sustainable. The label guarantees that the dye-houses have water treatments that are free of harmful effects on the environment. The same area where their garments are made is where the custom-designed fabrics are knitted.
17 The Vege Threads yoga apparel is made from a combination of organic cotton and stretchy spandex. The signature colors of Vege Threads are dyed with low toxic dyes in Australia and with plant-based dyes inBali. All of the brand’s eco-friendly pieces are made in an accredited facility.
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So let's back up and take a minute to remember that things could always be worse for Apple.
On January 26th, 1996, exactly 20 years ago to this day, early tech blog Suck.com reported that Sun Microsystems was in talks to buy up Apple, then worth $3.89 billion.
"Back in late 1995 early '96, when we were at our peak, we were literally hours away from buying Apple for about $5 to $6 a share," former Sun President Ed Zander would later recall in 2011.
Apple had been floundering for years at this point. The early nineties saw Apple try everything from making pricey handheld computers to lousy digital cameras.
But former Apple CEO John Sculley's most catastrophic mistake was committing the company's computers to the PowerPC processor, while Microsoft, IBM, and Intel teamed up to make Windows run on the cheaper, more popular x86 chips. Microsoft Windows flourished on a variety of cheap PCs, while pricey, limited Macs fell far behind.
In 1993, Apple missed guidance on its quarterly earnings. That was enough for Apple's board to fire Sculley and install early Apple employee Michael Spindler.
Things were so bad that the board eventually assigned Spindler the task of finding a buyer for the company.
And so, Spindler talked to Sun Microsystems, the manufacturer of high-end computer workstations and servers, about an acquisition in early 1996. The anonymous pundit at Suck theorized that the plan was to use Macs as low-power, cheap computers hooked up to Sun servers for intelligence.
"Not that anyone at Sun or Apple knows anything about successfully producing a low-end mass-market product," wrote Suck.
It didn't work, and the deal fell apart. So did Spindler's acquisition talks with IBM and Philips. And so, after less than three years, Apple's board fired Spindler, too, and hired Gil Amelio.
Amelio would go on to buy Steve Jobs' startup NeXT Computer for $429 million, bringing the Apple cofounder back into the fold — which would backfire on him, when Jobs convinced Apple's board to oust Amelio in early 1997. Oracle would go on to buy Sun for $7.4 billion in 2010.
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Mitigate – minimise the impact of a potential DDoS attack
Protect – adapt and evolve your DDoS protection strategy
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LOADUNIMAP(8) System Manager's Manual LOADUNIMAP(8)
loadunimap - load the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table
loadunimap [ -C console ] [ -o oldmap ] [ map ]
The loadunimap command is obsolete - its function is now built-in into setfont(8). However, for backwards compatibility it is still available as a separate command. The program loadunimap loads the specified map in the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table. If no map is given def mapping table is assumed. The default extension (that can be omitted) is .uni. If the -o oldmap option is given, the old map is saved in the file specified. On Linux 2.6.1 and later one can specify the console device using the -C option. Usually one does not call loadunimap directly - its function is also built into setfont(8).
@DATADIR@/unimaps The default directory for unicode mappings. @DATADIR@/unimaps/def.uni The default mapping file.
This page is part of the kbd (Linux keyboard tools) project. Information about the project can be found at ⟨http://www.kbd-project.org/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual page, send it to firstname.lastname@example.org. This page was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository ⟨https://github.com/legionus/kbd.git⟩ on 2021-08-27. (At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in the repository was 2021-07-04.) If you discover any rendering problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON (which is not part of the original manual page), send a mail to email@example.com kbd 2004-01-01 LOADUNIMAP(8)
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Our teams collect textual and related evidence and make it available to the public via an open access digital repository housed at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in the UBC Library Open Collection.
Please click HERE to learn about our new interface and access the data!
As texts and other materials are collected, a robust set of metadata will be created for each item…. This … open access database will display photographs of manuscript and printed texts, serving as a unique virtual library for use by scholars, students and the public. The database will also preserve material brought together by our project. Scholars will be able to use this database to discover and trace connections between seemingly disparate geographical and temporal contexts that would have previously been impossible to discern. The collection as a whole, as well as particularly significant items contained within, will become the basis for scholarly symposia and subsequent publications. It will enhance interactions both among team members and with other research units around the globe.
-excerpt from proposal to SSHRC, Oct 2015
The repository is different from much of the material found online, through better
- Access (we might get access to material not already documented)
- Attention (scholars pay attention to things tourists do not)
- Accuracy (thorough description, in metadata produced by scholars)
- Systematic coverage, allowing users to see complete sets of things and put them in context and in relation to one another through documentation of whole sites
- Reusability, under open license terms
The project aims for high quality, however the above are more important than quality alone.
We have produced the following training videos to help our participants prepare for data collection in the field.
Here you will find documentation about the data collection process.
FROGBEAR Data Collection (wiki page)
This is the main document that outlines the general activities and considerations while collecting material in the field.
Metadata Template (Excel file)
Each person that takes a picture/video/audio is required to submit the form that allows the project to use that material.
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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea said Wednesday it plans to send 50,000 tons of rice to North Korea through the World Food Program, in its second aid package announced in past weeks as it seeks to help with North Korean food shortages and improve bilateral relations.
South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul, Seoul's point man for North Korea, said his government will work with the U.N. agency to ensure that the food reaches North Korean people without delay. South Korea last week sent $8 million to the World Food Program and the United Nations Children's Fund for programs providing medical and nutritional aid for North Korean children and pregnant women.
U.N. agencies last month said that about 10 million people were facing "severe food shortages" after one of North Korea's worst harvests in a decade. Kim said South Korea will decide whether to provide more food aid after reviewing the outcome of the current assistance.
Kim said South Korea and WFP are reviewing how to send the South Korean-produced rice to North Korea, but that a delivery by sea would be more effective than air transport.
"Considering previous cases, it would take about two months to send 50,000 tons of rice (to North Korea)," Kim said in a news conference. "The government will do its best so that (the rice arrives in the North) possibly within September."
Seoul's announcement came a day before Chinese President Xi Jinping was to travel to Pyongyang for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a visit experts say will likely be accompanied by Chinese assistance in food, fertilizer and medicine.
North Korea has significantly reduced its dialogue and engagement with South Korea since February, when a nuclear summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump collapsed over disagreements on sanctions relief and disarmament.
While South Korean President Moon Jae-in has expressed hope that South Korean aid will help thaw bilateral relations, it remains to be seen whether Seoul's packages would facilitate diplomacy when the North has been demanding much bigger things from the South, such as the resumption of inter-Korean economic projects held back by U.S.-led sanctions against the North.
The $8 million sent to the WFP and UNICEF was the first time the South provided humanitarian aid to the North through an international agency since 2015, when it gave $800,000 to a U.N. Population Fund project to evaluate North Korean public health conditions.
Moon's government first proposed to provide the money in 2017, but the plans were halted amid a series of North Korean weapons tests before Seoul reaffirmed its commitment to the plans in May. An abrupt turn toward diplomacy in 2018 saw Kim meet with Trump twice and three times with Moon. | <urn:uuid:34979ccc-8e31-4493-a2be-485f47620e44> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/south-korea-send-50000-tons-rice-north-korea-63802841 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.964321 | 553 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Japan's Yamato city set to ban mobile phone for walkers Photograph:( AFP )
Japan's Yamato city officials said the move to ban smartphones has been made after the number of accidents had increased
Pedestrians with phones may be a common sight the world over but Japan's Yamato city has submitted a bill to authorities to prevent people from using mobile phones while walking.
City officials say the move has been made after the number of accidents had increased due to the use of smartphones.
The ban may come into effect next month with officials insisting that they will set up an awareness campaign to warn citizens about the dangers of being on call while walking the streets.
The bill if passed will be the first in Japan.
According to a US survey, 1.6 million car crashes occur per year in the country with 25 per cent accidents being caused due to texting and driving.
The World Health Organisation(WHO) had estimated that mobile use makes accidents four times more likely. In Australia, authorities have estimated that 9 per cent of fatal car crashes were caused by distracted drivers which including mobile phone users.
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Why an Open Standard?
When individuals and organisations get behind a purposeful vision, solutions to what previously seemed like big challenges become attainable.
The aim is that this Open Standard will help lower the barrier for built-environment owners and digital navigation services to make their environments, products and services inclusive from the outset as we continue to weave technology into our cities.
Once the Open Standard is adopted across the built-environment and digital navigation services alike, vision impaired people will benefit from a consistent, reliable and seamless navigation experience.
Emerging indoor navigation technologies such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacons and 5G hold the key to opening up the world for vision impaired people. However, in order to achieve the greatest impact globally, there is a pressing need to develop a consistent standard to be implemented across wayfinding systems. This will truly open up a world where vision impaired people are no longer held back by their sight loss, removing barriers to employment, to seeing friends and family and engaging in their community.
The Wayfindr Open Standard aims to do just that. As the Open Standard develops it will give venue owners and digital navigation services the tools to implement high quality, consistent, audio wayfinding solutions. It includes an open-source demo app that enables people who download it to use BLE beacons to understand and implement the open standard with real users, in real contexts, in real time.
Our Open Standard has now been approved by the International Telecommunications Union as ITU-T F.921. We are still working to add to and improve the Open Standard. If you would like to be involved please contact us.
1 Audio-based network navigation system for persons with vision impairment
Introduction and Part 1 of the Wayfindr Open Standard
2 Learning about mobility of vision impaired people
An introduction to the world of vision impaired people and their navigation and mobility techniques
3 Designing for vision impaired people
The design principles that underpin the Wayfindr Open Standard, the different types of audio instructions and the various structural elements of an audio instruction
Guidelines with various techniques for providing effective navigation instructions and creating inclusive digital navigation services
5 Wayfinding technologies
Recommendations and best practices about the whole lifecycle of a wayfinding technology, such as Bluetooth Low Energy beacons, from the installation to long-term maintenance
6 Open Source Wayfindr Demo mobile app
Information about the aim of the open-source Wayfindr Demo app, along with a link to access the source code
Using the Open Standard
As a designer, researcher or developer
Find principles and guidelines on how to provide audio instructions for wayfinding, and create inclusive navigation servicesGet Started
As a venue owner, or access consultant
Find best practices for the installation, configuration and maintenance of wayfinding technologies in your environmentGet Started
As anyone else who is interested
Explore the Wayfindr Open Standard to find out how it can support youGet Started
Open Standard principles
Openness and transparency
All the processes related to the Wayfindr Open Standard development are open to the public. Any individual or organisation is invited to participate. There will be a public notice about the periods for public comment. The material of records from meetings and discussions in the Working Groups will be publicly available.
The Wayfindr Open Standard is maintained by Wayfindr.org Ltd, which is a nonprofit organisation. There will be an ongoing process for testing and revision of the Wayfindr Open Standard to ensure quality. The process for reviews and updates in the Wayfindr Open Standard will be well defined.
The Wayfindr Open Standard is available to the public at no cost both during its development (e.g. via Working Drafts and minutes) and its final stage (via the Recommendations).
Collaboration and Consensus
The maintenance of the Wayfindr Open Standard is done through collaborative decision making in the Working Groups. All views and opinions will be considered and there will be equal treatment to all parties involved in the decision making process.
Wayfindr Open Standard is licensed under a
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Women like to be treated in a certain way; they want to be treated with respect. A lot of men, in this culture are taught by movies and even friends to treat women like they are objects. This, however, is very wrong. Women are people just like us. God calls us to respect all people, especially women. We should also respect women because God respects women. We are all made in the image of God; so we are all equal.
Today, I had the opportunity to visit my father’s place of work and interview the women about the qualities of a respectful man. My first question was “What are the qualities of a man who respects you?” The most popular answer to that question was that the man has to accept their opinion. They have to understand and listen to their thoughts. Other answers were patience, unconditional love, Godly, Sincere, have a servant’s heart will guard the woman’s heart and will see things through.
I asked the ladies another question, “What are the qualities of a man who does not show them respect?” The most popular answer to this question was that the man shows disrespect when they show no regard to their opinion; in other words, when the man doesn’t listen to the woman. Another popular answer was that the women didn’t like it when a man was self-centered or egotistical.
Today, I also interviewed the men in my father’s office. Instead of just two questions I asked the women, I asked the men three.
The first question I asked was “How do you show respect towards women?” Two answers seemed to repeat themselves; chivalry (opening the door, pulling out the chair for a woman, etc.) and listening to women’s opinions and thoughts. Other answers consisted of being careful with your tone, trying to be self-less, and providing your spouse/family with a sense of security.
The second question I asked was “Why is it important to respect women?” Almost all of the men I interviewed gave me the same answer; we are called by God to respect women. As I stated in my first paragraph, all people are made in the image of God, we are equal and everyone should be treated equally, even when it is hard to do.
The third and final question I asked the men was “Can you think of a time when you weren’t respectful to a woman?” All of them could. Most of them thought back to when they were teenagers. They wanted to be rebellious and thought a good way was to be disrespectful to their mom. One person I interviewed went even further. “It’s not popular, culture doesn’t reward being respectful, so it makes it more of a challenge,” he told me.
After interviewing many people on this topic, I decided to research further. I wanted to analyze how society views respect towards women. I’m going to analyze my favorite TV show (The Office), the songs in my iTunes, and one of my favorite movies (Transformers Two: Revenge of the Fallen).
The Office has many different characters with different opinions of respecting women. If I had to pick one main character that has the right towards how to treat a woman, is Jim Halpert (John Krasinski). He seems to be the more mature male in the office and is married to the former secretary, now a saleswoman, Pam Beasley (Jenna Fischer). While he was courting her in the beginning seasons of the show, I could really see that he respected her. He took the time to listen to her, even when she was engaged to another man.
On the contrary, there are many characters in The Office that have the wrong view of women. One is the branch manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Also, Michael’s best friend who shows up in some episodes, Todd Packer (David Koechner) has a totally wrong view of women. In one episode, Michael threw a Christmas party and Todd came. In this episode, they were both very rude towards the women (Todd also got drunk and passed out on a cubicle). They are both very focused on a women’s physicality instead of their personality. In the last episode I will mention, Michael gets back together with his crazy ex-girlfriend because she got breast implants. This is my picture of how not to treat a woman.
Next, I will look at the contents of my iTunes and see how the music I listen to says to treat women. I do not listen to rap. Though most teenagers in this society do, I have never found rap appealing. I listen to rock and some heavier things, I don’t know if you would call it death metal, but it is pretty close. I know it may be hard to believe, but most of the heavy bands are Christian. People can’t understand the lyrics and it sounds like it would be demonic, but if you knew what the lyrics were, you would know it was Christian. In fact one band, The Devil Wears Prada (not the movie), have a song called “Hey John, What’s Your Name Again?” the chorus goes: I’m going to hope for you, I’m going to pray for you amongst the reckless and the black. Salvation lies within.
On the contrary, I have music in my iTunes that is definitely not honoring god, and definitely would disrespect women. One of my favorite bands is Blink-182. If you know anything about music, then you know that Blink-182 has one of the greatest drummers of all time, Travis Barker. His drumming drew me to the band and after I heard the song “Not Now” by them, I knew that they were great. Their lyrics aren’t honoring women though. A lot of their lyrics have to do with sex and treating women as objects. Although the music they make sounds good, the message behind the lyric could be much better.
Some music can give people a better view of women, like the music of Relient K or Skillet, other music, like that of Blink-182, can give you a bad view.
To finish my topic of media’s view towards women, I will analyze Transformers Two: Revenge of the Fallen. In this second movie in the very popular movie series Transformers, Sam Witwiki (Shia LeBeouf) and Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) are on a mission to find the Matrix to save Optimus Prime and the world. In the first scene of the movie, there is a close up of Megan Fox, on a working on a motorcycle in an auto shop. She is wearing low cut shorts and a very small shirt cutting off above her stomach. After seeing the movie with a couple of friends in the theatres when it came out, this was the scene they talked about for a long time. They kept saying how hot she was. They said they probably wouldn’t have seen the movie if it hadn’t been for her role.
There were some good views towards respecting women in this movie also. A lot of the story line was about Sam and Mikaela falling in love. Sam treats Mikaela with the utmost respect throughout the movie (except when he cheated on her, but that’s a different topic).
Overall, the media has told a man, in this society, treating women with disrespect is the cool or easy thing to do. I am lucky to have been raised in a family where we are taught to respect women.
The final topic I will be writing about is God’s view on treating women with respect. Here is an excerpt from the book of John:
“Then each went to his own home.
But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts; where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?’ They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened
up and said to them, ‘If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’
‘No one, sir,’ she said.
‘Then neither do I condemn you,’ Jesus declared. ‘Go now and leave your life of sin.'” (John 7:53-8:11)
I think that this bible story really sums up how God and Jesus treated women. He forgave them; He treated them just like He would treat anyone else. God made all of us in his own image, so we are all equal in his eyes. He will treat everyone with the same amount of respect, with the same unconditional love as the next person. God would treat a poor beggar on the road with just as much respect as he would the president of the United States of America.
Overall, women should be treated with respect. In God’s eyes we are all the same, and that is all that really matters. Writing this paper made me realize a lot. It has showed me what most women think respect is. I now know how to show respect in the right way. And, just as important, I know how not to treat women. I learned how the media views women, but most importantly, I learned how God views women. And personally, I want to view everything like God does, and women fall under the category of everything. | <urn:uuid:e3979d87-a339-4f0d-b1e2-95b29ca7f9be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.allprodad.com/respect-towards-women/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.981263 | 2,140 | 1.835938 | 2 |
what health issues do french bulldogs have
Common health problems:
There are a number of common health problems that can affect people of all ages. Some of the most common health problems include:•Colds and flu•Allergies•Ear infections•Throat infections•Stomach viruses•Urinary tract infectionsEach of these health problems can cause a variety of symptoms, which can make them difficult to diagnose and treat. It is important to see a doctor if you are experiencing any unusual symptoms, in order to get the correct diagnosis and treatment.
Other health concerns:
Apart from the common health concerns that everyone experiences, there are other health concerns that are specific to women. For example, women are more likely to experience urinary tract infections, yeast infections, and problems with their periods. It’s important for women to be aware of these health concerns and to take steps to protect their health.Urinary tract infections are a common problem for women. These infections can cause pain and discomfort, and can sometimes lead to more serious problems. It’s important for women to drink plenty of fluids and to urinate frequently to help prevent urinary tract infections.Yeast infections are also a common problem for women. These infections can cause itching and burning, and can sometimes lead to more serious problems. It’s important for women to avoid douching and to wear loose-fitting clothes to help prevent yeast infections.Problems with periods are also common for women. These problems can include heavy bleeding, cramps, and PMS. It’s important for
How to keep your Frenchie healthy: :
There are a few things you can do to help keep your Frenchie healthy and happy. First, make sure they get plenty of exercise. A good daily walk will help keep them in good shape and help them stay mentally stimulated. Next, make sure they have a good diet. A balanced diet with plenty of protein is important for keeping their muscles and coat healthy. Finally, make sure they get regular vet check-ups. By following these simple tips, you can help keep your Frenchie healthy and happy for years to come. | <urn:uuid:fece3615-b20b-4429-88a5-b82b89cdfa45> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sanoodi.com/what-health-issues-do-french-bulldogs-have/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.958412 | 435 | 2.359375 | 2 |
This edited collection addresses the problem of how the creation of novel spaces of governance relates to imaginaries of connectivity in time. While connectivity seems almost ubiquitous today, it has been imagined and practiced in various ways and to varying political effects in different historical and geographical contexts. Often the conception of new connectivities also gives birth to new spaces of governance. The political denomination of spaces – whether maritime, continental, social, or virtual – reflects the situatedness of power. Yet, such crafting of new spaces also expresses particular imaginaries and technologies of connectivity that make governance possible. Whereas the study of international relations has traditionally focused on the role of agency and structure in power relations, the affects, beliefs, attitudes, and practices that intervene in how groups of people connect in given times have not attracted much scholarly attention
Overall, the detailed and original case studies examined in the book range from the 16th century, to the 19th century, to the present, and from Spain, to the Maritime Alps, to Germany, to the Mediterranean, to China, to East Asia. The historical and geographical variety of the cases serves to highlight the diversity of the meaning and function of connectivity in the constitution of novel spaces of governance.
Although new technologies have created an increasingly interconnected world, institutionalized academic disciplines, functioning within their traditional cartographic imaginaries, have had a trained incapacity to theorize the new dynamic spatiality constituting the contemporary global world. Manifesting a creative indisciplinarity, the collection of diverse well composed chapters in Imaginaries of Connectivity is an important intervention that alerts us to a world that has been under theorized.
— Michael J. Shapiro, University of Hawai’i, Manoa
Unpacking the meaning of connectivity across a variety of historical contexts, Imaginaries of Connectivity illustrates the extent to which each set of connections is premised on its own distinctive worldview and its material preconditions, as well as how such imaginaries have shaped new objects of governance across space. As such, this volume offers fresh and exciting perspectives on a range of phenomena hitherto neglected by students of international relations and globalization theory.
— Jens Bartelson, Professor of Political Science, Lund University
What a marvelous collection! Working within a new and original approach to ontopolitical connectivity, these essays cast a raking light across a set of fascinating case studies ranging from the impact of the discovery of new constellations on the cosmographic imaginaries of early modern Europeans, to the unfolding connectivities between facial recognition technologies and borders in contemporary globalization imaginaries. Highly recommended.
— Larry George, Professor of Political Science, California State University
- Introduction by Luis Lobo-Guerrero, Suvi Alt and Maarten Meijer
- Chapter 1 Novelty and the Creation of the New World in Sixteenth-Century Spain by Luis Lobo-Guerrero
- Chapter 2 Faciality and the Digital Politics of Identity: At Face Value by Carina Huessy
- Chapter 3 After Ports Were Linked: Paradoxes of Transpacific Connectivity in the Nineteenth Century by Sujin Eom
- Chapter 4 Zones at Sea and the Properties of Connectivity: (A)roundness, (Imm)unity and Liquidity by Barry J. Ryan
- Chapter 5 From Tian Xia to Sovereignty: The Shift of the Chinese Imaginary of Connectivity in the Nineteenth Century by Ariel Shangguan
- Chapter 6 ‘Making up Germans’: Colonialism, Cartography and Imaginaries of ‘Germandom’ by Zeynep Gülsah Çapan and Filipe dos Reis
- Chapter 7 Friedrich’s ‘Germany’: Landscape Painting as Imaginary and Experience of Connectivity by Benjamin Tallis
- Chapter 8 Cultivating Disconnection: Imaginaries of Rurality in the Catalan Pyrenees by Camila del Mármol
- Chapter 9 Organisms, Nodes, and Networks by Paolo Palladino
- Chapter 10 Conclusions by Luis Lobo-Guerrero, Suvi Alt and Maarten Meijer
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If you trained in Gracie Jiu-jitsu you might be familiar with their steps to successfully using their techniques. It goes something like this: take the opponent to the ground, take control of the opponent, establish the dominant position and find a submission. Those are great steps to guide what one is supposed to do from their perspective. It's no wonder that if one gets skilled at guiding the opponent along with you step by step that one would have a distinct advantage over someone who was unaware of what to do on the ground.
The reason I am bringing this up is because one could train in martial arts for many years as I have and never ask nor understand what is the purpose of what we are doing. If you train in the Bujinkan, Karate or some other art, what are you trying to accomplish and how are you guiding the opponent towards that goal?
If you train in Judo, the answer is simple, you are looking for a throw that will get you points.
In boxing it's the KO, TKO or winning by points.
In Jiu-jitsu it's getting a submission or winning by points.
In traditional martial arts that are not competitive, one may never think about this or even realize that it's even a problem.
A person who is learning martial arts for self-defense purposes must take the honest look at what they are doing and ask why?
If I throw the opponent to the ground, can he just get back up and come at me again?
Old school martial arts were never for consensual fighting.
They were always for self-defense.
Since most of our martial arts developed in the US from Japan after WWII, a lot of this was never shared with Americans.
Furthermore, during the occupation of Japan, the type of martial arts practice that was allowed and the way it was practiced had changed from the pre-war eras.
Ever think about what has changed?
Training in the Bujinkan, as many early practitioners can attest to, was brutally painful.
As its popularity grew, over time it became more tame.
The purpose may be different for each person according to how they see it.
However, I believe that Soke Hatsumi has tried to give us some direction.
When we practice and study Taijutsu hasn't he mentioned many times that we need to have a just mind and heart?
Hasn't he told us in so many words to not rely on techniques but be in the present and make decisions on a case by case basis.
If we apply this, we must make decisions on what to do and how much force to use according to what arises.
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Scripture and Tradition
EWTN Favorite and Scripture Scholar Fr. Mitch Pacwa analyzes Church Traditions and Teachings in light of Sacred Scripture during this weekly live program.
2022-07-26 - Mailbag Show
If you have a question about matters of faith or church teaching, Fr. Mitch is devoting today’s show to answering emails from viewers. To be part of the mailbag, send your questions to email@example.com.
2022-07-19 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 22
In today’s interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch shows how Jesus’ desire for solitude in prayer evoked an almost selfish desire among the people to keep Him with them. This causes us to examine our own desires and motives.
2022-07-05 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 20
In his live, interactive Bible Study, Fr. Mitch points out how Jesus rewards the fisherman, Simon Peter, with a massive catch of fish. This miracle leads to a decisive exchange between the fisherman and the Savior.
2022-06-28 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 19
Our Lord’s mission of evangelization is the subject of today’s interactive Bible study. Fr. Mitch examines Simon Peter’s reaction to the news, how Jesus enlightened him, and how we might feel, were we in the same place.
2022-06-21 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 18
Journey through the Sacred Scriptures and traditions with Fr. Mitch Pacwa. Today, he discusses the importance Jesus placed on His own private personal prayer life, and what Our Lord was actually seeking in His prayer.
2022-06-14 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 17
Fr. Mitch, in his live, interactive Bible study, takes us to Capernaum to discuss the healing of Peter’s mother-In-Law and how Jesus engages the kingdom of darkness in direct combat by healing and exorcizing many people.
2022-06-07 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 16
Fr. Mitch talks about Christ’s mission to Capernaum in today’s live, interactive Bible study. He explores Jesus’ exorcisim of the man in the Synagogue with an unclean spirit, and the healing of St. Peter’s mother-In-law.
2022-05-31 - Mail Bag Show
As we grow closer to our Lord through the study of the Sacred Scriptures and prayer, we all seek answers to the many questions that come to mind. Today, Fr. Mitch dedicates his entire show to answering your emails.
2022-05-24 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 15
In today’s live Bible study, Fr. Mitch explains why Jesus preached, taught and healed in the synagogues. He was not trying to compete against the Pharisees and Sadducees, but rather to draw all people to the truth.
2022-05-17 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 14
Today’s Bible study looks at 2 ways in which we try to avoid Jesus’ call to repentance as outlined in the Gospel of Matthew. Fr. Mitch also examines the calling of the first 4 disciples – Peter, Andrew, James and John.
2022-05-10 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 14
The wedding feast at Cana provides the perfect illustration for today’s Bible study with Fr. Mitch. He ponders how Christ resolved the problem presented to Him, and explains how through it, He blesses all marriages.
2022-05-03 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 13
In the Bible, the wedding feast at Cana shows us how Jesus solves a problem that was brought to him by Mary. Fr. Mitch encourages us to bring our own problems in life to Jesus, and leave the solutions in His hands.
2022-04-26 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 12
If you’ve got questions about the Bible, this is your opportunity. Fr. Mitch devotes his entire show to answering viewer emails about various topics. Send your questions or comments to firstname.lastname@example.org.
2022-04-19 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 11
Today’s live, interactive Bible study looks at the wedding feast at Cana, and how Jesus serves as the Bridegroom of the Church. Fr. Mitch talks about how the people reacted to Jesus’ actions and why they were angry.
2022-04-12 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 10
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.” In his live Bible study, Fr. Mitch explains how in reading from Isaiah in the Synagogue, Jesus fulfilled Luke 4:18-21.
2022-04-05 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 9
Today’s interactive Bible study looks at how Jesus was empowered by the Holy Spirit, preached in the synagogues of Galilee after His baptism, temptations by the devil in the desert, and the arrest of John the Baptist.
2022-03-29 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 8
Satan’s failure to get Jesus to violate the First Commandment is the subject of today’s live Bible study. After this last ditch attempt, the third temptation of Jesus in the desert, the angels came and ministered to Him.
2022-03-22 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 7
Fr. Mitch compares the devil’s first temptation of Jesus in the wilderness to the serpent’s temptation of Eve in the Garden. His live, interactive Bible study also looks at how the devil uses Psalm 91 against Christ.
2022-03-15 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 6
In his live, interactive Bible Study, Fr. Mitch leads us to meditate on why Jesus was tempted by the devil.
2022-03-08 - Praying with the Gospels - Jlm Pt. 5
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” – Matthew. In today’s interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch looks the 40 days and 40 nights Jesus spent in the wilderness facing temptation.
2022-03-01 - Listening to God Pt. 58
In his live, interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch discusses how the Blessed Trinity was revealed through Jesus’ baptism.
2022-02-22 - Listening to God Pt. 57
In our interactive Bible study, we learn of John the Baptist’s amazement at Jesus’ humility in asking to be baptized by him. Fr. Mitch explains how many people in the Gospel didn’t understand the heavenly Father’s will.
2022-02-15 - Listening to God Pt. 56
You might wonder why Jesus would come to John the Baptist to be baptized. Even John was confused at this request from Our Lord. In his Bible study, Fr. Mitch explains why it was necessary to “fulfill all righteousness.”
2022-02-08 - Listening to God Pt. 55
Opening up a new topic for his interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch examines the Baptism of Jesus, His temptations in the wilderness, His first miracle at the wedding feast at Cana, and the launch of His public ministry.
2022-02-01 - Listening to God Pt. 54
A necessary part of Bible study is to reflect upon the Scripture passages and the underlying message in each one. Fr. Mitch explains how these thoughtful reflections can lead to a variety of important questions.
2022-01-25 - Faith, Reason and Wisdom
Fr. Mitch tells us not to be afraid of integrating scholarly and intellectual thought into our faith life. Today’s live, interactive Bible study focuses on seeking ways to let our minds guide us in listening to God.
2022-01-18 - Integrating Feelings in Worship
Fr. Mitch focuses his live, interactive Bible study on the liturgy, a critical area of prayer where people can sometimes rely too much on their good intentions and emotions, and let their feelings occasionally run wild.
2022-01-11 - Difficulties in Discernment
In his live, interactive Bible Study, Fr. Mitch Pacwa talks about how to overcome difficulties related to discerning God’s will. These issues arise when we depend too much on our own good intentions and emotions.
2022-01-04 - Finding Grace Amidst Hardship
Tough times can be transformed into the most positively significant moments of our lives. In today’s lesson, Fr. Mitch explains how to join our struggles to the passion of Christ and find His grace amidst those hardships.
2021-12-14 - Uniting Your Sufferings With Christ
In his latest live Bible lesson, Fr. Mitch explains that as Christians, we’re called to be imitators of Christ, but we must also accept that, like Christ, our suffering is indelibly linked to our mission here on Earth.
Scripture and Tradition - 2021-12-07 - Christ's Passion and Your Suffering
In his live, interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch talks about the many ways God chooses to listen to us. When we experience human suffering, He listens to us on a very intimate level by joining with us through our pain.
2021-11-30 - Meditating on Our Lord's Passion
Obedience is the topic of today’s live, interactive Bible study. As Fr. Mitch explains, obedience is doing what God asks of us even though we’d rather not do it. We don’t have to love what we’re doing, just love God.
2021-11-23 - Lamenting with Job and Jeremiah
Jonah and Jeremiah were Old Testament prophets who weren’t always happy with what God told them to do. How did they respond to God’s message? And what lessons can we learn from their example in this Bible study?
2021-11-16-God With Us in the Struggle
In his live, interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch explains how God is always with us through life’s challenges, calling each of us in his or her own way. It’s never helpful to your spiritual life to ask God, “Why Me!?”
2021-11-09 -Your Personal Struggles in the Bible
As Fr. Mitch explains, it’s through the struggles and problems of life that we come to know God. Through the chatter and confusion, we must listen to what God is telling us, for he is the source of all solutions.
2021-11-02 - Listening to God Pt. 43
Praying is the activity that brings us closest to God. In his live, interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch talks about the spiritual clarity and insight we receive during the time we’re in communion with Him through prayer.
2021-10-26 - Listening to God Pt. 42
The ‘genius’ of Catholicism is its ability to maintain all truths of the faith, and celebrate each without denying any others. In his live, interactive Bible study, Father Mitch Pacwa outlines this important concept.
2021-10-19 - Listening to God Pt. 41
How many of us have truly learned how to listen to God? As Fr. Mitch explains, God is always speaking to us, but the way we listen can create unanticipated problems we must address to hear and understand Him properly.
2021-10-12 - Listening to God Pt. 40
What does it mean to listen to God? In his live, interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch Pacwa teaches us how to prepare ourselves to truly listen to what God is telling us, and the benefits we will receive from doing so.
2021-10-05 - Listening to God Pt. 39
In his live interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch explains why it’s important to balance our intellect, our emotions and our will in the discernment process. Only then will we gain spiritual guidance and understanding.
2021-09-28 - Listening to God Pt. 38
Get practical tips on how to make prayer a lasting and effective habit in your life. Father Mitch, in his live, interactive Bible study, shares some insights for making prayer a priority in your busy daily routine.
2021-09-21 - Listening to God Pt. 37
Today’s live, interactive Bible Study delves deeper into the concept of peace that channels through the Holy Spirit. As Father Mitch explains, this peace comes to us as a result of our praying with the Scriptures.
2021-09-14 - Listening to God Pt. 36
In his LIVE, interactive Bible Study, Father Mitch demonstrates some useful tips on how to make our prayer time more fruitful with Scripture by using it as a communication channel between our heavenly Father and us.
2021-09-07 - Listening to God Pt. 35
How can we allow Sacred Scripture to come into our lives so that God can correct us? Father Mitch continues his LIVE, interactive Bible study by showing ways to bring us more in conformity with His Mind and Heart.
2021-08-31 - Listening to God Pt. 34
In his newest Bible study, Fr. Mitch reminds us of the distinct nature of Sacred Scripture. He shows how Revelation is a rich source for all of our private prayer and meditation.
2021-08-24 - Listening to God Pt. 33
Prayer is critical to building an intimate relationship with God, and in his Bible study today, Fr. Mitch discusses the importance of establishing dedicated, personal prayer time in our daily lives.
2021-08-17 - Listening to God Pt. 32
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A new space-qualified, high-power, high-efficiency, K-band traveling-wave tube amplifier (TWTA), shown in the figure, will provide high-rate, high-capacity, direct-to-Earth communications for science data and video gathered by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) during its mission. The TWTA is designed for 20 years of operational life, well in excess of the expected 7 years of mission life. It is a vacuum electronics device that is used to amplify microwave communications signals. TWTs are needed for high-frequency and high-power applications, such as communications from the Moon, because they have significantly higher power capability and efficiency than solid-state devices. Amplification in a TWT is by a factor of about 100,000. The RF power and data rate values for the LRO TWTA, when compared with other space based K-band transmitters, are an order of magnitude higher and represent a new state of the art.
Several technological advances were responsible for the successful demonstration of the K-band TWTA. A numerical model enabled manufacturing a wideband TWT with high power output and efficiency leading to a first-pass design success. A dual-anode isolated-focus electrode electron gun enabled excellent focusing, which kept the power loss due to beam interception minimal over a wide range of voltage and current values. A WR-34 waveguide was used for the input/output couplers and larger, thicker RF quartz windows, allowing operation not only at LRO frequencies but also at future near-Earth mission frequencies. Furthermore, it is more robust against mechanical shock and vibrations, and lowers the total attenuation of the signal in the waveguide run between the TWT output and the antenna. An external filter was developed to suppress the unwanted conducted emissions from the EPC (electronic power conditioner) to the spacecraft bus by greater than 20 dB.
The TWTA has successfully completed a vigorous spaceflight qualification effort, including random vibration testing and cycling between temperature extremes that the hardware is expected to experience during mission operation. Other possible applications include high-data-rate transmission from geosynchronous communications satellites to Earth.
This work was done by Dale A. Force, Rainee N. Simons, and Todd T. Peterson of Glenn Research Center, and Paul C. Spitsen of L-3 Communications Electron Technologies, Inc. For more information, download the Technical Support Package (free white paper) at www.techbriefs.com/tsp under the Electronics/Computers category.
Inquiries concerning rights for the commercial use of this invention should be addressed to
NASA Glenn Research Center
Innovative Partnerships Office
Attn: Steve Fedor
Mail Stop 4–8
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Response to the Covid – 19 crisis
Funding opportunities available outside of Voice
As was mentioned in a blog on sharing some of the Plans 2020 we are not issuing new Calls for Proposals in the first half of 2020 until the national context analyses have been updated. Many of you are involved in this exercise. Due to COVID-19 this may now be later in the year as the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested a commitment stop to signing contracts with new partners.
Still we want to be as helpful as we can in sharing other funding opportunities.
Here is al list of several opportunities available to organisations and individuals for dealing with COVID -19. Please note that these are not in any way related to Voice and we are not able to advice you on the content of these Calls. As usual read the guidelines carefully.
1. COVID-19 Crisis Fund for Feminist Activists
The Urgent Action Fund is providing grants for feminist activists working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic response. The Fund prioritises activities related to such things as wellness, community care, remote work and digital gatherings, online advocacy campaigns, COVID-19 awareness campaigns, and supporting vulnerable populations. For more information click here.
2. LGBTQ Funding Resources
LGBT Funders has compiled a substantial list of rapid response resources for organisations and individuals seeking to address the unique impact of COVID-19 on the global LGBTI community. For more information click here.
3. Open Technology Fund
The Open Technology Fund (OTF) provides grants to organisations working to ensure internet freedom and access to information globally. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OTF is increasing the pool of funding available to organizations specifically working on access to information, relating to the pandemic. Projects and grant applications working on COVID-19 interventions are being prioritized. Click here for more information.
4. Peace First
Peace First has begun offering rapid response grants to address COVID-19. The grants will go to young individuals and activists launching projects to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 around the world. Click here for more information
5. National Geographic Covid-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists
This fund from national geographic will provide funding for journalists all over the world working to cover COVID-19 and its impact in their communities. The grants prioritises projects that aim to deliver news and information to underserved communities. For more information click here
6. Writers Emergency Fund
Pen America is providing grants of $500 to $1,000 to writers who demonstrate an acute financial need due to the pandemic. Click here for more information.
7. Women Photograph Emergency Fund
This fund provides support to independent women and non-binary photojournalists coping with loss of business income due to the pandemic. For more information click here
8. The International Women’s Media Foundation
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is taking relief fund cases from women-identifying journalists who have been economically impacted by the pandemic. They currently accept cases in English, Spanish, French, and Chinese for up to $2,000. Click here for more information
9. Artist + Activist Fund
The Soze Foundation has begun a fund to support artists and activists whose work has been directly impacted by the coronavirus. It is currently only accepting applicants based in the US but is exploring ways to provide grants to activists and artists globally. For more information click here
10. Coronavirus Fast Response Fund
The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation is offering grants to CSOs working in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine on projects to mitigate the effect of the pandemic. Projects should focus on rapid assistance for vulnerable groups, preserving good governance and accountability, countering fake news, and more broadly adjusting to the new reality that coronavirus has created. Click here for more information
11. Moss COVID -19 Solutions Fund
The MOSS Program, broadens access, increases security, and empowers users by providing catalytic funding to open source technologists. We have already seen inspiring examples of open source technology being used to increase the capacity of the world’s healthcare systems to cope with this crisis. For more information click here
12. Call For ‘Arctivists’
12. The Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR), through a grant from the Open Society Foundations, has set up a fund – Arctivists – to support activists and artists across the world responding to the outbreak of Covid-19 and its implications for human rights defenders, activism, and shrinking civic and political space. Click here for more information
13. List of other funding opportunities
A collection of further funding opportunities has been put together in this list. Click here to access it.
14. The Global Resilience Fund for Girls and Young Women
The Global Resilience Fund supports girls and young women activists at this watershed moment, with fully flexible rapid response grants of up to $5,000. Applications for the fund are now open! Click here for more information.
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Utility Security Issues
Basic Utility Readiness Guide
The ARWA has developed a Basic Readiness Guide for public water and wastewater utility use as follows:
Heightened Utility Awareness
As you are aware, the United States of America, as well as the remainder of the World, is subject to terrorist attacks. This leads to measures that must be initiated within public utility perations. The intent of this notice is not to cause alarm, but rather to heighten awareness of responsible utility personnel.
The ARWA is offering this informational guide for your use as you develop a heightened awareness status program for your utility.
- Employee Awareness - Cameras - Employee Identification
- Locks on all Gates, Doors, Buildings, Electrical Panels and/or Control Panels
- All Vehicles Locked
- All Gates Locked
- Additional Lighting
- Routine Checks by Law Enforcement
- Signs Posted (Do Not Enter, Closed Circuit Security Monitor, Employees Only and Restricted Area)
- Dummy Cameras
- Security Systems and Alarms
- Security Fences
- Knowledge of Surrounding Terrain
- Reporting Suspicious Activity
- Plans of Action
- Auxiliary Electricity
- Emergency Telephone Numbers (911)
- Secure All Vehicles
- Limited Personnel with Keys to Areas of Potential Weakness
- Know When to Stop Water Production
- Update Emergency Response Plans to Include Terrorist Acts
- Review Emergency Plans with Employees and Officials
- Do Not Leave Keys in Equipment at Any Time
Be sure to have telephone numbers for the following:
- Local Law Enforcement
- County Law Enforcement
- Local Fire Department
- Hazardous Material Handlers
- Local Hospitals
- Rescue Squads
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management
- County Emergency Management Agency
- County Health Department
- Center for Disease Control
- Electricity Supplier
- News Media for Publication Notification
PLUS Emergency Telephone Numbers for Consecutive Water Utilities
AND Know When to Issue "Boil Water" or "Do Not Drink" Alerts
- Chlorine Storage
- Acidic Chemical Storage
- Alkaline Chemical Storage
- Prepare Purchase and Delivery Schedules
- Inventory of All Chemicals
- Secure All Chemicals Transported by Utility Vehicles
- Minimum Inventory of Chemicals
- SCBA Inspected
- Fire Hydrants (coordinate security efforts with local fire department personnel and law enforcement officials)
- Secure Hydrants Located in Limited Public View Areas
- Pumping Stations and Other Structures Fenced, Locked and Additional Lighting
- SCADA Systems-Telemetry-Limited Access to Sensitive Information
- Tanks-Eliminate Accessibility-Locks, Remove Ladders
- Metering Vaults and/or Pits-Locked, Fenced
- Increased Raw Water Monitoring
readyalabama.gov - Resources for Alabama Emergency Preparedness.
FEMA News in Alabama - Alabama News Feed for FEMA
dhs.gov/real-id/alabama - Alabama is compliant with the REAL ID Act. Federal agencies can accept driver's licenses and identification cards from Alabama at Federal facilities and nuclear power plants.
Alabama Department of Homeland Security
P.O. Box 304115
Montgomery, AL 36130
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
5898 County Road 41
PO Drawer 2160
Clanton, AL 35046 Phone: (205) 280-2200
www.ema.alabama.gov Visit the Alabama EMA for links to local county information.
With heightened security measures underway at utility facilities, you may be interested in purchasing a number of these signs for your utility.
8" x 12" plastic
24" x 36" aluminum
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May 23 - 25, 2023
Basic Utility Readiness Guide
Being prepared and alert to circumstances which could be detrimental to the production and availability of safe drinking water is essential. Please take measures to ensure proper security controls are in place.
SECURITY SYSTEM ADVISORY
National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS)
Open for Registration
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Water Loss Protection
The ARWA/NRWA ServLine Program protects your utility against losses from customers’ water leaks, and provides the opportunity for them to add service line repair replacement protection.
Alabama Rural Water Association is a non-profit organization representing water and wastewater systems serving rural communities and towns and commercial firms which support these systems.
We provide assistance to comply with State and Federal regulations, to help with management and operational problems, and to stimulate training initiatives.
GET IN TOUCHAlabama Rural Water Association
2576 Bell Road
Montgomery AL 36117
Phone: (334) 396-5511
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What Metal Is Used For Pipes in Plumbing?
You may have been wondering what metal is used for pipes in plumbing. There are several types of pipes that you can find. Galvanized steel pipes are made of steel that is coated with zinc to prevent corrosion and mineral deposits. They are also the most common type of plumbing pipe and tend to be less expensive than stainless steel pipes. In addition, galvanized pipes often last longer. Read on to learn more about these different types. what metal is used for pipes in plumbing
Cast iron is another type of pipe. It is durable and can handle fluids up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. This type of pipe has threaded connections and is often used for waste and drains before the 1980s. Galvanized steel is also commonly used for gas piping and is available in a wide range of sizes. Cast-iron is not commonly used in plumbing for residential purposes and is typically used for water distribution. Cast-iron pipes can become corroded and require repiping.
Copper piping is another popular choice for pipes in plumbing. Its low toxicity makes it a safe choice for most plumbing systems. Copper pipes are also relatively inexpensive compared to other plumbing metals. These pipes require fewer joints and are cheaper to install. Copper is also a renewable resource and is the number one choice for plumbing systems. In addition to its great durability, copper is environmentally friendly and does not contain any harmful toxins.
Stainless steel and copper pipes are typically not compatible. This is due to the fact that they do not share electrons easily. Copper and stainless steel should never be connected together. Copper and stainless steel are very dissimilar. In contrast, these two metals can cause corrosion in pipes. If they are mixed, pipes may corrode rapidly and lead to discolored water. This may cause the pipes to break prematurely and need to be replaced.
When choosing piping for your plumbing project, it is important to decide what type of metal is going to be used. You may want to choose between PVC and metal piping. The main difference between the two is that PVC is more durable and has a longer lifespan than metal pipes. But remember that metal pipes can’t hold up to plastic when it comes to water pressure. So you’ll want to make sure to check the label before making a decision.
Copper is the most traditional type of metal for pipes in plumbing. It has superior corrosion resistance and is able to handle both hot and cold water. The color of copper pipes should be similar to that of a penny. Meanwhile, the color of galvanized steel pipes will be metallic gray. Copper pipes are often thin and flexible, making them easy to install and manage. Copper pipes can also be bought as rigid tubing and are usually used for drainage or water supply lines.
The material used for pipes in plumbing has changed over the years. Originally, plumbing pipes were made of lead or clay. In the early twentieth century, however, cast iron and terra cotta were used in pipes. Copper and ABS are now the main materials for pipes in plumbing. Lead pipes are still used in older homes. Black iron is generally used for gas pipes. And galvanized steel was used in homes that are more than 100 years old.
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APOLLON Boedromia 2010 Festival in honour of the Protector of Warriors, Apollon Boedromos (run to help someone, to run, cry for aid, hasten to help).Boedromia (bohdromia), Boedromion (bohdromiwn).This is the month where the Greater Eleusian Mysteries are performed, where the year began which was so vital to the Greeks. Celebrated on the 7th day of the month of Boedromion (September). The nameBoedromos by which Apollo was called in Boeotia and other parts of Greece, seems to indicate that by this festival he was honoured as a martial God, who either by his actual presence or by his oraclesafforded assitance in the dangers of war. The origin of the festival is, however, traced by different authors to different events in Greek history. Plutarch (Thes.27) says that Theseus, in his war against the Amazons, did not give battle till after he had offered a sacrifice to Phobos; and, that in commemoration ofthe successful battle took place in the month of Boedromion, the Athenians, down to his own time, continued to celebrate the festival of the Boedromia. The Ancient Hoplitikon has continued the ritual and will be celebrated annually. Colours: Red and Gold,Element: Fire, Altar: Upon cloth of red and gold place a fiery sun, two crossed spears, and three torches. Offerings: Song and Music,Daily Meal: Food of yellow and red,Boedromia Invocation: APOLLON
65th Olympiad in 520 BCE (Before Common Era) the 'Hoplitodromos' was introduced to the Olympic program.
HOPLITODROMOS (Race in Armour)
This was the last of the foot-races, competitors wore a helmet and greaves and carried a round shield, although it is possible that in later years both helmet and greaves were discarded. Twenty-five runners were allowed to take part, for whom a set of shields was kept in the Temple of Zeus. Presumably this was to ensure that each athlete carried a shield of the same weight. In some of the games contestants were decked out in armour from head to foot. A curious. clanking race, it must have had both serious and comic connotations : Serious because all athletic training was devised to keep the male citizen population physically fit for war. It's position at the very end of the festival left a final reminder of this to the assembled crowds.
However amusing mishaps and collisions inevitably occurred on scenes from pottery we often see athletes who have dropped their shields and are stooping to pick them up. The Greeks themselves must have considered it something of a persion since when Peisthetairos, a character in Aristophanes 'Birds', sees the chorus advancing in their feathered costumes, he likens the motely crew to the armed runners in the Hoplitodromos.
At Olympia and Athens the Hoplitodromos track, was a single lap of the stadium (or Two stades; about 350-400m ) At Nemea the distance was doubled to Four stades (about 700-800m) and at Plataea in BOEOTIA the race was 15 stades in total. The original 400-meter length of the Hoplitodromos coincides with the effective area of the Persian Archers' Zone of Fire, suggesting an explicit military purpose for this type of training.
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The price of LPG in Germany, also called Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), reduces the cost of vehicle use by a large percentage. Autogas is currently the cheapest alternative to conventional fuels in Germany. And the generally lower CO2 levels also offset the carbon footprint.
But not only in terms of price: LPG is the fuel sold in Germany with the lowest average price fluctuations over the last ten years. This is shown by a comparison of the annual average prices for petrol, diesel and LPG from 2005 to today. The price of LPG remains consistently low and is about half the price of premium petrol and diesel, which fluctuate much more than LPG.
When liquefied petroleum gas is used as a fuel for cars, it is called autogas. With this alternative in the tank, drivers are more environmentally friendly and cheaper on the road than with conventional fuels. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, there are currently around 350,000 LPG vehicles on German roads. For many, LPG is still a convincing alternative, and there are many good reasons for this.
The cheapest fuel in Germany today is undoubtedly LPG, which also outstrips its competitors in terms of speed of refuelling and ease of finding filling stations
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The US Senate and House of Representatives have approved a 14 percent funding increase for the National Science Foundation (NSF) for 2009. A Senate appropriations subcommittee approved the measure yesterday (Jun 18), and a House subcommittee passed the bill last week. The bill will now move to the Senate floor for a vote, which has not yet been scheduled. The spending bill would net NSF, which is the second largest federal funder of academic research after the National Institutes of Health (NIH), $6.9 billion for FY 2009. More than 80 percent, or $5.6 billion, of this total budget would go towards research grants. Science advocates are linkurl:awaiting;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/54729/ the passage of a bill to increase NIH funding by 12 percent that is making its way through the House, and is linkurl:scheduled;http://www.aip.org/fyi/2008/063.html for a vote in the House Appropriations Committee today. Hat tip to linkurl:__The Chronicle of Higher Education__.;http://chronicle.com/news/article/4704/senate-panel-endorses-14-budget-increase-for-nsf __Update (June 19,...
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During the late ’60s, Dorothy R. Leavell was a trailblazer in the newspaper publishing business.
And today Leavell is still at the helm of the The Chicago Crusader Newspaper, a community newspaper that has managed to stay relevant for 75 years.
After the death of her husband, Balm L. Leavell, in 1968, Leavell found herself in charge of a publication that was started in an apartment in CHA’s Ida B. Wells public housing.
At that time there were only about five other women publishers in the country.
“They were all like senior citizens. I was a widow at 24 years old with two babies,” Leavell told me in a recent interview.
Leavell was 14 years old when she came to Chicago from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to visit an aunt. The aunt had a friend who owned a rooming house at 45th and King Drive, and the women would often brag about how smart the youngsters were in their lives.
“The rooming house lady told my aunt, if I was that smart I should come here and try to get a job at the Crusader, since one of her roomers worked for the Crusader,” Leavell said.
Leavell ended up working for the newspaper over summer vacation and during Christmas break. When she graduated from high school, Leavell moved to Chicago and eventually married the paper’s founder. He died five years later.
“When he died I had two newspapers (one in Gary, Indiana) and two babies. . . . We were not on a good financial footing, but I decided I was going to try,” Leavell told me. “In those days, you did whatever you needed to do. Everything was hands on and on-the-job training.”
But Leavell said she was prepared for the challenge because of lessons she learned from a high school principal in Pine Bluff.
“He made us feel we could do anything that we wanted to in any realm. That was the philosophy that had been drilled in me. I knew it would be a challenge, but I didn’t know it would be as difficult as it turned out,” she said.
Besides running the community newspapers, Leavell served two stints as president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a black newspaper trade organization. Leavell also served as chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation from 2006 to 2011.
She’s especially proud that during her term as president of NNPA, the group led a delegation to Nigeria to investigate the Nigerian political crisis. While her decision to intercede in Nigeria sparked controversy, it also raised the organization’s international profile.
“I don’t regret doing it. My central theme has been building bridges and that included bridges with Africa,” she told me.
While some question the relevancy of black newspapers, Leavell said she believes the black press is still very much needed today, especially in light of controversial police-involved shootings.
“The black press was never founded to make money. It had a deeper mission. It has been our mission to provide better conditions for black people,” Leavell said.
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The peanut plant starts out from a single seed that develops into a plant that grows to nearly 2 feet. Its roots, however, can travel far into the soil, sometimes as deeply as 3 feet or more.
Do peanuts have deep or shallow roots?
Peanut plants have shallow roots and the peanuts form right at the surface of the plant.
How deep should peanuts be planted?
Sow seeds one inch deep, place in the sunniest spot possible, and water weekly. Transplant peanut plant seedlings to the garden when the soil warms to between 60 and 70 degrees. Space transplants 10 inches apart, being careful not to damage or bury the crown.
Do peanuts grow underground?
Many people are surprised to learn that peanuts grow beneath the soil and do not grow on trees like pecans or walnuts. Below you’ll discover how peanuts grow, from preparing the soil for planting to the peanut harvesting process.
How many peanuts do you get from one plant?
The outer shell reaches full size well before the individual peanuts mature. Each plant produces between 25 and 50 peanuts. Mature plants may be as large as 36 inches in diameter and about 18 inches tall. The peanut plant has a fruiting period of about two months.
How do you know when peanuts are ready to harvest?
Normally, you can harvest peanuts in fall when the leaves begin to yellow. Pull a plant and check the pods before harvesting the entire crop though to be certain about the peanut harvest time. The pods are the best indication of when to dig up peanuts. The peanuts should nearly fill the pods.
What zones do peanuts grow in?
Peanuts, scientifically known as Arachis hypogaea, are hardy in zones 6-11. They are in the legume family and classified as tropical plants. It is because of this that many people in cooler climates may wonder, “Can you grow peanuts in containers?”.
Should you soak peanuts before planting?
Soaking seeds overnight in water just before planting promotes fast, uniform germination. Peanut seedlings will emerge within a week after planting, then they will grow slowly for about a month.
What nut grows underground?
While real nuts grow on trees, peanuts grow in pods that mature underground; other types of legumes, such as lentils and peas, also grow beneath the surface. Additional nut frauds include cashews, walnuts, pistachios, and almonds. Botanically speaking, they are classified as seeds of the trees (or fruits!)Dec 4, 2017.
Do peanuts grow back every year?
The plants are nipped by winter frost, but if the cold isn’t too severe, they regrow from rhizomes the following spring. In cooler climates, perennial peanuts can be grown as annuals. Perennial peanuts prefer heat, sunlight and sandy, well-drained soil.
Can you grow peanuts in containers?
Novelty crops like peanuts are fun to grow in containers because you can watch them up close. Peanuts are nitrogen-fixing legumes, but they still need fertile soil in the garden, and periodic feeding when grown in containers. Once the containers fill with roots they often need daily watering in warm weather, too.
What is the best month to plant peanuts?
Plant anytime between April and late June; however, planting after June 1 will not allow enough time for dry peanuts to reach maturity. The ideal time for planting peanuts is the first week of May when the soil is warm and moist. Germination is best between 68 and 95 °F.
Are peanuts hard to grow?
Growing peanuts at home is surprisingly easy, as the plants require minimal care and provide a yield large enough to last you the entire year. Sow peanut seeds outdoors 1 to 2 inches deep, with around 6 to 8 inches between seeds. The rows should remain at least 8 inches to 3 feet apart to allow each plant room to grow.
Are peanuts roots or seeds?
People are often surprised to find out that peanuts are not nuts at all. Actually, they are the seeds of a leguminous plant related to peas and beans. The peanut plant is unique because its flowers grow aboveground, yet the pods containing the seeds develop in the soil.
Do peanuts grow on a tree or a bush?
Peanuts do not grow on trees. Despite their name and appearance, peanuts are not tree nuts like walnuts and pecans — they’re part of the legume family of plants, which includes beans, lentils, peas and other familiar foods. When planted, peanut seeds (kernels) grow into small, 18-inch plants with oval-shaped leaves.
Can peanuts grow in shade?
Needing as much sun as possible during the day, companion planting with peanuts should not include tall plants, which will shade the ground nuts. Companions to peanuts must enjoy the same soil and sun conditions but also a high amount of calcium, a nutrient that promotes the formation of healthy plants and ground nuts.
How do you take care of a peanut plant?
Peanut Care Light. Peanuts need full sun for at least eight hours per day. Soil. Peanuts grow best in loose, well-drained, sandy loam. Water. Peanuts need about 1 inch of rain or irrigation per week during the growing season. Temperature and Humidity. Fertilizer.
Can deer eat peanuts?
Deer and peanuts Shelled or not, deer can eat peanuts. Nuts are one of their most favorite food sources. So, deer will eat pecans, acorns, beechnuts, hickory nuts, and lots more. Peanut vines are an excellent source of protein for them too.
Can you eat raw peanuts?
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Congress OKs historic bailout
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the economy on the brink and elections looming, Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry today and sent it to President George W. Bush for his certain signature.
The final vote, 263-171 in the House, capped two weeks of tumult in Congress and on Wall Street, punctuated by daily warnings that the country confronted the gravest economic crisis since the Great Depression if lawmakers failed to act.
Bush was poised to make a statement on the historic vote.
"We all know that we are in the midst of a financial crisis," House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, said shortly before casting his vote for government intervention in private capital markets that was unthinkable only a month ago.
"And we know that if we do nothing, this crisis is likely to worsen and to put us into an economic slump like most of us have never seen."
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the bill was needed to "begin to shape the financial stability of our country and the economic security of our people."
Stocks were up on Wall Street, where there was a lot of anticipation of the vote but where investors also were buffeted by a bad report on the job market. The Labor Department said employers slashed 159,000 jobs in September, the largest cut in five years and further evidence of a sinking economy.
Even before the measure cleared Congress, the White House sought to dampen optimism of its immediate impact on the economy. "This legislation is to fix a problem in our financial markets," said spokesman Tony Fratto. "It's not sold as giving a boost to the economy, but rather preventing a crisis in our economy ... If it works as we hope it will, credit will be able to begin flowing again."
The House vote marked a sharp change from Monday, when an earlier measure was sent down to defeat, largely at the hands of angry conservative Republicans.
Senate leaders quickly took custody of the measure, adding on $110 billion in tax and spending provisions designed to attract additional support, then grafting on legislation mandating broader mental-health coverage in the insurance industry. The revised measure won Senate approval Wednesday night, 74-25, setting up a furious round of lobbying in the House as the administration, congressional leaders, the major party presidential candidates and outside groups joined forces behind the measure.
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The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly around the world. Work-related stress is thought to be a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes; however, this association has not been widely studied, and the findings that have been reported are inconsistent. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies to explore the association between work-related stress and risk for type 2 diabetes.
A systematic literature search and manual search limited to articles published in English were performed to select the prospective cohort studies evaluated the association between work-related stress and risk for type 2 diabetes up to September 2014 from four electronic databases including PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science. A random-effects model was used to estimate the overall risk.
No significant association was found between work-related stress and risk for type 2 diabetes based on meta-analysis of seven prospective cohort studies involving 214,086 participants and 5,511 cases (job demands: relative risk 0.94 [95% confidence interval 0.72–1.23]; decision latitude: relative risk 1.16 [0.85–1.58]; job strain: relative risk 1.12 [.0.95–1.32]). However, an association between work-related stress and risk for type 2 diabetes was observed in women (job strain: relative risk 1.22 [1.01–1.46]) (P = 0.04). A sensitivity analysis conducted by excluding one study in each turn yielded similar results. No publication bias was detected with a funnel plot despite the limited number of studies included in the analysis.
Citation: Sui H, Sun N, Zhan L, Lu X, Chen T, Mao X (2016) Association between Work-Related Stress and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0159978. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159978
Editor: Klaus Ebmeier, University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM
Received: May 29, 2015; Accepted: July 12, 2016; Published: August 11, 2016
Copyright: © 2016 Sui et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Data Availability: All relevant data are within the paper.
Funding: This work was financially supported by The Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81230084), and by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20132105130001). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Type 2 diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases, ever-increasing worldwide, especially in developing countries. It is one of the major public health challenge of the 21st century. The 7th edition of the Diabetes Atlas, released by the International Diabetes Federation on World Diabetes Day, reports that the number of worldwide diabetes cases reached 415 million in 2015, and is expected to rise to 642 million by 2040. Researchers predict that annual health care expenditure may increase from the current figure of $673 billion to $802 billion by 2040 . As early as the 17th century, Thomas Willis, the famous English physician, linked diabetes to emotional factors such as prolonged sorrow , which is now known as psychosocial stress. The American psychiatrist Dr. W. Menninger first tested Willis’s hypothesis and mentioned the existence of psychogenic diabetes in 1935 . Almost 40 years later, psychosocial stress was attracting growing attention, and the famous psychiatrist George Engel noted the shift from a traditional biomedical to a biopsychosocial model .
Researchers have confirmed numerous risk factors for type 2 diabetes, including family history, low exercise levels [5,6], increased weight , heavy smoking and alcohol consumption . The etiology of type 2 diabetes is complex, and work-related stress may contribute to, or increase, the risk of its development. Some evidences have proved that psychosocial stress at work is an important risk factor for heart disease [10–13]. However, the results of the studies examining the association between work-related stress are inconsistent. Previous meta-analyses did not support the hypothesis that work-related stress increases the risk for type 2 diabetes [14,15].
The job strain model, proposed by Karasek and Theorell, provides a theoretical model for assessing the role of work stress in the onset of type 2 diabetes. The job strain model includes job demands (the summation of psychosocial work stressors), decision latitude/job control (the individual’s decision authority at work), and job strain (the combination of high levels of job demands and low levels of job control) .
Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies for the following purposes: 1) to review recent evidence on the relationship between work-related stress and incidence of type 2 diabetes; and 2) to examine whether this relationship differs according to the different kinds of work-related psychosocial factors and participant characteristics.
Materials and Methods
Data sources and searches
To identify observational epidemiological studies that investigated the association between work-related psychosocial stress and the incidence of type 2 diabetes, we followed guidelines for meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology . Two investigators independently conducted a systematic literature search of English language articles published before September 2014 using the following bibliographic databases and time ranges: PubMed from 1948, EMBASE from 1974, the Cochrane Library from 1993, and Web of Science from 1900.
The main search strategy included medical subject heading terms or text words for “outcome” (diabetes mellitus, type 2 OR diabetes mellitus) and “exposure” (work stress OR occupational stress OR work-related psychosocial stress OR work-related psychosocial factors OR psychosocial work environment OR work characteristics OR work demand OR decision latitude OR job control OR job strain OR related terms) and “design type” (prospective studies OR cohort studies OR longitudinal studies OR incidence or follow-up studies). Furthermore, we examined the references of retrieved original articles and reviews to identify additional relevant studies. When necessary, we attempted to contact the authors for additional information. The supporting PRISMA checklist is available as supporting information (see S1 Checklist).
The current systematic review and meta-analysis was restricted to prospective studies because case-control and cross-sectional studies are known to be subject to selection and recall bias, and cannot definitively determine the association between exposure and outcome. Published articles were included if they met the following criteria: (1) used a prospective cohort study design; (2) assessed the incidence of type 2 diabetes; (3) presented a measure of work-related stress (including job demands, decision latitude/job control, job strain); and (4) reported the odds ratios (OR) or relative risk (RR), or hazard ratio (HR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI), for highest versus lowest/non-level of work-related psychosocial stress. Studies were excluded for the following reasons: (1) the outcome measure was prediabetic state or metabolic syndrome rather than type 2 diabetes; (2) the study focused on control as opposed to incidence of type 2 diabetes; (3) or exposure was related to working hours or overtime work, night work or shift work, trauma, burnout, violence or accidents at work, social network outside the workplace, psychological distress such as anxiety and depression, personality, or coping style. If publications were duplicated, or if the same cohort was analyzed in more than one article, the study with the longer follow-up period, higher quality and more detailed information for both exposure and outcome was included.
Data extraction and quality assessment
We used a standard data extraction form to collect the following information: first author’s name, publication year, cohort designation, country, follow-up duration (years), participants’ sex and age, number of participants and cases, evaluation of exposure and outcome, most fully adjusted risk estimates with corresponding 95% CIs for the highest versus the lowest category of type 2 diabetes in relation to work-related stress category and sex, and the main confounding factors controlled for in the analysis. Study selection and data extraction were conducted by two experienced investigators independently. Any differences were resolved by consensus.
The Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale for cohort studies, in which a study is judged mainly according to the selection of study groups, comparability of the groups, and ascertainment of the exposure and outcome, was used to assess the quality of observational studies. The highest score possible is nine stars, we considered a study with six stars or above as a high-quality study.
Where Po is the incidence of the outcome of interest in the unexposed group . We found that outcomes across studies were relatively uncommon as the ORs mathematically approximated the RRs; therefore, we considered ORs as surrogates for RRs . Statistical heterogeneity across studies was examined by Cochran’s Q statistics and quantified by I2 statistics. For the Q statistic, a P value < 0.10 was considered to indicate statistically significant heterogeneity. The I2 values vary from 0 to 100, with a level of 25% or less considered low heterogeneity, about 50% medium heterogeneity, and about 75% or greater high heterogeneity . The fixed-effect model (inverse-variance method) was used to compute summary RRs across studies. When statistically significant heterogeneity was detected, the pooled risk estimate was based on the random-effects model because both within and between variations were present across the studies.
Meta-analyses generally include only one effect size per study. If more than one kind of work-related psychosocial factor was analyzed in a single article, we treated these factors as subjects of separate studies. Results that were presented separately by sex were entered into the meta-analyses as independent studies. To obtain more robust summary results, we calculated the pooled risk estimates and 95% CI of type 2 diabetes incidence for job demands, decision latitude, and job strain separately for highest versus lowest category of work-related psychosocial factors.
Subgroup analyses were carried out to evaluate possible sources of statistical heterogeneity and to examine the potential impacts of participant characteristics (sex) on the relationship between work-related stress and incidence of type 2 diabetes. To assess the robustness of this relationship, we also conducted sensitivity analyses in which single studies were sequentially omitted and the remaining studies were synthesized to evaluate the influence of individual studies on the summary risk estimate.
Visual inspection of a funnel plot was used to detect publication or other types of bias. In the presence of publication bias, the funnel plot should be asymmetrical . Meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager version 5.2 (The Nordic Cochrane Centre, The Cochrane Collaboration, Copenhagen, Denmark). All statistical tests were two-sided and P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A flow diagram is shown in Fig 1. The literature search identified a total of 528 articles: 51 from PubMed, 40 from EMBASE, 0 from the Cochrane Library and 437 from Web of Science. Manual searching of the references yielded 1 additional record. A total of 47 duplicate articles were excluded, leaving 482 articles for screening. Among these, 462 articles were removed at the first screening on the basis of their titles or abstracts, leaving 20 studies for full-text review. In this review, 13 studies were excluded for various reasons (review, systematic review, inadequate exposures or outcomes, not prospective cohort studies, or data from the same cohort). There were seven prospective cohort studies [26–32] were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. Additionally, three articles [28,33,34] were based on the same cohort as the Whitehall II study, but with different durations of follow-up. To avoid duplicate inclusion of study population, we selected the studies with a longer follow-up and more complete analysis .
We identified seven prospective cohort studies involving 214,086 participants and 5,511 cases. Type 2 diabetes was reported as the main outcome in these articles, except for one study that did not identify diabetes type (given the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes, in particular among older cohorts, this restriction was unlikely to impact the results ).The characteristics of the studies included in our analysis are presented in Table 1. The selected studies were published between 1999 and 2014. Regarding study location, four were performed in Europe [28,30–32], one in the United States , one in Canada , and one in Japan . Four studies surveyed population-based cohorts [29–32] and three surveyed occupational cohorts [23–25]. The average follow-up duration ranged from 5.8 to 10.3 years. The number of subjects varied from 2,597 to 124,808, and the number of cases investigated in the studies ranged from 34 to 5,511. Five studies recruited both men and women [28–32], one consisted of men only , and one consisted of women only . Mean age at baseline ranged from 18 to 66 years. Overall, six reported results on the relationship between job demands and type 2 diabetes [28–30], six on decision latitude [28–30], and eight on job strain [26–28,30–32]. All studies used the Karasek Job Content Questionnaire to assess work-related psychosocial factors. Although type 2 diabetes ascertainment was primarily based on self-reports from physician diagnoses, most of the cases were comfirmed in medical records. Most studies were adjusted for a wide range of confounders, including age, body mass index (BMI), education, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption and family history of diabetes. Additionally, the study quality score ranged from six to eight.
The multivariable-adjusted RRs of type 2 diabetes for each study and all studies combined for the highest versus the lowest category of four components of the job strain model are shown in Figs 2–5. The results of subgroup analyses stratified by sex are shown in Table 2.
SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; M, male; F, female.
SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; M, male; F, female.
SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; M, male; F, female.
SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; M, male; F, female.
In a pooled analysis of six studies, no significant relationship was observed between job demands and type 2 diabetes risk (RR: 0.94 [95% CI: 0.72–1.23]) (Fig 2). In subgroup analyses by sex, no significant association was in neither men (RR: 0.82 [0.52–1.28]) nor women (RR: 1.12 [0.83–1.51]). Substantial statistical heterogeneity was found among the studies (Pheterogeneity = 0.07, I2 = 52.0%); this heterogeneity remained significant for men (Pheterogeneity = 0.03, I2 = 72.0%), but not for women (Pheterogeneity = 0.78, I2 = 0.0%) (Fig 3 and Table 2). Sensitivity analyses evaluating the robustness of the association by sequentially omitting each study yielded a narrow range of RRs, from 0.93 (0.69–1.27) to 0.98 (0.82–1.18).
The pooled results based on the six studies showed that the estimate of the association between decision latitude and the risk of type 2 diabetes was not significant (RR: 1.16 [0.85–1.58]) (Fig 2). In subgroup analyses by sex, no association was found between low decision latitude and high risk of type 2 diabetes both in women (RR: 1.64 [0.99–2.72]) (P = 0.05) and men (RR: 0.88 [0.71–1.09]) (P = 0.23). Statistically significant heterogeneity was observed across studies (Pheterogeneity = 0.03, I2 = 59.0%); this heterogeneity remained substantial for women (Pheterogeneity = 0.11, I2 = 56.0%), but not for men (Pheterogeneity = 0.97, I2 = 0.0%) (Fig 4 and Table 2). Sensitivity analyses assessing the robustness of the association by sequentially omitting each study yielded a narrow range of RRs, from 0.97 (0.80–1.17) to 1.05 (0.80–1.38).
In a pooled analysis of nine studies, no association was found between job strain and risk of type 2 diabetes (RR: 1.12 [0.95–1.32]) (Fig 2). When stratified by sex, the studies for women showed job strain is the risk of type 2 diabetes (RR: 1.22 [1.01–1.46]) (P = 0.04), but not for men (RR: 0.88 [0.59–1.33]). Significant heterogeneity was evident among studies (Pheterogeneity = 0.0009, I2 = 61.0%); this heterogeneity showed a reduction for women (Pheterogeneity = 0.25, I2 = 28.0%), but remained significant for men (Pheterogeneity = 0.003, I2 = 78.0%) (Fig 5 and Table 2). Sensitivity analyses testing the robustness of our findings by sequentially excluding each study yielded a narrow range of RRs, from1.08(0.92–1.28)to 1.17(1.05–1.32)
Consistent with previous meta-analyses , our results did not confirm the association between work-related stress and risk for type 2 diabetes. We included prospective cohort studies to minimize the possibility of selection and recall biases. Furthermore, we conducted stratified analyses to explore sources of heterogeneity which improved the clinical value of this research . More importantly, the association observed in women implied that sex may serve as an effect modifer of the association between work-related stress and type 2 diabetes. In our subgroup analyses, the effect of sex on the association between job strain and type 2 diabetes was obvious(P = 0.04). So job strain was a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in women.
At first we did not include the paper published by Nyberg et al. . The results showed work-related stress was not a risk for type 2 diabetes (job demands: RR 0.94 [95% confidence interval 0.72–1.23]; decision latitude: RR 1.16 [0.85–1.58]; job strain: RR 1.11 [0.81–1.53]). When stratified by sex, the studies for women showed no effect of job strain on the development of type 2 diabetes (RR: 1.38 [0.99–1.91]) (P = 0.06). This study is a multi center study, the researchers extracted individual-level data for 124,808 diabetes-free adults from 13 European cohort studies participating in the IPD-Work Consortium. Later, we included this article. Although the hypothesis that work-related psychosocial stress increases the risk for type 2 diabetes cannot be supported, in the subgroup analyses we found job strain was a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in women, (RR: 1.22 [1.01–1.46]) (P = 0.04).
Significant statistical heterogeneity was detected among these studies, further sensitivity analysis yielded similar results across studies. It was not surprising that significant heterogeneity was found due to the variations in ethnicity, method of case ascertainment, the components of the job strain model compared, and adjustment among studies. In the subgroup analyses by sex, heterogeneity showed a reduction. This suggests that sex may, at least partially, be responsible for heterogeneity.
A causal relationship between work-related stress and the incidence of type 2 diabetes is biologically credible. Type 2 diabetes is associated with work-related psychosocial stress via two key patterns including dysregulation of neuroendocrine and lifestyle-related factors. Dysregulation of neuroendocrine pathways maybe the most important mechanism. Work-related psychosocial stress may increase the risk for type 2 diabetes through chronic activation of the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis and the sympathetic nervous system, lead to the release of sympathetic hormones and glucocorticoids such as cortisol, resulting in increased hepatic glucose output, decreased insulin secretion, insulin resistance and visceral obesity. Chronic psychosocial work-related stress is associated with elevated cortisol levels . Cortisol can influence the regulation of blood glucose by altering the body’s release of insulin and sensitivity to insulin, resulting in an increased risk of type 2 diabetes . The indirect mechanism is the changes of lifestyle-related factors, such as poor eating behavior, physical inactivity, smoking and alcohol consumption [39–41], all of which have been shown to increase the risk for type 2 diabetes. However, the results regarding the association between work stress and type 2 diabetes are inconsistent. For example, one previous meta-analysis could not support the hypothesis that work-related stress increased the risk for type 2 diabetes . Findings from a large pan-European dataset suggested that job strain is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in men and women, independent of lifestyle-related factors . Furthermore, long hours of overtime work may not be associated with increased prevalence of diabetes among Japanese .
In subgroup analyses we found job strain was related to risk of type 2 diabetes in female. Some previous researches have similar results [15,27,30]. Eriksson and colleagues speculated that sex-based differences regarding the effects of work-related stress could be attributable to a divergence in gender roles outside work, as women tend to spend more time than men on household responsibilities and childcare, thereby not having the same opportunity to relax [43–47]. Additionally, some evidence suggest that women may be more prone to the health impact of chronic psychosocial stress due to gender-specific psychoneuroendocrine activation [43,48–50]. Among a subsample from the Whitehall II study, men and women had similar salivary cortisol levels during weekends, but women had significantly higher cortisol levels than men during working days . Similar results have been observed in one Italian and one German study, which are regarding gender-specific cortisol responses to chronic work-related stress. The generation of job stress has a different pattern in men and women. Both quantitative and qualitative (intellectual and emotional) demands determine occupational stress in women, while only quantitative demands are stressors for men. Support has a significantly stronger impact on levels of job stress in the workplace among women[15, 54].
Although we are unable to confirm that work-related stress increases the risk for type 2 diabetes, women in high demand and low-control occupations could be at a greater risk of negative health consequences .
Several limitations should be acknowledged. First, observational studies cannot establish causal relationships between exposure factors and outcome events. Second, residual confounding remains a concern. A wide range of potential confounders were adjusted for in most studies, including age, BMI, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption and family history of diabetes. However, stress indices unrelated to work (such as depression, anxiety, life events, stress-prone personality, coping style and sleeping problems) and factors in other work-related stress models (such as work hours, rotating night-shift work, effort-reward imbalance and job insecurity) were not sufficiently adjusted. Therefore, we could not fully exclude the possibility that unadjusted confounders had effects on the association with risk for type 2 diabetes. Third, misclassification bias may have attenuated the association. Because work-related stress assessment was based on self-administered questionnaires, misclassification of work-related stress was inevitable. Case ascertainment in most studies was based on self-reports, so there could have been misclassification of type 2 diabetes cases. Additionally, one study that did not distinguish between different types of diabetes might have weakened the relationships.We limited studies to publications in English. Multiple stress indicators across studies may have increased the risk of selective publication. Publication bias was thus conceivable, even though it was not detected using a funnel plot . In addition, there are some other limitations. Sample sizes ranged from 2597 to 124808, thus the largest study may have largely determined the results. A wide age range (18 to 66 years) and a wide range of follow-up time (5.8 to 12.7 years) limit the research. There is also only one Asian sample from Japan, limiting the study relevance for Asian populations.
Until now, large scale and well-conducted randomized controlled trials, the gold standard for investigating a causal association , have not been conducted to directly assess the effect of work-related stress on risk for type 2 diabetes. With mounting observational studies of the diabetogenic effect of work-related stress, randomized controlled trials should focus on the reduction of work-related stress, either by improving the work environment or by improving individual coping strategies, especially for women .
In conclusion, the hypothesis that work-related psychosocial stress increases the risk for type 2 diabetes could not be supported from the meta-analysis. In a subgroup analysis we found job strain to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in women. Although the more general hypothesis was not supported, our results suggest that it may depend on a number of factors, and thus further study is needed.
- Conceived and designed the experiments: LBZ XGL.
- Performed the experiments: NJS HS TC XYM.
- Analyzed the data: NJS HS TC XYM.
- Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJS HS.
- Wrote the paper: NJS HS.
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Australia will be treated to a total lunar eclipse this weekend when people will see a Blood Moon, as the Earth passes between the Sun and Moon.
ANU astronomer Dr Brad Tucker said people would see the Moon appear to darken and gradually turn red as it moves into Earth's shadow in the early hours of Saturday 28 July 2018.
"The red colour comes from light that skims through the Earth's atmosphere and goes off into space," said Dr Tucker from the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
"You will see the sunrise and sunset of the Earth lighting up the surface of the Moon - over 350,000 km away.
"If you were on the Moon, you would see a total solar eclipse as the Earth would be blocking the Sun."
Lunar eclipses always occur when it is a Full Moon.
"The Moon is not always in perfect alignment with the Sun and the Earth, so that is why we do not get a lunar eclipse every lunar cycle," Dr Tucker said.
"You can enjoy lunar eclipses safely with your eyes, unlike a solar eclipse where eye protection must be worn."
For people on Australia's east coast, the lunar eclipse will begin at about 3.15am on Saturday 28 July 2018 (AEST).
"You'll need to wait another two hours or so, from about 5.30am, before you can see a total eclipse when the Moon will start to turn red," Dr Tucker said.
"People on the east coast will not see the Moon leave the shadow."
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Yes, you read that headline correctly. As we approach the one year anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan it seems as though the United States government is once again playing musical chairs with whom it considers friend or foe. At least this appears to be the case due to a recent article published by AntiWar.com, in which a yet to be named spokesman for the US State Department asserted that the US “does not support organized violent opposition to the Taliban” rule in Afghanistan.
First reported by The Foreign Desk, the statement comes as resistance fighters claim victory over Taliban forces in the Baghlan Province as conflict in the region continues.
After a two day skirmish between Taliban fighters and Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) which resulted in heavy Taliban losses and the NRF taking control of Baghlan province’s easternmost district of Khost wa Fereng, in northern Afghanistan, the resistance fighters took to social media to celebrate their victory.
Speaking to The Foreign Desk, the State Department spokesperson said ―
“We are monitoring the recent uptick in violence closely and call on all sides to exercise restraint and to engage. This is the only way that Afghanistan can confront its many challenges,”
Continuing on, emphasis our own,
“We want to see the emergence of stable and sustainable political dispensation via peaceful means. We do not support organized violent opposition to the Taliban, and we would discourage other powers from doing so as well,”
Although this position has not yet been publicly acknowledged outside of this interview with The Foreign Desk, as the piece from Anti War notes this is an awkward position for the administration to be in. Considering the last few decades spent vilifying the Taliban as the epitome of evil and the ultimate adversary.
Although also as noted, prior to the 2001 invasion the Bush administration was actually allied with the Taliban, considering them a partner in the war on drugs. | <urn:uuid:0b80cfea-33a4-4a9f-b929-ad7a5cbb12b2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hellboundanddown.com/2022/07/27/after-thousands-of-soldiers-died-fighting-them-in-afghanistan-the-us-now-backs-the-taliban/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.962489 | 394 | 1.914063 | 2 |
The GPS is one of the most popular technologies of this era. Many apps and websites utilize it to deliver more relevant content based on your geological location. That’s why changing your locations helps you get a variety of data.
For instance, Snapchat provides different filters and badges depending on your geological location. Due to this, Snapchaters often feel jealous of others just because of some geofilters that are available only within their geographical area. In simple words, if you are in Paris, you will get different Snapchat filters than those in London.
Therefore, if you want to get all filters available in London, you will have to set your fake location to there. That’s why many Snapchaters want to know how to fake locations on Snapchat for access to the restricted filters. In this guide, you will learn how to cast a fake location on the Snapchat map and access badges according to your convenience.
Let’s dive deeper and try to understand how to fake Snapchat’s location on iPhone…
What is Snapchat Map?
Before we talk about how to fake location on Snapchat, let’s first have a brief overview of Snapchat Map. Snapchat is one of the most prominent social messaging apps with more than 218 million active users in the world.
The app uses your location for a better user experience. It comes with many stunning features including Snap Map which allows you and your friends to see each other’s real-time location on a map. Snapchat introduced this incredible feature in 2017 and since then it is a cornerstone feature of the app.
Before Snapchat Map, people use iPhone’s location-sharing feature to share their location with contacts. The drawback of this approach was and is that all their friends and family members require Apple devices as well.
Snap Map is basically an enhancement of the Snapchat location feature. You can see the exact location of your friends and family members all around the world on a map.
However, some Snapchaters don’t want to expose their location due to their privacy concerns. For instance, a wife maybe wants her hubby to believe she is at home. But she’s actually picking up a birthday gift for him secretly to surprise him. Due to this reason, faking Snapchat location on iPhone may be helpful.
Why Do People Fake Snapchat Location on iPhone?
Many Snapchaters wants to expand their list of filters so they search for how to get any geo-filters on Snapchat iPhone. For getting any type of geo-filters, you need to change your current location to that specific geo-location. Here are some reasons people spoof Snapchat locations:
- For getting desired geo-filters.
- To access the filters used by influencers and their favorite celebrities.
- Hiding location from family members and friends.
- Fooling people about their location by changing it.
There is no concrete reason behind spoofing Snapchat location, it’s all about user preferences. Whatever the reason you have for spoofing or hiding your location, learning how to change location on Snapchat in 2022 is essential.
How to Fake Snapchat Location on iPhone 2022?
There are plenty of ways to spoof your location on Snapchat. Before we talk about location changing, let’s talk about how to hide Snapchat location…
Part 1: How to Hide Snapchat Location?
Snapchat has a Ghost Mode feature that helps you to hide your location from everyone. As soon as you enable it, Bitmoji will vanish from the map. Follow the steps below to activate this mode:
- Tap on the profile icon after launching Snapchat on your iPhone.
- You will see the Gear icon on the top of the screen. Click on that to access Settings.
- Locate the “See My Location” option in the menu and tap on it.
- You will see the Ghost Mode in that menu at the top. Toggle the slide bar to activate this mode.
- As you tap on this option, you will be prompted for three different time limits for Ghost Mode i.e. 3 hours, 24 hours, or until turned off. Tap on the option you prefer to confirm the action.
- You have successfully hide your location from all of your friends and family!
Part 2: Fake Snapchat Location using Location Changer Software
If you are looking for the safest and easiest method to spoof Snapchat location, this method is for you. There are plenty of location changer apps available on the internet. However, FakeLoc location changer stands among all. It is the modest application software that fake locations without jailbreak.
The software is beneficial for many reasons. For example, you can access content and apps blocked due to Geo-location using this app. It allows you to set your location anywhere around the globe. Further, it maintains the history of the previously set location for your ease.
Follow the steps below to fake Snapchat location using FakeLoc:
- Visit the official website of FakeLoc at mxcode.com to download the app.
- Install the application and run it.
- Enter your desired address or coordinate to set your new location.
- Plus, you can also select any spot on the map for getting a fake location.
- Another way is to select a historical address for spoofing your location using the app.
FakeLoc app works perfectly for all other location-based apps like Pokemon Go and Facebook. Whenever you feel like changing the location of any installed app on your iPhone, you can use it to set the location wherever you want.
Part 3: Fake Snapchat Location on iPhone Using Xcode
If you don’t want to go with the aforementioned methods, you can use Xcode to change your Snapchat location. However, this method is quite lengthy and complex for an ordinary person because it’s not simply a one-click process.
In this method, you have to run some GIT commands on the terminal to proceed with the process. So you should have basic know-how to terminal and how to execute commands on it. Therefore, you have to be very careful when carrying out this task to avoid affecting the system.
Follow the below step-by-step guide to change the location:
Step 1: Take your MAC and go to App Store. Search for the Xcode app. Install the app and launch it.
Step 2: Select the “Single View Application” from the interface and click on the Next button to create a new project for faking the location.
Step 3: As you click on the Next button, a pop-up window appears with the message “please tell me who you are”. Plus, you will see a few GIT commands that you will have to execute to proceed further.
Step 4: Open the Mac terminal and run the following GIT commands:
- git config –global user.email: “firstname.lastname@example.org”
- git config –global user.name: “your name”
Make sure to replace “email@example.com” and “your name” with your actual email address and your name to execute the commands.
Step 5: After successful execution of the commands, you will have to connect your iPhone with MAC. Don’t lock it until you successfully build the profile, app ID, and certificates. It’s better not to check the Automatically Manage Signing checkbox.
Step 6: Xcode will take some time to process some symbol files. If everything goes fine, a window will appear after the completion of symbol files processing. Go to the Simulate Location feature from the Debug option in the menu. You can easily manipulate the location of your iPhone from that interface.
After this long process, you can successfully change your Snapchat location but with limited functionalities.
Part 4: Change Snapchat Location Using Cydia App
It is another incredible way to fake Snapchat locations. In this method, you will have to use the Cydia app which helps you to custom load any app bundle in your iPhone. However, you will have to Jailbreak your device to proceed with this method further.
This method allows you to install a custom-built version of Snapchat Known as “Snapchat++ Phantom for Snapchat”. It allows you to spoof your location within the app and you will not need to use any third-party app for this purpose.
Follow the instructions below to use Snapchat++:
- First of all, download Cydia Impactor and Snapchat++ on your device.
- Connect your device to the computer.
- Load up Cydia Impactor and it must find your device.
- Then, you should drag and drop the IPA into Cydia Impactor and enter your iTunes credentials.
- Verify the app from Settings> General> Profile and Device Management.
- Trust the app and after this, you should be able to load up the Snapchat++.
- After the installation of the app, click the location icon at the top right corner of the screen. Select the location whatever you want. And, you are good to go!
We have covered different methods to fake Snapchat locations on iPhones. All these methods are 100% working. You can go with any of them according to your need and ease. However, all the methods are not equally straightforward. Some methods like the last one require some technical skills to fake Snapchat’s location on iPhone. If you are looking for the easiest and the safest method, FakeLoc is the best option for you. Because you neither need to jailbreak your device nor need any technical skill to use the app. And, you can change your Snapchat Location with a single click. | <urn:uuid:cae591de-766e-4506-a21e-b73075fd6781> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mxcode.com/location-changer/fake-snapchat-location-on-iphone/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.918108 | 1,999 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Rows were dotted with dozens of people wearing purple T-shirts, sweaters and bowties in solidarity at Tuesday’s Alachua County Commission meeting.
On Tuesday, Alachua County Commissioners voted unanimously 5-0 in support of a conversion therapy ban ordinance.
“I take our job of making sure that our kids are safe seriously,” County Commissioner Ken Cornell said at the meeting. “I think that this is potentially a step in the right direction. Protecting the physical and psychological well-being of minors, public safety. I think that’s like job one for us.”
Conversion therapy is the practice of changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Terry Fleming, vice president of the Human Rights Council of North Central Florida, said the LGBTQ community is very excited the county commission has passed this conversion therapy ban.
The ordinance bans licensed professionals from practicing conversion therapy on minors. Those who violate the ordinance could face a fine of $500.
In April 2018, Gainesville passed its own ordinance prohibiting conversion therapy.
“A lot of folks don’t believe that it is actually happening in this area,” Fleming said. “They feel like ‘Oh, Gainesville is a great place to live. We have the University of Florida, we’re very progressive,’ so people make assumptions that we have equal rights to the LGBTQ community, that conversion therapy isn’t happening.” | <urn:uuid:7b7de1eb-d516-48d5-b1bc-18708c063917> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.alligator.org/article/2019/05/alachua-county-commission-bans-conversion-therapy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94381 | 307 | 1.90625 | 2 |
“Opening the door doesn’t really change the nature of the room.”
The statement made me reach for a pen so I could jot it down. I was listening via Zoom on 8 February to an online lecture given for the St Bride Library in the UK by a young Trinidadian, Agyei Archer. Thirty-four minutes in, I remained riveted.
I have known Agyei for maybe a dozen years—he was around 20 when I first encountered him—and I’ve watched him develop and flourish, despite the oppressive conditions of his life.
But it wasn’t out of maternal pride that I was listening so attentively; even if I did not know him, I would have been interested in what he was saying.
The title of his offering was: “Do it like you do it,” and it was about typography—an uncommon topic. The website advertising the lecture described it more succinctly than I could: an exploration of ‘the value of vernacular design in the English-speaking Caribbean… focusing on the role that hand-drawn and found lettering has played in his personal practice and introducing some canonical work from both self-taught and classically-rooted practices in Trinidad and Jamaica’.
If it might not be an apparently attractive subject to you, then you will understand that what blew me away was the way he spoke, and the perspectives he brought in presenting our history and a future.
He opened with a short historical account of the Caribbean, outlining the forms of labour: slavery, indentureship, the importation of Chinese, the arrival of Portuguese and Syrians—perhaps for the sake of the global nature of the audience.
“It’s a really special place,” he said, as he described the festivals, the food, the music and the ‘cultural exuberance’.
Having laid out this background, he moved into the historical development of typography—printing, linotypes, commerce, advertising, brand identification—and his illustrations each seemed to tell a supporting tale; quite unlike the typical accompaniments that add no depth and texture to the spoken word.
He was not just fluent in the way of someone who knows his stuff, but articulate and confident enough to challenge time-warped canons. You didn’t have to give a whit about his beloved world of design to move with the power of his convictions.
Even as he traced his personal journey of learning, of experimenting, and discovering the places he calls home through their cultural practices and aesthetics, he kept you seeing the invisible hands that still craft the way we do things around here.
“It’s important as well for me to talk in this talk about the influences I don’t want to draw from,” he said, as he acknowledged the importance of type, and its imperial relationship with the wider world. “I am not comfortable with serving a canon that has served fascism the way the classics have.”
He went on to talk about why it matters to him that as one understands the past, one should also see a future built in one’s image.
Then he came to this part, which set me thinking for days.
“This new age of design loves to focus on inclusion and getting everyone in the room… but the odds are, for people like me, after you get into the room, you realise the room was never meant for you anyway. And everyone’s nice, but perspectives matter and opening the door doesn’t really change the nature of the room.
“And the more that I pay attention to that and the education systems that are set up around the industry and the norms that are set up around the industry, I think it is important for people like us, people like me, to make work that is reflective of our perspectives and are really valuable to us. I think that using things that are valuable to us to make work is the best way forward.
“The work that will matter will come from somewhere real. I like where it has come from. I like where it’s going, it feels like home does… it’s about vernacularity.
“We’ve been defaulting to someone else’s experience for hundreds of years, and maybe we can do a re-evaluation of the tools we use and the education systems and the reasons that we make the work that we do.”
I endorse what he said, and I am impressed at the way he has thought about these things.
When he talked about opening the door, I’d immediately remembered my experience with the Queen’s Park Cricket Club more than 25 years ago. Although I had hammered at their membership door for nearly 10 years, I did not find it a room where I fit in. (Just for the record I was not the first woman allowed in.)
It made me think about how we can get so caught up in the idea of being included that we miss evaluating what we want to include us. Agyei’s idea of making our own rooms resonated with me.
He articulated so vividly a vision I have always held that it felt like I could finally see it clearly. I wanted to share his words because I feel it is important too for us to know that there are young people who are out there doing us proud.
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This article is presented as part of an overview of the quality guru's of the 1980's. The Six stages of change also known as the 6 C's was develop by Mr. Philip Crosby and presented by Philip Crosby Associates. Reading "Quality Is Free", "Quality Without Tears", and "Quality Without Pain" are … Read more about The Six Stage of Change or the 6 C’s
This article is presented as part of an overview of the quality guru's of the 1980's. Zero Defects was a key phrase develop by Mr. Philip Crosby and presented by Philip Crosby Associates. Reading "Quality Is Free", "Quality Without Tears", and "Quality Without Pain" are helpful in understanding how … Read more about Zero Defects
Quality Improvement from the Quality College In 1987, I had the privilege to attend the Quality College in Winter Park, FL. It was a highly informative week and I have kept the binder and used it as a reference ever since, although I haven't gone back to it for a few years. When I started to … Read more about How Come Hardly Anything Ever Gets Better? The Case for Quality Improvement.
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Clearly define top management's permanent commitment to ever improving quality and productivity, and their obligation to implement all of these principles. Indeed, it is not enough that top management commit themselves for life to quality and productivity. They must know what it is that they are … Read more about Point 14 – Top Management Commitment to Action
Encourage education Institute a vigorous program of education, and encourage self improvement for everyone. What an organization needs is not just good people; it needs people that are improving with education. Advances in competitive position will have their roots in … Read more about Point 13 -Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks – Encourage Education
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Children and Dental Health
It’s never too early to begin teaching good oral hygiene to your children. Behaviours learnt when they’re young tend to stick with them throughout life.
The need for this is increasingly important with tooth decay among children on the rise, with more than half of all 6 year olds having some decay in their baby and adult teeth, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Where to start
You should start caring for your child’s oral health from when they’re a baby and into their toddler years so by the time they reach 3 years of age or so, they are well-versed in what it takes to keep their teeth healthy. They will require assistance from you until about the age of 7 or 8 but even then, it’s a good idea to supervise them when they’re brushing and flossing their teeth.
There are a number of key things to keep in mind when it comes to keeping your kids’ teeth in tip-top condition.
Baby teeth matter
Yes, they eventually fall out to make way for adult teeth but that doesn’t mean cleaning them isn’t important. If decay causes them to be removed, it can cause crowding problems with their adult teeth emerge. So ensure they brush their teeth twice a day using a soft-bristled toothbrush and a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste, which they shouldn’t swallow, remembering to brush for at least two minutes at a time. Try using an egg timer to make keeping time fun for your child. Flossing, with parental assistance until the age of 10 or when they are deft enough to do it themselves, should start as soon as children have two teeth in contact.
Regular dentist visits
Kicking off at the age of 1 at the latest, or within 6 months of the first tooth appearing, your child should see their dentist regularly and understand that visiting them is an important part of growing up. If you receive benefits such as Family Tax Benefit A payments, you can take advantage of government programs such as the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.
Good eating and drinking habits
To develop strong teeth, your children need a healthy, balanced diet made up of fresh foods such as vegetables, cheese and lean meats, minimal high-sugar foods such as biscuits and muesli bars, and fluoridated tap water.
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“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace till the last syllable of recorded time.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.
Out, out brief candle! Life is but a shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
— Shakespeare’s MacBeth
What is the point of human existence?
This is a very big question. But, unfortunately, most people never quite seem to figure it out. It’s not that they fail to try. To the contrary — most people spend the greater part of their lives being told, and so believing, that they must figure out what it is God put them on this earth to do. And, this becomes their greatest aim.
Many think that the Genesis is in any way unique in its story of our creation and existence, the ancient texts from different cultures will tell you that they have been saying that for a very long time before that. However, not only do many ancient texts speak of very similar historical account, but they seem to give greater detail and add some very intriguing information to the whole story.
One such story is that the 20, 000 year old Sumerian tables that took Russian-American archeologist and researcher Zecharia Sitchin 20 years to translate. What he found changed his whole life.
Similar to earlier authors such as Immanuel Velikovsky and Erich von Däniken, Sitchin advocated hypotheses in which extraterrestrial events supposedly played a significant role in ancient human history.
Nibiru and Enki Awakening
Sumerian writings speak of the days when heaven and earth were created. According to Zecharia Sitchin’s interpretation the ancient text is an autobiography of an extra-terrestrial being Enki from a planet beyond Neptune called Nibiru.
What is amazing the story of Enki’s autobiography starts very long time before the emergence of Homo sapiens, or us, as a species.
The Anuna (the Sumerian name for the sky and earth gods, the assembly of the high gods) awakened Enki from his subterranean, underwater habitat. He was in what could be described today as a state of suspended animation.
According to tablet’s text Enki arrived on Earth along with 20 other astronauts and his wife in search of a material that would allow for life to perpetuate on their planet – gold. Their planet’s atmosphere needed gold dust in order to reflect ultraviolet radiation, which was making life on Nibiru very difficult.
The legend says the Sumerians or ‘ancient gods’ could not endure the physical toils while trying to excavate the precious materials form the Earth. This is when Enki got the idea to create helpers by mixing their DNA with already existing hominids on Earth. According to the tablets the important mission of creating the intellectual human beings was given to Enki’s wife Ninhursag as she was knowledgable doctor and scientist in genetic engineering field.
It’s a theory that has been ruled out as quite simply preposterous by academics and peer reviewed Archaeologists around the world since it was first proposed. There are many Ancient Alien theorists who refuse to consider Sitchin’s contributions due to his lack of empirical evidence and the fact that his is a translation of the tablets that many Cuneiform experts do not agree with.
However, many modern researchers believe that some of Zecharia Sitchin’s work is legitimate and could be used to help in the translation of other tablets creating a context for the names and stories of these ancient people. Among this new breed of researcher are explorers like Michael Tellinger, who claims to have found forensic evidence to support many of the unsubstantiated claims that Sitchin made in the last century. Tellinger holds that there is in fact evidence of gold mining in parts of South Africa and that some of the references in Sitchin’s translation of the Sumerian texts can be attributed to actual places there, with landmarks and megalithic structures that fit the narrative perfectly.
Sumerian text experts are few and far between and there are thousands of tablets yet to be dated and deciphered in order to draw a definitive conclusion about the nature of these creation stories and historical information. Regardless of whether or not it is true, it’s a fascinating theory that we would love to explore firsthand. | <urn:uuid:a23c4229-d9c4-4a46-861c-cb7a2e6a479a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.look4ward.co.uk/archeology/20-000-year-old-sumerian-tablets-reveal-the-true-reason-of-our-existence-on-earth/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.966485 | 950 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Facts and Data
Unesco World heritage since: 1994
Size of heritage: 193 ha
From the 13th century to the advent of the railway in the early 20th century, Safranbolu was an important caravan station on the main East–West trade route. The Old Mosque, Old Bath and Süleyman Pasha Medrese were built in 1322. During its apogee in the 17th century, Safranbolu's architecture influenced urban development throughout much of the Ottoman Empire.
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Small airport - 36 mi (58 km) Kastamonu Airport
Small airport - 58 mi (93 km) Esenboğa International Airport
Large airport - 80 mi (129 km) Sinop Airport
Small airport - 133 mi (215 km) Anadolu University Airport
Medium airport - 152 mi (245 km) Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Large airport - 178 mi (287 km) Nevşehir Kapadokya International Airport
Large airport - 198 mi (319 km) Atatürk International Airport
Large airport - 203 mi (327 km) Afyon Airport
Medium airport - 207 mi (334 km) Simferopol International Airport
Large airport - 270 mi (435 km)
Bigger and popular cities in the wider vicinity are these:
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Publisher description for Mathematical theory of reliability / Richard E. Barlow, Frank Proschan with contributions by Larry C. Hunter.
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This monograph presents a survey of mathematical models useful in solving reliability problems. It includes a detailed discussion of life distributions corresponding to wearout and their use in determining maintenance policies, and covers important topics such as the theory of increasing (decreasing) failure rate distributions, optimum maintenance policies, and the theory of coherent systems. The emphasis throughout the book is on making minimal assumptions - and only those based on plausible physical considerations - so that the resulting mathematical deductions may be safely made about a large variety of commonly occurring reliability situations. The first part of the book is concerned with component reliability, while the second part covers system reliability, including problems that are as important today as they were in the 1960s. The enduring relevance of the subject of reliability and the continuing demand for a graduate-level book on this topic are the driving forces behind its re-publication.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
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The visual language in our ancient buildings recreates a theatre of living history and a unique link to past endeavours. None incapsulates this more than the survival of Ranworth’s rood screen dating from the late 15th century. Having withstood the reforming zeal of Henry VIII, the wholesale destruction of images in churches under Edward VI and the puritanical iconoclasm of Oliver Cromwell in the 1640’s the screen, against all odds, remains intact.
Political and religious fervour are no longer a problem but in 2011 St.Helen’s church was faced with a need to ensure a stable environment to secure the long term preservation of the rood screen and all the art works. A recent report highlighted a problem in that, “the moisture within the fabric of the church had risen to a level that could pose an increased risk to the painted screen.”
In 2012 the community began an appeal to raise the required funds ro renew the lead covering on the nave roof, upgrade the rainwater disposal systems [gutters and downpipes] and renew the gullies and ground drainage.
In December 2014, with money raised from within the village, local charities and a substantial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund of £155,000, we were able to begin the first stage of the works. This included all the preparatory investigations of environmental monitoring, inspection of drain runs using CCTV surveying, opening up the nave roof to determine condition of lead sheeting and roof timbers, architectural survey, archaeological survey, bat survey and the development of the specifications, drawings and schedule of operations for the second stage. [A condition survey of the rood screen had been undertaken by the Hamilton Kerr Institute in 2012].
The second stage of works began in March 2015, with all building and restoration completed by October 2015.
1811 - “It would take up too much space to quote all that has been so well collected, from ancient records, by Messrs. Morant and Le Strange but sufficient has been given to shew how a sad deterioration was allowed to go on inspite of protests, until the unworthy Restoration at the beginning of the nineteenth century took place, when the old roof “exceedingly rich in carving” was sold for £211 11s. 0d..” [Extract from Notices of Ranworth, 1903].
1898-1899 - “ During the year 1898, the Committee settled down to what the late Sir Francis Boileau called their ‘Herculean’ task, face to face with a huge outlay for the Nave roof. The Roof was begun in the Autumn, and by the following Easter it was finished at a total cost of £1,275 9s. 0d..” [Extract from Notices of Ranworth, 1903].
2013 - “ The rood screen is at risk from an increasing number of leaks in the nave roof, which was re-roofed in 1900. In the past 20 years, the Parish have carried out a succession of repairs to this roof, to remedy leaks ... Water ingress continues, posing a risk to the nave roof, and to the screen ... The building will be added to English Heritage’s published Heritage at Risk Register.” [Extract from English Heritage Report, July 2013].
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Leave it to those wacky Korean cloners. In December 2008, scientists from Gyeongsang National University gave us fluorescent kitties. Now, we have cute little puppies! These aren't the first cloned pets on the market, we have stores that sell glowing fish. But these clones have a bit higher price tag. For $50,000 Bernann McKinney got 5 new "Boogers" from RNL Bio; "Booger McKinney," "Booger Lee," "Booger Ra," "Booger Hong and "Booger Park." That's $10,000 a Booger! Still, who can resist these cute little boogers?
I don't have a picture of the puppies anymore, but they were adorable!
A previous story from AP showed Ms. McKinney squeezing one her brand new Boogers. It was a heartwarming story but I can't find it on-line anymore.
From USA Today, the original Booger
saved her life when she was attacked by another dog three times his size. The incident resulted in her left hand being severely injured, and injured her leg nerves and stomach. Doctors later reconstructed her hand and she spent part of her recovery in a wheelchair.
Ms. McKinney had a strong attachment to her dog. She had even tried to get Booger clones before from Genetics Savings and Clone but they shut down in 2006, leaving her Booger-less.
The second time, cloning produced a result. The team, headed by Korean scientist Lee Byeong-chun, claims to have identified the clones as genuine. The claim is being tested by another group at Lee's University.
I know there are people who will criticize Ms. McKinney and say she was misguided and she hasn't really restored her beloved Booger to life. They're right of course. But I also know many people who always get the same breed of dog because they like the personality traits that are characteristic of that breed.
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Are you looking for ways to improve your indoor air quality? We like to think that our home is a safe sanctuary, but studies show the air in your home is actually dirtier than the air outside! Improving your indoor air quality will result in a healthier space, and will help protect your family. Keeping your air conditioning unit and ductwork clean is one of the best ways to ensure your indoor air quality is clean.
In recent years, UV Lights have been applied to improving residential air conditioning systems. UV Lights have been adapted for all kinds of uses, especially when it comes to sanitation. These UV Lights play an important role in indoor air quality.
AC Coil Sanitation UV light is a stick type light that is installed inside your unit that sanitizes the air handler coil. These UV Lights run nonstop and are the most common type of HVAC UV Light. They control the mold inside the air handler, effectively eliminating mold spores. If there are mold spores in your air conditioning unit, this allows the opportunity for mold to be dispersed throughout the air in your home. A clean air conditioning unit, specifically that is mold free, plays an important role in indoor air quality.
Other types of UV Lights can sanitize the moving air. This light is installed in the return air ducts and cycle through the air handler blower.
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Home for Irish Setter Lovers Around the World
for anyone who wishes to understand and be understood by their dog read "ON TALKING TERMS WITH DOGS CALMING SIGNALS" by Turid Rugaas
My wife and I are stunned at the impact this has had on our dogs and us, and simply cannot believe this has not been studied or made known till recent times. Absolutely incredible, it has changed forever how we communicate with our dogs.It is a language every dog world wide is born with and understands.
We were able to calm our IS, who was getting quite aggitated at a show, with a simple turn of the head and yawn, he completely relaxed and sat down calm in seconds.
I love Turid Rugaas she is such a calm person herself must have spent so many hours learning the lanuage of dogs.
I watched young Memphis on Sat. with an unknown collie that was showing signs of aggression near food as in pricked ears, tail up high, staring gaze etc, Memphis stopped licked his lips turned his head away and slowly cuved his body and walked slowly off, the other dog you could see he realised Memphis was not a threat relaxed. Truly the dogs really do well when left alone to talk their own language in most cases. I was keeping a close eye on him all the same, well worth the money to get her book and DVD.
Thank you for mentioning the book. I just got my copy and inddeed it makes fascinating reading. I love the simple turn of the head signal. I now realise that my first Irish ( 30 years ago) was a master at it. He handled every situation with such calm and poise! Thanks again for the post!
This really is an excellent book and I can certainly recommend it. The book is well known in trainer circles and does a great deal in helping people to understand their dogs. But just as Ossian says, it is one of many helpful 'tools' (can't think of a better word) that are used in dog training and problem assessment.
For a while in Switzerland at least, it was considered the 'One and All' and you'd see people licking their lips at their dogs, or Yawning... just when he's munched a biscuit and was licking HIS lips or had just got up from a nap ... not every signal is a 'calming signal'... the behaviour has to be looked at within the whole context. The word 'calming signal' tends to give is too much of a anthropomorphic view of the dog. I think 'canine communication signals' would be better.
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This 5 week series of zoom meetings is aimed at SNA’s at Primary and Post Primary level who work with Autistic pupils in ASD classes or mainstream settings and will cover the following areas:
1) Characteristics of autism; Strengths and challenges: The participants will be introduced to the characteristic strengths and needs of autistic learners, the main psychological theories of autism and the different perspectives of intellectual rather than intuitive learners. This seminar will set the foundation blocks for further, deeper understanding to come.
2) Sensory processing: Pathway to Sensory Inclusion: The participants will follow a 4 step process from Awareness to Understanding to application and Inclusion of Sensory needs of autistic children. It is hoped that the participants will gain a further understanding of the Sensory Differences involved with Neurodiversity.
3) Communication: Social Communication and Interaction: The participants will take a deep look at the areas of Communication and interaction by looking at developmental levels, play skills and social interaction demands. There is a focus on the shared responsibility for social communication
4) Stressful behaviour: A deep look at behaviours that may occur due stress and distress. The participants will look at the low arousal approach to stressful behaviours, the communication underlying stressors and strategies for helping students achieve a sense of regulation.
5) Safe Social Story Creation. The participants will be brought through the stages of writing Social Narratives for children that are Safe, Expliciat, Accurate and Meaningful (SEAM) focussing on information that informs children of what they are expected to do rather than not do.
Facilitator Shaun Greville teaches in the Esker Centre, Ballinamere. Shaun completed 5 years secondment to the SESS and latterly the NCSE. He fulfilled the roles of Advisor and Assistant National Coordinator for the autism team with a focus on in-school support for teachers and both in-school and external CPD regarding autism. She has been teaching autistic students for over 20 years and creating and providing training for staff and parents in third level colleges of education, post primary, primary and special schools. He also provides support groups for teachers and parents of autistic students. He is a co-author of the soon to be published Good Practice Guidelines for Schools for teaching autistic students.
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded $2.17 million grant to develop a joint cancer drug discovery and development and research education program to focus on cancers that have increased risk of incidence and/or mortality among underserved communities, ethnic populations such as African-Americans, Latinos and Native Americans who bear a disproportionate burden of cancer compared with other groups
The new program, a partnership between University of Houston (UH) College of Pharmacy and the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, will be lead by Diana Chow, UH College of Pharmacy Pharmaceutics professor and director of its Institute for Drug Education and Research and Martin M. Matzuk, Baylor College of Medicine pathology professor and director of the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a primary malignancy of the liver. The disease occurs predominantly in patients with underlying chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. Worldwide HCC is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, affecting more than 500,000 people. The incidence of HCC is especially high in Asia and Africa, where an endemic high prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C strongly predisposes the development of chronic liver disease and subsequent development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
This pastern is also noted in the United States.
“Liver cancer has a higher incidence rate among African Americans and [Latinos than among white people.” Chow said. Furthermore, certain types of breast, including triple-negative breast cancer and prostate cancers have higher incidence and mortality in the African-American population,” Chow added.
“Our research will seek to find new drugs to treat these cancers using preclinical models derived from these patients. We will use the expertise in cancer drug discovery platforms at the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the experience and track record in cancer drug development at UH College of Pharmacy to improve outcomes in underserved communities across the nation,” Chow said.
Beyond Cancer Outcomes
“Not only do disparities exist in cancer outcomes, there is also lack of diversity in the cancer research workforce. Changing that will increase society’s understanding of the causes and risk factors for cancer in different populations, work that could eventually be tested in clinical trials,” said associate professor of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Meghana V. Trivedi, who is spearheading the cancer research education component of the program and will also participate in a pilot project for cancer drug discovery and development research.
“Much of the basic science and clinical trials data are available from primarily Caucasian populations, and so we understand less about cancers in minority populations,” Trivedi added. The project could lead to a more representative generation of cancer researchers, bringing fresh insights and encouraging greater involvement of underserved communities.
Besides recruiting next-generation cancer researchers, the education program will also enhance current researchers’ awareness and knowledge of cancer health disparities. The University of Houston, a Hispanic and Asian – serving institution, is a perfect place to start.
“One of our objectives is to educate students about different modalities of cancer research; you don’t have to be a biology major to be a cancer researcher,” Trivedi noted.
“We’ll be reaching out to students with different majors, encouraging them to explore careers in cancer research and join the effort to find a cure for cancer in underserved ethnic groups,” Trivedi concluded.
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Gadget Watch: Get ready for the thermal selfie
NEW YORK (AP) — Tired of the selfie? Get ready for the "thermie," or as I like to call it, the "hottie." That's when you take a picture of the heat emanating from your body, using an infrared camera that attaches to the back of your iPhone. It sounds unlikely, but it's coming.
Apple stores started selling the $349 FLIR One this week. It puts thermal imaging within reach of people who probably have never considered it before, and it opens up a whole new way of looking at the world. Warm things show up bright on the iPhone screen, while cold things are dark. It's like everything glows with its own light.
What's striking is that the camera is so sensitive. If two objects differ by one-fifth of a degree Fahrenheit (0.1 degree Celsius), the camera can tell the difference.
You can see the footsteps of a person who just walked across a carpet. They're noticeably warmer if the person stood still for a little while. If you swipe your hand across a wall, the heat trail will be briefly visible as a smear. You can find a cellphone in a dark room by picking up the 1 degree F (0.5 degree C) heat difference caused by the standby power consumption.
This technology has been available to the military for decades, and it has been creeping into the hands of sailors, electricians, plumbers and other contractors. But the cheapest stand-alone infrared camera costs $995 and doesn't come with all the fun doodads that the smartphone allows, such as quick image uploads to Facebook. Imagine this: "Hi everyone, this is what my fever looks like!"
— HOW IT WORKS:
The FLIR One slides on to the back of an iPhone 5 or 5s. It doesn't work with any other iPhone model, such as the 5c or the larger iPhones that Apple is believed to be releasing next month. It roughly doubles the thickness of the phone, so it's not something you'll walk about with every day. The camera back contains its own rechargeable battery.
The heat-sensing camera looks similar to a regular phone camera, but its resolution is very low, at just 80 by 60 pixels, or 4,800 pixels. The iPhone's rear camera is more than 1,600 times sharper at 8 megapixels. To make the images easier to interpret, the FLIR One has a second camera for visible light. It creates a faint overlay of object contours, compensating to some extent for the low thermal resolution.
The thermal image can be set to show up in a variety of color ranges. Cold can be blue and hot can be red, or you can just have it show up in black and white.
— WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT:
So is this camera just for "hotties"?
No. Actually, people look fairly unattractive in thermal imaging. Because the camera picks up minute heat differences, human skin looks as blotchy as the hide of a giraffe.
Thermal imaging is useful for spotting heat leaking through home insulation. It can also spot otherwise invisible water leaks, because evaporation usually makes humid areas colder than the surroundings. It can spot wildlife lurking in the forest. There could be a lot of other uses no one's thought of yet, from gaming to medicine.
While the camera is very good at detecting temperature differences, it isn't that good at measuring precise temperatures. Temperature readouts are accurate only to within 1.5 degrees F (0.8 degree C). Occasionally, I found it to be off by much more. So while fever selfies might sound fun, you can't use this as a fever thermometer. Also, it doesn't read temperatures over the boiling point of water, so you can't use it to check oven temperatures.
— THE BARGAIN:
If you buy the FLIR One as a toy, you're likely to tire of it pretty soon. It's an expensive toy, at more than half of the iPhone's retail price (what people pay if they forgo subsidies that require two-year service contracts.)
But if you have a practical use in mind for it, you'll get a cool toy in the bargain.
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Health officials are meeting today to consider more restrictions for Dublin.
It's expected they'll move the capital into level three of the Governments new plan for living with Covid-19.
If we continue as we are, we could have 500 to one-thousand covid-19 cases per day by the middle of next month.
That was the warning from health officials at last nights briefing.
Professor Philip Nolan opened with this statement;
"I am more concerned at this point in time than I have been at any point in time since late-April.
"I'm concerned about the rise in cases, the pattern of the disease, the reproduction number and what our scenario models tell us about what will happen in the next couple of weeks if each and every one of us doesn't change", he warned.
Prof Philip Nolan says hospitalizations are increasing.— Hannah Murphy (@Hanelizaa) September 16, 2020
There are 73 people in hospital right now, with over 50 of them across three Dublin hospitals.
Moving to phase three would mean staying within the county, working from home unless absolutely necessary and a capacity of just 25 at weddings.
Dr Ronan Glynn says we should each work to halve our contacts in the meantime;
"If you play a sport, if you go training two times a week and play a match at the weekends, you need to consider the extent at which you want to continue to do that.
"And if you do, you need to consider what other element of your life you're going to reduce your contacts in", he said.
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During the Technological Revolution of the early 20th century, many companies were hiring for newly created positions to manage a disruption in their industry – electricity. They needed folks to manage the switches, regulators and wires that lit and powered their buildings. Over time, electricity became a commodity and those ‘electrical manager’ jobs folded into existing positions related to research or system maintenance or plain old janitorial services. Rather than managing electricity, they learned to instead manage the new things electricity was allowing them to do.
More than 100 years later, we are well in the throes of the Digital Revolution and, to handle the newest disruption of our age, companies are hiring ‘digital managers’ and offering ‘digital strategies’. Some have even gone so far as to open digital-only agencies.
That’s a problem.
Digital computing and electronics provide us with new ways to learn and connect every day. But ‘digital’ is a tool, not a solution in and of itself.
Let’s break it down.
Think of your marketing strategy as a map. As marketers, we are travel guides. We help our clients decide on the destinations they want to reach, the routes we’ll take toward them and the cars we’ll use to get there.
Destination = Objective
Route = Strategy
Car = Tactic
Every good marketing strategy is built on this foundation of objectives, strategies and tactics. Here’s an example.
Objective: Increase job placements in my rural community by 20 percent over five years.
- Strategy 1: Expand job search methods.
- Tactic 1: Send information to HR departments of local businesses encouraging and teaching them how to post on job listing sites like Monster, Indeed, CareerBuilder, etc.
- Tactic 2: Create and utilize networking groups within different industries and local metros.
- Strategy 2: Encourage entrepreneurial innovation.
- Tactic 1: Approach businesses in towns within a 50-mile radius about opening a second location in your town.
- Tactic 2: Build page on town website listing available commercial properties in main commercial district.
- Strategy 3: Create a small business proposal competition.
- Tactic 1: Set up structure, funding and timeline.
- Tactic 2: Pitch story to local media with both human interest and economic development angles.
- Tactic 3: Utilize social media platforms for continuous marketing and community engagement through application and competition process.
Notice that the objective nor any of the strategies even use the word digital. Only the tactics – the tools we’re using to execute our larger plan – involve digital elements like online job portals and social media.
“I always smile when agencies claim they are doing digital,” said Stéphane Bérubé, L’Oréal’s new chief marketing officer for Western Europe. “Honestly, maybe that was good in 2010, but in 2017 they should claim they just do marketing. We need to stop talking about digital – it’s all part of marketing.”
Rather than managing electricity, we learned to manage the things electricity allowed us to do. So, rather than creating digital teams in our companies or putting digital strategies in our marketing plans, we need to manage the things digital is allowing us to do. Find people who understand that digital is a tool, not a solution, and you set your business up for success. | <urn:uuid:cffc659d-6fef-45f3-936c-c237ee9cc020> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jwmorton.com/marketing/dont-need-vp-electricity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.928275 | 715 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Unusual mucus or other substances coming from the vagina is a common problem and this discharge is usually because of some infection and is associated with pain, burning, itching and painful urination. It is not necessary that all the infections are sexually transmitted so you should not assume that vaginal discharge is always an STD.
Irritation of the vagina also known as vaginitis is the most common reason for discharges and is usually caused by infection. There are mainly three types of vaginal infections and these all could be treated with oral or vaginal medications. Such infection tends to produce a distinct discharge:
1. Usually there is a thick, white cottage cheese like discharge that is itching, irritated skin, yeast infection or candidiasis. Women those who suffer from diabetes and those who take antibiotics are more prone to develop such infection. Most of the women face at least one yeast infection at some point in their lives.
2. There is a thin, yellow, foul smelling discharge known as trichomonas that is also transmitted sexually.
3. Other symptoms include thin, gray or white foul smelling discharge known as bacterial vaginosis.
Pelvic inflammatory disease is frequently caused STD that infects the cervix, uterus, ovaries or fallopian tubes and is one of the most common and serious complications of an STD. Symptoms include vaginal discharge or bleeding with lower abdominal pain and fever. Chronic PID could result into one or more infections and the most common symptoms that could be identified are gonorrhea or Chlamydia that are sexually transmitted.
Genital Herpes can also produce vaginal discharge and it could affect the cervix. It includes features such as fever, itching, headache and general muscle aches. Some women also get infection inside the uterus and this condition is known as endometriosis causing fibroid tumors, cancer or STD?s.
Sometimes a hole develops in the vagina and because of the passageway caused stool or urine passes through the vagina. This problem can develop after a surgery or injury in the area, infection, inflammation or radiation.
Inflammation in the vagina is also caused because of lack of estrogen and as a woman enters into menopause her body produces increasing erratic amount of estrogen. This often makes the vagina dry out and get irritated. This condition is also known as atrophic vaginitis and could be treated by estrogen replacement therapy, vaginal creams or vaginal suppositories.
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In this Investigation, photocatalytic process of COD reduction for a real spent caustic wastewater sample(Red Oil),were used with Design of Experiment(DOE)Method. In this Method, Response surface model(RSM) was obtained in the view of a Box-Behnken design (BBD) with four variables as the input factors, i.e. TiO2 loading (g/l), pH, oxidant amount (ppm) and aeration rate (l/min). The optimum quantity of every factor was calculated according to the experimental settings and statistical model parameters. Finally, High COD removal in 90 min (93%) were obtained under optimum conditions.
Keywords: COD, DOE, Photocatalytic Removal, Red Oil Wastewater, TiO2
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Simone Biles is the Greatest Of All Time in the world of athleticism. She is constantly breaking boundaries and pushing not just her own limits, but the limits of the entire sport of gymnastics. Not only does she execute the most difficult skills leagues better than her competitors, she also creates the most intimidating and impossible moves. It is amazing to even think that one person could influence and impact the most difficult sport in the world.
But in a featured story with the Wall Street Journal Magazine, Biles overcomes greater obstacles than the Yurchenko Double Pike Vault, the Biles I, or the Biles II. She continues to strive for perfection while surviving abuse, a family tragedy, and her own doubts.
Biles’ brother, Tevin Biles-Thomas had murder charges against him for the shooting deaths of three men at a 2018 New Year’s Eve party in Cleveland, Ohio. Biles-Thomas continued to maintain his innocence even while prosecutors were determined to find evidence against him.
Even so, the Biles family kept quiet to the public about the heartbreaking ordeal. Biles continued to compete in Indianapolis with her family at the competitions, waiting on the verdict of her brother. Biles-Thomas was found not guilty after the judge declared a lack of evidence against him.
Biles is also a survivor of Larry Nassar, a former doctor for the US Women’s National Gymnastics Team. Nassar’s sexual abuse which he labeled, “medical treatment” came to light in 2016, just before Biles’ first Olympics in Rio. More than 300 women accused the former physician of sexual assault. The USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee waited 15 weeks before contacting the FBI in an attempt to allow Nassar to retire quietly and cover up the allegations.
Since then, Biles has publicly spoken out against both organizations and has been continuously suing them. Biles has a strained relationship with USAG, which is why the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics was so hard for her.
“I felt kind of torn and broke,” she told Vogue, explaining that it was difficult to accept because she worked so hard and it also meant “another year of dealing with USAG.”
“That I don’t know if I can take,” she said.
The postponement has also raised doubts about her own performance. Biles has shared that while she continued to practice, she was anxious and worried about her future in the sport. She announced that the Tokyo Olympics would be her last Olympic game.
You would never guess any of these doubts were happening by watching her in the Olympic trials these last few weeks. She continues to push and compete against herself. She has no peers. While she has tried to speak out against judges underscoring her routines simply because other gymnasts could not perform them, she has come to accept she would rather compete against herself than reduce the complexity of her skills.
“There’s a defiance in everything that she does,” said journalist Jemele Hills. “And it’s not a petulant defiance; it’s realizing her worth. She’s come to realize she is the sport right now, and I think it’s that sense of empowerment that has only emboldened her.” | <urn:uuid:47bd39dc-481c-48ff-ac45-7a51c7c90e54> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bayoubeatnews.com/2021/07/simone-biles-a-champion-in-front-of-cameras-and-behind-the-scenes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.981232 | 693 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Squamous cell cancer involves cancerous changes to the cells of the middle portion of the epidermal skin layer. It is a malignant tumor, and is more aggressive than basal cell cancer, but still may be relatively slow-growing. It is more likely than basal cell cancer to spread (metastasize) to other locations, including internal organs. Treatment usually involves surgical removal of the tumor along with some surrounding tissue.
Review Date 8/14/2021
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The Netherlands setting up international EV charging test centre
The Netherlands will have a new international test centre where companies may test their electric cars, buses, trucks, and associated charging stations.
The Netherlands is thus taking another pioneering step in the sustainable transport domain. Benefiting the environment, fostering clean air, and good for our wallets. The international test lab will be located in Arnhem under the auspices of the Connectr energy cluster. The new ElaadNL test lab is expected to be operational by 1 September.
Charging vehicles of the future
Electric vehicles are gaining increasingly more ground: not only passenger cars, but also motorcycles, delivery vans, coaches and trucks, and, in the near future, heavy construction equipment, inland shipping vessels and small aircraft as well. As all these electric vehicles need to be able to charge, it is vitally important for them to be tested as power consumers, in addition to undergoing the standard vehicle tests administered by the Netherlands Vehicle Authority RDW. This has prompted ElaadNL, the knowledge and innovation centre of the collective Dutch grid managers, to embark on setting up a major new test lab in Arnhem.
International test centre a good move
The test centre is co-funded by the Province of Gelderland and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. State Secretary Van Veldhoven: ‘Great news that we will have this international test centre shortly. Faster charging will make e-driving more attractive. This centre will be a breeding ground for green innovations from which our business community, and ultimately all of us, will reap the benefits. Clean air, more green jobs, and less CO2.’
Ms Van der Wal, member of the Gelderland Provincial Executive: ‘A fine step for Connectr Energy Innovation and Gelderland. Not only will other companies and educational establishments be able to use these test facilities, the centre will also be joining forces with the education sector to train people for new jobs in the field of energy technology. The arrival of the Elaad international test lab will add an important link to the Connectr network, enabling faster marketing of energy innovations.’
Room for innovative Dutch businesses
Many Dutch companies are active in the field of zero emission transport. The Netherlands is leading the way when it comes to charging stations and innovative, smart charging solutions. And now we are embarking on the testing of electric coaches and trucks, and the associated charging infrastructure. ElaadNL managing director Onoph Caron knows that companies will be eager to use the new test lab: ‘At our current location, we have been testing electric passenger car charging for several years, in collaboration with car manufacturers. However, we do not have room for trucks and coaches. In this new, large hall featuring a charging plaza, we will be able to test many more, and also much larger and heavier vehicles such as coaches, e-trucks, and the associated charging infrastructure. On account of its impact on the power grid, being able to test this new wave of vehicle electrification is crucial for grid managers.’
The test lab will feature measuring equipment and special high-capacity charging infrastructure enabling fast high-volume charging. The new test lab will also be capable of performing a wide variety of tests: for example, to assess the IT communication within the entire chain, from vehicle and charging station to back office, and interaction with other elements such as solar panels and home energy management systems. The safety of all these forms of communication (cyber security) will be another focus area of the new lab.
The new, large Elaad Test Lab will be an open meeting place, welcoming vehicle and charging infrastructure manufacturers as well as companies providing, e.g., energy services. In addition, it will be collaborating with such educational establishments as HAN University of Applied Sciences, in the purview of training new specialists. For that reason, ElaadNL is also joining the Connectr initiative. | <urn:uuid:1420b1fd-ecfa-4d4a-8769-c9670a4ba77b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2021/03/08/the-netherlands-setting-up-international-ev-charging-test-centre | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.947613 | 812 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Objectives: Classroom climate, especially emotional support in the classroom, shapes children’s academic performance and socioemotional adjustment. This study focused on special education classrooms and examined two factors that may be associated with emotional support in the classroom, teachers’ attachment style and teachers’ perception of their teaching experiences as reflected in their narratives. Methods: Data were gathered from 40 special education elementary school classrooms and their teachers. Emotional support, in terms of positive climate, negative climate, teacher sensitivity and regard for students’ perspective, was assessed using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System – K-3. Teachers completed the Experience in Close Relationships Scale to evaluate their avoidant and anxious attachment styles. Teachers’ narratives on their teaching experiences were elicited using the Five-Minute Speech Sample procedure. FMSSs were coded for complexity and negative valence. Results: Avoidance and lower complexity and negative valence of teachers’ narratives were associated with lower positive climate in their classrooms. In addition, avoidance and negative valence of teachers’ narratives were related to lower teacher sensitivity, and negative valence of the narratives was associated with lower regard for students’ perspective. Conclusions: Teachers’ attachment style and their perception of their teaching experiences may be important targets for future research to refine the understanding of the quality of teacher-student interactions and inform teachers’ training and supervision programs.
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- Attachment style
- Classroom climate
- Special education
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Jarena Lee,1849. Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee: giving an account of her call to preach the gospel, frontispiece. Engraving. New-York Historical Society Library, CT.L4784 A3 1849.
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well ephemeral means lasting for a very short time. and admire means to appreciate something with pleasure and something impressive or attractive. so maybe the author was implying that the admiring something or someone was a temporary thing? . i'm not sure though i've never read the story, this is just what i get from the question.
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By Don Crosby for The Markdale Standard
Proposed changes to the design for a new hospital in Markdale that would make it a rural health centre appear to have found favour with the provincial ministry of health and other government agencies.
A rural health centre would serve both the acute care and primary care health needs of the community and could be a model for the province in forming new rural health policy, said Maureen Solecki, President and CEO of Grey Bruce Health Services during a public information meeting held in Flesherton last week. Planning discussions are getting under way with the South West Local Health Integration Network.
“I would say they are very supportive of a rural health care centre in Markdale and have been working very closely with us on that . . . and ultimately the LHIN needs to approve any large capital project of this nature through the ministry of health. So they have been very supportive and been willing work with us in the planning process,” Solecki said.
Solecki told about 150 people at a public health forum in Flesherton on Tuesday evening (Oct. 27) that the hospital would continue to include all the acute care services and 24 hour emergency services, labs, day surgery, in patient and out patient services as wells as x-ray, laboratory and physiotherapy currently available.
The only trade off would be fewer in-patient hospital beds. But the advantages would include having a new medical clinic with up to nine doctors and the Community Health Centre with its doctors and more than a dozen ancillary health care workers all in one place next door to Grey Gables- the county retirement home.
A community health centre provides care for specific groups such as single mothers, in some cases first nations residents, and people with drug and mental health problems that are not covered by the other health care services and are without a doctor.
The community health care centre planned for south east Grey already has a guaranteed 2010-2011 operating budget of its own of $ 2.1 million to pay for up to 13,000 square feet of office space and 19 full time staff.
The idea of having a centralized rural health care centre isn’t new. It’s been promoted by local residents for several years now. But is just starting to find favour with the ministry of health officials. “It’s actually not as much a change as getting the government to see it the way we’ve always seen it,” said Dr. Hamilton Hall chair of the hospital planning board.
“Now they are coming to us and saying that’s a great idea. Why don’t we put it all in one place. . . The trick is to get them to think it’s their idea of how clever they are . . . and then it moves forward,” Hall said.
Hall is encouraged by the change in attitude on the part of the government with interest being shown from government agencies such as the capital branch and infrastructure Ontario that wouldn’t talk to local organizers for years.
“Now they are saying maybe we could put something together and fund a new rural health care project. We’re fine with this,” Hall said. Hall explained that Community Health Centres were designed for rural areas without hospitals or areas in large urban centers away from a hospital. Originally the idea was to have a new hospital in Markdale and community health centre in places like Flesherton, and Dundalk and Markdale and a separate doctors’ clinic.
“Well that makes sense in the cities but makes no sense in Markdale, makes no sense in a rural area. It’s taken us almost 10 years to get the urban thinking of government of why should you have a hospital on one street of Markdale and a Community Health Centre four streets over. That works in Toronto. That doesn’t work here,” Hall explained. “Now they are coming to us and saying that’s a great idea. Why don’t we put it all in one place,” he added.
Hall tried to allay the fears of some people at the meeting who worried that the rural health centre would dilute the services that are currently being provided by the hospital in Markdale.
“The good news is this is coalescing a lot of what we’ve always wanted into a government initiative. They’ll take it forward and we’ll go with them,” he said.
Hall warned against residents getting their hopes up that approval and funding would soon be happening while the province recovering from the E-health scandal and a showing huge deficit.
“But they have to come out of it and we stand in a very good position. There’s relatively small amount of money required, (it’s) a very popular idea. . .we are in a very good position,” said Hall who sees the rural health centre concept as the way of the future and Markdale on the verge of being the first in the province.
Solecki said so far only $900,000 has been spent on planning for the new hospital of a $3 million grant that former health minister George Smitherman gave the project several years ago. The ministry of health has yet to approve the next stage of planning but the funding is there when that approval is given.
Other speakers at Tuesday’s public information forum included Lera Ryan, chair of the physician recruitment and retention committee, Linda Martin from the Community Care Access Centre, Jo-Anne McConnell of GBHS who spoke on infection control and the need for frequent hand washing and Terry Mokriy of the South East Grey Community Health Centre. | <urn:uuid:97f9ad80-b5b7-4020-b43d-17d89b3a821f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cghsfoundation.com/change-in-hospital-plan-for-markdale/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.970737 | 1,174 | 1.617188 | 2 |
I avoided observational bias by not speaking with the child before or during my observations and restricting myself to simple questions when speaking with him. By avoiding contact until after the observation periods, I avoided any attempts on my part to influence the outcome of this study by trying to manipulate the child into behaving and creating to support my opinions.I didn’t choose the subject beforehand so I knew nothing about him until I spoke with his teacher after my final observation was completed. I chose the child that occupied the most central seat in the class, but I could have used any number of other criteria to choose a subject. I came up with these criteria before entering the class for the first time. I had no idea whether my subject would be male or female, what their age would be, or what their other physical and mental characteristics would be.Upon completion of the study, I found that my hypotheses were incorrect. Though psychosocial, cognitive and biosocial developments are interrelated, I focused on the biosocial domain while conducting and documenting this study.The average 4-5-year-old, regardless of sex or race, is active and consumes and uses about 1,700 calories per day, and sleeps ten to eleven hours at night. They have gained greater control of their gross motor skills which enables them to run, skip, hop, climb, and jump with fewer accidents and more self-confidence. They are beginning to refine their fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination, enabling them to draw simple, recognizable shapes and print a few capital letters. They have almost fully established the preference for right- or left-handedness. They are also beginning to lose their baby teeth and may grow a few inches taller during these years.I decide to attend a local kindergarten class to observe 5-year olds in action. I wanted to verify or debunk my previously mentioned hypotheses regarding the subjects drawn by children and if they still built and took apart items. | <urn:uuid:6f89ab19-de46-4dc1-b26b-c6d46ef56129> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://martellcropprojections.com/biosocial-development-of-45-year-olds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.975106 | 389 | 2.46875 | 2 |
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