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Kettles For Home & Kitchen
Kettle is a small kitchen appliance which is generally used for boiling water. It has a shape similar to self container with a lid and spout. These kettles can be heated either by placing it on a gas stove.Also some kettles have a whistle at their top. This whistle when sound indicated that the water has reach to its boiling point. Also today in modern world many electric kettles have come in the market which do not even require a gas stove. These electric kettles have an internal heating element which helps to boil water.
Thus, these electric kettles broadly fall into two categories. These categories are mainly electric kettles and gas stove or stove top kettles.These kettles are mainly made up of steel, iron metal, aluminium and some traditionally kettles are made up of copper also. These kettles look very trendy and gives a look of high standard and lavish modern styles of living to people who have these kettles in their homes as a part of their crockery collection set. Thus, these kettles are must part of kitchen appliances collection as they looks best while serving tea and coffee.
Types Of Kettles
Some of the categories of these kettles based on their materials are described as follows :-
1. Ceramic Kettles :- These ceramic kettles are perfect material for any kitchen and are used in front of guests also for serving coffee and tea or sometimes for making water based food like soup and oatmeal. These ceramic electric kettles are cordless and can even boil water faster than any microwave.They also have an indicator red light which will be on when kettle is on and in working condition and if it is not glowing then it indicates that kettle os off. Thus one can use these kettles carefree as it automatically shuts off after sometime.
2. Painted Aluminium Kettles :- These painted aluminium kettles are of rajasthani style and are made up of aluminium. They were traditionally used for pouring tea and coffee but today in the modern world they are hand painted in many colourful ways and have various decoration items and pictures over them making them look different and beautiful from other kettles.Thus, these kettles can also be used just for show piece purposes in kitchen among crockery as sometimes they can behave and act like dangerously. So,these kettles are semi-casual used by some ladies.
3. Iron kettles :- These iron kettles were also traditionally used and are made up of iron. These kettles are not much being used nowadays as these kettles can get rust over them if they are not being used for long time. Hence these iron kettles are rarely use in modern world.To remove these rust some ladies used soft brush and then keep these kettles aside for 20 minutes by filling them with water and tea leaves. Some women also use tannic acid to remove rust from these kettles.
4. Proctor Silex Electric Kettles :- If you want a kettle which is decent and also performs very well then this kettle is the best kettle which is nowadays available in the market. It is not only cheap but also lightweight. It is made up of plastic and also have a decent handle which have a strong grip thus making for us easy to handle. But sometimes these kettle becomes slippery so we must take care while handling it. One of the best feature of these kettle is that these kettle have a blue colour water level indicator which help us to keep an eye of the water level in these kettles.
5. Glass Electric Kettles :- These glass electric kettles are the most widely used kettles today in the modern world. They are made up of glass panel. They are also transparent and heavy in weight. They can also be used as container in kitchens.It also uses less energy and boils water very fast. This is the perfect kitchen appliance and can also be used in dorm rooms and offices. This kettle has a lid that can be easily removed by just pushing button. This makes it easier to fill and to clean. It has a power indicator and also an auto shut-off protection mode that helps turn the kettle off when the water is thoroughly boiled.Today these glass electric kettles comes in various brand like Borossil and many others. They glass electric kettles in kitchen shows a high and lavish style of the people who have them and also they have become the most demanding kettles of the modern world. Every women would love to have this kettle in their kitchen as they help in making some food materials like maggi, oats, soups very fast and tasty to eat. Also the glass body looks elegant and has multipurpose options to help the user.
6. Stainless Steel Kettle :- A beneficial aspect of stainless steel kettles is that they do not discolor as well as don’t retain the taste or odor.So, it means that not only the material remains strong and beautiful for years, but we can actually go about making as many different items one after the other without fearing about the taste overlap, which is great. It does not need to be heated on a burner or stove, so it saves gas also. Thus we can get economical and eco-friendly as well.The extreme durability ensures that the piece remains resistant to dents or from any rust.When it comes to longevity and attractiveness, these best stainless steel tea kettles are tough to top. Thus they are choice of everyone in today’s world. Also note that stainless steel kettles are also low in cost as compared to those of glass electric kettles. Hence, even though glass electric kettles are meant to do the same thing, yet stainless steel kettles win the war in this case.
How Do These Electric Kettles Work?
When we plug our electric kettle into an electric plug or switch, electric current will start flowing through its cord. It has an heating element which acts like resistor and also help us to boil water. When large current comes from its cord then this heating element will resist the current flow and a lot of heat energy will be produced.Thus converting the electrical energy coming from the cord into the heating energy and thus enabling the water in the kettle to boil at high and great extent. Thus, water in the electric kettle boils very fast as it comes in direct contact with heat. Sometimes even we can also see liquid converting into steam when we boil water in these electric kettles.
Pros Of Having Kettles
Some of the pros of having these kettles in kitchen can be described as follows :-
Less Storage coverage :- All of these electric kettles takes very less space whether you keep them in your kitchen or home as compared with microwaves and gas stoves.
Less time and energy :- Food prepare from these electric kettles takes very less time and energy. Also we can prepare some liquid and food materials like soup , oats, maggi by using these electric kettles in just 5-10 minutes. Thus,saving a lot of person time and energy also.
Easy to Handle :- These electric kettles are very much easy to handle because of their small size,and very less storage space cover. People can easily carry these electric kettle while travelling or going to office.
Serve multipurpose way :- These stovetop and electric kettles helps by serving us in more than one way. At one time they can look very elegant and beautiful as a part of your kitchen crockery collection for serving hot coffee and tea and at the same time these electric kettles can help us to prepare some of the food materials and boiling water very fast.
Cons Of Using Kettles
Although these kettles have lot of advantages but they have some disadvantages also.Some of the cons of using these kettles are as follows :-
Tasteless taste :- Some of the food prepared in the kettles made of plastic lid can be tasteless. Thus leading to fouling smell and making food for us difficult to eat .
Slippery handle :- Some of these kettles have slippery handle thus it can cause harm to our hand while cooking. So we must be very careful while boiling water or cooking food in these kettles.
Hot Surface Area :- Those electric kettles which are made up of aluminium,iron and steel have very hot surface area which can even cause harm to person skin or hand while cooking or boiling water in these kettles. Thus, one must be careful if they are using these kettles.
Although kettles have some disadvantages but it has more pros than cons and its advantages win the war against its cons. So one must have these kettles in their home for serving purpose as they not only gives a perfect looks to the kitchen but also looks very beautiful while serving tea and coffee in front of guest.Also it gives a person very nice and fresh feeling if a person starts its day with a good morning cup of tea or coffee.
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The Hay Festival, with the support of our regional ally SURA and together with El País, has worked with some of the planet’s most brilliant minds to create the series of digital events Imagina el mundo. This fourth series pays homage to themes developed by the philosopher Edgar Morin, vital to an understanding of the challenges and problems of the contemporary world. On this occasion, Carlos Granés speaks with the acclaimed German writer and philosopher Wolfram Eilenberger, about his latest book, Feuer der Freiheit (2021), in which he describes the lives of Simone de Beauvoir, Simone Weil, Ayn Rand and Hannah Arendt. These four philosophers faced the turbulent reality of the 20th century and it was in writing that they found the space to express their ideas, oppose totalitarianism and exalt the highest expressions of human experience.
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ADS domain controller. what is left?
abartlet at samba.org
Thu Nov 25 01:39:07 GMT 2004
On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 18:36 -0500, Sean O'Malley wrote:
> Is there a list of things that need to be implemented or fixed, tested to
> get Samba to work as the AD domain controller?
> I don't mind throwing some time at this.
There are actually quite a lot to do, but we have the framework that
makes it not only possible, but sane.
If you are serious about the AD domain controller side of things, have a
good read of my thesis on the topic - it provides a bit of a basis:
This document will, when I get a chance, become the basis for some of
our developer documentation.
So, we have quite a few protocols to cover, but behind all that will be
a single LDB database. This is the LDAP-like database interface that we
put everything in.
We already have a start on:
- Kerberos Server
- LDAP Server
- RPC Servers (LSA, NETLOGON, SAMR etc).
We have an export of a zone file for BIND as well.
However, these are all starts, not finished products, and so there are
plenty of things to do. For example, the RPC servers are actually
pretty well described in IDL and testsuites, but are unimplemented. (We
test against windows, and write the testsuite to pass on windows).
We also need more tests, and research into other protocols used.
This is hard work, but very rewarding.
Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
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Remember an event, when you particularly spare your time, grabbing necessities, obviously the food and beverages to enjoy quality movie time with friends and family.
Your search for movies on Netflix and all goes in vain when you get a message that you are geo-restricted by the streaming service and cannot access the requested movie or show. That Irritates a lot but ever think of why it happened and how can one bypass the imposed restrictions?
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Legitimate Ways to Stream Best Netflix Content
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- See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him;
he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.
- He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.
- He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.
- His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.
- God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high;
stretching out the earth, and giving its produce;
he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:
- I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations:
- To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.
- I am the Lord;
that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to pictured images.
- See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.
- Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth;
you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.
- Let the waste land and its flocks be glad, the tent-circles of Kedar;
let the people of the rock give a glad cry, from the top of the mountains let them make a sound of joy.
- Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.
- The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry;
he will go against his attackers like a man of war.
- I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.
- I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants;
and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.
- And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level.
These things will I do and will not give them up.
- They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods.
- Give ear, you whose ears are shut;
and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.
- Who is blind, but my servant?
who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send?
who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?
- Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind;
his ears are open, but there is no hearing.
- It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.
- But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force;
they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free;
they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.
- Who is there among you who will give ear to this?
who will give attention to it for the time to come?
- Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers?
Did not the Lord?
he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching.
- For this reason he let loose on him the heat of his wrath, and his strength was like a flame;
and it put fire round about him, but he did not see it;
he was burned, but did not take it to heart.
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What is Core Stability? And Why is it So Important?
Core Stability or Control is a term that is thrown around frequently these days and for many there seems to be some confusion around what it actually means. So I thought I would aim to provide some clarification from my Physiotherapist/Pilates Instructor point of view:
First, a little back-ground, there are two basic types of muscles in your body, the generally more superficial, larger, mover muscles that contract (shorten) to provide movement across a joint – think of your biceps, when you contract your elbow bends. Then there are your generally deeper, smaller stabiliser muscles that contract to provide stability to a joint – think of your multifidi (you may not be so familiar with these muscles!), these small muscle pass from one vertebra to the next and when these contract they provide spinal stability. For normal pain-free movement you need all these muscles to work in harmony together and in a beautifully balanced manner.
When it comes to your abdominals, the outer moving muscles are easy to feel, your rectus abdominis (6 pack muscle) and Quadratus Lumborum (lower back muscle that runs diagonally to your pelvis) help to bend you forwards and sideways and work hard for short periods of time whilst you are moving. Meanwhile the deeper down stabilisers such as the Transversus Abdominis, Multifidi and Pelvic Floor muscles tend to work at a lower level (about 20-30% of their maximum) and they do this for a long time, whilst we move and whilst we are stationary to keep us upright.
It is when these deep down stabilisers fail to work adequately that we can run into problems that lead to pain and reduced function. This often corresponds with an increase in activity in the mover muscles and an imbalance occurs between the two types.
As a physio when I talk about “Core Work” or “Core Stability” or “Core Control” I am generally talking about the activation of these deep down stabiliser muscles that keep the joints they surround nice and stable and safe. So to me, core work is gentle exercises that get these muscle switching on the right way and in a way that can be maintained throughout your daily activities, keeping you strong, supple and well supported.
When doing “Core Work”:
- You should always be able to breathe!
- It shouldn’t feel like you are working at 100%
- You should not feel any pain
- Your body shouldn’t be completely rigid – it was made to move!
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Gender, space, and forensic biography are the three themes that British-born, Australian artist Deej Fabyc has crisscrossed and crafted together in her performative installations over her 15-year career. She aims to interrogate the viewer with a range of work that is often demanding, aggressively thought-provoking, and sometimes shocking in its raw content.
Fabyc has performed and exhibited her work in 15 solo exhibitions in galleries and public spaces across Australia, including the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne (1997). She has also participated in numerous group shows in Australia, Europe, and the U.S., at institutions including Whitechapel Gallery, London (2005), the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid (2003), and El Museo del Barrio in New York (2004). She is a Senior Lecturer of Video Installation and Performance at Newport School of Art, Media and Design at University of Wales, Newport. Having established herself as an artist in Australia, Fabyc returned to London in 2001, where she now resides and operates an artist-run space, Elastic Residence, in an 18th-century building in Whitechapel.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its 13th Report on Carcinogens, a document listing chemical, biological, and physical agents that are considered cancer hazards for people living in the United States.
This report now includes 243 listings categorized as “known to be a human carcinogen” or “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.”
One of the changes include the reclassification of ortho-toluidine as a known human carcinogen. Ortho-toluidine, a synthetic chemical used to make rubber chemicals, pesticides, and dyes, has appeared on the list since 1983 as “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.” However, its reevaluation was prompted by new cancer studies that showed it to cause urinary bladder cancer in humans.
Three substances (1-bromopropane, cumene, and pentachlorophenol) have been added as reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens. 1-bromopropane is used as a cleaner for optics, electronics, and metals, as well as a solvent for aerosol-applied adhesives, and is also used in dry cleaning and aircraft maintenance solvent sprays. Inhalation of 1-bromopropane in rodents caused tumors in several organs, including the skin, lungs, and large intestine. Cumene is found in coal tar, petroleum, and in tobacco smoke. Cumene inhalation caused lung tumors in male and female mice, and liver tumors in female mice. Pentachlorophenol and its by-products are complex chemicals used as wood preservatives. Exposure to this mixture was linked to an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in human studies. In animal studies, tumors in the liver and other organs were seen in mice.
For more information visit NIH.gov.
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Ever since Red (Taylor’s Version) was released on November 12, I have been listening to it on repeat as I walk around campus. I found out that I can actually walk from Louis Redding Hall to Purnell within one listen of “All Too Well (10 Minute Version).” Notoriously known for messages in her songs about passion and heartbreak, there is a lot of advice Swift gives through her poetic lyrics. Most of this advice has to do with relationships, but there is so much more Swift reveals to us.
Here is advice I have found from Red (Taylor’s Version) that can make your life as a college student much easier.
“And it took some time, but I understand it now” — The Lucky One (Taylor’s Version)
Learning new concepts can be frustrating and difficult. Sometimes you feel like you will never understand it, but if you take your time and focus, you will be able to learn how the concept works. To be successful, it is not about how fast you learn but how great you learn. The more time you take to understand a concept, the greater your understanding of it will be.
“Tonight’s the night we forget about the deadlines” — 22 (Taylor’s Version)
Taylor isn’t the only one who forgets about deadlines. As college students, we are constantly balancing when to do our work based on its due date. Write down deadlines right when you receive them and don’t wait until the last minute. Set a reminder on your phone for deadlines as well!
“Never looking down” – Holy Ground (Taylor’s Version)
Taylor Swift knows how busy foot traffic gets around campus. Look up, never look down. You don’t want to trip and fall or run into something.
“This is the last time you tell me I’ve got it wrong” – The Last Time (Taylor’s Version)
One of the most aggravating feelings is working on a problem and getting the wrong answer over and over again. It is discouraging trying to solve a problem and not knowing how. Don’t give up though. Take a few deep breaths, review your steps, and find the spot where you went wrong in the problem. Believe in yourself and you will get it right.
“Realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you” – Red (Taylor’s Version)
There can definitely be low points in college when everything seems to be a struggle. Something that we can forget at those times is that there is help right in front of us. The University of Delaware has so many support programs for academic, career, and personal success. In those moments of uncertainty, just remember that what you want is possible here, and that there are opportunities available to you 24/7.
“We broke the status quo” – The Very First Time (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
This is probably the best advice Taylor Swift can give you. Break the status quo. College is the time to get out of your comfort zone, take challenges, and make a difference. As you navigate through your academic and career paths, take the opportunities in front of you. With the right mindset, you can break down any barriers and achieve your goals.
Image Source: Beth Garrabrant, used in this WSJ article
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One of the great things about the United States is that it attracts a wide-range of people. There are people form all over the world living in Connecticut, many of whom end up marrying American-born citizens. Some of these marriages last, but others end in divorce. For the most part, these divorces are treated just like divorces between American citizens, but when children are involved, special care may be needed.
In many cases, Fairfield parents can come to an agreement on how to share custody. There is always a risk, however, that the foreign-born parent will take the child abroad and never return. Unfortunately, these kinds of international child custody disputes are far more common than most people would hope. There are approximately 1,200 new cases reported the U.S. State Department each year.
Take, for instance, the story of a Colorado father whose ex-wife took their two daughters to Argentina over three years ago and has yet to return. Prior to her sudden move, the two girls’ parents had agreed to a child custody agreement. The girls’ mother soon tried to get permission from a Colorado court to move to Buenos Aires, but a judge found her claims that her former husband had abused her were false. Not only did the judge deny the mother’s request, but he or she determined that the father should have primary physical custody.
This did not sit well with the mother and she moved with her daughters to Buenos Aires. For the past three years, the father has been trying everything he can to get his daughters back.
While it would be nice to think that this was an isolated incident, it is likely that there are a number of Connecticut mothers and fathers who have similar stories.
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In the course of human events, there are evenings when making dinner oneself is an unfeasible task, and circumstances necessitate the ordering of a pizza.
Despite the convenience of delivery, it is cheaper, and often easier, to order from home and send someone to pick up the pizza.
This appears an even better plan when one person is on their way home from work and willing to stop by on their way home from work.
On the day in question, I drove the 90 mile round trip to and from work, instead of using the bus as usual, so I could return home in time to assist my sister with setting up for our friends bridal shower. In order to expedite dinner, Mom ordered pizza when I was about 20 minutes away, and I went directly to the pizza shop.
It was on my way home.
It was simple.
The pizza shop was a typical franchise storefront, with a narrow waiting area, and a large industrial kitchen dedicated to the mass production of pizzas. Most employees are young, high school or college students, some more awkward in their youth than others. The cashier embodied the stereotypes of the American Pizza Shop Employee, similar to the workers at Pizza Planet in Toy Story. This teenaged young adult was doing the best he could with the trifecta of phones ringing constantly, one of two cash registers broken, and no one to assist him with taking both in-store and phone orders.
I stood at the counter for about five minutes, before I used my “assertive, I’m not angry yet” voice to say I’d been there for a few minutes. The cashier looked increasingly frazzled and overwhelmed while another employee retrieved the pizzas my mom had ordered online. I received the boxes, and wondered why there was only one pizza and not two. I called Mom, she checked the online receipt. One of the pizzas had somehow gone missing between the check-out and receipt page. There may have been a wormhole involved.
I opened the one pizza, and it did not match the order.
I was presented a series of dilemmas:
- I was running out of time before we needed to leave to set up for the bridal shower.
- The online site is a corporate service, while this pizza shop is run by a local franchise owner. It is not the fault of the young cashier that the online site made our pizza disappear.
- However, it was the fault of the store that the one pizza we did have was not the right pizza.
I stepped forward and took action, deciding to forgo the second pizza problem, and deal with the one that was the store’s fault. A young woman, fresh to her shift, showed poise, courtesy, and intelligence and took care of it.
However, this left me waiting another fifteen minutes.
And another dilemma: Did I demand remonstration for my wasted time and frustration? In other words, would I berate the manager on duty, explain my frustration, and demand a free pizza to soothe my wrath?
On one hand, my role as part of the American Capitalist, consumerist society is at play. I am right, for I am the frustrated customer. You need my business and word of mouth to maintain business. I deserve the free pizza.
On the other hand, I believe in Christ’s words, “Love one another,” and am a fan of Gandhi and other leaders of non-violent movements – all which center around the dignity of all human beings. Also, I have worked in retail. I have manned the cashier during the madness of Valentine’s Day and the lead up to Christmas in a Hallmark store. I have stood, berated by a customer frustrated by their outside worries, all culminating in shouting at a minimum wage cashier trying to do their best customer service in the face of immovable forces.
This stereotypical cashier and his bright eyed co-worker are not the ones who developed the pizza corporation’s website. They are not the ones who made one of the two cash registers fail. Nor did they decide the person manning the front counter also needed to take phone orders, forcing the cashier to choose between the person in front of them or the loud brrrinng of the phone, taunting them, letting them know they are just not fast enough to do it all.
Ultimately, do I choose between making this young cashier’s day harder and more stressful in order to gain a free pizza, or do I step back and let it go?
After all of this thought, I received the corrected pizza.
And made my way outside.
At first I agonized over my decision, wondering if I had been too passive, if I should have let my greed take over.
However, later, after having the chance to eat, and to let the emotion fade, I’m glad I did not pursue the free pizza.
This may be a small thing in a world full of dark and unspeakable crimes against humanity. However, it also millions of small things put together which make this world a brighter, better place.
The bridal shower went very well, and everyone had a fantabulous time. The couple have now been married nearly three weeks, and are having a great time. As a bonus, here is a picture of me at the non-scandalous bachelorette party.
SIDE NOTE 1:
This week is Independence Day in the US. That means a great excuse to watch shiny fireworks and eat ice cream. Happy Birthday, USA! You’re 237 years old, but still only look 29.
SIDE NOTE 2:
I saw this Infographic For Authors on The Queen Creative, and thought it was fun and worthy of sharing.
SIDE NOTE 3:
Work In Progress Editing Update: 69,000/90,000 Words (about 21 hours)
I am nearing the Epic Conclusion of the book. That means a lot of action scenes to make sure aren’t repetitive.
SIDE NOTE 4:
As many others have heard, 19 firefighters in Arizona were killed in the line of duty. Out of respect to them and to their families, here’s a link to a local organization accepting donations to relief to families: 100club.org
If you can’t afford to donate, I am sure they will accept prayers (regardless of religion or denomination). Prayers and good thoughts are always free.
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Item number: 1457
A good George III sterling silver wine ewer,
London 1787 by William Holmes
The amphora shaped body standing on a central foot and with slightly curved spout. The hinged lid with ball finial.The polygonal faceted body engraved with classicistic garlands and flowers. The in analogy engraved shoulder merging into the rounded neck. The baluster shaped foot engraved with tendrils on a matted ground and with baded rim. The upper rim decorated with beaded rim as well. The handle fixed to the body by subtly moulded and engraved floral sockets. The front engraved with a coat of arms.
This is an outstanding and very elegant example of a classicistic wine ewer in brilliant execution indeed. The condition is of museum quality, the engraving is very sharp to all parts and not overpolished to any area. The original handle showing a well-made old repair which is barely noticeable. Also notable the very good condition of the beaded decoration which shows no wear. The coat of arms is of MacFarlane.
31.1 cm / 12.24″ tall (including knob), 12.0 cm / 4.72″ diameter (at the shoulder area); 877.3 g / 28.20 oz
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On this page Zimmer and Peacock have pooled resources related to 3D printed sensors and biosensors, please click the contact us button below if you have questions or require Zimmer and Peacock sensors.
In the video we show the assembly and testing of a biosensor made using a 3D printed part. In the downloadable PDF you can see an example applied to cancer cell detection.
This is a further example of a Zimmer and Peacock sensor encased in a 3D printed microfluidic channe
In the video we show an example of a 3D printed flow cell for a Zimmer and Peacock sensor.
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2019 Theme: Mitigating and countering rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies
Racist extremist movements based on ideologies that seek to promote populist, nationalist agendas are spreading in various parts of the world, fueling racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, often targeting migrants and refugees as well as people of African descent.
In its recent resolution on eliminating racism, the United Nations General Assembly reiterated that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies. The resolution also emphasized that any doctrine of racial superiority is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous and must be rejected, together with theories that attempt to determine the existence of separate human races.
The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, E. Tendayi Achiume, in her recent report on nationalist populism, analyzed the threat posed by nationalist populism to the fundamental human rights principles of non-discrimination and equality. She condemned nationalist populism that advances exclusionary or repressive practices and policies that harm individuals or groups on the basis of their race, ethnicity, national origin and religion, or other related social categories.
In her report on glorification of Nazism online, Ms. Achiume identified recent trends and manifestations of glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. She highlighted States’ obligations under human rights law to counter such extreme ideologies online, as well as the responsibilities of technology companies in the light of human rights principles.
Help fight racism!
Learn about the International Decade for People of African Descent and Remember Slavery.
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Sharvit, Keren, and Eran Halperin, eds. A Social Psychology Perspective on The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Celebrating the Legacy of Daniel Bar-Tal, volume 2. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2016.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been waging for decades, resulting in mass losses, destruction, and suffering with profound effects on the members of the involved societies. Furthermore, its effects reach beyond the involved societies and influence regional and global stability. Many attempts have been made to bring this conflict to peaceful resolution, but so far without success. Due to its intensity and extensive effects, this conflict has drawn the attention of scholars from numerous disciplines, who attempted to explain the causes of the conflict and the reasons for the difficulties in resolving it. Among these one can find historians, geographers, political scientists, sociologists, and others. Social and political psychologists have also addressed this conflict, and one of the most influential among them has been Daniel Bar-Tal.
This is the second of two volumes intended to pay tribute to Daniel Bar-Tal’s scholarly contribution upon his retirement from his position at Tel Aviv University. While the first volume was devoted to Bar-Tal’s general theory of the sociopsychological foundations of intractable conflict and the theory’s relation to other prominent theoretical frameworks, this volume is devoted to applying Bar-Tal’s theory to the specific case of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In his most recent book, published in 2013, Bar-Tal acknowledges the immense effects that living in Israel, being exposed to this conflict, and taking part in it have had on his thinking, theorizing, and empirical research regarding intractable conflicts. We too, as his former students, have been inspired by living in Israel and by Bar-Tal’s work to continue to investigate the sociopsychological dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and through them to advance the understandings of intractable conflicts in general.
Table of Contents
- Sociopsychological Foundations of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Applying Daniel Bar-Tal’s Theorizing
- Stereotypes and Prejudice in Conflict: A Developmental Perspective
- Young Children’s Experiences and Learning in Intractable Conflicts
- The Israeli Collective Memory of the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian Conflict: Its Characteristics and Relation to the Conflict
- The “Silenced” Narrative of 1948 War Events Among Young Palestinians in Israel
- Perceptions of Collective Narratives Among Arab and Jewish Adolescents in Israel: A Decade of Intractable Conflict
- “Seeing Through a Glass Darkly”: Israeli and Egyptian Images of the Other During the Nasserite Period (1952–1970)
- The Jewish–Israeli Ethos of Conflict
- Ethos of Conflict of the Palestinian Society
- Harmed by Our Protection: Exposure to Political Violence and Political Preferences in the Range of Fire
- Emotions and Emotion Regulation in Intractable Conflict and Their Relation to the Ethos of Conflict in Israeli Society
- When Jewish and Zionist Identities Encounter Otherness: Educational Case Study
- Peace Education Between Theory and Practice: The Israeli Case
- Containing the Duality: Leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
- The Role of Peace Organizations During Peacemaking Processes: The Case of the Jewish-Israeli Society
- The Road to Peace: The Potential of Structured Encounters Between Israeli Jews and Palestinians in Promoting Peace
- Addressing Israelis’ and Palestinians’ Basic Needs for Agency and Positive Moral Identity Facilitates Mutual Prosociality
- Transitional Justice in Societies Emerging from Intractable Conflicts: Between the Right to Truth and Collective Memory
Ofer Shinar Levanon
- About the Authors
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flattered; flattering; flatters
Definition of flatter
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : to praise excessively especially from motives of self-interest He flattered her with comments about how youthful she looks.
2a archaic : beguile sense 2
b : to encourage or gratify especially with the assurance that something is right I flatter myself that my interpretation is correct.
3a : to portray too favorably The portrait flatters him.
b : to display to advantage Candlelight often flatters the face.
Definition of flatter (Entry 2 of 2)
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We’re delighted that the first scientific paper from #BritainBreathing has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. This paper reports on our findings for the first season of #BritainBreathing, which took place in 2016. Our primary aim during this season was to work out if asking people to submit their allergy symptoms via the #BritainBreathing app was a reliable approach to gather data on the allergy symptoms experienced across the whole population in the UK.
After analysing the data that you submitted through the app, we found that #BritainBreathing did work as we hoped in providing a reliable method of collecting data about respiratory allergy symptoms. This finding was supported by the strong relationship between the reported well-being of app users and the number of seasonal allergy prescriptions issued (i.e. the times when people told us they experienced more severe allergy symptoms corresponded to the periods when more prescriptions for seasonal allergies were being dispensed).
Our 2016 data showed two peaks of hay fever symptoms, the first in April which is likely due to tree pollens, and a second peak in June, which is likely due to grass pollens. Additionally, we found that nasal symptoms reported by app users (ie. if they had a blocked up nose) were the factor most strongly related to overall reported feelings of well-being. Those who has taken medication that day for their allergies still reported feeling worse compared with people who hadn’t taken medication.
A huge thank you to all of you who have downloaded the #BritainBreathing app and sent us information on your symptoms. Publishing articles in scientific journals is one of the main ways in which scientists tell each other about their research and make a permanent record of their findings. Through publishing papers like this, all of your work in sending us through your allergy symptoms is helping both the #BritainBreathing team and other scientists studying allergies to understand more about how and why they occur. This is the first of many papers which will hope will result from the #BritainBreathing project and shows that our project is making a real difference to science.
The paper is free for everyone to read. If you would like to learn more details about our findings, you can access it here.
Full reference for paper
Vigo, M. et al. 2017 Britain Breathing: using the experience sampling method to collect the seasonal allergy symptoms of a country. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ocx148 doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocx148
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Sit-on-kayaks are an extremely easy and safe way to spend time on the water. Unlike sit-in kayaks where training to deal with capsizes, getting in and out and Eskimo Rolls are essential for safe use, sit-on-tops offer far more simple and safe access to the water for many more people. If you do end up in the water it is easy to get back on a sit on top. They have a large semi sealed container of air so they should always float. However, as with any sports and activities on the water, there are potential dangers which need to be considered and which you should be prepared for at all times.
Kayaking can be a safe and rewarding activity if common sense is used and precautions are taken. It is an activity that demands sound judgment and caution, this is always the case, no matter how experienced you are. Your most vulnerable time is when you have most to learn, as a beginner.
The kayak safety guidelines provided here are meant as general guides and should not be considered comprehensive.
- The user of any kayak is personally responsible for his/her own safety and should obtain proper instruction in paddling techniques, equipment, safety, first aid, water and weather safety.
- It is strongly recommended that you obtain training from a qualified and experienced kayaking instructor.
- The user of any Kayak product assumes all risks and responsibility for any damages, loss, and injury including death which can result from the use of the product.
- Be realistic about your own abilities and be familiar with the unique weather and tide conditions in the area where you are paddling.
- Kayaking involves constantly changing environmental conditions that can present serious dangers for any paddler. Paddlers must remain vigilant and aware of their surroundings at all times. Forecasts are valuable tools, but they are no substitute for experience and vigilance on the water. Weather and water conditions can change rapidly and seriously affect your ability to manoeuvre your kayak.
- A kayak’s small size and low profile on the water may make it difficult for users of other water-craft to see you. Maximize your visibility by choosing a brightly-coloured boat, wearing brightly coloured clothing, and choosing a paddle with bright blades.
- Accidental drowning is a serious risk for any paddler, but use of a Personal Flotation Device at all times can significantly reduce this risk. WEAR A PFD every time you get in your kayak!
- Hypothermia and cold shock are amongst the most serious risks a paddler faces. If you’re not adequately prepared, immersion in cold water will cause rapid loss of body heat and possible death. Wearing appropriate clothing is not enough to protect you from the hazards presented by cold water. If you are unfamiliar with the specific requirements posed by cold-water paddling, seek a qualified instructor.
- Like any mariner, you must know the principles of navigation and seamanship. We recommend a professional competent instructor.
- Kayaking can be hazardous with a potential risk of serious injury and even death.
- Always wear a suitable PFD (personal flotation device – a buoyancy aid or life jacket).
- Dress appropriately for weather conditions; cold water and/or weather can result in hypothermia.
- Familiarise yourself with all the features of your kayak.
- Always use a paddle leash, especially in the sea or when fishing.
- Seek out a good local source of information and instruction on kayaking skill and safety.
- Research the hazards associated with any particular body of water you intend to explore.
- Scout unfamiliar waters. If necessary, paddle to shore and carry your boat past uncertain areas.
- Always check the weather and tides before you depart from land.
- Stay aware of appropriate river water levels, tidal changes, dangerous currents, and weather changes.
- Always be aware of wind strength, especially offshore winds -where the wind is blowing out to sea and most certainly if you have a sail accessory.
- Always paddle in a group, where possible.
- Leave your paddling location and agenda with someone at home before departing.
- Never exceed your ability; Always be realistic about your ability and confidence both on the kayak and in the water.
- Check your equipment prior to each use for signs of wear or failure.
- Avoid consuming alcohol, drugs, or any other substance that may affect your coordination, judgment, or ability when paddling.
- Never allow minors to use the boat without adult supervision.
- Make a habit of carrying safety equipment.
- Do not stand in your kayak as it may cause it to capsize. If the boat should capsize, please note that, in most cases, it is far more dangerous to attempt to swim to shore than to stay with the boat.
- Your kayak can become extremely slippery when wet. Therefore, it is recommended that to wear slip-resistant shoes and remain balanced in the middle of your kayak at all times.
- Always abide by all Coast Guard regulations and State and local laws, regulations, ordinances, and rules concerning boating and boating safety. Check with the Coast Guard and State and local authorities concerning proper boat handling and the proper equipment to be carried on board, such as lights and sound-producing devices.
- Sound device; The Coast Guard requires boaters to have a means of signalling other boaters of their presence. You should keep a sound device (a whistle, ideally) in the boat with you at all times. If possible, attach the sound device to your Personal Flotation Device.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAPSIZE OR GET INTO TROUBLE
First of all, try to get back on your kayak if possible. The best way to do this is from the back of the kayak not the side. Slide the kayak underneath your chest as far as possible and then try getting your legs either side of the kayak and eventually pushing up into the sitting position. You should practise this technique and adapt it for yourself in calm, shallow water when you are not in an emergency situation. In an emergency situation, even if you can only get your body partially out of the water and on to your kayak, you will significantly increase your survival time. Call or signal for help using any means at your disposal. Wave, whistle, shout, use a VHF radio, mobile phone, flares or combinations of these methods. If you fall in, remember to keep a tight grip on the paddle – on a sit-on-top kayak this should be leashed to your kayak. Never attempt to swim to shore, always stay with your kayak- by staying with the kayak you make a larger target for the search and rescue groups to see. While it’s tempting to self-rescue by swimming for it, it has to be your very last option.
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THE TALE OF THE LOST LAND
CHAPTER 10: BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION
No, I had been going cautiously all the while. I had had confidential
agents trickling through the country some time, whose office was
to undermine knighthood by imperceptible degrees, and to gnaw
a little at this and that and the other superstition, and so prepare
the way gradually for a better order of things. I was turning on
my light one-candle-power at a time, and meant to continue to do so.
I had scattered some branch schools secretly about the kingdom,
and they were doing very well. I meant to work this racket more
and more, as time wore on, if nothing occurred to frighten me.
One of my deepest secrets was my West Point--my military academy.
I kept that most jealously out of sight; and I did the same with my
naval academy which I had established at a remote seaport. Both
were prospering to my satisfaction.
Clarence was twenty-two now, and was my head executive, my right
hand. He was a darling; he was equal to anything; there wasn't
anything he couldn't turn his hand to. Of late I had been training
him for journalism, for the time seemed about right for a start
in the newspaper line; nothing big, but just a small weekly for
experimental circulation in my civilization-nurseries. He took
to it like a duck; there was an editor concealed in him, sure.
Already he had doubled himself in one way; he talked sixth century
and wrote nineteenth. His journalistic style was climbing,
steadily; it was already up to the back settlement Alabama mark,
and couldn't be told from the editorial output of that region
either by matter or flavor.
We had another large departure on hand, too. This was a telegraph
and a telephone; our first venture in this line. These wires were
for private service only, as yet, and must be kept private until
a riper day should come. We had a gang of men on the road, working
mainly by night. They were stringing ground wires; we were afraid
to put up poles, for they would attract too much inquiry. Ground
wires were good enough, in both instances, for my wires were
protected by an insulation of my own invention which was perfect.
My men had orders to strike across country, avoiding roads, and
establishing connection with any considerable towns whose lights
betrayed their presence, and leaving experts in charge. Nobody
could tell you how to find any place in the kingdom, for nobody
ever went intentionally to any place, but only struck it by
accident in his wanderings, and then generally left it without
thinking to inquire what its name was. At one time and another
we had sent out topographical expeditions to survey and map the
kingdom, but the priests had always interfered and raised trouble.
So we had given the thing up, for the present; it would be poor
wisdom to antagonize the Church.
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Mennonite charity helps Saskatchewan livestock producers get much needed hay donations from Ontario farms.
By Andrew Joseph, Farms.com, Photo by Lena Myzovets on Unsplash
We’re all in this together through good times and bad.
A simple enough refrain, but it’s one the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada is using to seek help for livestock producers in Saskatchewan who are still trying to locate feed.
MDS is the disaster relief organization under the auspices of the Mennonite Churches in Canada and the United States. While it usually responds to such natural disasters as tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, floods, and earthquakes, but it has now looking to help out farmers suffering from weather.
With the scorching weather out west burning vegetation, Saskatchewan farmers are now faced with the dilemma of not having enough feed for their livestock through the winter.
MDS is helping Saskatchewan farmers connect with Ontario producers willing to donate hay. While 24 farmers have already requested and received a load of donated hay, more than double that are still waiting for help.
Although mainly seeking to provide help for family farms, producers can still apply to the MDS program for approval.
Getting the donated hay from Ontario to Saskatchewan—while an issue—is not the chief concern, it’s knowing there is hay available to feed the livestock.
MDS noted that if a farmer can’t pay for the transportation from Ontario, it will take on the cost itself—though it did state that donations from across Canada are also welcome to help defray transport costs.
Visit www.mds.org to donate.
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One Week Intensive
Hours of Training: 30 Synchronous
- November 14, 2022 (Virtual Orientation) – 5:30 – 6:30 ET
- November 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2022 (Virtual 5-Day Intensive) – Monday 9:00am – 3:00pm ET; Tuesday – Friday 9:00am – 2:00pm ET
Foundations of Professional Coaching offers a rigorous grounding in the coaching approach through a stimulating and interactive environment of hands-on experience. Part 1 begins by introducing the student to the power of a question. Students will make their way through foundational concepts, models, tools and processes commonly used within the coaching conversation, anchoring the student in the coaching mindset. Students will begin to practice the basic skills behind the 8 core competencies of professional coaching as outlined by the International Coaching Federation.
Students will be progressively introduced to intentional change theory, learning the why and how of sustainable, desired change at all levels of human and social interaction. Role-play, peer coaching, and experiential exercises underline the importance of awareness of both the self and others, equipping the student to create the strong developmental alliance that is the coach-client relationship.
Part 1 Course Objectives
Student will engage study that leads to the following outcomes:
- Understand how to stop being the expert, and why this is important
- Cultivate a coaching mindset that is open, curious and client-centered
- Learn the power that a question can have in your clients’ experience, and how to formulate strong ones
- Become familiar with the 8 ICF core coaching competencies and key coaching models and resources
- Discover how to establish trust, provoke awareness and design actions with your client
- Observe coaching demonstrations from the Coach-Instructors that illustrate how to open and close a coaching conversation
Practice coaching fellow classmates in order to build familiarity with the coaching mindset and skills
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9th-19th June 2016
Open 11.00-18.00 Tuesday-Sunday
Beyond Epilepsy is delighted to present the exhibition ‘Beyond Epilepsy : Art & History Exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, in conjunction with Glasgow Science Festival 2016.
Do you know what causes a seizure? What it feels like? How it affects people’s lives? Around 1 in 100 people in the UK has epilepsy.
Beyond Epilepsy is working with Glasgow Science Festival 2016 to ask whether a greater understanding of the brain has led to more understanding in society as a whole. This project aims to be a platform for artists, not only promoting disabilities, but also artists with disabilities.
Beyond Epilepsy is a collaborative community project and are recipients of the prestigious Magnus Magnusson Award at GCU. The project has grown to include six well-established and newly graduated artists so also have personal experience with epilepsy. We have developed a close working relationship with Epilepsy Scotland, the largest Scottish charity for people with epilepsy.
Beyond Epilepsy Exhibition
- Part of Glasgow Science Festival 2016, Beyond Epilepsy Exhibition explores experiences and challenges faced by people with epilepsy through visual art.
- The exhibition also provides historical background of the changing responses of society towards people with epilepsy from the Greeks to the present day.
- Through its use of visual art and history, the exhibition aims to challenge current misconceptions and stigma and raise awareness and increase engagement with the community.
- The exhibition will feature paintings, drawings and photographs from Scottish based artists, some of whom have personal experience of epilepsy.
Contributors include: Scottish-based artists Moyra Campbell, Margaret Mitchell, Siobhan Scott, Gemma Travers, Sharon Thomas and Olivia Vitazkova, and historians Rachel Hewitt, Simon Walker, Jennifer Farquharson and Axelle Champion.
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Since the closing of the 20th Century, the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1950s and 1990s, especially in the United States. The three decades are regarded as periods of economic prosperity, which lasted throughout almost the entire decade following a tremendous event that occurred in the previous decade (World War I and Spanish flu in the 1910s, World War II in the 1940s, and the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s).
Despite the comparisons, however, there were a number of differences. In contrast to the liberalism of the 1920s and 1990s, the 1950s was very conservative. Secondly, Weimar Republic Germany, like many other European countries, had to face a severe economic downturn in the opening years of the decade, because of the enormous debt caused by the war as well as the one-sided Treaty of Versailles. Such a crisis would culminate with a devaluation of the Mark in 1923, eventually leading to severe economic problems and the rise of the Nazis.
Additionally, the decade was characterized by the rise of radical political movements, especially in regions that were once part of empires. Communism began attracting large numbers of followers following the success of the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks' determination to win the subsequent Russian Civil War. The Bolsheviks would eventually adopt semi-capitalist policies--New Economic Policy--from 1921 to 1928.
The Stock Market collapsed during October 1929 (see Black Tuesday) and drew a line under the prosperous 1920s.
- John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925). In 1928 he invents and demonstrates the first colour television.
- Warner Brothers produces the first movie with a soundtrack Don Juan in 1926, followed by the first Part-Talkie The Jazz Singer in 1927, the first All-Talking movie Lights of New York in 1928 and the first All-Color All-Talking movie On with the Show 1929.
- Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean (20 May-21 May 1927)
- Karl Ferdinand Braun invented the modern electronic cathode ray tube in 1897. The CRT became a commercial product in 1922.
- Record companies (such as Victor, Brunswick and Columbia) introduce an Electrical Recording process on their phonograph records in 1925 (that had been developed by Western Electric), resulting in a more life-like sound.
- Robert Goddard makes the first flight of a liquid-fueled rocket in 1926.
- In the 20s new speed records were set almost daily due to the new popularity and development.
War, peace and politics
- See also Social issues of the 1920s
- Rise of communism after World War I
- The Red Scare in the United States (1920-1921)
- In the United States, peak of the Ku Klux Klan (about five million members)
- In the United States, KKK auxiliaries established.
- Irish War of Independence (1919-1921) and Irish Civil War (1922-23)
- The Irish Free State gains independence from the United Kingdom in 1922
- Marie C. Brehm becomes temperance movement leader.
- Turkish War of Independence
- Moderation League of New York worked for repeal of prohibition.
- Polish-Soviet war
- First Labour Government of Ramsay MacDonald formed in the United Kingdom
- Kellogg-Briand Pact to end war
- Prohibition leaders were at the height of their power.
- The Qajar dynasty ended under Ahmad Shah Qajar and Reza Shah Pahlavi formed the Pahlavi Dynasty, which would later become the last monarchy of Iran.
- Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, a book that foreshadows many of the events in the 1930s.
- Mussolini became Italy's Prime Minister and started a fascist dictatorship.
- The New Economic Policy is created by the Bolsheviks in Russia.
- The Dawes Plan, which lasted from 1924-1928
- Economic boom ended by "Black Tuesday" (October 29, 1929); the stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression
Literature and Arts
- Virginia Woolf publishes Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and A Room of One's Own
- George Gershwin writes Rhapsody in Blue
- T. S. Eliot publishes The Waste Land
- James Joyce publishes Ulysses
- Franz Kafka publishes The Trial
- Erich Maria Remarque publishes All Quiet on the Western Front
- Rene Magritte paints The Treachery of Images
- Walter Gropius builds the Bauhaus in Dessau
- F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby
- Hermann Hesse publishes Siddhartha
- Ernest Hemingway publishes The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms
- Thornton Wilder publishes The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Alexey Tolstoy publishes Aelita
- George Bernard Shaw publishes Back to Methuselah
- Eugene O'Neill awarded Pulitzer Prizes for Beyond the Horizon in 1920, Anna Christie in 1922, and Strange Interlude in 1928.
- Prohibition — legal attempt to end consumption of alcohol in Canada, the USA, Norway and Finlandthumb
- Youth culture of The Lost Generation; flappers, the Charleston, and bobbed hair
- "The Jazz Age" — jazz and jazz-influenced dance music widely popular
- F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes some of the most enduring novels characterizing the Jazz Age. This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, and The Great Gatsby, as well as three short story collections, were all published in these years.
- Women's suffrage movement continues to make gains as women obtain full voting rights in Denmark in 1915, in the USA in 1920, and in England in 1928; and women begin to enter the workplace in larger numbers
- In the US, gangsters and the rise of organized crime, often associated with bootleg liquor, in defiance of Prohibition.
- Rum rows are established to import bootleg alcoholic beverages into U.S.
- First commercial radio station in the U.S. goes on air in Pittsburgh, in 1920, and radio quickly becomes a popular entertainment medium
- Methodist Board of Temperance defends alcohol prohibition in U.S.
- First feature-length motion picture with a sound track (Don Juan) is released in 1926. First part-talkie (The Jazz Singer) released in 1927, first all-talking feature (Lights of New York) released in 1928 and first all-color all-talking feature (On with the Show) released in 1929.
- Beginning of surrealist movement
- Beginning of the Art Deco movement
- Fads such as marathon dancing, mah-jongg, crossword puzzles and pole-sitting are popular
- The height of the clip joint
- The Harlem Renaissance
- The Scopes Monkey Trial (1925) which declared that John T. Scopes had violated the law by teaching evolution in schools, creating tension between the competing theories of creationism and evolution.
- Bishop James Cannon becomes a U.S. temperance movement leader.
- The Group of Seven
- Repeal organizations organized to fight national prohibition in U.S.
- Minister Daisey Douglas Barr heads Women's Ku Klux Klan (WKKK).
- The tomb of Tutankhamun is discovered intact by Howard Carter (1922). This begins a second revival of Egyptomania.
- Edward Higgins becomes the third General ( international leader) of The Salvation Army . His term is from 1929-1934.
- 28th President Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) (United States)
- 29th President Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) (United States)
- 30th President John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) (United States)
- 31st President Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) (United States)
- Prime Minister Stanley Bruce (Australia)
- Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (Canada)
- President Sun Yat-sen (Republic of China)
- President Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China)
- President Friedrich Ebert (Germany)
- President Paul von Hindenburg (Germany)
- Ahmad Shah Qajar of Qajar dynasty (Persia/Iran)
- Reza Shah Pahlavi of Pahlavi Dynasty (Iran)
- King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
- Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (Italy)
- President W.T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State)
- President Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) (Turkey)
- Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
- Pope Pius XI
- Józef Piłsudski (Poland)
- Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
- Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
- King Alfonso XIII (Spain)
- King George V (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister David Lloyd George (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (United Kingdom)
- Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
- Louis Armstrong
- Josephine Baker
- Irving Berlin
- Clara Bow
- Louise Brooks
- Eddie Cantor
- Lon Chaney
- Charlie Chaplin
- Joan Crawford
- Duke Ellington
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Greta Garbo
- Janet Gaynor
- George Gershwin
- William S. Hart
- Harry Houdini
- Al Jolson
- Buster Keaton
- Tom Mix
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Will Rogers
- Mary Pickford
- Cole Porter
- Bessie Smith
- Chief Tahachee
- Rudolph Valentino
- Rudy Vallee
- Paul Whiteman
- Florenz Ziegfeld
- Warwick Armstrong (Australian cricket captain)
- Gordon Coventry (Australian rules football player)
- Jack Dempsey (American boxer)
- Red Grange (American football player)
- Jack Hobbs (Surrey & England cricketer)
- Alex James (Arsenal & Scotland footballer)
- Bobby Jones (American golfer)
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis (American Baseball Commissioner)
- Suzanne Lenglen (French tennis player )
- Helen Wills Moody (American tennis player)
- Paavo Nurmi (Finnish runner)
- Wilfred Rhodes (Yorkshire & England cricketer)
- Babe Ruth (American baseball player)
- Herbert Sutcliffe (Yorkshire & England cricketer)
- Bill Tilden (American tennis player)
- Lou Gehrig (American baseball player)
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What Are The Types Of Dental Implants?
When you are missing one or more teeth, it can affect your appearance. There are several teeth replacement options, but dental implants provide a long-lasting solution. In addition, they look just like your natural teeth.
What Is A Dental Implant?
Dental implants are a restorative treatment for missing teeth. They are a long-term tooth replacement option. Generally, a dental implant has the shape of a screw that supports artificial teeth.
Causes Of Missing Teeth
Several factors can cause missing teeth, including;
- Tooth decay: poor oral hygiene and an improper diet contribute to tooth decay. When tooth decay is not noticed early, it can damage the tooth to the extent that an extraction will be necessary.
- Trauma: when an accident or heavy impact occurs, it may cause a tooth to become loose or fall off.
- Gum disease: this disease affects the gums and results in bone loss. Gum disease can increase pocket depths of teeth, thereby causing loose teeth.
- Age and medications: with age, the tooth wears down and is prone to falling off.
Structure Of A Dental Implant
Dental implants have a structure that consists of three parts which are;
- The screw- this is a tiny device, usually from titanium. It works as an artificial tooth root.
- Abutment – this connects both the screw and the replacement tooth.
- Crown – this is the replacement tooth. They look and function like natural teeth. Crowns rest on the abutment, and they are usually from porcelain or metal.
Benefits Of A Dental Implant
Some of the benefits of dental implants are
- They look and function just like natural teeth
- The implants prevent bone loss
- Dental implants improve your smile and boost self-confidence
- Implants are a long-lasting solution to missing teeth. They can last for about 15 to 25 years, depending on maintenance
- The implants are pretty easy to maintain. Just follow regular proper oral hygiene
How Does A Dental Implant Procedure Go?
The best dental implant specialists near you should carry out this procedure in stages. A dental implant procedure include;
- Tooth removal: in case there is a damaged tooth, a dentist will first extract the tooth’s
- Bone grafting: some people need a bone graft procedure to reinforce the jawbone and provide support for the implant
- Implant placement: after the bone graft heals, the dentist will drill holes in the jawbone to accommodate the screw-like implants. The jawbone has to heal around the implant before the next step
- Abutment placement: after the implants heal, the dentist places the Abutment on top of the implant
- Crown placement: when you get dental implants near you, the dentist will take an impression of your teeth. The impressions are necessary to make custom-made dental crowns. Afterward, the dentist places the dental crowns on the abutment
Disadvantages Of Dental Implants
As much as dental implants offer a host of benefits, there are certain disadvantages to getting dental implants.
- In most cases, a dental implant procedure requires a bone grafting procedure
- Getting dental implants is quite expensive
- Dental implants don’t whiten natural teeth
- The procedure is invasive
Where To Get A Dental Implant
You can get dental implants near you by searching for dental clinics within your area. Dr. Jeremy W. Parker
is one of the best dentists in D’iberville. He is always available to attend to all your dental implants needs.
Emergency dentists in D’iberville recommend visiting a dentist near you immediately to get advice and treatment when you have missing teeth. Missing teeth can affect the overall appearance. Although there are several tooth replacement options, they don’t provide a long-lasting and effective solution as much as dental implants. Please book an appointment with us at Back bay family dentistry for your dental implants.
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Part 1 of a 2 part blog
When video games are mentioned the first thought is typically of the home console, and for good reason. This has been the prevailing market for quite a number of years, and the market is huge. If you go back a few years a lot of people would think of PC game at first. If you go back a decade or two, the mention of a video game would bring to mind an arcade machine. It would seem that the concept of a video game is sticking with our society, even though the physical concept has changed.
Now, let’s take a look at the current home console market. On the surface things are great. Nintendo has penetrated the market deeper than ever with the Wii, hitting a new group of casual gamers. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has deeply penetrated a market that was previously served by well equipped PCs. Sony’s PS3 has continued to sustain its market quite well, if not its market share from the previous generation.
But with this rosy picture there are numbers that could paint a different picture. The total number of portable game devices is already greater than the home console market, with 108 million installed units versus 57 million. This could be interpreted to show that there is a very addressable market segment that does not, and probably will not, own a home console. This is true for today’s generation, which admittedly is not a direct threat to the home console.
So, if it is not a threat, what is the issue? Well, we have to factor in technological advances, some not as far off as you would think. It may sound odd to talk about a gameboy threatening the home console, after all the playing experience is so much different. On a home theater setup you have Dolby surround, HD screens, and nice controllers, all nicely integrated to an online service. You cannot get that from your DS or PSP.
However, consider the home stereo. We have people with recording collections that would make any serious audiophile of the past green with envy, yet they do not even own a home stereo. Instead these new music lovers have an Ipod, a Zune, or other MP3 player, and they buy a large portion of their music online or move it to their device quickly when physical media is purchased. For home listening the ownership of a dock with speakers is fairly common among these new music lovers. This gives them a more or less quality experience at home with the capability to take it with them. Their music/audio collection becomes a point of identity for a lot of these people, and a surprising number partake of extended uses beyond just music, many branching out to video.
So, what would it take for this shift to happen with Video Games? Well, as I said the technology is not that far off, although it may take a couple generations to be mainstream. The first is storage; a portable game system must contain all of your games in order to be truly convenient. This is a lesson learned early on by Apple with its Ipod, convenience sells. So far we have not had a portable game system with a mass storage device, but the capability is obviously there. As for purchasing games online this is already happening, and fits well into this paradigm. It could be a market just waiting. Already people are loading up their cell phones with much less capable games, so the concept is proven.
Next post will be part 2.
Aloha from the Beach,
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Welcome to Hampton Roads
From our historic beginnings, the Hampton Roads region has grown into a diverse, dynamic, and exciting area with more than 1.8 million residents and counting.
Comprised of 14 diverse localities, each community has its own unique identity and culture. From the bustling metropolitan core of Norfolk, to the sunny oceanfront of Virginia Beach, the rolling farms of Suffolk, and the rich history of Yorktown, you can find every lifestyle here. As a collective whole, Hampton Roads is known as a lively, hard-working region that radiates southern charm.
One of the most notable characteristics about Hampton Roads is connection to water. Located on the Eastern Coast of the United States, the region borders the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean and is interwoven with miles of rivers, most notably the James, Elizabeth and York. Access to these bodies of water offer residents a full range of water-based activities, including fishing, boating, swimming, and some of the best seafood in the country.
Hampton Roads has a strong military presence with 15 military bases located throughout the region representing every branch of the United States Military. At any given time, tens of thousands of men and women who live here serve in the armed forces. Additionally, individuals who were previously stationed here from across the country choose to retire locally due to the high quality of life in Hampton Roads. We are proud to support our troops and take pride in their positive impact on our community.
Hampton Roads experiences all four seasons. Summer temperatures averages in the high 70s - mid 80s with mild winters where it snows about once per year.
Depending on where you reside, daily commutes average around 25 minutes.
Hampton Roads housing averages about 3% less than the national average.
Hampton Roads features some of the best public school districts in the Commonwealth.
Learn more about life in the 757 and explore some of our most popular local activities and attractions.
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The buildup of Chinese naval power in the South China Sea and recent groundbreaking on two island lighthouses are elevating tensions between the U.S. and China over the disputed region.
The release of a new white paper, "China’s Military Strategy," which indicates China plans to broaden its influence over the South China Sea, noting that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will be adding "open seas protection" to "offshore waters defense" in its naval mission, is straining nerves in the U.S., where Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has instructed his staff to come up with ways in which the United States can confront China's actions, Bloomberg News reports.
The paper was released just after an editorial in the state-run Chinese tabloid Global Times said conflict between China and the U.S. will be unavoidable if Washington doesn’t stop harassing Beijing for building islands and military facilities in disputed parts of the South China Sea.
"We do not want a military conflict with the United States, but if it were to come we have to accept it," the paper said.
In a briefing, PLA senior Col. Wang Jin commented, "The maritime battlefield has been broadened, and China’s navy needs to react to protect its rights globally," Bloomberg noted.
The white paper stated, "Some external countries are also busy meddling in South China Sea affairs; a tiny few maintain a constant close-in air and sea surveillance and reconnaissance against China.
"It is thus a long-standing task for China to safeguard its maritime rights and interests," Bloomberg reported.
China has been expanding its reach in the South China Sea with land reclamation projects in the Spratly Islands, and it has overlapping claims with Vietnam, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei, Newsmax reports,
in an article citing some material from Reuters.
"We will not attack unless we are attacked, but we will surely counterattack if attacked," the paper said, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The U.S. has launched surveillance flights of the disputed island area, the Journal notes, and Japan, the U.S., and Australia will hold the joint Talisman Sabre exercise near Australia in July, Reuters notes.
South China Sea nations are beefing up their defense expenditures, especially on their navies, the Japan Times notes.
Jane's Defence Weekly reported that 10 Southeast Asian nations are expected to increase defense spending from $42 billion per year to $52 billion by 2020, the Japan Times notes, specifically to encounter perceived future Chinese maritime threats.
Tim Huxley, director of the International Institute of Strategic Studies in Asia, told the Japan Times, "As their (Southeast Asian) capabilities in the maritime space expand, it means the range and lethality of strike forces will also increase. If there is a confrontation and it escalates, there is a potential for a more lethal conflict."
China's white paper "reflects China’s rising reliance on the oceans for its economic prosperity," Zhang Baohui, director of the Center for Asian Pacific Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, told Bloomberg News.
"However, it has also intensified the security dilemma with other countries, such as the U.S., Japan, and India, who distrust China’s maritime agenda."
The white paper indicated that China intends to add offensive air operations to its military plans, as well as to further develop its outer space, cyberspace, and nuclear capabilities, Bloomberg News reported.
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With all the extra daylight hours, plus the nice weather that comes with summer, this could be a great time for your family to think about getting out into the world and making a difference. Children as young as 3 can pick up trash in the neighborhood, older kids can make sandwiches for a local homeless shelter, and teens can take on more complex, long-term projects with longer lasting effects on the world. Why is volunteering important for kids? Studies have shown that giving makes people happier from toddlers to adults. Plus, volunteering is at the heart of building great communities. It sets children up to look beyond themselves and understand the role they can play in their neighborhood and country. And like everything else, the more you practice showing empathy for others and respect for the environment, the more natural it becomes to behave this way.
If you are looking for a good way to get started, check out this great blog with lots of ideas to get kids of all ages involved in making the world a better place. If you opt to have your family take part in a community clean-up project, I would like to recommend you read an article like “Our Stream Team” which appeared in Click a few months ago. This article, which is narrated by 5-year-old Trevor, is a great way to explain to younger children why taking care of the local environment is important for the entire community. Studies like this one have shown that participants get much more out of the volunteer work they do if there is a forum to talk about and question the larger issues involved in the volunteer activity. In other words, while children naturally have a lot of empathy for other people, animals, and the planet, if you take the time to explain to your children the larger issues involved in why a community clean-up project is important, your children are more likely to be active participants during the project and are more likely to want to volunteer in the future.
So what are you waiting for? Read “Our Stream Team” and then get out there and make your community a cleaner, safer, and friendlier place for everyone. Remember, it’s never too early to build a volunteering habit.
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Our Stream Team
By Rachel Young
Photographs by August Kryger
Hi. My name is Trevor. I’m 5 years old, and I live in Missouri, near a river called the Jacks Fork. Before I was born, my grandpa Ted and grandma Pat decided they wanted to help keep the river clean. So they started a club called Stream Team 713. I like our other name better—the Jacks Fork River Rats.
The River Rats make sure the water is clean and healthy for fish and people. And now I’m big enough to help take care of the river too.
Picking up trash is sort of like a treasure hunt. My friends and I find bottlecaps, cans, candy wrappers, and all sorts of stuff. But there used to be even more garbage here.
In one weekend, my grandparents once picked up 6 tons of trash. That’s as much as an elephant weighs! That garbage wasn’t good for the river or the animals and plants that lived there. So the River Rats taught people who were fishing or canoeing on the river to take trash with them rather than throwing it in the water. Now there’s much less trash for us to pick up.
Now it’s time for my favorite job—looking for water bugs! The bugs like to burrow into the mud and rocks at the river bottom. So some big kids do a funny bug dance to stir up the rocks. My grandpa has a big net to catch the bugs as they float downriver.
Some bugs don’t care how dirty the water is, but other bugs can only live here if the water’s clean. If we find lots of bugs who need clean water, then we know the river is clean enough for fish and for us.
When we are done counting the bugs, we put them back in the water. We want there to be lots of bugs in the river, so the fish have something to eat.
I love taking care of the Jacks Fork River. We help make sure it’s a clean, safe place for me and my friends to play.
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This Weekly Bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 58 events in the region. This week’s edition covers key ongoing events, including:
- Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe
- Cholera outbreak in Niger
- Humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.
For each of these events, a brief description, followed by public health measures implemented and an interpretation of the situation is provided.
A table is provided at the end of the bulletin with information on all new and ongoing public health events currently being monitored in the region, as well as events that have recently been closed.
Major issues and challenges include:
The cholera outbreaks in Niger and Zimbabwe have been on a downward trend over the past weeks. Although this rapid decline is encouraging, it should be taken with caution. The risk factors for cholera transmission, including inadequate potable water supply as well as limited sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, persist in the affected areas. These risk factors need to be addressed comprehensively with involvement of relevant sectors in order to curb the spread of the disease in areas that remain at high risk for cholera outbreaks.
The Ebola situation in North Kivu remains precarious. The recent increase in the incidence of new Ebola cases, mostly reported in Beni, is of great concern and highlights the multiple challenges faced by response teams who continue to operate in a complex and difficult environment. Security issues have severely hampered key response activities such as contact tracing, active case finding and vaccination. Community mistrust and resistance remain a major obstacle faced by response teams in their effort to control the spread of this outbreak.
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A center run by the Elävän Kulttuurin Koroinen-association (Koroinen of Living Culture) in Turku celebrated its accreditation as the first LAND-center in Finland in November 2018. The LAND-network (Learning, Activity, Network and Demonstration) is an international network of sites showcasing best practices in permaculture and offering courses and skill-sharing opportunities. The accreditation celebration was followed by the annual kekri-celebration of Koroinen (Kekri is the traditional harvest time festival in Finland).
Koroinen has long been a forerunner of Finnish permaculture. The site was run by the Degree Programme in Sustainable Development at Turku University of Applied Sciences. After the Sustainable Development programme was ended in 2012, the site has been run by the Elävän Kulttuurin Koroinen-association, with the aim of promoting sustainable and traditional crafts, skills and lifestyle.
The Koroinen area is an important historical site, protected for it’s archaeological value. It’s been lived in at least since the Iron age and has been a major economic and religious hub in Finland.
“We offer activities available to everybody around the year: practical courses, monthly permaculture study circles, big weekend events and lectures. We’ve been visiting LAND-centers in the Nordic countries. Based on the study tour, we made a thorough plan for all the activities here,” says Lotta Laaksonen, who was involved in the project. “The planning is now complete our work as a LAND-center can begin.”
“I hope the example set by Koroinen can inspire other actors in Finland to become LAND-centers. We hope the network spreads and makes permaculture more well known in Finland”, says Marja Nuora, who acts as LAND-coordinator of the Finnish Permaculture Association.
The LAND-network in Finland is governed by the Finnish Permaculture Association. “The best way to understand permaculture, is to see how it functions in practice. The LAND-centers motivate people in a down-to-earth way” says Tanja Korvenmaa, the Chair of the Finnish Permaculture Association.
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Forskolin is Popular in Akrotiri, However Forskolin is Quite Difficult to Locate in Local Stores in Akrotiri
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Anna Bellotti Solo Exhibition
Opening Night: 7th March 6-9pm
Open daily 8th-11th March 10am-6pm
As part of the 2018 Sydney Design Festival, Food Waste: Unpacking the Rubbish Bin is a print based exhibition by artist Anna Bellotti designed to stimulate thought and encourage a dialogue about the impact of food waste on our planet.
From the convenience of our urban dwellings, it is easy to overlook the impact our engagement with food has on the planet.
Yet, as the planet increasingly transforms at the hands of humans, we must consider the effects of our everyday behaviours. Climate change is one of the biggest issues we have created, and tackling this is imperative. In Australia each of us waste almost 200 kilograms of edible food every year. Not only is the food itself wasted, but also the precious, finite resources required to produce it.
Through a series of aesthetically engaging and statistically accurate graphic representations of Australia’s food waste, this large-scale print exhibit brings food waste to the forefront of contemporary discourse and facilitates communication of scientific research to the urban community. With education comes awareness, and awareness leads to change.
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Skinned deer carcass dumped at Abington park
With as many as 12,000 deer shot and harvested each year in Massachusetts, state officials say they are puzzled by the discovery of a deer carcass near a state park entrance, saying it’s not only illegal but “quite odd.”
The carcass – its antlers and back legs removed and the body skinned – was discovered in the parking lot of Ames Nowell State Park and reported to Abington police shortly after 10 a.m. Friday, state environmental police said.
Robert Hammond, the animal control officer for Abington and Whitman, disposed of the carcass after receiving a call Friday morning. He said in the past, he’s found deer parts, including bones and other remains, left by hunters, but he never before had to bury an entire carcass.
“At first, I thought coyotes had attacked it,” Hammond said. “This was right in the open, right at the gate going into the park.”
Investigators could not determine what killed the deer, but leaving its remains and failing to report it to state officials is illegal regardless of how the animal died, said Reggie Zimmerman, a spokesman for Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
“It’s just plain littering in the park,” said Steve Gammon, supervisor of the park. “Once you take responsibility for the deer, it’s yours. I think you’re looking at more of an illegal hunter there.”
Tom O’Shea, the assistant director of wildlife at the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, said hunters covet a deer’s back legs because it’s “easy meat to take.”
But, he said, it’s uncommon for a hunter to leave so much of the rest of the deer – if the animal was in fact killed that way.
Archery deer season in Massachusetts extends from Oct. 17 through Saturday. Shotgun deer season began Monday, according to the state Department of Fish and Game.
“Most hunters know the value of the deer,” O’Shea said. “It’s something they’ve spent a lot of time and interest in.”
This situation, he said, “is actually quite odd.”
Chris Reed, owner of Reedy’s Archery in Middleboro, said hunters, given the effort they put into it, will “take whatever they can.” But singling out antlers is not common.
“It’s not like they’re worth any money or anything,” he said.
At least 9,900 deer kills have been reported to the state each year since 2000, including 10,699 last year and a record high of 12,417 in 2002.
The most reports routinely come from Zone 11, which includes Middleboro, Raynham, Bridgewater, Taunton, Brockton, Hanover, Norwell, Duxbury, Easton, Rockland, Abington, Whitman, Marshfield, Plymouth, Carver, Kingston and Wareham.
Preliminary statewide numbers are not available for 2011, but Reed said his store weighed 316 deer during the archery season, including a 255-pound buck – the largest dressed weight in the store’s 18-year history.
Last year, the store took in 316 deer during archery season and another 204 during shotgun season. Through the first two days of the shotgun season this year, the store has taken in 80, though the numbers usually surge early in the season, Reed said.
Ames Nowell State Park is on Linwood Street near the Brockton line and is a year-round day-use area centered around Cleveland Pond. It includes a picnic area and ball field.
Hunting is not permitted in the park, according to the state Department of Conservation and Recreation.
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Hosta 'Diamond Lake' PPAF CPBRAF
Finally, a large blue hosta that's worthy of the Proven Winners® stamp of approval! Attractive, heart-shaped, thick and heavily corrugated blue leaves have wavy margins. The large size of this plant also translates to large leaves: they can get up to 9 inches wide by 11 inches long. Pale lavender flowers appear in early to midsummer. Use this blue hosta to add some color to your shade garden. This plays well with ferns, hellebores, and other hostas. Hostas are exceedingly popular perennials in today's gardens due to their versatility in the landscape. Their subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve. Their large leaves provide excellent coverage for dying bulb foliage. Hostas also grow well in city environments where the air may be polluted by car exhaust, etc. The SHADOWLAND® Trademark is owned by Walters Gardens, Inc Height: 17 Inches Spread: 45 Inches Flower Color: Purple shades Foliage Color: Blue shades Sun or Shade?: Part to Full Shade *Photo and info courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.
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Our smartphones are becoming more powerful over time as they gain more capability (and usually end up costing more too). However, with all of this great functionality and all of these great tools, what about keeping our IPs hidden from people out there who want to steal our valuable information? Unlike the computer, it’s far easier to tap into someone’s phone. Someone might be inside of your phone right now and you might not even know it.
You know what it’s even easier to do? Scrape people’s phones for information, gather their number, gather everything confidential about them without your permission what so ever. You don’t need to give it to them, they can just take whatever they want. This is an Android proxy is essential when you’re going to be in a high traffic area or you’re going to be doing business on your phone.
Depending on what you’re trying to do and what kind of phone you have, some Android proxy settings can be a little bit tricky to set, so we’ll try to go over the most simplistic and detailed guide that we can. Some schools, buildings or businesses actually require that you configure a proxy so that you may use their network. This helps them monitor traffic better and keeps outside intruders out.
A Proxy Server on Android Isn’t Global
Unlike the computer, you don’t just setup a proxy to connect to and forget about it. You see, it works a little bit differently on an Android device. When you setup a proxy on your computer, your entire internet is routed through that proxy. On an Android device, only the established connection on your phone is being run through the proxy.
This means, not everything has to honor that proxy. Google Chrome that’s built into your phone will more than likely use the proxy you setup but app developers can choose whether or not they want to use Android setup proxy and if they don’t, then they’ll connect via your main connection or over WiFi. A lot of people argue that you should use a VPN instead of a proxy.
What’s Better About a VPN on Android?
Well, unlike the Android proxy server list, a VPN connects to something that’s more secure, stable and it’s dedicated to you. Unless you own that proxy personally, you don’t know how many people have used it before you or what has been done with it. Also, a proxy often at times won’t help you gain access to a restricted site that you’re not supposed to be visiting.
However, a VPN does come with a downfall over a proxy. VPN’s can sometimes be a little unreliable and aren’t generally built for Android. Also, they cost a lot more too compared to a proxy which you can easily just plug the information into and go.
Setting Up a Proxy in Android
To get to the proxy settings chrome Android section of the phone, it’s actually relatively easy. This process is relatively the same depending on what type of Android you’re using but we’re confident this works anywhere from 4.0 to 7.1 and maybe higher. Some manufacturers may have labeled your sections differently or it may look differently but they’re generally always in the same place.
1.First, pull down the top menu and click on the WiFi Networks Found icon. If that’s not available, then you might have to go to Settings and then WiFi. From there, you should see a list of networks available. If not, make sure the network is established correctly before you think there’s something wrong with your phone.
2.Once you have a list of networks that populate, find the network you usually connect to or want to connect to.
3.After you see that network on the list of names, hold down on the network and a new box should pop up with options such as Forget network and Modify network.
4.Next, you want to modify the network so select the Modify network option.
5.Then, there should be an advanced options section on the new window after you’ve hit modify. Once you see the Advanced Options tab, we’re going to be implementing our proxy right beneath this.
6.If you see an option that says Proxy Auto Configuration, you can probably ignore that and just hit manual.
7.Once the manual screen comes up, this is where you’ll put in the Android proxy server settings.
- You might see an option to bypass the proxy for certain websites but unless a network administrator has told you to touch this section, you won’t need to touch it. All this does is allows you to view that specific site without using the proxy and using your normal IP address instead.
What if I Have Multiple Networks?
While the setup proxy on Android process is relatively simple the one that it’s not is consistent. If you have multiple networks, then you’re going to have to do this for every single network that you want to connect to with a proxy. That means, what you just did for one network has to be done for every single one of them that you use.
I Want to Remove the Proxy on A Network
During the how to setup proxy on Android process, we showed you how to access the proxy screen. Under the advanced options tab, where it says proxy, all you have to do is simply tap that and change it to none. There you go, you’re all done. That’s literally all there is to it and now you can enjoy some safe surfing on your phone without prying eyes.
I Want to Set This Up for All Apps
Unfortunately, this isn’t available as an option and never will be. Android set proxy for all apps may never actually be something that we see because of how Android and the apps are built. While Android WiFi settings proxy is easy to swap in and out, apps are built a little bit differently. An app developer has the freedom of choosing whether or not it will respect and obey the Android’s proxy rules or not. More often than not, they don’t care enough to make them obey.
This is another commonly asked question when it comes to apps and whether or not you can connect to apps with a proxy. The short answer is no but we’re sure there’s some crazy hacks out there that allow you to do it, even though we don’t recommend doing that. People often ask for advice on how to change proxy settings in Android apps. The short and simplistic answer is, it can’t be done.
Getting your Android proxy settings mobile network setup going is relatively fast and some might argue it’s even faster than doing it on the computer. Not a lot of people use proxies for their phones though because no one ever really thinks about it or thinks anything bad could come of them simply using their original connection. Realistically, most people aren’t targeting your phone and your phone is actually safer than using your computer to store confidential and private information.
However, this also doesn’t mean that you should be simply ignoring your phone’s protection and allowing just anyone to see what’s on your phone. At the same time though, how many people have personal pictures on their phone that they don’t want people seeing?
Reasons You Should Be Concerned Over Your Phone’s Privacy
- You have a lot of personal things on there such as lewd pictures and other pictures you probably don’t want other people to see (a lot of people have their phones hacked, the huge hack called “The Fappening” was one notable example).
- If you do online banking or things that involve some of your most personal financial private information, then your data could be at risk unless it’s protected.
- The text messages and videos you send back and forth to people can easily be intercepted.
All of these things and more always start with a simple IP address. That’s all it really takes to get things going and once a hacker has that, there’s a lot of damage they can do with that. So, we highly recommend getting and setting up a high-quality proxy server on your Android device or any mobile device that you use for that matter.
If you’re doing business on a phone, if you’re doing important things on the phone or if you’re doing things on the phone that are for your eyes only, just remembered that there may be others on it and you might not even know it. Make sure you’re safe and just stick with a private proxy on your phone. They won’t slow you down too much and fast private proxies are incredibly cheap as well, so you won’t have to pay an outrageous monthly fee like you would have to pay for a VPN. All you have to do is set one up, implement it and forget it.
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This was according to Gauteng local government MEC Quedani Dorothy Mahlangu, who was speaking at the Greenbuilding conference and exhibition, held in Midrand this week.
Addressing delegates on Thursday, Mahlangu emphasised that the country needed to ensure that it acted collectively to promote security of supply of electricity.
She said that South Africans needed to start “thinking out of the box” to ensure that they conserved resources, such as water and electricity, for security of supply for future generations.
“It is not only about retrofitting of households, but also industries and looking into the concept of smart metering. By far, retrofitting of households will not significantly reduce the energy consumption compared with that of businesses or large offices, however, in households we are concerned about the rolling out of solar-powered geysers,” Mahlangu said.
The local government was looking into financing different models that could be implemented by the municipalities in the province that would allow citizens to retrofit.
A challenge, however, was the availability of solar-powered geysers, and she said that issues around quality arose when large quantities were being imported from China.
“We have to look at increasing capacity in this country, through manufacturing facilities. Currently we can produce about 10 000 units a year,” said Mahlangu.
Local government was keen on engaging with interested investors who could assist in improving South Africa’s manufacturing capacity.
Building regulations, she added, would have to ensure that all new buildings used solar-powered geysers.
Meanwhile competition is South Africa’s gas industry was required to help reduce escalating gas prices.
“Pricing of gas is one of the major stumbling block. The gas industry in South Africa is a monopoly, and we are working with different stakeholders to look into introducing competition into the industry aimed at reducing the gas prices,” she said.
Dilapidated and old infrastructure, particularly water and electricity infrastructure was another challenge and local government indicated that it was dealing with this issue, but partnerships, such as that with private sector, was essential in dealing with this challenge.
Improving the air quality in Gauteng, rehabilitating mine dumps that contribute to pollution, greening the province especially in townships and low cost development houses, and reducing the use of coal in households was highlighted at the event as key issues on the provinces local governments agenda.
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How “Wood” You Like It?
Recognizing and realizing the full potential of one of nature’s most wondrous materials
In addition to being a fundamental ingredient to how homes are built and hold themselves up, wood brings an enormous amount of expression and character into a home. It can be rustic, it can be modern, and it can be both at the same time. It can be something textured in a clean environment or conversely, something chic in a traditional environment.
Most people notice and appreciate wood, but don’t fully realize the amount of thought and craftsmanship that goes into creating elements that add so much to a home’s design—there is a subtlety to its contribution.
With that in mind, here are four things I think about in my work as an architect and designer when it comes to designing with wood.
A piece of wood goes through many steps by the time it’s in your home. Generally, each step makes it squarer, smoother, and more refined. But when you are processing wood, you can stop at any moment and emphasize the texture…smoother isn’t always better. And when using reclaimed wood, the fun really begins because the magical ingredients of time, patina, and weather are added and you’re given the chance to manipulate it again. You can also sand out and make an old timber smooth, revealing what’s been hiding beneath the surface, which opens up a whole world of color and character.
There are endless possibilities of pattern and movement in wood that stem from the species of tree, how it gets cut into boards, and then how the boards are assembled or repeated. In the photo above, a chunk of reclaimed driftwood graces the home’s entrance, framed by planks of a similar vintage. At the far end of the room, the exposed structure reveals planks set on a diagonal for lateral strength- a celebration of a traditional building technique.
Wood should have an attitude about it—let it establish the mood. Paying attention to this can reinforce a style, or provide interest by contrasting with the surrounding style of a space. For instance, in the photo above, the recycled ceiling is interestingly detailed while the stacked cordwood below is a defining design element. The design professional, craftsperson building the element, and finisher (i.e. painter) all need to be in alignment to create great results, especially as walls, floors, cabinets, doors, and furniture all can have a role in a single space.
As a building and its elements come together, they tell a story. With wood, this is especially evident, as we have choices in how it’s done. For example, with wall applications, we can consider how do individual pieces meet (or not meet)? What goes in between the pieces? With joinery, we can ask how are the pieces designed to interact and connect? The options you choose for the craftsmanship, tone, pattern and surface of the wood in your design can bring immense character into your space.
Justin Tollefson, AIA is a principal architect at Pearson Design Group, a Bozeman, Montana-based integrated architecture and interior design firm that offers a broad range of design aesthetics. View their profile or contact them at 406.587.1997.
Content for this article provided by Pearson Design Group.
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Gaming and E-sports are a big market, getting bigger, and attracting consumers difficult to reach any other way.
Businesses have advertised to consumers for centuries, based on the premise that they could extol the virtues of their products to any audience whose attention they could attract. In the U.S., that arguably began in 1704, when an announcement seeking a buyer for an estate in Oyster Bay, Long Island, was published in the Boston News-Letter.
But the key element is getting the audience’s attention. There’s no point in any company conveying its products’ benefits if nobody is reading, listening, or watching.
And increasingly, the traditional media for reaching consumers – television, print publications, radio – are going away. According to research from TruOptik, as of last month, more homes have a Connected TV than a cable box; more Americans stream radio than listen over the airwaves; and more money is made through in-game purchases and advertising than from the sales of the games themselves.
Anyone who wants to reach an audience – especially a younger one – has to consider alternatives. One of the most intriguing alternatives is gaming and e-sports. If you think those are minor players, the numbers collected here will disabuse you of that notion.
Consumers are busy “cutting the cord” by deleting traditional TV from their lives. Instead of “linear TV,” they often choose “over the top” (OTT) film and television content, using high-speed Internet connections rather than a cable or satellite provider. Note that OTT does not mean free content such as YouTube; the term encompasses services such as Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, and HBO Now.
More to the point: OTT lets consumers watch their shows without interruption. While some services do rely on advertising, such as Peacock and Hulu, and others have no intention of adopting an advertising model.
According to a study performed by Hearts & Science, a unit of Omnicom, nearly half of U.S. adults 18-49 qualify as “Unreachables,” because they are inaccessible to traditional TV advertisers. OTT accounts for two thirds of Unreachables’ TV consumption: They watch only 10 hours of linear TV a week, 75% less than the average household.
This goes beyond traditional media channels. There are growing barriers within new media such as social media due to privacy regulations, content guidelines, and the manner in which providers respond to them. For example, Google plans to restrict advertising software companies and other organizations from connecting their browser cookies to websites they do not operate. That ends a lucrative tracking tool for advertisers.
So you should look for new opportunities. Enter gaming and e-sports.
<3>How big is online gaming?
Those numbers are conservative. Mobile players spent about $61.7 billion on games in 2019, according to market analyst Sensor Tower, up 12.8% from 2018 and its $54.7 billion total. According to the researchers, games make up 68% of total iOS App Store revenue and 84% for the Play Store.
According to research firm NPD Group, “Over 164 million adults in the United States play video games, and three-quarters of all Americans have at least one gamer in their household. And despite assumptions that games appeal primarily to young people, 65% of American adults play video games. The average gamer is 33 years old and has been playing for 14 years.”
How big is Twitch?
Twitch is a livestreaming platform focused on video games. By 2013, it had attracted 45 million unique visitors, which got Amazon’s attention. It became an Amazon property in 2014, with just short of $1 billion changing hands; today’s it’s included in Amazon Prime. It’s undeniably popular, and according to Business of Apps, Twitch accounts for 1.8% of peak internet traffic – behind only Netflix, Apple, and Google.
By 2018, Twitch had 2.2 million broadcasters and 15 million daily viewers, of whom around a million could be found using the platform at any given time. The platform allows streamers to make money by offering in-stream links through which viewers can purchase the games being played.
One unique difference: Unlike gaming in general, which is roughly equal across gender, Twitch is an overwhelmingly male-dominated platform. Men make up 81.5% of its userbase.
Some game developers use in-game advertising as a monetization strategy to boost their game’s revenue. The game may be a free download, which encourages downloads; then the game developer earns money and gets paid by showing mobile game ads to their users.
U.S. In-Game Advertising Revenue
As of 2017, 71% of Android games and 80% of iOS games were monetized by advertising, reported WePC’s statistics. In-app ad impressions are a mix of banner advertising (79%), rich interstitial ads (14%), rewarded video (4%), and video interstitial (2%) (per those 2017 numbers).
It’s clear that people are clicking on those ads. In 2015, gaming apps’ mobile app store revenues amounted to US$24.8 billion. And, reported Business of Apps, “Since 2016, we’ve seen 75% growth in global app revenue, according to this app revenue data.”
There are other options beyond the game-equivalent of a banner ad, though not all are successful. One notable (and entertainly odd) failure was the 1999 game called Pepsiman which was developed specifically for the purpose of promoting the brand and product. It fizzled.
In-game ads are not experienced as “advertising,” asserts the TruOptik report. “Even subscription services like Stadia and Apple Arcade are expected to explore in-game advertising opportunities, much like premium television channels such as HBO generate revenue from product placements. The difference is in-game ads can be targeted in real time based on the needs and interests of individual players,” it concludes. (Note: The company sells OTT services, which gives them an understandable bias.)
How big is e-sports?
Organized gaming competitions among professional players and teams – e-sports – absolutely is taking off. Today, e-sports revenues exceed $1 billion worldwide, with audiences of more than 443 million across the globe, according to research by Green Man Gaming. Since 2012, the audience has more than tripled, the company reports. One notable example of its popularity: Fortnite is now a high school and college sport.
Not long ago, market research firm NewZoo estimated e-sports online competitive multiplayer matches to reach 453.8 million by the end of 2019. “On its current trajectory, we estimate the e-sports market will generate $1.8 billion in 2022,” the researchers conclude. It’s quite an example of a hockey stick graph: In 2015, the global audience for e-sports was $115 million.
Over a third of gamers have watched a live gaming stream in the past month, with more than a quarter having watched an e-sports tournament, according to the Gaming: The trends to know in 2019 report. That’s particularly so outside the U.S. “More than four in 10 people in the Philippines have watched a live gaming stream in the last month, compared to 8 percent in Switzerland,” it says.
Multiple revenue streams are connected to e-sports, including advertising, sponsorships, media rights, ticket sales to live events, and merchandising. And, as one 2019 wrap-up suggests, advertisers are ready to play. “E-sports ad revenues in the US are poised to surpass $200 million by , according to our first forecast on e-sports and gaming revenues. … Digital ad revenues from e-sports in the US will grow 25% to $178.1 million this year.”
This is all part of a larger transition, of course. As consumers move away from traditional media, the advertisers need to explore new ways to segment the audience and direct their messaging.
For example, “The ways brands reach target consumers and the ways media companies monetize content have dramatically changed,” reports TruOptik. Although $20 billion will be spent on streaming media advertising in the U.S. this year, it’s more finely tuned. “Four out of every five targeted OTT impressions uses advanced characteristics and use of advanced targeting data increases as advertisers gain confidence with OTT. When OTT advertisers do choose to target on demographics, they’re much more likely to segment audiences according to income as opposed to the traditional linear TV dimensions of age and gender.”
There’s a lot of opportunity in these markets. Are you ready to play?
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Investment is a very personal thing. When investing, you are putting your hard-earned money toward something you believe will give you a return. Here, we will take a look at the different things you can invest in and discuss the pros and cons of each.
Antiques – Cash in on History
Image via Flickr by Joanna Bourne
- Pro – It is easy to find antiques at garage sales or even in your grandma’s attic.
- Pro – Many antiques have a well-established market, such as Hummel figurines.
- Con – Finding antiques that are worth a lot of money can be a little tricky – you need to know the market.
- Con – These items are generally breakable, which makes them difficult to take care of properly.
If you invest in antiques, expect hours of garage sales and basement digging. Make sure that if you do find something you think is valuable, you get it appraised and insured.
Gold – Invest in the Standard
Image via Flickr by covilha
- Pro – Gold has a great selling price per ounce.
- Pro – You can find gold almost anywhere, from your jewelry box to the Internet
- Con – You will have to sift out the real gold from the fake.
- Con – Though the price of gold is generally good, it does fluctuate; you will need to keep an eye on the market.
Whether you choose to buy jewelry and melt it down or invest in gold coins, it is an involved process. Consider storing your gold in a secure location such as a bank.
Small Companies – They Will Grow
Image via Flickr by Victor1558
- Pro – Small companies have a lower starting price for purchasing stock.
- Pro – As the company grows, you will increase your investment significantly.
- Con – Small companies don’t always make it.
- Con – It may take a long time to get a return on your investment.
Your investment helps the companies you invest in have financial stability, but remember that not all companies will be around for years.
Bonds – Invest for the Long Haul
Image via Flickr by DonkeyHotey
- Pro – Bonds are more stable than many stocks.
- Pro – They will give a passive income. You don’t need to stay on top of them all the time.
- Con – The income from investing is going to be lower than other investment types.
- Con – There is a risk of the issuer going under.
Bonds are considered a safe investment, for the most part. If you are new to investing, a government bond is a great option.
Real Estate – Invest in Your Home or Someone Else’s
Image via Flickr by PrimeImageMedia.com
- Pro – Real Estate investing is likely to be around as long as we need homes.
- Pro – The value of a property is easy to increase.
- Con – It can be expensive to get started in real estate investing
- Con – The market can crash, leaving you with property with less value than what it started with.
Real estate investment is a popular option. You can invest in the home you live in by making upgrades and changes. When investing in real estate, make sure to get a home security system.
Make the perfect investment choice for you and your money; there are many opportunities from which to choose.
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A revolutionary way to educate
More information on our neural networks
This product is a virtual teacher for children based on an animatronic.
This system can:
check whether the interested person/people is/are attentive or not during a lesson. It can be applied both to a “normal” class
or for remote teaching,
read preloaded lessons,
ask questions to the students in order to evaluate them.
Detects the audio and makes specific task
Tracks the entire person's body and replies to the movements
This product is compatible with the following infrastructure:
- Most IP cameras on the market
- We will recommend one
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I am reminded of the Police’s song Message in the Bottle where hundred billion bottles wash up on the shore. The Atlantic as much as other oceans of the world have become the backyards of polluters. Sea Education Association (SEA) is doing vast research this year on their voyage to find plastic out in the sea.
So far they have found.
Number of plastic pieces counted: 4982
Number of net tows: 31
Distance traveled: 1097 nautical miles
Fuel consumed: 851 gallons
Fuel remaining: 2909 gallons
Sea Education Association (SEA) is conducting the first federally-funded research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic debris in the North Atlantic Ocean. Beginning on June 10, the Plastics at SEA: North Atlantic Expedition will expand upon 25 years’ worth of data previously collected by SEA that reveals a region of extensive plastic pollution in a narrow latitude band in the western North Atlantic Ocean.
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For many people, the parallel between the pre-holiday tradition of asking those we have wronged for forgiveness and the amends process outlined in the 12 Steps is especially significant.
Yom Kippur has heightened meaning for those in recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction. For many people, the parallel between the pre-holiday tradition of asking those we have wronged for forgiveness and the amends process outlined in the 12 Steps is especially significant.
In the days before Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, Jews are encouraged to review their conduct of the past year and acknowledge any wrongdoings. Similarly, Step 4 calls for “a searching and fearless moral inventory,” which includes taking responsibility for actions that caused others to be hurt.
And, because both Judaism and recovery are programs of action, it is not enough to ask God for forgiveness if another person was harmed. Before we say the final prayers on Yom Kippur, we must apologize to those whom our behavior affected. Likewise, Step 9 requires recovering addicts to make “direct amends” to people they harmed, knowingly or not.
However, the 12-Step program makes a clear distinction between extending an apology and making amends. More important than apologizing is taking the necessary actions to set things right.
“We are taught that the ninth step is not just about saying, “I’m sorry,” says Frank, a longtime member of AA. “It’s about showing them how sorry I am by how differently I act.
“On Yom Kippur, we aren’t saying sorry to God; we’re saying we will do our best to act differently. The Hebrew word for repentance is teshuvah, which means return. In the 12 steps, this means returning to aligning our behavior with God’s will.”
In “Atonement or Forgiveness?” at Chabad.org, Rabbi Ben A. explains the Hebrew word for atonement is kaparah, meaning “wiping up.”
“If I spill my grape juice on your carpet, I can say sorry and be forgiven,” he writes. “But the stain is still there. Atonement comes when I get the carpet cleaners to clean your carpet.”
Rabbi Benny Greenwald, director of Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House, explains how the holiday of Sukkot provides a joyful transition from the solemnity of Yom Kippur.
“On Yom Kippur, we acknowledge our wrongdoings, and that is the first step of making amends,” he explains. “But we don’t get stuck on that because following is Sukkot, the holiday of joy. It’s the joy that comes from learning from our mistakes when we reexamine what we did and learn how that can make us a better person.
“After we acknowledge our defects and make amends to those we hurt, then we can move forward and experience the joy of transformation, the holiday of Sukkot.”
For information, visit friendshipcircle.org/friendshiphouse.
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Guard your treasure!
Hold onto it. Take care of it. Take the necessary steps to increase it.
Your health is one of your treasures.
A gift given by the Creator.
It is all too easy while we are young to waste it,
or squander it.
But our health has been given to enable us to live out our purpose here on earth.
Many times we don’t know how important something is
until we lose it.
So what can you do?
Take steps to improve your diet
by avoiding what is harmful and eating more of what will benefit your health.
Get adequate sleep
Drink plenty of water
Maintain a healthy weight
Lower harmful stress
Small steps make big results.
Ask yourself, what one step can I take to improve my health and increase my wellness?
In the midst of a busy lifestyle
it is all too easy to ignore ones own health.
Get yourself a coach…
someone who is familiar with the necessary steps needed to move into wellness.
someone who will work with you to meet your goals.
Yes, guard your treasure.
It’s an investment that you will never regret.
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The EU-funded EINSTEIN (Effective integration of seasonal thermal energy storage systems in existing buildings) project has developed evaluated and demonstrated a low energy heating installation based on seasonal thermal energy storage (STES). The system used solar collectors combined with a heat pump and an isolated water tank to store the heat obtained by STES in summer to be used in winter. This approach can reduce energy consumption by up to 70 % compared to conventional thermal systems. Research included the development of a new heat pump capable of operating at higher temperatures and suitable for integration into STES systems. Although heat pump technology is well known STES systems are not yet a mature technology and the integration between these two systems had not been previously optimized. In addition, an appropriate heat pump and a suitable evaluation tool did not exist until it was created by the EINSTEIN project. Hence, a software evaluation tool for selecting the most cost-effective retrofitting of a building was developed together with a decision support tool for selection, preliminary design and evaluation of STES systems in existing buildings. Design guidelines were drawn up for future owners and users of STES systems. In addition, researchers created training materials and a lessons learned document that summarized the experience gained by the consortium. Project partners also built and monitored two pilot plants. The first was in Bilbao, Spain at the building level and the second was in Warsaw, Poland at the district level. The concepts developed by EINSTEIN were based on the highly innovative adaptation of existing technology. It will enable the development of nearly zero energy buildings in the near future thereby fulfilling one of the main objectives of the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). According to the results obtained from the STES installations economic and financial feasibility study, this technology would be profitable for locations situated in the South of Europe, as Madrid. With current prices for natural gas and electricity in this city and, without the need of subsidies, assuming that the selling price of heat coming from the STES installation is the same as it is paid at present for customers (that use natural gas boilers), a STES installation with a total annual heat demand of 10,000 MWh (1,000 dwellings) would offer an IRR of 10% and a payback time of the investment (EURO 6 million) of ten years.
Space heating, domestic hot water, solar energy, EINSTEIN, seasonal thermal energy storage, heat pump
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Healthy food is not a modern trend. Many ingredients used in modern plant-based diets were brought to the United States from Africa and have been central to black cuisine for centuries. Operation Good Food & Beverages is a movement of Black youth who recognize this history and want to elevate black voices and culture in the conversation around plant-based diets and food policy. Join the movement now!
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Case Study Young Stroke
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Although global stroke incidence is declining, rates in young adults are on the rise. Worldwide the yearly number of young people who experience stroke is 3,6 million. In Europe each year 1,1 million people are suffering from the effects of stroke, 80 % is due to ischemic stroke. Because of the ageing population the absolute number of strokes is expected to dramatically increase to 1,5 million in the coming years. Stroke patients have increased risk of poor outcome within the first year of the event including death, rehospitalization (33 %), recurrent event ( 7-13 %), dementia (7-23 %), mild cognitive disorder (35-47 %), depression (30-50 %) and fatigue (35-92 %).
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- In the mid of an active social and working life Nelly (55) experienced a sudden face paralysis and was brought to the hospital. After the event she experienced fatigue, over sensitivity to sound, cognitive decline and insomnia. In the hospital she is diagnosed with an ischemic stroke. ‘
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A variety of factors inspire individuals to maintain their properties. These include trying to keep it looking good, having a protected and healthful setting for their beloved types, protecting against pricey repairs and replacements and preserving the worth of their house. Certainly, the health and safety of your household is the most essential of these motives. The positive aspects of air duct cleaning make it one particular of the most essential methods to contain in the maintenance program of for your house.
Having Mile High Ducts is one of the most common home routine maintenance routines because if an air conditioner breaks your home will be unpleasant and changing them is really costly. Servicing your heating and air conditioning programs is important to trying to keep them running successfully and need to entail cleansing the cooling coils, drain pans, supporters and heat exchangers. Cleansing these factors can outcome in dust, particles, mildew or allergens obtaining into your air ducts which will subsequently be released into your home. For this purpose it is crucial to cleanse your air ducts at the very same time your heating and cooling program is cleaned.
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4. Allergy symptoms. If loved ones customers have allergies, air duct cleaning is usually necessary to provide a healthy surroundings for allergy victims. Air vent cleaning can substantially decrease the volume of allergens in a house.
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When my mother underwent chemotherapy, we spent a lot of time visiting the phlebotomy lab for blood testing. I was always impressed by how easily the phlebotomist was able to find and puncture a vein to draw blood on the first try. I knew there had to be a method to it, and was astounded by how effortless and painless they made the process. It led me to research a lot about blood tests, from drawing to the actual screening. I've created this site to share what I've learned in the hopes of teaching others. The more you understand, the more control you can have over your own health care.
Hearing tests are an important part of maintaining overall health. Unfortunately, some individuals do not get hearing testing until they notice a change in their hearing. It is important to note that hearing loss is usually subtle. The exception would be if there was a traumatic event such as getting hit on the head and rupturing an ear drum.
Routine hearing tests can detect subtle changes in hearing even if an individual does not feel like their hearing has changed. Individuals may have ear conditions that can lead to severe hearing loss later in life. These conditions can be treated if they are detected early in life. Treatment could prevent total hearing loss. Aging, health conditions, medication, and frequent exposure to loud noise can all contribute to hearing loss. The following points highlight a few of the reasons that testing is important.
Sometimes individuals do not realize that their hearing is interfering with their relationships. They might get frustrated when they do not understand what someone else is saying. The individuals speaking might get frustrated about having to repeat themselves. In some cases, this can go on for years and cause friction. It is also possible for an individual with hearing loss to be unaware that someone is saying something to them if they are not looking at the individual. This individual speaking might mistake this for being ignored.
Individuals who have noticed changes in their hearing might be fearful and afraid to talk to their loved ones. The stress may interfere with getting a good night's sleep. Some individuals also suffer from a hearing condition referred to as tinnitus, which causes individuals to hear ringing, buzzing, whistling, or beeping noises. This can be a scary experience and embarrassing for some individuals to tell their loved ones that they are hearing things. The sounds may occur during awake hours or when an individual is trying to go to sleep. The sleep interference may cause mood swings and interfere with work or school performance.
Hearing loss has been linked to a variety of health conditions. Identifying hearing loss and its connection to these conditions enables primary care physicians and audiologists to create treatment plans for their patients. Sometimes individuals are unaware that they have conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes, but routine hearing testing might reveal warning signs.
An audiologist is a good resource to use to learn more about the importance of routine hearing tests. The tests can help them to identify hearing loss and determine an appropriate treatment. Some hearing loss can be corrected through surgical means and others through hearing aids. Audiologists might also choose to monitor the degeneration over a period of time before making a recommendation. For more information on the benefits of a hearing test, contact a professional near you.Share
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Fascism: A Very Short Introduction by Kevin Passmore
2002 Oxford University Press
As a primer on fascism this little book is useful. I’ll use it as a jumping off point for my arguments about fascism and populism. So don’t expect a thorough review.
Passmore opens with a series of historical vignettes set in France, Italy, Romania and Germany that illustrate the varied character of what have been called ‘fascist’ movements and regimes, their distinctiveness and specificity on display. He does this, however, with an eye toward upholding what is common between them, setting the stage for a later use of the term ‘fascism’ that has both general applicability and analytical clarity. This tension between the diversity of forms of fascism and what they all have in common and the seemingly contradictory nature of that relationship is an important problem Passmore identifies early on through a quote by the Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset that opens the book.
“Fascism has an enigmatic countenance because in it appears the most counterpoised contents. It asserts authoritarianism and organises rebellion. It fights against contemporary democracy and, on the other hand, does not believe in the restoration of any past rule. It seems to pose itself as the forge of a strong State, and uses means most conducive to its dissolution, as if it were a destructive faction or a secret society. Whichever way we approach fascism we find that it is simultaneously one thing and the contrary, it is A and not A…” (Sobre el Fascismo, 1927).
Passmore restates this problem in a more contemporary fashion:
“In the 21st century interest in the history of fascism and its cries is perhaps greater than ever. Yet how can we make sense of an ideology that appeals to skinheads and intellectuals; denounces the bourgeoisie while forming alliances with conservatives; adopts a macho style yet attracts many women; calls for a return to tradition and is fascinated by technology; idealizes the people and is contemptuous of mass society; and preaches violence in the name of order?” (p. 11).
The short answer here is racism. We will get to that.
Passmore then poses this seeming conundrum as one that has vexed scholars of and activists against fascism as ‘the problem of definition’. To solve this he outlines three broad approaches to fascism: Marxist (1935 Comintern, Trotsky), Weberian (Max Weber), and Totalitarian-nationalism (Hannah Arendt).
All three approaches don’t adequately handle what W.E.B. DuBois succinctly called “the color line”. Passmore does a somewhat better job of this than most when he seeks to borrow useful aspects from all three traditions, while dispensing with their limitations, so as to formulate a synthesis. He makes some progress toward this end, but fails. That failure has a name: Ernesto Laclau. But more on that in a bit.
My own definition of fascism proceeds from a different premise than that of Passmore: a definition of fascism that is analytically sound must serve human liberation. Another way of saying this is that there is no ‘true’ definition of fascism possible because we formulate that through struggle. Ours will be different from theirs. That struggle is not only carried out in the ‘marketplace of ideas’. If we want to define fascism our dream of the future and our belief in the desirability and possibility of that future must inform our definition of ‘fascism’ within a historical framework that can facilitate its defeat and our triumph. As an Anarcho-Communist, I believe the struggle against fascism is inextricable from those struggles against capitalism and the state and the exploitation and domination that are their defining features. A more or less useful definition of fascism can only be constructed from a theoretical framework that derives from a hybrid of anarchist and communist philosophies. Part of doing as much requires a recognition that the use of terms such as ‘populism’, ‘liberal democracy’, and ‘race relations’ is incompatible with that project. These terms usually dispense with the notion of a political right or left. When there is no right or left arranged along a spectrum informed by inequality, there is no possibility of analytical clarity in regards fascism or of much else. But there is a left, distinguishable from a right. Even when there isn’t a viable left, there still exists that wellspring of ideas and actions that we call socialist, anarchist and communist. If your dream of the future is limited to liberal democracy, your understanding of fascism will be bound up with the presumptions that undergird that philosophy. As fascism thrives within conditions liberal democracy depends, one must theorize the end of that system as a solution to the problem of fascism. Liberals, conservatives, purveyors of the ‘populist’ thesis all are forced to imagine the end of the very institutions that give meaning to their lives. Unfortunately for them, this is a prerequisite for the defeat of fascism. This they will not do; so we shouldn’t expect it of them. So I don’t of Passmore. But he does have much to offer, nonetheless.
If one’s frame of reference is democracy vs authoritarianism as liberal, Weberian, and totalitarian approaches utilize, there is virtually no way to account for the continuity fascism has with modernity, progress and capitalist institutions. Fascism, on this reading, represents a discontinuity with capitalist progress. It is an outlier, a deviation, an anomaly. On the other hand, if one follows the 1935 Comintern definition of fascism as “the open, terroristic dictatorship of the most reactionary, the most chauvinistic, the most imperialistic elements of finance capitalism” the relatively independent nature of fascism is lost. It shares too much in common with capitalism and cannot be distinguished from it. So too the role of racism as a primary structuring feature of fascism and the particular form of that in anti-Semitism is obscured. One cannot really account for the wholesale destruction of European Jews at the hands of Nazis and fascists throughout Eastern Europe well past the point of Aryanizing businesses, to the point where such activity undermined the general war effort and had no benefit to fascist regimes. A failure to understand eliminationist racism as a central feature of fascist ideology risks a misunderstanding of fascism as solely a product of a crisis within capitalism. Much of this is tricky, but it is not splitting hairs, so much distinction without a difference. It is important.
Passmore does hold racism as central to fascism, but he doesn’t really flesh it out, not least in how it continues to occupy a central role in contemporary fascism. This is the case today as well as 2002 when he wrote this book.
Here’s another humdinger: Fascism is a constitutive feature of a particular type of capitalism, that found in Europe and North America. In writing this I am not arguing, much as Ta-Nahesi Coates does, for the existence of what amounts to a ‘primordial’ white supremacy, that fascism somehow attaches itself to ‘white’ genes or that whiteness is somehow eternal in the imagination of white people. I am arguing that fascism has a political geography that roughly corresponds to what I call the ‘white belt’. In this sense there is a fascist international in formation, a social and cultural process within such geo-political formations as the European Union that made its construction possible. Racism was baked into its cooking, regardless of the lofty humanitarian principles that animate its pronouncements. This process of fascistization underway throughout ‘the West’ seeks to rectify regional differences between fascist programs (Catholic here, Protestant there; urban vs rural, worker vs capitalist, etc.) in favor of a pan European whiteness that can only be conceptualized as against a dark, swarthy, foreign other. This is as fundamental to understanding anti immigrant racism as labor markets and competition over jobs. It cannot be understood apart from the larger divide between North and South, Core and Periphery. This is key to understanding the appeal of and prospects for 21st century fascism. In a frightening way, the ‘super fascism’ of Julius Evola, the ‘Imperium’ of Francis Parker Yockey and the snarky postmodern ‘race realism’ of Generation Identitaire foreshadow much worse to come. The future of fascism is there. If much worse is to come, it will ride this horse, and not that of the German donkey or the Italian mule.
In response our struggle cannot be limited to the terrain of the national, according to the rules of liberal democracy, within the suffocating possibilities of the here and now. We fight here, on this contested terrain of the national, but from an internationalist standpoint. Solidarity is a non-negotiable principle. We also should not pretend social democracy is up to the fight; the ‘populist’ leaders of France Insoumise and Podemos are social Democrats, but without a strong base within organized labor, so they cannot lead this fight. We must. If the broad struggle remains within the confines of the social-democracy, and we are unable to envision and fight for a communist future, we will be trampled, staring at a digital jackboot forever.
In his attempt to offer a redefinition of fascism Passmore gets much correct. But his effort lacks a grounding within a liberatory communism and will therefore be stuck within one or another of the schools of thought above. His observation that the strength of the Marxist approach, as he understands it, is that it illuminates the relationship between capitalism and fascism that other approaches either dismiss or ignore, allows us to make a more important argument, that fascism is constitutive of ‘progress’. Just as poverty and exploitation are essential components of economic development, rather than unfortunate errors of that development, so too does fascism necessarily exist, always and everywhere, within the general capitalist mode of production. It never left, most people just didn’t pay attention.
This informs my insistence that fascism never went away and that a primary problem scholars and activists have with defining and fighting fascism is that they tend to begin and end their efforts with classical fascism, giving short shrift to the subsequent eras of the movement. Rather than yet another dense scholarly work about Hitler’s relationship to his German Shepherds, how about a monograph on how fascism persisted in the war between South Africa and Angola? How about a close reading of that extraordinary experiment in anti racist communist organizing that was the Sojourner Truth Organization? How about a treatise on American white nationalism and fascism? Is American white nationalism a unique form of fascism? Or is it part of a generalized development of fascism that is trans national, the peculiarities of Trump an expression of something much larger? Perhaps it’s not fascism at all? I have offered up my opinions about all of these questions; most radicals appear fixated on Trump’s style of rule, the latest trade tariffs, or the coming national elections. They seem unable to formulate a useful question. Better questions help us reach better conclusions.
Over its 100-year history, through its now three distinct eras (Classical, Cold War and 21st century) fascism is as much a permanent feature of capitalist society as it is a threat to that society. It is both, but not in the sense that Arendt used it, as a fundamentally ‘revolutionary’ reorganization of society that is the doppelgänger of ‘communist totalitarianism’. Passmore, writing in 2002, gets an important part about the uses and abuses of ‘totalitarianism’ correct when he writes: “as a scholarly idea the term enjoyed its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, when anti-Marxist social scientists favoured a concept that discredited communism by linking it with fascism.” That link, by the way, is mostly bullshit and in any case not nearly as important as the link between capitalist democracy and fascism. That general academic project, always a political project in the sense it twists history to fit unsupported premises, is still operative today and informs virtually all non-Marxist interpretations of fascism. Most of that work, especially as it is rendered by journalists, is deeply flawed. Unfortunately, the Marxist rejoinder tends to remain stuck with scholarly work and frames of reference from the Classical period alone. Will the bourgeoisie fund the fascists? Will the fascists seek a red-brown alliance against monopoly capital? Yes, they are funding them. All capital is monopolistic. Meh. This will not do.
Passmore will end up articulating a ‘post-Marxist’ position on fascism, indebted to Ernesto Laclau’s theories of ‘populism’. My central problem with this is that Laclau’s theories are not transferable to the capitalist core–Europe, the United States, Canada, etc., because of the fascist element. Has anyone ever argued this? Someone should. One cannot construct a successful program for ‘populist hegemony’ on this terrain without dismantling the white supremacy, now expressed politically as white nationalism, within it. That demands a discrete fight that is not possible within the thought world of populism. Left wing hegemony cannot be achieved here through a program of populism because that program is both too reformist–it doesn’t offer anything to the most oppressed among us that addresses their particular forms of exploitation and domination (reparations, open borders,etc) yet is also too radical–it proposes universal programs that capitalist power will not accept. Furthermore the populist program is electoral, with a social movement component as an adjunct. Direct action movements must drive electoral politics, not the other way around. The discourse on discourse is too discursive, if you will, chasing public opinion and ideas as though the variability of their meanings float somewhere above and separate from the material conditions of existence. Sociotopes make the animal; the animal does not exist within conditions of its own making.
The limits of the ‘pink tide’ movements in Latin America, which ubdoubtedly owed much to this theory, are now evident everywhere. While acknowledging the contributions of Marxist theory Passmore seeks to articulate a theory beyond the centrality of class but he has picked a frame of reference that only applies, and in a limited way, to the global south.
I agree with Laclau and other ‘populists’ or ‘hegemonists’ however, that social class needs to be re-theorized beyond an industrial proletariat as the agent of history; beyond a peasantry that can surround the cities or a Black lumpenproletariat that can ignite an urban rebellion. Today, add or subtract however many agents of history to however many points of production however much one likes, it will amount to a pointless search for a vanguard that will never emerge. This then is what is different from then to now. What may have been possible in Russia of 1917 cannot be reproduced today. And it shouldn’t be. Something has changed. What is it?
My own unique contribution to this problem is to expand social class without diluting it; rather than an amorphous ‘people’ or ‘populism’ a new set of social actors could be theorized by examining the role of Border, Manse, Factory and Bit in our current mode of capitalist production. The fulcrum for these new social classes is the city, ground zero for insurrection. And, in what is surely to be regarded as a confusing twist, I think a central locus of rupture with capitalism is precisely where it is most wasteful–those centrally located, densely populated, impossibly tall, blindingly bright at night, giant penises we call skyscrapers. Here, where the most pointless of activity takes place in that utter waste of space called the office, by human beings so alienated from themselves and the products of their own labor they don’t even want a union because they prefer the taste of boot, under the watchful eyes of the permanent panopticon, is ground zero of the greatest insurrection in the history of humanity. Oh. That and our ruling class, holding their own dicks, are so blinded by hubris as to locate their primary loci of social reproduction in many of these same buildings. They live where their networking power is concentrated. It’s great that they have it all in one place. This fact will provide us with a wonderful teachable moment.
Today, borders and prisons create social class as much as a factory. So too the Manse is a point of social reproduction that shapes and conditions our existence. If social class is social, then it seems one locus of its reproduction is the home, where, apart from work, socialization takes place. Theirs and ours. While it is true that we live in the street, in a home much larger than theirs, we will take back that which is ours, which is everything.
Social Reproduction Theory is an essential tool for understanding this. The overarching theme here, and its the same one since 1968, is RCG–Race-Class-Gender.
The unification of anarchist and communist theory proceeds from here, where it must tackle the question of fascism.
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A mother bear and three cubs were relocated from Silver Valley on Wednesday.
Now residents of the northeast Maple Ridge neighbourhood are calling for action to reduce the number of problem bears, making it a ‘no-kill’ zone.
Last week, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service shot and killed three bears in the Silver Valley suburb, in north Maple Ridge. Another bear was shot, but escaped into the forest.
On Wednesday, conservation officers captured what they thought was a problem bear, only to learn it wasn’t the one they had been looking for.
“It was garbage pickup day in the area,” explained conservation officer Todd Hunter. “We captured some bears that were in Silver Valley. The sow was seen snooping through some of the garbage.”
Officers also discovered it was a mother bear with three cubs. Officers then relocated the family, Hunter said.
“Our hope with those bears is they move off and they don’t return and get into attractants.”
Silver Valley resident Susan Zanders said in a letter that residents are concerned and stressed by the number of bear incidents there.
“As a result, many people [are] looking for solutions. Bears are part of our area and the beauty of Maple Ridge.”
She and others are trying to draw attention to the issue and want to work towards turning Silver Valley into a “no-kill” area. One of the goals is to launch their own WildSafeBC program for Silver Valley.
“If we can get everyone educated and everyone to live conscious of what they do impacts these bears. Every little bit helps,” Zanders said.
Hunter, though, said the conservation service is working on a plan to improve safety. The service already works with WildSafeBC, he added.
“We’ve got a bit of a plan going forward on how we need to make sure we’re doing everything we can for that area to make sure, number one, that it’s safe and then we don’t have all these bears going into garbage.”
Two other bears were killed in April in Maple Ridge after becoming habituated to food sources.
According to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, bears are emerging from inactive periods at this time of year and searching for food.
Both the Conservation Officer Service and Maple Ridge Wildsafe recommend:
• taking garbage to the trash the morning of pickup, not the night before;
• wrapping and freezing bones, waste meat and other highly attractive garbage before putting it out;
• not to leave pet food outside;
• filling bird feeders only during harsh winter weather as seed attracts bears, as well as deer and rats, and therefore the animals that prey on them – coyotes and cougars.
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Hilda’s childhood was spent in various towns in Ukraine as her father managed several mills. Her father was taken in 1938 by the secret police and never seen again. To support the family, Hilda became a teacher and translator until she fled to Germany with her mother and brother during WWII. The family immigrated to Canada in 1948 with the help of Froese relatives, eventually settling in Winnipeg. Hilda worked at MB Bible College, and through evening classes with A.H. Unruh and H.H. Janzen, she understood salvation. She married Peter, a widower, whose daughter Irene was still in Russia. Through prayer and hard work, in 1963, Peter, Hilda and 6-year-old Ursula welcomed Irene to Canada. Peter and Hilda served Winnipeg Central MB (now Elmwood) Church as deacons. They entertained many at their Laclu, Ont., cottage. Hilda’s her eyesight deteriorated in later years. Family was always important. She loved being Oma and Omi to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Translucent objects such as fog, smoke, glass, ice, and liquids are pervasive in cinematic environments because they frame scenes in depth and create visually compelling shots. Unfortunately, they are hard to simulate in real-time and have thus previously been rendered poorly compared to opaque surfaces in games.
This paper introduces the first model for a real-time rasterization algorithm that can simultaneously approximate the following transparency phenomena: wavelength-varying ("colored") transmission, translucent colored shadows, caustics, partial coverage, diffusion, and refraction. All render efficiently on modern GPUs by using order-independent draw calls and low bandwidth. We include source code for the transparency and resolve shaders.
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AMTE Power in battery deal for EV development
AMTE Power, the Thurso-based commercial battery cell manufacturer, has signed a deal to supply ultra high power cells to engineering services company MAHLE Powertrain for the next generation of electric vehicles.
AMTE Power’s cells are specifically designed to solve key challenges for high-performance electric vehicles (EVs), balancing power, weight and safety needs.
The group’s lithium ion UHP cell provides rapid charging and discharging times. All of ATME Power’s cells are made in the UK, guaranteeing security of supply and helping MPT’s EV customers comply with emerging rules of origin legislation.
This Memorandum of Understanding with MPT is the latest in a series of commercial opportunities announced by AMTE Power.
The business gave a further hint at building a gigafactory. It said it “anticipates providing a further update later this year on its manufacturing capabilities that will enable it to produce its cells in the UK at industrial scale.
Kevin Brundish, CEO, commented: “This first step towards a commercial partnership with MPT builds on a number of recent MoUs that we’ve agreed in the automotive sector.
“We’re generating real momentum in the market as more customers recognise the value of our differentiated cell technology. This is an important step in our pathway towards commercialisation and we are looking forward to working with MPT to unlock the next generation of high-performance vehicles.”
John Hollingworth, sales and marketing director of MAHLE Powertrain commented: “Securing access to the latest in battery cell technology is key to delivering the sustained high performance our customers are looking for in their battery pack developments.
“MPT have invested in our people’s skills and developed cutting edge design, analysis and performance testing capabilities to be able to optimise the full potential of battery cells in module and pack form.
“This partnership with AMTE means that we now can push the boundaries of battery technology and feedback into the development cycle to push the boundaries even further in the future.”
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Haile is a twelve year old orphan from Awasa in the south of Ethiopia. His parents were subsistence farmers before they both sadly passed away, leaving him in the care of his grandmother.
When Haile was 11, he contracted rheumatic fever. Unable to access the penicillin that could have treated his original infection, this developed into rheumatic heart disease, which destroyed a valve in his heart, called the mitral valve. He became breathless and lethargic and unable to keep up with his peers. His grandmother noticed that he was becoming weaker and weaker whilst his liver had become enlarged from the heart failure.
Haile’s grandmother travelled with him on the five-hour journey to the capital, Addis Ababa, leaving him at the University Black Lion Hospital.
The Critical Care Unit of the hospital became his home for the next six months as the local team in Ethiopia lack the skills and equipment to perform cardiac surgery independently.
Chain of Hope was alerted to Haile's worsening condition and he was to put on an emergency referral list for the Aswan Heart Centre in Egypt, one of Chain of Hope's partner hospitals.
Selam, a well-wisher visiting the hospital in Addis Ababa, met Haile and agreed to become his legal guardian so that Haile could travel out of the country for emergency surgery.
Over Easter weekend, after suffering for a long time from untreated rheumatic heart disease, Haile underwent mitral valve surgery with Professor Yacoub.
Haile has since made a good recovery and intends to study hard in order to become a doctor one day and save other children similar to him.
Watch Haile's story here.
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Properly Diagnosing a Gas Furnace Pressure Switch
Pressure switches are used in a variety of applications. Generally, they are a normally open switch that closes with either a rise or fall in the pressure it is monitoring, They are used mostly as a safety device but are also used for operation control, such as fan cycle controls for low ambient cooling, starting and stopping for steam boilers, and the list goes on. Today, I am focusing on the pressure switch used in gas furnaces that prove inducer fan operation.
As noted above, the pressure switches used for gas furnaces are almost always normally open.
The board first checks the switch to ensure it is open prior to the inducer call. If it is closed prior to the call, it will go into fault because the switch is clearly jumpered, the circuit shorted, or the switch failed closed.
During preignition, when the inducer motor is running before the flame is established, it draws the heat exchanger into a negative pressure (draft). The pressure switch is used to prove this draft by a connection, typically rubber or vinyl tubing, directly to the heat exchanger or to the inducer draft motor housing. In the normal sequence of operations, if the pressure switch does not close during this preignition period, the control board will not allow the furnace to light. This is to ensure a few things. First, that the inducer motor is operational and not failed (inducer wheel broken, etc.). Second, it proves that the exhaust pathways are clear. If the chimney is caving in, or Mr. squirrel makes a nest in the top of the flue stack, the inducer motor will not be able to establish the draft (negative pressure) required to close the switch. The switch should also stay closed during the entire run cycle.
If the control board determines that the inducer motor has been running for an allotted amount of time and the pressure switch has not closed, it will lock out the furnace and go into a fault situation. It also locks out into fault if the switch opens enough times while the flame is lit. We will use Carrier as an example. When the switch does not close or opens during operation, and the furnace locks out, the led light on the control board flashes a fault code 31, which indicates the switch did not close. If the switch does not open after the furnace satisfies the heating demand and tries to start again, the board will flash a code 23. Code 23 would be seen as two short flashes, followed by three long flashes.
So, what's the proper procedure for troubleshooting if you come across a furnace displaying these fault codes? Most of the time, the issue is pretty apparent after you reset the board and run the furnace. The inducer motor is failed, or a family of opossums used the chimney base as their summer home, or most uncommon of all, the pressure switch is bad. But what about when it's not so apparent? When you reset the board and the furnace lights, and it runs fine, and the customer runs down and tells you how great you are? More than likely, if you leave it at that, that same customer who praised you will be calling in again but probably won't be as happy with your service skills as before. So, let's dig in and check a few more things.
In the thousands of no heat calls I have run, I can count the number of pressure switches that failed on their own with no other factors on the one hand. They just don't fail very often. I would need a lot more hands to count the callbacks I've run where another tech condemned and replaced a pressure switch, only to have the same issue not long after.
Callbacks cost money, and they always hurt my pride when they were mine, so the goal is to save both. So, the first thing to do in this situation is slow down. This time of year (December) is crazy busy for everyone, but the most important call you will run today is the run you are on right now. When I am in a hurry, I'm much more likely to miss things, and when that happens, I normally end up coming back to the call anyway.
Next, grab your trusty volt/amp meter and manometer. I prefer the digital version for both. Check incoming voltage to the furnace and make sure it is within spec of the voltage rating on the data tag. Check the amperage rating on the inducer motor, and make sure the actual amperage is in range. Let the inducer motor run for a while. If the amperage starts to go up substantially, or the motor gets noisy or too hot to touch, there is potentially a motor issue. Check the tubing that connects the pressure switch to the draft point. Look for cracks, brittleness, and crud or water inside the tubes.
If you see anything, clean it out. Hook a manometer to the tubing and check the draft from the heat exchanger in inches W.C. with a manometer or Magnehelic. The pressure switch has a pressure at which it closes, which is typically negative. Ensure the draft is above the required pressure. By this point on an 80% efficiency furnace, if you haven't found the culprit, you will have to put on your best thinking cap because the issue could be any number of things, including a bad board, loose or bad wire connections, or a bad pressure switch.
If you are working on a 90+% (condensing) furnace, move to the condensate drain. These furnaces produce water as a result of lower exhaust temperatures, and that water is removed from the furnace in a few ways. Carrier has a condensate trap that is a white box that mounts in the blower compartment on an upflow application. If this trap is partially clogged, water can back up in the secondary heat exchanger. This can prevent the necessary air movement required to produce enough draft to close the pressure switch. And if it's only partially clogged, it may have drained when the furnace was locked out and not running. So when you get there and reset it, everything runs fine until the condensate starts to back up again. Also, where the condensate water goes after it leaves the furnace is important to note. Does it go to a condensate pump? Does that pump the water outside? Is it freezing outside? It could have been last night, which caused water to back up and the furnace to lock out, but today, it's 40 degrees, everything has melted, and it's running smoothly.
These are just a few things I've seen with consistency over the years, but the potential number of causes for the fault codes listed above are almost limitless. And every heating season, I run into an issue I haven't seen before. This is in no way a comprehensive checklist. The goal of this is to prevent a technician from replacing too many parts that don't need to be replaced, which I did early on more times than I'd like to admit. Have a safe and merry heating season, and as we all hear from time to time, don't be a hack!
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recently i had the honor of delivering the commencement speech to the students graduating from the usc viterbi school of engineering in 2015. this was a momentous day for the students – and the fact that it rained in southern california during their comments only made it that much more novel 🙂
complacency is the enemy of achievement – so get comfortable being uncomfortable
- seek mentors to help you navigate through uncomfortable situations
- in general, people want to help and pay it forward.
- spend time with and talk with non-engineers. build understanding and empathy of others that are not like you
- as a ceo of composite software, i built empathy around the challenges of sales and the importance of understanding the difference in a sales culture vs eng culture.
- seek diverse perspectives – unlearn what you have learned
- building a mobile operating system (webOS) is very different that rebuilding an online service like twitter
- keep building regardless of your age or experience – once a builder – always a builder
- i always have had a side project that i am building…
your biggest risk is pursuing a journey whereby you are too comfortable
thanks for listening!
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North America’s Biggest Pumpkin Is 2,000 Pounds of Gourd Glory
That's certainly true in the case of this outrageously large pumpkin, which has been recognized as the heaviest in North America and will jump-start your autumn.
The gourd clocked in at more than 2,000 pounds last weekend at the Cedarburg Wine and Harvest Festival in Cedarburg, Wisc.
Gene McMullen is the fella responsible for the pumpkin. He has a real knack for growing huge gourds, too, because this year's record-setter topped his old mark of 1,600 pounds from last year.
So, what's his secret? Well, the secret is...there is no secret. McMullen says he's "Lucky. Dumb luck....I don't do anything different than any other growers do."
Well, whatever it is he's doing, he ought to keep on doing it because it's working.
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Department of History
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The Department of History at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies offers a range of courses designed to familiarize students with the past and foster their ability to think clearly and critically, to write effectively, and to read intelligently. Departmental courses cover the breadth of the human experience across the entire North American continent as well as the region’s interaction with the rest of the world -- a complex subject matter that can be retraced in a wealth of archival sources, intricate literature and diverse teaching styles. Students begin by taking introductory survey courses, then sign up for classes helping them to narrow down their specific interest. Courses focus on the history of United States, Canada, the Atlantic World, and the region’s interaction with Africa, the Middle East, Australia and the Pacific Rim. Subjects include but are not limited to politics, diplomacy, minorities, women, economics, intellectual ideas, and law.
The Department offers courses of study leading to the B.A. and the M. A. in North American Studies as well as the Ph.D. degree in history. Our courses are open to students of North American Studies as well as to students of history (Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut). Moreover, students of related fields such as English, political science, international relations, area studies, law and related fields can likewise participate in individual courses after consultation with the instructor. All courses require students to have a Blackboard account.
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Installing the Fuzzbuzz CLI
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Quality and Safety Education for Nurses: core competencies for nursing leadership and care management I congratulate the editors of [this book] on their commitment to continuously updating the resources needed by nursing leaders, faculty, and students who seek to develop or enhance their quality and safety competencies. The chapters and the contents of this edition align magnificently with new domains of the AACN accreditation standards (2021). Whatever your level of education or role in nursing, this textbook is rich in resources to support your growth. -Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN (ret.), FAAN Professor & Dean Emeritus University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing Former Principal Investigator, QSEN: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (From the Foreword) This Third Edition of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses has been thoroughly updated for students in undergraduate Associate, Baccalaureate, Accelerated and BSN completion Nursing programs. There is a chapter focusing on each of the six Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Competency areas, with content on Nursing Leadership and Patient Care Management infused throughout the chapters. The Third Edition also includes new chapters on Systems Thinking, Implementation Science, and Population Health. It includes an Instructor's manual and Powerpoints. New to the Third Edition: New Chapters: Chapter 3: Systems Thinking Chapter 13: Implementation Science Chapter 15: Population Health and the Role of Quality and Safety Incorporates new content based on The Future of 2020-2030 Report and the 2021 AACN Essentials Contains a Competency Crosswalk connecting each chapter's content to QSEN/AACN Competencies Key Features: Supports nursing schools to fulfill accreditation standards for Quality and Safety curricula Includes Clinical Judgment Activities, Case Studies, Interviews, NCLEX-Style Questions, Figures, Tables, Bibliography, Suggested Readings, and more to clarify content Designed to be used in a stand-alone Quality and Safety course, Leadership and Management Nursing course, or as a support for Nursing courses Provides instructor package with an unfolding case study with suggestions for assignments, questions and answers for case study and critical thinking exercises, PowerPoint slides, and more
Call Number: RT73 .I59 2022
Quality and Safety in Nursing: a competency approach to improving outcomes Quality and Safety in Nursing First published in 2012, Quality and Safety in Nursing was the first volume of its kind to explore the role of the nursing community in improving quality of care and patient safety. Now in its third edition, this comprehensive resource remains essential reading for all those involved in equipping current and future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) needed to deliver exceptional care. The new edition begins with an overview of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative and its origins in the Future of Nursing report published in 2010, before defining each of the six QSEN competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence based practice, quality improvement, safety and informatics. The content incorporates the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing recommendations, as well as the 2021 AACN Essentials for Education competencies. Finally, the text presents both teaching and clinical application strategies for building and implementing a culture of quality and safety across settings. Integrates QSEN competencies in simulation and provides new instructional and practice approaches Features redesigned chapters for reimagining classroom and clinical learning, applying reflective practices and transforming education and practice through inter-professional teamwork Provides new case studies and personal accounts highlighting key principles and their application in real-world scenarios Contains new and expanded material on assessment and evaluation, transition to practice, leadership and management, and primary, outpatient, and ambulatory care Offers a new discussion of future research directions and global perspectives on quality and safety Quality and Safety in Nursing, Third Edition is required reading for graduate students in nursing education programs, faculty in nursing schools, nursing and healthcare educators, clinical nurse specialists, clinical administrators, and those working in professional development and quality improvement.
Call Number: RT85.5 .Q83 2022x
Implementing Patient Safety: addressing culture, conditions and values to help people work safely Over the last two decades across the globe we have seen a multitude of programs, projects and books to help improve the safety of patient care in healthcare. However, the full potential of these has not yet been reached. Most of the current approaches are top down, programmatic and target driven. These look at problems in isolation one harm at a time with simplistic solutions that fail to support a holistic, systematic approach. They are focused on collecting incident data and learning from failure using tools that are not fit for purpose in a complex nonlinear system. Very rarely do the solutions help build the conditions, cultures and behaviours that support a safer system and help the people involved work safely. Healthcare is stuck in a relentlessly negative approach to safety. Those working in patient safety and healthcare are struggling, and books on patient safety to date instruct the reader to continue doing the same things we have been doing for the last 20 years. This book uniquely combines the latest thinking in safety, including creating a balanced approach to learning from what works as a way to understand why it fails, together with the evidence on building a just culture, positive workplaces and working relationships that we now know are so important for safety. It helps people understand how to address issues despite their complexities and improve safety with practical ways to truly understand what day to day healthcare work is actually like, rather than what people imagine it is like. This book builds on the author's first book Rethinking Patient Safety which exposed what we need to do differently to truly transform our approach to patient safety. It updates the reader further on the concepts explored in the first book but also vitally helps readers understand the 'how'. Implementing Patient Safety goes beyond the rhetoric and provides the reader with ideas and examples for how the latest thinking can actually be achieved. It is based on the author's personal experience of leading a national culture change campaign in the National Health Service for five years. The lessons arise from helping hundreds of organisations and people rethink and implement a whole new way of thinking about improving patient safety in healthcare.
Call Number: R729.8 .W655 2020
Five Disciplines for Zero Patient Harm Safe care for every patient, in every setting, every time. Is this really an achievable goal for all healthcare organizations? Yes, it is. The vast majority of occurrences of harm to patients during their care are preventable. But simply aiming for improvement won't do; healthcare organizations must reset their patient safety goal to zero patient harm . Five Disciplines for Zero Patient Harm: How High Reliability Happens offers real-world, how-to guidance for driving fundamental change that consistently achieves safe patient care. Drawing on best practices from high-hazard industries such as aviation, nuclear power, and air traffic control, this book details the safety habits and disciplines that are ingrained in such organizations' cultures and behaviors. Specifically, five disciplines of performance excellence, when consistently applied to healthcare organizations, can save lives and protect patients from harm: Prepare for excellent performance through simulation, deliberate practice, and training.Apply proven offensive strategies that exhibit consistent, excellent individual and team performance.Minimize both individual and team errors through immediate feedback and coach interventions.Employ strong defensive strategies that effectively block the potential negative effects of errors, latent hazards, and emerging threats.Coach individuals and teams to achieve consistent, excellent performance in the first four disciplines.Zero preventable patient harm can be the norm, not the stretch goal, when the practices and action steps in this comprehensive resource are implemented. Five Disciplines for Zero Patient Harm provides an evidence-based guide for hospitals and healthcare systems to transform unsafe behaviors into safe behaviors and safe behaviors into safe habits. That's how high reliability happens.
Call Number: R729.8 .M69 2019
Improving Patient Safety: tools and strategies for quality improvement Based on the IOM's estimate of 44,000 deaths annually, medical errors rank as the eighth leading cause of death in the U.S. Clearly medical errors are an epidemic that needs to be contained. Despite these numbers, patient safety and medical errors remain an issue for physicians and other clinicians. This book bridges the issues related to patient safety by providing clinically relevant, vignette-based description of the areas where most problems occur. Each vignette highlights a particular issue such as communication, human facturs, E.H.R., etc. and provides tools and strategies for improving quality in these areas and creating a safer environment for patients.
Call Number: R729.8 .G68 2019
Understanding Patient Safety, 3rd ed. Now revised and updated--the landmark patient safety primer written by the world's leading authorities Medical errors are the unfortunate byproduct of an increasingly complex healthcare system. Now more than ever, keeping patients safe takes well-trained caregivers, relevant insights from a range of industries, additional investment--and a groundbreaking text like Understanding Patient Safety. Understanding Patient Safety is "must read" for those seeking to master the clinical, organizational, and systems issues of patient safety. In this bestselling primer, patient safety pioneer Robert Wachter and Kiran Gupta put all the essential tools and principles at your fingertips. Engaging and accessible, the book is filled with high-yield cases, analyses, tables, graphics, along with key points and references--all designed to help you optimize quality and safety. Understanding Patient Safety begins with an introduction to patient safety and medical errors. Its second section surveys specific types of medical errors, including those related to surgery, medications, diagnosis, transition and handoff, and infections. The third section covers proven solutions, from establishing reporting systems, to creating a culture of safety. The third edition reflects pivotal new developments in the field, including major updates in diagnostic errors, information technology and patient safety, ambulatory safety, and clinician burnout. Features: *Coverage of human factors and errors at the person-machine interface *Review of workplace issues, including supporting caregivers after major errors *How to organize an effective safety program *Coordination of patient education and training *Overview of the malpractice system *Discussion of the patient's role
Call Number: R729.8 .W335 2018
Patient Safety Strategies: evidence-based practices for fall prevention This book takes you step-by-step through setting up a successful and sustainable evidence-based multidisciplinary fall prevention program to protect patients.
Introduction to fall prevention -- Planning care through screening and assessment -- Risk factors for falls -- Modifications based on risk factor identification: preventing falls -- Fall prevention program -- Fall response -- Pediatric falls.
Call Number: RA969.9 .H35 2017x
Quality and Safety in Nursing: a competency approach to improving outcomes Drawing on the universal values in health care, the second edition of Quality and Safety in Nursing continues to devote itself to the nursing community and explores their role in improving quality of care and patient safety. Edited by key members of the Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN) steering team, Quality and Safety in Nursing is divided into three sections. Itfirst looks at the national initiative for quality and safety and links it to its origins in the IOM report. The second section defines each of the six QSEN competencies as well as providing teaching and clinical application strategies, resources and current references. The final section now features redesigned chapters on implementing quality and safety across settings. New to this edition includes: Instructional and practice approaches including narrative pedagogy and integrating the competencies in simulation A new chapter exploring the application of clinical learning and the critical nature of inter-professional teamwork A revised chapter on the mirror of education and practice to better understand teaching approaches This ground-breaking unique text addresses the challenges of preparing future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) necessary to continuously improve the health care system in which they practice.
Call Number: RT85.5 .Q83 2017x
High-Reliability Healthcare: improving patient safety and outcomes with Six Sigma High-Reliability Organizations prioritize safety over other performance measures and equip staff with operational tactics so that they can anticipate potential problems early on and respond to safety threats. Driven by the desire to improve, healthcare providers have recognized that the principles and approaches of High-Reliability Organizations have much to offer healthcare organizations in meeting important goals related to patient safety and improved outcomes.
High-Reliability Healthcare: Improving Patient Safety and Outcomes with Six Sigma explores how the Six Sigma approach to quality improvement which strives to reduce variability by both reducing error and standardizing processes integrates with and complements the culture of High-Reliability Organizations. Six Sigma is the ground-up support structure for the Highly Reliable Healthcare Organization. Written in a practical, how-to style, the book provides healthcare executives with a tool kit for understanding variability, managing change, and, ultimately, reducing errors and improving patient outcomes.
This extensively revised edition includes:
Expanded content on Lean operations, including scheduling with and without queuing
In-depth guidance on error reduction
Strategies for managing inevitable interruptions
Workflow-design strategies, with more emphasis on Lean
Advice on technological change, including what senior managers need to consider when adapting computer systems
Additional cases to support the book s in-depth explanations and methods
Expanded coverage of data visualization
A significantly revised chapter on change management
Call Number: RA399.A1 B366 2017
Patient Safety: investigating and reporting serious clinical incidents At a time of increasing regulatory scrutiny and medico-legal risk, managing serious clinical incidents within primary care has never been more important. Failure to manage appropriately can have serious consequences both for service organisations and for individuals involved. This is the first book to provide detailed guidance on how to conduct incident investigations in primary care. The concise guide explains how to recognise a serious clinical incident, how to conduct a root cause analysis investigation, and how and when duty of candour applies covers the technical aspects of serious incident recognition and report writing includes a wealth of practical advice and 'top tips', including how to manage the common pitfalls in writing reports offers practical advice as well as some new and innovative tools to help make the RCA process easier to follow explores the all-important human factors in clinical incidents in detail, with multiple examples and worked-through cases studies as well as in-depth sample reports and analysis. This book offers a master class for anyone performing RCA and aiming to demonstrate learning and service improvement in response to serious clinical incidents. It is essential reading for any clinical or governance leads in primary care, including GP practices, 'out-of-hours', urgent care centres, prison health and NHS 111. It also offers valuable insights to any clinician who is in training or working at the coal face who wishes to understand how serious clinical are investigated and managed. e all-important human factors in clinical incidents in detail, with multiple examples and worked-through cases studies as well as in-depth sample reports and analysis. This book offers a master class for anyone performing RCA and aiming to demonstrate learning and service improvement in response to serious clinical incidents. It is essential reading for any clinical or governance leads in primary care, including GP practices, 'out-of-hours', urgent care centres, prison health and NHS 111. It also offers valuable insights to any clinician who is in training or working at the coal face who wishes to understand how serious clinical are investigated and managed.
Call Number: R729.8 .K45 2017
High Reliability Organizations: a healthcare handbook for patient safety & quality Patient safety and quality are an ever-increasing concern to consumers, payers, providers, organizations, and governments. However, high reliability methods and science that can provide efficient and effective care have still not been totally implemented into our healthcare culture. Nurses, representing the majority of healthcare workers, are on the front line of the delivery and provision of safe and effective care and are ideally situated to drive the mission to achieve high reliability in healthcare.
High Reliability Organizations: A Healthcare Handbook for Patient Safety & Quality presents practical examples of HRO principles in order to establish a system that detects and prevents errors from happening even in the most difficult, high risk conditions. Authors Cynthia Oster and Jane Braaten provide healthcare professionals with tools and best practices that will improve and enhance patient safety and quality outcomes. This book provides: An overview of HRO science as an organizing framework for quality and patient safety Practical applications of HRO science, focusing on quality and patient safety Knowledge and tools that can be applied to current quality and safety practices Real-world examples of HRO principles employed in a variety of patient care areas
Call Number: RA971 .H54 2016
Patient Safety Handbook In the current climate of managed care, tight cost controls, limited resources, and the growing demand for health care services, conditions for medical errors are ripe. Nearly 100,000 people die each year from medical errors and tens of thousands more are injured. This comprehensive handbook on patient safety reflects the goals of many in the health care industry to advance the reliability of healthcare systems worldwide. With contributions from prominent thought leaders in the field, this thoroughly revised, Second Edition of The Patient Safety Handbook looks at all the recent changes in the industry and offers practical guidance on implementing systems and processes to improve outcomes and advance patient safety. The book covers the full spectrum of patient safety and risk reduction-- from the fundamentals of the science of safety, through a thorough discussion of operational issues, and the application of the principles of research. Real-life case studies from renowned health care organizations and their leadership help the reader understand the practical application of the strategies presented. Key Features: * Offers contributions from prominent thought leaders in both academia and the profession. * Examines the newest scientific advances in the science of safety. * Includes real-life case studies from renowned health care organizations.
Call Number: R729.8 .P38 2013
Patient Safety Pocket Guide by Gives you background that you need to identify and prevent critical patient safety issues, including patient falls, alarm fatigue, catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), suicide prevention, medication reconciliation and more. This guide is divided into the five sections: Infections, Medications, Falls, Pressure Ulcers, and Suicide.
Call Number: Pamphlet # 2231
Publication Date: 2012
Patient Safety and Hospital Accreditation: a model for ensuring success Improving the culture of safety in our health care institutions is an essential component of preventing or reducing errors as well as improving overall health care quality. This book presents the clinically tested Myer's Patient Safety Model for health care system leaders, middle managers, and administrators to build their patient safety program and to help sustain, renew, or obtain accreditation. The author provides detailed explanations of why medical errors still occur in accredited hospitals, and provides the much needed organization-wide steps to prevent these errors and enhance patient safety for improved outcomes. Current patient safety challenges are discussed with an emphasis on the concept of reliability. The Myers Model is examined in detail, along with current evidence for its three interrelated levels of organizational structure-the leadership (system) level, the unit (microsystem) level, and the individual level. The text includes interviews about key aspects of patient safety with three leaders of major health care accreditation programs in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Additionally, it provides an overview of reporting systems within the U.S. and covers two essential tools for patient safety-root cause analysis and failure mode and effect analysis. The book links all aspects of patient safety with accreditation standards at the national level, and also discusses efforts to globalize accreditation criteria and procedures. Key Features: Presents a clinically tested model for building a patient safety program and helping to sustain, renew, or obtain accreditation Provides tools for use in ensuring patient safety and accreditation, including root cause analysis and failure mode and effect analysis Discusses how aggregate data inform patient safety documentation and accreditation through integrated perspectives Offers a global view of accreditation and patient safety Includes techniques to improve communication among members of health care teams
Call Number: HF5415.5 .K3865 2012x
Just Culture: balancing safety and accountability Building on the success of the 2007 original, Dekker revises, enhances and expands his view of just culture for this second edition, additionally tackling the key issue of how justice is created inside organizations. The goal remains the same: to create an environment where learning and accountability are fairly and constructively balanced. The First Edition of Sidney Dekker¿s Just Culture brought accident accountability and criminalization to a broader audience. It made people question, perhaps for the first time, the nature of personal culpability when organizational accidents occur. Having raised this awareness the author then discovered that while many organizations saw the fairness and value of creating a just culture they really struggled when it came to developing it: What should they do? How should they and their managers respond to incidents, errors, failures that happen on their watch? In this Second Edition, Dekker expands his view of just culture, additionally tackling the key issue of how justice is created inside organizations. The new book is structured quite differently. Chapter One asks, ¿what is the right thing to do?¿ - the basic moral question underpinning the issue. Ensuing chapters demonstrate how determining the ¿right thing¿ really depends on one¿s viewpoint, and that there is not one ¿true story¿ but several. This naturally leads into the key issue of how justice is established inside organizations and the practical efforts needed to sustain it. The following chapters place just culture and criminalization in a societal context. Finally, the author reflects upon why we tend to blame individual people for systemic failures when in fact we bear collective responsibility. The changes to the text allow the author to explain the core elements of a just culture which he delineated so successfully in the First Edition and to explain how his original ideas have evolved. Dekker also introduces new material on ethics and on caring
Call Number: BJ1725 .D45 2012
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Why is Rome called the Eternal City? It’s because ancient Romans believed that no matter what happened to the world or how many empires came and collapsed, Rome would go on forever.
This is our 2nd time visiting Rome, and both times we seem to discover something new or a new vantage point. There’s just way too much history, art, culture, etc. to take it all in on one visit, even though we had 3 days.
At the bottom of the Spanish Steps. Our last visit to Rome was in mid April 2013, and the temperature was about 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer this time. It is early morning (10am is early in Rome), so the Steps are not crowded. But, by late afternoon, hundreds of people will be here sitting on the steps people watching.
The Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) was built 1885-1925 for the first King of an unified Italy (before this time period Italy was made up of several kingdoms). It is made of marble like most of the Roman buildings were, but the ancient buildings are now brownish, while this white stands out. But, it helps the imagination to envision how ancient Rome must have looked like with all the white buildings.
Our last visit was in early April 2013, and the difference that 6 weeks makes in visiting Rome is noticeable. From the warmer temperatures to the larger crowds, it starts to get real busy with more tourists arriving as the summer holiday season approaches. And, Rome does feel like one of those places that will draw you back for return visits in the future.
We spent 2 days in Rome prior to leaving for our western Mediterranean cruise. And, then our 3rd day in Rome was our last cruise day as we did one last tour before transferring to the airport.
And, when you get lost in Rome, you can find charming side streets like this one that instantly creates a postcard setting.
After our two visits, here are some of our tips about visiting Rome:
Walking: Bring comfortable walking shoes. And ladies, forget the heels if you plan to walk any of the Roman streets with their cobblestones or bricks. The center of Rome can easily be walked in a full day. Our hotels have been close to the Borghese Gardens, so starting there it is easy to walk to the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, to the Altar of the Fatherland, Roman Forum, Coliseum, the Circus Maximus, and then we take the Metro back to the closest stop to where we started. This route makes for a full day, but it is well worth it!!
Piazza Navona (town square named Navona) built in the 1st Century AD. Now a space for markets of artists lined by cafes. We did the tourist thing and had lunch here. TRAVEL TIP: eat at a cafe a few blocks from popular attractions…while our food here was good, it was twice the cost of other places.
Our visit to Vatican City, and the view of St. Peter’s Basilica. We toured the Vatican Museum with all of its artwork: sculptures, hanging art, painted walls, tapestries, etc. And, after an hour through the museum, we then toured the Sistine Chapel, and the famous painted ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is smaller and the famous “Creation of Adam” picture is smaller than one would think. Unfortunately, no pix are allowed in the Sistine Chapel. After that, we then toured St. Peter’s Basilica, and it is AMAZING!
Buy Tour Tickets in Advance: To visit the Vatican City (either the Vatican Museum or St. Peter’s Basilica) or the Coliseum, buy your tour tickets online and arrive early. Buying the tickets online allows you to skip the line in waiting to buy tickets. And the earlier you go, the better to beat the crowds.
The Gallery of Tapestries in the Vatican Museum. The artwork in the ceiling is flat, but it looks like it is in 3-D. And, along the walls are large tapestries from the 1500s. I left the people in the picture to provide scale to show how large they are. Each one has various religious images woven together.
The next gallery is the Gallery of Maps, with painted maps showing different parts of the Holy Roman Empire, painted in the 1600s. While it is called the “Gallery of Maps”…I like to call this room “Hey, Look at THAT Ceiling”
Tour Companies: If you tour the Vatican, consider booking a tour via a tour company. After researching TripAdvisor.com, we selected a tour with a company called Viator and selected the tour of the Museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s. We had a great experience and an awesome tour guide that was excited to show us all the wonderful things in the Vatican. The rest of Rome can be toured on your own, just find a good map and guide book.
Raphael painted 4 rooms here with each room being used as an apartment for the Pope at that time. Basically, the entire Vatican Museum is the apartment building where various Popes lived. Each Pope wanted various artworks or sculptures made, so over time, each apartment became a museum onto itself.
There are so many works of art to share. Honestly, I am not an art person, as in knowing the names and their interpretative meanings….but, I do appreciate beauty and detail. This work is one of the most famous: “The School of Athens” is one of the most famous frescoes by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It took 3 years (1509-11) to complete, and has to be about 30 feet wide x 20 feet tall. It depicts the “worldly” Greek philosophers and the “spiritual” Christian thinkers discussing the topics of Philosophy, Poetry & Music, Theology, and Law.
After touring the Sistine Chapel, we were then led into the St. Peter’s Basilica, which is the largest Church in the world. The last time we visited Rome, we did not go inside…but this time, we did.
The height of the dome is high enough that the Statue of Liberty can fit inside!! The altar for the Pope is the large structure on the right.
Driving…Just Don’t: Unless you plan to drive outside of Rome…DO NOT RENT A CAR!!! The drivers in Rome are nuts. I really think that street lanes, traffic lights, and pedestrian walkways are just merely there for a suggestion. You will have a street with 4 painted lanes of traffic and 7 lanes of cars with motorbikes darting in and out of traffic. The Rome Airport is about a 40 minute drive to the center of Rome, and the cost of a taxi is on par with the cost of a car transfer service. Since we had 4 people in our travel party, we arranged a car service with a van pickup, and our cost was only 55 Euros in total!! This is the third time we have used Fattori Car Service, and they have been great. Always on time and very professional. We also arranged for their service to drive us to the cruise port about 90 minutes away. The cost for the 4 of us in a van was 150 Euros.
The roads may have two lanes painted on them for traffic, but there will be 4 lanes of cars and these motorbikes darting in and around all the cars (it is surprisingly orderly chaos)
Eating: The best thing about food in Italy, is it is Italian Food! Ha! Imagine that!! If you love pasta, pizza, antipasti, then you are in heaven. There are so many street side cafes to choose. You will find a big difference in pricing though, especially if you are beside one of the main tourist spots. We had lunch in the Piazza Navona, and the cost of our meal was twice what we paid at the cafe a block from our hotel. And, the serving size was a little smaller. If you want to enjoy the view while dining then eating near the attraction is a great idea. However, for a little less money, just walk about 2-3 blocks away, as you are more than likely to eat where the locals do and pay a lot less for more.
Section of the Roman Water Aqueduct. These structures were built to carry drinking water from far away water sources into the city. It worked because there is a slow gradient (downhill) from the water source to the end which allows gravity to transport the water. The longest of these were 50+ miles in length. Amazingly, some of the construction of these started 100BC, which is an amazing engineering and surveying feat to plan and build this infrastructure.
The Circus Maximus…the largest sports arena in Rome, where the famous chariot races were held. About 2,000 feet in length & 400 feet in width (almost a mile long oval track). Along the banks, there was room to hold about 150,000 people to watch. Built about 200 BC. Today, it is an open air park that still holds events. (Read where the Rolling Stones held a concert here for 73,000 people in 2014)
Pickpockets: Being mindful of your surroundings is important, not only in Rome, but any large tourist city in Europe. Crime rates are very low in Europe, but what can be high are petty crimes like pickpocketing. Here’s the situation. You are at the Trevi Fountain, and you are taking a picture or throwing a coin in. It is a very busy place, and before you know it, someone has stolen something off of you by bumping into you. Our hints are for guys to wear money belts either under their waistband or around their neck under their shirt. And for ladies to have their purse strapped across their body instead of down one side and to keep it more toward the front. Also, it is a good idea to wear a lightweight shirt or scarf over it to further hide it from view. And, if you are in groups, to use the buddy system to look after each other in crowds, especially if anyone wears a backpack.
The Piazza del Popolo (Square of the Popes). The obelisk here was once in the center of the Circus Maximus. Now, it is in the center of the square.
At the Roman Colosseum (Coliseum) built about 80AD….has to be one of the most iconic structures in the world.
The Pantheon, meaning “of, relating to, or common to all the gods” was originally built about 20BC. Converted to a Catholic Church around 600AD. One of the oldest, intact, and still used buildings in Rome (if not the world!).
Entering the Pantheon through very large doors, you see the dome structure with the hole, which lets the sunlight inside.
From my viewpoint as an engineer, this is the largest unsupported (no arches or beams) concrete dome structure in the world, which is a feat considering it was built 2000+ years ago. BTW, the hole is there so people can look up to God and so God can look down to the people.
Rome is a beautiful city. It is right there with Paris as cities most likely that we will return multiple times again to visit. Each time we find a new place, and are amazed with this ancient and still vibrant city.
If you enjoyed this post, here is the link to our other blog post about our first visit to Rome in April 2013, and our first impressions of visiting this iconic city.
Beside the Coliseum is the Constantine Arch, built in 315 AD in tribute to Emperor Constantine’s victory in battle. Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity….built a city for himself in the eastern part of the Roman Empire in modern day Turkey. The City is now Instanbul, but it was once called Constantinople (who gets the reference?). BTW, this arch was built in the 4th Century, and its design has been copied in a number of places, most notably the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
The Roman Forum area which would have been the “main part of town”. Historic figures like Mark Antony, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar would have all been here. Monuments dating back to the 7th Century BC.
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INNOVATIONS IN FIBRE ROLL-OUT PREPARE THE GROUND FOR 5G
Innovative services that are being delivered via high fibre bandwidth are being matched by less visible, but equally vital, innovations in how that fibre is deployed.
Movie and music streaming, video phone calls and the ability for medical experts to guide procedures in remote clinics using video conferencing are just some of the ways people are benefitting from continual improvements in telecoms technology.
Yet as many countries slowly gear up for 5G installations, much of Africa has still to experience any high-speed connectivity at all. Massive cabling projects are being rolled out by several companies however, particularly in South Africa, and fibre to the home is no longer the sole preserve of the elite.
Rural areas are also best served by fibre installations, partly to avoid the theft of above-ground technologies and partly because the need for broadband will only increase as more rural citizens get connected, drawing on the built-in redundancy that fibre offers.
Jasco Carrier Solutions is playing a role in this fibre revolution by supplying innovative equipment and techniques to deploy cable more quickly and cheaply. One clever creation is a pre-cast manhole, removing the need for workers to build a bricks and mortar support structure around underground access points to the cables. The lightweight manhole cases come in flatpacks and are easily assembled, then simply be dropped into a hole. They come with 16 or 20 cable entry points at various angles around the sides for easy retro-fitting into existing installations.
Jasco is also helping companies to slash the high splicing costs every time two wires are linked. Splice machines are usually costly pieces of equipment that require specialised skills to operate. Jasco is now supplying the Fibrlok II Universal Splice, where each splice costs only around R3, making it hugely cost effective. The Fibrlok is purely mechanical and doesn’t need any electrical power or specialised skills, making it easy to use on site, and index matching gel at the splice point helps to maintain transmission quality.
Other products that Jasco supplies include innovative options for last-mile connectivity.
Hotels, housing complexes and sophisticated offices don’t want ugly wires running throughout their buildings, so the aesthetic answer is a clear fibre that lets operators deploy the network without marring the appearance of the rooms. One popular solution is Clear Track Hallway Fiber Pathway, used for routing fibres from the telco closet to the point of use. A clear adhesive backing material sticks the line onto the wall, and its contoured surface cleverly diffuses the light to make it virtually invisible.
Clearpath is proving very popular with end users who want the benefits of fibre without the eyesore that can come with it.
Services based on 5G will be heavily reliant on fibre backbones, as the sheer volume of data they require will strain microwave last-mile capacity. Fibre also provides the instantaneous data delivery necessary to control self-driving cars and other devices on the Internet of Things, without the inherent latency of microwave transmissions.
The arrival of 5G will trigger a slew of changes up and down the eco-system, including consumer handsets specially developed to work with the new technology. Some 4G network infrastructure will be able to interoperate with 5G, however, so a rip and replace policy won’t be necessary. International analysts predict that 5G will only take off commercially around 2021, although many vendors are currently testing its capabilities, including Vodacom.
In South Africa there is still no clarity from Icasa about licencing the necessary spectrum, which is likely to cause delays in deployment. But once those frequencies are made available, the new advances in fibre deployment technologies will mean the network operators are ready to roll.
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Is Crave Dog Food Good For Dogs
Is Crave Dog Food Good For Dogs. Feed your cat and dog like their ancestors. The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 38%, a fat level of 19% and estimated carbohydrates of about 35%.
This is an incredibly common ingredient in dog food and one that is completely safe and beneficial to your pup. Different pet owners expressed that their dogs love the taste of the crave dog food. Is crave bad for dogs?
This Pate Is Packed With A Meaty, Savory Flavor With Real Beef As The Most Plentiful Ingredient.
Is crave dog food good? Based on all the information above, it’s safe to say that crave are a good brand that make nutritious dog food. What is crave pet food.
Your Puppy Loves To Eat Peanut Butter Cookies.
Top best answers to the question «is crave dog food good for dogs» answered by sarina lubowitz on thu, feb 18, 2021 7:37 pm. January 9, 2022 by admin. This dog food is also recommended for all breeds and the estimated cost is $1.87 per lb.
Digestible, Nutrient Dense And It Tastes Great!
Crave with lamb is a high protein kibble made with premium ingredients and no grains. It is made with many different vitamins, supplements, and nutrients. Most dogs seem to really enjoy the flavor of the recipe too!
That Being Said, Crave Uses Real Meat As Their First Ingredient, And All Of Their Products Are Made Within Aafco Guidelines.
Is crave bad for dogs? Peanut butter cookies’ smell attracts your puppy. This is an incredibly common ingredient in dog food and one that is completely safe and beneficial to your pup.
Based On All The Information Above, It’s Safe To Say That Crave Are A Good Brand That Make Nutritious Dog Food.
Is crave dog food good for dogs? Those who are looking for an answer to the question «is crave dog food for puppies?» often ask the following questions: With 99% of its protein content sourced from animals, this food offers a meal that dogs instinctively crave.
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Knowing How to Tell If You Have a Mold Issue can be a daunting task, but there are several signs that may point to a possible infestation. You might be surprised to learn that some molds can grow on any surface, including wood, paper, carpet, and food. Mold’s appearance varies depending on the species and the surface it has latched onto. If you have any of these signs, it’s time to call a professional mold remediation service.
Mold is a type of fungus and can look like mushrooms or yeasts. They can also look black or velvety. It’s easy to spot mold in damp, warm spots. The color of the mold can also be changed by bleaching it. Molds are very common, and many people will have to deal with them at some point in their lives. While the molds that affect us aren’t life-threatening, they are dangerous for those who suffer from certain medical conditions.
Some people will develop respiratory issues or difficulty breathing if they live in a home with Los Angeles mold testing. Often, when people are ill, they take to bed. However, this isn’t a good option if you have mold on your walls. These symptoms might be subtle, but they can lead to more serious health problems if they aren’t treated immediately. Knowing the signs of a mold infestation can help you identify an issue earlier.
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How To Hack Sms Verification CodeOn December 23, 2021 by
How To Hack Sms Verification Code. Using the app, you can remotely check all incoming and outgoing messages. On the off chance that you didn’t get any number or code, tap on ‘try a new number’ button and repeat the process.
In This Section, We Will Know More About Its Sms Tracking Functions And How You Can Use Them.
Tab on the “manage phone numbers” option. Share your content safely on tiktok Neatspy is the most reliable and powerful message hacking app when it comes to hacking someone’s text messages without them knowing.
The Confirmation Code Will Enter The Cellphone For How To Hack Wa Without Verification That Has Been Proven Successful.
Why can't i receive an sms verification code on a iphonestep 1:selected the correct country code.step 2:double check to make sure you entered the correct num. Using the app, you can remotely check all incoming and outgoing messages. Verify the icloud credentials of the target user with minspy.
After Completing The Step Mentioned Above, Go To The Next Option Of “Select The Country/Region.”.
As long as the code is correct, you will be able to move to the next step of the account creation process. This is needed for transferring your target's account to a new device and then downloading an archive containing this victim's files: The code begins with a g and will be in the body of the text message from google.
In This Case, You Will Select Snapchat.
Enter the target phone number in this whatsapp. Even though neatspy is a fairly new app, it has already become an industry leader. You will be taken to your dashboard.
The Message Tells You To Send Over Your Verification Code.
( if that number is not working, skip to the next. Select the app/website from which you might want to get a check code. Now select the name of the app from which you want to get the code under the option “select the app/website to validate.”.
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Choroidal melanoma in a 49-year-old female
Maria Joanna Rodriguez-Chan, MD, Ildefonso M. Chan, MD. Enrique D. Domingo, MD, Gary John V. Mercado, MD, Juancho FC Remulla, MD
CHOROIDAL melanoma is the most common primary malignant intraocular tumor in adults.1 Its incidence is
lower among Asians than Caucasians.2 Primary choroidal melanoma arises from melanocytes within the choroid.3 Most choroidal melanomas are believed to develop from preexisting melanocytic nevi. At the pathology section of the Institute of Ophthalmology of the University of the Philippines–Philippine General Hospital, 15 patients were diagnosed with choroidal melanoma from January 1997 to September 2005. Females outnumbered males 2 to 1. Their ages ranged from 25 to 70 years, most of them in their 50s.
The patient is a 49-year-old female who complained of blurred vision in the right eye (OD) of five months
duration. There was no history of trauma or other associated symptoms. Previous diagnosis by other ophthalmologists included tumor and retinal detachment.
On consultation, best-corrected visual acuity was hand movement with good light projection in OD and 6/6 for the left eye (OS). Pupils were 3–4 mm briskly reactive, with relative afferent pupillary defect in the right.
Intraocular pressures were 8 mm Hg OD and 12 mm Hg OS. Slit-lamp examination showed clear cornea, formed and deep anterior chamber with no reaction, flat iris plane, and 1+ nuclear cataract in both eyes (OU). Gonioscopy revealed open angles OU. Indirect funduscopy showed an area of detached retina, with shifting fluid, more prominent at the superior half of the posterior pole and superior edge of the disc, and involving the macula. A brownish, pigmented, elevated subretinal mass measuring approximately 15 mm x 13 mm x 10 mm in the superior hemisphere was seen. The left fundus was normal. Ocular ultrasound revealed a dome-shaped mass measuring 9.9 mm in thickness anteroposteriorly and 15.5 mm at its widest diameter, with an initial high spike and mid to low internal reflectivity. There was no choroidal excavation or extrascleral invasion. Fluorescein angiography showed filling of the arteries and beginning enhancement and visualization of the choroidal vessels. There was complete filling of the arterovenous (AV) channels and increased visualization of the choroidal vessels in the late venous phase. Areas of hyperfluorescence admixed with areas of hypofluorescence were seen. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a hyperintense dome-shaped mass relative to the vitreous humor (T1) and a hypointense mass relative to the vitreous (T2) in the posterior aspect of the right globe. There was no evidence of extraocular extension. Chest X-ray was normal. MRI of the abdomen ruled out primary malignancy and metastasis. No mass or lymphadenopathy was seen in the abdomen. Liver and renal function tests were normal.
The preoperative assessment was choroidal melanoma with serous retinal detachment (OD). The right eye was
enucleated under general anesthesia, with implantation of a polymethylmethacrylate ball. The optic-nerve was severed with at least 10 mm stump. The anteroposterior cut section of the right globe showed a darkly pigmented choroidal mass measuring 15 mm at its greatest diameter
and located superiorly. Based on the modified Callendar classification for the cytologic classification of uveal
melanomas, a diagnosis of mixed-cell-type choroidal melanoma was made (Figure 1). The 2004 report of the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) classified posterior uveal melanomas according to basal diameter and thickness measured by ultrasound.4 An anteroposterior thickness of 9.9 mm, which this patient had, was classified as large. Several treatment options are available, primarily based on tumor size. Enucleation is indicated for tumors greater than 15 mm in diameter and greater than 10 mm in thickness,3 and in patients who already have irreversible loss of useful vision. Neo-adjuvant and
adjuvant therapies offer no 5-year survival advantage over enucleation alone.4
Follow-up plans for this patient included liver-function test every 3 months, liver ultrasound every 6 months, and artificial-eye implantation after 2 months
1. Lederer DE, Edelstein C. Choroidal melanoma: clinical presentation and differential diagnosis. Can J Ophthalmol 2004; 39: 358-364.
2. Abowd MC, Black EH, Iezzi R, Budev H. Choroidal melanoma with massive extrascleral extension in a young black man. Ophthalmol Plast Reconstr Surg 2005; 21: 240-242.
3. Garcia-Valenzuela E, Pons ME. Melanoma, choroidal/eMedicine Specialties. www. emedicine.com/oph/topic403.htm (accessed August 2004).
4. Margo, CE. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study: an overview. Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. www.medscape.com/viewpublication/100 (accessed November 4, 2004).
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A full-color guide to understanding, evaluating, and treating heart disease in fetuses and newborns
is the trusted go-to guide for pediatricians and neonatologists needing concise, practical guidance on the evaluation and management of newborns with heart disease and other cardiac functional abnormalities. Focusing on physiology, mechanics, and presentation of congenital heart disease, this full-color resource provides a succinct, yet complete overview of neonatal cardiology.
opens with discussions of basic aspects of embryology of the heart and a review of normal and abnormal muscle function. From there, you are led through the clinical assessment of patients with an array of cardiac abnormalities. Management and treatment follow, beginning with a basic chapter on the principles of medical management, followed by drug therapy and post-operative care. The book concludes with a chapter on Epidemiology, Etiology, and Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease.
Full-color presentation with radiographic images and explanatory illustrat...
- Illustratör: unspecified 75 Illustrations
- Format: Inbunden
- ISBN: 9780071834506
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 320
- Utgivningsdatum: 2017-07-13
- Förlag: McGraw Hill / Medical
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Worries About Bird Flu Curtail Chinese New Year Feasts
As China gets ready to usher in the Year of the Horse on Friday, millions of them will find it hard to buy chicken for traditional Lunar New Year feasts. That's a mark of the nation's growing anxiety about a poultry-borne flu virus called H7N9.
"The Department (of Food and Health) has declared the wholesale poultry market as an infected place," Hong Kong's top health official, Dr. Ko Wing-man, said at a press conference on Monday.
Poultry won't be imported into Hong Kong from mainland farms until Feb. 18 at the earliest.
Because of its isolation, the former British colony has long used mass poultry culling as its main defense against the spread of new types of flu. Elsewhere across China, poultry outbreaks aren't so easily contained.
And this bird virus, which emerged last spring in southeastern China, is particularly vexing to human and animal health authorities, because it doesn't make birds visibly sick. Thus, it takes laborious sampling and testing to spot infection. And poultry farmers are resistant to mass culling of apparently healthy birds.
As an alternative, live poultry markets have been shut down nearly 700 miles away in eastern Zhejiang Province, the epicenter of H7N9 cases so far. Neighboring Shanghai plans to close down its live poultry markets this Friday until April.
As another indication of how widely H7N9 has spread throughout Chinese poultry flocks, a human case of the bird flu was recently reported in Beijing, 800 miles north of Shanghai, in a man hospitalized after buying and preparing pigeons for dinner.
Shutting down live bird markets seemed to damp down last spring's H7N9 cases among people. But those outbreaks didn't overlap with Chinese New Year festivities, when hundreds of millions of people travel to ancestral homes, often bearing gifts of poultry, alive or dead.
Human H7N9 cases in China have topped 200 since December and killed about a third of those infected. Most of the others have been hospitalized in serious or critical condition. The current outbreak is on track to surpass last spring's debut.
There's still no evidence that this bird flu virus has acquired the ability to pass readily from person to person. If there has been occasional human-to-human transmission, the virus hasn't touched off chains of infection.
Moreover, the World Health Organization says H7N9 doesn't appear to be evolving genetically, a somewhat reassuring sign that it's not drifting toward a virus that could cause widespread human illness – and possibly a devastating pandemic.
The patterns of disease caused by H7N9 have not changed much either since last year's appearance, although there has been a predominance of cases among men, and a somewhat lower death rate.
But flu researchers are concerned. "I've been worried all the time about H7N9," Prof. John McCauley of a London-based WHO lab on influenza told the BBC last week. "It's highly virulent, and the case fatality (rate) is about one-in-three, so it poses a threat."
Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist at the University of Minnesota, captured the current mood in an interview with USA Today: "The clock is ticking, but we just don't know what time it is."
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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Henderson ISD to receive $2.8 million in accelerated learning grants
HENDERSON, Texas (KLTV) - Henderson ISD has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the program Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Supports (TCLAS). The funds will assist HISD in accelerated learning for students impacted by COVID-19 and other related issues.
“We know now that COVID is going to have a long-term impact on our students,” Assistant Superintendent Dr. Stephanie Bonneau said. “Its effect could be felt by students for years and years. We’re excited about the opportunities this additional funding will provide our teachers as they focus on how best to help kids going forward,” Bonneau said.
The grant draws on both federal and state money to fund districts across the state. The funding will go to programs including strategic planning, instructional materials, and teacher retention and recruitment.
“Another piece of the grant that is very important for us because we’re in a teacher shortage right now is that it will help to fund some of our paraprofessionals that would like to go back to college and earn their four-year degree. It will help our Ready, Set, Teach Program by supplementing some of the things to grow the program there that will help us kind of grow our own teachers,” Bonneau said.
HISD will use the grant to support tutors through the Vetted Texas Tutor Corps., purchase materials approved by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and acquire additional materials for dyslexia and reading as well as college preparation. The money will also be used to hire a “Data Fellow” for a limited period to assist with creating a long-term strategic plan for accelerated programs.
“It will all be used to help kind of proactively support our students, and not only close the gaps that have formed, but prevent them from forming going forward,” Bonneau said.
Copyright 2022 KLTV. All rights reserved.
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Exercise is Medicine
I love fitness and all aspects of fitness. Whether it’s biking, hiking, teaching a class, or swimming, that’s my thing and I enjoy it. That said I realize some people do not have the same enthusiasm for moving as I do.
I think most everyone has heard of the physiological benefits of exercise and staying active since it helps control weight, it combats all sorts of health conditions and diseases; it improves sleep quality; and, reduces blood pressure. If you Google the benefits of exercise you get more than 100 examples of why we should be active, but the psychological side is a huge benefit as well.
Increased activity can boost your mood, give you increased energy, and put a big smile on your face. Just drop by our early morning classes and you too will be filled with laughter and a smile, and see how much fun exercise can be. So how do you get started if you are new to exercise and activity?
First of all, get your physicians to say okay. Then meet with me to carve out what will work best for you. The key is to find an activity that you enjoy doing. The second consideration is that you have to be consistent with whatever you decide to do and shift your mindset from short to long term.
Here’s an investing analogy — it’s the seemingly insignificant steps compounded over time that help us achieve our health goals. Our team is here to help you on your journey. We are here for you!
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Biology College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture A major in biology allows students to explore various aspects of our natural world.
Share 25 Shares Many for-profit companies consider a comprehensive risk assessment to be a critical part of their overall risk management process.
Regrettably, some not-for-profit organizations do not take the time to perform a risk assessment for a variety of reasons: This article provides a framework that all not-for-profit organizations can use as a starting point to implement a periodic risk assessment.
While the mechanics of a risk assessment may be undertaken by staff or consultants, the role of the board in understanding, evaluating, and assessing risk cannot be understated. Goals of Risk Assessment Nonprofit organizations face different types of risks than for-profit companies, but the goals of a risk assessment should be similar: Who Should Undertake Risk Assessment A comprehensive risk assessment can be done by staff if competent to do so or by outside consultants, such as a law or accounting firm.
Even if staff is capable of performing the risk assessment, there is value to having outsiders perform this task occasionally. This assures a fresh perspective is brought to risk evaluation and allows all parts of the organization to be evaluated without any potential for the self-interest of staff to color the assessment.
These benefits must be weighed against the additional costs of an outside review. A useful compromise is to have an outside reviewer evaluate the work of staff at the end of the process, or to consult with staff during the process.
Some outside firms will undertake a risk assessment pro bono, while others may discount fees. One Methodology for In-House Risk Assessment A risk assessment should identify a broad parameter of risks within specific categories, analyzing the probability of occurrence and the severity of impact.
It should also identify mitigating factors to various risks and suggest a process for tracking or monitoring risk.
All of these steps require the exercise of judgment based on knowledge of the organization. In general, this process is as much art as science. Identify Risks Step one is to carefully consider the types of risks faced by the organization.
Think broadly and do not constrain yourself to solely legal risks.
Risks can be broadly conceptualized into two categories: Threat risks can result in fines, penalties, liabilities or even loss of tax exemption and can be operational, legal, financial, or related to the investments of the organization.
Risks of failure include the risk that an underlying program objective or strategy may not succeed or that the investment or financial performance necessary to sustain the organization cannot be achieved.
For many nonprofit organizations, particularly foundations, failing to embrace risk in their programs or grants may result in a cautious, unimaginative organization. Foundations, in particular, have the freedom to take risks that other types of organizations or government may be unable or unwilling to take.
An organization may wish to adopt a risk philosophy that articulates how it views the risks it will embrace and how it approaches threat risks.
This article focuses primarily on threat risks. It is important, however, for an organization conducting a risk assessment to recognize the different types of risks and their attendant consequences.
Ultimately, in assessing any action or inaction that carries risk, an organization must balance the benefits to be achieved against the downside.
An organization may also consider adopting a risk management philosophy that would entail, among other things, defining the risk appetite of the organization, determining how to implement a comprehensive risk management process, and building the process into the many facets of the organization.
Incorporating an agreed upon framework regarding risk management into the DNA of an organization helps align the balance between risk and reward, reduces the potential for unwelcome surprises, permits better planning and response time, enhances the ability to take advantage of opportunities, and more effectively allows the organization to make decisions as to how and where to use scarce resources.
Most nonprofit organizations will share the same type of broad risks that can be generally described as follows: Internal or external fraud Inadequate monitoring or understanding of investments Incomplete, unreliable or improperly reported information Damage to reputation caused by a variety of potential factors Violation of legal requirements Government investigations or audits Within these broad categories there are a host of specific risks that should be considered and analyzed.
A listing of many of these risks can be found here. Of course, not all of these risks will apply to every organization.Learn about business planning for nonprofits and for-profits in this topic from the Free Management Library.
The edition of the One Page Business Plan Series has been specifically designed for Non-Profits. If you are responsible for founding or managing a non-profit .
Wired for Good: Strategic Technology Planning for Nonprofits [Joni Podolsky] on nationwidesecretarial.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Wired for Good is a nuts-and-bolts guide to strategictechnology planning for nonprofit organizations—no matter howlarge or small. This book leads nonprofits through a planningprocess that will help them align their technology use with theirmission and strategic goals. Colorado Nonprofit Association has many business members specializing in serving nonprofits. Looking for an expert grant writer, PR agency, recruitment firm or even web design firm specializing in nonprofits? Introducing DOING LABS: Learn. Draft. Do. GCN's Nonprofit Consulting Group has launched a new service to help nonprofits develop strategies and action plans in specific areas: annual fundraising, strategy, developing talent, starting a nonprofit, and nationwidesecretarial.com by senior consultants, each Lab brings together small cohorts of nonprofit leaders to learn theory and gain confidence through practice.
Business planning is a time for an organization’s leaders to connect the dots between mission and programs, to specify which activities and resources will be required to deliver those programs, and to establish performance measures that allow everyone to understand whether the .
Aug 27, · This article is part of our Business Planning Guide and our Nonprofit Business Startup Guide—curated lists of our articles that will help you with the planning and starting process!
If you’re thinking about launching a nonprofit, or if you’re at the helm of established c3, you need a /5(84). Nonprofit organizations have a unique set of needs and requirements. That's why these sample business plans for nonprofit organizations and social enterprise businesses can help you get started on .
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GCN's Nonprofit Consulting Group has launched a new service to help nonprofits develop strategies and action plans in specific areas: annual fundraising, strategy, developing talent, starting a nonprofit, and nationwidesecretarial.com by senior consultants, each Lab brings together small cohorts of nonprofit leaders to learn theory and gain confidence through practice.
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Nina Simone’s music has been part of my life for a long time, and I’m sure her other fans share this love with me. Her many albums show many different sides of her multifaceted talent and personality: her reluctance to entering the pop-jazz world; her limited vocal range counterpointed with her perfect pitch and ability to deliver emotion; her amazing piano playing and love for Bach. There is also her incendiary lashing out against injustice and commitment to the civil rights struggle in the 1960’s. Her tender and vulnerable side, her little girl blue too.
Nina Simone was often misunderstood. The record labels didn’t know quite what to do with her. On the cover of her first album, on Bethlehem Records, she poses uncomfortably on a Central Park bench. The cover art says “Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club”. Nina wasn’t a jazz musician, and the side street club was an Irish Bar in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She had changed her name from Eunice Waymon to Nina Simone so her parents wouldn’t know where her daughter wound up.
Trained as a classical pianist, she never became one. She wasn’t a jazz musician. As a singer, she didn’t have chops like Ella or Sarah. She wasn’t a show-biz or Broadway type either. She wanted to be a classical pianist, not a singer in a New Jersey Irish bar. Her later musical proclamations like “Mississippi Goddam” gave voice to all oppressed people all the way from Birmingham to Johannesburg. Nina Simone has often been misunderstood, but will not be easily forgotten. A new film proves that.
The film is The Amazing Nina Simone. Filmmaker Jeff L. Lieberman has created a compelling film narrative that celebrates Nina’s artistic trajectory; her early classical piano studies with Muriel Mazzanovich, her “Miss Mazzy”; the nine-year-old girl who refused to play a piano recital in a Tryon, No. Carolina library until her parents were given back their front row seats, which had been given to a white couple; Lieberman’s film also sheds light on a pivotal moment in Nina’s life, providing new and valuable details about her devastating rejection at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.
I interviewed Nina several times in the 1980’s during my tenure at Morning Becomes Eclectic, and witnessed both Little Girl Blue and the intimidating Dr. Simone too. When Jeff L. Lieberman came to KCRW to interview me a couple of years ago, I thought, “here is another guy trying to make a film about somebody he doesn’t know as much about as I do”. Boy, was I wrong. I was very impressed by his thorough research and, now that I’ve seen The Amazing Nina Simone, I have even more respect for his work. Jeff took his time making this documentary, and it shows.
If you love Nina Simone, then I recommend you seeing this film. You won’t be disappointed.
for posters, artwork, check out: http://www.re-emergingfilm.com/
The Amazing Nina Simone is available in cinemas around the country, for purchase on DVD, and soon via streaming.
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The early nineteenth century witnessed the preliminary phases of the house well being care business that provided qualified nurses to handle the poor and sick in their houses. Products and services offered are underwritten by All Savers Insurance coverage Company, Golden Rule Insurance coverage Firm, Sirius Worldwide Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Well being Plan of Nevada, Inc., Oxford Health Plans (NJ), Inc., UnitedHealthcare Advantages Plan of California, UnitedHealthcare Neighborhood Plan, Inc., UnitedHealthcare Insurance coverage Firm, UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance coverage Company, UnitedHealthcare of Colorado, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of Alabama, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of Arkansas, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of Florida, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of Georgia, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of Kentucky, LTD., UnitedHealthcare of Louisiana, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of the Midlands, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of the Midwest, UnitedHealthcare of Mississippi, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of New England, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of New York, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of North Carolina, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of Ohio, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of Oklahoma, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of Washington, Inc.
In 2009, the principle consultant physique of British Medical physicians, the British Medical Affiliation, adopted a coverage statement expressing issues about developments in the medical insurance market in the UK. In its Annual Representative Assembly which had been agreed earlier by the Consultants Policy Group (i.e. Senior physicians) stating that the BMA was “extraordinarily concerned that the insurance policies of some private healthcare insurance corporations are preventing or restricting patients exercising alternative about (i) the consultants who treat them; (ii) the hospital at which they are treated; (iii) making high up funds to cowl any hole between the funding supplied by their insurance coverage firm and the cost of their chosen personal therapy.” It went in to “name on the BMA to publicise these considerations so that sufferers are fully informed when making choices about personal healthcare insurance coverage.” 46 The follow of insurance firms deciding which advisor a affected person may see as opposed to GPs or sufferers is referred to as Open Referral 47 The NHS affords patients a selection of hospitals and consultants and does not cost for its providers.
Line by line, Kessler took the reader—in the end, the lawyers on both sides who would use the report to question Kessler on the upcoming trials—by way of the enterprise plans and charts targeting the youngsters’s market; the gross sales call studies documenting the pitches to pediatricians; the rationale behind the legislation prohibiting off-label gross sales (which quoted Senator Kefauver’s the sky can be the limit†argument); the main points, primarily based on Priscilla Brandon’s discovery while sifting by way of all those paperwork one evening in December 2009, of the trick they’d performed with the numerator and denominator within the knowledge that fashioned the basis of the Findling article; his discovery of medical studies exhibiting gynecomastia charges in boys of 5.5 percent that had been combined with different research to camouflage the results; the Excerpta Media contract and its promise to produce pleasant articles and place them in high tutorial journals; and the partnership with Harvard’s Dr. Biederman.
Within the EASA program, the rate of hospitalization among patients has dropped from practically half of contributors within the first three months to about 5 % after 18 months. I had an administrator tell me that elevated college time is inevitable and that plans are already in place. A household medical doctor treats everybody, no matter his or her race, age, gender, or situation. SIU is trying into whether the university’s dental college in Alton can offer supervised training for its dental students at the Springfield household drugs center in order that low- and moderate-earnings residents can have more entry to reasonably priced dental care regionally, Albers said. Protection extends to medical bills incurred between 30 to 60 days sooner than hospitalization is included. The know-how growth on the flip of the century has helped informatics and information systems additional evolve. Centurion is a national provider of healthcare and staffing companies to correctional programs and different authorities companies.
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Street dogs are everywhere. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to take all of them to shelters. These amazing companions often suffer from loneliness, hunger, health problems, etc.
It’s so good to know that there are still kind people that stay next to them. Often these are people that themselves need attention. Why poor are more caring and generous than most of the rich? It’s a question that has no perfect answer.
In this story, something similar happened in the streets of Puebla, Mexico, where a street vendor met hungry dogs. The man was walking down the street with the goods carrying on his back.
Soon he was surrounded by tho dogs. Unexpectedly, instead of ignoring them and continuing his way, the man stopped and fed the starving dogs.
He also fed another dog that was staying back.
This man had a task – to sell all the goods but instead of making more money, he just shared his goods with needy dogs. Surely, the man made that day brighter for the poor dogs.
This man even didn’t know that his kind deed was filmed on a security camera. After the video was shared on social media, it immediately went viral. Now the footage has more than 4.6 million views.
The identity of the man hasn’t been found out yet. Hopefully, the man will be found to see what an impact his kind step made on the Internet.
The actual face of a human always reveals in such situations
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I have recently started doing a piece of work across the EU – a “Joint Action” for Health Action Partnership International which is concerned with strengthening Health Impact Assessments with an Equity Focus. As part of this work I was at a Euregio III symposium last week in Liverpool looking at Health Impact Assessments and their role.
I think that in most countries including the UK there is no duty to conduct an HIA. As far as I understand it in the UK there are two statutory impact assessments. These are an “Impact Assessment” and and “Equality Impact Assessment”. If you go to the DH website you can see examples of both of these. DH defines an Impact Assessment as:
DH Definition – An impact assessment (IA), (which replaced regulatory impact assessments in May 2007) is a short structured template published with regulatory proposals, new legislation and policy implementation. It concisely describes the issue and identifies costs and benefits that are likely to impact the public, private and/or third sector. An IA must accompany any published new legislation (including European legislation). An IA is an important tool to ensure that the principles of good regulation are followed: proportionality, accountability, consistency, transparency, targeting.
I think that a clearer description is the one provided by DWP it helps us understand that an Impact Assessment is not something that is just a technical exercise carried out by some civil servants in Whitehall – it is actually a gateway that enables communication and lobbying by organisations OUTSIDE government.
DWP Definition – Impact assessments (formerly regulatory impact assessments) help to explain the effects of government proposals which impact on the private, public and third sectors. The third sector includes charities and voluntary organisations. Impact assessments are published so that those with an interest understand and can challenge:
- why the Government is proposing to take action
- how new policies may affect people
- the estimated costs and benefits.
Impact assessments also help the Government and policy-makers think through and understand the effects of their proposals.
For more on DWP impact assessments see this link.
It may just be me – but I think that few people outside of government pay much attention to impact assessments – instead focussing on the white papers etc. In fact it is the Impact Assessment that gives us a more tangible grasp of what a particular policy might do. Impact Assessments provide more territory to fight over and offer a framework within which to do it.
A good summary produced by the Cabinet Office is here.
This is not to say that government impact assessments are particularly good. People have said to me that they can just be box ticking exercises.
So lets look at one that impacts on health – but is concerned with the wider determinants of health. The Government changes to Work Capability Assessment – to get more people off Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and back into work. This is titled – “Amendment to Work Capability Assessments – the Employment and Support Allowance (Limited Capability for Work and Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity) (Amendment) Regulations 2011”
I think that the Impact Assessment is here.
When we look at it we see that it is called ‘Impact Assessment’ I think this is the Statutory Impact Assessment – and wrapped up in it is the ‘Statutory Equalities Duty Impact Test” which looks at the impact on Race, Disability, Gender and Sexuality. There are then a host of other impact assessments which I think are mandatory but not statutory. In other words Government recognises that they should be done but is not required to do them by law.
They include economic, environmental, social and sustainability impact assessments. One of the social ones is health – hooray! It all seems pretty sensible stuff too:
- Will your policy have a significant impact on health – specifically the wider determinants of health?
- Will there be an impact on lifestyle?
- Is there likely to be a significant demand on health and social care services?
If your answer is yes to any two of the above – then you need to conduct a full HIA.
When we look at the ESA Impact Assessment we would expect to see consideration of the impact on peoples health and well being – yet apparently there is NO impact to health and well being! This is despite the fact that 38% of people are receiving ESA because of mental health problems, there are a huge inequalities in terms of who relies on ESA, there are real issues of poverty, housing insecurity etc.
While the Equalities Impact box is ticked it seems to me that the assessment focusses almost exclusively on delivery issues associated with assessment – how to ensure that staff who conduct assessments do so in a way that is culturally aware for example – rather than on the impact of the regulatory change itself.
As I understand it the responsibility to produce a Health Impact Assessment rests with DH – there is no evidence that I can find that they have produced one.
So what to conclude?
Some of the frameworks feel quite good but this Impact Assessment seems to have presented little challenge.
- boxes have been ticked.
- The Health and Wellbeing agenda has been ignored
- DH has not championed the health and wellbeing agenda
If I am right about the above then I think that this presents a real challenge to those of us who are charged with making impact assessments work at a national and a local level – and for me highlights the fact that it is possible to have a great looking process on paper – but little impact in reality.
Or have I missed something?
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The ancient complex draws thousands of local and foreign visitors every year.
The historical site boasts monuments such as an ancient bath, a historical mosque and a tower. The historical monuments have been restored, and new structures such as a fort and battlements, stables and gates were built following the war between Iran and the former Soviet Union.
The bath which is part of the Kordasht historical complex used to be used by kings only, but upon orders by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, the founder of the Qajar dynasty, the bath later became open to the public.
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Pushing ACCIONA's US portfolio over 1,000 MW of wind energy.
In 2019, ACCIONA brought the Palmas Altas Wind Farm online. In 2020, the company is increasing its investment in Cameron County with the La Chalupa Wind Farm. When operational, La Chalupa will be the single largest wind farm in ACCIONA's North American portfolio at 198 MW. Together the two wind farms will offer 343 MW of capacity, generating enough electricity for 97,000 Texas homes. Palmas Altas and La Chalupa will feature 109 wind turbines manufactured by Nordex. Palmas Altas and La Chalupa are ACCIONA's second and third projects in Cameron County, where the company has operated the San Roman Wind Farm since 2016. When completed, La Chalupa will raise the company’s wind energy capacity in the US to 1,064 MW, with ten wind farms in six different states.
Watch the construction of a wind turbine. This time lapse video was shot during the construction of the San Roman Wind Farm in Cameron County, Texas
You cannot miss this video on ACCIONA's committment to the Cameron County's community.
List of documents available to download
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Bank of Utica is a commercial bank is headquartered in Utica, NY. Bank of Utica was founded in 1927 and has been operating locally since its inception.
- Branch / ATM Locator
- Website: http://www.bankofutica.com/
- Routing Number: 021311383
- Swift Code: BAUTUS31
- Mobile App: iPhone
- Telephone Number: 800-442-1028
- Headquartered In: New York
- Founded: 1927 (95 years ago)
- Bank's Rating:
Bank of Utica has the resources to keep its customers on the cutting edge of technology. The bank makes its branch to be as close to you as your computer or phone so you get the latest technology and security features in the industry, with the personalized service only Bank of Utica can provide. Online banking is available for account holders who enroll for the service. Below is a guide on how to access the online banking service.
HOW TO LOG IN
If you have valid online banking credentials at Bank of Utica, please follow the steps shown below to login:
Step 1- Click this link http://www.bankofutica.com/ to access Bank of Utica website
Step 2- In homepage, enter your Username and Password, then click Login
After the online banking platform approves your online banking credentials, you will be granted access to your online banking account.
FORGOTTEN PASSWORD/LOG ID?
If you can’t recall your online banking password, please feel free to reset it online through the steps outlined below:
Step 1- In homepage, click Forgot Password link in the online banking section
Step 2- Enter your Username, Last 4 digits of Social Security number and Email address, then click Begin password reset
You will receive an email with details on how to reset your online banking password.
HOW TO ENROLL
If you are an account holder at Bank of Utica and you haven’t enrolled for the online banking service, it’s time to get your banking done at your convenient hours. Sign up today through the steps outlined below:
Step 1- In homepage, click Enroll Now link
Step 2- Complete the enroll form, then click Begin enrollment
You will be able to set up your online banking account after the system approves your account details.
MANAGE BANK OF UTICA ONLINE ACCOUNT
Online banking users at Bank of Utica can:
- Check account balance and activity
- Search your statements and payment history
- Set up email and text alerts
- Pay bills and make transfers or send money
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These are the federal holidays of which the Federal Reserve Bank is closed.
Bank of Utica and other financial institutes are closed on the same holidays.
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Your dental hygienist is a great resource for tips on how to improve your dental health and reduce the likelihood that you will develop cavities. Once you develop a cavity, you will need a dentist’s help to fill the cavity and prevent further tooth decay. The early stages of tooth decay can be stopped and even reversed. Good oral hygiene does take time, but the results are worth the effort.
Here are some things your dental hygienist wants you to know about cavities:
- Cavities are caused by bacteria in your mouth that produce acid when exposed to starchy and sugary food particles.
- This acid removes calcium and other minerals from your tooth’s enamel (outer layer), causing decay.
- This decay process is ongoing, but so is the repair process. Calcium and phosphate from food you eat, as well as fluoride you ingest, help your teeth repair themselves, strengthening the enamel again and stopping decay.
- Your teeth are more susceptible to decay at night because saliva production is lower when you sleep. Saliva constantly flushes your mouth, removing bacteria, acid and food particles.
So, what can you do to help your teeth and keep your dental hygienist happy? You can brush and floss your teeth at least two times each day. Your dentist may recommend sealants for your molars, which are the teeth most likely to develop cavities. Sealants are especially helpful for children who may not brush perfectly each time. Regular checkups from your dentist also help identify any problems early. If you are unsure about brushing techniques, your dental hygienist can help.
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Currently, a large part of the young people today suffers from emotional and behavioral problems. It was noted that in a study, close to one – fourth or 25% suffer from this problem of emotional and behavioral concerns (Heath, 2008). This total to about 12 million children and majority may have a great problem in handling stress and leads to act of violence and intolerance. The cycle of expressing hostility with the lack of addressing the problem itself just continues on and generates more hostility to the child and leads into peer rejection.
The expression of hostility that anger spreads in the environment caused by habitual expression of anger and violence is very much unhealthy for everyone involved. The vicious cycle of anger only keeps the heat going and continues to justify the right and become angrier. Although the angry person may feel a little bit better for a brief moment after releasing rage, that person often feel worse for losing his temper or even hold on to his anger and rationalizing it into himself for him to maintain the erratic behavior. Aggression can be learned by children; through watching others engage or are involved in it.
The Coercion Model of Aggression by Gerald Patterson proposes that parents who are short of parenting competence and skills unintentionally guide their children to be disobedient and act in rebellious and unsociable manners (Patterson & Reid, 2002). Child-parent clash or conflict tends to occur due to poor parental disciplinary skills and coercive supervision practices. This child-parent conflict intensifies children’s aggression that can lead to their negative behaviors and actions toward the society. Children who grew up being disapproved of and abused by parents grow up thinking that whatever they do is unacceptable.
Hence, they start to believe that the world is full of injustice and angers takes over their beings. When a child’s behavior becomes aggressive, he tends to begin perceiving threats in situations that are uncertain or vague to him. He faces these situations with impulsive and reckless anger, making him distant from his friends or classmates (Walker, 2003). His peers who give out hostile comments will convince him even more that his actions and beliefs of such threats are valid and existing. Such child would end up being unwanted and isolated by his friends making him feel that the entire world is out to get him and against him.
By being cut off from his friends who can give him positive representations of behavior, this child would then feel abandoned and discouraged. This consistently angry child would respond constantly to his superficial small injustices in his everyday life. These children blame the people around them their difficulties and problems and they do not take any responsibility for the actions that they make. These children can be part of gangs, who as a group engage in torment or bully behavior. Members of such group can be children who have poor self esteem by having conflicts with his family and peers.
He tends to seek and find his identity by being a member of a gang. Violent behavior is perceived as appropriate by gang members as sense of injustice, pride, and aggression is part of their group. These children can deal with their perceived threats and aggressive behavior. They need to see the real picture of their worlds. Their family, friends, schools, etc, can teach them several alternatives in order to have their needs met instead of turning to aggressive behaviors. Relaxation, self soothing, and stress management methods can be taught to rebellious children in order for them to be able to take care of themselves.
With adult support and encouragement, the negative emotions of shame and anger of these children can be let go. Reference: Heath, Phyllis. (2008). Parent-Child Relations: Context, Research, and Application. Prentice Hall. Patterson, Gerald & Reid, John. (2002). Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents: A Developmental Analysis and the Oregon Model for Intervention. American Psychological Association. Walker, Hill. (2003). Antisocial Behavior in Schools: Evidence-Based Practices. Wadsworth Publishing.Sample Essay of PaperDon.com
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According to a new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, there may be a reason behind the lack of initiative on both the local and federal level to pass stricter drunk driving laws-death certificates.
Researchers analyzed U.S. death certificates from individuals who perished in motor vehicles accidents during the 10 year period from 1999-2009 and found some startling revelation.
Out of the total number of vehicle accident deaths reviewed, only 3 percent of death certificates indicated that alcohol played a factor in the death. Researchers, however, compared this data with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System-a federal database referred to as FARS that contains data on traffic fatalities that occur in all 50 states-and found a big discrepancy. The FARS reported that 21 percent of car accident fatalities involved alcohol-a much higher number than what the death certificates reported.
So why is there such a big gap between what’s documented on the death certificate and what’s indicated in the fatality reporting system?
Potential reason behind the discrepancy
Researchers of the study point to one potential reason. Death certificates are usually issued within 4 days after a death; obtaining blood alcohol test results can take a week or more.
Sadly, they say, despite new technological advances and the “growing recognition of alcohol use as an important risk factor for public health,” processing death certificates when it comes to alcohol-related fatalities remains stagnant.
According to Ralph Hingson of the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the gap revealed from the study plays an important role in combating drunk driving accidents.
Legislation is often introduced and passed as a result of data. Without accurate information on alcohol related vehicle accident fatalities, authorities may not sense a true problem and refrain from passing serious drunk driving laws.
A case in point involves the National Transportation Safety Board’s push to lower the legal blood alcohol concentration limit from .08 to .05. The Board has encouraged states to adopt a lower BAC limit because of the strong correlation between vehicle accident deaths and alcohol-but to no avail.
According to Hingson, a distorted perception in the true number of alcohol related auto accident fatalities in a local area or community may dictate why local legislators have decided not to embrace the NTSB’s proposal.
We need to have a handle on what’s contributing to the leading cause of death among young people. [We] want to know how big the problem is, and if we can track it,” Hingson said.
Hingsman recommends that “Federal and state governments should continue to encourage or perhaps start to require death certifiers to report alcohol involvement when it contributes to death.”
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In April 2016, Clemson students organized a peaceful nine-day protest outside Sikes Hall. This became what is known as the Sikes Sit In. Among their list of demands was as follows: "We want 'Diversity' included as a Clemson University core value, starting with a 'diversity'/university history component added to the CU1000 course."
Four years later, the university has made no tangible progress on this grievance. Now is a time when Clemson can be on the right side of history. Dr. Rhondda Thomas, the Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature, has done tremendous work on uncovering the side of Clemson's history that nobody talks about. Her work, Call My Name, can be found here: https://spark.adobe.com/page/wQoPG/
Dr. A.D. Carson also started a movement during his time at Clemson called See The Stripes, where he states: "While The Tiger could be seen as 'Solid Orange' a solid orange tiger could not survive without its stripes. Similarly, Clemson University’s history has its dark parts that should be acknowledged—particularly the histories of laborers who contributed significantly to its development: slaves, sharecroppers and convict laborers." Dr. Carson's work can be found here: https://aydeethegreat.com/see-the-stripes/
As President Clements himself stated, we can and must do better. If President Clements really believes this, one action he can take is fulfilling the demands that students have long asked for. Among these demands are adding "Diversity" to our core values, as well as a university history component added to CU1000, mandatory for all first-year students.
As a student at Clemson University coming from out of state, I had no idea the origins of the school and the land it was built on. Clemson University has a duty to its students, faculty, and the enslaved people who built it, to recognize its history. ALL of its history.
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Special Education entitles eligible children to a free appropriate public education beginning as early as the child’s third birthday and can be provided to those eligible through 21 years of age.
An individualized education program (IEP) is designed for students eligible for special education to provide a free and appropriate public education without charge to the parent or student.Students are eligible for special education services after they have been determined eligible under Vermont State Regulations.
- Age 3-5 Services: Essential Early Education (EEE)
- Educational program designed to provide educational services to students with a developmental delay (40% or more), a medical condition which places them at risk of developmental delay or with an identified disability according to 3-21 regulations.
- Services provided in an array of environments, including school-based early education classrooms as well as home/community-based environments.
- Age 6-21 Services: Special Education & Related Services - Students are identified as being in need of special education services if they meet the following:
- Presence of an identified disability in one of twelve recognized disability categories.
- Disability has an adverse effect on the students’ education (defined as performance in the lowest 15th percentile for same-aged peers)
- Student is in need of specialized instruction that cannot be provided through the school’s system of supports for all students.
Special education regulations entitle families to specific rights in regards to their child’s education. More information can be found here on the State of Vermont Agency on Education site.
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- By Vivien Williams
Mayo Clinic Minute: Optimism improves women’s health
Women may live longer if they are optimistic. Researchers analyzed surveys filled out by more than 70,000 nurses and found that those who were most optimistic had a 31 percent reduced risk of mortality, while those who were the least optimistic had a 25 percent reduced risk. Mayo Clinic's Dr. Richa Sood says optimistic people tend to have healthy habits, and they often have good coping skills when it comes to stress.
Journalists: A broadcast-quality video package (1:00) is available in the download. Read the script.
New research shows optimistic women live longer than their pessimistic peers.
“We have known that there is some benefit from heart-related deaths if people are optimistic, but the way this study adds to the whole body of evidence is that there were decreased number of deaths reported from stroke, from infectious diseases, from respiratory diseases, as well as from, I think, all cancers.”
Dr. Richa Sood says if you think about it, it makes sense.
“Optimism is basically a positive outlook for the future. You expect good things to happen.”
If you’re optimistic, you are less likely to be constantly stress out. Stress does two bad things to the body: It increases cortisol levels, which decrease your ability to fight infections, and it raises your blood pressure, which increases your risk of heart disease.
“It’s good to know that optimism is about 25 to 30 percent genetic. So what that means is it can be learned, and there are skills that can increase optimism.”
Dr. Sood says you can start by recognizing and being grateful for the good things in your life.
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Marc Ash "Tous Ensemble" One and All: A Story with no Finalem
The beginning of Spring marks the revival of life, but also makes us remember all those who were killed at the different fronts of World War II, and those who were turned into "dust and returned to Earth, whence they came", and whose spirits return to us to remind us about the Holocaust...
A French artist who over the last decade has attracted increasing attention both in his homeland and abroad, Marc Ash has created a series of works, "Tous Ensemble", dedicated to the Holocaust to remind us that we are together when we face any global threat to humanity... Marc Ash's canvases speak on behalf of those who perished. The picture that lent its title to the series introduces special marks – the "ID"s of the prisoners - Jewish, French, Polish, Russian. All those who happened to be together at the same concentration camp.
This series is a combination of paintings and installations which sends a special message from the artist to the viewer: art is communication - emotional, anxious, interested and invaluable. It is to pass on the most essential elements of the present time to our contemporaries, to pass on something immaterial and voiceless which burns in the heart of the artist. Babies, girls and boys, women and men, grandmothers and grandfathers - who perished in the fire of crematoria in concentration camps all over Europe - who could not escape - but whose cries and screams still ring in the hearts of the living, and will be heard by those yet to come, those still coming to life.
Marc Ash's art is classified by some art critics as "neo-materialism". It is true that he does give everyday objects a new material implementation so that they acquire a new meaning and quality. The surface of Ash's works "speaks" for itself and for the artist, as something tangible, raw and coarse. He gives a second life to things that have witnessed the tragedy of their owners and survived: eye-glasses in their metal frames, forks and spoons, prisoners' robes and dentures. It is the mute evidence of the crime; the undisputable evidence of human tragedy.
Marc Ash's artistic language is laconic and expressive. His canvases are marked with an inner tension, intensified by the usage of different objects which act as a kind of a collage or inclusion, and giving his paintings another quality - that of an "assemblage".
Ash uses strips of barbed wire to indicate the horror of the inevitable, and to associate it with the thorns that crowned the head of Christ (the central part of the work "Tous Ensemble"). The installation "Des Roses pour les Justes" (Roses for the Just) is an ever blood-red tomb, with roses that are growing - contrary to what is possible- from the ashes. Thus he constantly plays on the meaning of his own surname: "ash=ashes=dust". He creates a series of works with the title "Poussiere d'Etoile" (Dust of the Star, hinting at the Star of David turned into ashes) - a horrifying scene of the crime with objects acting for those who once were alive... Time stops, in direct confrontation with the evil forces aimed at killing God's blessed life; but evil cannot kill the human soul.
Marc Ash opened his soul to communicate with the souls of the dead; this communication is stressful, painful and exhausting. What he managed to make with his hands and heart is really worth "feeling" - the verb "to see" is too weak to express the emotions of the viewer.
Marc Ash's canvases are forceful and expressive, sometimes reminding the viewer of Goya, Dix, Grundig, Picasso, Grosz, Neizvestny, Sidur, Zadkine and others who have spoken loudly of the atrocities of war. The very theme of Holocaust made Ash play in the slippery field of politics. But Ash never allows himself to use the political visual vocabulary. The surface of the canvases seems to become a tender sensitive skin of the artist himself, on which tortures, hunger, cold, fright, humiliation have left the timeless marks - like the numbers pierced on the skin of the CC prisoners. And this is to be remembered.
"We might forgive, but never forget", - therefore, this story is one with no finale.
At Marc Ash's exhibition last year there was a tree with branches covered with the notes of visitors. I left a short note too. It said that my father- Ilya Kamenkovich - devoted his postwar life to the history of the Holocaust in the USSR and to its survivors; and that according to his will his collection of artefacts was donated by his widow and two daughters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
We will never Forget.
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TECFA: Writing together
By Giulia Ortoleva (TECFA)
Collaborative writing activities aim at combining the pedagogical effects derived from the activity of writing per se, and the ones associated with the task of learning in a collaborative setting.
Collaborative writing encompasses a wide range of activities:
• learners can co-construct a written text
• cooperate by contributing different sections of the draft
• read and comment constructively the text written by their colleagues.
Technology affordances, and particularly Web 2.0 development, offer the ideal environment to conduct collaborative writing activities, allowing for the collaboration to happen across time and space.
The activity of writing has historically been considered a unique way to learn new information1 and develop ideas, beliefs and knowledge. The organisation and transformation of previously acquired knowledge, as well as the creation of new knowledge are elicited through the cognitive process used during the task.
Different metaphors have been formulated to explain the effect that writing has on learning.
Writing, for example, has been described as a problem-solving process2, carried out using specific procedures such as:
• planning - generating ideas, organising them and setting goals,
• translating - transforming plans into text; and
• revising - adjusting the text produced in order to improve quality.
On the basis of this model, different strategies have been identified in writers:
Knowledge telling: strategy of writing everything the writer knows about a given topic, without paying attention to the structure and organisation of the text.
Knowledge transforming: method of transforming ideas, modifying concepts and creating a hierarchy of information, keeping in mind clarity, plausibility and effectiveness of the text.3
Knowledge crafting: strategy implying that writers adapt their texts to their readers, and on the basis of their characteristics, select the information to present, as well as the way of presenting it.4
More recently, the English researcher David Galbraith5 pointed out that writing activities also represent a knowledge constituting process. While writing, new ideas emerge and elicit the reorganisation of previously acquired concepts. These writing strategies are not considered as mutually exclusive, but placed on a continuum and are interdependent.
The design of writing activities
Even though writing is considered as beneficial to the learning process, there are some conditions that have to be met, in order for the task to be productive:
1) students’ previous knowledge and beliefs should be taken into account,
2) the writing task should encourage students to reflect on their own experiences
3) the task should require the elaboration of new knowledge, rather than the simple creation of a summary or factual report,
4) students should be encouraged to solve practical problems through theoretical knowledge
5) the writing task should be integrated into the school curriculum, with the organisation of relevant sessions going from class discussions to small-group activities.6
The most efficient way to exploit the writing activity for learning purposes is to combine them with oral discussion and reading.7
Collaborative learning (also termed cooperative learning by some authors) comprises a number of different situations in which learners are required to work together on a set of tasks. The scenario is usually quite precise and specifies how the work should be organized, distributed and planned over time8. Collaborative scenarios prompt students to engage in discussion, express what they have understood and gain from others’ perspectives.
The design for collaborative learning activities
Though collaborative learning activities can be a powerful tool for deep learning, its actual effectiveness depends on many factors - ultimately on whether students effectively engage in productive interactions. Two conditions found to be particularly relevant for the success of collaborative learning activities are the following:
• collaboration between peers does not happen spontaneously, but has to be triggered and guided through the design of the activities. Well-designed activities should place students in situations in which they need to interact to complete the task (positive interdependance) and in which the role and responsibility of each member are clearly identified.9
• pedagogical scenarios should not only include collaborative group-learning activities but also individual and collective tasks.10
Different types of collaborative writing activities can be identified:
• learners can be asked to engage in the complex process of collaborative knowledge building and of the co-construction of knowledge. In this type of activity, they are prompted to collaborate from the beginning in the creation of the content required.
• learners are required to provide each other with comments and assessment of their work. Different forms of peer feedback can be implemented. In Peer-comment activities, learners are asked to comment on the work of their colleagues, providing constructive criticism and suggestions. In peer-assessment activities, participants are required to evaluate and rate each other’s performance. Learners may have reservations about peer assessment as they may not appreciate having their work evaluated by a peer. These reservations soon disappear as they gain more experience with this type of assessment11.
Collaborative writing tools
The development of computers and the increased availability of Internet connection have brought about the emergence of a number of tools supporting the collaborative writing process, thanks to the functions of sharing, version tracking and collaborative editing.
It is useful to differentiate between “traditional” Web (Web 1.0) and its more recent development, Web 2.0. The first one provides users with the opportunity of accessing a large amount of information. Of course, internet users can also create web pages of their own, but in a static fashion, which does not really provide opportunities for direct collaboration and communication between the reader and the information provider.
On the other hand, web 2.0 is based on the idea of providing the ability to directly collaborate and share information online, transforming the static web into a more dynamic environment. In this type of web environment the content is not given a priority, but co-constructed and negotiated between the participants. This type of environment is therefore ideal for the conduct of collaborative activities based on writing.
Web 2.0 provides various tools, such as blogs, wikis, forums, and social networks. Wikis represent a common choice for activities aiming at collaborative learning and particularly collaborative writing. See the article dedicated to Wikis.
1 Emig, J. (1977). Writing as a mode of learning. College composition and communication, 28(2), 122-128.
2 Hayes, J. R. and Flower, L. S. (1980). Identifying the organisation of writing process. In L.W. Gregg and E. R. Steinberg (Eds.), Cognitive process in writing (pp. 3-30). Hillsdale, NJ : Erlbaum.
3 Bereiter, C. and Scardamalia, M. (1987). The psychology of written composition. Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
4 Kellogg, R. T. (2008). Training writing skills : A cognitive developmental perspective. Journal of Writing Research, 1(1), 1-26.
5 Galbraith, D. (1999). Writing as a knowledge-constituting process. In D. Galbraith & M. Torrance (Eds.), Knowing what to write. Conceptual process in text production (pp. 137-158). Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press.
6 Tynjälä, P., Mason, L., and Lonka, K. (2001). Writing as a learning tool : Integrating theory and practice. Studies in writing, vol. 7. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publisher.
7 Tynjälä, P. (1998) Writing as a tool for constructive learning : Student’s learning experiences during an experiment. Higher Education, 36, 209-230.
8 Dillenbourg, P. (1999). What do you mean by collaborative learning?. In P. Dillenbourg (Ed.) Collaborative learning : Cognitive and computational approaches (pp. 1-19). Oxford : Elsevier.
9 Slavin, R. E. (2011). Instruction Based on Cooperative Learning. In R. E. Mayer & P. A. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction (pp. 344-360). New York: Taylor & Francis.
10 Dillenbourg P. and Fisher, F. (2007). Flexibility in macro-scripts for computer-supported collaborative learning. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 23, 1-13.
11 Dochy, F. and McDowell, L. (1997). Assessment as a tool for learning. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 23, 279-298.
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The Federal Government has announced a $1.1 billion four-year “innovation package”, which includes 24 measures that are hoped will kickstart a national “innovation culture”.
The National Innovation and Science Agenda will foster innovation in the areas of tax, research infrastructure, and education in the STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering and maths, the ABC reports.
Malcolm Turnbull, whose rhetoric around business and innovation has been widely-publicised since he ousted Tony Abbott from the top job in September, told reporters the agenda would focus on commercialising research, raising capital and enabling risk, making the government a model example for innovation, and boosting talent and skills.
The CSIRO, a major loser in the 2014 budget, is set to benefit from a $200 million, 10-year CSIRO Innovation Fund.
Additionally, foreign students who gain their STEM-related degrees in Australia are set to score more credit points, allowing them to stay in Australia after they have completed their study.
Greater national retention of highly-skilled individuals should be encouraging for businesses looking to employ from STEM disciplines now and in the future. After all, ABS data shows the number of jobs requiring STEM skills has grown at 1.5 times the rate of other jobs in recent years.
Innovation Australia board member and former Engineers Australia President Dr Marlene Kanga points to a recent report by PwC, which indicates that 44 per cent of Australian jobs are at risk from new technologies and 75 per cent of new jobs will require STEM skills.
To help address the lack of gender diversity in STEM, $13 million will be invested over five years, to encourage women to study and remain in STEM disciplines.
The Guardian reports the funding will also be used to introduce problem solving, critical thinking and digital skills from an early age in Australian schools.
If Australia is to have enough STEM-qualified workers to meet the demands of a knowledge-driven future economy, Kanga believes it is vital the process starts at an early age.
“Australia has had declining numbers of boys and girls studying mathematics and science, the enabling subjects for careers in science, technology and mathematics,” she says.
“It is important for students to have a strong foundation in these subjects at school. This in turn will increase the numbers successfully studying engineering at university and therefore the supply into the workforce.”
In addition, $15 million will be invested to create a new digital marketplace, to make it easier for startups and small and medium businesses to sell to and work with government.
The Digital Transformation Office (DTO) will develop the Digital Marketplace – an online directory of digital and ICT services from which government agencies will procure – to improve competition and promote innovation across government.
Cultivating innovation in-house
With innovation now firmly on the Federal agenda, how can HR instil a similar “innovation culture” within its own organisations?
Consistently convey the correct signals about innovation expectations to every employee within the company
Reward and recognition
Reinforce the importance of innovation activity and outcomes through the use of recognition schemes that encourage and inspire employees to share and develop ideas – even if the ideas might fail
Talent management for individuals
Ensure all employees understand the unique skills and behaviours required to successfully innovate in their organisation
Talent management for teams
Break down internal silos and promote idea sharing by building career development frameworks which encourage resource sharing
Talent management for leadership
Develop leaders to continually “horizon scan” and adopt a mindset of dissatisfaction with the status quo
Identifying critical roles
Identify which roles disproportionately drive innovation value, develop the people filling these roles and ensure full competence in innovation processes
Architect the organisation (structures, processes, roles, capabilities, etc.) to support the innovation strategy, accelerating the idea lifecycle by minimising boundaries and promoting collaboration
Leverage technology to encourage cross organisation networking and collaboration
Facilitate the implementation of new working practices that drive innovation
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(David & Cambre, 2016). Each celebration must show shared interest and then either celebration can start discourse, equality exists through mutual interest. Tinder has generated ground into the app-dating sphere since it includes a user-friendly screen that boasts real attraction, provides a massive following, and yields a less structured forum for interaction. Tinder’s appeal advances the desirability for relationship and connect initiation, and simultaneously, the influx that is potential of violations, miscommunication, and negative experiences. Other apps are attempting to navigate the relationship that is limited structures on Tinder. For example, Bumble mandates ladies initiate discussion and implement picture verification to avoid catfishing; Coffee Meets Bagels rewards ladies whilst the commodity men that are requiring for access. The co-presence and design often cause users to perpetuate their need to search in order to find more partners that are potential than further relationship initiation and development. Starting Tinder causes users to get other prospective lovers; but, Tinder doesn’t make an effort to facilitate matchmaking in its design instead continues to exploit its commodity, the users. Apps how to use mennation offer users unique affordances and features, people must first figure out which app most readily useful serves their passions, and then second decide how the technical affordances affect the relationship initiation script. Tinder yields relationship initiation, or just just what does occur before contact starts, and future scholars should continue steadily to investigate just just just what relational implications happen through and after pre-interaction in mediated relationship processes that are developmental.
Conclusion, this research investigated a method that is prominent participating in social conversation.
Wide acceptance surrounding mobile relationship apps illustrates supplementation, as opposed to replacement, to relationship initiation within overwhelming popular use. As relationship initiation originates through a medium, such as for instance Tinder, relational scholars must give consideration to that the medium modifies and mediates the social relationship, much like compared to the message. Consequently, the overarching share of the research asks: How exactly does selecting Tinder replace the relationship? Exactly How are emotional, relational, and communicative results (Ledbetter, 2014) changed because of the initial connection is recommended. This exploratory research provides understanding to theorize what pre-interaction actions individuals undertake to create relational interactions.
The relationship that Tinder, along with other dating that is mobile, mimic online dating services decreases their particular features and affordances. Up to now, Tinder’s influence on interpersonal relationships, including pre-interaction tasks, relationship initiation behaviors, and hookup culture, will not be explored. This research respected the modifications occurring in mobile relationship apps and also the want to further explicate how Tinder assists in relationship initiation, and just exactly just what implications which will have for pre-interaction relationship developmental procedures. Initiating and experimenting procedures happen on Tinder once a match is set up; but, the pre-interaction procedures constitute strategic actions, such as for instance selecting mobile relationship, determining own profile appearances, and branding an asynchronous impression, all of these haven’t been formerly been accounted for in the partnership development model.
Writers note that is E. LeFebvre happens to be linked to the Department of correspondence Studies into the University of Alabama. Her address that is current is Reese Phifer, 901 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA. This informative article had been presented during the 2016 Overseas Association of union analysis Conference in Toronto, Canada.
Acknowledgements. We wish to thank Ryan Rasner for his help in coding and initial phases for this manuscript and also the Editor,
Dr Geoff MacDonald therefore the anonymous reviewers with their supportive and comments that are insightful.
The author(s) received no monetary help for the investigation, authorship, and/or book of the article.
Tinder statistics parallel July 2016 styles.
Tinder’s new features consist of Instagram integration, typical connections, GIFs (Graphic Interchange structure), larger emoji use, and conforming that is non-gender (Tinder, 2016).
Dating apps are utilized most regularly by 25–34-year-olds, comprising adult that is emergingEA) and Millennials (Smith & Duggan, 2013). Millennials had been created between 1982 and 2003 and presently encompass all EA. In sum, Millennials research had been used to argue EA relevance into the search, initiate, and navigate relationships that are interpersonal nonetheless, I didn’t would you like to conflate conflicting views on those two distinct bodies of scholarship.
Tinder discounted service for 13–18-year-olds (Crook, 2016b).
Tinder discontinues service for users under 18 (Crook, 2016a).
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January Is by Fred Hirst
A month wen tha settles up thi Xmas bills
A month wen tha pestered wi cowds an chills
A month wen tha can't keep up wi thi runnin nooahs
A month wen t'frost plays 'eck wi thi fingers an tooahs
A month wen tha slips on t'snaw an' t'idden slide
A month wen tha might finish up on thi backside
A month wen in fact tha cud play 'ell an' curse
A month ta ferget, but think on, February cud be worse
Jesus Is Born by Fred Hirst
Jooasiph an Mary wo paid aht an' covered i' dust,
The'd ta get ta Bethlehem that neet, it wor a must.
Ivverybody 'ed ta register an' each 'ed ta sign the'r name,
It wor a government order, nooah messin', it wodn't a game,
Jooasiph wo capped ah many fowk ther' wor i' t' streets.
T' sun 'ed gone dahn an' it wor one o' t' dahrkest o' neets.
It wo reight 'ahrd gooin', trampin' up an' dahn i' t' gloom,
All t' inns wo full, the' wor 'evvin' bother gerrin' a room.
Mary wor 'eavy wi' bairn, Jooasiph 'ed ta ger 'er a bed.
Throo t' dahrkness the' cud just see a leet shinin' ahead.
" 'ev yer gor a room," Jooasiph said, " or a place ta rest?"
"T' only place Ah've got is t' stable, it weern't be best."
At leeast the'd fahnd sumweer ta rest the'r 'eds,
But the'd 'ev ta mak do wi' straw for the'r beds.
Durin' that neet, Lord Jesus ahr Saviour wo born.
That day is knawn ivveryweer as Christmas Morn.
In swaddlin' clooas, ahr Lord Jesus, in a manger lay
An' ahtside a breet new star made neet as leet as day.
Follerin' this star, t' three Wise Men began ta tire,
W'en it stopped ovver t' stable weer Jesus wor i' t' byre.
Gold an' Frankincense an' Myrrh the' gave to ahr King,
The' wo t' finest gifts that t' three Wise Men cud bring.
'evvin' paid the'r 'omage, they all knelt dahn ta pray,
Well ahtside, t' angels sang carols all throo t' day.
Knaw Thi Onions by Fred Hirst
Tom decided that 'e'd 'ad enuff for t' neet,
'e thowt a pint o' beer 'ed taste reight sweet.
Sooah 'e picked up 'is tooils an' purr 'em away
An' ovver t' 'ouse tops t' sun 'ed set ta end t'day.
'e made 'is way steadily up towahrd gate
An' sat dahn on t' seeaht wi owd Bill Tate.
"Nah, 'es ta gorr ivverything done?" said Bill.
"Nooah," said Tom. "Ah've a few spots ta fill."
"tha knaws Bill, it i'n't same nah t' bairns 'ev gone,
Ta eyt all that Ah grow taday, Ah've summat on."
Bill said, " Tha'll 'ev ta grow summat ta show,
Like onions, might win a cup, yer nivver knaw,"
Tom thowt abaht it an' said, "Bill get thisen up,
Come up ta club an' Ah'll buy thee a pint ta sup."
Ta gerr a free pint, Bill wor allus ready,
'cos 'e wor eighty 'e'd ta walk steady.
Tom got t' beer in an' said, "Mi first taday."
Bill 'ed been knawn ta put many a pint away.
Tom asked, "Wot s'all Ah do ta set abaht this?
If ther's prizes ta be won Ah mooahn't miss."
"Tha's got ta get stuck in an' mak a good onion bed."
Bill gev 'im all t' knaw 'ah an' finally this 'e said.
"W'en tha sows, such a lot depends on good weather,
Look after 'em like bairns an' winners tha'll gether."
Three yeeahrs went by an' Tom 'ed nowt worth showin'
Cudn't understand w'y 'is onions wo not growin'.
"Ah'll 'ev ta see Bill," 'e said, " 'e'll tell me gladly,
Ah ain't seen 'im abaht for a bit, Ah wonder if 'e's badly?"
'e knocked on t' dooahr, 'e didn't knaw if 'e wor in
An' the t' dog stahrted bahrkin', it made such a din.
Bill Shahted, "Shurrup barrkin' , Bess, lig thisen dahn,
Bring thisen in Tom an' shut dooahr, it i'n't a bahrn."
Bill wo smookin' 'is pipe, on 'is 'eeahd wor 'is cap
An' t' dog jumped on 'is knee an' laid dahn in 'is lap.
"Nah then wot's up wi the' ? Tha looks as fahl as sin."
"It's mi onions, the're nooah good, Ah s'all ne'er win."
"Thi onion bed, did ta dig thi trenches two spades deep
An' fill 'em up wi manure an’ compost that' tha’d ta keep?
Tha did, then gerr a tub awf filled wi' watter,
Stir it up 'til it's like puddin' batter.
Be sure ta use that ivvery week an' thi onions will grow
'til tha's ta use thi wheelbarrer ta tak 'em ta show."
Liza's Love by Fred Hirst
It wo pitch black an' it 'ed rained durin' t' neet,
Tha could 'eeahr t' clatter o' t' clogs i' t' street.
T' knocker-up rattled on t' winnders, then banged on t' dooahr,
Liza slipped aht o' bed purrin' 'er feet on t' cowd flooahr.
She purr ‘er shawl rahnd 'er shoulders, like ivvery mornin',
'er mahth ivver oppen as she couldn't stop 'ersen yawnin'.
After riddlin' t' fire, aht o' t' bucket she purr on some coil,
She purr up t' draw tin, she'd be glad w'en it wo wahrm i' t' 'oil.
T' kettle 'ed sooin be boilin', she put some teeah i' t' pot,
W'en'er 'usband gor up, she'd ta mak sure 'is teeah wor 'ot.
'is britches, socks an' clogs wo laid i' t' fender for airin',
Shirt an' pants wor i' t' oven, wahrm clooahs 'e'd be wearin'.
Liza cut two great slices an' put some jam on 'is bread,
Then she shahted upstairs tellin' 'im ta ger up aht o' bed.
'e cem dahn shiverin', 'is shirt wor 'is awnly attire,
Liftin' up 'is lap, 'e stood for a minute i' t' front o' t' fire.
'e pulled on 'is trahsers an' then 'e purr on 'is socks,
Takkin' off 'is shirt showin' a back blue scahrred wi' knocks.
In a stooahn sink, i' cowd watter 'e swilled 'is face,
All this wo steady like, nooah 'urry, it wodn't a race.
Sittin' dahn on a buffet, 'e stahrted eytin' 'is bread,
All this time, between man an' wife not a word wo said.
Faintly, first ridin! buzzer blew, the' nobbut could just 'eeahr,
Purrin' on t' rest on 'is clooahs 'e took a last mahttiful o' teeah.
Lif tin' t' sneck, ‘e oppened t' dooahr, ‘stahrs nah shone above,
From inside o't 'ouse Liza called aht, "Be careful my love."
Pullin' t' dooahr to 'e quietly joined the mottley throng,
Ivvery shift dahn t' pit would be dusty 'ahrd an' long.
Late For T’School by Fred Hirst
Ah wo capped wen mi mam cem wi mi ta t'dooah
She told me not to be late for t'schooil onny mooah
Then she covered me cheeks all ovver wi kisses
Ah sed "Stop it, Ah'm not one o' them cissies"
Ah passed by Jim's 'ouse an' 'e gev me a wave
'is face red all ovver like an' Indian brave
That 'e'd got measles ivverybody cud see
Ah wish 'e'd share 'em aht an' gi sum to me
In t'fahmyard the'd browt a sow an' a big booah
Fahmer sed "Gerr off ta schooil" Ah cudn't see onny mooah
Ah picked up a stick an' threw it for owd Tom's dog
Ah gev Peter twenty mahbles for 'is big green frog
Me an' Jack stahted ahguin' an' we 'ed a feight
A lady stopped us an' sed feightin' wern't reight
She med us shak 'ands an' told us to be gud
An' then we ran dabn t'rooad as fast as we cud
Mi booits got mucky an' Ah'd ta cleean 'em wi grass
Didn't mek a gud job on 'em but the'd 'ev ta pass
Ah dashed dahn t'rooad an' up to t'schooil gate
Looks as tho' Ah'm i' bother for bein' late
Teycher gev me two o' t'best that med mi 'ands sooah
Teeahs cem inta mi een but Ah managed not ta rooah
Nah Ah'm nivver late onny mooah for t'schooil
Noa mooah cane for me, Ah'm nooahbody's fooil
Little Sparrer by Fred Hirst
Little sparrer upon mi windersill
Lookin far crumbs, thi tummy ta fill
Little sparrer, nooah cap, nooah scahrf on thi neck
T'north wind 'll ruffle thi feathers, by 'eck
Little sparrer, nooah socks, nooah booits on thi feet
Surely tha bahn t’a bi bitterly cowd taneet
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We have a table as below.
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April 26, 1985
By the President of the United States of America
Memorial Day is the one day we set aside each year for a special observance of the sacrifices Americans have made throughout our history for the ideals of peace, freedom, and justice for all. It is fitting upon this occasion that we look forward with hope to the future and also back with remembrance to the commitment and bravery of previous generations of Americans.
This year, we observe the fortieth anniversary of the end of the most destructive war the world has ever known -- a war the United States did not want but nevertheless fought with total commitment to protect the most cherished human ideals. Throughout that war, and in our foreign relations afterward, we have sought to achieve true and lasting peace for all the people of the world.
Today, our desire for peace is equally great. In our observances this Memorial Day, we honor the brave Americans who paid the highest price for their commitment to the ideals of peace, freedom, and justice. Our debt to them can be paid only by our own recommitment to preserving those same ideals. But our recommitment cannot be for ourselves alone. It must also be for our children, and for the generations yet to come. Peace, freedom, and justice are not things that were won for us two hundred years ago or forty years ago; they must be won again and again by each successive generation.
And so today, let us pray for peace; and let us remember those who gave so much for peace that the ideals of the West may survive.
In recognition of those Americans to whom we pay tribute today, the Congress, by joint resolution of May 11, 1950 (64 Stat. 158), has requested the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe each Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace and designating a period on that day when the people of the United States might unite in prayer.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 1985, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11 o'clock in the morning of that day as a time to unite in prayer. I urge the press, radio, television, and all other information media to cooperate in this observance.
I also request the Governors of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the appropriate officials of all local units of government, to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff during this Memorial Day on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and in all areas under its jurisdiction and control, and I request the people of the United States to display the flag at half-staff from their homes for the customary forenoon period.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and ninth.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:59 p.m., April 26, 1985]
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Tsipouro and Tsikoudia are two denominations with geographic indications of the traditional Greek marc distillate, which is produced in continental Greece and in the island of Crete respectively. It is produced by the Greek winegrowers as well as by the professional distillers. To provide data on the safety of domestic Tsipouro and Tsikoudia distillates for human consumption and to draw conclusions from any essential results, which might have an impact on the quality of this product, 23 samples were analysed for: (a) Volatile compounds by the use of gas chromatography, (b) Inorganic elements, using atomic absorption spectrometry and (c) the pH values through-out using standard methods. Data revealed differences between these two denominations, which have been confirmed by the application of a statistic analysis and a PCA. Thus, Tsikoudia was found to contain statistically higher amounts of acetalde-hyde. However, the levels that have been observed did not exceed the official limits. Most of the Tsipouro and Tsikoudia samples also contained low concentrations of estragol, an anise compound, lead and copper, which do not represent a risk to consumer health due to their toxicity. On the other hand, the total concentration of higher alcohols was higher than the official minimum limit (140 g.hl-1 Absolute Alcohol-AA), while the amylic alcohols rarely exceeded 300 g.hl-1 AA. The high concentrations of ethyl acetate (>300 g.hl-1 AA) and ethyl lactate in a few samples showed the necessity of limiting unwanted fermentations in the grape pomace. The analytical study showed that the quality of the marc distillate is, generally, satisfactory. However, it revealed great differences between Tsipouro and Tsikoudia even among the samples of each denomination and, con-sequently, these domestic distillates need standardization and a more systematic production.
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Report: Community banks on the rise in NY
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that community banks provide more than half of all small business loans and nearly all small farm loans in the state, helping to increase job growth and the state's economy, Gannett's Haley Viccaro reports.
A state Department of Financial Services report showed that community banks have 22 percent of all Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation assets but provide almost 55 percent of small business loans and 90 percent of small farm loans.
"Community banks represent a strong economic engine that drives growth in New York and their performance is remarkable," Cuomo said in a statement. "Small business is the engine of job growth and most small business loans come not from the big national banks, but from community banks."
Community banks increased their small business loan lending from 43 percent to 55 percent between 2001 and 2011, the report said. In 2001 the banks had $116.3 billion in aggregate deposits and grew in 2011 to $130.4 billion.
Banks with assets below $1 billion account for about 28 percent of all small business loans and 43 percent of small farm loans statewide.
Despite the financial crisis, community banks continued to offer loans to small businesses and homeowners. Larger national banks chose to pull back from providing loans during the crisis.
"Community banks focus on the unique needs of their communities," said Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of Financial Services, in a statement. "They build stronger customer relationships which help attract local retail deposits."
Community banks in Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse service small manufacturing and technology businesses and start-up companies, which draws businesses and programs to the upstate metropolitan area.
After a sharp decline in the 1990s due to mergers with larger banks, community banks grew in the 2000s and have 38 percent of all loan assets in the state. Commercial and residential real estate lending probably led to the increase in banks, the Department of Financial Services said.
Although they are solidly growing, community banks may have to find new ways to reduce costs to overcome future challenges, Lawsky said. Interest rates and the development of new bank technologies is expected to increase, which could negatively affect small community banks.
Michael Smith, CEO of the New York Bankers Association, said changing requirements under the international Basel III presents a threat to community banks and Lawsky has urged that the banks be exempt from some Basel III regulations.
Community banks are banks that have less than $10 billion in assets. In 2011, there were a reported 169 community banks in New York compared to about 299 in the late 1990s.
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During two trips planned for 2015, Sergio Romaniuc Neto of the Botanical Institute of São Paulo intends to retrace the plant-collecting expeditions undertaken by French naturalist Auguste de Saint-Hilaire in 1819 and 1822 along the coast between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and through inland São Paulo State. Romaniuc Neto knows precisely which plants to look for because, in addition to having seen the specimens preserved at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, he was one of the coordinators who put together the online version of Saint-Hilaire’s collection of plants and field notebooks (hvsh.cria.org.br), which has been in operation since 2009. As they expand in Brazil, these so-called virtual herbaria bring together information and millions of detailed images of collections of Brazilian plants, organized by botanists in Brazil or elsewhere, that were previously kept only in cabinets at their institutions. This online collection aids researchers in their work, expands the number of users and enables researchers to perform new types of analysis of Brazil’s biological diversity—all of which would have been inconceivable just a few years ago.
“Before, we had to take long trips to see the collections in other countries, without knowing what we might find,” says Rafaela Forzza, a researcher at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. “Now, with virtual herbaria, we can more effectively plan and choose what we want to study before traveling.” Forzza coordinates Reflora (www.reflora.jbrj.gov.br), a program that repatriates information on Brazilian plants, launched in 2010 with support from the Brazilian federal government, research foundations and businesses. Reflora has made publicly available online some 100,000 images of Brazilian plants at the Kew Botanic Gardens near London, and another 75,000 images from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
The two institutions sent images of the plants, and the team at the Botanical Garden analyzed the labels of each specimen, which are written in French, English, German or Latin, to obtain metadata on the name of the collector, date and location of collection, and other details to complete the identification. Forzza says that each day, her team of 70 grant recipients and staff members working at several institutions capture, examine and process information on about 750 images that arrive from herbaria in other countries, and another 750 from the Botanical Garden’s own virtual herbarium. “It’s now routine practice: no plant goes into the herbarium’s physical collection without first being photographed and incorporated into the online collection,” she says.
Through agreements established in late 2014, herbaria in other countries have begun to send images of Brazilian plants in their collections. The New York Botanical Garden has sent 52,000 of its planned 320,000 images. The University of Missouri Botanic Garden has sent 17,000 of an estimated total of 170,000 images. Soon, thousands of images will also begin to come in from museums in Vienna and Stockholm. These images will help researchers to distinguish the earliest records, known as type species, which are of key importance in knowing whether the assumedly new plants they have collected are in fact new. The type species of cassava (Manihot esculenta), for example, collected in 1850 in Santarém, state of Pará, is kept in the Paris herbarium, but it can be viewed in detail using Reflora.
Since 2014, Reflora has been adding to the digitized collection of plants kept in 11 herbaria at universities, museums and research centers in the states of Bahia, Sergipe, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District,. “Virtual herbaria do not reduce the need for, or the space devoted to, the physical collections, but they provide a means for safeguarding the materials, and they are an aid to consultation and strategy-making for conserving Brazilian flora,” Forzza notes. The information in virtual herbaria should prove useful for the preparation of a detailed document about the status of the 45,941 Brazilian plant species, which is to be completed by 2020 as stipulated in the Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty to which Brazil is a signatory.
The Reference Center on Environmental Information (CRIA), in the city of Campinas, is responsible for developing and maintaining the speciesLink network, another database of Brazilian biodiversity. SpeciesLink (splink.cria.org.br) shares over 7.2 million records on 103,000 species of animals, fossils, microorganisms, plants and fungi in the physical collections of 123 institutions in every state in Brazil, as well as 11 research centers in other countries. The speciesLink network is the database of the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) – Virtual Herbarium of Flora and Fungi (inct.florabrasil.net), an assemblage of 152 collections, 5 million records and 900,000 images of 77,500 different species. “Each herbarium sends its open data information,” says Dora Canhos, associate director of CRIA. “Now, not only the large herbaria, but also the small ones far from metropolitan areas, are being digitized and have an opportunity to make their collections available to the community.”
The team at CRIA gained its first experience in this area in 2000 when they developed SinBiota, a system designed to consolidate and manage information from surveys of plants, animals and microorganisms conducted by researchers in São Paulo State connected with the Biota-FAPESP Program. SpeciesLink took root soon afterward, providing information on the biodiversity of São Paulo State, and eventually that of other states as well. In 2006, CRIA launched the electronic version of Flora Brasiliensis (florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br)—with descriptions of 22,767 species in 15 volumes produced between 1840 and 1906—and began collaborating with institutions in other countries, in particular the botanical gardens of New York and Missouri, to repatriate information on plants collected in Brazil.
One of the most recent projects was the production of the Saint-Hilaire Virtual Herbarium, which contains 9,000 records and about 4,500 type species. In 1816, shortly after arriving in Brazil, the French naturalist was the first to describe erva mate (Ilex paraguariensis) found on a farm near the city of Curitiba in the state of Paraná, and the pequi tree (Caryocar brasiliense), found in Minas Gerais. By the time he returned to Europe in 1822, he had also traveled around the states of Rio de Janeiro, Goiás, São Paulo, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, as well as parts of Argentina and Paraguay. His 10 field notebooks, now included in the virtual herbarium along with descriptions of his collected specimens, contain comments about the local customs of the places he visited. For that reason, says Canhos, “it is a tool for historians and sociologists alike.”
These accounts were published in books that offer vivid portraits of the landscape, such as that found in Segunda viagem a São Paulo e quadro histórico da província de São Paulo [Second voyage to São Paulo and historical overview of the province of São Paulo]. “Above all, I admired the brightly illuminated Carmo church,” he wrote upon arriving in São Paulo in 1822. “The streets were filled with people strolling from one church to another, but only to have a look at them, without the slightest hint of devotion. Women selling confections and sweets sat on the ground, in the doorways of churches, and villagers bought the delicacies to offer to their female strolling companions.”
Romaniuc Neto perused Saint-Hilaire’s notebooks during his doctoral studies at the Museum of Natural History in Paris between 1996 and 1999. After returning to São Paulo, he undertook a project to digitize the plants and field notebooks and, with support from FAPESP and the Vitae Foundation, formalized the cooperation agreement between the Paris-based museum, the Botanical Institute and CRIA. He then returned to Paris to search for the plants collected by Saint-Hilaire, which were scattered throughout the collection of 12 million specimens, in his effort to produce the virtual herbarium.
He now plans to use this information in spatial and historical analyses. “Are we really losing biodiversity? How, and how much? Might other species have emerged in the same space as the earlier ones, and thereby maintain the diversity? Should we protect spaces, or species? Only historical and spatial analyses of the biodiversity can help us answer these questions,” he says. Rafaela Forzza, of the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, adds, “In order to move forward, we need the past.” The botanists are satisfied to see one of their long-time dreams—online herbaria—take shape, but they are also concerned that the difficulty of obtaining long-term funding could jeopardize the continuity of these databases of Brazilian plants.
Saint-Hilaire Virtual Herbarium (No. 2006/57363-4); Grant mechanism Regular Line of Research Project Award; Principal investigator Sergio Romaniuc Neto (Botanical Institute-SP); Investment R$60,123.56 (FAPESP).
PIGNAL, M. et al. Saint-Hilaire virtual herbarium, a new upgradeable tool to study Brazilian botany. Adansonia. V. 35, No. 1, p. 7-18. 2013.
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It goes without saying that technology has shaped the way we live – how we work, read, interact and consume media and even how we eat. In particular, cloud technologies have completely transformed the workspace. Gone are the days of tangled cords, huge towers, floppy disks and giant printers. Thanks to the cloud, the modern office is no longer constricted to a physical space where we work during typical office hours. Cloud technologies allow us to not only have an easier, quicker, more convenient time in the office, but they also help us clock in, collaborate and contribute from anywhere in the world. With all this in mind, Backupify created an infographic to depict how the cloud has transformed the modern day workspace.
Disclaimer: This article was written by a guest contributor in his/her personal capacity. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of CloudWedge.com.
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As the Wisconsin battle over union benefits continues to rage, the passion and commitment of people on both sides reflect that the activists are fighting over “a perennial ideological debate in American politics: whether labor unions are good or bad for society,” says University of Notre Dame political scientist Benjamin Radcliff.
According to a study co-authored by Radcliff, people living in countries in which labor union membership was robust were happier – regardless of whether or not they belonged to a labor union themselves.
“There’s both a direct effect of being a member and an indirect effect,” Radcliff says.
It’s no coincidence that American workers have never been more dissatisfied with their jobs, and labor unions’ membership keeps dropping, according to Radcliff.
Examining life-satisfaction data from several European countries as well as Japan, Australia, and the U.S., Radcliff and his colleagues based their study on the notion that happiness with one’s life increasingly means happiness at work.
So what, exactly, brings workers happiness? Unions, according to Radcliff.
There are obvious benefits for members: job security, fair wages, benefits and decent hours. But for those who are not members, there is Radcliff’s “indirect effect.”
“People who have union jobs like their jobs better,” he says. “And that puts pressure on other employers to extend the same benefits and wages to compete with the union shops.”
The study also found that the lower-paid labor union members are the ones who find contentment through organized labor, rather than union members who earn the highest salaries.
Radcliff notes that happiness itself is only partially quantifiable, and to take the best measure of it, one needs to consider other factors such as unemployment rate and even church attendance.
However, there is a relationship between happiness and the density of unions in a given country. Denmark, for instance, ranks near the top in both categories, and the U.S., by contrast, ranks near the bottom for happiness in all the countries studied.
Radcliff, who specializes in comparative and American politics, is one of the world’s leading authorities on the study of politics and happiness. He has published articles on the topic in scholarly journals including the American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, Social Forces, and most recently, the Journal of Politics. He is author of the book Happiness, Economics and Politics.
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minnesota will have two constitutional amendments in the next election, after the House and Senate voted in favor of the latest on Wednesday.
The votes for the Voter I.D. amendment fell nearly entirely along party lines. Republicans voted for it, but Democrats opposed it.
Republicans largely support the bill. They consider it fraud prevention especially in a state with a history of close elections. But Democrats say it'll suppress votes of students, minorities and elderly Minnesotans, all largely democratic voters who don't have access to a voter I.D. or would be burdened to get one.
The amendments will ask voters simple yes or no questions, like the one below:
"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free identification to eligible voters, effective July 1, 2013?"
If you leave the amendment question blank on the ballot, you're essentially voting no for it. In order to actually vote for the amendment, you have to fill in yes.
The other constitutional amendment, so far, is a ban on gay marriage.
The reason for two amendments in one election comes down to simple politics. Mark Dayton is a DFL Governor, but the Republicans control the legislature.
"The legislature can put constitutional amendments on the ballot without the approval of the Governor, so they're getting around a Governor that opposes these particular Constitutional Amendments," said Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota.
Pearson said there could be other constitutional amendments brought up before the November election.
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