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On Thursday, Sept. 22 the Jewish American Studies program sponsored an event in honor of Holocaust survivors in the Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall of the John J. Cali School of Music. The event was called Songs of the Holocaust and featured songs written by victims of the Holocaust, the artists themselves perished during the war. The composer of the piece, Norbert Glanzberg, was a Holocaust survivor as well and became a renowned composer after World War II.
The performer of this heart-breaking and emotional piece was Rachel Joselson, an internationally renowned opera singer and an associate professor at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Joselson was accompanied by the pianist Rene Lecuona, professor and co-chair of the piano area at the University of Iowa. Together they told the story of inmates in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt, a camp where an unusually—high number of artists and musicians were deported. The songs express the hardships the inmates had to endure as well as the longing of seeing their family members again.
At the start of the event, the chairperson of the department of religion, Dorothy Rogers, read out short biographies of some of the Holocaust survivors that were present. One harrowing story of survival was of Gina Lanceter. When she was loaded into a cattle car with her family, her mother told her to jump through the window of the car. Her father’s final words from the cattle car were, “You must survive. You must tell others!”
Danne Davis, an associate professor of early childhood, elementary and literacy education, said that she came to the event because she is working with Holocaust educators to come up with ways to teach children about the Holocaust. “The arts is one way, and a very influential way, to teach such heavy learning materials,” said Davis.
She added that she supports the idea of cultural events such as Songs of the Holocaust at Montclair State. “The fact that the university is letting these people perform here and make use of the space and talent is great. That is what universities should be doing.” | <urn:uuid:11738b93-630b-48bf-99d5-04ec7fe4c3fe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://themontclarion.org/news/holocaust-survivors-songs-music/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.981056 | 435 | 2.21875 | 2 |
- Cisco eNIC
- Cisco fNIC
- Ethernet driver for Cisco VIC
- FCoE driver for Cisco VIC
What is eNIC, fNIC?
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) drivers facilitate communication between supported operating systems and Cisco UCS VICs.
Cisco UCS VIC driver ISO bundles include an eNIC driver and an fNIC driver, where eNIC is the driver for the Cisco UCS VIC Ethernet NIC and fNIC is the driver for the Cisco UCS VIC Fibre Channel over Ethernet HBA. Fiber Channel NIC, also referred to as fNIC, is used by the ESX or Linux flavor of operating systems to communicate with the physical HBA card installed on the server. It is used to connect FC or iSCSI storage LUNs to hosts. The fNIC driver enables FCoE support for the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card family of products.
Flexpod configuration should have the following minimum version of drivers:
|Cisco eNIC||188.8.131.52||Ethernet driver for Cisco VIC|
|Cisco fNIC||184.108.40.206||FCoE driver for Cisco VIC|
How to find the NIC driver version?
- For ESX systems, run the following command:
#vmkload_mod -s fnicfor FCoE Cards
vmkload_mod module information
input file: /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/fnic
Version: Version 220.127.116.11, Build: 472560
#vmkload_mod -s enicfor Ethenet cards
- For Linux systems, run the following command:
[root@linux-host]# dmesg | grep -i fnic
$fnic: Cisco FCoE HBA Driver, ver 18.104.22.168
[root@linux-host]# dmesg | grep -i enic
You can also run
cat /sys/module/enic/version for eNIC and
cat /sys/module/fnic/version for fNIC
- For Windows:
- Under Control Panel, go to Device Manager and right-click Cisco VIC Ethernet Interface
- Select Properties, click the Driver tab, and check the Driver Version.
How to validate supportability of the ENIC/FNIC driver version?
- For latest ENIC/FNIC driver versions, see NetApp Interoperability Matrix
They can be found under the 'Storage Solution': 'FlexPod SAN' and 'Storage Area Network (SAN)' for 'Host HBA'
Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card CNA
Driver = 22.214.171.124 (Inbox),
Firmware = 2.0(2),
Protocol = FCoE,
Spec = Dual-port 10gE PCI-Express CNA, Cisco UCS System Firmware 2.0(2)
How to update the driver?
What are connectivity and best practices for NetApp storage?
- Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Storage Connectivity Options and Best Practices with NetApp Storage
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Nobel-winner Stiglitz: Poor coronavirus response leaves US on course toward another Great Depression
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz is ripping the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, cautioning that the U.S. could be headed toward a second Great Depression as a result.
“The numbers turning to food banks are just enormous and beyond the capacity of them to supply,” Stiglitz told The Guardian in an interview. “It is like a third-world country. The public social safety net is not working.”
He added: “The inequality in the U.S. is so large. This disease has targeted those with the poorest health. In the advanced world, the US is one of the countries with the poorest health overall and the greatest health inequality.”
Stiglitz, a long-time critic of the president, said that 14 percent of Americans relied on food stamps and that due to the country’s mediocre social infrastructure, the unemployment rate, which has already ballooned during the pandemic, could hit 30 percent.
When asked about the possibilities of the U.S. slipping into a second Great Depression, the economist told the publication that it would happen if the management of the country was left to “Donald Trump and [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell.”
Stiglitz also cited the president’s decision to dissolve the National Security Council team responsible for preventing future epidemics that was established by the Obama administration after the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
“We were unprepared but, even given the degree of unpreparedness, Trump’s decision to make this about politics rather than about science has meant we have responded far more poorly,” Stiglitz said.
COVID-19 has killed more than 45,000 people in the U.S. so far, and the economic tailspin that it caused has led to the unemployment of more than 22 million Americans in just more than a month. | <urn:uuid:38cb3084-000e-475e-ae61-0f5c89a42d7a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/494058-top-economist-poor-coronavirus-response-leaves-us-on-course-toward/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.961417 | 418 | 1.84375 | 2 |
What fizzy drinks can you have when pregnant?
Seltzer or carbonated water
Both are safe during pregnancy — and the bubbles might even help with nausea, especially during the first trimester.
Is it safe to drink carbonated drinks during pregnancy?
Is it safe for pregnant women to drink carbonated beverages and energy drinks? Health care providers recommend that pregnant women exclude carbonated and energy drinks if possible, as they may contain large amounts of sugar, caffeine, colorants, and preservatives. Some energy drinks are high in both sugar and caffeine.
Can you drink lemonade when pregnant?
Are there any safety concerns? In general, lemons — and other citrus fruits — can be safe and healthy to consume during pregnancy. In fact, lemons pack many essential vitamins, minerals, and nutrients that help support maternal health and baby’s development.
What can I drink besides water while pregnant?
Healthy Alternatives to Water
- Sparkling water (try squeezing in some fresh citrus fruit for flavor)
- Pasteurized skim milk.
- Pasteurized soy and almond milk (barring any allergies)
- Freshly squeezed or pasteurized juices (juice has a lot of sugar, so drink in moderation)
- Coconut water.
- Herbal iced tea (no caffeine)
What drinks to avoid while pregnant?
Here are 6 drink to avoid during pregnancy:
- Unpasteurized milk.
- Unpasteurized juices.
- Caffeinated beverages.
- Sugary sodas.
- Drinks with artificial sweeteners, like diet soda.
Does cold water affect baby in womb?
This increase often makes the body temperature rise and make mommy easily feels hot. During this condition, Mommy usually likes to drink cold water. But apparently this does not affect the fetal development. There is no relationship between drinking cold water during pregnancy with the size of babies in the womb.
Can I drink warm lemon water while pregnant?
Lemon consumption can help relieve nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and is generally a safe option. However, women planning to treat pregnancy effects with lemon should speak to their healthcare provider first. People can consume lemon in the forms of tea, water and lemon mixtures, and fresh lemon juice.
Can lemon stop pregnancy?
While the authors of the Krest Bitter Lemon study suggested its use as a postcoital douche, it is unlikely to be effective as no published studies have been done on the effectiveness of lemon juice preparations in preventing pregnancy, though they are advocated by some as a ‘natural’ spermicide (Short et al., 2004). | <urn:uuid:741bb4f2-66a3-4db3-9b1a-d1ebeef0a314> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lisarukinswift.com/motherhood/what-fizzy-drinks-can-you-drink-when-pregnant.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.935131 | 544 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Growing up, the only way I celebrated Shavuot was at my temple’s religious school,when we’d memorize the Ten Commandments over and over each year. If we were lucky, there’d be an ice cream treat for snack, usually ice cream sandwiches, which I adored.
It wasn’t until my now almost 25-year-old son Sam started attending Jewish day school that Shavuot took on more observance and deeper meaning for me. Along with a friend and her son, we attended many traditional Shavuot-eve study sessions, often staying late into the night. Of course, our sons focused more on eating all the ice cream and cheesecake they could, but usually there were a few meaningful conversations mixed in.
I have also come to appreciate how much of Shavuot’s symbolism and celebration centers around food. It joins Passover and Sukkot as the three pilgrimage holidays in biblical times. Thousands of years later, we eat wheat, fresh fruits and vegetables – foods brought to the Temple in Jerusalem as offerings – to celebrate and give thanks for the first spring harvests.
And then there’s the whole thing with cheese–or should I say cheesecake? There actually are reasons for eating dairy at Shavuot besides being an excuse to indulge in sweet diary treats. The first is that Israel, the destination of those Jews wandering in the desert, is referred to in Torah as “the land of milk and honey,” Also, Shavuot falls during spring when milk from sheep and goats is plentiful for feeding the newborn and young offspring.
Cheesecake, blintzes (recipe below) and sweet noodle kugels with cottage cheese, sour cream and cream cheese are among Ashkenazic favorites for Shavuot. In many Sephardic traditions, Los Siete Sielos is a specially shaped holiday bread of The Seven Heavens. Usually made with a ball of dough in the middle to symbolize Mt. Sinai, seven full or partial rings of dough around the ball represent the clouds around the mountain that shrouded Moses. Other symbols of the holiday, made of dough and carefully placed round the bread, include Torah scrolls, the tablets containing the commandments, Jacob’s ladder and a yad (Torah pointer) with a hand pointing at the well in the dessert during the Exodus story.
But don’t worry. Sephardim have their Shavuot dairy dishes, too, including cheese, cheese and spinach or cheese and potato burekas plus baked egg-vegetable-cheese casseroles called quajado, sfongato, frittata, almodrote, kuku and various other names. And, yes, there are even cheesecakes including the kousmeri (below) that comes from the often-forgotten Romaniote community of Greece.
After the years of my growing connection and meaning in this holiday, I am finding additional significance in Shavuot this year. After the Israelites’ freedom from slavery, they begin their long journey through the desert. Just as we count the Omer, the 49 days between Passover’s liberation and Shavuot’s redemption, many of us have been counting the days of the pandemic over this past year, more than 400 of them. It’s been a long, arduous journey through a modern desert of isolation, uncertainty, fear, stress, illness and for too many, death. Not to push the metaphor too far, it does seem that we are approaching redemption, to go along with our liberation, in the form of vaccines and re-opening our lives to possibilities and to each other.
I hope that we will arrive together in our renewed world. I know I look forward to being able to celebrate with special foods and welcoming people around my table again.
Recipes © Susan Barocas
This cheesecake recipe originates with the Greek Jewish community of Ioannina, known as Janina among Greece’s Jews. For hundreds of years, the city had a large Romaniote Jewish community. Often overlooked or forgotten when talking about Jews of different backgrounds, the Romaniote have lived in what is now modern Greece and Turkey for over 2,300 years, making it the oldest continuous Jewish community in Europe. Over the centuries, beginning with the arrival of Spain’s Jews fleeing the Inquisition, the Romaniote were mostly absorbed into the larger Sephardic population. Kousmeri has a smooth, firm texture with most of the sweetness coming from the sugar-honey sauce, the same as can be used on baklava. It’s important to pour very cold sauce on top of the hot cake just as it comes out of the oven. (Recipe adapted from Cookbook of the Jews of Greece by Nickolas Stavroulakis, Lycabettus Press, 1986.)
Since the syrup needs to be very cold before using on the cake, it’s best made at least a couple hours ahead of the cake or even the day before.
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Juice of 1 small lemon (optional)
Boil ingredients together 20 to 25 minutes until you have a syrup that will coat the back of a wooden spoon. Add the fresh lemon juice just before removing from the heat. Chill well before using. Syrup will thicken as it chills.
- 2 pounds soft, mild-tasting white cheese such as farmer’s or bland feta, or a mix of the two, at room temperature
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour or one-to-one gluten-free flour (such as King Arthur or Bob’s Red Mill)
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- Well-chilled syrup
To make the cake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9×12-inch baking dish.
Mash the cheese(s) in a large mixing bowl until creamy. If too dry, add a little yogurt. Add the eggs, sugar and flour, and beat well just until smooth with wooden spoon or hand mixer on medium speed. Add the melted butter and beat or stir in well.
Pour into the buttered baking dish and bake until the edges are browned and the top is starting to color, about 35-40 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately pour the well-chilled syrup over the cake. Let the cake cool in the pan with the syrup. Best served cold, cut into squares. Will keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Can be frozen for up to 2 months.
Birthday breakfasts, break-the-fast, Passover…I’ve been making this recipe for blintzes for at least 50 years with only a few small tweaks. You can use flour, but I always use potato starch, which makes the bletloch, Yiddish for the crepes, gluten-free and perfect for Passover. Making blintzes can seem daunting. They are a bit labor-intensive, but not difficult and definitely worth the effort. The cheese filling is closer to the original Eastern European blintzes, which were not as sweet as many versions today. And since no cheese blintz is complete without fruit topping, both uncooked and cooked versions are offered.
For the crepes
- 1 cup all-purpose flour or potato starch
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- Pinch sea salt
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon neutral oil (such as grapeseed, safflower, sunflower, avocado)
- Confectioners’ sugar for dusting (optional)
- 2 cups farmer’s cheese or ricotta
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- Zest from 1 small lemon (2-3 teaspoons)
To make the dough: Whisk together the flour or potato starch, water and milk in a mixing bowl until smooth. Whisk in the eggs and salt to form a smooth and thin batter. Another option is to mix the dough for 15 seconds in a blender, scrape down the sides and blend another 15 seconds. Refrigerate for 15 to 30 minutes.
To make cheese filling: Use a wooden spoon to beat together the all the ingredients in a mixing bowl. (For a sweeter filling, use 2 tablespoons sugar and a dash of vanilla extract.) Refrigerate until ready to use.
To cook the crepes: When you’re ready to cook the crepes, heat the 8-inch crepe pan or nonstick skillet over on medium to medium-low heat. Grease with cooking oil spray or brush lightly with vegetable oil before making each crepe.
Pour in about 1/4 cup of the batter for each crepe, working quickly to swirl and coat the bottom of the pan. Cook for 45 to 60 seconds, until the top looks dry and the bottom is golden brown. Gently lift part of an edge to loosen the crepe, then turn it out of the pan, with the browned side up. Continue making crepes (a total of 10 to 12), stacking finished ones on a plate.
To fill the crepes: Place one crepe browned side up on a clean work surface. Spoon a scant 1/4 cup of filling in a log across the lower third, then fold the crepe up over the filling to cover it, tucking the round end under the cheese log. Next, fold both sides in toward the middle, then continue to roll to form a fairly tight roll. Repeat to fill all the crepes.
At this point, the blintzes can be frozen individually on a baking sheet, then wrapped individually and frozen in a zip-top bag for up to 3 months. Defrost before cooking.
To cook the blintzes: Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Once the butter has melted, add some of the blintzes, seam sides down, leaving some space between each.. Cook for about 10 minutes, without turning them over, until lightly browned. (If the blintzes cook before the filling is warmed through, transfer them to a lightly greased baking dish and bake in a 350-degree oven for about 10 minutes before serving.)
Serve the cheese blintzes with one of the accompanying berry sauces, dusted with confectioners’ sugar if desired.
During strawberry season, all you need to do is macerate the luscious ripe berries to top your blintzes, or use blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, cranberries to make a delicious sauce for your blintzes…and ice cream, pancakes, waffles and cheesecake. Use just one kind of berry or any combination you like. When in season, use fresh or any time of year you can use frozen, so your blintzes never need to be without a homemade sauce to complete them. Make both sauces before the blintzes.
Makes about 3 cups
- 1 pound fresh strawberries
- 2-4 tablespoons sugar according to taste
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Hull the strawberries and either slice or quarter lengthwise. Stir together the fruit, sugar and lemon juice in a glass bowl. Let stand for at least 30 minutes so the berries release their juices or up to 1 day in the refrigerator. Mash some of the berries if desired to thicken the sauce and provide different textures.
Chunky Berry Sauce
Makes 2 cups
- 4 cups fresh or frozen berries
- 3/4 cup sugar or more to taste
- 1/3 cup juice and 1 tablespoon finely grated zest from 1 orange
If using fresh strawberries, hull and halve or quarter each lengthwise. Stir together all the fruit, sugar, orange juice and zest in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once the mixture begins to bubble at the edges, stir gently and continue to cook at a simmer until the fruits release their juices and soften, about 10 to 12 minutes. Let cook another 10 to 15 minutes. The longer sauce cooks, the more it thickens.
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I’m back in writing my blog with a topic which I’m working quite a lot in the last months, as chatbots or conversational bots are becoming quite popular.
The idea is to write some of the key topics that we have been working with in Dialogflow projects, the Google Cloud service to create chatbots.
The tool is coming from the bought of API.AI some time ago, and nowadays is SaaS solution where you can create conversational agents to provide service with a number of integrations or an API.
With this blog I won’t be replacing the official docs, which are here; I would try to be practical in showing how to work with Dialogflow. There will be some specifics about Spanish language in some of the later posts.
Many of the tests will be shown using Google Assistant, the assistant available in Android phones (and others), the family of Google Home devices, cars with Android Auto, etc. You can also integrate Dialogflow with mobile applications, web pages, … it is clear that the amount of use cases for using voice as a natural way to interact with customers is growing a lot.
This diagram shows the flow and the different pieces that will play a role to create a bot that will interact with us in a Google Home device:
Let’s start with the definitions shown in the diagram:
An action in Actions on Google is an app published to interact with it from any Google Assistant client. We will see later how to publish a DialogFlow agent.
An “agent” in Dialogflow is a single conversation agent published to one or several Dialogdlow integrations, or consumed via its API. The agent is linked to a Google Cloud project; we will show in a later post how to leverage additional resources in Google Cloud, or other services, to perform part of the needed actions in a agent.
A Cloud Function in Google Cloud is a piece of code, node.js only if you code inside DialogFlow, but with alternatives to use other languages, that we can use for a number of things. The Google Cloud service take the needed steps to deploy, scale, provide high availability, etc. In Dialogflow we use Cloud Functions to create the fulfillments in our agents, in other words, to create the logic and process data to provide more elaborated answers to the users.
Going into Dialogflow with deeper detail, in an agent we have to understand some additional concepts:
An Intent is a user interaction with a specific meaning that will trigger an action or answer in our bot. In general we have to define an intent for each possible message provided by the user, independently of the moment of the conversation that we find it, but not directly related to the answers that we will provide to the user, that would be created by the logic in our agent. In this video you can find more details about intent.
A training phrase is an example of what the user can say to the bot, and it will be used to build a Machine Learning model based in natural language processing. Thanks to this way of working, with Dialogflow it is not needed to define hundreds of examples with each possible variant in the language; our bot would be able to automatically interpret similar phrases. In a normal production environment the number of training phrases per intent should be around 20 to 40.
You can define literal and sample based training phrases, as we will see in a later post.
An Entity is used to extra values from the phrases provided from the users, like dates, places, amounts, etc., so you can leverage those values in your bot. There are system define entities, like dates and cities, and you can also use custom defined entities for your bot. In those customers entities, we can use synonyms for each entity and entity type; for example we can have an entity called vehicle, with a types named car and motorbike. For motorbike you can then use synonyms like bike or scooter.
You can also crear composed entities, with 2 previously defined ones; for example red car can be a composed entity consisting in a color entity and a vehicle entity. Finally you can also have user entities, which are tied to a user session with a 10 minutes duration, that can be defined in our agent code.
The key benefit of entities, is that to define a training phrase you only need to label the entity to have the natural language engine understand all the different types and synonyms for that entity, so you can greatly reduce the amount of training phrases.
There are some additional details in this video.
The parameters in an intent are the variable that you capture based on entities, and that we would the leverage in our conversation. We can make some of these parameters mandatory, so the bot will ask for them before triggering the intent answer.
The intent answer is defined within the same intent if it is a simple text that we can build with a predefined text and some parameters, but if we need to process adicional information, create more sophisticated dialogs, etc., we will need programming to define the next action or answer to be provided after the event is triggered.
This is what we call a fulfillment, and is the responsible for the logic in our bot. We can create it with a web service, programmed externally to Dialogflow, or we can leverage the code editor in Dialogflow, based in node.js, which will deploy a Google Cloud Cloud Function for us. In this blog we are going to use this last option.
A context is the way to flag in which step of the conversation of an agent we are. For example, when de detect that user wants to make a reservation, we will define and output context called “reservation”. Using this context as the input context for an intent, it will only be triggered if the context has been already defined.
One example of context usage are the intents for yes/no answers. If our dialog with the user has several questions that might be answer with yes/no, we would need to define one yes and no intent for each possible context, so each yes/no will get into the proper conversation flow, and the answer/action that it provides is linked to the conversation that the user is having.
The follow-up intents allow us to restrict intents to moments after previos intents were matched. I have read in several docs that is better to avoid them and have all or most of the intents un-nested, but I don’t know why.
In this third and last video you will find an explanation of context and how to define the conversation flow with them. Later we will see that creating a diagram with the conversation flow, the context and parameters will be quite useful to create our agent.
Our last definition is for events, which are predefined or user defined actions in our fulfillments, that allow us to trigger a particular intent. In fact, every bot will start with a triggering event; in the case of Google Assistant, when our agent is call a “Welcome” event will be created, and by default an intent called “Default Welcome Intent” will be executed.
In the following posts we will see more details on how to work on the following topics in Dialogflow:
- This post
- Building Intents and conversation flows
- Call a fulfillment to process information
- Use of Entities, parameters and contexts
- Connecting to a DataStore database
- Using events to call Intents
- Creating rich answers for surfaces
- How to add a second language to our bot
- Authentication with account linking
I will be updating the links as I create the new posts. If you have any special interest please leave a comment so I can prioritize the posts.
For the examples I will use an agent called “Martinez Hotels”, a fake hotel brand that I use in my demos. For the moment we can do quite simple reservations, what we will improve it over time.
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Advertising creates dream worlds, yet always simultaneously bears witness to its era. Both these tendencies are exemplified in fashion posters. Moving beyond the latest modish trends and beauty ideals, fashion posters reflect moral codes and social conditions. Fashion posters from past and present are lifestyle propositions; they tell stories, seduce and shock. Playing with convention and provocation, bodies are sometimes lavishly veiled and disguised, sometimes sensually staged. At times consumers are only indirectly encouraged to shop. A button or a coat collar as a pars pro toto illustrate product quality in historical posters. A new, somewhat controversial approach to fashion advertising emerges in Benetton campaigns from the early 1990s. Overtly erotic ostentation contrasts with poetic allusions that are for example the hallmark of highly aesthetic Japanese fashion posters. Androgynous models and less normative images of men and women in the advertising industry mark the dawn of a new era that entails constantly balancing aspirations to individuality against a sense of collective belonging. En Vogue brings together fashion advertising spanning roughly a hundred years and deploying myriad different PR strategies, in each case reflecting the cultures and periods in which it was created.
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Truly, what we think or assume can bring ease or trials into our lives. It is a good story, and despite your own pride and prejudices about this novel did you see what i did there. Take a moment out of your day to bask in the literary sweetness of these witty and wise pride and prejudice quotes. Recently, ive tried reading wuthering heights, but i just dont get the point. They arent my favorite books or movies, but reading and watching the series makes them perfect. I genuinely appreciate the diversity of the characters portrayed, as well as the character development and thoughtful exposition of the delicacies concerning love between two people who come from very different backgrounds. Pride and prejudice is one of my favourite jane austen novels, only just behind persuasion, and right ahead of sense and sensibility. Bennet, who hopes to marry one of her five daughters to him. Why should one read pride and prejudice by jane austen. It looks good, and the performances are mostly successful. Regarding jane austens pride and prejudice, the adage desperation is the surest path to making a decision, good or bad, means that when one is desperate and is forced to make a decision in haste. Pride and prejudice discussion questions it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
This issue must have been fresh on the young authors mind when she wrote the book. When elizabeth refers to her own pride, this distinction isnt as clear. The book had the original, working title first impressions. Pride and prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from ibi zoboi, national book award finalist and author of american street. Dec 03, 2012 pride and prejudice is the most famous of jane austens novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in english literature it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man. On the other hand, catherines friend isabella thorpe takes great pleasure in. After returning home for a month, elizabeth goes on a trip with her aunt and uncle gardiner to derbyshire county, where they visit darcys estate of pemberley. The story follows elizabeth bennet and the bennet family through a time of courtship and manners during the british regency period. Pride and prejudice by jane austen enriched classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. I thought it was a lovely way to spend the afternoon reading this light and airy novel. Pride and prejudice is the most famous of jane austens novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in english literature it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man. Pride and prejudice the greatest literature of all time editor erics. Pride and prejudice dover thrift editions jane austen on.
Crazy mother wants them all to marry rich, father doesnt really care their ugly ass cousin my collins comes around mother tries to get one of the girls to marry him but he e. Her track record in pride and prejudice is not great, given that she tries. But the bennet girls are in need of financial security in the shape of husbands, so when darcys friend, the affable mr. I am sure it will affect the readers viewpoint in one way or another, as it did for me. Tenderness towards the two elder sisters relationship. Pride and prejudice by jane austen had put my left out dictionary into good use. These lines show how jane austen thinks about young people, especially men, who are settled and have a decent income, begins to. Historically, its a known fact that jane austen had written the book between 17961797, but it was only published in 18. Pride and prejudice and good film adaptations imogen elvis.
With commentaries and more on great books and authors. Bring your friends and family together with a good meal and a good book. Pride and prejudice discussion questions chicago public library. Darcy, seems to feel prejudiced towards the relatively lowerclass bennets. I was a little disappointed at first, because the story felt quite. This greatly wounds lizzies pride in her warm and loving family. Darcy falls in love with and eventually wins the vivacious elizabeth bennet. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that. O download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
In what ways are darcy and elizabeth guilty of both pride and prejudice and how does this drive the action of the story. I have to admit, i was very slow in the first pages, however, nearing the end, i was like a driver going at 100mph, eager to reach the finish i cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. Whenever the neighboring manor, netherfield park is rented by mr. Dec 24, 2018 pride and prejudices elizabeth bennet lacks some of annes maturity, but is a more reliable reader than catherine morland as indicated metaphorically by elizabeths famous fine eyes. Charles bingley who fulfills these requirements, mrs. Pride and prejudice was written by english novelist jane austen and published in 18. Pride and prejudice kindle edition by austen, jane. When charles bingley, a rich single man, moves to the netherfield estate, the neighborhood residents are thrilled, especially mrs.
Cultural and historical background of the story the author doesnt specifically divulge the time at which the novel takes place. I love jane austens classic tale of how our own character flaws of pride or prejudice can hinder our relationships. I would recommend reading pride and prejudice as an ebook, because. Pride and prejudice jane austens most famous novel, the story of a man with five unmarried but attractive daughters, from the oldest to youngest jane, elizabeth, mary, catherine and lydia 15, in regency england, during the unending napoleonic wars. Pride and prejudice, romantic novel by jane austen, published anonymously in three volumes in 18. So begins pride and prejudice and zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved jane austen novel featuring allnew scenes of bonecrunching zombie mayhem. Other than finding the final scene a little over the top, its fine.
Pamela aidan is the author of a trilogy of books telling the story of pride and prejudice from mr darcys point of view. Pride and prejudice quotes by jane austen goodreads. Pride and prejudice chapter 1 i t is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. The confusing language used makes it incredibly boring and hard to understand. See a complete list of the characters in pride and prejudice and indepth analyses of elizabeth bennet, fitzwilliam darcy, jane bennet and charles bingley, mr. Pride and prejudice fanfiction archive with over 4,854 stories. Except, in their case, the main issue isnt how to catch the right kind of man. This first line has become one of the most famous in english literature. Having come to jane austen straight from a steady diet of required highschool english lit shakespeare, dickens, bronte. Just as elizabeth clues us into new ideas about marriage, darcy lets us into new thoughts about. It has inspired a number of other works, including films, stage productions, and television versions.
Pride and prejudice discussion questions chicago public. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet english village of merytonand the dead are returning to life. Set in england in the late 18th century, pride and pr. Bennet led the way to find a marriage link from darcy to lizzy. At times, pride and prejudice is like austens most playful book. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Pride and prejudice quotes with examples and analysis. Compare the themes and characters of pride and prejudice with an ideal husband. Darcy both go through a lot of growth over the course of this story as they face their own character faults and overcome them. Dec, 2019 reading the pride and prejudice first line, austens voice comes through loud and clear. Sit down, relax, and listen to me ramble about why. The story centers around elizabeth bennet, her family, and their neighbors in meryton, hertfordshire. Instead, the novel becomes a study of the concepts of pride and prejudice as character traits.
If you like pride and prejudice because if its insight into the cultural and societal norms and customs in england during the 1810s, then george eliots middlemarch might be a good title to add to your reading list as well published in 1871, the novel spans the years of 18291832 and is set in the fictitious town in englands midlands called middlemarch. Pride and prejudice is a romantic novel of manners written by jane austen in 18. While i was in high school, i read this book on my own to prepare for my new york regents exam. We know right from the getgo that pride and prejudice is going to be a wry look at the marriage market of the regency period, and the cutthroat scramble between upperclass women to secure that single man in possession of a good fortune, and with it, her own future. A careful examination of the facts reveals that darcy, while proud, is innocent of wrongdoing, leaving elizabeth mortified at her discovery of how her own pride prejudiced her against darcy. Mar 24, 2019 jane austens 18 novel pride and prejudice regularly ranks among booklovers and romantics alike as one of their favourite works of literature. The plot and characters are engaging for teens, and the book is worth revisiting at any age. Book includes full, unabridged text of jane austens pride and prejudice, interspersed with recipes, food photography, and special food artwork. The vernacular and style that jane austen uses in pride and prejudice is a joy to read. I wanted a really pretty copy for my collection and this one fit the bill. I absolutely adore this book as it is so well written and it really brings out so many emotions. Not only is this story for those troubled in relationships, but the fact that it is a beautiful love story should not be disregarded.
While the girls are trying to figure out the whole marriage situation, the pride and prejudice boys are fighting their own battle. I started the book thinking and hoping it was a romantic love story. Pride and prejudice is about young women of genteel poverty trying to find good marriage matches. It was nice to see a book that dealt with social issues and, trust me, anyone who thinks austen books dont deal with social issues has only been looking at the. Pride and prejudice, a classic novel by jane austen, tells the story of a complicated love that develops between what was thought to be two very different personalities. Jane austens pride and prejudice is one of the best novels i have ever read. Pride and prejudice begins with one of jane austens best lines, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
The protagonist, elizabeth bennet, misjudges a man upon rumor and appearance, but finds out she is extraordinarily wrong. I was a little disappointed at first, because the story felt quite slow till about halfway through, and there was little love and romance. I especially love the words jane austen used to describe things. Pride and prejudice essay topics for different types of. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading as good as a lord. Parents need to know that jane austens romantic masterpiece, pride and prejudice, is an absolute joy to read and study for teens who are open to the pleasures of 19thcentury prose and manners. Marriage, as something to be aspired to, is portrayed quite differently in the novel than existing marriages.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in. Pride and prejudice is arguably one of the best love stories of all time. With the success of pride and prejudice, however, austens authorship of the novel became less of a secret. Elizabeth bennet is smarter than many women in this book, she knows herself and isnt afraid to tell men what she thinks. Mary, catherine kitty, and lydia attend a party to welcome the good natured bingley. As he tells lizzy when shes needling him about being vain, where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation 11. Jan 04, 2009 to think about pride and prejudice in historicalterms, you have to realize that there was a war of ideas going on at this time, and boy was it bloody. From maple glazed scones and delicate sugar and spice cake, to berry tartlets and french macaroons. Those who have been charmed by elizabeth bennets romantic mishaps and hasty judgements have long been on the search for similar works of fiction. But it also doesnt thrill me like the novel or the more highly ranked pride and prejudice adaptations. Darcy she is repelled by his overbearing pride, and prejudice towards her family. Every time im sick and in bed, i pull out the miniseries and give it a rewatch.
Ive read the first few pages, and i absolutely loathed the book. A classic of english literature, written with incisive wit and superb character delineation, it centers on the turbulent relationship between elizabeth bennet and fitzwilliam darcy. Pride and prejudice is perhaps jane austens most wellknown and mostbeloved novel, and the number of film adaptations reflects that. Pride and prejudice is also about that thing that all great novels consider, the search for self. Despite this fact, would pride and prejudice be a good book. Select a single scene from joe wrights pride and prejudice 2005 and contrast it to the 18 jane austen novel on which it is based. Shane pride and prejudice is one of the most confusing books i have ever read. I love everything about this book, and i especially love watching the bbc miniseries adaptation. Pride and prejudice is a tale of love and its hardships and takes place in 19th century england.
This is a classic and there is nothing more i can add to vouch for its awesomeness. It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that a person interested in good literature must be in want of this book. The confusing language used makes it incredibly boring and hard to understand pride and prejudice is one of the most confusing books i have ever read. Im currently 12 years old, and i loved all the previous books listed above, except wuthering heights. Although her immediate family, close friends, the literary community, and even the prince regent george iv knew of her books, she remained relatively unknown. The morals in pride and prejudice are put into relatable context to the real world. Its proven itself so through several lackluster film versions the only one that represents the book well enough is the 1995 bbc adaptationand that only succeeds because its leisurely fivehour runtime allows it to indulge in more characters and more plot directions. And it is the first great novel that teaches us this search is as surely. Yes, im groaning at that, too, but i couldnt help myself.
Austen gives you brave and good heroes and heroines, despicable villains, a decent dose of comic relief, a great and complex plot, and plenty of suspense of the. The title of the novel, pride and prejudice, is traditionally attributed to darcy and elizabeth respectively. A close reading of pride and prejudices first line book riot. Mar 19, 2018 take a moment out of your day to bask in the literary sweetness of these witty and wise pride and prejudice quotes. I have to say, the retention of austens convoluted prose is both good and bad. Elizabeth bennet is smarter than many women in this book, she knows herself and isnt afraid to tell men what she. When the bennet daughters meet him at a local ball, they are impressed by his outgoing personality and friendly disposition. On the 200th anniversary of austens novel, writers from pd james to. Sound observations vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.
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A lot of individuals aren’t really clear on the differences between meditation and yoga. First, we must understand the two words. According to Wikipedia, “Yoga is a generic term for physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India with a view to attaining a state of permanent peace” and “Pranayama means an extension of ‘pran’ or breath or, an extension of the life force.” It originated in the yogic disciplines of India (Bharat). It is considered as ‘the yoga of breath’. Daily yoga and meditation is also very important for a healthy and happy life.
Yoga is an older term compare to Pranayama and Dhyana (meditation).
Yoga includes eight forms of practice:
⦁ Yama (truth and nonviolence),
⦁ Niyam (five healthy habits),
⦁ Asana (more famous as an exercise),
⦁ Pranayama (breathing exercise),
⦁ Pratyahara (withdrawal),
⦁ Dharana (Concentration on objects),
⦁ Dhyana (meditation), and
⦁ Samadhi (merging consciousness with the object of meditation).
Pranayama is breathing exercise, Pranayama is a prior limb to meditation. It means an extension of the life force (or the breath).
There are various types of pranayama exercises :
⦁ Dirga pranayama
It is a breathing technique that divides the breath into three parts. This creates a full and absolute breath that has an even length between inhale and exhale. It can have dramatic effects on our practice through its ability to calm the sympathetic nervous system. It can help decrease pain, stress and anxiety levels. It provides body awareness, which is a great tool for bringing the mind inward, creating a grounded and relaxed state. Dirga pranayama is often used at the beginning of a yoga practice to help settle and prepare oneself for asanas or meditation.
⦁ Sama Vritti Pranayama
Sama Vritti Pranayama is part of the yoga practice that teaches one to breathe in four steps. This kind of breathing in English is called the Square Breathing or Four Parts Even Breathing. Our bodies breath in air subconsciously and one is not connected with this kind of breathing. But with the practice of yoga and specifically pranayama, the introduction of Square Breathing plays an important role, as it teaches you to be aware of the prana flow.
subconsciously and one is not connected with this kind of breathing. But with the practice of yoga and specifically pranayama, the introduction of Square Breathing plays an important role, as it teaches you to be aware of the prana flow.
⦁ Nadi Sodhana
Nadi sodhana pranayama is a breathing technique that works at both the physical and mental levels. It is a Hatha yoga pranayama technique that cleanses the body’s energy channels or Nadis.
⦁ Shitali Pranayama
Sheetali Pranayama (Cooling Breath Technique) is an efficient way to cool the body and calm the mind whereas at the same time expelling toxins from the body. It is also said to alleviate a variety of stomach and lower-abdominal ailments. The word Sheetali means “the one that can cool you down“.
⦁ Ujjayi Pranayama
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Smoke alarms brought a neighbor, then firefighters to a northeast Bend apartment Friday morning, where they awakened a sleeping occupant who then removed a pan of burning food from the stove – prompting a reminder of the danger cooking fires pose.
Bend Fire & Rescue was dispatched shortly before 8 a.m. to a report of smoke alarms sounding from an apartment at the Crest Butte Apartments in the 1600 block of Northeast Purcell Boulevard, Deputy Fire Marshal Cindy Kettering said. A neighbor had called to say no one answered the door at the apartment where the alarms were sounding.
Crews arrived and saw smoke through the window, upgrading it to a structure fire call, Kettering said. They were then able to awaken the resident, who was sleeping on the couch, and he removed the pan from the stove and opened the door.
The fire was confined to the pan on the stove, Kettering said. Fire crews helped clear smoke from the apartment, and the resident was not displaced.
Cooking is the No. 1 cause of home fires and home injuries, Kettering said.
"Bend Fire & Rescue would like to remind the community to never leave anything on the stove unattended, keep anything that can burn away from the cook top, and never cook if you're sleepy or under the influence of alcohol or medications that could make you drowsy," she said in a news release.
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Whom cares if an enjoyable out at the pub is called “ Tranny Bingo“ night? Whom cares if you discover Kenneth Zucker’s expert views on trans kids become transphobic? totally Free speech means you setting up with message which you don’t like, since you’re already allowed to create message other people don’t like. Freedom of speech is such a simple right that is human it is sacrosanct, and may never be put through dual requirements. We have to never ever accept such standards that are double any circumstances.
(Perceived) politeness and understanding must be allowed to occur naturally via civil, mature and robust conversations, maybe maybe not through the style of dangerously infantilising sex legislation we’ve noticed in Canada. Ideally, we never note that arriving at Australia, since when you legislate pronouns whenever you effectively ban вЂoffensive’ terms or arguments, everybody is worse down within the run that is long. Because freedom of message could be the system utilized to steadfastly keep up and enhance society that is civil.
My experience of transphobia
Regrettably, record of fake transphobia will not end here. Alleged transphobia in 2018 just isn’t just just exactly what it had previously been. The range of what exactly is presumably transphobia has broadened to toxic amounts. Have we be therefore poor within our good sense that we’ve succumbed to sensitiveness ideology, therefore handing trans individuals a free spread using small personal duty to construct their resilience?
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I’m not merely a minority, I’m an intersectional minority and the entire world is against me personally due to that. But which was when self esteem and my feeling of way in life had been lacking, making feeling offended, confecting victimhood claims (think вЂmicroaggressions’), having a feeling of entitlement, virtue signalling to self compensate for an obvious not enough success in life along with other inadequacies, and artificially boosting self confidence, most of that much easier than using individual obligation for my personal actions and inactions. We accustomed make use of governmental correctness to your detriment of other people, and fundamentally myself.
Governmental correctness is racist, sexist, homophobic and transphobic. It assumes that some body because I apparently suffer from social disadvantage and discrimination like me, a non Anglo Celtic transwoman, need people’s speech and language curtailed, and trans favouring policies and programs, just. That’s extremely discriminatory and prejudice of governmental correctness to assume. It is my responsibility do something about that myself; I should be encouraged to take personal responsibility to prove myself and compete on merit if I am experiencing disadvantage. If i will be experiencing discrimination, just keep it for me to talk down for myself if I therefore choose. Speech that вЂhurts’ is certainly not a reason to turn off message. We want more politeness, less correctness that is political more free debates, perhaps perhaps not less of these. Consent to disagree, live and let live. You have a cisphobic right to shut down free speech, and control language if you can’t accept that truth, fine, be like that, but that does not mean.
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On Friday morning, huge crowds of Muslim pilgrims began praying on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia, the culmination of the largest Hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic staff reductions for two consecutive years.
The faithful, capped at one million, including 850,000 foreigners drawn by lot, spent the night in camps in the Mina Valley, seven kilometers from the Great Mosque of Mecca, the holiest place in Islam.
In the early hours of Friday, they converged on Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Muhammad is said to have delivered his last sermon, for the most important of the Haj rituals.
They will stay all day on the site, praying and reciting the Holy Quran.
After sunset, they will head to Muzdalifah, halfway between Arafat and Mina, where they will sleep under the stars before performing the symbolic “stoning of the devil” ceremony on Saturday.
This year’s Haj is taking place against the backdrop of a resurgence of Covid-19 in the region, with some Gulf countries tightening restrictions to control outbreaks.
All participants had to show proof of full vaccination and negative PCR tests. Arriving in Mina on Thursday, they received small bags containing masks and sanitizer.
The Haj, usually one of the largest annual religious gatherings in the world, is one of the five pillars of Islam and should be undertaken by all Muslims who can afford it at least once in their lifetime.
In 2019, some 2.5 million Muslims around the world took part, as in previous years.
But the coronavirus outbreak has since forced Saudi authorities to drastically scale back the Haj. Only 60,000 fully vaccinated citizens and residents of the kingdom participated in 2021, compared to a few thousand in 2020.
sun and tears
The pilgrimage can be physically exhausting even in ideal conditions, but worshipers this year faced an added challenge: scorching sun and temperatures reaching 42 degrees Celsius (108 degrees Fahrenheit).
Many were seen protecting themselves with umbrellas, prayer mats and even, in one case, a small bucket filled with water.
“We can tolerate (the heat). We are here for the Haj. The more we tolerate, the more our pilgrimage is accepted,” Laila, a 64-year-old Iraqi pilgrim who gave only her first name, told AFP. in Mecca. before reaching Mt.
Saudi officials have touted their preparations for the extreme conditions, pointing to the hundreds of hospital beds allocated for heatstroke patients and the “large number of misting ventilators” they have provided.
A truck was also assigned to distribute umbrellas, water bottles and small fans.
Nevertheless, the National Meteorological Center, which has set up an office in Mina, sends warnings to pilgrims on their mobile phones, urging them to avoid outdoor rituals at certain times of the day, including noon.
On Saturday, Muslim pilgrims will participate in the “stoning”, the last major ritual of this year’s Haj.
After the stoning ritual, pilgrims return to the Grand Mosque in Mecca to perform a final “tawaf” or circle the Kaaba.
Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, marks the end of the Haj.
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Cryptocurrencies are all the rage right now. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and other cryptocurrencies have seen substantial price increases in recent months. Many people are trying to get into the cryptocurrency market, but they don’t know where to start.
According to Forbes, since the birth of decentralised finance in late-2019, Ethereum has had a firm grasp over the entire market. As there are various cryptocurrencies in the market, it is crucial to understand the concept before making any transactions.
This post will answer some of the most common questions about cryptocurrencies, like what is OTC crypto, decentralised currencies, and how to trade OTC crypto.
Understanding OTC Crypto
So, what is OTC crypto? Well, OTC stands for “over-the-counter.” Over the counter, crypto trading refers to buying or selling cryptocurrencies directly with another person without an exchange.
It is a popular way to trade for two reasons:
1) No Fees:
Because you are trading with another person, there are no fees associated with the trade. It is a significant benefit for many people as many exchanges charge high fees for trades. You just need to make sure that the person you are trading with is a legitimate trader. The best method to do this is by checking their past trades and reviews.
If you are uncomfortable trading directly with someone, a few exchanges offer OTC services.
Trading OTC will give you more privacy as there is no publicly visible buy and sell orders. Centralised exchanges often have to comply with government regulations, including revealing user data.
OTC trading allows you to trade cryptocurrencies without going through an exchange.
Other Crypto Questions Answered
1) What is a Decentralised Currency?
A decentralised currency refers to a digital asset not controlled by any central authority. Bitcoin is the first and most well-known decentralised currency. Ethereum, Litecoin, and other cryptocurrencies are also decentralised currencies. Decentralised currencies are often more trustworthy than centralised currencies because no central authority controls them. They are also often faster and more efficient than centralised currencies.
Centralised exchanges are often slower and less reliable than decentralised exchanges. For this reason, many people are choosing to trade cryptocurrencies on decentralised exchanges.
2) What Is The Difference Between A Centralised And Decentralised Exchange?
A centralised exchange is a digital marketplace where users can buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Centralised exchanges are often run by companies and are regulated by governments. Users often run decentralised exchanges and are built on a blockchain.
The primary difference between centralised and decentralised exchanges is that no central authority controls a decentralised exchange. It means that the users control their funds, and there is less risk of the exchange being hacked.
Governments often regulate centralised exchanges and risk being hacked to control user funds. Decentralised exchanges also often have faster transaction times.
3) How to Trade With OTC Crypto?
If you want to trade OTC crypto, you need to find a reputable trader. The best way to do this is by checking their past trades and reviews
If you are uncomfortable trading directly with someone, a few exchanges offer OTC services. Once you have found a reputable trader, you need to agree on a price and make the trade. Make sure that you have a secure way to store your cryptocurrencies. Here are some ways to do this:
- a) Hardware Wallets
Hardware wallets are the most secure methods of storing cryptocurrencies. You can set up a hardware wallet by purchasing a reliable brand from an official website and writing down the recovery phrase.
- b) Paper Wallets
Paper wallets are a less secure option, but they are easy to use. You can create a paper wallet by downloading an online generator and printing out the generated key.
- c) Cryptocurrency wallets
Cryptocurrency wallets are the most convenient way to store cryptocurrencies, as you can access them on your phone.
However, it is essential that you only use reputable wallets such as those provided by exchanges or hardware wallet companies.
4) What are The Additional Benefits of OTC Trading?
- a) Trading in Large Amounts
OTC crypto allows you to trade cryptocurrencies in large amounts. It is beneficial to buy or sell a large amount of cryptocurrency.
- b) Price Negotiation
OTC trading allows you to negotiate the price of a trade. It is better to understand the market before making a trade.
- c) Less Volatility
OTC trading is less volatile than other types of crypto trading as it allows you to take your time to make a trade. Volatility is based on factors like price and time.
- d) Less Slippage
OTC trading allows you to avoid slippage. It is beneficial because slippage can decrease your profits.
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Bank holiday payments dates 2020: Here's when Universal Credit, tax credit and benefits will be paid
THE August bank holiday could mean a small change to the day you get paid if you claim benefits – here's everything you need to know.
This applies to anyone who receives Universal Credit, PIP, ESA or other benefits payments.
When is the August bank holiday?
The summer bank holiday for most of the UK falls on Monday, August 31.
It's the last bank holiday of the year before Christmas Day.
In Scotland, the summer bank holiday falls on Monday, August 3.
The Scots also get an autumn bank holiday for St Andrews Day which falls on November 30.
How benefits payments are affected by the bank holiday
If your benefits payments are due to fall on the bank holiday Monday, it will change the day you get your money.
The government says that you should usually receive your benefits on the working day before the bank holiday.
For a bank holiday Monday this means you will be paid on the previous Friday.
For instance, anyone due to receive their cash on Monday, August 31, will actually get paid on Friday, August 28.
The full list of benefits that could be affected by the bank holiday
HERE’S all the benefits the government lists on its website that could be moved forwards and how often they are usually paid
- Attendance Allowance – usually paid every four weeks
- Carer's Allowance – usually paid every four weeks
- Child Benefit – usually paid every four weeks (weekly for some parents)
- Disability Living Allowance – usually paid every four weeks
- Employment and Support Allowance – usually paid every two weeks
- Income Support – usually paid every two weeks
- Jobseeker's Allowance – usually paid every two weeks
- Pension Credit – usually paid every four weeks
- Personal Independence Payment – usually paid every four weeks
- State Pension – usually paid every four weeks
- Tax Credits (such as Working Tax Credit) – usually paid every four weeks
- Universal Credit – every month
This applies to benefits such as Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance.
It also applies to pension credit and tax credits.
One exception is child benefit claimants in Scotland who will actually be paid a day late.
The government website said that Scots expecting a child benefit payment on Monday, August 3 would get it on Tuesday, August 4.
Those expecting payment on Tuesday, August 4, were also delayed a day so got their money on Wednesday, August 5.
This exception only applies to child benefit in Scotland, so no other benefit payments should be late.
Will the move change how much I'm paid?
You'll still receive the same amount you usually do as it is just the payment date that is changing.
This means it shouldn't affect later benefits payments either.
Getting paid early might seem like a good thing, but it does mean you'll need to make your money last slightly longer until your next payday, so you'll need to budget for the extra days.
You don't need to do anything to get the early payment – it will happen automatically.
But if your payments are late over the bank holiday you need to check the payment date on your award notice and contact your bank before calling HMRC.
How often is Universal Credit paid and how do I claim if there is a problem?
All the government discounts and benefits Brits are entitled to – how to make sure you aren’t missing out.
Families have one month to check and renew tax credits or benefits may stop.
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Social distancing really isn’t new. Throughout history there have been those who have chosen to engage in social distancing for lengths of time. Some for ascetic reasons. Some for philosophical reasons. Some for artistic reasons. Some for neurotic reasons. Some for religious reasons. Today, we’re all doing social distancing, to one degree or another, for public health reasons.
In the Christian tradition we have a group that we call the Desert Fathers. They were early Christian hermits, monks who lived mainly in the deserts of Egypt around the third century AD. They developed rigorous rhythms of prayer and Scripture reading, forsaking worldly wealth and prestige. Eventually monastic communities grew up around them that became the model for monasticism.
They’re an interesting bunch to read about – and to learn from.
One of the great misunderstandings and misappropriations of such monasticism (by both lay people on the outside as well as monks on the inside) is that the motivation is to escape from the presence of people in order to more fully experience the presence of God. To separate relationally from others in order to more fully love God. To get away from those that rub us wrong in order to retreat into one’s own (supposedly!) safe little world.
Such a rationale may make us feel good in the moment, but in the long run fails to develop in us the full love of God that embraces all people. We all need a break sometimes. Just not for all time.
In reflecting on such monastic traditions, Thomas Merton (himself a Trappist monk), writes:
“If you go into the desert merely to get away from people you dislike, you will find neither peace nor solitude; you will only isolate yourself with a tribe of devils… Go into the desert not to escape other men but in order to find them in God.”Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
I believe that one of the great invitations offered to us by God in this time is simply this: To have more time and space alone with God that we might find others in God. Social distancing is an opportunity for the Christian’s heart to awaken to spiritual friendship. The phrase, “Absence makes the heart grows fonder” gets only halfway to the point. In separation we realize that we miss one another not only in an affective way, but in a spiritual way. Our love for one another in God is rekindled.
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.Hebrews 3:13
If ever there was a time that we needed daily encouragement, it’s now! If ever there was a time that we needed true spiritual friends, it’s now! Send someone an encouraging text. Or, even better, make a quick phone call. You’ll be amazed at the power of your human voice to relieve someone else’s human anxiety. As you engage in social distancing, pay attention to the way your heart is drawn towards spiritual friendship when you think of other individuals.
Who can you connect with today, even while social distancing means you are physically separated from them?
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Algebra should be doing more for your students than inducing bafflement
Algebra is important, and has a big role to play regardless of what some pupils and parents might think about it
- by Don Steward
Algebra has a bad reputation – a reputation for being demanding, arcane and often unforgiving.
But it has a harsh press: reviled by parents and other adults as a pointless and pedantic game played with letters, it is spurned because of its abstraction and cloaked sense.
Deepening this demise, there are endless classroom drills that can, and do, smother any semblance of interest – simplifying by collecting like terms, multiplying out brackets and introducing them – with no apparent lure or end.
For example: 5n – 2 – (4n – 2) is ‘n’ in disguise So, is ¼((n + 1)2 – (n – 1)2) so is n7÷n6
It can certainly be a step too far for many students, especially evident in school examinations.
because the answer is correct!
So what hope is there for algebra teaching and those many teachers who view it as a pinnacle if not the obelisk of school maths teaching?
History can help. The Ancients developed particular routines that we would now call ‘algebraic’ through (we assume) the use of diagrams, with general statements located in a self-evident basis.
They became proficient in techniques, for example solving quadratic equations beyond the practical ‘area of land’ considerations that spawned them. Recording their approaches involved writing out their methods using words, with no symbolic simplifications available. Diagrams created insights.
The heritage of various cultures can suggest ways to lend initial meaning to expressions such as xy (as a rectangle, possibly with a fixed area eg of 12 cm2, exploring a reciprocal function) or n2 – 1 which can be viewed as a square with a small bite taken out of it (that can then be reconfigured).
Such associations, although limited, can be helpfully recalled and developed in new work, for example, when multiplying out brackets.
Algebra can helpfully build from words and diagrams and be used to explain and succinctly convey already appreciated results:
In order to entertain a sense of mathematical beauty, satisfying intrigue and acknowledging the structure of a fully rational argument (arguably only found in pristine form in this subject), there is a need to be sure-footed in algebraic skills.
By improving and honing this facility, students can introduce and use symbols, increasing the complexity and range of problems they can solve, eg:
The angles in a triangle are to be drawn in the ratio of three consecutive numbers, eg 2 : 3 : 4
• What are the angles for several such ratios?
• What do they have in common?
Algebra can help people to think logically – freeing them from particulars to work on generalisations. An appreciation of rigour in mathematics emerges from algebraic (and geometric) certitude, salient to any maths curriculum that purports to demonstrate the nature of the subject to students by identifying and then seeking explanations to connections.
So, in much early school algebra work, a fitting concern might be that students can layer algebra onto the structure offered by diagrams, acquiring skills that relate to a situation eg linking a solution to a problem to creating and ascertaining solution steps in an equation:
Confident students will be able to marshal algebraic skills to believe, with good reasons, that some things are always true. An ability to grasp abstract concepts helps students to learn how to think in new and possibly constructive ways, stimulating the brain as well as being a source of personal satisfaction. Building such confidence requires starting early and, in my view, accompanying routines with a diagram or using manipulatives (initially at least) – wherever possible.
Three lightings to early algebra work
It seems helpful for algebra work, where possible, to involve:
i) a numerical result: a perceived pattern or general relationship derived from a range of numbers, i.e. by specialising. ii) algebra to be layered over this (icing on a cake), to summarise the (discovered) pattern and possibly justify it. iii) a diagrammatic form created to lend further insight into generalities and proof.
In this way the three lightings conjoin to reinforce a clearer understanding of a generality and this has the benefit of connecting algebra to a generating task, as a root.
As an example of how this could be invoked: working with numbers, students could be asked to explore the difference between square numbers and the next but one square number. They can identify and test a clear numerical relation that the result always seems to result in a multiple of 4. Further, they can find that this is 4 × the number between the two numbers that were squared. Algebraically, the result is explained and proved by considering either (n + 2)2 – n2 or n2 – (n – 2)2. Diagrammatically, one square can be placed inside another to illustrate that the remaining area is 4 lots of a rectangle.
It can be interesting to vary the order of presentation of these three lightings:
• Sometimes starting with a diagram as in growing ‘matchstick’ patterns, leading to nth term generalisations and then an accompanying number sequence
• Sometimes starting with an algebraic statement, eg asking students to give reasons why 3(n + 2) is 3n + 2 + 4 or why n2 – 1 is (n – 1)(n + 1) from a diagram and by substitution
• Sometimes starting with a sequence of numerical results:
and asking for a generality to be expressed and proved algebraically as well as a result being derived from a diagram (as well as common sense reasoning).
Occasions to involve algebra throughout the maths curriculum as well as relating notation to scientific relationships and spreadsheet formulas can help to promote its usefulness.
• For angles, this might be recording a + b + c = 180o and creating and using algebraic statements to solve an angle problem, eg in a triangle the angles increase by a constant amount and one of the angles is 40o; what are the other two? For ‘vertically’ opposite angles, the statements a + b = 180o and a + c = 180o can lead to a deduction that b = c.
• In work on averages, this could involve proving that the median and the mean of four consecutive numbers are the same and are always the first number, add 1½.
• In work on area, this could involve viewing a trapezium as two triangles so a rule for finding the area of any trapezium is ½ ah + ½ bh.
• Finding pairs of numbers where the sum is equal to the product can involve fractions, which can be related to a representation as a(b – 1) = b (fixing various values of ‘b’ to find an associated value for ‘a’ and then checking these).
• Work on trial and improvement could involve a decimal search – maybe to find the largest rectangular area that can be enclosed by a 20 m long (thin) rope, which could be related to maximising the expression: w(10 – w) and drawing a graph.
Purposes for algebraic manipulation work can helpfully be set within the arena of mathematical (and general) problem solving, with a desire for completion possibly achieved by producing a general rule or a proof.
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To supplement or to eat?
“Diet plays a surprisingly large role in the appearance and youthfulness of your skin,” says certified holistic nutritionist Krista Goncalves, CHN. “And that all comes down to collagen.”
Collagen is the protein that gives skin its structure, suppleness, and stretch. There are many types of collagen, but our body mainly consists of type 1, 2, and 3. As we age, we produce
This explains the boom of collagen supplements touted in our social feeds and store shelves these days. But are collagen pills and powders the best route? The key difference between the two may be down to the bioavailability — the body’s ability to use a nutrient.
“Foods like bone broth contain a bioavailable form of collagen your body can use right away, making it arguably superior to supplements,” says registered dietitian Carrie Gabriel. A
Plus, since over-the-counter supplements are largely unregulated, it’s probably safer to stick with a dietary approach to boosting collagen.
Eating collagen-rich foods or foods that boost collagen production may also help create the building blocks (amino acids) you need for your skin goals. “There are three amino acids important for collagen synthesis: proline, lysine, and glycine,” says registered dietitian and beauty expert Katey Davidson, MScFN, RD.
While recent research finds bone broth may not be a reliable source of collagen, this option is by far the most popular by word of mouth. Made by simmering animal bones in water, this process is believed to extract collagen. When making this at home, season the broth with spices for flavor.
“Since bone broth is made of bones and connective tissue, it contains calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, collagen, glucosamine, chondroitin, amino acids, and many other nutrients,” Davidson says.
“However, each bone broth is different because of the quality of the bones used along with other ingredients,” she adds.
To guarantee the quality of your broth, try making your own with bones obtained from a reputable local butcher.
There’s a reason why many collagen supplements are derived from chicken. Everyone’s favorite white meat contains ample amounts of the stuff. (If you’ve ever cut up a whole chicken, you’ve probably noticed how much connective tissue poultry contains.) These tissues make chicken a rich source of dietary collagen.
Several studies have used
Like other animals, fish and shellfish have bones and ligaments made of collagen. Some people have claimed marine collagen is one of the most easily absorbed.
But while your lunchtime tuna sandwich or dinnertime salmon can certainly add to your collagen intake, be aware that the “meat” of fish contains less collagen than other, less desirable parts.
“We don’t tend to consume the parts of fish that are highest in collagen, like the head, scales, or eyeballs,” Gabriel says. In fact,
Although eggs don’t contain connective tissues like many other animal products, egg whites do have
Vitamin C plays a major role in
As you probably know, citrus fruits like oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and limes are full of this nutrient. Try a broiled grapefruit for breakfast, or add orange segments to a salad.
Though citrus tends to get all the glory for its vitamin C content, berries are another excellent source. Ounce for ounce, strawberries actually provide more vitamin C than oranges. Raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries offer a hefty dose, too.
“Furthermore,” Davidson says, “berries are high in antioxidants, which protect the skin from damage.”
Rounding out the list of fruits rich in vitamin C are tropical fruits like mango, kiwi, pineapple, and guava. Guava also boasts a small amount of zinc, another co-factor for collagen production.
Garlic may add more than just flavor to your stir-fries and pasta dishes. It could boost your collagen production, too. According to Gabriel, “Garlic is high in sulfur, which is a trace mineral that helps synthesize and prevent the breakdown of collagen.”
It’s important to note, however, that how much you consume matters. “You probably need a lot of it to reap the collagen benefits,” she adds.
But with its many benefits, it’s worth considering garlic part of your regular diet. As they say online: If you love garlic, take the measurement in a recipe and double it.
Is there such a thing as too much garlic?
Garlic is safe in regular amounts, but too much garlic (especially raw) may cause heartburn, an upset stomach, or increase your risk for bleeding if you use blood thinners. Avoid eating more garlic just for collagen purposes.
We all know leafy greens are a key player in a healthy diet. As it turns out, they may offer aesthetic benefits, too.
Spinach, kale, Swiss chard, and other salad greens get their color from chlorophyll, known for its antioxidant properties.
“Some studies have shown that consuming chlorophyll increases the precursor to collagen in the skin,” Gabriel says.
Beans are a high-protein food that often contain the amino acids necessary for collagen synthesis. Plus, many of them are rich in copper, another nutrient necessary for collagen production.
Next time you reach for a handful of nuts to snack on, make it cashews. These filling nuts contain zinc and copper, both of which boost the body’s ability to create collagen.
Another hidden source of vitamin C, one medium tomato can provide up to almost 30 percent of this important nutrient for collagen. Tomatoes also boast large amounts of lycopene, a powerful
To help your body do its best production of collagen, you can’t go wrong with high-collagen animal or plant foods or vitamin and mineral-rich fruits and vegetables.
And if you don’t like the foods listed, remember there’s no one source. A diet full of protein-rich foods, whether from plant or animal sources, can help supply these critical amino acids.
Other nutrients that aid the process of collagen production include zinc, vitamin C, and copper. So, fruits and vegetables high in vitamins and minerals are also a friend to supple skin.
And, for even more dramatic results, be sure to stay away from too much sugar and refined carbohydrates, which can cause inflammation and damage collagen.
Sometimes a variety of foods is hard to consistently get in your diet. And some have questioned whether consuming collagen-rich foods actually translates to firmer skin. It’s possible that stomach acid may break down collagen proteins, preventing them from reaching the skin.
And since dietary collagen for anti-aging is still a relatively new area of research, many experts hesitate to draw definite conclusions.
Still, some research does look promising. A
That said, collagen isn’t only for smooth, elastic skin. Collagen may also help with joint pain, muscles, or digestion. So, if collagen supplements sound more accessible to your routine and wallet, we say it’s worth a try.
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7-What data (if any) exists for the instrument’s use with special populations?
Please answer those questions about Mood Disorder Questionnaire. I also uploaded the Questionnaire, so it would be more helpful for you to make research about it. And also brief info for you to find the correct Questionnaire. If you have any additional question please feel free to ask. This assignment is very important for me. Thank you for your understanding.
The Mood disorder questionnaire (MDQ) was developed by Dr Robert M.A. Hirschfeld and a group of psychiatrists, researchers and patient advocates in 2000. It is simple and involves reporting against 15 items. Items on the MDQ are derived from the DSM-IV criteria and experience as a clinician (Hirschfeld, 2000).
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- A lot of persons make pounds loss one particular of their New Year’s resolutions.
- Industry experts warning that exercise on your own is not an helpful way to drop kilos.
- They say that’s because working out may perhaps not burn up as several energy as persons imagine.
- In addition, individuals occasionally take in additional after working out since they overestimate how quite a few energy they have burned.
- Gurus say you need to do an exercise you take pleasure in and make fat decline a side profit.
When it will come to burning calories, the math isn’t generally what it’s cracked up to be.
This is particularly important when striving to get rid of fat, as so many people today solve to do this time of calendar year.
Experts say there is loads of research that shows merely burning calories doesn’t necessarily equate to good overall health, and all that extra work out may perhaps not burn up as many energy as we believe.
“Workouts and exercise routines are thought of vital in burning calories for body weight loss uses. However, recent scientific tests have pinpointed the less significance of physical exercises in pounds reduction,” Nataly Komova, a registered dietitian and health professional for JustCBD, informed Healthline.
“Workouts are essential in preserving the body in shape and keeping healthy perfectly-getting. Workout routines burn up modest amounts of overall body calories.”
Komova pointed out that the human entire body is an organic and natural machine that needs fuel to exchange what it is burning. What is crucial is what variety of gasoline and what you do following a work out.
“The a lot more you work out, the more likely you will consume right after a training session,” Komova explained. “Increased eating replaces the burnt energy and delays excess weight reduction. The overall body works by using compensatory behaviors to alter the calories burnt. For instance, some individuals may perhaps opt to relaxation or go for the elevator to control electrical power use. These functions influence your non-gym actual physical routines, slowing down the body weight reduction procedure.”
“Healthy eating plan, providing all the diet aspects but restricted in calories consumption precisely worked out with a dietitian, prepared for lengthier time, would provide good outcomes when excess weight loss is regarded as,” she spelled out.
The price of workout goes considerably over and above just fat reduction.
It tends to make for a lengthier, healthier existence, benefitting all the things from brain operate to lessening stress to constructing more healthy hearts and preventing off illness.
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“Moderate action, this sort of as using a brisk stroll, might only burn up 350 to 450 calories for each hour. But right after physical exercise, your system requirements oxygen for restoration. This phenomenon is referred to as post-work out oxygen consumption, or EPOC,” Rami Hashish, PhD, DPT, the founder of the Nationwide Biomechanics Institute in Los Angeles, told Healthline.
“Your emphasis should not just be on how a lot of calories you are burning through physical exercise but also after work out. This at minimum partly explains the current improve in acceptance of HIIT (significant intensity interval) teaching, which benefits in greater EPOC than additional constant-condition vigorous pursuits, like extensive distance running or swimming,” he discussed.
Hashish stated it’s critical to bear in mind muscle mass burns additional calories than excess fat, in particular when we relaxation.
“So, to optimize EPOC, utilizing resistance teaching is very important, as it can help to acquire lean muscle mass and muscle mass dimensions, and increase muscle quality,” Cannabis claimed.
“Generally, the CDC suggests that individuals must intention for at the very least 150 minutes of reasonable cardio exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous action a 7 days, together with resistance training for all significant muscle mass teams at minimum 2 times for every week. But when these are more common recommendations, the amount of physical exercise essential to burn calories mostly will come down to diet and how several energy you burn up at relaxation.”
Cannabis stated to be cautious of devices purporting to inform you how lots of energy you’re burning.
Erin Mahoney, a qualified particular trainer and founder of EMAC Certifications, agrees.
“Studies show caloric burn off estimations from smartwatches can be erroneous by at times 30 p.c,” Mahoney explained to Healthline. “Accuracy may perhaps vary from one particular device to the following. One particular may conclude that if you are striving to drop fat, then, you should only get the most correct calorie tracker. This can be problematic, nonetheless, due to the fact it perpetuates the idea that a person can ‘out exercise’ a bad diet plan.”
Mahoney explained investigation displays that individuals motivated to have improved total wellness, alternatively than just excess weight loss, basically eliminate a lot more bodyweight.
“This is why most food items logging applications won’t give the user the complete active calories they burn up again into their everyday calorie harmony,” Mahoney explained. “Instead, they’ll present up about 50 percent of how numerous calories the customer actually burned. This allows to steer clear of problematic behaviors and accounts for inaccuracies in calorie tracking.”
Reda Elmardi, a qualified nutritionist, trainer, and editor at thegymgoat.com, informed Healthline that “exercise can even sabotage fat reduction in unobtrusive means.”
“Working out, naturally, has a process of generating us hungry — so ravenous that we may burn off as a result of a bigger variety of energy than we consumed,” Elmardi said.
He mentioned that persons can raise their foods use following functioning out, both on the grounds that they assumed they had burned off a ton of calories or in gentle of the point that they ended up hungrier.
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‘I’m in zoom fatigue.’
‘My boss is an idiot.’
‘Workplace politics is intimidating me.’
‘I don’t feel belonged here.’
‘I feel like giving up!’
If these emotions are dominating your head, may be you are suffering from the workplace burnout.
It’s okay! Almost everyone feels these stressful emotions sometimes. But the trouble is when they get consistent, frequent and sticky.
You start living the life of a prisoner. A mental prison. Everything seems fading. Your heart wants to crib endless. You end up bitching with colleagues endlessly.
These are the mere symptoms. Humans are a composite entity. Your workplace stress would spillover to your bedroom and kitchen.
If you don’t take the appropriate measures, it may get worse. You may lose purpose. You may lose interest in life. You may slip into some depression where you feel that you anyway don’t deserve any happiness.
But be mindful. Burnouts may not always be the result of a toxic workplace. At times, your personal life may not be happening your way and you may not be okay with it.
‘My love ditched me.’
‘My bills are in a mess.’
‘My family is sick.’
‘I have no friends.’
‘I have not achieved what I wanted.’
‘My all dreams are a failure.’
‘God revenges on me.’
‘Luck cheats me.’
‘I don’t matter to anyone!’
Yah! There can be a million reasons to suffer and this may come to your work as well. Then, adapting to even a minor change in your organisation can be a marathon for you. Even a friendly joke can mess you up.
Please! Please! Please! Take some steps right at the moment you feel so. You deserve to be happy. So, why to live the life like hell?
But how to cope up? How to get over? How to let everything go?
Billion dollar questions really! Well, the first step to accept this. Accepting your emotions plainly is the biggest step. Now you know that you are facing stressful emotions.
Next is to be open about your emotions to the people around you. Just pour out everything. Unedited! Be open to the feedback and criticism of the people you trust. Ask the other people at your workplace if they too share your emotions. Feel the mercury of the organisational climate.
If your colleagues and friends share your emotions as well, then the next step is to identify as to why the work culture got stressful and when did it happen.
Here comes the crucial role of the leaders at the workplace. They need to sense the changing whether of the organisation. They have to notice the weed in the garden.
It can be due to multiple reasons. Change of the guard, new technology, arrogance and mistrust are some dominant reasons.
A new reason is being dominant in present time of COVID pandemic and remote working. It is the increased monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
It is highly irritating. Half of the time, employees are making just some report to be given to the boss sitting in some remote place, explaining the work done or to be done in whole day. Excessive control fails the organisations and destroys the trust culture.
Be a friend, philosopher and guide to your people. Don’t try to be their boss; they will reject you!-TARUN GOYAL
Too much control is no control. Employees are being asked the questions about their work too often these days and technology is fuelling this.
Video calls, live chats, instant messaging and constant connection is building technostress.
Never ever, ever-ever in the history of work, been the expectations so high to respond quickly. Earlier, if you do not respond to your boss in a day, it is okay. Now, the expected time to respond is 10 minutes at max.
We the humans are not wired for intrusive accountability. Humans feel humiliated when they have to explain all the time what they are working at.
Technology is unique. It has enabled decentralised working but enabled centralised control, solving the perennial dilemma of centralisation and decentralisation.
Overuse of technology and a never ending quest for more and more information by the managers and hunger for coercive power may upset the morale of the team.
Of course, there are many theories in the management literature. Some advocate for situational leadership, some for considering the maturity of the employees and some advocate for creating an aura around the leader.
But being in a role to lead thousands of people in the great Indian Railways, I’m amply convinced that leadership is essentially about ensuring and enhancing the dignity of the people. Respecting people’s dignity, their space and liberty is at the core.
Organisations cannot fake this. People understand when in the name of the more freedom supposedly enabled by tech, they are led into more control and intensive supervision.
Accountability should supplement Trust. It should not replace it!-TARUN GOYAL
It makes people feel that they are losing control over their own lives. This sense of insecurity does no good in any fashion.
It may enhance your work output initially. Managers may be happy about this renewed productivity. But, it may be eroding the healthy roots of the organisational tree which are visible only at a much later date.
Your tree may be looking healthy right now full of fruits. But it may be losing the health of its roots at the same time. It will be visible only to the future gardeners!-TARUN GOYAL
I also propose a tool with the organisational leaders to keep a quantitative check on the burnout problem. It is the ‘Burnout Holiday.’
‘Burnout Holiday’ essentially counts on an open work culture. Managers do often ask the reason for holiday of an employee. If managers have enough empathy, employees do not hesitate to narrate the true reason.
Just keeping a log of all the leaves availed to cool down the mind can help. Consultancies to the psychologists, to the organisational counsellor or mental health specialist, increased frequencies of leave to visit home or a day off to come to senses. All these are important indicators.
We call such holidays as ‘Burnout Holidays.’ It is also important that such leaves are given liberally to regain the mental strength and collect the soul and the spirit. It will help the employees to take a breathing space to avoid rash decisions and identify the reason of the burnout.
If too many employees are facing and reporting it and trend of ‘Burnout Holiday’ overshoots the expected deviance, organisation have got to think seriously. Then you immediately need a coffee break with your team.
If tech has played its part to build the technostress, it is the tech which can help to clear this mess as well. AI tools of tomorrow will measure the satisfaction and stress levels and capture the causalities of happiness.
But more than tech, I fundamentally believe in the power of humans to overcome any problem together.
There is no better firewall against burnouts than the thick human bonds of trust and care at the workplace!-TARUN GOYAL
If we can breathe for each other, our lungs can fight any toxicity!
So let us breathe together.
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Tumakuru district has not yielded any historical records belonging to the early dynasties of the South India. such as the Banas, Satavahanas, Kadambas,Badami Chalukyas, etc. The earliest record discovered here, consisting of 5 copper plate grants ascribed to 400 A.D., belongs to the Gangas. The Gangas ruled over the southern and eastern districts of the State from the early years of the Christian era upto 1025 A.D., and obviously Tumakuru district formed part of their. kingdom. The district has yielded numerous inscriptions belonging to the period of Sri Purusha (725-758 A.D.) and several hero stones testifying to the battles that were fought between the forces of the Gangas and the Rashtrakutas. The last Ganga inscription found here is dated in 972 AD., – the period when Satyavakya Nolamba Kulantaka, that is Marasirnha-Ill, was on the throne. Of the Rashtrakutas there are three inscriptions and one of these refers to Vimaladitya as the Adhiraja of the entire Ganga-mandala while another confirms the date and mode of death of Indra-raja, the last of the Rashtrakutas who passed away on 20th March 982 at Shravanabelagola. There are numerous inscriptions which apparently belong to the Chalukyas of Kalyana and these range from 1040 to 1200 A.D. However, these merely acknowledge the supremacy of the Chalukyas and are actually those of the Cholas and Hoysalas. During this period it may. Be noted, the Nolambas were the principal local rulers and their kingdom was known as Nolambavadi 32000. They had their capital at Henjeru which is identified with the Hernavati village on the northern border of Sira taluk. Nidugal of Pavagada taluk was one of their strongholds. The district has yielded several records relating to the Nolarnba rulers such as Mahendra who is stated to have uprooted the Cholas, his son Nanniga and grandson Anniga or Bira Nolamba and Ahavamalla Nolamba. In about 974 AD., the Nolambas were overrun by the Ganga king Marasirnha-Il who earned the title Nolamba-Kulantaka, The Cholas who appear to have wielded supreme power in this region from 1000 AD., to 1070 AD., were over-fun by the Hoysalas.
The earliest Hoysala inscription found in the district is dated in 1078 AD. Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana is stated to have been in possession of both Gangavadi-96000 and Nolambavadi-32000. During the Hoysala supremacy also different tracts of this district were being administered by different local chiefs. For instance, an inscription dated in 1151 AD., states that a chief named Guli Bachi was ruling Marugerenad in Kaidala near Tumakuru. He built the temples of Gangcshvara, Narayana and Chalavarishvara at Kaidala. The Vijayanagara empire gradually absorbed the Hoysala dominions including this district. The earliest of the Vijayanagara inscriptions found in Tumakuru district refers to the reign of Bukka Raya (1344-77 AD.). and is dated III 1354 AD.
During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Vijayanagara kings granted various tracts of lands to their vassal chiefs bearing different titles, in recognition of the services rendered. Some of the petty principalities already in existence were allowed to continue to administer their traditionally acquired territories. Among such feudatory principalities that arose in this district a mention may be made of those with their headquarters at Nidugal, Holavanahalli, Madhugiri and Hagalavadi.
The Nidugal chiefs were the descendants of Harati Tippa Nayaka whose possessions were in the north-east of the Chitradurga district. One of the inscriptions found in Pavagada taluk describes him as ruling from Nidugal hill fort. He divided his territory among his seven sons. But on invasion of their share of the country by the Bijapur army, the descendants of the family retired to Nidugal fort under the leadership of Thimmanna Nayaka who had lost Dodderi. This family remained at Nidugal for a long time paying tributes to the Subedar of Sira. In 1761 A.D., when Sira was captured by Haidar Ali, the Nidugal chief also submitted himself to the conquerer and agreed to abide by the conditions imposed on him. This chief, Thimmanna Nayaka, was later compelled by Tipu Sultan to relinquish his rights over the territory. His sons were taken prisoners and lodged at Shrirangapattana where they were ultimately put to death by the British.
The Holavanahalli family was founded by Baire Gowda, said to be one of those that settled at Avati during the l5th century. This chiefdom was soon taken over by the chief of Magadi who gave it away to his own brother Ankana Gowda. The dispossessed chief joined the Sira court where he was well received and invested with an important command. His younger son however sought the help of the chief of Doddaballapur who captured Holavanahalli and placed the administration in the hands of the Sanna Baiche Gowda. But within the next couple of years a Sira army attacked and captured Doddaballapur, The former chief, Baire Gowda, who had gone over to Sira court fell in the Siege and his eldest son Dodda Baiche Gowda was invested with the government of Holavanahalli with an increase of territory. Subsequent members of this family fortified Koratagere and extended their territories until they were finally dispossessed by Haidar Ali of Mysore.
The Madhugiri family or the Maddagiri line of chiefs arose in a similar manner and extended its territory over the northern parts of the district by fortifying Madhugiri, Channarayanadurga and such other strategic points. In 1678 A.D., Madhugiri was captured by Dalavai Devaraja and the joint rulers named Rama Gowda and Timma Gowda were taken prisoners and conveyed to Shrirangapattana. However, they were later released and granted Midigeshi as an estate.
Founded by Erimada Nayaka, the Hagalavadi line of chiefs exercised power over a large portion of the present Tumakuru district for nearly 300 years from 1478 A.D. The credit for expanding their territories goes to Sali Nayaka, the second ruler who captured Kandikere, Settikere, Honnavalli, Turuvekere and such other places of strategic importance and also founded Chiknayakanhalli. His grandson Mudiyappa Nayaka-I was also equally successful in extending his territories. The ninth ruler of this line, namely Mudiyappa Nayaka-II was a benign ruler who later gave up his throne to pursue his spiritual pursuits. His son, Mudduveerappa Nayaka, earned the title Jung Bahadur for having successfully resisted the onslaughts of Salabat Jung and Dilawar Khan. The twelfth ruler Channabasappa Nayaka was captured and imprisoned by Haidar Ali at Shrirangapallana. Soon after his death in the prison the Hagalavadi Chiefdom was totally annexed to Mysore.
In 1638 A.D., under the command of Ranadulla Khan, the Bijapur army invaded the northern portions of this district. Along with the southern principalities of Doddaballapur, Bangalore, Kolar and Hoskote, Sira was placed under the charge of Shahji and for quite some time Malik Rihan was the governor of Sira. With the capture of Bijapur in 1686 A.D., Aurangazeb established tlie Moghul supremacy in this region. Sira was made the capital of a new province consisting of the seven paraganas of Sira, Basavapattana, Budihal, Doddaballapur, Hoskote, Kolar and Penukonda and was placed under the charge of a Subedar or Faujdar. Kashim Khan was the first Subedar and Dilawar Khan (1724-56) the last. During this period Sira and its neighbourhood assumed considerable importance as a seat of administration and received royal patronage. Sheikh Farid for instance built a big mosque. Rustum Jung, who earned for himself the title of Bahadur built a fort and a petta.
During the same period parts of this district came to be annexed by the Wodeyars of Mysore in a phased manner as it were. In 1650 A.D., Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar (1638-59) made a beginning by acquiring Hebbur in Tumakuru taluk from immadi Kempe Gowda. By 1673 A.D., the kingdom of Mysore had been extended as far as Chiknayakanhalli in the north. This was followed by the conquests of Chikka-Devaraja Wodear (1673-17). He is said to have captured Jadakanadurga (which he named after himself as Chikka Devarayana Durga), Maddagiri, Midigeshi, Bijjavara, Channarayadurga and several other places, “By the end of his reign except for Sira and its immediate surroundings, rest of the Tumakuru district formed part of Mysore. These areas too were taken during the period of Haidar Ali on his conquest of Sira in 1761 and the annexation of Hagalavadi in 1776. With the fall of Tipu Sultan in 1799, this territory too passed into the hands of the British who restored it to the Wodeyars of Mysore, from which date the history of the district coincides with the history of the erstwhile Mysore State. During the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar-III (1811-31), the State consisted of six Faujdaris and the present Tumakuru district stood included in the Maddagiri i.e., Madhugiri, ,,’Faujdari.: In 1834, these were reconstituted into four divisions and Tumakuru became the headquarters of Chitradurga division which encompassed the areas now included in these two districts. | <urn:uuid:3fd55a51-2f73-4d8f-bdc4-2983742830a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tumkurpolice.karnataka.gov.in/page/About/Tumakuru+District+History/en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.97551 | 2,272 | 3.1875 | 3 |
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Formatting hard disks.
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The children were given the opportunity to ask questions about what Brexit will mean for them.
The 8-14 year olds came from around schools around the country and spent two hours with Boris Johnson inside No10. The children also presented the Prime Minister with the First News Children’s Charter for Brexit, as voted for by 7000 readers.
Questions put to the Prime Minister included:
“What do you think the opportunities for young people will be once we’ve left the EU”;
“How do you intend to ensure our NHS remains free”;
“As technology is so important, how will you ensure all children will have the same opportunities when some schools don’t have everything that other schools do”.
“How will climate change affect job opportunities in the future?”
The Prime Minister responded to the question about opportunities for young people by saying that: “Opportunities for young people will be immense…thinking of ourselves as people who can engage with the whole world in a new way.”
With regard to the question about the NHS – asked by a Stretford High School pupil, the Prime Minister explained that a ‘record amount’ of funding is being put into the NHS - £34bn – the greatest ever investment in the Health Service, he said.
In response to the question about schools funding, the Prime Minister talked about his commitment to putting Gigabit broadband everywhere in the country, that goes to every home providing faster internet connections. And with regard to climate change, the Prime Minister explained the tackling this issue will create “hundreds and thousands of jobs”.
First News ran its own Children’s EU Referendum in 2016 and 74% of those voting opted to remain. Brexit was cited as being one of the children’s biggest concerns with only environmental issues coming higher.
Attending the event were two pupils from RL Hughes Primary School in Wigan, Freddie Moors and Suzy Hall. They said:
“Meeting the Prime Minister was unbelievable! We were nervous at first, but he was much friendlier and funny than we expected.
“Originally we thought Brexit was a bad idea because it would be difficult to make trade deals with the EU. However, the Prime Minister told us that now we will be able to make more new trade deals with countries like America.”
St Michael’s Catholic School Year 8 pupil, Naomi Leigh from High Wycombe, said: “I think that when we Brexit today, it will not just be significant to Europe, but to the whole world. It will give the UK an opportunity to be independent, but it will be equally important to stay close to our partners in Europe."
"I really enjoyed being able to meet the Prime Minister and learn about his thoughts in person as well as other young people's concerns about leaving Europe."
Accompanying the children to No10 was First News editor, Nicky Cox MBE. She said: “We are delighted that the Prime Minister was able to spend time on the eve of Brexit talking to the people who will be most affected. The results of our Children’s EU Referendum highlighted that the majority did not want to leave Europe, with many of our readers feeling worried and anxious about what it will actually mean for our country.
“The Prime Minister answered all the questions open and honestly. He reassured the children that they shouldn’t worry because by the time they enter the workplace in 10 years’ time, Brexit will have blown over and be a distant memory!
“As parents, we need to be aware that our children do worry about issues like Brexit and it’s vital that we encourage them to read and seek out impartial news – to ensure they get the facts and can make a fair assessment of the situation.”
List of schools who attended:
1) Ashcott Primary School, Bridgwater
2) Heber Primary School, Southwark
3) Stretford High School, Manchester
4) Kings Cross Academy, Camden
5) RL Hughes Primary School, Wigan
6) Portway Primary School, Newham
7) St Michael’s Catholic School, High Wycombe
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — It’s mountain biking season. To help you prepare, we offer the following five tips from local rider Tim Price, a mountain bike instructor and guide at the Steamboat Bike Park.
1. Level pedals
Don’t stork on your mountain bike. Keep your pedals level when cornering or descending. Dropping one foot down may feel easier, but it puts your balance on one leg, locks your knee and puts your pedal closer to hitting something. No storking!
2. One-finger breaking
Modern mountain bikes have powerful hydraulic disc brakes. One finger is all you need to slow yourself down. Using two fingers makes it harder to control the power and weakens your grip on the handlebar. When braking, make sure your index finger is out toward the end of the lever for maximum control — you may need to slide your brake levers in to make this possible.
3. Look where you want to go
Keeping your eyes up helps your balance and lets you prepare for obstacles sooner. Also look forward while cornering; it will help you know whether you need to slow down, or let it roll.
4. Drop your seat
Nearly all modern, high-end mountain bikes come with dropper seat posts that you can raise and lower on the fly — for good reason. Speed, agility, comfort and safety all go up when your seat goes down. If you have one, use it all the time. If you don’t, before descending lower your seat to a more comfortable height while standing.
5. Don’t be stubborn
Don’t fall back on bad habits or buck trends for the sake of pride. I learn things every ride, and you can too. Get some coaching and take a private lesson from a certified instructor. It’ll take less time than it does to climb Emerald, and you’ll have more confidence, ride safer, and get more out of every ride.
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• Check tire pressure and tire surface for cuts and embedded debris.
• Keep chain clean and lubricated. Lubricate with dry lube; or every other week or 400 miles with wet chain lube.
• Check chain for side-to-side play and replace if necessary.
• Wash bike regularly — once a week or every 200 miles — in hot water and dish soap, oil drive train and wipe off excess oil.
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Here is how to fight inflation in retirement
I’m Van Richards, ChFC®. A key to your success in retirement is learning to fight inflation. With this in mind, I design financial plans that can protect your income, control your expenses, and identify tax savings. Given these points, I created a step-by-step process to help you have a successful retirement. It is called the Easiest Retirement Budget Plan. There are three steps to this inflation-fighting plan.
#1. We meet virtually to discuss your goals and concerns.
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#3. We implement a plan to help you fight inflation.
Discussing Your Goals and Concerns
Fighting inflation in retirement doesn’t mean that you have to sacrifice everything. On the contrary, when we discuss creating a retirement budget plan for you, we want to begin with what is important to you. In particular, what do you want to do when you’re retired?
In the following diagram, you will see numerous things that people find important in retirement. Look through the diagram and find what is important to you. Of course, there will be more than one item.
Before you complete the Easiest Retirement Budget Worksheet, I want to invite you to let your imagination take you into what you want retirement to be like.
Let’s begin by defining your wants, needs, and wishes. And then, we’ll look further at your expectations and concerns. But to start discussing your wants, needs, and wishes, I’d like you to use this scale.
Retirement Goals and Concerns Scale
There are two ways you can use this scale. The first way to look at your needs, wants, and wishes is with the diagram below. As an illustration, the circle of goals is to help you visualize the possibilities available to you. In like manner, the same goals are written in a spreadsheet that follows. You may find it easier to write the needs, wants, and wishes with the corresponding number on the spreadsheet. For this purpose, use whichever tool you want to help you clarify your needs, wants, and wishes in retirement.
Go through the list and indicate each goal’s importance on a scale of 10 – 1, with 10 being the most important. Then, based on the 10 to 1 scale, group your goals by needs (what you must have), wants (what you would like to have), and wishes (what you wish to have).
Expectations & Concerns
A retirement budget plan should begin with your expectations and concerns. The retirement expectations section is so important because here is where you will focus on what you genuinely want retirement to be like. Several ideas are listed below, but if you have something else in mind, write it down. Truly, writing things down helps you solidify what is on your mind and in your heart. Additionally, keep in mind that your expectations can change. You may even find that they change after you complete the Easiest Retirement Budget Worksheet.
Once you start to see where your money will be spent more specifically, you may need to adjust some of your expectations. Undeniably, solidifying your expectations will be to your benefit. To put it another way, it’s a terrible feeling to have your expectations fall short. For this reason, planning will help you avoid or at least limit the frustration of false expectations.
So, what do you look forward to the most? What worries or concerns you? Go through the list below and indicate if you have high, medium, or low expectations of the items listed. Again, if you have something else on your mind, write it in the other section. If you need more room, use an additional blank page.
Equally important to consider are your retirement concerns. Go through the lists below and indicate the areas that concern you the most. Keep this in mind. All things considered, anything that happens in retirement will be affected by six risks that you will face in retirement.
- risk of investments
- risk of getting older
- risk of not working
- risk of family dilemmas
- risk of running out of money
- risk of government and political change.
With this in mind, go through the spreadsheet below and indicate what worries you the most. When we get to the Easiest Retirement Budget Worksheet, we’ll focus on planning that you have enough money to take care of what is worrying you the most.
Taking inventory of your resources
The next step is one of the most critical steps to controlling the effects of inflation in retirement. With this in mind, take an inventory of your money spending habits with the Easiest Retirement Budget Worksheet. You can download the worksheet by clicking here.
I have created a guide to help you complete the worksheet. You can see the guide by clicking here.
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If you have gotten to this point and feel unsure about what to do, you are not alone. You may be at a point where a real person with the education and experience to help you plan your retirement may be the answer to your uncertainty.
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Political correctness should not obscure the reality that many terrorists attack in the name of Islam. Asked how we should strive to discuss terrorism and Islam, the author suggests a better way of looking at the struggle in the Middle East is to view it as a battle within Islam over modernity rather than a battle between Islam and the West.
Question: How should we talk about Islam and terrorism?
Salman Rushdie: The hard truth is that in the name of Islam very, very bad things are being done right now by a group that you could call a small minority of all Muslims, but it’s also wrong not... to say that they’re not Muslims. They are Muslims. And I think the more interesting way of looking at this is to look at it as a battle inside Islam, not between Islam and the West.
Right now I think there is a colossal battle taking place inside the Muslim world. The most obviously of course is the old Sunni/Shia battle. If you look at what is happening in Iraq right now for instance most of the deaths are not Americans. Most of the deaths are not foreigners. 99% of the deaths are either Sunni Muslims being killed by Shias or Shia Muslims being killed by Sunnis. If you look at what has been happening in Pakistan recently you see mosques being blown up by other Muslims. I mean, extraordinary. If an American were to blow up a mosque, there would be horror. But in Pakistan there are Muslims blowing up mosques all the time because they disapprove of the other Muslims who go to that mosque. So this is what I'm saying. There is a terrible conflict raging inside Islam which is not only Sunni/Shia because the other thing, the other nature of the conflict is between, if you like, modernity and ancient tradition; the people who want the world never to change, who believe that the values of the Arab Peninsula and the seventh century should represent the moral code for the present day, and people who feel that ideas need to modernize and progress and that you can adhere to your faith, but that faith needs to march in line with the rest of the world and needs to find a way of expressing itself in the modern world.
Now that conflict it seems to me is happening everywhere in the Muslim world. If you look at the opponents of the Iranian regime, the green movement in Iran, that clearly represents a young, liberal, modernizing spirit that exists in that country. And in every Muslim country you will see that. You will see particularly young people. They don’t want to live according to the rules that the old gray-beard mullahs set for them, so I think if we want to look at the Muslim world you have to look at it in those ways. You have to look at it as a world in conflict. And what we need to do is to support, I think, that modernizing positive way of being a Muslim, which involves living in the world as it is. Support that and encourage that, and be extremely critical as we should be, of that other tyrannical, despotic, medievalist Islam, which unfortunately is in power in a lot of places.
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David Kennedy, an advertising legend and the co-founder of one of the most famous agencies in the world, Wieden+Kennedy has passed away at 82.
Kennedy. had an incredible creative career, but perhaps, he is best known for coming up with Nike’s infamous slogan, “Just Do It!” Of course, that wasn’t Kennedy’s only genius creative moment, arguably he had many.
Famously he was behind a Honda commercial in the mid-1980s that used shaky-camera footage, something that is now used regularly in ads.
Over his career, he was the recipient of multiple Cannes Lions awards. Kennedy was considered a legend in his industry, not just because of Wieden+Kennedy that he co-founded with Dan Wieden, but because of his contribution to the creative industry.
Kennedy never quite retired and never stopped creating and continued to work on campaigns, up until his death. His final advertisement was a pro bono project for the American Indian College Fund, and ran in The New York Times, earlier this week!
To give you insight into who Kennedy was, he was a believer in always trying. According to Forbes, Kennedy was a fan of the phrase, “Fail Harder” and it was featured in his office.
In the 2009 documentary, Art and Copy, Forbes reported, he said: “It’s like Babe Ruth trying to hit a home run: I mean it’s like if you miss, you miss, but at least you swung the bat as hard as you could.”
This makes sense when you consider the humbling beginnings of Wieden+Kennedy, clearly, Kennedy was always willing to try, no matter the odds. Famously, the agency was founded in 1982 in a basement room without a phone, all calls had to be made through a nearby payphone.
The first client they managed to secure was just a relatively unknown footwear brand, called Nike. Now, both Wieden+Kennedy and Nike are global companies, that are known around the world.
David Kennedy, May 31, 1939 – October 10, 2021. Your legacy and spirit will live on forever in our hearts and our work. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/K7DuBftUkX
— Wieden+Kennedy (@WiedenKennedy) October 12, 2021
Wieden+Kennedy paid tribute to their co-founder via social media.
On Twitter, the agency wrote, “David Kennedy, May 31, 1939 – October 10, 2021. Your legacy and spirit will live on forever in our hearts and our work.”
Clearly, he was a creative force that will be missed.
It might be a little more than six months old but indie creative agency It’s Friday, headed by former Leos and Saatchi boss Pete Bosilkovski, is off to an impressive start judging by R3’s monthly review of new business wins. It’s Friday posted an impressive third spot on June’s new business wins after the agency […]
Indie agency Ryvalmedia continues its impressive run, topping R3’s June list for new business wins for the third consecutive month. It’s been an impressive 2022 for the (lead image) Simon Ryan-steered agency after it announced the opening of its Sydney office in mid-July. Ryvalmedia was again R3’s pick of the media agencies with wins that […]
CRA chief executive officer Ford Ennals (pictured) announced today a renewed strategic direction for the peak radio industry body, with a greater emphasis on the digital audio market along with supporting its members to grow commercial radio advertising revenue. “We are experiencing strong growth in digital audio so it’s timely for CRA to have a […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its first Above the Line (ATL) brand campaign after a decade of being in Australia, with the feel-good ‘Curiosity Kid’ ad series showcasing the many brands using its services. The campaign, which launched on August 7, highlights how AWS can be used for innovation by local businesses, demonstrating a […]
In this guest post, Stu Wragg (lead image), chief strategy officer at Herd MSL, takes a look at global brands getting the sustainability message right and the lessons Aussie brands can learn along the way… The need to address increased consumer and employee interest in the environmental and social action of business is clear to […]
Significant Other Creative Agency (SOCA) has brought on two senior hires, with Farah Alias joining as partnerships director and Neil ‘Marty’ Martin jumping into a dual head of art role. Alias (pictured, right) brings with her a wealth of senior international experience and knowledge from DDB & BBDO Singapore, Wunderman Thompson, and most recently Rare. […]
Ogilvy NZ has been appointed as the new creative and strategy agency for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. BCFNZ chief executive Ah-Leen Rayner said the Ogilvy team presented a new direction for the foundation with a strong focus on reaching Maori and Pasifika women who were over-represented in breast cancer statistics. “Ogilvy’s approach acknowledged our current […]
Australian new car website, CarExpert.com.au has appointed independent growth agency Claxon as its creative and media agency after pitches from a slew of other agencies that included HERO and DDB. Claxon will be handling the creation of a new national TVC campaign and the associated media account working closely with shareholder, Seven West Media to […]
Sydney PR agency InsideOut PR has been appointed for Prestige InHome Care, an in-home aged care service with a focus on media relations. InsideOut PR worked with Prestige Inhome Care back in 2013 and again in 2017 launching their public relations and advertising program; and supporting their growing profile in the market. Founder and CEO […] | <urn:uuid:868bd329-7755-4e68-b8f4-73846592bac1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bandt.com.au/ad-legend-wiedenkennedy-co-founder-inventor-of-nikes-just-do-it-david-kennedy-has-died/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.970057 | 1,252 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Learn@Illinois Moodle - Using UI Smart Import
Learn how to use the UI Smart Import feature. This is a tool that helps catch errors in files that will be uploaded to Moodle. The following is a basic guide for using this feature.
For a permanent link to this information, please use: http://go.illinois.edu/MoodleUISmartImport
- In your upload file, name the NetID column "NetID". This tells the Smart Import what field it is and lets it check to verify all of the students are enrolled and have correct NetIDs.
- Save the file as a CSV.
- In the menu on the left, click Grades.
- Click the Grader report drop-down.
- Under "Import", select UI Smart Import.
- Click on Choose a Plain-Text Grade File (tab/csv) and upload your grade file.
- Moodle will spend some time processing the file. When it is finished, a box will pop up below that will report whether the file is okay ("Precheck passed") or list any "Bad Rows".
- The bad rows are automatically removed from the grade file. If you need to edit a NetID and put it back in, you can edit it, then copy/paste it into the box above. This will initiate a new Precheck to make sure the data file is now okay.
- When you're ready, click Upload grades. This will process the file.
- On the next page, use the following settings:
- In the "Identify user by" section:
- Under "Map from", select NetID
- Under "Map to", select Username
- In the "Grade item mappings" section:
- Under "NetID", select Ignore
- Under the name of your assignment (the name of the Excel column in your file), select the name of the grade item in Moodle that you want to import to.
- Click the Upload grades button. The page will continue to look like it's loading as it processes the file.
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Bezir Oil Mill
Linseed oil, also known as Zeyrek and Linen oil, continues to be used in the health sector in the past and today. The oil, which continues to be produced by industrial methods, was produced by the mill method in the past.
Before oil was found, it was also a product used for lighting. He used to illuminate our homes with flick and gas lamps.
Bayburt; It was a region where many linseed oil mills were located due to the soil structure where high quality flax grass was grown. Turned by the help of Ox and Buffalo animals, the stone crushed the flax grass with high pressure to extract its water and oil was obtained in this way.
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Alternative Healing Fairs have become increasingly popular over the decade as more and more people seek preventative health measures and to increase their overall wellness. If you are charged with coordinating a fair, there are a few things you should know to make it all go smoothly. Realistically, there is no way to ensure that your first fair goes off without any problems, but you want them to be problems that result in fine-tuning the next fair, not ones that prevent a second fair from happening.
The Time Frame
Generally, when someone has the idea to do a fair they imagine everything can be pulled together with a few phone calls over the holiday. The reality is that the planning should begin about three to four months before you want the fair to happen. Anything longer than that and people will lose their enthusiasm, anything sooner and you will find yourself compromising on things to make a fair happen that you shouldn’t. First, gather together a planning committee, this doesn’t have to be very formal just a few core people who are willing to take on responsibility. Have a few meetings to coordinate the fair and make plans – some of which should include what the theme of the fair is, who is the target market, who will you invite, how much will it cost fairgoers and how will you advertise it. Once you have all your ideas in place, it’s time to look at the reality of your budget. Put someone in charge of going through your list of wants and identifying the must-haves and the ones that can be compromised on to keep the fair within the budget.
Coordinating the Fair Itself
The most important part of hosting an Alternative Healing Fair is maintaining the crowd flow and the energy. Think through how the crowd will enter and move through the fair, make sure to direct them in stages. A good practice is to start with exciting bits and things for sale before bringing them by food and rest stations and then discharging them into the hands of the quieter healing methods and products. If you don’t plan for this you may have an irate meditation teacher next to a Zumba exhibit and a crystal healer crying in the corner.
Taking care of your visitors
While you want people to pay to come in, you want them to stay and buy and also, to come back the next time. You can only achieve this if you have well thought out how to take care of them. If the day promises to be hot, have free water on hand. Rent enough moveable restrooms so they are easily accessible from all parts of the fair. Set up rest areas as well, this is a good place to also stage demonstrations and lectures by your invited healers. Make sure that there is a map to all of the tables and exhibits featured in the fair so if someone does an exhibition, the audience can then find them in the crowd.
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English reference booklets have been a game-changer for me. Answering the same question over and over is a struggle that most middle and high school ELA teachers face. I can’t tell you the number of times in my career that I have had to define metaphor, explain the basic essay format, or help students understand theme (and the list goes on and on).
I wanted my students to retain what I had taught them, yet I seemed to constantly be spoon-feeding them the answers to questions that they should have been able to answer themselves. In order to foster more student independence and to stop the flow of repeated questions always coming my way, I decided to use handbooks for MLA formatting, Figurative Language, Essays, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Speeches.
When we start a new unit or topic, I hand out the English reference booklets to my students. I laminate a copy of each and put it on my bookshelf so it can easily be accessed. Then, when we study a particular genre, I would print a black and white booklet for each student to have as a reference.
During a unit when students inevitably begin asking me questions like, “What is onomatopoeia again?”, “What are the four types of conflict?”, or “What is a soliloquy?” I simply direct them to their handbook for the answer. I will admit that by using these booklets, you will initially have to say the phrase, “Check your handbook” about a hundred times a day. If you keep up with it, however, students will eventually start to rely on themselves rather than on you.
Here are a few reasons why I love using English reference booklets:
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Seventy-three people came to the Kirkland City Council chambers Wednesday night for a public hearing on the proposed congestion reduction charge to help fund King County Metro services.
The proposed fee would last for two years and add an extra $20 each year for license tab renewals.
The extra revenue would help the county agency bridge the remaining $60 million shortfall. Without the extra revenue, Metro would have to reduce the transit system by 17 percent.
“Metro is a workhorse for this region, mainly in getting people to and from work,” said King County Councilman and Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee chair Larry Phillips. “This will provide us some very valuable input from the public.” And input is exactly what they got, as nearly half the people in the room took the opportunity to speak their mind. “
The voters in this state have consistently said they want a $30 (car-tab) tax and you should let the voters decide this issue,” said anti-tax initiative activist Tim Eyman, who lives in Snohomish County. One of Eyman’s biggest initiatives was to cap car-tab taxes.
The issue before the committee is whether to let the congestion reduction charge go to voters, have the King County Council take the vote – which would need a supermajority to pass – or to force Metro to forgo the proposal by King County Executive Dow Constantine and make deep cuts.
“We would like to see the King County Council adopt the ordinance instead of spending $1 million on an election,” said Kirkland City Councilman Dave Asher, who presented a letter from the council in favor of the ordinance. If the King County Council opts to vote on the ordinance, the measure would need a supermajority to pass. “This is an economic issue. This is a jobs issue. This is a human services issue … I guess we would ask you to be ‘super.'”
Some were in favor of the charge, but would like to see it imposed differently.
“A $20 tax is a hardship on those who can’t afford it,” said Linda Seltzer of Redmond. “I would like to see a waver for senior citizens and those who are unemployed.”
Others want to see Metro look more at the way it does business.
“Our transit drivers are the third-highest paid in the country,” said Birch Hand of Medina. “Why isn’t it more in line with the national average?”
Cindy Springer, who lives near the downtown Kirkland Transit Center, said, “There are 400 buses that run past my home every day. My kitchen window looks into those buses when they are stopped and the majority of them are empty.”
Springer also brought a printed out eBay posting for a 99 cents Orca Card, which is to be sold to the public for $5.
Two other speakers echoed the empty bus sentiment.
“I work in downtown Bellevue and all day long all I see is empty buses,” said Lori Sotelo of Mercer Island. “I’d like for you to fix your budget before you come after mine.”
One Kirkland resident suggested privatizing the bus system. Another took the committee members to task for being late to the hearing. Some even took issue with the name of the proposal and the fact that “tax” is not included.
Others saw scare tactics by Metro in the informational packets handed out for the hearing.
“The staff has done a great job of scaring people by telling them their route will be cut,” said James Watkins of Redmond. “Every time you promise and each time you under deliver. What will be different this time? And now you want to have a $1 million vote you’ll lose.”
According to Metro, five main bus routes would have to be cut on the Eastside alone and at least six others would have to be reduced. In Kirkland, route 277 from Rose Hill and Juanita to the University District would be eliminated and the 236 to Woodinville and the 238 to Bothell would be discontinued after 7 p.m.
Route 930 from Redmond to Totem Lake and the 935 from Totem Lake to Kenmore would be reduced to hourly and the 251 from Redmond to Bothell would be reduced in frequency and stop at 7 p.m. instead of 8 p.m.
In Belleuve, the 925 from Newcastle to Factoria would be eliminated. Overall, the agency would have to cut 85 routes and reduce 106 throughout King County.
For some, the issue was very personal like a blind man from Seattle, who said the bus is his only means of transportation. Others wondered how their children, who take mass transit, would get to school and back.
Speakers from the audience also included a spokesman from the University of Washington, who administers the U-Pass, a reduced fare bus card for students.
The 17 percent service cuts would reduce passenger trips by 9 million a year. Metro, which is primarily funded by sales tax, has had to deal with a revenue reduction of $1.2 billion from 2009-2015 due to the down economy.
Metro has closed that gap to $60 million through layoffs and four fare hikes of 83 percent during the past four years and deferred service exspansion. But Metro only estimates that the $20 car-tab tax, which is authorized by the state Legislature and Gov. Chris Gregiore, would generate $50 million.
Metro also estimates that 95 percent of bus riders own a car.
The Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee will have to make a decision by July 25, but will hold two more public hearings: 6 p.m., July 12 at at the King County Council Chambers and 6 p.m. July 21 at the Burien City Council Chambers. Testimony can also be submitted online through the metro Web site.
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Warhammer 40K: Bjorn The Fell-Handed, Eldest Space Wolf
Today we delve deep into the living link of the Space Wolves to the days of the Emperor – Bjorn the Fell Handed
Bjorn the Fell-Handed is an ancient Space Wolves Dreadnought. Among the Sons of Fenris he holds many titles: “Eldest”, “Trueclaw”, “Revered One” and “Last of the Company of Russ” among them. He is the oldest warrior in the Imperium, and has been the salvation of his Chapter time and time again.
The Great Crusade
The first currently recorded mention of Bjorn in Imperial records occurs towards the end of the Great Crusade. Bjorn was responsible for saving the lives of the off-world conservator Kasper Hawser, as well as two Fenrisian natives, after they became embroiled in a tribal dispute over Hawser’s fate. Bjorn saved Hawser only because he himself had been responsible for mistakenly shooting down the conservator’s craft, and only grudgingly rescued the two natives at Hawser’s insistence. In time, both of these natives would attempt to join the ranks of the Space Wolves, (with one – Fith – succeeding) and Hawser himself would go onto become skjald of Bjorn’s Company.
Bjorn is then recorded as being present, along with the rest of Tra – 3rd Company – during their assaults upon the Olamic Quietude xenos civilisation in support of the 40th Expedition Fleet. Tra were then summoned to the world of Nikaea, due to their skjald’s presence having been requested by their Primarch, Leman Russ. Bjorn was part of the honour guard who landed upon Nikea, and later – as part of his sworn bond to protect Hawser – entered into combat with a being who appeared to be Captain Amon of the Thousand Sons, eventually driving him off.
The Horus Heresy and The Scouring
When the judgement of Nikaea ultimately led to the Space Wolves being ordered to sanction Magnus the Red and his Thousand Sons, Bjorn was once again present as part of Tra, and took part in the Battle of Prospero. It was during this battle that he is reckoned to have lost his left arm, although the precise circumstances of this event vary from account to account. Bjorn also helped rouse Russ from his despair during the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula, convincing the Wolf King to forge his own path instead of blindly serving as the Emperor’s Executioner.
It was whilst undertaking an attack on the acrid, volcanic world of Gryth that events were to take a tragic turn. Bjorn’s pack had humbled tyrants, butchered aliens beyond counting, and even hewn down their brother Space Marines that had fallen from the Emperor’s grace; yet against the Daemon king, Arvax the Arch-slaughterer, they knew only death. That Bjorn actually survived the massacre of his kinsmen was a testament to his exceptional skills as a warrior, for all others who faced the mighty Daemon of Khorne that fateful day joined Bjorn’s packmates in death. Though the arrival of Leman Russ saw the Space Wolves ultimately emerge victorious against the daemonic host, it was Bjorn who finally drove the seemingly unstoppable Daemon general from the field. Despite his victory of sorts, Bjorn never forgave himself for the loss of his kinsmen, nor the fact that he alone yet lived having been denied a magnificent death. In the hours that followed the battle, Bjorn became increasingly melancholy, refusing to accept the hearty approval of those that had witnessed his heroic battle against the Daemon king. As he witnessed his packmates burn atop the victory pyres, he gave voice to a long, mournful howl. Kneeling before the bodies of his burning kinsmen, he swore a grave oath of vengeance against their slayer.
To Bjorn’s continued frustration, it was to be five long years before word of Arvax’s location surfaced once more. Russ immediately led his Wolves to destroy the foul creature, determined to personally slay the Daemon king himself and avenge those who had died during their last encounter. Yet in this goal, the Primarch was to be denied, for Bjorn too sought out his nemesis and, as fate would have it, was the first to face Arvax in battle. As the Wolf-King tore through the Khornate horde towards his quarry, he witnessed Bjorn’s duel first-hand. Russ could only look on pride as Bjorn deftly rolled beneath a blow attempting to cut him in half, then clambered up the Daemon’s towering frame to tear out the Arch-slaughterer’s throat with his trusty wolf claw. In the aftermath of the battle, Russ came to Bjorn in person and exonerated him in front of the entire Chapter, holding his oath fulfilled. Setting a precedent that still exists to this day, the Wolf-King promoted Bjorn to his personal Wolf Guard, naming him the ‘Fell-handed’ in honour of his mighty deed. The Skjalds of the Chapter hold that it was the sense of loss and tragedy that Bjorn had already experienced and learned to master that influenced Russ’ decision to leave him behind when he set forth on his last, fateful journey to the Eye of Terror. Of all of the Primarch’s Wolf Guard, he alone had shown such strength of purpose and determination in his darkest hour; he alone would understand the lonely burden of command.
In the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula that saw the Wolves ambushed by the Alpha Legion in the aftermath of the Burning of Prospero, Bjorn again saw battle. Defending his ship Helridderfrom Alpha Legion boarders, Bjorn and his pack made their way to Russ’ flagship Hrafnkel where they were narrowly saved from a traitor Contemptor Dreadnought by the Wolf King himself.
Later during the aftermath of the Horus Heresy, Bjorn sought to rebuild the Imperium with such conviction that Leman Russ elevated him to his personal retinue. He was the only member of Leman Russ’s personal Wolf Guard that was left behind when Russ departed for the Eye of Terror, and he still harbors intense feelings of rejection and bitterness when he tells of this day. After Russ’s disappearance, he assumed the Primarch’s leadership of the Space Wolves, becoming the Chapter’s first Great Wolf. His heroic career at the head of the Space Wolves ended during a raid against a fortress during the Proxima Rebellion in 934.M31, when he was so severely wounded and crippled that he was beyond the aid of the chapter’s Apothecaries, and his paralyzed body was transplanted within a Dreadnought. Over the following five hundred years he remained at the forefront of battle. Eventually however, the long years took their toll on the warrior, and he began spending longer and longer periods dormant in stasis sleep.
Clash with the Inquisition
Though not awakened for the First War for Armageddon, Bjorn was made active once more in its aftermath, the Months of Shame. Specifically, he was awoken by the Space Wolves garrisoning Fenris to negotiate an end to the conflict with the Inquisition, who had come to besiege Fenris at the height of the conflict. Bjorn proved to be less hot-headed then Grimnar, and was responsible for ending the conflict after the Logan killed Lord Inquisitor Ghesmei Kysnaros aboard the Inquisitor’s flagship by convincing both sides to stand down. Bjorn’s only demand from the Ordo Malleus — besides that it never return to Fenris – was a Grey Knight come down with him to The Fang and speak of their order, as the Wolves would forever remember them. The events saw the first time Bjorn ever used a teleporter, something he always was hesitant of.
Appearance and Abilities
According to the records provided by Kasper Hawser, Bjorn possessed black, braided hair, and was notably sullen and quick to irritation. Hawser theorised however, that Bjorn’s naturally negative attitude was probably worse in his presence due to the manner of their first meeting.
As a Dreadnought, in M32 Bjorn was said to inhabit one of the most technologically advanced sarcophagi in existence, possessed of abilities considered rare even during the Horus Heresy. Noted for its ornamentation – which Bjorn despised – the Dreadnought chassis was capable of giving Bjorn much faster movement, reaction times, and sensory input than one would expect from such a brutal-looking construction. This allowed Bjorn to fight much as he always did when in the thick of combat; upon instinct. Armed with a Plasma Cannon during this time, Bjorn was reckoned to have a personal kill-count higher than that of some entire Chapters. His sullen nature only exacerbated by Dreadnought interment, Bjorn was possessed of a powerful, bitter, anger at not only his Dreadnought status, but that he did not know why Leman Russ, whom he loved above all others and more than all others, had left without explanation, apparently without thinking of those left behind. Bjorn believed that the Russ had left him behind with the foreknowledge that Bjorn would survive as a Dreadnought and that his incomparably cold anger would keep him not only alive in battle, but sane of mind and therefore able to guard over the Space Wolves throughout the generations.
Bjorn is thought to have gained the moniker “Fell Handed” partly because he used a lightning claw, but mostly because of what happened during the scouring of Prospero, which occurred during the beginning of the Horus Heresy. It was there he lost his arm due to the machinations of Chaos.
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By definition, a penthouse is traditionally known as the top-floor unit of a luxury residential building. Well turns out they are super expensive compared to units on lower floors. But do you know why?
Below are some of the reasons apartments on high floors attract a larger sum in pricing:
One of the most attractive features of an apartment on higher floors is the natural light. It is more noticeable because there are fewer or no shadows from nearby buildings that could obstruct the ray of light. Natural lighting is a key element of luxury living that compliments and enhances the quality of the apartment.
Apartments on higher floors are quieter. Having your home on a high floor reduces noise from the ground, traffic, backup generators, or passersby that could interfere with the peace you require in your sanctuary. Homes farther from the ground are more peaceful and calm which is ideal to unwind and relax. This trait makes apartments on higher floors more desirable.
Living in an apartment on a high floor welcomes exclusivity and privacy. Apartments on top levels are not prone to foot traffic. Few people have access to these floors compared to lower-level apartments. No one, except your immediate neighbors, will have any business on your floor. If privacy is on your list of priorities living on a top floor provides a more private lifestyle.
Apartments on the top floor tend to offer the best views which are desirable and improve the value of the property. However, it is important to mention that the view largely depends on locality. Regardless, most top-floor apartments offer the best views. Your balcony can be your personal escapade. Additionally, it is said that the higher you go, the cooler it becomes. This is true of living in tall buildings. You can enjoy the natural breeze.
Top-floor apartments can also be considered to be more secure and less susceptible to thefts and crimes. The higher you go, the harder it gets to access the apartment making top-floor units less of an easy target.
Top floor apartments offer a number of advantages over ground or lower floor apartments. However, that doesn’t mean top-floor apartments don’t have a downside. The most obvious drawback is the higher cost. But that’s not it. Make sure you do your due diligence and find out about some of the drawbacks of living on the top floor before you commit.
The choice of the floor you want to live on comes down to personal preferences. Nonetheless, it cannot be denied that top-floor apartments come with several plus points that ground and lower-floor apartments may not provide.
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In the summer of 2020, through a partnership with A Black Education Network, HIM Tours launched its first virtual experience in Ghana. Students from across the U.S., explored the bustling city of Accra, learned the history of Cape Coast, and discovered Nzulezo, the Village on Stilts. To book a virtual tour for your school, university or organization, please contact us.
see the motherland
The global pandemic shuddered a lot of travel plans, including a trip abroad for hundreds of students. But there is more than one way to get children to the Motherland. Inspired by Monica Utsey's video diary of her trips to Ghana, Debra Watkins, Founder Emerita & Director of Strategic Partnerships for A Black Education Network, decided their organization would sponsor a series of virtual tours. Virtual Tours 1 & 2 are for children and an adult tour is coming soon. Stay tuned!
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The Office of Instruction and Assessment has launched the new webinar series Inclusive Teaching Tidbits. On this website, you will find webinar recordings, materials, and additional resources. Please direct questions, suggestions for future topics of this series, or consultation requests in these topics to Mascha N. Gemein (firstname.lastname@example.org) and Katie Southard (email@example.com)
Register through our Webinars & Classes site.
Going Global: When In-Person Courses Go Online
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed much in-person instruction into the remote classroom space. Many students who would otherwise reside on campus are now located in various time zones and across the world. We are drawing from the experience of UA Global instructors and experts in a series of two panels to illuminate key considerations and effective teaching strategies for the global, remote classroom for anyone. Each panel includes interactive elements for participants and is followed by a “social” half hour that allows for additional, unstructured conversation with the panelists.
This third set of conversations in the Inclusive Teaching Tidbits series is a collaboration between OIA and UA Global. Mascha and Katie are welcoming Global Curriculum Coordinator, Kate Shea, as co-moderator for these panels.
Going Global: Humanizing Remote Classroom Design and Communication
January 6, 2021 (Wednesday) at 2 to 3 pm MST (social half hour to follow)
Moderators: Katie Southard, PhD (OIA) & Kate Shea, MLIS, MA (UA Global)
Sumayya Granger, PhD
Associate Director of Program Administration, Center for English as a Second Language; Assistant Professor, Public and Applied Humanities
Erika Ebermann, MD
Faculty of Architecture, Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru; Global Lecturer, SBE, University of Arizona, Lima, Peru
Lauren Harvey, MA
Writing Support Specialist, Instruction and Assessment; PhD Candidate, SLAT; Graduate Associate, Writing Program
Recording & Materials:
- Stay Connected with International Students: Strategies for Faculty (Provided by Lauren Harvey)
- Checking Website Accessibility in China(Provided by Lauren Harvey)
- Humanizing the Online Classroom PPT Slide (Provided by Dr. Sumayya Granger)
Going Global: Flipped Learning in Online Classrooms
January 8, 2021 (Friday) at 2 to 3 pm MST (social half hour to follow)
If you are new to the concept of flipped learning, we recommend that you read the mini-primer "Flipping Your Classes to Enhance Active Learning" as an introduction and a great collection of resources on that topic.
Moderators: Mascha Gemein, PhD (OIA) & Kate Shea, MLIS, MA (UA Global)
Spencer Willis. DrPH;
Assistant Professor of Practice, Online Faculty Development, Instruction and Assessment
Lysette Davis, PhD;
Director of Honors Online and Experiential Learning, UArizona Honors College
Cac Dao, PhD;
Professor of Practice, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics; Lead, UArizona Civil Engineering program at the American University in Phnom Penh (AUPP)
Recording & Materials:
- Mini-Course: Getting Started with Flipped Learning (Feb 1-5 or 8-12, 2021) Visit OIA's Webinars & Classes to register (Provided by Dr. Spencer Willis)
- Slides: Getting Started with Flipped Learning (Provided by Dr. Spencer Willis)
- Slides: Cultural Humility and Sense of Belonging through LMS (Provided by Dr. Lysette Davi)
- Slides: Leveraging Zoom for Active Learning in a Remote, Flipped Classroom (Provided by Dr. Cac Dao)
Effects of Trauma on Learners and Learning
Webinar: August 4, 2020 (Tuesday) 3:00-3:50PM
In this webinar, we will define trauma and the potential effects of trauma on learners and learning. We will tackle what it means to be trauma-informed in the teaching and learning environment and consider the impact of our current climate on our students. The format of this webinar will include interactive presentation and group discussion. Due to the nature of this sensitive topic, we will not ask participants in this webinar to share personal experiences with trauma, traumatic events, or encounters with students experiencing trauma.
Recordings & Materials:
- Recording of the session
- Zoom session slides
- Trauma and Trauma-Informed Pedagogy Handout
- Padlet Shared Resources (PDF)
- Podcast episode "Tea for Teaching: Trauma-Informed Pedagogy" featuring Karen Costa (April, 2020), hosted by John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare from the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the State University of New York, Oswego
- Hope Matters and Leveraging the Neuroscience of Now by Mays Imad (Inside Higher Ed, 2020)
- Trauma-Informed Teaching During COVID-19 by Leah Marion Roberts (Vanderbilt, 2020)
- Teaching in a Time of Uncertainty (Emory University, 2020)
- Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning (Carello, 2020)
Trauma-Informed Teaching: Reflection, Approach, and Teaching Practice
Webinar: August 6, 2020 (Thursday) 3:00-3:50PM
In this webinar, we will take a deeper dive into practical steps for shaping trauma-informed teaching practice. We will provide several options for engagement in next-steps for integrating trauma-informed teaching into your own reflections, approach, and teaching context through thematic breakout session discussions. Due to the nature of this sensitive topic, we will not ask participants to share personal experiences with trauma, traumatic events, or encounters with students experiencing trauma.
Recording and materials:
- Recording of the session
- Zoom session slides
- Option 1: Self-Care for Educators
- Option 2: Small, Practical Tips and Reminders for Trauma-Informed Teaching (Carello)
- Option 3: Self-Assessment for Educators (Carello)
- Students: Counseling & Psych Services (CAPS), https://health.arizona.edu/counseling-psych-services, (520) 621-6490, (520) 570-7898 (after hours). These services include the Oasis Sexual Assault, Relationship Violence, and Trauma Services.
- Campus Health offers great resources for "Coping with Stress Related to COVID-19"
- Faculty/staff: Life & Work Connections, https://lifework.arizona.edu/, (520) 621-2493. There are many programs, among them the Support and Resiliency Hub an the Employee Assistance Counseling.
- Mental Health Apps
Keeping all Students in Mind: Tidbits for Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment in Zoom
Webinar: May 18, 2020 (Monday) 1:00-1:45PM
In this webinar, we will discuss concrete strategies for increasing access to learning for students struggling with the various challenges of online and remote learning. We will offer evidence-based strategies to tackle commonly experienced challenges that instructors face in synchronous Zoom sessions. Small changes in structure and communication can create meaningful opportunities for increased student engagement and comfort.
- Zoom Session Recording
- Slides with Summary Notes
- Handout with ideas to start and end a Zoom class session
- “8 Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Zoom Teaching” by Kelly A. Hogan and Viji Sathy (Chronicle of Higher Education, April 8, 2020)
- “Maintaining Equity and Inclusion in Virtual Learning Environments” (San Diego State University, 2020)
- “A Reminder of Who is Hurt by Insisting that Students Share Images of their Personal Lives” by Rebecca Barrett-Fox (2020)
- “Why We’re Exhausted by Zoom” by Susam Blum (Inside Higher Ed, April 22, 2020)
- “Tips & Tricks: Teachers Educating on Zoom” (Zoom, 2020)
- “Inclusive Teaching in Zoom” (Stanford, 2020)
- “Making Zoom Sessions Inclusive” (Cornell, 2020)
- “About Universal Design for Learning” (CAST, 2020)
- "Communicating with Students" (Padlet, OIA, March 2020; includes links to student technology access surveys)
Zooming In: Responding to Conflict and Emotionally-Charged Moments in the Zoom Classroom
Webinar: May 20, 2020 (Wednesday) 1:00-1:45PM
In this webinar, we will be addressing conflict and challenging moments in the Zoom classroom, using examples such as dealing with microaggressions, insults, or bias in discussions or written posts. We will discuss specific teaching strategies to use in these “hot moments”. Resources and tools will be offered to explore these topics further.
- “Fighting the Shadow Pandemic” by B. Venkat Mani (Inside Higher Ed, May 14, 2020)
- “Run Meetings That Are Fair to Introverts, Women, and Remote Workers” by Renee Cullinan (Harvard Business Review, April 29, 2016)
- “Teaching in Times of Crisis” (Vanderbilt, 2010)
- “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy” (webinar) by Mays Imad with slides
- The RAVEN response model: “How to Respond to Racial Microaggressions When They Occur” by J. Luke Wood and Frank Harris III (Diverse Education, May 5, 2020),
- “Addressing Racial Bias and Microaggressions in Online Environments” (webinar) by J. Luke Wood and Frank Harris III.
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Web development is constantly changing. In order to stay relevant, programmers must analyze trends and learn the next "big" technology stack. The debate between PHP and Node.js is fairly old news. That being said, let's review some of the pros and cons of using either language from a developer standpoint.
Node.js is rapidly growing and was quickly adopted by Netflix and Walmart. By contrast, PHP is slowly declining. However, the language is still being widely used due to the popularity of PHP content manager systems like Drupal and Wordpress. Surveys suggest that nearly 80% of today's websites were created with PHP, whereas a mere 4% were created with Node.js.
No, PHP is not a dinosaur that went extinct (although that was a good guess). PHP is a scripting language well suited for web development because you can embed server-side code directly into HTML. PHP features a loose typing system and object-oriented features (classes). Here's what "Hello World" looks like in PHP.
<?php echo "Hello World", ?>
require("http").createServer((req, res) => res.end("Hello World")).listen(8080);
Neither PHP nor Node.js is difficult to set up on a local environment. Both can be integrated with VS Code or another editor. With XAMPP, setting up PHP servers are relatively painless. Just click a few buttons to enable Apache and MySQL and you have a fully featured server running on localhost. Building servers from scratch in Node.js takes far more effort, but half of the language's power comes from frameworks like Express anyways.
With many different server and platform options to chose from, PHP can literally run on any configuration or operating system necessary for hosting a website.
PHP has been around for a while and is still actively being developed. Programmers are continuously updating and improving the stability and security of PHP. This is not to say Node.js doesn't have its own community of developers - just that PHP has been around much longer.
Developers without much technical background in PHP could probably make an entire blog or e-commerce websites because of the built-in functions and integration with MySQL. Node.js can make MySQL connections, but production apps often abstract queries behind an API layer (which can take longer to set up).
PHP's age is as much as a bonus as it is a disadvantage. Traditional techniques of HTML rendering and creating database connections are slow and rigid. Node.js is pioneering new rendering models, such as the JAM stack with serverless functions.
There is no set programming style that should be used when developing Node.js applications. In addition, the large range of available modules shipped with NPM makes developing applications easier to implement.
The V8 engine and asynchronous nature of JS allows Node.js to handle far more requests than PHP can in a shorter amount of time.
Node.js is single threaded, making it less than ideal when handling graphics, audio, or video.
Node.js hasn't been exposed to the market for that long in comparison to PHP. In addition, many NPM modules are untested or unstable, creating security loopholes that are difficult to eliminate when developing a production application.
It is difficult to say whether PHP or Node.js is better than the other. In fact, it really depends on the type of application you are trying to build. For example, it would be much easier to build a Single Page Application (SPA) with Node.js because frameworks exist to simplify the process. However, you may find that it is easier to deploy PHP applications simply because it is supported on nearly every server. | <urn:uuid:20b89f37-2b41-4df2-8032-04b580de98c1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.global.ssl.fastly.net/phamn23/php-vs-node-js-5955 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.940749 | 940 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Publication Date: October 01, 2017
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review
In an era of low growth, companies need innovation more than ever. They can draw on a large body of theory and precedent. In practice, though, the authors say that innovation is more of an art than a science. They argue that there is an opportunity to view innovation not as the product of luck or extraordinary vision but as the result of a deliberate search process that companies can harness to construct an advantaged innovation strategy.
The authors analyzed the mathematics of innovation as a search process for viable product designs across a universe of components. They then tested their insights using historical data from four real environments and concluded that companies can have an advantaged innovation strategy by using information about the unfolding process of innovation. But there isn't one superior strategy. The optimal strategy, they found, is both time-dependent and space-dependent. Based on their findings, the authors developed a five-step process for constructing an information-advantaged innovation strategy. Step 1. Choose your space: Where to play? It's not enough to analyze markets or anticipate customers'needs, the authors say. To innovate successfully, you also need to understand the structure of your innovation space. Step 2. Select your strategy: How to play? Measure the evolution of complexity in the space by analyzing the distribution of product sizes in terms of the number of unique components in products. If complexity is low and stable, the authors say, it's an indication that the space is still in its infancy, which argues for an impatient strategy. If complexity is high, then the space is maturing and a patient strategy will be the best approach. Step 3. Apply your strategy: How to execute? If you follow an impatient innovation strategy, the objective is to adopt or develop components that enable the company to bring relatively simple products to market quickly. Managers should ask themselves how they can be first. However, if the characteristics of your chosen innovation space imply that a patient strategy is more appropriate, your objective should instead be to maximize future innovation options. Step 4. Sense shifts and adapt: How to extract a switch signal? You need to monitor the complexity of your innovation space and compete on access to information in order to detect valuable strategy-switching signals before competitors.
In their research, the authors found that a flattening in the increase of product complexity is a signal that it is time to switch from an impatient innovation strategy to a patient one. Step 5. Brace for disruptions: How to reset the clock? The promise of an information-enabled innovation strategy extends to disruption. Disruption, the authors note, suddenly resets and simplifies an innovation space by lowering product complexity. Disruptions don't just happen -they are created by innovators at the edge of a space who build simpler products that leverage components from a different space. | <urn:uuid:346bafa2-5499-4f17-91e9-a80d48aa42e3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://store.hbr.org/product/harnessing-the-secret-structure-of-innovation/SMR633 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.93359 | 582 | 1.992188 | 2 |
9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. 11 In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ; 12 when you were buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. NRSV
In the previous passage (Colossians 2:6-8), Paul urged the Colossians to avoid captivity to the principles and powers that underlie the human traditions in which the Colossians had been dabbling. Here, in Colossians 2:9-12, Paul begins to tell them why they should do so. The reason is that Christ is the divine head of every power and authority, including those the Colossians have been entertaining. Since these powers and authorities are not really in charge—rather, Christ is—the Colossians should not let themselves be ruled by them.
Colossians 2:9-10 Commentary
In Col. 2:9 Paul tells us that in Christ “the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.” Paul can make this enormous theological claim—that Christ is divine—in a brief manner because he has already explained it at length in Col. 1:15-19. Indeed, it seems that Paul’s prior lofty teaching about Christ was setup for this point in the letter, where he uses the teaching in his argument. Paul’s specification that the full divine nature dwells in Christ “bodily” is telling. Again it seems Paul is countering a proto-Gnostic strand in the Colossian heresy that held the material world to be evil. That the thoroughly good divine nature would dwell in Christ bodily—in the material stuff of his human body—puts the lie to the thought that matter is inferior to spirit and wicked. On the contrary, it is worthy of divine inhabitance.
In Col. 2:10 Paul tells the Colossians that they have “come to fullness” in Christ, or that they have been filled in him, or through him (BDAG, p. 828). Whatever fullness the Colossians have been seeking in their dabbling in human traditions—whatever power or quality they wished to take on—Christ has already provided it. Thus, they need not seek it elsewhere. This Christ is the “head” of the powers and authorities underlying human traditions. In other words, he ranks supremely over them in status and power (BDAG, p. 542). Paul’s reference to “every ruler and authority” seems clearly to refer back to the “elemental spirits of the universe” he mentioned in Col. 2:8. Thus, the first reason the Colossians should avoid the teachings and spiritual powers behind mere human traditions is that the divine Christ is supreme over them and anything they were seeking in such teachings and powers is already available to them in the fullness Christ has brought to them. They need look no further.
Colossians 2:11-12 Commentary
Furthermore, in Col. 2:11 Paul begins to explain that the Colossians have mysteriously taken part in Christ’s death and resurrection, which means they are no longer subject to the spiritual powers and authorities. Rather, they participate in Christ’s triumph over them, and so they need not appease them. Paul begins this point with his claim (in Col. 2:11) that in Christ the Colossians “were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision [a circumcision made without hands], by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ.” The word translated “flesh” here (sarkos) is a subtle one with a range of possible meanings. However, in this verse Paul seems to be referring to the physical body as an instrument of sinful activity (BDAG p. 915). Thus, the idea is that in “the circumcision of Christ”—the spiritual circumcision made without hands—the source of the Colossians’ sinful activity was cut away as the foreskin is cut away in circumcision. Paul’s metaphorical use of ‘circumcision’ here suggests that his audience may have thought that the Jewish rite of circumcision was part of what was required to appease the elemental spirits. Part of Paul’s point, then, is that the spiritual “circumcision of Christ” is sufficient for them.
But, what exactly is the “circumcision of Christ”? Paul tells us in Col. 2:12: the “circumcision of Christ” is the Colossians’ participation in the death and resurrection of Christ through baptism. In baptism, the Colossians were “buried” and “raised” as Christ was. The act of being submerged beneath the waters of baptism is a picture of being submerged beneath the ground, as in a grave. Similarly, the act of rising up out of the waters is a picture of bursting forth from the grave in resurrection. Importantly, however, Paul clarifies that while baptism symbolizes this death and resurrection, the real spiritual death and resurrection whereby the Colossians have been liberated from their sinful flesh is a result of their “faith in the power of God.” Thus, while baptism is a powerful symbol, it is not the source of the spiritual work wrought in the Colossians. Rather, it is their faith, and ultimately God’s power, that has liberated them. God’s power is what liberated Christ from death, and so God’s power is what has liberated the Colossians.
Colossians 2:12: Did Paul Write Colossians?
Colossians 2:12 is ground zero of the debate over whether Paul actually wrote Colossians or whether another author in Paul’s theological tradition wrote it in his name after Paul’s death. The controversy turns on the author’s claim in Col. 2:12 and Col. 3:1 that the Colossians were “raised with” Christ. In the two other places that Paul discusses the resurrection of Christians he seems careful to locate that event in the future. For example, in 1 Corinthians 15:22-23 he says, “for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.” Similarly, in Romans 6:5 Paul writes, “For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.” In both of these passages, Paul claims that Christians will be resurrected in the future. As Achtemeier et al. (p. 419) state, “The compound verb ‘crucified with’ occurs in the undisputed letters (Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20), as does the compound verb ‘buried with’ (Rom. 6:4), but the compound verb ‘raised with’ does not.” Given the theological importance of the resurrection in Paul’s thought, the different way it is presented in Colossians has led many scholars to deny that Paul wrote the letter.
However, this argument fails to see that the author of Colossians qualifies the idea that Christians have already been raised with Christ. First, he says that the Colossians have been raised with Christ “through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.” In other words, the author’s claim is not that Christians have been raised bodily in the way that Christ was. Rather, they have been raised in some other (spiritual?) sense brought on by their faith in God’s power. Second, when the author again claims that the Colossians have been “raised with Christ” in Col. 3:1, he says shortly thereafter that their lives remain “hidden with Christ in God,” and that this life in Christ will only be revealed in the future, when Christ himself is revealed. Thus, in both verses it seems clear that Paul is talking about a non-bodily resurrection that anticipates the bodily resurrection of the saints but does not constitute it. This is obviously different from the context of 1 Corinthians 15 and Romans 6, where Paul is talking about the bodily resurrection of the saints.
Moreover, the argument that Paul did not author Colossians misses the fact that Paul would have had very good reason for shifting his language in Colossians to talk of Christians being “raised with Christ,” despite not using this phrase elsewhere. As noted, the central problem in Colossae seemed to be that the Colossians were thinking of Christ as just another one of the elemental spirits of the world that one had to appease if one was to do well in life. Paul’s burden was to show them that Christ, as God, was supreme over these spirits in authority and power—indeed, that Christ made them. In this context, Paul seems to have used the somewhat uncharacteristic language suggesting that Christians have already “risen with Christ” since he wanted to emphasize that, like Christ and because of Christ, Christians now need not be concerned with the power of the elemental spirits; they have risen above them, and thus should put their minds on things above.
This context is very different from the context of 1 Corinthians 15 and Romans 6. In 1 Corinthians 15 Paul was contending with a church that doubted resurrection altogether. Thus, his burden there was to emphasize that Christ had, in fact, been raised bodily from the dead, thereby disproving their doubts. In Romans 6 Paul’s burden was to show that Christians have died to sin, and thus his emphasis is on the parallel between Christ’s death and the Christians’ symbolic death to sin in baptism. In neither 1 Cor. 15 nor Rom. 6 does Paul have the same aim as the author in Col. 2. Thus, Paul had reasons to use this new language in Col. 2 that he would not have had in 1 Cor. 15 or Rom. 6. Thus, I see no good reason to doubt that Paul wrote the letter to the Colossians.
Colossians 2:9-12: Lessons
What can we learn from this passage? First, as Christians many of us struggle to view Christ as the one in whom we have come to fullness. The spirits and powers of our age tempt us to seek fullness elsewhere, whether in our work, our family, our romantic life, our friends, drugs and alcohol, money, or power. Indeed, this is just another way of describing idolatry: seeking fullness apart from Christ, the second person of the divine trinity. The trick is to cultivate practices that keep Christ and the fullness he brings ever before us. This is why we study and meditate on scripture, and why we pray, fast, and worship together: that we may know in the deepest parts of ourselves that Christ is our sufficiency, no matter what the cultural idols around us might say. These spiritual disciplines help us to live—both inwardly and outwardly—the truth of the fullness to which Christ has brought us.
Second, Paul’s parallel between circumcision and baptism, here, is one doctrinal source of the practice of infant baptism. Circumcision was (and continues to be) a Jewish practice performed on babies. On the eighth day of life, male babies are circumcised in a public ceremony known as a “bris” or “brit milah”. This act of circumcision is a kind of welcoming of the baby into Abraham’s covenant and the Jewish religious community. But, if Paul is drawing a parallel between circumcision and baptism, why not think baptism, too, should be practiced on infants born to Christian parents as a way of welcoming them to the Christian religious community? This, at least, is part of the rationale of those Christian denominations that practice infant baptism. Such a practice does not, of course, do away with the idea that each person must eventually have a personal faith in Christ. In communities that practice infant baptism, the practice of confirmation typically plays this role. There are, of course, arguments that may be put in favor of “believer’s baptism,” the practice of baptizing only after someone has come to a conscious faith of their own. Nevertheless, those advocating such a believer’s baptism often dismiss infant baptism as having no scriptural grounding when, in fact, that is false, as Colossians 2:11-12 suggests.
A third lesson derives from Paul’s claim that the Colossians have, in a sense, been liberated from the spiritual powers and authorities. Although this is true—given what Christ has done and their participation in that act through faith—there is also a sense in which it is not true. Indeed, there would have been no need for Paul’s letter instructing the Colossians to avoid entanglement with such powers and authorities if, through Christ, they were completely free of them. Thus, Paul’s claim that the Colossians have been liberated from the powers and authorities is nevertheless a standard toward which the Colossians must strive. They must do their part in making this fact a complete reality. Christ’s work—in death and resurrection—has made this complete liberation possible, and now it is up to the Colossians to live it out, empowered by Christ.
The same holds for us as contemporary followers of Christ. This reality can be quite difficult to navigate. In a sense we are already liberated, but in another we are not yet liberated. This struggle is a large part of the Christian life. Sometimes we are captive to the idols of this age, and other times we walk free of them. Christ’s promise to us is that we will walk with ever greater freedom from them as we follow and obey him, and that one day we will be completely free. Come Lord Jesus; may it be. | <urn:uuid:b00ad3d1-efa7-4933-a65a-15462f8779b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theologian-theology.com/colossians-29-12-commentary-raised-with-christ/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.976395 | 2,967 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Family gardens, school gardens and urban gardening against the actual food crisis
Drought is described as a very important environmental constraint, limiting plant growth and food production. The World Food Program (WFP) has recently indicated drought in Australia as one of the major factors for the difficulty to deliver food aid to millions of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition. Drought is seen as the force driving up wheat and rice prices, which contributes directly to food shortage, social unrest and disturbances at the global level. Therefore, mitigating drought and limiting water consumption seems to be essential factors for resolving the actual food crisis and to find long-term solutions to malnutrition, hunger and famine, particularly in the drylands.
Application of water stocking soil conditioners, keeping the soil moistened with a minimum of irrigation water, and seeding or planting more drought tolerant species and varieties will definitely contribute to solve the food crisis. Scientists in China and the USA have recently discovered important genetic information about drought tolerance of plants. It was thereby shown that drought tolerant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana have a more extensive root system than the wild types, with deeper roots and more lateral roots, and show a reduced leaf stomatal density. My own research work on the soil conditioning compound TerraCottem has led to similar conclusions : treatment with this soil conditioner induced enhancement of the root system with a higher number of lateral roots. More roots means more root tips and thus a higher number of water absorbing root hairs, sitting close to the root meristem. As a result, plants with more roots can better explore the soil and find the smallest water quantities in a relatively dry soil.
As the world’s population is growing by about 78 million people a year, it affects life on this earth in a very dramatic way. Droughts have caused a rise of food prices many times before, but the present situation is quite different, because it is based on specific trends and facts : the faster growing world population and a definite change in international food consumption trends and habits.
Some experts claim that “major investments to boost world food output will keep shortages down to the malnutrition level in some of the world’s poorer nations“, and that “improving farm infrastructure and technological boosts to farm yields can create a lot of small green revolutions, particularly in Africa”.
It seems quite difficult to believe that “major investments to boost the food output” will be able to “keep the food shortages down to the malnutrition level“, wherever in this world. Indeed, the world’s most famous research institutes have already developed very effective technologies to boost food production in the most adverse conditions of serious drought and salinity. Yet, not one single organization has ever decided, up to now, to use “major investments” to apply such technologies in large-scale programs, which would most certainly change the food situation in the world’s poorest nations.
It seems also difficult to believe that “improving farm infrastructure and technological boosts to farm yields” will be able to create “small green revolutions, particularly in Africa”. It is not by improving a farm’s infrastructure that one will manage drought. Although a number of technological solutions to boost farm yields have already been developed, only those tackling the drought problems are an option to create significant changes.
I do not believe that such changes can be realized at the level of large-scale farms. On the contrary, I am convinced that application of cost-effective, soil conditioning methods to enhance the water retention capacity of the soil and to boost biomass production in the drylands, is the best solution to help the poor rural people to avoid malnutrition and hunger, giving them a “fresh” start with a daily portion of “fresh vegetables”. These rural people, forming the group most affected by the food crisis, do not need to play a role in boosting the world’s food production. They simply need to produce enough food for their own family (“to fill their own hungry stomach“). Application of cost-effective technologies should therefore be programmed at the level of small-scale “family gardens” or “school gardens” and not at the scale of huge (industrial) farms, where return on investment is always the key factor for survival of the business.
Preferentially, major investments to boost the food output in the drylands should be employed to improve food production in family gardens and school gardens, in order to offer all rural people an opportunity to produce more and better food, vegetables and fruits, full of vitamins and mineral elements, mostly for their own family members or kids, partly for the local market.
Splendid examples of long-term combating food shortage with family gardens can be seen since 2006 in the refugee camps in S.W. Algeria (UNICEF project). One can only hope that such a success story will soon be duplicated in many similar situations, where hungry people wait for similar innovative and well-conceived practices, with a remarkable return on investment, laying solid foundations for further sustainable development.
Recently, a number of initiatives have been taken to enhance urban gardening space, not only with allotment gardens, but also with “guerilla gardening” and transformation of open, underused spaces into small-scale garden plots for downtown dwellers, apartment dwellers and even for university students like those at the McGill University in Montreal. Many poor urban people are very keen on harvesting their own crops in such small gardens or applying container gardening on balconies, terraces, rooftops or other unused open spaces. Support for urban agriculture or urban gardening can be seen as a priority for decision-makers to reverse the world’s food crisis.
Food aid, be it with billions of dollars, can only be very effective if priority is given to local food production for the poor rural or urban people, who can not afford to buy the expensive commercial food products in shops or supermarkets. Small-scale family gardens, school gardens, allotment gardens and urban gardens in unused open spaces should be our strategic counter-attack against the actual food crisis. | <urn:uuid:d85e8891-3444-4f1d-b031-212d159dcaa2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://containergardening.wordpress.com/category/desertification/drylands/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.936901 | 1,256 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Laos, officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), is a rapidly growing developing economy at the heart of Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma, Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam. Laos’ economic growth over the last decade averaged just below eight percent, placing Laos amongst the fastest growing economies in the world. According to the World Bank, Laos’ GDP growth fell from 6.3 percent in 2018 to 4.8 percent in 2019 due primarily to natural disasters that affected the agricultural sector. The COVID-19 outbreak is expected to further intensify the country’s macroeconomic vulnerabilities in 2020, with limited fiscal and foreign currency buffers constraining the ability of the Government of Lao PDR to mitigate the economic impacts of the pandemic. Over the last 30 years, Laos has made slow but steady progress in implementing reforms and building the institutions necessary for a market economy, culminating in accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in February 2013. The Lao government’s commitment to WTO accession and the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 led to major reforms of economic policies and regulations aimed at improving the business and investment environment. Nonetheless, within ASEAN Laos ranks only ahead of Burma in the World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business’ rankings. The Lao government is increasingly tying its economic fortunes to the economic integration of ASEAN and export-led development and is seeking to move toward greener growth and sustainable development.
The exploitation of natural resources and development of hydropower drove the rapid economic growth over the last decade, with both sectors largely led by foreign investors. However, the Lao government recognizes that growth opportunities in these industries are finite and employ few people, and has therefore recently began prioritizing and expanding the development of high-value agriculture, light manufacturing, and tourism, while continuing to develop energy resources and related electrical transmission capacity to export to neighboring countries.
The Lao government hopes to leverage its lengthy land borders with Burma, China, Thailand, and Vietnam to transform Laos from “land-locked” to “land-linked,” thereby further integrating the Lao economy with the larger economies of the countries along its borders. The government hopes to increase exports of agriculture, manufactured goods, and electricity to its more industrialized neighbors, and sees significant growth opportunities resulting from the China-Laos Railway, which will connect Kunming in Yunnan Province with Vientiane, Laos. The railway is expected to be completed and operational by 2021. Some businesses and international investors are beginning to use Laos as a low-cost export base to sell goods within the region and to the United States and Europe. The emergence of light manufacturing has begun to help Laos integrate into regional supply chains, and improving infrastructure should facilitate this process, making Laos a legitimate locale for regional manufacturers seeking to diversify from existing production bases in Thailand, Vietnam, and China. New Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Vientiane and Savannakhet have attracted major manufacturers from Europe, North America, and Japan.
Economic progress and trade expansion in Laos remain hampered by a shortage of workers with technical skills, weak education and health care systems, and poor—although improving—transportation infrastructure. Institutions, especially in the justice sector, remain highly underdeveloped and regulatory capacity is low. Despite recent efforts and some improvements, corruption is rampant and is a major obstacle for foreign investors.
Corruption, policy and regulatory ambiguity, and the uneven application of laws remain disincentives to further foreign investment in the country. The Lao government, under the administration of the new Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith is making efforts to improve the business environment. Its current five-year plan (2016 – 2020) directs the government to formulate “policies that would attract investments” and to “begin to implement public investment and investment promotion laws.” The Prime Minister’s publicly-stated goal is to see Laos improve its World Bank Ease of Doing Business ranking, and in February 2018, he issued a Prime Minister order laying out specific steps ministries were to take in order to improve the business environment. These efforts are having some impact – for example, it now takes to less than 40 days to obtain a business license, whereas just 4 years ago it took 174 days, and other nonessential steps were eliminated. The current administration remains active against corrupt practices, with the government and National Assembly in 2019 disciplining hundreds of officials for corruption-related offenses. Despite these efforts, the Laos’ Ease of Doing Business ranking has fallen from 139 in 2016 to 154 in 2019. Furthermore, the multiple ministries, laws, and regulations affecting foreign investment into Laos create confusion, and thus, require many potential investors engage either local partners or law firms to navigate the confusing bureaucracy, or turn their efforts entirely toward other countries in the region.
|TI Corruption Perceptions Index||2019||130 of 180||http://www.transparency.org/
|World Bank’s Doing Business Report||2019||154 of 190||http://www.doingbusiness.org/
|Global Innovation Index||2019||Not Ranked||https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/
|U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions)||2019||No Data Available||https://apps.bea.gov/international/
|World Bank GNI per capita||2019||$ 2,450||http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/
1. Openness To, and Restrictions Upon, Foreign Investment
Policies Toward Foreign Direct Investment
The Lao government officially welcomes both domestic and foreign investment as it seeks to keep growth rates high and graduate from Least Developed Country status by 2024. The pace of foreign investment has increased over the last several years. According to Lao government statistics, mining and hydropower account for 95.7 percent of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and agriculture accounted for only 2 percent of FDI in 2019 China, Thailand, France, Vietnam, and Japan are the largest sources of foreign investment, with China accounting for a significant share of all FDI in Laos. The government’s Investment Promotion Department encourages investment through its website , and holds an annual dialogue with the private sector and foreign business chambers though the Lao Business Forum process.
The 2009 Law on Investment promotion was amended in November 2016, with 32 new articles introduced and 59 existing articles revised. Notably, the new law, an English version of which can be found at , clarifies investment incentives, transfers responsibility for SEZs from the Prime Minister’s office to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and removes strict registered capital requirements for opening a business, deferring instead to the relevant ministry. Foreigners may invest in any sector or business except in cases where the government deems the investment to be detrimental to national security, health, or national traditions, or that have a negative impact on the natural environment. Nevertheless, even in cases where full foreign ownership is permitted, many foreign companies seek a local partner. Companies involved in large FDI projects, especially in mining and hydropower, often either find it advantageous or are required to give the government partial ownership.
Foreign investors are typically required to go through several procedural steps prior to commencing operations. Many foreign business owners and potential investors claim the process is overly complex and regulations are erratically applied, particularly to foreigner investors. Investors also express confusion about the roles of different ministries, as multiple ministries become involved in the approval process. In the case of general investment licenses (as opposed to concessionary licenses, which are issued by Ministry of Planning and Investment), foreign investors are required to obtain multiple permits, including an annual business registration from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC), a tax registration from the Ministry of Finance, a business logo registration from the Ministry of Public Security, permits from each line ministry related to the investment (i.e., MOIC for manufacturing, and Ministry of Energy and Mines for power sector development), appropriate permits from local authorities, and an import-export license, if applicable. Obtaining the necessary permits can be challenging and time consuming, especially in areas outside the capital.
There are several possible vehicles for foreign investment. Foreign partners in a joint venture must contribute at least 30 percent of the company’s registered capital. Wholly foreign-owned companies may be entirely new or a branch of an existing foreign enterprise. Equity in medium and large-sized SOEs can be obtained through a joint venture with the Lao government.
Reliable statistics are difficult to obtain, yet with the slowdown of the world economy, there is no question that foreign investment has begun to fluctuate in comparison to previous years. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), FDI inflows to Laos decreased 17 percent to USD 1.3 billion in 2018 after peaking in 2017 but still 30 percent higher than 2016. Laos received around USD 1.07 billion in FDI from China in 2019. Total FDI stock in Laos has increased from USD 5.7 billion in 2016 to USD 8.6 billion in 2018.
Limits on Foreign Control and Right to Private Ownership and Establishment
As discussed above, even though foreigners may invest in most sectors or businesses (subject to previously noted exceptions), many foreign companies seek a local partner in order to navigate byzantine official and unofficial processes. Companies involved in large FDI projects, especially in mining and hydropower, often either find it advantageous or are required to give the government partial ownership.
Other Investment Policy Reviews
Laos does not have a central business registration website yet, but the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) has improved its online enterprise registration site, , to accelerate the registration process. As discussed above, over the last four years the total time for business registration has been reduced significantly. The timelines and the different government agencies involved in the process can still vary considerably, however, depending on locations and the type of business. As a result, many investors and even locals often hire consultancies or law firms to shepherd the labor-intensive registration process.
The Lao government has attempted to streamline business registration using a one-stop shop model. For general business activities, this service is in the MOIC, http://www.erm.gov.la. For activities requiring a government concession, the service is in the Ministry of Planning and Investment. For SEZs, one-stop registration is run through the Ministry of Planning and Investment or in special one-stop service offices within the SEZs themselves (under the authority of the Ministry of Planning and Investment), as is the case at Savan Seno SEZ.
Business owners give the one-stop shop concept mixed reviews. Many acknowledge that it is an improvement but describe it as an incomplete reform with several additional steps that must still be taken outside of the single stop. Businesses also complain that there are often different registration requirements at the central and provincial levels.
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Many people have big plans for 2022 — travel more, get a new job, or buy a home. But one of the plans you may be toying with is signing up for Social Security.
You’re allowed to file for Social Security once you turn 62. If you were born in 1960 (or earlier), you’re eligible to claim your benefits in the new year.
But before you do, make sure that’s the right call. In fact, if these circumstances apply to you, signing up for Social Security in 2022 is a move you might sorely regret.
1. You haven’t reached full retirement age
The option to claim Social Security kicks in once you turn 62. But that doesn’t make it the optimal age to sign up for benefits.
You’re not entitled to your full monthly benefit based on your earnings history until you reach full retirement age, or FRA, which hinges on your birth year. If you were born in 1960 or later, it’s 67. Otherwise, it’s 66, or 66 and a specific number of months.
If you have an FRA of 67 and you file for Social Security at 62, you’ll slash your monthly benefit by 30% — for life. This may not be a big deal to you if you’re sitting on a nest egg worth millions. But if you expect Social Security to be an important source of income for you during retirement, then you may want to hold off on filing.
2. You don’t need the money right away
Even if you’ll be reaching FRA in 2022, if you can get by financially on withdrawals from your savings, a job, or both, then you may not want to sign up for Social Security immediately. For each year you delay your benefits past FRA, you’ll increase them by 8%, up until the age of 70. (In fact, every single month you hold off on filing results in a small boost.)
You may be thinking that there’s no need to grow your benefits since you have a decent chunk of savings and expect to live modestly. But retirement has a sneaky way of costing more than people anticipate. If you’re not desperate for your benefits right away, you may want to wait to claim them.
3. You’re unhappy with your retirement savings
Some people enter retirement with robust nest eggs. But if you’re not happy with your 401(k) or IRA balance, then holding off on claiming Social Security beyond 2022 may be a good idea. If you’re not turning 70 in 2022, you have an opportunity to boost your benefits and make up for a savings shortfall.
Of course, if you are turning 70 in 2022, then by all means, claim your benefits as a birthday gift to yourself. There’s no financial incentive to delay your Social Security filing beyond that point.
Claiming Social Security in the new year could end up being a smart decision for you. Or not. Consider these points carefully before moving forward so you don’t wind up unhappy with your choice — and stuck with a monthly benefit that doesn’t pay you enough.
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The last time inflation was this high, consumers were still signing checks to make payments, and carrying around wads of cash with them everywhere they went. Wallets have gotten slimmer and lighter since, and the retail sector looks much different today than it did then. The costs of payments are extremely high, and in the last 12 months merchants have faced pricing pressure unlike anything they’ve seen in over 40 years.
This inflationary environment is putting an immense amount of strain on the debit deals , or incentive rates offered by domestic debit networks, that merchants have been able to achieve since the implementation of the Durbin Amendment in 2011. 8.6% is also a significant underestimation of inflation felt by certain retailers. Grocery stores for example, have seen 11.9% inflation in the same period, and gasoline prices have seen a whopping 48.7% increase in prices², putting extreme pressure on margins. Debit incentives , which can be achieved by approaching the competitive PIN debit market and offering volume for reduced acceptance rates, can lead to significant savings. But, due to the change in consumer spending over the last 2 years, they are also incredibly delicate. These changes in price, especially in such a short period of time, can undermine your debit incentives seemingly overnight. Merchants must stay vigilant and reassess their position quickly in order to stay ahead and stay optimal. Here are two key aspects to consider when relieving some of the pressure on your debit incentives.
Small Tickets: Big impacts
For those businesses where small ticket transactions represent a significant part of their transaction profile, like a single burger at a QSR or a gas station bag of chips for weary road trippers, achieving small ticket incentives is imperative to be fully optimal across all debit transactions. To illustrate the importance of this, let’s take a look at published small ticket rates for a local debit network on a $5 and $10 transaction.
Local Debit Network $5 Transaction Costs
Local Network Published Rates
For illustrative purposes, let’s compare the small ticket published rate to their retail published rate, representing what a small ticket incentive might look like from a local debit network. The small ticket rate is almost half the cost of their full-fledged retail rate for a $5 transaction. But for a $10 transaction, that gap significantly shrinks to nearly 80% of the cost. The high percentage amount and low per item amount both allow for very small fees for small transactions but make the rate very sensitive to changes in price. This is the threat of inflation on your small ticket rates: as your prices increase, the effectiveness of your negotiated small ticket rates could diminish significantly, and you need to reassess their worth at the new small-ticket average transaction value (ATV). It’s beginning to look like small-ticket debit incentives aren’t “all that and a bag of chips” after all, and they’re only getting more complicated and difficult to assess.
Put a Cap On It
At the published level, most PIN debit rates are a mixture of a percentage element and a fixed, per transaction element. This means that, as the transaction value grows, the only cause of an increase in the cost of the transaction is the percentage rate. Incentives, however, can be nearly whatever structure you want them to be – and caps are a Cadillac when driving down the inflation highway. For every dollar your ATV increases, the more transactions you’re seeing at a higher level, and the higher your gross costs are going to be – unless you have caps in place. These interchange caps will give you a maximum amount you’ll pay per transaction, no matter the size.
Capped vs. Uncapped Debit Costs
The graph above gives a great look at how caps increase in effectiveness when inflation occurs. In today’s environment, your prices growing by 8.6% (or higher) wouldn’t be met with an equivalent increase in the costs of payments acceptance. Suddenly, inflation has turned into a cost-saving opportunity for your business, allowing you to develop a competitive advantage in a time of significant uncertainty. When you approach the market for incentives, caps are a creative way to achieve the best incentive for your business – and when implemented can protect you from market shifts like inflation. Implementing caps to parry inflation pressures might remind you of the knights of old, but caps are a fantastic way to protect your costs of acceptance.
Inflation is One of Many Challenges for Debit Deals in 2022
Inflation is unfortunately adding another wall to the near-insurmountable maze of debit optimization, but with cost pressures coming from all avenues in 2022, debit optimization is not something you can wait to work on. Merchants must start future-proofing their cost savings today and taking advantage of small ticket rates and caps is only the beginning of becoming fully optimal. Achieving varied incentives might put you in a great position today, but issuance changes will affect millions of your transactions overnight, or you might see significantly more PINless enablement from a bank. Suddenly, your debit arrangements could be out of date and need to be constantly reassessed to unlock a market leading position. The key to this all? Robust, consistent, and relevant data. Without strong data from your processor, it’ll be difficult to even begin to optimize your debit deals in today’s environment, and only with trusted market expertise can you utilize that data effectively . To help merchants achieve the best possible level of data visibility and assist in optimization, CMSPI has developed QuantaFi, our proprietary debit optimization tool with billions of transactions at your disposal. Please reach out to Josh Pynn at firstname.lastname@example.org for more information about how CMSPI can help with your cost optimization. | <urn:uuid:662b06d8-ed79-47d8-99c3-15d165dd499f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cmspi.com/nam/en/resources/content/inflation-is-building-pressure-are-your-debit-deals-about-to-pop/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.939518 | 1,295 | 1.539063 | 2 |
There are always a few items we’ve read during the week that deserve more attention but don’t make it into our regular posts. So we bundle them for the Friday roundup.
Here’s this week’s bundle:
The Tech Alliance wanted to better understand how tech-driven innovation was affecting the state’s workforce, companies, and communities. In partnership with Seattle-based economic impact firm, Community Attributes, the Tech Alliance dug into the data and stories that underlie Washington’s tech-driven economy, and this report is the result. What you’ll see is a diversified economy dependent on the development of new technologies, the adaptation and application of those technologies, and the required shifts in the workforce that keep the state’s industries moving forward.
A new study says Washington’s Running Start program is a national leader when it comes to helping pave the way for high-school students to eventually finish college.
In this state, the study found, high-school students in Running Start ended up finishing a college degree or certificate, well above the U.S. average. A majority of those students received a bachelor’s degree.
New Geography (Renn): Local Empowerment Should Be About Local Matters
I’ve generally been someone who wants to see local governments have more power and flexibility to meet local needs. My rationale is simple. States are full of diverse communities that are a bad fit for one size fits all policies…
Today though we are seeing cities abuse their local authority. Rather than using them for bona fide local matters, they are deploying them to politically grandstand and/or affect federal or state policy.
Northwest Public Radio: Study Ways Washington and Oregon Are Great for Business
Washington’s economic climate is the fourth best in the nation. That’s according to a new report by produced by Washington’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council.
The annual Washington State Economic Climate Study looks at a bunch of indicators and compares Washington to other states. This year the Evergreen state bumped up a notch from fifth best to fourth best.
New Geography: Case Studies in Autonomous Vehicles, Part I
A recent report by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company notes that although ridesharing services are growing, they still represent only about one percent of the vehicles miles traveled in the United States each year. The development of autonomous vehicles by itself is unlikely to radically change this statistic. Why not? Viewed from the perspective of the consumer-passenger, the fact that autonomous vehicles can pick up passengers all day without a driver does not in itself present a compelling reason for a person to switch from ownership to sharing. Rather, a number of other considerations, including convenience, safety, speed, and overall cost, likely will shape consumer decisions about whether to own or share. So while autonomous vehicles may be a necessary condition for widespread ride sharing, they are not sufficient. In other words, automation alone will not be enough.
Seattle Times: Seattle business tax proposed to house the homeless
Two Seattle City Council members have proposed taxing the city’s highest-grossing businesses to increase funding for the region’s growing homelessness crisis, a measure that, if approved, could generate up to $24 million ayear for long and short-term housing options.
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Applying to Law School
This account is your gateway to the law school admissions process.
You must take the LSAT by December (or, for some schools, January) of your application year, but you should take it in the summer or early fall.
Prepare for the LSAT
If possible, allot at least three months to study for the test, especially if you will be working or studying full-time in addition to preparing for the LSAT. The LSAT is a skills-based test. This means it does not test your memorization skills, nor does it require pre-existing legal knowledge. It also means you CANNOT cram. Taking the LSAT is like running a marathon or learning to play the violin: it requires dedicated practice over an extended period of time.
You should not study for the LSAT entirely on your own. If you decide that you cannot afford or do not need a commercial course, check out the free course LSAC created in conjunction with Khan Academy, as well as these free LSAT preparation materials.
CAS streamlines your application process by allowing you to submit your transcript and letters of recommendation only once.
The law schools to which you are applying will receive your transcripts about two weeks after LSAC does, so request transcripts early in the admission cycle. You should request transcripts from every college that you have attended, including a community college at which you took for-credit courses during high school or a college from which you transferred.
Transcripts reflect an applicant’s GPA and undergraduate course selection. Your GPA and your LSAT score are the two most important elements of your law school application, since schools believe, rightly or wrongly, that they predict future academic success. If you’re reading this as a student, the takeaway is simple: get good grades. If you’re nearing graduation or you have already graduated from college, and your grades are below average for the law schools you would like to attend, then know that you will need to compensate with a good LSAT score and/or experience. Perhaps you should apply to law school once you’ve had ample time to study for the LSAT, and demonstrated your competence in a full-time job.
Law schools do not require (and the American Bar Association does not recommend) a specific undergraduate course of study, which explains why students are admitted to law school from virtually every academic major. That being said, skills like problem solving, critical reading, writing and editing, oral communication and listening, research, organization, and time management all provide a sound foundation for a legal education.
Your references only need to submit their letters once to LSAC. LSAC will make copies of your letters of recommendation and distribute them to individual law schools. You may assign specific letters to specific schools.
Request letters as early as possible, since gathering them will take much longer than you anticipate. One key to a glowing recommendation is not requesting it at the last minute. The most effective letters of recommendation are from professors or work supervisors who know you well enough to support their praise of your academic or professional achievements with specific examples.
Create a Resume
Your resume shows law schools what you have accomplished with your time outside of the classroom. Your resume may be two pages in length unless a particular school limits you to one. Your resume should include education, work experience (which includes unpaid internships), and extracurricular activities, and may also include a “skills and interests” section.
A resume description of a job or activity is not a litany of every task for which you were responsible. Instead, the description should state what you personally accomplished and how, preferably in this format: Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z].
Write Your Personal Statement and Optional Essays
Your personal statement is not a recitation of your resume in complete sentences. Rather, your personal statement should tell a story that demonstrates why you will succeed in law school. This could be a story about grappling with personal identity, overcoming an obstacle, or succeeding under pressure. The story could describe a single experience, or a series of related experiences transpiring over the course of many years. What’s crucial is that your personal statement provides insight into who you are and why you belong in law school.
Regardless of what you write about in your personal statement, you must write well. Law schools are looking for strong writers, and admissions committees view your personal statement as a writing sample. Show them that you can be articulate, persuasive, and engaging. For most people, this means multiple drafts over time, so don’t wait until the last minute to write your personal statement.
The two most common optional essays are “Why X Law School?” and a “Diversity Statement.” Read more about these in our Optional Essays and Addenda page.
Complete Each Law School’s Application
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PACIFIC WESTERN WOOD PRODUCTS
Bamboo plywood–vertical grain–is made of solid bamboo strips laid on their edges and laminated with flat faces together. It has fast become a popular building material for shelving, cabinetry, desks, countertops, furniture, cutting boards and much more.
Horizontal grain bamboo plywood is made in various thicknesses as either 1-ply or 3-ply. Bamboo strips are laminated edge to edge with the wider faces up to form the surface. This method of production shows the “knuckles” characteristic in a bamboo stalk.
Bamboo plywood is stiffer and stronger than other plywood and is actually not wood at all…but a grass. It acts just like wood when cutting, sanding, and staining.
A renewable product that is sustainably harvested, Bamboo plywood is non-toxic with very low levels of formaldehyde.
Bamboo Plywood Sizes
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Summer is for fun! Open your windows and let the sunshine, warmth, and breezes blow, but remember: lead is not only found in water pipes. It can also be found in the air.
Lead in the Home
While you, like most people, are probably aware of the lead sometimes found in chipping paint and old pipes, you might not be as familiar with the threat of lead in the air. If you live in an older home, especially one built before 1978, there is a strong likelihood of the presence of lead paint, pipes, or other sources of the heavy metal, which could be present in the air you and your family breathe.
Though it may not be intuitive, home improvement projects that might initially seem harmless can put lead in the air. Furthermore, construction sites can turn over dirt for foundations or loosen soil, and that process can release contaminated lead particles into the air when the wind blows. Even that garden you planted can add lead to the air if the soil is contaminated.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website, “Lead in household dust results from indoor sources such as old lead-based paint on surfaces that are frequently in motion or bump or rub together (such as window frames)… Even in well-maintained homes, lead dust can form when lead based paint is scraped, sanded or heated during home repair activities.” The most important thing to remember is that simple, everyday actions can send lead into the air and the remainder of this blog will show you some ways to combat this.
First, it is important to recognize potential sources of lead contaminants, such as when sanding a banister before painting or sweeping your sidewalk or steps. If there is lead present in the surfaces being sanded or swept, particles can mix with the air and a strong breeze can bring them into your home or the homes of your neighbors.
Now, you might be wondering, “Are you serious? Does that mean I’m never supposed to open my windows?” Absolutely not! No one wants to keep their windows closed all the time, nor should they. Fresh air is beneficial for many reasons, and fear of lead contamination should not keep you from enjoying the summer’s fresh air and sunlight. Just be mindful when you’re cleaning to damp wipe down walls, wet mop floors, and damp wipe surfaces regularly. The moisture will trap any particles in the cloth used to wipe contaminated surfaces. Make sure to clean clothes thoroughly before the next use. You also should increase the frequency of handwashing for children, especially those under age six, whose brains are still developing. Children that young are closer to the floor and can more easily pick up particles of lead on their hands, and exposure to lead can affect brain development. Also be sure to regularly clean any toys that children come into contact with as well.
Do you have a painting project planned? If you are not sure if the surface you are painting over contains lead paint, or if you are painting over chipped paint that will not be removed, make sure there are no children around when painting, and try to remove as many loose chips as possible before doing the work. Remember to do this safely, by gently scraping the chipped areas, but only if the space is secured. You can do this using a tarp or plastic to cover the area where you will be scraping to prevent the wind blowing any dust or chips. This will prevent the lead particles from flying away and contaminating the surrounding air or area. Further, when hiring a contractor, if you suspect the presence of lead in paint or in the area where they will be working, look for someone who is lead-safe certified to ensure that if any lead is present, it is disposed of properly and safely.
Symptoms of Potential Lead Poisoning
Lead poisoning symptoms can be subtle. There may be changes in behavior, seemingly unfounded complaints about stomach pain, unexplained headaches, or unusual or unexpected tiredness. These symptoms can indicate lead exposure. The best thing you can do is to have your child tested, and to test yourself and others in your household as well. Here is a link to a card you can take to your health care provider the next time you visit to ask them to test your child and/or others in your household for lead poisoning.
Knowledge is Your Superpower!
The more you know about the effects of lead, how to try to reduce exposure and how to get tested, the safer you will be from the potential toxic impacts of lead. The next thing you can do to expand your power is to share this knowledge with your family, friends, and neighbors, and join local organizations who are committed to “Getting The Lead Out” of New Jersey, like Lead Free New Jersey! You can join Lead-Free NJ as an individual, authorized member of your organization, or both for FREE.
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Carbon forms the basis for all organic materials and is abundant on Earth. However, its value varies a great deal depending on its purity, composition, and atomic structure. For instance, a bag of charcoal (graphitic carbon) is relatively inexpensive. Charcoal — the kind used in grilling — costs less than a cent per gram (about 0.04 ounces).
The price of high purity diamond, on the other hand, is orders of magnitude higher, thanks in part to diamonds’ value in the retail jewelry market. For instance, research-grade diamond powder, with diamond particles 1 micrometer in diameter — about 1/20th the size of a human hair — costs about $120 per gram. Increasing the size of a single crystal of diamond to 1 g, or 5 carats, would dramatically increase the price, to well above $10,000.
2. High-purity aluminum
Aluminum has extremely high electrical and thermal conductivity, meaning it conducts heat and electricity very well, making it great for certain electronics applications.
Most commercially-available aluminum is quite inexpensive given that it is one of the most abundant materials on the planet, constituting 8% of the Earth’s crust. A roll of aluminum foil costs a few dollars at the supermarket. However, when extremely pure aluminum is needed, for example for certain research studies, the manufacturing cost increases the prices significantly. A 4″ x 4″ piece of ultra-pure aluminum foil can cost a few hundred dollars.
3. Electronics-grade silicon
This material is also extremely abundant, and most commercially available silicon is generally inexpensive. Silicon comprises about 25% of the Earth’s crust, making it relatively easy to find and mine.
Silicon is an essential component of most electronic devices — computer chips and solar panels are primarily made from silicon. Electronics-grade silicon, however, requires a certain purity and crystallinity (the way in which the atoms in the material are arranged), which add considerable engineering costs to the raw materials. Once a silicon wafer with the diameter of a large dinner plate and thickness of less than 1mm (about 1/32nd of an inch) has been fully processed into an array of state-of-the-art computer chips, it can be worth more than $10,000.
In the United States, $440 million worth of silver was extracted from mines, totaling about 900 tons. Most silver is used in electronics, jewelry, or for photographic equipment. For example, 20 grams (about 0.7 of an ounce) of ultra-pure silver used for research purposes costs about $250.
Silver serves a variety of applications owing to its unique properties. It is the most electrically conductive of any element, even beating out copper. However, the high cost makes it economically unfeasible to wire our cities and houses. Silver can also be found in some optical coatings (such as high-end mirrors), silver-oxide batteries, soldering, and more.
Rhenium is a metal with extraordinary properties. It is one of the rarest materials on Earth, and it has the third highest melting temperature of all known materials. As such, it is a critical component in alloys used in jet engines and in some temperature sensors given its ability to withstand high temperatures.
Rhenium exists in Earth’s crust in tiny quantities. In other words, we have to extract approximately 1 billion times more material from the Earth than we get in rhenium, once refined. Just 5 grams (about 1/6th of an ounce) of 99.995% Rhenium powder costs almost $400.
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We’ve been having a colourful debate in the office this week following my blog “Will AR improve our driving experience?” and whether electric vehicles are worth investing in. The purists amongst us see AR as relinquishing freedom and decision making, but I’m very excited to see how advances in technology is affecting our driving experience and benefiting the environment.
An electric vehicle offers lots of benefits for a business, from a simple reduction in running and maintenance costs to tax benefits. Although electric vehicles are more expensive to buy at the outset, they have significantly lower running costs compared to petrol or diesel equivalents.
The cost of buying an electric vehicle is eased by significant grants which are available. At the moment you can get up to £5000 off a new electric car and up to £8000 off a new electric van.
Tax Benefits of Electric Vehicles.
Fuel Duty Exempt (N/A)
Vehicle Excise Duty - Exempt (as tailpipe emissions are less than 100gCO2/km)
Company Car Tax - Employees and employers exempt (from income and national insurance contributions respectively)
Van Benefit Charge - Employees and employers exempt (from income and national insurance contributions respectively)
Fuel Benefit Charge - Exempt (N/A)
Enhanced Capital Allowances - 100% first year allowance business can relieve entire cost of an electric care or van against taxable profits in the year of acquisition
In addition to these benefits, the impact of climate change and the green economy are concerns for both customers and businesses. Businesses investing in electrical vehicles are often perceived as innovative and exciting project leaders willing to take positive action to address these issues.
What worries me about investing in an electrical car at the moment is that the most affordable cars (such as the “Nissan leaf”), have a poor battery life. Batteries in these cars have on average a charge of 124 miles before needing a recharge.
According to Autocar.co.uk the UK government has recently announced a £246m investment in battery technology for electric vehicles as it aims to ‘establish the UK as world leader’ in the sector. The investment, which is part of the government’s broader industrial strategy, will begin with the launch of a £45m ‘Battery Institute’ competition. The overall goal is to develop a centre for battery research, making technology more accessible and affordable.
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The Project Management Championship (PMC) is an international competition among university students. It has the goal to foster student involvement in the project management sphere. The students compete in teams of three to four people and have to go through three stages of competition. As a first step, the teams had to complete an online multiple-choice test in advance, which both IBM-teams did successfully. The quiz entailed 100 questions about project management and was the qualification for the national finals.
After the qualification round, the best teams were invited to the Austrian finals in the Deloitte headquarters in Vienna on May 20, 2022. Four teams were coming together in Vienna to compete, two of them being project management & IT majors. The groups were given three hours to work on a case study in which they had to prepare a project plan for an e-voting system. After an intense preparation time, the teams presented their results to a jury. The PMC was, among others, organized by an IBM alumna Carina Lechner, who was also part of the jury.
After the presentation, the winners were announced. The second-year IBM team consisting of Alessandra Riberi from Italy, Ana Carla Tovar Flores from Mexico, Anna Plejic from Croatia and Verena Fink from Austria, made it to the third place. The first-year IBM team composed of Dmitry Kuybida from Russia, Arthur Alves Gomes from Brazil, Luca Komar and Evelyn Stele from Austria won the Austrian PMC finals. They have the honor to represent Austria in the international project management championship finals in Berlin from June 10-12. | <urn:uuid:2befd2f8-b6ea-43cb-bd74-a1d32a8dcc5d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fh-kaernten.at/news/detail/%CA%BBteam-cuas-wins-the-national-finals-of-the-international-project-management-championship | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.975718 | 339 | 1.546875 | 2 |
March 24, 2016 • Trip Reports
It was dark when I left my house, but the sun was shining brightly upon our group’s arrival in beautiful Loreto (Baja California Sur, Mexico), the starting point for our Baja: San Ignacio Lagoon and Sea of Cortez expedition.
We spent our first two days in the spectacular Sea of Cortez, surrounded by granitic mountains, blue skies, and rich, blue waters. After the sighting of a humpback whale, hundreds of common dolphins escorted us towards four blue whales. We spent consecutive days watching the largest animals on Earth feed on krill.
After a few margaritas, delicious food, and a good night’s sleep, on day three we embarked on a (windy) 6 hour drive from Loreto, across the Sierra de la Giganta, down a very bumpy dirt road, and through the salt flats (with some beautifully crystalized formations) to our tented camp on the Pacific side of Baja in Laguna San Ignacio. The camp is constructed and deconstructed every year for the 2-3 months of ecotourism with the gray whales.
Gray whales make the largest migration of any mammal—from the summer feeding grounds near Alaska to the winter breeding grounds along the Pacific coast of Baja California. In the calmer, protected lagoons, the whales reproduce and rear their calves. Once the calves are strong enough, the whales repeat their incredible migration and return back to feeding areas in the North Pacific. Baja is truly the best place for whale watching!
From our tented camp,we went out twice a day to the whale watching zone of San Ignacio Lagoon (most of the lagoon is protected for the whales and therefore off-limits to boats). In the mornings, we found ourselves, and our panga (skiff), visited by curious and friendly whales, mostly calves, and sometimes at the nudging of the cow (mom).
Eye contact with the whales, stroking (petting) their heads, and cleaning the spray from their blow off of our cameras and sunglasses were common occurrences.
In the afternoon, the whales (around 300 total) spyhopped, breached, and traveled past the boats—sometimes rotating their heads to get a good look. The whale watching experience was phenomenal. And there was much more wildlife, including seabirds, shorebirds, dolphins, and sea turtles. Fascinating people visited us too. At camp one evening, Dr. Steve Swartz shared insight into his 40+ years of research with the gray whales in San Ignacio Lagoon and graciously signed copies of his book, Lagoon Time.
While I was in awe of the trust in these whales to approach people and boats (less than 100 years ago people were in the lagoons killing them) and amazed to be so close that we could see the hair on the rostrum (head region), I was equally impressed with the actions and respect of our panga captains. Twice we were having incredible interactions with multiple friendly whales when the captains noticed our approach to the border of the off limits whale watching zone. They turned our pangas around and headed back into the safe zone. As a marine conservationist, I’m thrilled that the captains are following and respecting the conservation plan. As Mahatma Gandhi said, “The future depends on what we do in the present.” And, we all can make a difference.
I want to thank our wonderful group of travelers—Susan, Heath, Sylvia, Brook, Stephanie, Jessie, Arlinda, and Paulette—for supporting Oceanic Society and joining me on this trip. You’re the best whale watchers! Heath Culp is also an incredible photographer. Make sure to check out his photos from the trip on Flickr! (They are much better than my iPhone shots). Thank you for sharing, Heath!
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§ An award-winning Calabria book. While each chapter of Calabria: The Other Italy can be read individually, in its entirety the narration gradually unfolds to reveal the heart of the region and its people. §
CONTENTS OF CALABRIA BOOK:
MAPS OF ITALY AND CALABRIA
INTRODUCTION – A brief description of the circumstances that resulted in my taking a teaching job and moving to Calabria.
WELCOME TO CALABRIA
The Journey – A colorful account of the overnight train from Rome to Calabria.
Locri – First impressions of Locri, the town that I would call home for two years, including an overview of the community, its brief history and physical descriptions of the area.
Americana Americana – My first encounters with the locals and their reactions to an American in their midst.
Have you got…? – My introduction to teaching English to Italians and an overview of the Italian school system.
The Market – Visiting the outdoor market with a description of the local products and my interaction with the farmers and fishermen.
First Visit to Reggio – Visiting the capital city including a panoramic train ride, an unexpected tour of the Archeological Museum and sharing a couple of bottles of spumante with strangers at my birthday lunch.
The Local Post Office – A detailed account of my experiences at the Locri post office that made me long for the efficiency of its American counterpart.
Siderno – A shopping excursion to the neighboring town that led to an unanticipated invitation to lunch at a farmhouse in the country as well as a new friendship.
Roommates and Coworkers – A humorous account of my English-speaking colleagues whose antics were more foreign than those of the natives.
The Countryside – A description of the Calabrian countryside and a misadventure on the back of a motorcycle in the Aspromonte Mountains.
Christmas – Celebrations of the Immaculate Conception, Christmas and Saint Stephens on city streets and in homes with bountiful food, extended families and new friends.
CRIMINALITY, UP CLOSE
‘Ndrangheta, Part 1 – Calabria’s organized crime syndicate manifests itself in local shootings as seen through the eyes of young students and a documentarian.
Locri Epizephyrii – A visit back in time to the prosperous period of Greater Greece with a tour of the archeological site and museum of the ancient Greek settlement.
Life Beyond the Greeks – A quick chronicle of the Greeks’ demise, an excursion to view the remains of a couple of Roman villas and a brief outline of Calabria’s foreign domination up to Italian unification gives historical perspective to ancient mosaics, medieval watchtowers and inland villages.
HILL TOWNS OF THE LOCRIDE
Stilo – A day trip to view the jewel in Calabria’s Byzantine crown, the Cattolica di Stilo, an Eastern Orthodox church founded by the monks of Saint Basil with a stopover for a typical lunch of a traditional pasta with goat sauce.
Gerace – An outing to modern Locri’s predecessor for a stroll through its medieval lanes, Norman castle ruins and majestic cathedral with stunning panoramas of the surrounding valley from its hilltop position.
Mammola – An excursion to sample the town’s renowned culinary dishes based on dried Norwegian cod.
BACK TO SCHOOL
Reggio Calabria’s University for Foreigners – A six-month training course for non-Italian teachers of the Italian language, chock-full of pedagogical, historical, cultural information and local color.
Lessons Learned – Perhaps the greatest lessons were untaught.
WELCOME TO REGGIO
On Foot in Reggio Calabria – Noting the city’s landmarks during a Calabrian passeggiata.
Reggio’s Guardian Angel – Participating in the annual festival of Reggio’s patron saint.
City Living – An odd mix of positives and negatives, from Mount Etna’s spectacular view to sweeping up the volcano’s ashes, and of the necessity of becoming a regular in local shops or risking not being served.
A Visit to the Doctor’s Office – Attending the meeting of a cultural club in which an obscure British author’s book on Calabria is discussed in an offbeat setting.
A Trip to the Movies – A Saturday night outing: some crazy driving and an Italian-style ticket line.
What’s your favorite…? – Classroom conversation reveals the Mediterranean diet is slipping amongst the younger set.
ONLY IN CALABRIA
The Famous Bronzes – Calabria’s beloved pair of 2500-year-old, 6½-foot tall Greek statues.
The Uncommonly Common Bergamot – The citrus fruit commonly found on pantry shelves and people’s skin the world over thrives only in Calabria.
Calabrian Theater – Calabria’s theatrical experiences – in dialect and in the region’s Second World War internment camp.
CRIMINALITY, THE BIGGER PICTURE
‘Ndrangheta, Part 2 – The unfinished highway, contaminated water, a mythical bridge, political collusion, the code of silence and a little American boy as a symbol of hope.
IN THE PROVINCE OF REGGIO CALABRIA
Bova – Excursions to a stronghold of the Greek language and culture in Calabria.
Scilla – A beauty on Calabria’s Tyrrhenian coast, this town boasts Homer’s mythological Scylla and Charybdis as well as a ton of swordfish.
Pentidattilo – A day trip with the Anglo-Italian Club to honor Edward Lear, an earlier traveler to Calabria, who has left behind wonderful illustrations of the region and the five fingers of Pentidattilo before the most recent devastating earthquake altered it forever.
IN THE PROVINCE OF VIBO VALENTIA
Tropea and Capo Vaticano – Trips to Calabria’s most popular tourist destination on the Tyrrhenian Sea include its famous onion and sausage, a pair of dancing giants, spectacular views and beaches along the coast of Cape Vaticano, and a charming pensione.
Vibo Valentia – A weekend of rebirth, sharing in an artichoke picnic, touring the provincial capital and its castle, and an ancient’s advice on how to escape Hades in the afterlife.
Pizzo – The rocky promontory is an obligatory stop for its castle’s fascinating Napoleonic history, a famous gelato treat called tartufo, canned tuna and a glimpse into the primitive grotto chapel.
TWO PROVINCIAL CAPITALS AND A BYZANTINE METROPOLIS
Catanzaro – Situated at Calabria’s narrowest point and geographical center, and perched high on a hilltop with views of both the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas, this provincial and regional capital with twisted medieval lanes, once a hub of the silk industry, gave birth to the paparazzi.
Crotone – Once home to Pythagoras who was run out of town for his religious and political beliefs, the provincial capital whose lone Doric column serves as a symbol of the region, hosted Hannibal and fathered a Barbary pirate. Of its archeological remains, the Aragon castle of Le Castella is best appreciated with a glass of the local wine.
Rossano – Known for its early Byzantine illuminated manuscript, Norman abbey and wild licorice, the community that gave birth to a pope, an antipope and a couple of saints, today delights with an effusive landlord and an unexpected invitation to a forest picnic with a local ranger.
Santa Severina and Corigliano Calabro: The Castles – Visits to two of Calabria’s finest castles, their feudal pasts and the consequences for their future.
Pollino, Sila and Sybaris: The Mountains and Their Alluvial Plain – Finding the lost city of Sybaris; 11,000-year-old petroglyphs, butter-filled cheese and Albanian communities in the Pollino Mountains; and skiing, flavorful potatoes and a medieval prophet who wavered between heresy and blessedness in the Sila Range.
THE PROVINCE OF COSENZA
Cosenza – From pre-Greek culture to the Visigoths, Casanova and Dumas, the provincial capital preserves its rich history in its old town while living a vibrant present with the region’s largest university and a main street full of modern art.
Paola – A pilgrimage to the birthplace and sanctuary of the lesser known St. Francis, Calabria’s patron saint, St. Francis of Paola, protector of sailors and fishermen.
Guardia Piemontese, Terme Luigiane and Diamante – Taking the cure at the no-nonsense Luigiane Spa with visits to the walled village of Guardia Piemontese, the only Calabrian town in which the Occitan language is still spoken, and Diamante, where the peperoncino and citron reign.
VISITING CALABRIA’S NEIGHBORS
Vulcano – A weekend at one of the Aeolian Islands seen from Calabria’s coast, sliding in therapeutic mud, climbing a volcano and sharing meals with locals.
Matera – A day trip to the region of Basilicata with Reggio’s Ukrainian community to see the cave dwellings listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Site and eat horse meat.
Reflections – “But why Calabria?” – An attempt to respond to the question I was repeatedly asked, my own ruminations together with those of travelers to the region before me.
In Preparation for My Departure – One last gelato with the realization that the people and their delicious pastries had gotten under my skin.
Airport Farewells – Heartfelt goodbyes with my adopted Italian family at the Reggio airport, a transition out of my Calabrian adventure with my friends in Rieti and a glitch at the Frankfurt airport before returning to the U.S. to begin work on my Calabria book.
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Networking has become an important element of our lives throughout time, whether for social or commercial reasons. Recently, with the commencement of the COVID-19 pandemic and advancements in technology and software, the scenario of “work in administrative places” has been replaced by “work from home”! Students, in addition to employees, were persuaded to replace offline classroom education with online classes from the comfort of their own homes. This abrupt change has led to a huge number of remote workers at home, putting additional strain on internet infrastructure. Security on the internet is important and hence do not allow overcrowding and access to router admin panel.
However, many people in the same house utilizing the same network for their activities and suffering sluggish connectivity owing to network traffic is a common occurrence these days. Boosting your device’s Internet connectivity and safeguarding your personal information does not have to be difficult. Here are five tips for anyone setting up a strong home network, from where to put your router to how to learn to encrypt your Wi-Fi.
SMART ROUTER POSITIONING
Even though we want to hide the unappealing-looking gadget, the location of the Wi-Fi router in one’s home matters a lot. A properly located router reduces network interference from other items such as cellphones and microwaves and maintains consistent network strength throughout the house. The optimal location for the router, according to IT experts, is away from the walls, in an open area at the center of the home. The positioning of such routers not only ensures Wi-Fi connection in every room of the house but also prevents the signal from going outside the house and being utilized by network intruders.
CHANGE YOUR ROUTER PASSWORD AND DEFAULT NETWORK NAME
Modern routers come with a default network name, i.e., Service Set Identifier (SSID) name, and password. After connecting a device to the Internet for the first time, the default network name and password must be changed immediately. Unlike a date of birth or a name, the new password must be strong and unpredictable; otherwise, hackers might simply crack it and grant access to the Wi-Fi signal, extracting sensitive information. The password can also be changed every month or two to assure that only friends, family, and acquaintances have access to the network.
FIRMWARE UPDATES FOR ROUTERS SHOULD BE DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS:
Router makers are always updating the software in order to obtain a little more speed. To get the most out of your home network, make sure to upgrade the firmware on a regular basis. This ensures performance improvements, new features, and security fixes. The update process is now embedded straight into the management interface of new modern routers, where users can simply push a firmware upgrade button. On older models, you must go to the manufacturer’s website, retrieve a firmware file from the router’s support forum, and then upload it to the management interface.
To perform correctly, your router, like your computer and smartphone, needs frequent security upgrades.
OPTIMAL SIGNAL FREQUENCY AND INTERFERENCE REDUCTION IN THE CHANNEL
Dual-band routers can broadcast Wi-Fi signals on both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies. The 2.4 GHz band is ideal for a large residence where Wi-Fi needs to broadcast a signal across numerous walls or floors. Simultaneously, the 5 GHz band achieves higher speeds and improved hacker protection. Because the 5GHz frequency is less extensively utilized and does not travel as far as a 2.4GHz signal, it encounters less interference from other wireless networks and devices.
For individuals who live in heavily crowded locations, interference might be a major issue. Other wireless networks, such as cordless phone systems, microwaves, and other electrical devices that use the same channel as your router signal, can reduce the intensity of your Wi-Fi signal. However, a competent router will try to choose the least congested channel automatically. New router sets include this feature. In a graphical manner, one can also observe what channels nearby Wi-Fi networks are using.
PROTECTING ELECTRONIC DEVICES, OPTIMISING PRINTER SETTINGS, AND ENCRYPTING WI-FI NETWORKS
Interconnected gadgets are used in smart homes to boost convenience. However, any smart device connected to your home network might be hacked. Examine the security settings when adding smart devices to the network, updating default usernames and passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication, and adding additional bug fixes.
Because hackers can easily target Wi-Fi-enabled printers, set up a wireless printer according to the manufacturer’s instructions and connect it to your network, make careful to change the default password and install any software updates that are available.
These are some of the fundamentals to remember while setting up a home network to ensure high internet quality and efficiency. It’s also important to understand what 192.168.1.7 is. Furthermore, instead of being unhappy in this pandemic era, you can improve yourself and be refreshed with technology. You can significantly lessen the obstacles to your professional operations by using good network connectivity at home without any interruptions by following the above guidelines.
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Multitaper.jl: A Julia package for frequency domain analysis of time series. This package implements multitaper frequency domain analysis of time series in the Julia language. Spectral analysis is widely used to infer physical mechanisms for underlying process dynamics from a realization of a stationary time series. The multitaper method is a nonparametric technique for estimating the power spectrum of a discrete time series that simultaneously controls bias and variance of the estimator by premultiplying the data by a set of orthogonal sequences---discrete prolate spheroidal sequences that are optimally concentrated in both time and frequency. These have the effect of stabilizing the bias and variance of the spectrum estimator. While multitaper codes have been introduced in multiple languages, including Julia, the Multitaper.jl package that we present offers functionality beyond univariate and bivariate time series analysis and provides routines for a number of (selected) research-level topics not found in other packages.
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Be the Role Model
Published 9:11 am Wednesday, September 5, 2018
With college football season beginning over the weekend, I thought about some of the famous athletes that I looked up to over the course of my life.
When I was growing up, I had several players that I looked up to in the various sports.
Guys such as Hank Aaron, Troy Aikman, Joe Montana, Dave Justice, and Wayne Gretzky were just a few of the players that I followed week end and week out.
The things that these men all had in common were, that they developed their careers during college.
With so many people looking up to them, especially young kids as myself, certain things are expected of them.
Any athlete will tell you that they had their favorite player and a favorite team.
The thing is, the image that those athletes create for their self, influences the younger generation of athletes.
For instance, Tim Tebow has unique way of displaying his religious character.
He is often seen kneeling in prayer after a touchdown and before and after games.
Younger players have followed that display.
Younger players were seen kneeling in prayer after Tim Tebow began his personal tradition while playing with Florida several years ago.
Touchdown celebrations are often imitated by other players.
So, when a professional player acts in a manner that is inappropriate, younger athletes see that display also.
When players get involved with drugs and alcohol they also observe that.
The eyes of the world are on these guys from week to week, not just during season.
As with any sport, there are positive and negative role models.
I have had the honor of meeting several professional athletes during the course of my life.
Unfortunately, I have observed some of those players displaying negative traits, treating fans badly, and making some horrible mistakes that unfortunately make it into the news networks.
They are all normal people like any of us and lead seemingly, normal lifestyles.
Thing one thing that sets them apart are that every ounce of their lives is seen by the world because of who they are and what they do and stand for.
The eyes of the world and our children are upon them.
As with any sports fan, we dream of one day being just like our favorite player.
We dream of running for that touchdown or scoring that goal, just like them.
The biggest piece of advice that I would like to give any child or teenager who is destined for sports greatness, is to stay true to yourself and remember that you were once that child watching your favorite player, dreaming of becoming them one day.
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Antique Japanese woodblock prints from the 19th century by a well-known woodblock printmaker of the late Meiji period, Watanabe Nobukazu (1874-1944), titled ;
depicting an illustration of the Chinese army that is held captive by the Japanese army during the First Sino Japanese War.
The First Sino-Japanese War (1894 – 1895) was a conflict between the Qing Dynasty of China and the Empire of Japan primarily over influence in Joseon, Korea. After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the port of Weihaiwei, the Qing government sued for peace in February 1895.
Measurements : 820 x 470 mm. (in FRAME)
Conditions: Fair, a tear on the edge, yet colour still clear and not affecting the image.
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Paramedic Salary – How to Become a Paramedic in the UK
Paramedics have an important job in society. They ensure that people receive medical attention when they must be transported to a hospital, injured, or in need of serious medical attention. Paramedics work with local emergency service responders when people have been injured or need onsite medical assistance. The following information presented here will inform you about the role of a paramedic responder. When you read this information, you will discover the role of a paramedic and learn about the salary that this job provides.
Alternative Names for Paramedics in the UK…
Paramedics have different names that they use within their professions. While the word “paramedic” is a generic term for this position, they could also have alternate names that help to describe what they do within this profession. Critical care paramedic is one term, HEMS paramedic air ambulance is another title for paramedics that operate and work from helicopters and/or airplanes. There are also paramedic practitioners, emergency medical technicians, and emergency care assistants.
UK Paramedic Job Role…
There were close to 600,000 emergency calls involving paramedics in the UK in 2020. At least 67,982 of those emergency calls could be classified as Category 1 or life-threatening situations. Paramedics have to respond to these incidents to ensure that people are not dying out in public or within their homes. The job of a paramedic is not easy.
Yes, there are moments when a paramedic won’t experience any emergency problems. Still, you should keep in mind that paramedics will also encounter traumatic situations that will test their nerves, patience, skills, and professionalism to the extreme. So, what are the duties of a paramedic? Keep reading to find the answer to this question.
Paramedics are primarily responsible for providing infield care to people who have been injured and/or who are in need of serious medical attention. When a person cannot get themselves to a hospital, a paramedic will fulfil this need by bringing medical care to them. Once again, these duties can be performed in the home or out in public. Paramedics normally work within city limits, but they can also be used in rural settings or remote locations.
Paramedics perform services such as responding to accidents where people have been injured. They make trips to homes where people are experiencing life threating conditions. A paramedic will be sent out into public to provide care and/or remove a person that has lost consciousness. In some cases, they are also responsible for stabilizing patients out in the field until further help arrives.
Paramedic responders also work with other emergency responders. They normally assist police, fire, RNLI, and coast guard services when they are need. Paramedic personnel can also work directly with hospitals transporting emergency care patients to their facilities.
Paramedic personnel normally work in teams of 2 people. However, they can work alone or within a team of 3 or more paramedics. If a paramedic works alone, they will normally provide quick medical care from a special car, motorbike, or bicycle. Solo paramedics typically provide basic care but do not transport patients to hospitals. They generally remain with the patient at the scene until another paramedic team arrives to take the patient away.
Paramedic Training and Education in the UK…
The paramedic profession is a very prestigious one. It is a protected profession by the Health and Care Professions Councils (HCPC). The Health and Care Professions Councils is a statutory regulator for the health field within the UK. They establish standards and rules that protect to ensure that the public is protected from an untrained or incompetent paramedic worker.
To become a paramedic worker a person must be registered with the HCPC. This can only be accomplished by completing an HCPC paramedic science qualification. This qualification has to be approved by this organization. There are three routes that a person can take to complete this qualification. A person’s previous qualification and experience will also determine which route they should take. If a person is already working within the medical field as a nurse, midwife, or allied health professional; they can take a level 7 MSc pre-registration course. There are two pre-registration courses that can be completed.
HCPC recommends that you complete a university paramedic science course to become a paramedic. This is the traditional route that is commonly used by many paramedics to begin their education and training. Another option is to work as a student paramedic apprentice. Some universities partner with ambulance services to provide this level of training for some people. Just make sure they’re offering a BSc (Hons) degree apprenticeship.
The recommended route is to complete a university paramedic science course at BSc Honours degree level. If a person is already working within the health field, they can take an MSc pre-registration course to complete their training. This applies to individuals who already work in the medical field as a midwife, nurse, allied health professional, or in another qualified medical position. The College of Paramedics can also provide more information about accredited courses. There are other requirements that must be completed as well to become a paramedic.
Anyone that wants to train to become a paramedic will need a BSc (Hons). This BSc requirement will require you to get 2 or 3 A-levels (advance level qualifications). You need science, 5 GCSEs (GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education), English language, and math courses at 4 C or higher. It is also necessary for you to have a C1 driving license for some education and training schools. The paramedic field is very competitive. Getting into a good training, education, and/or apprenticeship program can also be very competitive. You might have to fulfil further requirements by your sponsoring organization.
Don’t forget that all paramedic students will need to take an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. You might also need to take a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme as well. All paramedics need to be in shape and an assessment is not uncommon. One more thing you should know about the education and training requirements for paramedics. You can get at least £5,000 per annum for this type of training. You don’t have to pay this money back. This will help you to complete your training. The Student Loans Company can provide more information about this.
Hiring Process for Paramedics…
Once you completed your training, the next step is to fill out an application with an organization. Paramedics can work for the NHS, a private company, or with a non-profit organisation. You should apply to one of these places when you are ready to begin your career. Next, you will have to complete tests for the paramedic profession.
These tests will evaluate your verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, map reading, dictation, and oral highway code knowledge. Different organizations will also test you in other areas as well. Once you pass your tests, your next step will be to complete an interview. After the interview, a decision will be made by the organization to hire you.
Qualifications and Skills for UK Paramedics…
The qualifications and skills you will need for this job are important. They include resuscitating and stabilising patients, stopping severe haemorrhage, establishing and maintaining airways, applying spinal and traction splints, and knowing how to administer intravenous (IV) drips and oxygen. A good paramedic will also need to know about medicines and drugs and how to administer them. They will also need to know how to work with other emergency service responders. You will also need excellent interpersonal skills, know how to work well with a team, know how to work independently, and have good critical thinking skills.
Other necessary skills and abilities will include knowing how to effectively communicate for a patient’s care, taking an initiative for resolving complex or serious problems with patients, and you must have a calm demeanour. You also should possess the ability to genuinely care for people. You must be in good shape for lifting and moving patients and equipment. You also must have excellent driving skills and a good knowledge of the city where you’ll work. Remember, knowing your way around a city could mean the difference between life and death in this job.
These are some of the basic skills that a paramedic should know. However, there are many more. Don’t forget that the paramedic field is a very complex and stressful career. You must have the aptitude to work with sick or injured people without it affecting you too much. This type of work is not for everyone. If you are interested in this type of work, you should develop the necessary skills to work this job.
Daily Routine of Paramedics…
All paramedics must be available to work when scheduled. They can also be on-call for some organizations. You can expect to work about 37.5 hours a week if you become a paramedic. Expect to work weekends, holidays, and overnight hours at least for a couple of years. Eventually, you will be able to transition to the day shift, if that works better for you.
You will generally perform maintenance on your ambulance or plane. If you work in an aircraft or on a boat, you will also have to make sure these vehicles are ready for service. Your job will take you to different parts of the city or region where you are authorized to provide service. Once you receive a call you must respond accordingly. You will also be exposed to different people and different situations.
The coronavirus pandemic will require stricter personal safety protocols when you’re interacting with patients. You might also be required to help cover other areas and regions if they don’t have enough ambulance coverage. You will also work closely with hospitals in your area and you will have to learn how to develop a relationship with these organisations. Also, each situation that a paramedic will encounter will be different. Your changing environment and conditions will also be a daily part of the job as well.
Professional Development for Paramedics…
Professional development is also important for paramedics. If you become an emergency medical technician, you will have to commit to life-long learning and training. You will need to complete self-directed instruction, professional learning activities, work-based learning, attend conferences, join specialist paramedic groups, read professional paramedic publications, and work shadowing. Ongoing training and education help emergency medical techs to gain more experience and knowledge pertaining to the job.
How much do Paramedics get paid?
Paramedic salaries start at Band 5. This means that paramedics can make close to £25,000. Some emergency techs can make more if they work for a higher-paying company. £30,000 (or slightly more) is not uncommon for some beginning paramedics. Once a person gains experience and moves up to Band 6, they will make between £31,365 and £37,890 per annum. Paramedics can also get more money if they take on manager or supervisory positions or if they receive more pay.
Once a person reaches Band 7, they should make over £40,000. Workers that reach at least 10 years of experience could earn around £70,000 per annum. Workers with 20 years or more of experience have been known to max out around £100,000. Remember that paramedic practitioners can make more money with more training and position. Don’t forget about benefits such as insurance, paid overtime (for some paramedic organizations), and holidays. Each organization will provide different benefits for its workers.
Some Important Things you Need to Know about Being a Paramedic…
Paramedics will encounter some gruesome scenes, or they will experience a high incident of death compared to most people. These situations often require therapy and counselling services once a person has been repeatedly exposed to them. While death is a normal (but unwanted part of life), paramedics will encounter it more often, than not.
Therapy, counselling, and psychological services are available for paramedics. They also are given leave and time off when necessary to maintain their mental health. This is something that emergency medical workers will have to seriously evaluate if they want to work within this field. Death is just a normal part of the job for a paramedic.
Also, paramedics can be used to assist in situations where mass casualties or injuries have taken place. This group of workers might also be exposed to hazardous environments where viruses or dangerous elements are present. It is not uncommon for paramedics to be verbally harassed. The bottom line is that providing emergency medical care to the public is unpredictable. A person should thoroughly evaluate if this is the career they desire before they start this line of work.
Career Opportunities for Paramedics…
Workers within the paramedic field can be assigned to hospitals and specialize in different areas of medicine. Some paramedics work exclusively with trauma units and other work with GP surgery operations. Paramedics can even be assigned to special areas such as transporting patients by air. They can also work in wooded areas or beachside communities. There are many different career paths for paramedics. Each of them can be a beneficial and satisfying way for a person to earn a living and to live a good life. | <urn:uuid:b4a4e7fa-f553-4956-95aa-6d05e1ad7ac2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.extremecouponing.co.uk/paramedic-salary/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.957709 | 2,751 | 2.28125 | 2 |
By: Ralph Covert and G. Riley Mills
Illustrated by: Wilson Swain
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication Date: October 2009
Reviewed By: Ellen Feld
Review Date: October 2009
A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas is certainly not your traditional Christmas story! It’s a slightly bizarre, but definitely very funny romp into the world of video games, a journey to ‘Christmas Wood’ where you can eat the trees, and Toy Town.
Fritz Stahlbaum was more interested in playing his video game, Mouse Hunter 5000, than anything else. But when he broke his sister Clara’s nutcracker doll, his beloved video game was taken away. As further punishment, Fritz had to stay home with a boring babysitter while the family went to the Nutcracker ballet. Fritz snuck off to play his video game and soon he reached the practically unreachable level 22. But then something magical – and odd – happened. The evil Mouse King, from the video game, stormed out of Fritz’s closet. The Mouse King was followed by a “real” nutcracker who came to Fritz’s aid.
The Mouse King wanted to ruin Christmas and quickly headed back through the closet to Toy Town where he hoped to stop the joyful holiday. Fritz and the Nutcracker followed the Mouse King back through the closet in a desperate attempt to stop him and foil his wicked plan.
A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas is an amusing look at one child’s wacky Christmas adventure. It’s funny and quite original and best of all, ends happily. The drawings are eccentric and colorful and to quote the book jacket, the illustrator, Wilson Swain “…took inspiration from holiday cards of the 1960s, store window displays of the 1950s, and cartoon ephemera of the 1940s.”
This book is sold with a CD that includes a retelling of the story, narrated by Ralph Covert, who has written plays, musicals (including the musical this book is based on), and books. He uses just the right mixture of excitement, exaggerated glee, and dread during the narration to keep the story moving quickly. Add the great sound effects and it should be plenty to keep reluctant readers interested and following along with the book. There are also five songs on the CD taken from the musical.
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Letter: Codes are meant for neighborhoods to function
For people who live in the city of Battle Creek, there are many codes (minor laws). It is against code to burn anything without a burn permit.
If you have a neighbor who insists on burning, call the fire department and complain.
If they send a fire truck to the address they may put out the fire, and they may issue a ticket (fine) to the individual doing the burning.
It is also against code to put yard waste in the street. This includes grass, sticks, and leaves. If you have inconsiderate neighbors (jerks) that you see blowing/raking leaves into the street and they do not pick them up — call 781-0911 to make a complaint.
You may do this any day of the week. They will ask for your name and phone number, plus the address where the violation is occurring.
Some times people will pick up their yard waste from the street, but usually they do not.
The police officer that responds has the option of allowing the individual to clean their mess out of the street within a reasonable period of time, usually one day, or receive a ticket.
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Most gurus and self-help books would agree with this fact: that to be successful you need to work hard until you reach your goal. Some even claim that to achieve your dream you have to give everything and your best from the moment you get up in the morning until you fall asleep at night. Now, although these ideas contain some truth, the truth is that following these tips are not a guarantee of success; In addition, there are those who can perform a job of equal or greater impact than that carried out by a hard worker in even less time than the latter and more efficiently . Difference between Hard work and Smart work
Taking into account the aforementioned, you are surely wondering what exactly the difference is between hard work and smart work. If you have doubts about it or are simply looking for a little more information to complement what you already know, then keep reading, because below we explain everything you need to know about this topic.
HARD WORK Difference between Hard work and Smart work
To begin with, it is good to point out some negative aspects that may arise in the work life of some people who “work hard”.
- They work hard, but at the end of the day they question what their contribution has been.
- They don’t feel like they are getting the recognition they deserve.
- They rarely feel that they have accomplished enough.
- Despite working very hard, they feel that the list of things to do is endless.
From the aforementioned, it is clear (although not always the case) that working hard can have a somewhat more conventional and traditionalist connotation about how to work. Likewise, working hard can refer to following an old and outdated style of work, using conventional techniques, and doing it tediously.
Many of the hard working people use the same ideas that have been used before.
One of the best ways to know if the hard work is worth it is to identify what has been the achievement and what has been achieved that can be shown to others. If you have nothing or achieved nothing, then it is good to start considering smart work instead of hard work.
On the other hand, a smart worker is someone who knows what needs to be done and what needs to be done, sets realistic and achievable goals. Basically, it is someone who identifies the best way to do a job.
Smart work involves the ability to adapt to change. The ideas and techniques used before are modified to achieve better results in the present, that is, productivity is improved . When you do smart work, innovation is rewarded.
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Both sentences sound correct to me, but one is more grammatically correct. Which one and why?
The room felt cold because we didn't close the windows.
The room felt cold because we hadn't closed the windows.
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The difference between these two is actually that the "didn't" version is what is called the simple past and the "hadn't" version is called the pluperfect. In practice, particularly in informal English, there is very little difference between the two and many native speakers will use them interchangeably.
The difference between the two is that the pluperfect emphasizes that the action you're talking about (closing the window) happened before the other thing you're talking about in the past. It could be used to contrast that afterwards (when you noticed it was cold), you closed the window, whereas the simple past very slightly infers that the window was still open even after this.
"The living room was cold, because we hadn't closed the window; so I closed it and lit a fire in the fireplace."
"The living room got wet in that storm, because we didn't close the window."
Another possible distinction between them is that "we didn't close the windows" could be taken to mean a "habitual" action that was true of this past time (when you were cold): that is to say that at this time you are speaking about, you commonly left your windows open, and thus the room was cold. "Hadn't closed the windows" doesn't carry that same potential meaning.
An example of this usage:
"When we lived at that house on Smith Street, the living room was always freezing cold, because we didn't close the windows!"
Personally I would use "The room felt cold because we hadn't closed the windows."
I'm not 100% sure why this sounds better but I think it might be because it implies a step was missed (i.e. closing the window), and that was the cause of the coldness.
I think "The room felt cold because we didn't close the windows." implies a concious decision not to close the window.
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What is a Stroke?
A stroke is a medical condition that causes damage to the brain. Stroke is a term doctors use when part of the brain is damaged because of a problem with blood flow.
There are two types of strokes: ischemic and hemorrhagic. Ischemic strokes are caused by blockages in the blood vessels that reduce or limit blood supply to areas of the brain. This happens when an artery going to the brain gets clogged or closes off which results in damage to part of the brain that went without blood for too long. Ischemic strokes account for 87% of all strokes.
A hemorrhagic stroke is damage caused to the brain due to ruptured blood vessels. This happens when an artery in the brain breaks open and starts bleeding into or around the brain. Hemorrhagic strokes are less common and account for 13 % of all strokes.
Reduced blood flow causes brain damage. Both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes are considered medical emergencies.
Strokes are caused by a variety of factors such as genetic and environmental factors. Some of these factors are modifiable which means you can control the ability to reduce risks.
Modifiable risk factors are factors you can personally modify in order to reduce your risk of developing a stroke. Some modifiable risk factors include:
- Take prescription medications as prescribed
- Eat a low fat, healthy diet
- Quit smoking if you smoke
- Maintain a healthy BMI
- Reducing high blood pressure by taking hypertension medications, eating healthy and staying physically active.
Non-modifiable risk factors are factors that you have no control over and cannot change. Non- modifiable risk factors include:
- Race and Ethnicity
These are all modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes.
Related: What Causes High Blood Pressure?
Signs and symptoms of a stroke are common and consistent between men and women. Symptoms of a stroke usually come on fast and without warning.
There is an easy way to remember the signs of a stroke. The acronym “FAST” is used to point out symptoms of a stroke quickly and easily. Each letter in the word FAST stands for one of the things you should watch for:
- Face: Does the person’s face look uneven?
- Arm: Does the person have weakness or numbness/tingling in one or both arms? Does one arm drift downward if the person tries to hold out both arms?
- Speech: Does the person have trouble speaking, slow-paced speaking, garbled or unclear speech?
- Time: If you notice the above changes in the person, these are signs of a stroke and is a medical emergency. Remember to act FAST because time lost is brain tissue lost. The sooner treatment begins the better the chances of recovery and positive outcomes.
Some experts add âBEâ in front of FAST making the acronym âBE-FASTâ which suggests the need to act quickly as well as other signs of a stroke such as balance and vision changes.
- Balance: Does the person have difficulty standing or walking?
- Eyes: Does the person have vision changes such as blurry, doubled or loss of vision?
BE-FAST can be applied to both men and women as a tool to identify stroke symptoms and the need for quick diagnosis and treatment.
Strokes can be diagnosed by completing diagnostic tests. The most common diagnostic test used to identify a hemorrhagic stroke is a CT scan, while the most common diagnostic test used to identify ischemic stroke is an MRI.
Oftentimes, doctors will know the patient is having a stroke based on physical symptoms, but these diagnostic tests confirm areas and involvements of each stroke.
The right treatment depends on which stroke type you are having and how quickly you sought out treatment. In order to figure out which type of stroke you are having, you should get to the nearest hospital very quickly.
Ischemic stroke treatment includes:
- Getting treatments to help reopen clogged arteries such as a thrombectomy.
- Take medicine that can dissolve the blood clot within minutes to hours.
- Taking medication to prevent future blood clots from forming which can prevent future strokes.
- Identifying the underlying cause and treating that cause such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure.
Hemorrhagic stroke treatment includes:
- Getting treatments that may reduce pressure in the brain such as a craniotomy.
- Discontinue taking medications that may cause bleeding to continue.
- Have surgery to treat the blood vessel and prevent future bleeding (this is not always possible).
Immediate medical treatment once symptoms of a stroke are identified is the main treatment for a stroke. Strokes are considered medical emergencies and can have a negative impact on peopleâs health and well-being.
Effects of a Stroke
The aftermath of strokes can affect a personâs daily living, overall wellbeing, as well as the lives of loved ones around them. The effects of a stroke depend on many things including:
- Determining which part of the brain is affected. Some areas affect speech, swallowing, body movement and cognition more than other parts.
- How large the stroke is which determines how much damage has been done.
- How quickly the stroke was treated.
Some people are more affected than others. Some people who have a stroke have no lasting effects, while others are left paralyzed and unable to speak. After a stroke, the effects are not known for a few months. Sometimes, long term effects of a stroke will last a lifetime, while other times, stroke symptoms get better over time.
According to the American Stroke Association, strokes are one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world. Stroke prevention is key to preventing stroke disability and death in the United States.
PlushCare cannot treat a stroke or stroke symptoms. If you have a life-threatening injury or illness, such as stroke symptoms, major injuries, and serious allergic reactions, then you need to go to the emergency room (ER).
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cultures. The purposes have changed over time
to fit in with the current lifestyles.
This pattern is also true in American history.
The use of marijuana has adapted to the social
climate of the time.
Marijuana, whose scientific name is cannibis
sativa, was mentioned in historical manuscripts
as early as 2700 B. C. in China. (Grolier Electronic
Encyclopedia, 1995). The cultivation of the
marijuana plant began as far back as the
Jamestown settlers, around 1611, who used hemp
produced from the marijuana plant’s fibers to make
rope and canvas. It was also used in making clothing
because of it’s durability. These uses fit in with
focus was on survival rather than for psychoactive
During the prohibition, marijuana was widely
used because of the scarcity of alcohol. Prohibition
was repealed after just thirteen years while the prohibition
against marijuana lasted for more than seventy five years.
This double standard may have resulted from the wishes of
societies most powerful members. Marijuana prohibition
threatened far fewer Americans, and they had relatively
little influence in the districts of power. Only the
prohibition of marijuana, which some sixty million
Americans have violated since 1965 has come close
to approximating the prohibition experience, but
marijuana smokers consist mostly of young and
relatively powerless Americans (American Heritage, pg 47).
Alcohol prohibition was repealed and
marijuana prohibition was retained, not because
scientists had proved that alcohol was the less dangerous
of the various psychoactive drugs, but because of the prejudices
and preferences of most Americans (American Heritage, pg 47).
In 1937 the government issued the Marijuana Tax Act,
which levied a dollar an ounce tax on marijuana,
coupled with fines of $2,000 for drug posession and
jail sentences for evasion of the tax. For this
reason marijuana use in the United States appears
to have gone into decline in the late 30’s
(Grolier Wellness Encyclopedia, pg 54).
Then marijuana was outlawed in 1937 as a
repressive measure against Mexican workers
who crossed the border seekingjobs during
for the outlawing of the hemp plant was it’s
supposed violent “effect on the degenerate races”
(Schaffer, pg. 86).
Beginning in the 60’s marijuana use saw a
resurgence which may be attributed to many
causes. One of the main causes was the
They used marijuana as an escape from war to peace.
It was easy at this time to depict marijuana as
a beneficial and completely harmless substance
whose effects were far less harmful than those
of legal drugs such as alcohol and nicotine
because there was not enough scientific
research done during the 60’s (Grolier Wellness
Encyclopedia, pg 54).
the psychoactive component of marijuana-
tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC.
Users found the relation between the doses and
the effects (Grolier Electronic Publishing, 1995).
The current atmosphere provides for doctors to
suggest synthetic marijuana (THC) in a pure and
standardized form by perscription (called Marinol)
for the treatment of nausea associated with
cancer chemotherapy. Also, although there is no
scientific evidence that shows marijuana
is beneficial in the treatment of glaucoma,
it may prevent the progression of visual loss.
Marijuana, along with alcohol and a host of
other substances, can actually lower intraocular
eye pressure. The mediction however, must be carefully
tailored to the individual to prevent further eye damage.
The evidence has clearly shown that marijuana
has been around for a great deal of time
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This course was published in the January 2011 issue and expires January 2014. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:
- Discuss the importance of effective oral hygiene in the treatment of xerostomia.
- Describe the recommended application of fluoride for patients with xerostomia.
- List the medications that may help treat xerostomia.
- Explain the role of salivary substitutes in the treatment of xerostomia.
- Discuss the specific problems associated with xerostomia in edentulous patients.
The dental management of patients experiencing xerostomia begins with thorough patient education and the identification and treatment of the underlying cause.1,2 Treatment includes local and systemic stimulation of salivary glands, palliative treatment for symptomatic relief, and the prevention and treatment of oral complications.2,3
REDUCE THE CARIES RISK
Patients with xerostomia may stop chewing and reactively modify their diet to a liquid or semiliquid diet rich in fermentable carbohydrates in order to compensate for oral dryness. Decreased mastication exacerbates the condition because periodontal mechanoreceptors and mechanical stimulation of the oral mucosa and tongue are required stimuli for salivation.1,4 Consequently, patients should be provided nutritional counseling to minimize any negative effects from reactionary diet alterations.1
Mastication stimulants increase salivation, therefore, the use of sugar-free gums, hard candies, and mints are highly recommended for the relief of symptoms in patients with residual salivary capacity.3 Studies show that daily gum chewing increases parotid gland function and salivary pH.5,6 The use of gums sweetened with sugar alcohols, such as xylitol and sorbitol, can prevent caries development.7
The consumption of citrus drinks and candies is discouraged because they accelerate the development of caries.1 Although citric acid is capable of stimulating salivation, its use should be discouraged because it causes mucosal irritation and presents the added risk of tooth demineralization.3
Patients with xerostomia can make lifestyle changes to control and prevent dental caries that include adhering to a rigorous oral hygiene regimen and noncariogenic diet (low sugar/ fermentable carbohydrate diet).2 The need for meticulous plaque control via diligent oral hygiene is necessary for patients with xerostomia. Brushing twice a day with a soft-bristled toothbrush and the use of a lowabrasive, highly-fluorinated toothpaste is recommended, accompanied by a sodium fluoride mouthrinse.8,9 Because of low salivary flow rates during sleep, the need for good oral hygiene is required before going to bed as well as after breakfast.4 The recommended fluoride-delivery system should depend on the clinical need and compliance of the patient.1
Two common sources of fluoride in dentifrice include sodium fluoride and monofluorophosphate. The fluoride from sodium fluoride is readily available to the oral cavity following its use, however, the fluoride from monofluorophosphate must undergo a hydrolysis step to be released. This may explain the greater anticariogenic effect with the use of the sodium fluoride delivery system.10 The application vehicles available for sodium fluoride and monofluorophosphate include gels, rinses, lozenges, and chewable tablets.11
Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) is a foaming agent commonly found in toothpaste and mouthrinses. SLS has a high protein affinity and is a strong denaturing agent. As such, the use of dental products containing SLS is strongly discouraged for patients with xerostomia.12 Toothpaste formulated for children does not usually contain SLS and should be considered for xerostomic patients. In patients with a high caries rate, a prescription fluoride dentifrice or gel may provide greater benefit.13,14 Suitable topical fluoride gels should be applied in custom- fitted trays and have neutral pH and a fluoride concentration of 0.4% to 1.25% fluoride ion.3 For high-risk patients, like those receiving daily radiation therapy, the use of a highpotency fluoride and chlorhexidine is effective.15
Patients should be advised against the use of caffeine and alcohol-containing products, including alcohol-based mouthrinses, to avoid oral dehydration.3,16 Patients should be advised to sleep on their side to reduce mouth breathing and its associated drying effect, in addition to using a bedside cool air humidifier. The humidifier should be started 1 hour before bedtime and left running throughout the night to reduce oral dryness discomfort.1 Patients should be urged strongly against the use of tobacco.3
Xerostomia patients should be advised to schedule frequent recalls for early diagnosis of oral sequelae.1 Patients are urged to perform their own daily oral self-examinations in order to detect oral ulcers and to communicate unusual findings.3 The placement of sealants and the application of topical fluorides should be considered. The use of topical fluoride may be beneficial to patients with a high coronal and/or root caries rate. This strategy will help in the prevention of caries and may reverse any extant decalcification.2 Fluoride varnishes are advised to prolong the exposure to fluoride, an approach that may be beneficial to prevent xerostomia-associated caries.2
Medications are available to stimulate salivation. Pharmacological agents have a lasting effect throughout the day.3 The cholinergic drugs (medications that provide similar effects as the parasympathetic nervous system) pilocarpine and cevimeline are approved for xerostomia patients.17-19 Pilocarpine is also effective in patients who have undergone radiation therapy or bone marrow transplantation.20,21 Pilocarpine stimulates muscarinic receptors, leading to the secretion of water and electrolytes if the patient has a sufficient amount of functional salivary gland tissue.1 Initial doses of pilocarpine should be administered 30 minutes before meals, in 5 mg tablets, three to four times a day, with a usual dose range of three to six tablets per day, not to exceed two tablets per dose.1,3 To minimize side effects and prolong the drug’s action, slow-release preparations of pilocarpine have been developed. New modes of delivery are also being researched including loading nanoparticles with pilocarpine.22
Cevimeline is another cholinergic agonist used to induce salivary function. Recommended dosage for cevimeline is 30 mg three times a day. It is capable of inducing salivation with minimal adverse cardiac and pulmonary effects because cevimeline has a high affinity for the M3 muscarinic receptor subtypes found on salivary and sweat glands.3 However, cevimeline use is contraindicated in asthma patients or those who have narrow- angle glaucoma.
Bethanechol is another cholinergic drug that increases salivary flow and is capable of increasing salivation in radiation-induced xerostomia patients. Recommended dosage is 25 mg three times a day.3
Sweating is the most common side effect of cholinergic agents. The central nervous system is also affected leading to increased heart rate and blood pressure, as well as dizziness, chills, and headaches. Pulmonary and cardiovascular effects are also noted and tend to limit the use of these cholinergic medications in certain patient populations.1
Anethole trithione is specifically used to treat Sjögren’s syndrome-associated xerostomia. As compared to the other salivary enhancing drugs mentioned, anethole trithione increases the number of receptor sites on the salivary acinar cells. A study showed that patients with Sjögren’s syndrome experienced relief from xerostomia when anethole trithione was administered in 25 mg doses three times a day.23 Synergistic effects on salivation were observed when a combination of pilocarpine and anethole trithione was administered.24
Alternative medical therapies are used by some patients to manage symptoms of xerostomia. Acupuncture may increase parasympathetic activity, causing a release in neuropeptide, stimulating salivary flow and secretions.31,32 The daily ingestion of 2,000 units of gamma-linoleic acid (found in evening primrose oil) for at least 6 weeks may increase parotid and submandibular salivary flow, but the mechanism of action is not well understood.33
The use of low doses of human interferon- alpha in lozenges increases salivation in Sjögren’s syndrome patients.25,26 One study demonstrated that increased salivation and relief of xerostomic and xeropthalmic symptoms were possible in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome when administered 150 IU of interferonalpha three times a day.26
When a patient’s complaint of xerostomia is a side effect of a medication, an alternate medication that does not employ the same mode of action may be prescribed. The dental professional should consult the patient’s physician and pharmacist if an elimination or change of medication is being considered.1 Alternatively, to increase salivary flow, the dosage regimen can be adjusted.27 Patients are urged to coordinate the timing of the dose of necessary medications with meal times to allow sufficient salivary flow during the eating process, counteracting the drying effect of these medications.1 Because salivary flow is lowest during sleep, patients should avoid taking medications before bedtime.28
Patients with xerostomia should also increase their fluid intake.1 Patients should be encouraged to place ice chips in their mouth and sip water throughout the day to provide moisture and possibly provide relief to dry mouth symptoms.2,3 Sipping water during meals may not only aid in swallowing but also facilitate taste perception.3 Although water may clean and hydrate the oral tissues and possibly alleviate symptoms, it is not a substitute for saliva.2 Water lacks the buffering capacity, lubricating mucins, and protective proteins of true saliva and is a poor mucosal wetting agent.1 Whole or 2% milk is a better option due to its moisturizing properties that can aid in swallowing.1 Swabbing olive oil across the oral mucosa to act as a lubricant may be helpful.29 Use of glycerin swabs is contraindicated due to their drying effect on the oral mucosa.
Over-the-counter saliva substitutes specifically formulated for patients with xerostomia are available as solutions, sprays, chewing gum, dentrifices, and gels.2 These saliva substitutes may also promote salivation.30 For patients with extremely low salivary flow rates, the use of saliva substitutes based on polyacrylic acid and xanthan gum are recommended.3 Formulations contain salts; thickening agents to increase viscosity (carboxymethyl, hydroxymetholcellulose, or animal mucins); parabens (inhibits bacterial growth); and sugar-free flavoring agents (xylitol or sorbitol).1 Salivary substitutes tend to be shortacting, providing relief for a limited period.2 They are most effective when applied before sleeping or speaking. Constant reapplication and cost are two other problems associated with the use of salivary substitutes. Saliva substitutes do play a role in the relief of symptoms associated with xerostomia, especially in those patients with no residual salivary gland function.
Partially or fully edentulous patients with decreased salivary flow are susceptible to pain from denture irritation, mucosal ulcerations, and fungal infections as well as a loss of retention.1,27,34 Patients should be educated about the importance of a well-fitted prosthesis and discouraged from wearing their denture(s) at night when there is a decrease in salivation.1 Dentures should be to be soaked overnight in water, and routine brushing and the use of denture cleansers is integral to their effective wear.1,3 Patients should consider spraying their oral mucosa and the tissue surface of their prostheses with salivary substitutes throughout the day. The development of candidiasis secondary to xerostomia can be treated with pharmacologic rinses, creams, lozenges, and systemic agents.1 The action of topical mouthrinses and ointments occurs on contact and patients should avoid eating or drinking for 30 minutes to 1 hour following application to prolong medication contact time.1 Nystatin is a commonly prescribed mouthrinse that contains more than 50% sucrose and may increase the risk of caries.1 Antifungal agents in lozenge form may not be well-accepted by xerostomia patients due to associated mucosal trauma.1 Systemic antifungal agents, such as ketoconazole and fluconazole, may interact with other medications.1 If a patient with dentures develops candidiasis, the dentures may be cleaned overnight with a 0.2% chlorhexidine solution or twice a day with a 1% chlorhexidine gel.3
Xerostomia is a prevalent, under-recognized, underdiagnosed, and undertreated condition that may significantly impact quality of life for older adults, patients undergoing radiation and/or chemotherapy, and patients on polypharmacy. As the median age of the world’s population increases, health professionals must be able to assess salivary adequacy and consider therapeutic interventions, including prescription drugs, when indicated. The use of fluoride and calcium phosphate products may be recommended whenever xerostomia occurs to reduce the risk of root and coronal caries that often occurs as sequelae to xerostomia.
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- Polland KE, Higgins F, Orchardson R. Salivary flow rate and pH during prolonged gum chewing in humans. J Oral Rehabil. 2003; 30:861-865.
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- Burt BA. The use of sorbitol- and xylitolsweetened chewing gum in caries control. J Am Dent Assoc. 2006;137:190-196.
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- Chambers MS, Mellberg JR, Keene HJ, et al. Clinical evaluation of the intraoral fluoride releasing system in radiation-induced xerostomic subjects. Part 2: Phase I study. Oral Oncol. 2006; 42:946-953.
- Saporito RA, Boneta AR, Feldman CA, et al. Comparative anticaries efficacy of sodium fluoride and sodium monofluorophosphate dentifrices. A two-year caries clinical trial on children in New Jersey and Puerto Rico. Am J Dent. 2000;13:221-226.
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- Baysan A, Lynch E, Ellwood R, Davies R, Petrsson L, Borsboom P. Reversal of primary root caries using dentifrices containing 5,000 and 1,100 ppm fluoride. Caries Res. 2001;35:41-46.
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4 Cleaning Tips For Your Oven and Stove
Cleaning your oven doesn’t have to involve a lot of time or effort.
If you’re tired of dealing with all that grime, grease, and mess, here are 4 oven cleaning tips you should try.
Use the Right Tools
The key to cleaning an oven is to use all the right tools. Things like abrasive pads are ideal for cleaning grime. You also need a spray bottle and a small bowl for mixing and applying your own cleaning solutions. Don’t use things like cloth towels or regular sponges because they’ll be covered in grime and completely useless. You might clean your oven, but you’ll never be able to use these cloth towels or sponges again. Your best choice is paper towels or old rags.
Greasy Build-Up inside the Oven
The easiest process to remove heavy greasy build-up is a store-bought oven cleaner. But if you are sensitive to harsh chemicals, you may prefer my second option
Fill a pan with water and put it in the oven. Set the oven to 225 Fahrenheit and leave it for at least 15 minutes. When it’s cooled down, add dishwashing soap to the water and use a nylon sponge to scrub the now-loose grime and clean the oven interior. If you still have greasy build-up, make a small bowl, mixing 1/2 cup of baking soda with three tablespoons of water. You want it to be the consistency of spreadable paste. Make sure to spread it on the entire interior surface of your oven, except the heating elements.
Let this mixture sit overnight for 10- 12 hours. The next morning, take a damp cloth and wipe out as much of the dried baking soda paste as possible. You can use a silicon spatula to scape any hard to remove paste. Next, place about 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar in a spray bottle full of water and spritz everywhere you see baking soda residue in your oven.
You may see light foam. Don’t worry. This is just the reaction of the baking soda and vinegar. I like to do a final wipe-down with clear water. Use a damp cloth to wipe out the remaining foamy vinegar-baking soda mixture. I like to repeat until all surfaces are clear of baking soda.
Clean the Stove Hood
Don’t overlook the stove hood.
Start by wiping off any heavy grease build-up with a thick paper towel or old rag. Fill a spray bottle with warm water and all-purpose cleaner. Spray down the outside of the hood and let set for 2-3 minutes and wipe clean with a damp cloth. Finish with a light rinse and then wipe with a dry paper towel.
Clean under the hood with multifunctional cleaning brushes with dish soap if you have a heavy buildup of grease. If you have really bad build-up, use the same baking soda and water paste method you used for the oven.
Cleaning up spills and messes will depend on the type of cooktop you have. If you have burnt food on your cooktop, you may want to scrub with a light abrasive to remove scorching. To help prevent major cleaning tasks, make sure to review the stove manual to see how best to keep it clean.
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Almost of what we see today of Ancient Egypt is exclusively dedicated to the pharaonic royalty. The monumental building projects that the kings of Egypt commissioned throughout the history of the civilization have stood the test of time much better than other ancient artifacts due to their massive size and the fact that they are literally carved out of stone.
The Tombs of the Nobles make for an interesting visit among the rest of the West Bank sites precisely because they break this trend. Located between the Ramesseum and Hatshepsut’s Temple, these clusters of tombs carved into a rocky hillside are all dedicated to administrators, governors, and other figures of minor nobility.
The triumphal imagery of conquering pharaohs and depictions of eternal life after death in the temples and royal tombs around Luxor can become repetitive. When you find yourself suffering from temple overload, a visit to the Tombs of the Nobles (or the Worker’s Village) might be a good idea.
In these tombs you will find more humble depictions of everyday life and the jobs that these functionaries fulfilled. The real-life depictions of nature and everyday concerns are refreshing and provide a bit more insight into what ancient Egypt might actually have been like.
The Tombs of the Nobles are not as well marked as the royal tombs and larger sites on the West Bank due to the relatively small number of visitors that they receive. This can make visiting them a bit more difficult without a guide, but it is still nice escape from the more crowded sites at the Valley of the Kings and more major temple complexes.
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As human-made climate change becomes more influential, we can expect to see more extreme responses from our environment. Among these responses is increased volcanic activity.
If our world’s conditions stay on their current trajectory, volcanic eruptions will likely increase during the coming decades. But how exactly does climate change affect volcanic activity?
Volcanoes are unstable weak points in the Earth’s upper layer of rock. They form when chambers of magma boil to the surface. It takes a lot of heat and pressure to force molten rock to the surface, which means an eruption can take thousands of years to develop.
When the volcano can no longer contain the pressure, it bursts open, sending billows of toxic fumes into the air and lava onto the surface. The smallest eruptions are negligible, but the greatest ones cause widespread damage.
Volcanoes form at vulnerable points, or “hot spots,” in the earth’s tectonic plates. Some spots are more susceptible to eruptions than others.
Based on this cycle, we can see that changes on the Earth’s surface and below the surface are directly correlated. With that in mind, scientists have ample evidence to suggest that as the world continues to heat up, volcanoes will become more active, potentially creating a domino effect of changes across the globe.
What the science says
Evidence for this theory has come chiefly from studies by the University of Cambridge and the University of Leeds, both located in England.
Researchers at Leeds wanted to understand how the pressure exerted by Earth’s glaciers onto the crust impacts movements below the surface. This process, known as “surface loading,” can change the flow of magma and thus lead to more volcanic activity.
The study, which took place in 2017, looked back at the activity of Iceland’s many volcanoes 4500 to 5500 years ago, when Earth was still recovering from the latest Ice Age.
Based on the amount of ash deposited in the surrounding area, they concluded that the island’s volcanoes became more active and extreme as more ice melted.
While they’re unsure of the details, the mechanics that explain this phenomenon are straightforward. Glaciers put immense pressure on the Earth’s surface, restricting the flow of magma. When the glaciers melt, magma can move more freely, bubbling to the surface and erupting more easily.
The Cambridge study, released in 2021, suggests that climate change will transform the cooling effects of volcanic eruptions. As the atmosphere warms, the smoke and fumes from eruptions will be able to rise higher. The fumes might also travel farther, affecting regions half a world away.
The most remarkable example occurred in 1991 when Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted and sent its gases 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) into the sky. The eruption created a global haze and lowered the world’s temperature by about 0.5 degrees Celcius, or almost one degree Fahrenheit.
Thankfully, the cooling lasted for two years, but as the climate gets more extreme, these massive eruptions might have more lasting effects.
The study also found that more minor scale eruptions, like the 2011 Nabro eruption in Eritrea, will not affect the climate as much. Climate change has widened the tropopause (the gap between the stratosphere and troposphere), putting the stratosphere out of reach from smaller eruptions. Fumes that remain in the troposphere can be washed away with precipitation.
To summarize, the two studies in question suggest that 1) melting glaciers caused by climate change will increase volcanic activity and 2) a warmer atmosphere caused by climate change will increase the effects of major volcanic eruptions.
The researchers at Leeds acknowledged that Iceland’s unique geography and proximity to enormous glaciers might have heightened the effects, and the changes might not be as extreme in more stable climates.
However, vulnerable areas of the world with many volcanoes might be in grave danger. They specifically pointed out the following regions: Pacific Northwest, Southeast Asia, Southern South America, as well as Arctic Circle and Antarctica
Scientists at Cambridge believe that climate change will increase the cooling effects of volcanic eruptions by up to 15% in the coming decades. When we also consider the belief of scientists at Leeds that eruptions will increase, the combined effects could be apocalyptic in scope.
If these studies are proven correct, humanity has to prepare by gathering precious resources. People can do their own bit such as by finding a clean water supply and stockpiling food. They could also consider developing a garden in their backyard and learning basic survival techniques.
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Happy partnerships share prevalent interests. In cases where two lovers share a common interest, it will probably strengthen all their relationship. The couple should follow activities that bring them happiness rather than having on to the things they just do not enjoy. Keeping things can lead to conflicts and uncertainty, so it’s necessary to pursue facts that are mutually pleasant. Here are some features of a cheerful marriage:
Commitment for the relationship. Selfish people only care about themselves and frequently do not have a similar vision as their partners. Commitment to each other will make an unbreakable protection for wedding. It’s important to remain dedicated to one another and make repay when necessary. This will help the marriage grow. While is actually hard to modify habits and behaviors, you can improve your interactions and build a happy marital life.
Empathy. Happy couples talk about a common value for each various other. Compassion is an important trait of any committed romance. Compassion means feeling good for the other spouse. If your partner has a troublesome day at function, for example , it is very important to stay close and maintain a normal type of communication. Consideration is the foundation of a happy relationship. Ultimately, the two of you are destined to spend a lifetime together.
Understanding. Within a successful matrimony, http://emailbrides.net/ lovers understand a single another’s disadvantages and forgive the other person when faults occur. These kinds of couples appreciate each other peoples point of view and work toward solutions with no overbearing feelings. They also understand when to behave. It’s important to understand each other’s limits, and try to prevent reacting when your partner is too raise red flags to or annoyed. Lastly, a healthy marriage stimulates growth.
Compassion. Compassion means understanding the pain of the other. A partner who is caring is more likely to spread out up to you, while remaining guaranteed thoughtful of his or her level of view. Compassion can also make a marriage more satisfying. It can be one of the better attributes of a happy relationship. In addition to being compassionate, a other half must be compassionate. This can be realized through common respect describes it and understanding.
Reverence. Relationships need respect. A marriage should be depending on mutual dignity. This means treating one another with kindness, not disparaging or criticizing all of them in front of friends. Another important characteristic of a cheerful marriage is usually fairness. Several should be reasonable with their partner, even if it means giving up a selection of their preferences. If this isn’t conceivable, they should not really be in a relationship. Doing this, both people may work toward a happy marital relationship.
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England’s social care system is at the point of crisis. Those are not my views alone, but rather the views of leading health professionals and charities from across public life.
The Government has ignored the growing issue for some time leading to the overwhelming consensus that Britain’s care system for older people and disabled adults is on the brink of crisis.
Councils are doing all they can to help people live independently in their communities and reduce demand on hospitals but the Government has significantly reduced the grants it gives to local authorities meaning that the support councils provide for those most at need is stretched to breaking point.
More older people are living with long term conditions and need some amount of support, but with social care services facing unprecedented funding cuts since 2010 and social care services facing a £2.3 billion funding gap by 2020, this is becoming increasingly difficult which may result in older people being readmitted to hospital.
The Governments response was an announcement that could see council tax rise up to £107 a year across Britain. But even then, the impact of almost eight years of cuts means that the money raised from this move will not even come close to addressing the funding gap facing our public services.
Independent research from the House of Commons has shown that the move will raise roughly £200 million next year – hardly touching the £2 billion shortfall. This has left thousands of people facing the prospect of incurring catastrophic costs for their care.
Sadly, Tameside has not been immune to these cuts and will have lost close to £200 million of Government funding by end of the next two years. That is unsustainable and has only happened because of the votes of Tory and Liberal Democrat MPs in the Commons from 2010-15.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the National Audit Office have for some time reported that deprived areas are suffering most from the harshest Government cuts to councils with the top 10 most deprived councils in England set to see cuts higher than the national average, with nine on course for cuts more than three times higher the national average.
Labour choose to take a different approach to this Government as we wish to act for the many in our communities. We will ensure that local government has a sustainable approach to funding, based on the cost of current and future services for our neighbourhoods, and not on an ideological desire to cut year-on-year.
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stretched elongated wrinkled form.
Youth’s beauty fades to distorted hound-dog faces.
Eventually we return to the ground as water evaporates to dust.
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Roads, ports and airports will be exceptionally busy this weekend as millions of people embark on a summer getaway.
Some 2.5 million British holidaymakers will head overseas this weekend with Mediterranean hotspots proving popular, travel trade organisation Abta reported.
Spain is the most in demand location while bookings are up for trips to Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia.
Airports in the South East are expecting a busy weekend with over half a million passengers departing from Heathrow, 250,000 from Gatwick, 148,000 from Stansted and 88,000 from Luton.
Elsewhere, there will be 160,000 people flying from Manchester and 67,500 from Birmingham.
Icelandic landscape photographer Páll Jökull has recently been on hand to offer advice on how to get the best aerial shots of a country's scenery - right from your airplane seat.
Check his five top tips for capturing views from the skies from your window seat, whether using your smartphone or a camera, courtesy of the Mirror:
1. Play with colours
Use light and shadows to add depth to your photo. Clouds can make an interesting pattern on the ground. In Iceland, the contrasts of a snow-covered landscape against rivers or lakes can make a good shot, as can black sand beaches or a rocky coastline against the surf and the waves of the blue Atlantic.
2. The rule of thirds
Carefully balance the space between the sky and the ground - 1/3 sky versus 2/3 ground works well. When you are in the air and can only see the sky and/or clouds, you can use the wing and engine as a prominent part of the photo.
3. Wing it
Including part of the aircraft wing in the shot can make the landscape really stand out. The window of the aircraft also nicely frames the landscape. When you are photographing the landscape below, the wing will automatically point diagonally upwards in the photo, creating a connection between the plane and the ground.
4. Sun awareness
When taking a photo of a sunset/sunrise from the plane you should use aperture priority or manual to get the best results. If it’s getting dark then adjust your ISO setting to 800-1200. In Iceland, the ‘golden hour’ before and after sunset or sunrise can be rather long, especially in the winter because of the low angle of the sun, providing up to two hours of beautiful golden, pink, red and purple until the dark blue of the night takes over.
5. Glaring errors
To reduce glare on your picture from the window of the plane, hold the camera lens close to the window or even cover it with your other hand so the reflection does not reach into the lens.
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What you do in routine daily tasks from the moment you wake up and open your eyes, you carry out a lot of simple and complex activities that require using the visual system. For some complex are situations in which you must remember something from the past such as the name of an old friend whom you have not seen for a long time, etc., After your 30s, your ability to process information usually declines. So does your capacity to remember things. Maybe there’s some truth to the old saying that “the first thing to go is your memory.” Your brain also becomes more “set” as you age, particularly after age 70, making it harder to produce novel ideas. If all of this seems depressing, keep in mind that for a healthy adult, these changes are small on average.
There is an upside to aging, however, when it comes to your brain. Older people get better and better at a variety of tasks that psychologists lump into a category called crystallized intelligence. Crystallized intelligence refers to the accumulation of knowledge, skills, and abilities that have been practiced again and again. Your vocabulary resists decline and continues to improve at least through middle age. Other well-practiced skills such as arithmetic improve through middle age as well and are also unlikely to decline as you grow older.
Psychologists once assumed that after a certain age, our personalities are more or less fixed in place. But more recent research is turning that old idea on its head, showing that people tend to become more conscientious and agreeable over time.
The study, which observed data from over 130,000 adults ages 21-60, found that beginning in your 30s, you are likely to become more conscientious as you age. Conscientiousness in this case is associated with becoming more disciplined and organized. Similarly, people tend to become more agreeable—that is, more generous, warm, and helpful—as they enter their twilight years.
Think the flames of desire dampen as you age? Studies show the opposite is true. As people’s attitudes toward sex have relaxed over the course of the last century, reports of sexual satisfaction among seniors have increased. Back in the 1970s, only four 70-year-old women out of 10 said they had high sexual satisfaction and only 58% of men at age 70. More recently six women in 10 and 7 men in 10 say they have highly satisfying sex lives at 70. That’s true for adults in their 80s as well, with half reporting sexual satisfaction “always” or “almost always.” Why the change? Partly it’s that more permissive attitudes contribute more freedom and sexual confidence. Also, older people are living more comfortably thanks to advances in modern medicine. Erectile dysfunction has medical cures, and seniors are more likely than ever to seek medical treatment for all the aches and pains of daily life.
The way you taste your food can change as you age. Why? It could be medications. Another culprit is illness. Respiratory diseases, allergies, and gum disease can affect your sense of taste and that other sense so crucial to the way food tastes—smell. So as the way food tastes changes for you, you may find yourself changing your diet accordingly.
This can be good news if you choose to flavor your food with more herbs and spices. But it could also be a problem if you find yourself reaching for the salt shaker time after time. High sodium has been linked with a greater risk of cardiovascular problems, so finding healthier ways to intensify the flavors you enjoy could improve your health.
Aging means finding hair in new places around your body. This happens to both men and women, but it impacts both genders differently. This is because the changes are largely affected by hormones.
For men, nose and ear hair start to become more sensitive to testosterone. These follicles are already there, but testosterone causes these hairs to become longer and coarser, while they may have been more or less invisible before, at a certain age you will likely find them standing out in ways they never had before. To the disappointment of many men, the same isn’t true of the hair on the scalp, which tends to get smaller and grow less frequently, which explains male pattern baldness.
Hormonal changes in women can sometimes lead to a growth in facial hair. As women near menopause, their bodies produce less estrogen. That means testosterone holds greater sway. And it’s this new balance of hormones that can cause the hair on your face to grow coarser and darker.
If you never thought of yourself as a morning person, that could change as you grow older. Older adults typically find their sleep habits change in several ways, and one of these is a tendency to rise earlier.
As you age, you may sleep the same number of hours, or see that time slightly decrease. But you may also spend more time in bed, as seniors tend to have more trouble falling asleep and may wake up more often in the middle of the night—three to four times a night on average. You also dreamless as you age, as less of your sleep time is devoted to REM sleep. The combination of these factors could make you feel like you’ve had less sleep, even if your total sleep time hasn’t changed.
Normal sleep changes in aging :
As stated above the rates of normal sleep changes in aging. Chronic pain can intensify the tendency to sleep lighter and wake up more frequently. Medications can keep you up at night, too. Problems can also come from depression (which is more common in seniors), frequent urination, and various diseases such as heart failure. As older people tend to be less active, this can affect sleep too—exercise helps when it comes to getting a full night’s sleep.
How older deal with Sleep Problems?
Sleep problems are frustrating at any age, but even if you’re an older adult there are ways to relieve many of these problems. Here are some tips: Do not nap. Keep a regular sleep schedule, and avoid deviations. When you find you can’t sleep, get out of bed and find a quiet activity to keep you occupied until you feel more tired. Reserve bedtime for sleep and sex. Cut caffeine and other stimulants from your afternoons. Don’t eat too big a meal before bed, which can make it harder to sleep.Get some exercise earlier in the day. If you’re not sure how to put together a workout routine, discuss the matter with your GP. Many people who are frustrated by sleep problems will turn to sleep pills. While these can occasionally offer some of the rest you need, avoid relying on them. Sleeping pills can be habit-forming, and they can make sleep problems worse if they aren’t used properly.
Do you suffer from migraines? These distracting and typically painful headaches can ruin a good day. But there’s a bright spot for migraine-sufferers after their 60s—you may be one of the lucky ones who experience fewer headaches with age. One study found that older, migraines are less frequent, less intense, and less likely to induce nausea and vomiting. For some, they seem to disappear completely. It’s possible that the same number of seniors still get migraines technically, but because those headaches are milder, they get diagnosed as tension headaches. While many migraine symptoms become less likely, some symptoms become more common as you age, such as dry mouth, paleness, and loss of appetite. | <urn:uuid:8e304ad5-729f-41df-bb28-c81044b13571> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://neurosman.com/2020/11/30/aging-and-the-information-process/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.967347 | 1,556 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Lessons from Italy
It’s been enormously interesting watching educators based in international schools leap into action with distance, online teaching and learning this week in Italy in response to school closures. There has been great collaboration and the sharing of advice and resources on Twitter, with the growing interest and needs of colleagues in other countries opening up excellent discussions about how to approach this problem. These schools are, by their nature, well-resourced and have a narrower, wealthier socio-economic profile to their student body in relation to the state sector, as you’d expect. Their rapid response to school closures has drawn interest from the media and it is good to see their use of technology and imaginative teaching highlighted and shared as exemplary.
In Italian state schools, the use of digital means to continue learning is patchy, much as it would be in the UK or elsewhere. This has more to do with scarce resources rather than a lack of teacher skill or knowledge, although years of low funding for digital learning and equipment obviously has its own impact. INDIRE, the Italian government body that looks after teacher professional development, has been running daily webinars and distributing dedicated online resources, many of which have been generated from lead schools in a national project researching effective digital learning. In its crisis preparations, the government had already put in place deals with online platform providers so that schools could access their resources for free if schools closed.
There are lots of news items showing Italian teachers video-conferencing lessons to keep in contact with their students, while everyone tries hard not to lose the power of those classroom relationships. My conversations with Italian teachers and parents this week paint a picture of distance learning mainly taking place through tasks being emailed or sent by text to students and their parents. Learners provide their own textbooks in the state sector here and course books are the norm, so these resources are more universally available to them, unlike devices or internet access.
At the moment, some regions will have had schools closed for nearly 2 months by the time we get to the current opening date of early April. For some international schools who have scheduled Easter holidays at that time, the return to classes will be a couple of weeks later than that. With the entire country in lockdown now, children will have not only missed the day to day routine and contact of school, but also opportunities to socialise, take part in group activities or get together with family and friends. The social media tagline of #iorestoacasa, ‘I stay at home’, is the summary of the collective effort to ‘flatten the curve’ of the virus spreading. It’s being taken very seriously. Italy has an ageing population who have been most affected by the virus and even the President cited the need to protect the nation’s beloved grandparents from unnecessary contagion.
All of this has been experienced by me partly as an inquisitive educator and recent senior leader who happens to have relocated to Italy at this interesting time, but largely as a parent of a child whose school has closed. I think that there are some observations that might be useful to consider for anyone planning for school closures elsewhere.
· Children of any age learning remotely relies somewhat on the supervision of an adult, to a greater or lesser extent, dependent on how old they are. Not all will have parents who will be able to be at home to guide them and help them keep on task. Also, if parents are able to work remotely, they will have pressures and expectations on them for their output (including teacher parents) and might not be able to give much or all their time to supporting their children’s learning. So, when designing distance learning solutions, it’s worth thinking about how independent you realistically expect your learners to be and how you maintain equity for those who won’t have adult support or supervision or who usually get additional support in class.
· The obvious... Not all children have laptops, devices or internet access available to them at home. They might have siblings who also need these and who might take priority because of age or exam preparation. Not all children have spaces to study at home and they might be trying to learn in a full household of people who don’t normally spend that much time together and are finding that stressful. Not all children have a supply of stationery at home and it might not be an affordable unforeseen purchase. Not all children have somewhere to go and play, let off steam or get some fresh air where they live, nor might they have books, sports equipment or board games to ‘take a break’ with. You will know your community and its families. You will know what is possible and how accessible you want the learning experience to be so that nobody is disadvantaged or feels it more acutely.
· Learners are losing the social time that comes from travelling to and from school, having breaks with their friends and just being children in a school’s social setting. All those minutes add up to hours of enriching human contact and relationships every day, beyond their home setting. While it is admirable to provide a full school day of learning, the reality is that normally that time is split up by all of those things and even lesson or class transitions. We refer so much to effective learning and how we load it, let’s not forget that there is a limit to how long children are going to learn with any lasting impact if they are overloaded in our efforts for them not to ‘miss out’ or prove how great we are at providing distance learning.
· If you are using it to provide some or all remote teaching and learning, there is an endless amount of technology out there, some of it incredibly intuitive, some of it harder to get to grips with and some of it just a bit too ‘out there’ for some people, both teachers and learners. It’s worth checking and asking ourselves if the time invested in using the technology actually enhances the experience and my perennial investment question, is it making any notable impact on a child’s learning or providing any efficiency for the teachers? It’s easy to get caught up in our own inner-geek and lose sight of what is actually worthwhile.
· I know that many in the UK are already asking questions of the DfE about what will happen for children on free school meals if schools close and of course there are similar concerns about children we are involved in safeguarding or assisting with any number of complexities in their lives. The answer to this is not entirely in our gift and there are no easy solutions to report from Italy other than keeping lines of communication open for learners, parents, carers and communities is vital. Even with no personnel now allowed in school buildings, the government here requires phone calls, emails and texts to be diverted to staff working remotely, who still carry the same responsibilities for liaising with the necessary bodies if they have any concerns about a child or their family.
· Finally, clear, concise, timely and compassionate communication from school is incredibly important when you are a parent wondering how in the world you are going to manage children, work, life ‘stuff’ and a rampant virus. Knowing that the school is offering to listen and support as it usually does, that there is someone who will try to help you navigate it all or have a motivating chat with your reluctant home learner, these make a huge difference. This also goes for giving notice of any changes to plans or even to manage expectations of when things are likely to happen.
There are already positives arising from this situation in Italy. There is a sense of collective effort, of working as communities, of looking out for each other, following a set of common rules for everyone’s benefit and showing care and kindness to others. Sounds like almost every set of school values I’ve ever seen displayed. Good luck everyone, however this affects you, your colleagues and your learners. You'll know what to do. | <urn:uuid:197ba84c-8b70-4a74-941b-3f403cf8d1e2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://aconstanteducation.blogspot.com/2020/03/lessons-from-italy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.975583 | 1,630 | 2.015625 | 2 |
As a long haul speculation, real estate is hard to beat. The vast majority thinks about private real estate contributing, purchase a house or unit and leases it out. Many individuals imagine that commercial real estate contributing is for experts with heaps of cash. Obviously it enables a ton on the off chance that you to have a lot of cash or in the event that you have been managing commercial real estate for a long time. However, it is a long way from incomprehensible for learners with constrained cash to begin in commercial real estate. Commercial property covers a wide scope of structures; the most well-known sorts are retail, lodgings, high rises, distribution centers, mechanical structures and places of business. The cash required to purchase commercial property begins from only two or three thousand dollars for a little shop in a poor area up to several millions, or more, for enormous structures in prime areas.
Many individuals believe that they will always be unable to obtain the cash expected to finalize a commercial negotiations. Be that as it may, this is only from time to time an issue. In commercial real estate, loaning depends on the arrangement. On the off chance that the arrangement is acceptable, it is commonly not an issue to get the cash expected to settle the negotiations. On the off chance that the arrangement is not acceptable, you will experience difficulty finding the cash yet this is not really an issue.
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A few people working in real estate attempt to relocate several properties, and others are trying to move just one. Wherever you are in the real estate market it is essential to sell your property and earn some cash. This article will show you how you can make use of the right information to make an income when you sell your properties in 7 Wonders City Islamabad.
Making small adjustments to your windows or doors can aid in selling your house quicker. These are the first things buyers will see when they come to your home. Cleansing them while giving them new appearance will make your house appear fresher. Think about painting, replacing with curtains or even putting them on your windows.
When you sell your house employ your own agent. The agent represents the buyer not you, consequently, they will have conflicts of interest in helping you sell your house. The cost of employing an agent on your own is offset by the profit you’ll realize in the final negotiations for the selling price.
To maximize your investment in real estate, start by finding the best agent for you. Agents who work full-time in the business will have access to more contacts you’ll require than someone who works part-time in the business. They’ll know more about the latest trends in the market and will also be aware of the latest trends in the market.
If you are pricing your home to sell, be aware that it’s the responsibility of you to decide on the price that you want to sell it for and not the realtor. You must own the price to feel confident about it. The agent’s job is to provide suggestions and suggestions of the best changes to make when the house doesn’t sell.
The price you set for the property you intend to put up for sale is the most important aspect of making a fast sale. If the price you are asking for is not high enough and you don’t get the best profit likely to be earned. If you set the price too high, you’ll make buyers nervous about ever looking at your home.
The landlord should be screened by their tenants. Verify the credit of your tenant and request references and conduct a background search. This will let you get to know the people living in your homes and will give you an indication of their credibility. The decision to not conduct a background check may help you save some time but over the long term, it will be more expensive than the time savings are worth.
If your neighbor is in foreclosure, this can affect its value on your home If you don’t intervene. The properties that are foreclosed tend to deteriorate with time and this look lowers the value of your home. Meet with neighbors and create an agenda to keep up with and tidy the properties that have been foreclosed. It’s a good idea to improve the appearance and feel of the property, and aid in keeping the neighborhood’s value good.
To earn money from flipping real estate, you have to find a solid home that doesn’t require cosmetic improvements. While you don’t have to put a lot of budgets in major system repair You can gain more value by refreshing and updating the appearance of a house and appeal to buyers who don’t have the confidence to undertake these kinds of repairs.
Think about the advantages of hiring the services of a real estate agent. Today, more and more people are looking to cut costs by selling their homes without a realtor. It is best when you are aware of what you’re doing. A professional realtor will determine the right price for your home knowing exactly the best places to advertise and take potential prospective buyers on a tour around your house. Be aware that any expenses incurred are within the commission of the agent. In the average, a homeowner who uses an agent will receive an additional 16% in their house.
Do not offer the full amount for a house in the event of an agreement to short sell. Most of the time , the seller is willing to negotiate, so making every penny they want only serves to make you take a larger amount than the seller would pay.
If you’re planning to sell your home, if you’re expecting buyers who are visiting your house, you should not have loud items, like radio and TV, on. The buyers are there to look at your house not watch TV or play music alongside your. It is important to be polite towards prospective buyers and allow them to focus on the property. Be sure to lower the volume.
When undertaking large-scale renovations homeowners are likely to find the master bedroom in the upper floor their home. This is not in line with house-building traditions, but it’s becoming more popular in the current real market. The ground-level master suites are simpler for elderly homeowners to utilize and could significantly increase the value of a home.
Make sure you clear out clutter from your closets as you’re preparing your house to sell. This will help your closet appear larger and spacious. In reality, storage space is a major selling factor for any home. Potential buyers will likely open your closets to check the amount of room for their belongings.
Find a real estate agent who is knowledgeable about marketing and market your home efficiently. A professional real estate agent will make a significant difference to the amount you pay. It also depends on how long the house is on the market. Request referrals from family as well as neighbors, and be sure to ask for references.
If a house you’ve been trying to sell has not sold. It may be time to reconsider the price of the home. If your home isn’t selling, it might not be worth the value you believe. It could mean you spend lots of energy and time.
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An international model for geriatrics program development in China: the Johns Hopkins-Peking Union Medical College experience.
China has the world's largest and most rapidly growing older adult population. Recent dramatic socioeconomic changes, including a large number of migrating workers leaving their elderly parents and grandparents behind and the 4:2:1 family structure caused by the one-child policy, have greatly compromised the traditional Chinese family support for older adults. These demographic and socioeconomic factors, the improved living standards, and the quest for higher quality of life are creating human economic pressures. The plight of senior citizens is leading to an unprecedented need for geriatrics expertise in China. To begin to address this need, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHU) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) have developed a joint international project aimed at establishing a leadership program at the PUMC Hospital that will promote quality geriatrics care, education, and aging research for China. Important components of this initiative include geriatrics competency training for PUMC physicians and nurses in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at JHU, establishing a geriatrics demonstration ward at the PUMC Hospital, faculty exchange between JHU and PUMC, and on-site consultation by JHU geriatrics faculty. This article describes the context and history of this ongoing collaboration and important components, progress, challenges, and future prospects, focusing on the JHU experience. Specific and practical recommendations are made for those who plan such international joint ventures. With such unique experiences, it is hoped that this will serve as a useful model for international geriatrics program development for colleagues in the United States and abroad.
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I really didn’t want to go to hell.
I suspect my peers felt the same way. Those of us who grew up in the post-Jesus Movement and late evangelistic crusade era of American evangelicalism knew that we were sinners, and knew that, as a result, we deserved to go to hell. The altar calls and Judgment House productions made that clear.
So, the proposition before me was simple. Pray the sinner’s prayer, or go to hell. If I prayed that prayer, God would meet a massive need for me. I would be forgiven. Because Jesus had taken my place on the cross, my sins wouldn’t be counted against me. I needed that. I needed God. And I appreciatively took him up on his offer.
Did I love God? Did this glad acceptance of the offer of forgiveness through Christ equate to love? In a sense, it did—the kind of love C.S. Lewis calls “Need-love.” “Need-love,” wrote Lewis, “cries to God from our poverty.” (The Four Loves, 21) This is not altogether a bad or weak or inauthentic kind of love, for, as Lewis further notes, “our whole being by its very nature is one vast need.” (Ibid., 4) A great part of our love for God, then, must always be Need-love, a kind of love that says “I love you because you can do something for me.”
But Need-love is not the only kind of love for God. Indeed, after my conversion to Christianity I became more and more familiar with another kind of love. As elementary school turned to junior high, and junior high to high school, I heard more and more about a new kind of love for God—what Lewis calls “Gift-love.” Here, I was called not to ask what my God can do for me, but what I can do for my God. “What big things are you going to do for God?” we were asked at my evangelical school chapels. This kind of love, Lewis wrote, “longs to serve, or even to suffer for, God.” (Ibid., 21)
Again, this is not a bad thing. I suspect that every person who has truly been changed by the grace of God in Christ responds with gratitude. And how is that gratitude shown? In large part by obedience! “If you love me, you will keep my commands,” Jesus said. (John 14:15, CSB) It’s good to respond to God’s love by wanting to do something for him, to live your life for him.
Need-love and Gift-love were the marrow of the Christianity of my youth, and these two things are a part of the love of God. But the love of God is not complete with these two. In fact, there are subtle lies often smuggled in by these two kinds of love, lies that can distort one’s entire view of God, self, and the Christian life.
The lie of Need-love is that God is a means to an end, rather than an end in himself. We’re faced with a deficit in ourselves. We have a great, eternal need. That need can be met. And once met, then what? It might seem we no longer need the One who met the need. God has been a means to the end of forgiveness. This is a utilitarian Christianity, and it explains why so many can pray a sinner’s prayer, be baptized, and never again darken the door of a church or crack open a Bible.
The lie of Gift-love is that God is weak and is himself in a position of Need-love toward us. When we begin to talk of doing great things for God, we can subtly imply that without our great feats, he will be unable to accomplish his mission. That if not for us, he might be in dire straits, and how lucky he should feel to have such a great evangelist, preacher, servant, missionary, neighbor, mom, or dad like me in his army. But what does God need? God needs nothing. He is not served by human hands. His invitation to give our lives to his mission is just that—an invitation. Who really gains from our service to God? Is it him, or is it us? His position is not changed by our participation in his mission; ours is. It is we who become more like Jesus, who become more infatuated with God, who grow in our neighbor love, whose hearts become more aligned to his Kingdom as we participate in his mission. God does not need us.
These two subtle lies can be avoided with the introduction of a third kind of love for God, a love that I so unfortunately did not have and was not taught in my youth: what Lewis called Appreciative love. “Appreciative love says: ‘We give thanks to thee for thy great glory.’ . . . (It) gazes and holds its breath and is silent, rejoices that such a wonder should exist even if not for him.” (Ibid., 21-22) Appreciative love, in other words, is to worship God for Godself. It is to be granted by the Holy Spirit the wonder and mystery of just a glimpse of God’s glory and to say yes, praise you, it is good that you are, even if nothing else is.
Appreciative love reforms Need-love so that we no longer treat God as a means to an end, but as the end itself. We learn that in forgiving us, God isn’t giving us a get-out-of-hell-free card; he is giving us himself. Likewise, we learn that he doesn’t need anything from us, but rather invites us to participate in his life and his mission, such that to lay down our lives for him is to experience more of him, to actually receive.
Understanding and pursuing Appreciative love has changed everything for me, because it has made my Christianity not about me, but about God. Sadly, much of the evangelical Christianity of my youth, and of today, is not about God; it is about people. It makes God a means to some other end—my forgiveness or my prosperity or my nation or my happiness or my health—or it makes God a weak and needy beggar who can’t accomplish his purposes in the world because people are holding him back. But that is not who God is. Rather, the God who is says,
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. Where could you possibly build a house for me? And where would my resting place be? My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will look favorably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at my word.Isaiah 66:2, CSB
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The role of US aerial reconnaissance in exposing and countering the Communist missile ploy in Cuba has received due recognition. Little noticed, however, has been the relation between the Cuban activity and the total free-world intelligence problem.
The most serious imbalance in the confrontation between the Communist nations and the free world has resulted from the cloak of secrecy which shrouds the Soviet bloc. Today accelerating progress in improved performance of reconnaissance equipment raises hope that this imbalance can be overcome on a unilateral basis, if necessary, and that a new era of more nearly balanced intelligence is coming.
Several years ago, Jimmy Doolittle was asked just how he would bolster US defenses if he were Secretary of Defense and were suddenly given $2 billion extra to spend as he pleased. He answered, “I’d spend it all on intelligence.”
This year Lt. Gen. James Ferguson, USAF Deputy Chief of Staff/Research and Development, told a congressional committee, “First, there is a marked imbalance between the Soviet bloc and the free world relating to intelligence activities. I need not labor this point with this committee.”
A lopsided information imbalance is a fundamental handicap which must be accepted by an “open society” that is determined to remain “open” during a struggle with a “closed society.” But there is also a definite limit to the intelligence handicap that any nation can accept with equanimity.
For at least ten years knowledgeable US political and military leaders have been aware of the dangers of unwarranted fears, military miscalculation, and improvident action which go hand and hand with poor intelligence. Since the Korean War the US has tried many avenues to pierce the screen of Soviet secrecy and to move the information situation toward a manageable balance.
Diplomatic efforts, such as President Eisenhower’s “open skies” proposal, have thus far proved totally unsuccessful. As a consequence it has been necessary to resort to more clandestine methods. Events have conspired to expose some of these methods to public view and detailed public discussion. Operations over the Soviet Union with the U-2 airplane was the most dramatic revelation to date. But there have also been the stories of the downing of the RB-47 surveillance aircraft near Russian territory in the Barents Sea; high-powered radar on Turkish peaks; advanced equipment in the US which can “observe” the Asian land-mass by bouncing signals off the moon. Most recently there has been the disclosure through aerial photography of the Communist missile bases in Cuba.
All such surveillance operations have one thing in common. They depend almost entirely upon equipment which has been developed in recent years. Both photographic and electronic surveillance equipment today is far advanced over that of twenty years ago. The unclassified technical literature clearly indicates that the current revolution in technology (see AIR FORCE, September ’62, page 110) is causing some especially spectacular progress in surveillance systems. There doesn’t appear to be any slacking off in this revolution. Much more progress is predicted in the next decade than the last.
Fortunately, virtually all of the experts agree that this is one technical area in which the US has no close rivals. Admittedly spurred by necessity, the nation has stayed well ahead of all competitors for many years. On occasion the Soviets have given substantiating testimony to this opinion. For instance, when Premier Khrushchev attended the US exhibit in Moscow shortly after the launching of Sputnik I, he made the following comment when he passed some high-altitude photographs of the American Midwest. Mixing some propaganda with an admission, he said, “Americans have the secrets of photography and we have all of secrets of rockets. We should exchange.” Despite such statements in 1957, the Soviets appear not to have understood what photography and first-class surveillance operations could accomplish in 1962 when the Cuban missile build-up was ordered, or they didn’t care.
Current progress and the prospect that much better equipment can be available in the near future has raised the possibility that the US could obtain in the decade ahead a completely new insurance policy for peace—a satellite system.
If we press our advantage, there is also hope that the Russian passion for secrecy may abate in the face of reality. With or without Soviet consent it is technically possible that activities within the Soviet Union will be much better known, at least to the US government, during the next ten years than they have been in the past ten. Such knowledge will have a controlling effect on our defense budgets, our economy, foreign policy, and the attitudes of our people.
Five considerations point toward the use of satellite reconnaissance systems:
• First, there is little doubt that dozens of US space vehicles will be in orbit near the earth from now on. Any Soviet attempt to stop this traffic would require the highest sort of policy decision and could lead only to the most serious confrontation.
• Second, such space vehicles can be equipped with extremely powerful and useful surveillance gear. There is every reason to believe they could be as effective if not more effective, than aircraft have been in the past. For instance, Soviet literature has discussed the possibility of satellite cameras which could distinguish objects on the ground only sixteen inches in diameter from an altitude of 1,000 miles, even though this kind of result is still a dream in terms of the current state of the art.
• Third, US recognition of the need to maintain healthy balance in intelligence news has been clearly demonstrated. The two most recent Administrations have exploited aerial surveillance to this end.
• Fourth, recent information indicates that some major elements of US policy during the past ten years were safety-first measures pursued on the basis of inadequate information. The latest “informed reports” in the press indicate that the US is now well ahead of the Soviet Union in the production and deployment of long-range ballistic missiles. The Kennedy Administration now says that the “missile gap,” a major point of contention in the last presidential campaign, never really existed. The same is said to be true for the “bomber gap” of the middle 1950s. The possible “overbuilding” of the US forces to meet inadequately defined threats is believed to work to the detriment of the USSR in the opinion of many Soviet experts.
• Fifth, as a result of the Cuban crisis the President’s commitment to overt surveillance of a foreign power as a part of our national policy places new emphasis on the need for complete intelligence information. Hopefully, this commitment could be a precursor of a much-needed national policy of worldwide intelligence as a step in closing the information gap. Photographic reconnaissance provides the most understandable and communicable form of intelligence. It provides a channel of communication not only to our national leaders and to our people, but to the United Nations and to the peoples of the world.
The exact nature of the new surveillance equipment understandably is a matter of close security, and the details are for experts in any case. However, a grossly accurate picture of meaning to laymen can be constructed from unclassified technical papers of recent years.
The first big point is that, contrary to some reports, aerial photography is not .going to be replaced by electronic devices in the foreseeable future. Despite the rapid improvements being made in the performance of electronic equipment, photography, radar, and infrared reconnaissance systems still hold the same relative positions and have the same fundamental relative advantages and disadvantages they did ten years or so ago. Photography can still crowd much more information into a given area of film and produce the most detailed record of any activity. The primary value of radar is that it can function in absolute darkness and through clouds. Infrared will operate at night and can locate heat sources. Consequently, these basic systems are complementary rather than competitive in most surveillance operations and, barring any completely unforeseen technical breakthrough, they will undoubtedly remain so.
Gross evaluations of the relative performance of the basic systems are usually made by comparing their ground resolutions, which corresponds to the smallest objects they are able to distinguish on the ground from a given altitude. Exact comparisons are not simple because no single factor can tell the complete story of how any system will perform under specific conditions.
The ground resolution of modern camera systems is in the neighborhood of five feet or less from altitudes of 200 to 250 miles. Coherent radar will only distinguish objects in the range of thirty-five to fifty feet across from the same altitude, while infrared is limited to objects more than sixty feet on a side.
Another factor of importance is simply called the resolution. This is the number of lines in a given area on a picture. The closer the lines are together the more detail will be visible. Any object larger than the width of one line and one space will be discernible on a picture regardless of how it was made. Significant details I appear on objects that cover several lines and spaces. In this department, the technical literature shows that photography can provide eighty to 100 lines per millimeter today and that the immediate development goal is 200 to 300 lines per millimeter. Radar can deliver only five to ten lines per millimeter, and infrared less than five lines.
The camera performance quoted above is a little short of miraculous, for in World War II the average aerial photo had twenty to thirty lines per millimeter. This was about double the ten- to twelve-line photographic resolution in World War I, which was in the same class with good radar systems today.
This enormous progress in photography has one thing in common with many other rapid technical advances—it was hard to sell, at least in its early phases. Apparently people simply did not believe that pictures taken from orbiting satellites could ever show enough detail to be of value in surveillance. A clear indication of this selling difficulty is contained in the RAND Paper P-1707 by Amron Katz, entitled “Observation Satellites: Problems, Possibilities and Prospects,” dated May 25, 1959. This paper stated, “Photointerpreters active during World War II have been known to exhibit shock and incredulity at (and therefore to dismiss) the notion that photographs taken from altitudes of hundreds of miles might ever be useful.” This skepticism becomes more understandable when we realize that it is only recently that operational altitudes of more than twenty miles or so became possible.
The advances in photography are not based on any fundamentally new techniques or inventions. They have been brought about by a concentrated effort on improving the basic elements in a camera—the lens, the film, and the shutter. Katz, in the classic RAND report mentioned above, explains the basic considerations of satellite photography in a manner that any layman can understand and enjoy, and he also stresses three fundamental rules for practical aerial camera design which were applicable during World War II and which have not lost any of their importance.
Rule One: There is no substitute for focal length. As the film is moved back from the lens, the scale factor is decreased, i.e., one inch on the photograph represents a shorter distance on the ground. When using a film and lens system of given resolution (lines per mm.), the ground resolution (smallest object that can be seen) of the photograph is greatly improved by increasing the focal length and lowering the scale factor.
This rule is popularly known as Goddard’s Law, after Brig. Gen. George Goddard, who more than any other man molded the Air Force photo-reconnaissance effort in its first thirty years, from 1920 to 1950. General Goddard, who is still active as Assistant to the President of the Itek Corporation, was mainly responsible for the development of huge, long-focal-length lenses that were so valuable during World War II and have become a US trademark since.
Rule Two: There is no substitute for shutter speed. All aerial cameras must be equipped with some mechanism to compensate for the motion of the camera platform relative to the ground. Accurate image motion compensation is vital or the pictures will be blurred. The use of very fast shutter speeds is the best means of keeping this motion-compensation problem manageable.
Rule Three: Make it as big as you can. Katz says that this rule applies to long-distance photographic equipment just as it does to boxers or football players. There is no premium in miniaturizing.
These three simple rules point the general course of photographic development, and one equally simple example illustrates roughly what the progress has been. In the 1950s a flyable camera with a twenty-foot focal length had been developed for the Air Force. This means that at an altitude of 150 miles, the camera’s scale factor will be about 40,000 to one. That is, one inch on the photograph will show 40,000 inches or .625 miles on the ground. The ground resolution is equal to the scale factor divided by 300 times the resolution of the lens and films. If this lens-film resolution were 100 lines per mm., such a camera theoretically would be able to distinguish objects on the ground about sixteen inches in diameter from an altitude of 150 miles. Other factors well known to astronomers, such as atmospheric disturbances, would undoubtedly compromise this performance, but it would still be extraordinary.
Looking a considerable distance into the future, experts don’t blink at predictions that focal lengths of eighty feet will some day be achieved. When film-lens resolution reaches 300 lines per mm., an eighty-foot-focal-length camera theoretically could see a sixteen-inch device on the ground from more than 1,500 miles, altitude. That is, it could show the manhole covers on Broadway, the trash barrels in the alleys, and the bases in Yankee Stadium. From an altitude of 150 miles this camera would be able to distinguish objects less than two inches in diameter, and photo interpreters would be able to count golf balls on a green.
Many other design compromises are necessary because even though the camera is vital, it is only one small element in the systems needed for successful aerial-reconnaissance operations. Usually such operations must be conducted on a large scale. Allowable processing times are short, and large quantities of information must be scanned and interpreted. A great deal of special equipment is needed both in the air and on the ground to speed these processes. Cameras of special design are required to take photographs at all flight speeds, at low and high altitude, and under adverse lighting conditions.
During the 1920s and 1930s a firm foundation was laid in the US in this end of the business. Gen. Billy Mitchell set a precedent and began the building process in 1920 when he assigned Lt. George Goddard as the first Chief Photo Officer on the Air Corps staff. He also set up eighteen operational photo-reconnaissance sections and spread them out in the US, Panama, Hawaii, and the Philippines. Goddard’s assignment was to back them up by establishing a training school at Chanute Field and an R&D unit at Wright Field, Ohio.
In a most unusual move, the Army allowed Goddard to specialize in this technical field during his entire thirty-year career, and he eventually commanded units he was ordered to create. His long-term involvement in the problems of photo reconnaissance also put him in a position to make some unique contributions. He was instrumental in the following developments:
• Waterproof Paper. Atmospheric humidity had relatively little effect on this paper compared to other types in use during World War II. It required very little drying and was supplied in large quantities to the British, Russians, and other wartime allies to improve their reconnaissance operations.
• Quick Processing. The first airborne processing units which could deliver finished pictures instead of raw film, at the end of a reconnaissance flight. These units were also requested by the Allies early in WW II.
• Night Photography. Goddard received a patent on an almost foolproof device for synchronizing a camera shutter with the maximum lighting period of a magnesium flare dropped under the photo plane. This system has been used by the USAF for nearly thirty years and by all major air forces since World War II. In the late 1940s Goddard developed an improved system for fast, low-level, night photography in which the flares were replaced by magnesium cartridges fired to the rear of the aircraft.
• Continuous Strip Cameras. In this shutterless camera the film is pulled past a slit about .004 inch wide at the same speed that a low-flying airplane is moving over the ground. A simple unit, using two photocells, is mounted in the camera to monitor the aircraft’s speed and continuously adjust the film speed. This camera was used to great effect in low-level reconnaissance during the latter years of World War II. During a period of detached service with the Navy, Goddard was instrumental in the design of a stereoscopic strip camera which was able to determine the height of underwater reefs and beach obstacles to an accuracy as fine as two inches. With this equipment Navy reconnaissance units were able to provide data on shallow-water navigation and obstacle demolition that eliminated the offshore entrapment of landing craft that marred battles like Tarawa.
• Camouflage Detection Film. This special film makes natural chlorophylls show up in red. The first successful demonstration took place in 1938, but the film was used sparingly in World War II. In one of the most important operations, it revealed the large camouflage system over the German V-1 preparation area north of Arras, France, as a large blue fan. This complex had escaped detection during many weeks of conventional reconnaissance.
• First Long-Focal-Length Camera. Shortly after World War II, the R&D unit at Wright Field, under General Goddard’s direction, established the technical feasibility of long-focal-length cameras. The 100-inch focal-length K-30 camera, built by Hycon Manufacturing Company under contract to the Air Force, is still in the USAF inventory more than twelve years after it was delivered for test—eloquent proof of Goddard’s Law.
These developments are only a few examples of those necessary to make large-scale photo reconnaissance operations, of all types, possible during World War II. Many firms and many individuals participated in the development of lens, shutters, and motion-compensation and camera-stabilization equipment, to name a few of the key devices.
This type of work continues today on a much broader scale. Radar and infrared devices are far beyond their infant period of the 1940s. These sensors, plus much more efficient cameras mounted in just one modern very-high-altitude and very-long-range vehicle, can pour forth in a single day a torrent of information that could have been gathered only by a fleet of reconnaissance aircraft in 1942. The handling, processing, and interpretation of such information floods has become a limiting factor in practical operations. Highly trained people apparently are indispensable in this task for the foreseeable future, but they must be assisted by arrays of computers and automatic machines to make timely interpretations of the available information.
But progress today depends upon much more than improved solutions to the problem of high-volume, short-time interpretation. The list below gives a small indication of the extent of the current effort to improve the national capability for gathering and assimilating information.
• High Resolution Ground Mapping Satellite Radar. General Dynamics/Convair has shown theoretically that five radar-carrying satellites symmetrically spaced twelve miles apart can take pictures with a ground resolution of ten feet. This is at least three times the resolution believed possible with a single radar-mapping satellite. It also is superior to World War II mapping photography, which had a ground resolution of fifteen to twenty feet from 30,000 feet altitude.
• Photopolymerization Film. Technical Operations Inc. of Burlington, Mass., has an Air Force contract to develop a film that requires no development in the conventional sense. The picture would appear as the shutter is tripped and the film exposed, and then it would be “fixed” in the camera by a simple, nonfluid process.
• Panoramic Cameras. Until the 1950s it was necessary to use three cameras—one vertical and two aimed obliquely to the sides—to photograph a wide strip along the path of a reconnaissance airplane. In 1949 the first panoramic camera was flown, and it made the first horizon-to-horizon picture using a single lens. This long-focal-length lens was rotated across the line of flight to expose a long segment of film. In effect, it was a variation of the strip camera. Since then a number of improvements have been made, including a design in which a long-focal-length, high-resolution lens did not have to move. This innovation is credited to James C. Baker of Harvard Observatory who is considered by most aerial photographic experts and optical designers to be without a close rival in optical design. Perkin-Elmer Corp., Itek, and the Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation have been prominent in panoramic camera development. The first of these cameras was quite large and suitable only for the largest aircraft, but enough time has passed that this disadvantage probably has been overcome.
• Photographic Rectification. Unlike a vertical photograph, the panoramic photograph or any oblique photograph does not have a constant scale factor over the picture area. In the case of a panoramic camera, which sweeps from one horizon through vertical and on out to the other horizon to produce a single picture, one inch on the film represents a much greater distance on the ground at the horizon portion of the photograph than it does at the vertical portion. To remove this geometric distortion, printers are available to rectify panoramic photographs and make them as interpretable as those produced by conventional cameras. One of the latest is a self-contained, high-resolution, battlefield-type printer developed for the Army by Itek Corporation. Another such device, built by Hycon Manufacturing Company, employs a flying spot scanner and not only removes geometric distortion but at the same time prints out an enlargement of the panoramic photograph.
• Image Enhancement through Electronic Printing. Extreme lighting variations in aerial photographs was a severe problem until recent years. Much detail was lost in areas shaded by clouds, mountains, etc., and in areas of very bright sunlight. Now electronic processes provide automatic control over the printing process and bring out much of the detail that formerly was lost.
• Folded and Metal Optics. The idea of using several mirrors inside a telescope to “fold” a long focal length into a short space dates from the seventeenth century. However, new twists are still being found to make this idea more effective. One example is the Itek telescope shown on page 72, which is less than four feet long yet has a twenty-foot focal length. Another unique feature of this telescope is that it uses mirrors made of solid aluminum rather than glass. This change was instrumental in lowering the weight of this design to fifty pounds, which is several hundred pounds lighter than a similar telescope using glass optics. A further advantage claimed for the metal mirrors is very high dimensional and curvature stability over a very wide temperature range. Their thermal stability is said to be good enough to allow them to operate for long periods in orbit without adjustment, a feat that probably couldn’t be accomplished with glass optics.
Today there apparently is an abundance of new ideas for improving both high- and low-level reconnaissance. There is optimism that the over-all national capability will be increased substantially during the coming decade.
A number of new vehicles will become available and will make reconnaissance operations more effective. One already in the works is the reconnaissance version of the new USAF F-4C tactical fighter being built by McDonnell Aircraft. Others, still in the early stages of development but definitely on order, are the TFX-long-range tactical fighter to be built for USAF by General Dynamics/Fort Worth, and the North American RS-70 scheduled for prototype flying. Such aircraft operating at supersonic speeds and at both high and low altitudes will pose new problems of vibration, shock wave patterns, and heated turbulent air close to camera windows and electronic domes. These problems, while formidable, are solvable. Hycon Manufacturing Company and Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation are currently developing new high-performance cameras for the RF-4C, and even better systems can be expected for the later TFX and the RS-70.
In more advanced and difficult technical problems there is muted hope for success. One exciting possibility in this class is the development of equipment which could detect the movement of guerrilla forces over varied types of terrain, including jungle. To date jungle foliage has resisted all penetration by electro-magnetic and photographic systems, but there are glimmers of possible solutions. If such detection equipment ever became available, it would be of incalculable value in ending clandestine military operations and in helping to restore stability to large sections of our troubled globe.
In the strategic field, the new reconnaissance technology clearly offers the possibility in a few years of unlocking the major political and military secrets of the closed societies of the world. Yet, regardless of how much data is collected, one question probably will remain for years to plague the system and to dilute its effect on free-world policy. There will be concern in some minds that the reconnaissance systems can be fooled and become victims of an elaborate and potentially fatal deception.
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A lot of people are starting to ask about the security and privacy implications of the “Internet of Things”. Once there’s software in everything, what will go wrong? We’ve seen a botnet recruiting CCTV cameras, and a former Director of GCHQ recently told a parliamentary committee that it might be convenient if a suspect’s car could be infected with malware that would cause it to continually report its GPS position. (The new Investigatory Powers Bill will give the police and the spooks the power to hack any device they want.)
So here is the video of a talk I gave on The Internet of Bad Things to the Virus Bulletin conference. As the devices around us become smarter they will become less loyal, and it’s not just about malware (whether written by cops or by crooks). We can expect all sorts of novel business models, many of them exploitative, as well as some downright dishonesty: the recent Volkswagen scandal won’t be the last.
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When talking to bisexuality in 1990, it is not known to as many people as today, and only 3.1 percent revealed that they had bisexual romps. Things are totally different now. The Statistical data goes to 7.7 percent in 2014. The research also shows that the actual bisexual behavior has increased as well for both men and women.
Even for those celebrities, the data has increased. Back to 1990, only some of them are reported to be bisexual. while nowadays, more and more celebrities admit their bisexual to the public due to the slowing acceptance for LGBT communities and gender identities.
Regarding the attitudes towards same-sex relations in 1990, people who accept the same-sex is really a small group, which goes to 13 percentage.However, time is changing and such acceptance has risen to 63 percentage in 2014. That’s really big for bisexuals. With more and more acceptance for LGBT, as well as the increasing number of singles and couple who want the explore their sexuality, there will be more bisexual people in the following days.Bisexual Generation | <urn:uuid:21340cd6-9fc1-4f43-8b98-8d57669b83b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.bisexualdatingwebsites.us/bidatingsites/tag/meet-bisexual-women/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.978783 | 216 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Facebook built Haystack, an object storage system designed for storing photos on a large scale. The platform stores over 260 billion images which amounts to over 20 petabytes of data. One billion new photos are uploaded each week which is approx—60 terabytes of data. At peak, the platform serves over one million images per second.
Let’s understand the retired Facebook’s NAS (Network-attached storage) over NFS (Network file system) based photo storage architecture and the issues that triggered the need for the new object storage system (Haystack).
Retired NAS over NFS based photo storage architecture
Sequence of events:
The browser sends a request to the Facebook web server for a particular photo.
The web server constructs a url for the photo and directs the browser to a CDN. If it’s a cache hit, CDN returns the photo.
If not, CDN sends the request to the photo servers. The photo servers process the request containing the url. They mount all the volumes exported by these NAS appliances over NFS. They fetch the photo from the NAS storage over NFS (Network File System).
The photo is returned to the CDN. CDN caches the photo and forwards it to the browser.
Issue with this photo storage infrastructure
For each photo uploaded, Facebook generates and stores four images of different sizes. Photos and the associated metadata lookups in NAS caused excessive disk operations almost upto ten just for retrieving a single image.
The engineering team reduced the disk operations from ten to three by reducing the directory size of NFS volume from thousands of files per directory to hundreds.
Fetching a photo from the storage comprised of multiple steps:
- Filename is translated into an inode number. An inode is a unique identifier for a file. It stores the attributes (metadata) and the disk location of the file object. Just this step has multiple sub-steps.
- The inode is read from the disk.
- The file from the inode number is accessed.
If you need to understand inode, file handle and how network operations work in a distributed file system. This article on network file system discusses the concept in detail.
In the NAS system, reading the metadata from the disk was a bottleneck.
Most of the photo metadata went unread and consumed significant storage capacity. Also, the metadata was fetched from the disk into the main memory. For fetching photos at a scale of billions, this became a throughput bottleneck. This limited the number of reads that could be performed on a disk in a stipulated time.
What about using a CDN for serving photos?
Two issues with this:
Storing so much data on a CDN is not cost-effective.
CDN would only serve the recently uploaded and frequently accessed data. When it comes to user photos on a social network, there is a significant number of long-tail (less popular photos) requests. All the long-tail requests miss the CDN.
Haystack object storage
Haystack was designed with some key things in mind:
- High throughput and low latency. Keeping the disk operations for fetching a photo to at most one per read.
- Fault tolerance.
Keeping the disk operations for fetching a photo to at most one per read and reducing the photo metadata significantly enabling it to load in the main memory made Haystack a low latency and high throughput storage system.
Loading the metadata into the main memory significantly reduced the disk I/O operations providing 4x more reads per second than the NAS-based setup.
Haystack is made fault-tolerant and highly available by replicating photos across data centers in distinct geographical locations.
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In this photo storage design, the popular images are served from the CDN and the long tail photos are handled by Haystack.
The Haystack architecture consists of 3 core components:
the Haystack Store, Directory and the Cache.
When a user requests a photo, the browser requests the webserver. The webserver takes the help of the Haystack Directory to create the photo URL.
The Haystack Directory, besides creating the URL, maps logical volumes to the physical volumes. The web server uses this mapping to create the photo URLs. This mapping also comes in handy when uploading photos.
The other functions of the directory are:
Load balancing writes across logical volumes and reads across physical volumes.
Determining if a request for a photo is to be handled by the Haystack cache or the CDN.
Identifying logical volumes that have become read-only either because of operational reasons or having reached their storage capacity.
The photo request is then routed to the CDN. If the CDN misses it, the request moves forward to the Haystack Cache.
The cache is a distributed hash table that uses photo id as a key to locate the data. If the cache doesn’t hold the photo, it fetches it from the store and returns it either to the CDN or the user’s browser.
The cache is primarily used to intercept the requests for the write-enabled Haystack store machines. Because as soon as a photo is uploaded, there is a read request for it. And the file systems of the photo storage workload perform better when doing either reads or writes but not both. The cache intercepts all the read requests for the write-enabled store machines improving the throughput. For this reason, the photos after upload on a write-enabled store are pro-actively pushed to the cache.
The read and write requests to the Haystack Store machines are balanced by the Haystack Directory. The Store is the persistent storage system for the photos.
The read requests to the store hold information such as photo id for a certain logical volume and from a certain physical volume. If the store doesn’t find the photo, it returns an error.
To locate a photo, the store machine only needs the photo id and the logical volume id.
A store machine manages multiple physical volumes, each containing millions of photos. Each physical volume is of the size of 100s of GBs mapped to a logical volume.
The store’s storage capacity is organized by physical volumes. For instance, a 10 terabyte storage capacity server would consist of 100 physical volumes, each having 100 GBs of storage.
The physical volumes on different machines are further grouped into logical volumes. When a photo is stored on a logical volume, it is written to all the physical volumes corresponding to that logical volume.
This redundancy averts data loss in case of hard drive and other hardware failures.
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Recovery from failures
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To ensure high availability of the system background tasks are run to detect and repair failures. Periodic checks are run to check the health of the store machines and the availability of the logical volumes.
If a problem is detected with any of the store machines, all the logical volumes on that machine are immediately marked as read-only.
The underlying failure causes are investigated manually.
Finding a needle in Haystack: Facebook’s photo storage
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I currently live in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Maybe some of you know the place as Transylvania, close to the Apuseni Mountains. I love to eat good food and because I always search for the authentic taste, I like to buy local products.
The chicken I ate last time was living freely in the yard of a local family, somewhere in the countryside. It was eating wheat and maize cultivated by the landlord on its own field, close to his home.
If you compare a bio chicken from the store with a chicken raised in the countryside, only with grains and clean water, you’ll see huge differences. Everything looks and taste different, from the bones consistency, to the texture of the meat and the colour of the skin and feat.
And there are eggs, one of the most richest sources of proteins. With few calories, eggs contain all the nine essential amino acids required by the body to build lean muscles tissue. As you can see, the colour of the yolk is close to orange than light yellow.
What’s actually the reality
As a consumer, the very first reason for not supporting industrial farming is for the antibiotics use in food animals and the connection with resistant infections in humans. For example, nearly 80 percent of antimicrobial use in the United States is in livestock.
However, the meat industry is based on a different reality. Every time when you buy meat, think twice. I am not saying that we should all turn vegetarian, which would be ideal for the environment by the way, but I advice you to reduce the meat consumption and become aware about the products you buy.
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Making Safe Spaces
If you live or work in any urban centre in North America, there is a good chance that you may be a victim of crime at some point. Here are a few ways to reduce the chances of a crime being committed and make Downtown Kingston a safe space:
- Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) is the proper design and effective use of the physical environment to help reduce the frequency and fear of crime. CPTED is a design based crime prevention approach that can be applied to businesses, such as shopping malls and industrial/commercial parks, residential areas, schools, institutions, parks and playgrounds. A CPTED approach can involve basic changes, such as turning a store manager's desk around so that they can see the sales floor better. To book a CPTED click here.
- Security Lighting on the outdoor entries and exits to your building or business are a necessary investment when running a business in Downtown Kingston. It will help to deter unwanted activity and 'shine a light' on those that choose to do it anyway.
- Security Cameras both interior and exterior will not only help to keep crime at bay, but if a crime is committed, your video footage could be one of the pieces of evidence that helps catch the perpetrator.
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Thanks to a new agreement between Australian authorities and Moderna, millions of mRNA vaccines will be produced each year in the country, with the possibility of a combined COVID-19 and flu vaccine in the future.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on March 24, 2022, that a 10-year partnership between the federal government, the Victorian government and Moderna had been reached.
Moderna will produce up to 100 million mRNA vaccines a year at a facility in Melbourne as part of the agreement, which has been described by the company as a “historic opportunity.
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A hangover is something that just about all of us have experienced at some point in time. After spending a night out drinking, you may wake up in the morning with your head feeling heavy and your stomach in knots. At that moment, you probably decided that you would quit drinking, to prevent this awful feeling from happening again. No matter how hard you may have tried though, chances are that it happened again.
Even though we all know that alcohol can lead to hangovers, the cause of a hangover is something we don’t always. Alcohol does have some positive effects on the body, although it can also lead to negative effects such as hangovers. Some doctors will actually recommend it, while others will tell you never to drink it. Even though drinking can be good, moderation is the key. The easiest way to avoid hangovers is to drink in moderation – and never get drunk.
As many of us already know, whisky, bourbon, and wine can result in a much harder hangover than vodka or beer. For many people, chemicals in wines or yeast found in unfiltered beers can result in headaches. Beer, wine, and liquor can be fun and relaxing to drink, although if you aren’t careful you can easily get a headache or a hangover.
Even though the cause for hangovers is unknown, it has been proven that the headaches associated with hangovers stem from dehydration. With alcohol being a diuretic, it will make you urinate quite often. Therefore, if you drink alcohol or beer on a daily basis, your body will remain dehydrated. When you wake up in the morning with a bad headache and turn to coffee, which is also a diuretic, the process of dehydration actually gets worse.
You’ll also need to do something with the alcohol that has been left in your body. Even though a hangover can make you want to stay in bed, the secret to getting yourself back on track is movement. To rid your body of the alcohol, you’ll need sweat. Sweating gets the toxins out of your body, and helps you feel better. You can exercise or have sex to get over a hangover, as the heat your body emits will be too much for alcohol toxins to handle.
Although a hangover can be a bit of a pain, it can be prevented. The first rule of drinking any type of alcoholic beverage is to never drink on an empty stomach. If you eat a good meal before you start drinking, you’ll find that the food can help you digest the alcohol much better. When the alcohol starts to attack your stomach, you should consider eating foods that are high in fat, such as cheese. You can also sip some olive oil or drink some water. The secret to making sure that you don’t get a hangover when drinking is to drink in moderation and never let yourself get too drunk.
Beer is digested very fast by your body, which is why you should always drink beer first if you plan to mix drinks. Beer is digested the fastest, and will also help your body to absorb any other drinks you have faster. You should always keep in mind that when you drink alcohol, your body will get dehydrated. Any type of alcohol that you consume is a diuretic, therefore you should always drink water with your alcohol. Alcohol can dehydrate your body very fast – which is why you’ll need water to ensure that you stay hydrated. | <urn:uuid:e0383719-4bbf-47b0-a39b-03f764f8253b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thesocialitesmagazine.com/alcohol/dealing-with-hangovers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.964712 | 711 | 1.828125 | 2 |
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