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Highlights of our Work
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To guide cell biology research and explain observation through molecular structures and sequence data, life scientists resort increasingly to computational tools. Sequence and structure viewers (VMD) combined with molecular dynamics modeling software (NAMD) are primary methodologies that revolutionized modern biomedicine. The revolution happened so quickly, though, that traditional university training has not kept up with the pace of developments in computational biology. A series of computational biophysics workshops in Perth (Australia), Urbana, Boston, Lake Tahoe, Chicago, and San Francisco attempted to fill the gap through hands-on training. Theory sessions in the morning introduced the concepts and methods used in molecular modeling today; computer laboratories in the afternoon gave participants, students, postdocs, and faculty, opportunities to work through tutorials at their own pace on provided laptops, as well as work on their own research problems. The workshops funded by NIH, NSF, NCSA, UIUC, and UWA met the needs of novices and experts alike for instruction in a new generation of research methods. All workshop materials are available on the web. | <urn:uuid:cde0aebe-2cd5-4d24-9924-1e7eb468bab2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Highlights/?section=2005&highlight=2005-07b | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.896234 | 271 | 2.203125 | 2 |
9+ Term Time Art Classes
Our 9+ classes are designed to lead children through different artistic styles using a broad and interesting range of drawing and painting techniques. Encouraging experimentation whilst learning the core foundation of art practice, thesefocused technique sessions provide a wonderful opportunity for children who would like to create a unique body of work that expresses, explores and develops artistic talent, creating a portfolio to be proud of, or to further a passion for art. Guided by our enthusiastic and experienced tutors, children will get to grips with new materials and techniques, building on their existing skills and interests.
Autumn Term 2022
13th September - 15th October ( 5 )
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“. . . Covarrubias’ vibrant illustrations really enhance the text.”—Kirkus Reviews
Covarrubias’ fresh modern, economical use of line made him the quintessential artist of the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the Harlem Renaissance.
Illustrator Miguel Covarrubias (“El Chamaco”) (November 22, 1904–February 4, 1957) can arguably be called the chronicler of “The Jazz Age.” Moving from his birthplace of Mexico to New York City as a nineteen-year-old in 1923, carrying his pen and sketchpad, he instantaneously took the Big Apple by storm. He shared a studio on 42nd Street with Al Hirschfeld, a caricaturist greatly influenced by “El Chamaco” (“The Kid”—Covarrubias’s nickname).
A-Listers Clamored to Be Covarrubias’ ‘Victim’
Covarrubias’s original, unique, and innovative style of drawing celebrity caricatures catapulted him into a teenage/twenty-something storied celebrity artist, landing him gigs at top-tier magazines such as The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. Ultimately, Covarrubias became one of Vanity Fair’s preeminent caricaturists. “El Chamaco” had a special talent of penetrating and capturing the essence of a celebrity (his “victim”) in caricature, which earned him another nickname “The Murderer.” If one wanted to be an A-list celeb, then Covarrubias had to “murder” you! His “victims” were both terrified as well as delighted to be “murdered” by the satirical pointed pen of Miguel Covarrubias. It has been said that his fresh modern, economical use of line made him the quintessential artist of the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the Harlem Renaissance.
Covarrubias: A Modern-Day Renaissance Man
One can easily see that Covarrubias was a modern-day renaissance man. Besides writing and illustrating books and creating knockout caricatures, he was also a painter and lithographer. In addition, he developed theater costumes and set designs, including the famous La Revue Negre, which starred Josephine Baker. He was a muralist, cartographer, and a self-taught expert and author of books on ethnology and anthropology.
In 1933, Covarrubias was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, which he used to study the Island of Bali and write and illustrate a highly celebrated book by the same name. In 1940, he was awarded a second Guggenheim Fellowship. He won numerous awards for his advertising artwork as well. | <urn:uuid:db8b7781-15d0-44b4-90cb-f73eda0cb92f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jazzamericasgift.com/the-illustrator/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962449 | 598 | 2.828125 | 3 |
As we all know, “Knowledge is Power” and Knowledge Management Software by Talisma employs the same principle of turning the accumulated knowledge into power. Before jumping into Talisma’s Knowledge Base Software, we must get our concepts clear on Knowledge Management and KMS (Knowledge Management Software).
We all are quite familiar with the notion of Knowledge Management. Knowledge Management is nothing but an establishment’s operational activity of creating, storing, sharing, analyzing, and managing the data of the respective organization. We do not want to fall into clichés but would still mention that Technology has become an imperative part of our lives, whether we like it or not. Technology in the corporate world is no longer a luxury but rather a necessity for survival. Knowledge Management is a very important affair that needs to be handled in the most professional way possible. That’s how Knowledge Management Software has come into existence. KMS (Knowledge Management Software) is one kind of software that simplifies the task of knowledge management by organizing crucial data so that it can be easily accessed later with the help of a few clicks. Incorporating Knowledge Management Software has uncountable benefits that will transform your brand in an impressive way.
Talisma always comes up with software solutions that ease your firm’s operations so that you can serve your target customers to the best of your abilities. To make Knowledge Management more interesting and duck soup, Talisma offers Knowledge Base Software. The Knowledge Base Software by Talisma is like no other knowledge management software you have seen. Here are proven benefits that will convince you to invest in Talisma Knowledgebase Software.
Easy and earlier access to relevant information
Getting required information at the right time is of sheer importance or else it will lose its essence. Talisma Knowledgebase Software allows you to find the data you need in minutes so that you can carry on with your other work requirements earlier.
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Knowledge Management Software offered by Talisma keeps everything under one roof and makes documentation systematic. The software is by no means complicated and hence can be used even when you are not a software junkie.
Reduction in operational costs
As an establishment, you want your operational costs to be as low as possible. Talisma’s KMS offers a vast knowledge pool so that you do not have to spend money on third-party training programs.
Preservation of establishment’s knowledge
Brain drain is a real phenomenon. Thankfully, you do not have to worry about the same as Talisma’s Knowledgebase saves every bit of data that can be stored for the near future and shared with multiple people with ease.
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Research and development takes away a significant time of your day but Talisma’s KMS saves the headache of extensive research as everything is available inside a single database and can be accessed whenever so desired.
Convenient tracking of data at one place
With the aid of our KMS, you can track and perform data analysis accurately and conveniently. This convenient tracking system ensures that you make sound business decisions based on real data.
Greater customer satisfaction
It has been proven by numbers that Talisma’s Knowledgebase Software promotes greater customer satisfaction as it makes the firm respond promptly to the customers queries and as we all know, customers love quick responses from brands and are more likely to stay connected if the brand caters to their requirements instantaneously.
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Getting ready to make an appointment with your dentist for your next regular dental cleaning? The importance of having your teeth regularly cleaned by a dental professional should never be understated. When your teeth are as clean as they can possibly be, you are much less likely to be diagnosed with dental problems.
The reason for regular dental cleanings is to remove any plaque or tartar buildup on the teeth. Even dental patients who brush and floss their teeth every day may still experience plaque and tartar on their teeth, making this regular dental procedure important for every dental patient.
Every dentist will agree on the importance of having one’s teeth professionally cleaned on a regular basis. Recommendations for most patients include coming in twice a year to have their teeth cleaned. Some patients may need to only come in once a year, while others may need to come in more often. It will simply depend on the dental patient's particular situation when it comes to how often they need to have their teeth professionally cleaned.
Even though professional dental cleanings are important to a patient's overall dental health, not every dental patient adheres to their recommended schedule. Avoiding regular cleanings will eventually lead to a decline in one’s dental health.
The dental cleaning process starts with a thorough examination of the patient's mouth. The focus is on removing any plaque and tartar buildup, which is done by using a process known as scaling and planing. Special dental tools are used to carefully remove the plaque and tartar from around the gumline, as well as in between the teeth.
Once the teeth are clean, the patient's teeth will be flossed and polished. and then a fluoride treatment will be applied to the teeth to help protect them in the future.
Polishing the teeth is the favorite part of a dental cleaning for many patients. The act of polishing the teeth provides a super smooth feel, making the teeth feel clean and refreshed! This polishing also helps get rid of any surface stains on the teeth. When the surface stains are removed due to polishing, patients will experience a whiter, brighter smile.
Is it time for your regular dental cleaning? Our dentist can provide you with the dental cleaning services you need for good dental health! Even if you are overdue for your regular cleaning, understand that the sooner you have your teeth cleaned, the better. When you wait to undergo your regular cleanings, you just may be jeopardizing the overall health of your mouth.
It is essential for any plaque or tartar buildup on your teeth to be removed as soon as possible. When plaque or tartar is left on your teeth, you are more susceptible to being diagnosed with cavities, which can make your teeth weaker.
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Unprecedented hard times have come for banking sector! According to agency Bloomberg nationalization process of 18 leading banks in USA is starting at the end of April.
Bush’s administration assigned funds to these banks by the rescue plan of US former minister of finances Paulson in 2008. By that time the aid had the form of participation in capital of the government, more precisely in preferred stocks. Preferred stocks represent part of the capital issued by a company and entitling their holders to priority with respect to both net profit and net assets. Preferred stocks pay warranted dividends and thus banks’ situation would have been improved. However, government decided to transform these stocks into equities. This means that Obama administration is nationalizing these banks. This is historical era not only for USA, but for world market economy and capitalism. One should take into account that we are dealing with world’s leading banks.
At the same time, laws and approaches toward business and investments are changing in Europe. Germany adopted a law that simplifies the process of property and share confiscation. This law concerns foreign investors either. State got the direct right to intervene in the activities of financial institutions and banks. According to 14th article of German constitution in case of “public need” state already had the right to confiscate the property. However, with the newly adopted law this right is spread on shares and stocks. This German law might be unique because of such approach. For such country as Germany it is unacceptable that as the experts claim the law was initiated because of one corporative conflict between German government and investor Christopher Flowers. The last was the owner of 24.9% shares in one of the major banks Hypo Real Estate (HRE). Government emanded to sell the stocks bought in summer 2008 (22.5€ per share). Investor had no desire to sell stocks at current rate – €0.8 per share as in order to avoid colossal loss he was waiting for increase of the rate. You would agree that this is pure commercial operation and government has no right to intervene. There are significant parallels with the history of Georgian “People’s Bank” that was sold under government pressure almost in the same situation. German government assigned €87 billion to Hypo Real Estate Bank in autumn 2008 and additionally €15 billion to other German banks. The bank that lost more than €110 billion couldn’t be rescued even with huge subsidies. Government decided that the only way out was to nationalize the bank. That is why the law about simplified rules of share confiscation has been adopted in Germany. Such shapes are appearing in modern capitalism and this is a fact. Afterwards, government offered €1.39 per share to English investor who had no right to refuse. How these methods differ from Putin’s state monopoly creation and private-state capitalism management symbiosis? Is market free? Why are they injecting money of German pr European taxpayers into bankrupted mortgage bank? Didn’t its management received bonuses from banks’ €110 billion loss? Did they return the money? Is this fair society? If this were not Germany’s case we wouldn’t use it for an example. However, we are dealing with world’s leading economy and this tendency might spread. According to the data given by Guardian’s analytic Martin Walker (at present he is working as editor-in-chief of USA agency UPI either), stock market lost $33 trillion during the crisis. In addition, losses from real estate in amount of $45-50 trillion, $78-83 trillion loss due to price reduction on the land that equals to world annual GDP. In order to revive initial state of economy of such scales stimuli of similar size are required.
According to the same calculation and elementary method of Pareto effectiveness principle aggregate loss of Georgia amounts $500 million. These are direct losses of the banks, construction business and population from investment-mortgage operations. This sum doesn’t include depreciated properties and lands, construction semi-finished products and unpaid debts. To follow simple logic, stimulus of same size in the capacity of governmental program is required in order to improve situation.
World doesn’t believe in pure capitalism. Why should Georgia become blind citadel of liberalism? Or this is acceptable position at this stage? Banking-construction-crediting crisis is starting in Georgia simultaneously. If one believes Obama’s statement, peak of the crisis in USA is shifted to the end of 2009. Maybe this means that debts in the world exceeded the prognosis of Monetary Fund and crisis is warranted for is in 2010-2011 years. Crisis in Georgia will reach its peak in spring 2010 and we have the chance to go through this period with less pain, create $500 million rescue plan. First of all, our task is to stimulate market and consumption. $2.5 billion construction and consumer credit should be restructured. At present, this will be enough to stimulate consumption market and banking sector.
Today Georgian banking sector is in warm situation, but tomorrow it will sink in its own transaction costs. We shouldn’t be optimists in our prognosis. Increase of blacklisted payers doesn’t solve the problem. Soon whole Georgia will be blacklisted together with bankers and politicians. Banking and trading statistics of first quarter 2009 looks interesting. These tendencies are apparently appearing there. The key to salvation is financing of construction business.
It is noteworthy that leading economic experts reckon (same Martin Walker), global banking system is standing at the new phase of crisis. First phase (See “Sakartvelos Ekonomika No 2) was started in 2007 with mortgage substandard credit system failure and with unprecedented deficit of liquidity. Second phase took a start in autumn 2008: blowing of synthetic derivative market (SDC swap credit default), bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and problems of AIG. Georgian banking system had problems in this period either. This was accompanies by August war and price slump on world markets. Here comes the third phase of crisis that is characterized by toxic assets and banking crisis in Eastern Europe that creates serious problems for Eastern European banks. Huge wave of nationalization is a sign of third phase. Georgian banking sector is attracting funds at the expense of selling shares, stakeholders are changing in banking sector, and there is no activity. This tendency is continued even by Kazakh banks and world giant HSCB. Experts reckon that banking crisis will enter fourth phase this year and its epicenter will be Asia. As the base of Asian leading countries’ economies is export they will incur losses due to export volume decrease in 2009. We can see by the example of China economy that export slump and banks’ failure is inevitable. Chinese banks are often called technically bankrupted. They are managed by governmental decisions. Georgian banks are awaiting fourth phase of crisis too, when the prices of base assets and construction market will fall and the norm of existence becomes nonpayment. The time has come to restructure population’s and construction-mortgage credit! This requires more arguments or calculations rather than empirical evaluation and devotion to liberalism. We shouldn’t be more Catholics than pope. | <urn:uuid:89652bbf-01ce-4676-b465-c90e4cc0bf23> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://geoeconomics.ge/en/?p=2506 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.958162 | 1,465 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Career Planning Resources
It is never to early for students to begin exploring their career options. Some tips may include:
- Keep up on school assignments.
- Explore a variety of high school courses.
- Think about the type of job(s) in which you may have an interest.
- Get experience.
- Ask an employed adults what they like/dislike about their jobs.
- Talk with your parents about school and your future plans.
Various opportunities such as employment, internships, training, etc., are available for students interested in planning for a career. For more information, click on the appropriate links provided in the right-hand column of this page.
Career Exploration Websites
The following websites offer information on exploring the variety of careers and educational opportunities available to both college and high school graduates:
- American Career Info Net - www.acinet.org
- America's Job Bank - www.ajb.dni.us
- Best Jobs in the USA Today - www.bestjobsusa.com
- Butler County Chamber of Commerce - www.butlercountychamber.com
- Career Builder - www.careerbuilder.com
- CareerJet.com - www.careerjet.com
- Career Resource Center - www.careers.org
- Emergency Medical Services - www.pa-ems.org
- Internship Programs - http://internshipprograms.com
- Monster Jobs - www.monster.com
- Nation Jobs Online Job Database - http://nationjob.com
- O*Net (Dictionary of Occupation Titles) - www.doleta.gov/programs/onet/
- Princeton Review - www.princetonreview.com
- Scholastic Registry - www.scholasticregistry.com
- Spherion - www.spherion.com/corporate/careercenter/home.jsp
- ZipRecuiter - https://www.ziprecruiter.com/high-school-jobs
Any organizations and/or links listed on this page are offered for informational purposes only and do not constitute any endorsement or warranty of services by Mars Area School District. Any individual choosing to contact any of the above organizations does so at their own risk and Mars Area School District, it agents and employees assume no liability that may be attributed to use of these providers/agencies. | <urn:uuid:641c132d-fbbd-4fb6-9e7d-7fae7fb34b46> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://highschool.marsk12.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=808776&type=d&pREC_ID=1196126 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.848361 | 503 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Because one half of a fetus’s genetic makeup comes from the father, it is possible for a fetus to have a different type of platelets from the mother. In rare cases, the mother’s defensive cells do not recognize the fetus’s platelet type and make proteins called antibodies that can cross the placenta and fight against a fetus’s platelets. When this occurs, the result can be fetal thrombocytopenia, or low platelets, due to platelet alloimmunization, and the fetus may have episodes of internal bleeding. This condition is usually diagnosed after delivery, due to low platelets or bleeding noted in a newborn.
Once a pregnancy is affected by this condition, there is a high likelihood of future pregnancies being affected even more severely. Testing of the parents and fetus is undertaken, and if the fetus is considered to be at high risk for platelet alloimmunization, treatment may be offered to decrease the risk of internal bleeding. This treatment may include intravenous antibodies (IVIG), steroids and/or platelet transfusions directly into the fetal umbilical cord while the fetus is still in the uterus. This procedure can be somewhat risky but also life-saving. Treatment will continue for the length of the pregnancy. After delivery of the baby, additional treatment with medication or platelet transfusion is often necessary. | <urn:uuid:219fd00b-5da5-489c-9eb7-f797087cbf17> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fetalmedicineindia.in/fetal-therapy/conditions-treatment/platelet-alloimmunization/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.93613 | 283 | 3.171875 | 3 |
A series of statements provide “talking points” within a structured and timed routine for sharing thinking and considering different perspectives.
- Each talking point receives three rounds of attention.
- Round 1: Group chooses a talking point. Go around the group and have each member state if they agree, disagree or are unsure about the talking point statement and why. (Remember, no cross talk.)
- Round 2: Go around the group a second time and have each member state if they agree, disagree or are unsure. It is perfectly fine to keep one’s original opinion or to change one’s mind, but the individual must state why. (Again, no cross talking.)
- Round 3: Go around the group a third time and have each member state if they agree, disagree or are unsure. Have a recorder write the members’ decisions on a record sheet and move to the next question. (Even after the third round, there is no comment.)
- Begin the next talking point.
- Groups should get through as many talking points as possible in whatever order they choose. It does not matter how many a group gets through in the time given.
- There is absolutely no cross talk – group members only speak during their turn.
- Groups of three are best, but larger groups are possible.
A list of talking points – a variety of statements about a topic that can be accurate, contentious, or incorrect. These statements provide an invitation to think more deeply about a topic of focus.
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If you read up on how the biotech community wants us to embrace genetically modified organisms and their associated toxic herbicides in order to "feed our growing population", one would think that as the numbers of the human race increase, we are in trouble of not having enough food to go around.
That's what they would like us to believe. This couldn't be further from the truth.
According to the World Resources Institute, we waste an astounding 1.3 billion metric tons, or approximately 1/3 of our food supply each year. And according to JoAnne Berkenkamp, a senior advocate with the Natural Resources Defense Council, “When you look at our food system farm to fork, a stunning 52% of all produce in the US goes uneaten,” That is enough food to feed 2 billion people and then some. How is this possible?
One of the reasons is our desire to have that perfect piece of produce. Current industry standards reject any fruit or vegetable for an array of reasons, from mild discoloration, inadequate size or slightly miss-shapen.
What can you do?
- Ask your grocery store produce manager if they sell their "less than desirable" looking produce. Often they will have these items at a reduced price. You are getting the same organic produce and a conventional price. If they don't carry the "ugly fruit", ask them to start supplying it.
- The same can be done at local farmers markets. You can also talk to the farmer and see if you could buy some of their products by the case. Once these organic foodstuffs are minced and chopped to put into dishes or are prepared to be put up for the coming winter, you won't be able to tell the difference.
- If the above options are unavailable to you for whatever reason, there is a website, Imperfect Produce where you can have a CSA-type box of organic produce delivered to your door for less-than-organic prices. Check out their website for delivery areas.
Jordan Figueiredo, Writer, Speaker and Anti-Food Waste Activist from Castro Valley, California states it perfectly:
"When I found out that somewhere between 20 and 40% of all fresh produce is wasted before arriving at the stores, mostly due to cosmetics, I had to do something about it. It's hard to wrap your head around the number 20% of all produce but it equates to roughly 20 billion pounds in the U.S. What this means is that farmers all over the U.S. have to basically leave a good portion of their crop and plow it under because they cannot sell it due to ridiculous supermarkets cosmetics standards that dictate how "perfect" produce has to look. This despite "ugly" produce being perfectly delicious and nutritious and how nature intended.
So you're supporting farmers in a big way by purchasing "ugly" produce, which sells for 20-50% off, depending on the supermarket. You can also purchase it for full price at farmers markets (they sell it too!). Buying "ugly" produce is a big help to farmers because, one - they can only donate so much produce they can't sell before going broke, two - they often do not get a very good price from companies buying the "Ugly" produce just for juice, or frozen meals or other uses, and three - if they are able to sell more of their crops, they have a more successful business. Farming is a very tough way to make a living and so important. The American Farmland Trust has it spot on with its campaign - No Farms No Food. So support your farmers and buy ugly!"
You can also do other things to save ugly produce. For more, check out his Five Things to Love on The Ugly Produce page.
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By Wendy Cruz, 11
When a Union High School student gets school lunch, they are required to get milk and two fruits or vegetables. A brief walk through the commons at lunch time or a glance in the trash can makes it obvious that students are not consuming all of this food, and much of it is being thrown away. Across the U.S., school food waste is an enormous problem and contributor to climate change, but there are steps that Union and other schools can take to help curb this problem.
According to the World Wildlife Fund report, “Food Waste Warriors,” U.S. school food waste totals about 530,000 tons of food per year. This can roughly equal 1.7 billion dollars of food that is wasted. In addition to the financial impact of food waste, it is necessary to be mindful of the waste and how it affects the environment. Waste of food also wastes energy, fuel, and water. Harvesting, packaging, and transporting are the processes that food goes through. When food goes to waste, so are all the processes and products that got the food to the consumer. The discarded food goes to landfills which produce methane, a greenhouse gas harmful to the environment and contributes to climate change. According to “Fight Climate Change by Preventing Food Waste” by the World Wildlife Fund, reducing food waste would reduce six to eight percent of greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans.
To help solve this waste issue, the school has placed share buckets in the cafeteria, deli, and street market. These buckets are there to reduce food waste and allow other students to get foods they might like. Anyone can take food and place food. Food is not just wasted in school but also outside of it. Planning what you will buy, composting, and freezing food are all ways to help reduce food waste. Overall, reducing food waste is beneficial for the environment, and Union students can be a part of reducing climate change by taking simple steps to reduce food waste at the high school. | <urn:uuid:b999114d-46ee-4774-8a16-17cd300d7289> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://uhstoday.org/index.php/2021/12/20/are-we-wasting-food/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.964444 | 409 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Welcome to the Bystander Support Network, a virtual space to support people who have witnessed someone having a cardiac arrest, who have performed CPR or who have survived a cardiac arrest.
About the Bystander Network
Welcome to the Bystander Support Network – a resource for members of the public who have witnessed and/or responded to a cardiac arrest to access trusted information, ask questions, share stories or network with others who have had a similar experience. Being a bystander or lay responder can be a very lonely place and can leave you with lots of questions and emotions. The BSN is designed to help answer those questions and connect bystanders from all over the world, so you don’t feel quite so alone.
Built in partnership with bystanders and researchers, this on-line community engagement network is designed to provide an opportunity for lay public bystanders to engage directly with each other, clinicians and researchers to have their questions answered and share first hand experiences. It serves as the resource for public involvement in empirical research on the bystander experience which will allow us to hear more about the bystander response and develop a more in-depth understanding of what it means to be a bystander and the support they need after an event. | <urn:uuid:aa713bdf-8b62-43ac-9633-92b231088cb3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bystandernetwork.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.946419 | 248 | 1.765625 | 2 |
"We are gathered here today, on this happy and joyous occasion, to join this man and this man in holy matrimony. Do you, the groom, take this man to be your wedded husband?" Many people should open up their minds and realize marriage should be something about the common American happiness that should be shared between everyone whether they are straight, gay or lesbian. Marriage shouldn't just be kept to a Man and Woman, it should be for those who are truly in love. Gay Marriage has always been a controversial matter since most churches refuse to wed two people of the same-sex considering that it "violates" their religious rights. On a second matter, Gay marriage (Civil) and Marriage between a man and a woman (Religious) are both different institutions and therefore should not be against any religious rights. Americans of the United States of America should come to realize that as a nation of immense diversity and religion we as a nation should open our minds to gay marriage and accept it with open hearts, just like how our nation openly accepts (with limitations) immigrants who have come to embrace the rightful freedom we as Americans have been granted by our Forefathers. .
If civil and religious institutions are different from each other why do religious institutions refuse to acknowledge a civil institution? Simple, it's all based upon how the bible is interpreted. In an essay by Welton Gaddy she claims that, " Those who claim to take every word in every passage of the Bible literally declare that the Abraham-centered narrative in Genesis 19 condemns homosexuality" (http://www.interfaithalliance.org/). She then goes on saying that if another person were to read the same scripture in a different mindset they would interpret it as a passage about hospitality and not homosexuality. If someone against same-sex marriage were to explain the bible about homosexuality and how it is sinful, there would be no concrete evidence of what they say is how God really wanted his children to think. | <urn:uuid:e6f3cf1a-d886-405f-996f-3889906d2dab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.exampleessays.com/viewpaper/219437.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.97029 | 399 | 2 | 2 |
Several new California regulations take effect on Friday, July 1, which is roughly halfway through the calendar year of 2022. In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a total of 770 new bills.
California’s gas tax, which is slated to rise on Friday, is on the list of things that have been rejected by the state legislature.
The following is a list of new California legislation that takes effect Friday, in addition to the expected gas tax increase:
New Gun-Control Laws
The microstamping requirement for pistols in California will be extended as of July 1st. The method of imprinting small markings on cartridges discharged from the firearm for faster police identification is known as microstamping. The Department of Justice will also be required to delete three older, less safe semiautomatic pistol models from its list of firearms certified for sale in California for each new microstamping model.
Gun violence restraining orders in California are being expanded to include a wider range of firearms. Police, family members, colleagues, employers, and teachers can use the “red flag” rule to request that judges remove firearms from persons they believe pose a danger to themselves or others. The term “ghost guns” will be included in the definition of what can be seized under the new law, which goes into force on Friday. For this reason, they are not subject to registration or purchase through a dealer like other lawfully possessed firearms. Domestic violence restraining orders fall under the same broadened term.
School Start Times
With the implementation of a new law on Friday, schools in both the middle and high school grades will have to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Rural school districts are exempt from the statute. Advocacy groups supporting the new rule argue that adolescents and preteens require more sleep to develop properly.
Minimum Wage Hike
The city of Los Angeles will raise the minimum wage for all covered employees to $16.04 an hour on July 1st, from the current $15. Employees who work at least two hours a week within the municipal limits are covered by the law. Full-time, part-time, seasonal, and temporary employees are all included in this category. According to the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs, the unincorporated portions of Los Angeles County’s minimum wage will rise to $15.96 an hour on July 1st. | <urn:uuid:3ab95ff7-b6d3-4b55-848b-862fa62f0f02> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://californiaexaminer.net/california-laws/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962723 | 492 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Banking Executives Are Pushing Digital Finance – Here’s Why
The age of digital finance is well underway! While banking online through both apps and browsers has certainly been possible for longer than many people might remember, recent global shifts have only helped to build a thirst for virtual finance. Of course, even more, interesting is the fact that an increasing number of banking executives are really pushing the digital angle — but why?
As with all societal shifts, there are several reasons why digital banking is growing in popularity. Highly successful executives, such as Julio Herrera Velutini, write regularly on the virtues of app banking. Having set up Britannia Group in 2009, Herrera Velutini knows more than most when it comes to emerging trends in consumer finance.
But what are some of the major trigger points for this digital revolution among banking execs?
COVID-19 changed the game
In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic first locked down towns and cities around the world, society has effectively adapted in the wake of an unknown entity. On the heels of the virus’ spread, we are all more in tune with digital alternatives to physical money handling. Handling public money was, at the height of the rising pandemic, a no-no. For some time, no one was sure how fast the virus could be spread through physical contact.
Due to this concern, the world turned to digital banking and apps. Post-lockdown, a noted increase in non-paper and non-physical transactions has boomed worldwide. Even following the end of formal lockdowns, this has settled into the public psyche. Crucially, the digital revolution sped up thanks to the pandemic — and banking executives are catching up.
Digitalization of banking, and all finance in general, has always been in the cards. However, banking execs are now taking larger strides to serve consumers thanks to the breakneck pace at which adoption is increasing.
Cryptocurrency is a threat
While cryptocurrency values and market performance will always rise and fall, traditional banking and fiat transactions are under considerable pressure from Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The appeal of cryptocurrencies lies in the fact that they are unregulated and decentralized, offering greater privacy and faster transactions through a lack of red tape.
For fiat bankers and executives, this is a potentially dangerous scenario. While society is still some way from cryptocurrency going ‘fully mainstream’, traditional financiers are racing to get ahead of the crypto revolution. For example, bankers are working to produce apps and digital services that focus on providing convenience similar to that offered by crypto.
For many people investing and trading in crypto, convenience is at the top of the priority list. With that in mind, executives continue to push a digital angle to help keep fiat transactions relevant and easy to manage. Above all, digital financiers are working to eat away at the crypto boom, and to help keep people interested (and invested) in their standard accounts and portfolios.
While crypto’s place in the world is volatile, it is certainly here to stay. For that reason, the smartest executives are embracing the digital platforms available for fiat as much as physically possible.
Digital is the new norm
Decades ago — perhaps even only a few years ago — physical banking was the ‘norm’. To perform most transactions, people would typically need to head to their local branch or bank to deposit money, pay bills, move funds and even consult managers and executives.
The digital revolution is changing what we all see as the ‘standard’ for banking. Using an app to move money between accounts, to pay invoices and even to make large investments is considered quick and easy. Even speaking with an account manager, broker or executive is easier than ever thanks to video calling and online chat functionality.
The point here, ultimately, is that the future has already arrived. While there will always be a need for physical banking to some extent, it’s common for people to make financial decisions — and take financial action — from the comfort of their homes or on the go through smartphones and tablets.
As mentioned above, COVID-19 has exacerbated this trend to a huge extent, but given that much of our lives are now ‘fully digital’, this shift was always expected. It is perhaps not so much that banking executives are ‘just’ getting into digital banking, but that they have finally accepted that it’s time to catch up to the masses.
Millions of us rely on digital banking to some extent. Whether you log in to online banking via a laptop or manage your payments via an app, you are part of the revolution.
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Building a swimming pool for private use is complicated enough, let alone a commercial pool. The legal requirements when making a competition pool must be followed to avoid being fined or getting the construction halted. When constructing a competition pool, a lot more goes into its development due to its heavy use. For this reason, you need to get a certified contractor in the construction of commercial swimming pools.
Your contractor must also be familiar with the requirements of getting permits from the regulating bodies and all the structural elements. You need your commercial pool to last you for years and not to keep repairing it. For this reason, you need to partner with experienced contractors that will guarantee you professional construction and maintenance of your commercial pool. If you are in Jacksonville, you can get in touch with us at Oaks Wells Aquatics for the construction and maintenance of your pool.
The Process in Constructing Your Competition Pool
Building a competitive pool is a big decision, and the job is equally significant. The process takes time and can be tedious. However, when one is well informed, it becomes easier, and in a few months, you will get your pool done. A right contractor will keep you informed of the progress from the onset to the finishing of the project. When you have decided you need a competition pool done, it is essential to understand the process leading to the completion of your pool. Here, we will discuss the process in detail, enabling you to make an informed decision.
Designing the Project and its Approval
After deciding on building a commercial competition pool, you must first plan to meet with an expert consultant in design. At the meeting, the design consultant will discuss your vision and ideas. This stage is crucial because each person has unique requirements, and it is necessary to get what you want and not what another person wants.
At this initial meeting, a technician is available to survey the area you are proposing for the pool and take dimensions. The technician knows to examine the area and if there are any setbacks to the project. He or she considers the position of the utilities and their accessibility to the area where the pool will be constructed. After the initial meeting, the designer and technician will go back and come up with a proposal and a plan for the construction. The proposal will contain the approximate time it will take to complete the project and the cost for your approval.
Permits before Commencement of Construction
Once you have approved the plans and proposal, the next step is getting the required permits for commercial pool zoning and construction. This must be done according to Florida law. The construction company you decide to use has the responsibility to get the permits for the pool construction and decking. The person or company hired to do the gas hook-ups will also be required to get the necessary licenses according to the law. Current utility lines must be established where they are; inspections for electrical bonding and plumbing also carried out. All these should be done before the commencement of the construction.
The process of constructing the pool starts after signing off the plans and acquiring all the necessary permits. The construction team meets with you at the site and reviews the stages in the construction as well as answers any questions you may have.
The next step is outlining, where the pool will be using form boards. Great care should be taken to maintain the exact location of your pool. The layout must also comply with the approved construction plans.
This is the actual starting of the construction process. Once the forms are approved, your contractor will start the excavation process. This is a dirty and messy process that cannot be avoided. Your contractor must dig out carefully and trim the pool to keep with the approved specifications and designs. This process does not take long, but it heavily relies on the prevailing weather conditions and the soil type.
The process will see a lot of soil dugout. A competent contractor will know where to dump the soil, and if any remains, it is used in the construction process.
The reinforcement of the pool form is done at this stage using durable steel bars. These are placed vertically and horizontally to form a robust contoured grid that is the skeleton of your pool. At certain intersections, tie wires are used to tie together the steel. Underneath the steel, block spaces are used to keep it over the soil. This helps keep it where it will permanently rest at the center of the gunite. All this work is hand done. After your pool gets set, there will be a need for inspecting the ground and steel. This gets requested before moving to the next stage.
Rough plumbing gets typically done before the installation of the steel. This includes installing plumbing lines for skimmers and main drains as well as return lines. It also includes all the wires necessary for cleaning systems and waterfalls if needed. An excellent contractor will custom make plumbing for every pool they construct, ensuring excellent filtration and circulation. When this gets done well, it ensures the water is crystal clear at all times and will not require high maintenance. Your contractor will ensure they do hydraulic calculations to provide all the piping and equipment are in the appropriate size. This ensures clarity of the water and conservation of energy.
This is a concrete mixture composed of rock, sand, and cement. A trained expert is used to apply the mixture using a high pressurized hose. The mixture is shot through the reinforcement grid of the pool to create a secure and stable floor. At this stage, you begin to see your pool taking shape and the gaping hole begins to resemble a pool. After applying the gunite, it will require time to cure. During this time, you may find some accumulation of water at the base of the pool. This should not alarm you. It will be pumped out before the pool’s interior gets constructed.
Setting Equipment, Electric, And Gas
At this stage, plumbing comes back once again. Plumbing of all the equipment for filtration and feature pumps or other machines gets done. Electrical lines for power requirements such as lights around the pool are laid out. Installation of the breaker box gets done in readiness for the setting of the equipment. The necessary gas lines for heating the pool are also run to where the equipment is located.
Tile and Coping
Next, the tiling of the pool follows. You must make a selection from the hundreds available. Coping at the pool edges is done and any water features you may need. Coping is the concrete material or stone used to cap the shell wall of the pool. Tiling and coping take a few days or weeks, depending on the size of your commercial pool. After the tile gets set well, the surface will be durable and non-porous, guaranteeing you years of stability.
At this stage, you are near the end of your commercial pool construction. Choosing the deck that reflects your theme is essential, just like the color and pattern are. Most contractors have a variety of decking materials you can pick from. The most popular ones are pavers or concrete.
Once concrete decking gets poured, the finish is applied. Typically, in case of brick or stone, it is completed, then concrete poured. Pavers are also commonly used because they are pleasing to look at and last long in addition to their low maintenance cost. The size of the pool also determines the length the process takes, but it does not take very long.
Cleaning Up the Site
After completion of your competition pool, every waste gets removed, and the area made clean. The interior of the pool gets prepared for finishing at this point as well.
Safety Fence Installation and Alarms
Once the commercial pool construction gets completed, the installation of a safety fence around the pool and alarm will be done. The state of Florida has specific requirements for newly constructed pools with regard to safety. Before handing over the pool, your contractor will ensure the requirements are met according to the law.
The Pool Interior
This is usually the last stage in pool construction. This involves coating the interior of the pool with the material you desire. The contractor will discuss with you to settle on the best finishing for your commercial pool.
Orientation and Starting Up the pool
This is the final stage in pool construction. A technician will come to the site to inspect the installation and start the pool to ensure it operates as it should. The technician will discuss with you the maintenance required and how to troubleshoot in case of any challenges.
How to Maintain your Pool
When running a commercial pool, the last thing your clients want to see is a notice announcing the pool has been closed. Unfortunately, failing to maintain the mechanicals, water, and structure of your commercial pool to meet the strict Florida international regulations will see your pool closed.
If your chlorine levels or pH are not well balanced, the pool will be closed. When the pool is not in good condition, it is also a health hazard to those that use it. If the depth markets and signage is not well maintained or doesn’t exist, swimmers can end up having severe accidents. This will expose you to a lawsuit and get the pool closed. This makes it crucial to ensure your commercial pool gets properly maintained at all times.
Most facility workers or managers focus their attention on the clients that come to swim and may not be as focused on maintaining the required regulations for a commercial pool. Caring for a commercial pool takes more work, and it is not the same as a residential pool.
When the pool manager lacks the necessary training in the use of the latest equipment in pool management, it can be a disadvantage. If the chemistry is off, swimmers can get sick. Some of the prevalent recreational water illnesses are cryptosporidium, shigella, E.coli, Giardia, and Norovirus. If a few people who come to use your pool for competition complain of the diseases, you may be found liable, and a lawsuit is likely to follow.
What it Takes to Maintain a Commercial Pool
Most pool contractors not only construct pools, but they are experts in ensuring the pools are well maintained. The technician tasked with managing the pool must also be able to identify where the problem with the pool originates. Additionally, they must be able to determine if there are construction issues that need attending. Fixing these problems is essential to avoid violating the international standards for commercial pools, as followed in Florida. When the construction of the pool was, however, sound, you might not experience construction problems for a long time.
Construction of commercial pools and maintaining them go hand in hand. When the pool gets poorly built, it will present persistent maintenance challenges. The Florida Department of Health and Human Services has set out regulations that must be followed in ensuring that commercial pools are kept up to international standards.
Maintaining a commercial pool takes more than it takes a residential pool. Commercial pools are used by many people, increasing the risk of getting diseases and safety challenges. The chlorine levels for commercial pools are also different from that of residential pools.
The filters of commercial pools must be continuously monitored to ensure they are in proper working conditions, and the water levels are correct, and chemical balance is right. These are aspects that must get daily managed to avoid the risk of diseases for swimmers and lawsuits.
Maintaining commercial pools is a sensitive affair. This requires the hiring of expert pool providers that are certified and are professionals in pool maintenance.
Some facilities to save money chose to have a pool manager who sometimes lacks the knowledge in pool management. The risk of such a decision is that they may not know how to check for a faulty filter, notice the circulation is poor, or the rate the water is flowing is poor. These are all risks you do not need to take when running a competition pool.
Find a Commercial Pool Services Provider Near Me
When you decide that you want a competition pool, it means you are ready for the heavy traffic a commercial pool has. The construction of the pool to how it is maintained requires expertise. You do not want to invest your money with inexperienced pool construction contractors who will not only build your pool poorly but will not maintain it properly. Be mindful of the contractor you partner with to avoid losses and lawsuits in the future. If you are looking for an experienced and reliable commercial pool contractor in Jacksonville, get in touch with Oak Wells Aquatics at 904-619-3281. We are here to ensure your pool is well constructed and maintained. | <urn:uuid:a64623f2-21c4-441a-9751-ca6929a665d0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.oakwellsaquatics.com/services/commercial-pool/competition-pools | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.946746 | 2,543 | 1.578125 | 2 |
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On this day 1199 – Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6. It is documented that Richard I spent roughly around six months in England as he was off on his crusades for the most part.
He was succeeded by his younger brother King John, known for many things, the two most famous being loosing the Crown Jewels and the signing of the Magna Carta – which celebrates it 800th anniversary in June this year.
There are a selection of Magna Carta Baronies, available on our website, the most pertinent to this being the Barony of Wallingford which was held by both kings – In 1191 Richard the Lionheart leaves for the 3rd crusade and grants honours of Wallingford to his younger brother John. Wallingford is specifically mentioned in the Magna Carta. > | <urn:uuid:aef1543b-522a-4671-b637-7ae7ef6b8d63> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.manorialcounselltd.co.uk/on-this-day-1199-richard-i-is/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.979866 | 211 | 2.796875 | 3 |
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Rather than focus on attacks from the outside, organizations should concentrate on the internal networks, data and risks within their control.
In focusing on the potential attackers outside of organizations, government agencies and private-sector companies may be missing the larger threat looming inside their organization, according to one prominent cybersecurity expert.
“We pretend we have a perimeter. We have this fantasy of the perimeter that sits around the enterprise… keeping the bad stuff from getting in,” Richard Ford, CTO for network security vendor Forcepoint, told an audience at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas last week.
“It’s very ‘threat-centered,’ which forces us to focus and rely on this dissolving, or nonexistent, perimeter, ” Ford continued. “This makes the job very challenging.”
Rather, he advised security professionals and other executives to consider the potential IT security risk posed by those who already have access to the organization’s networks and data rather than obsess about external bad actors alone.
“I would argue that honestly, security is pretty broken. And we broke it,” Ford said during his session entitled Inside Out: Viewing Everyone & Everything as Potential Insider Threats. “As an industry we’ve been so focused on the outside threat.”
Ford said that a better way to mitigate risk is to flip the script and start concentrating more effort on the internal networks, data and risks within an organization’s span of control. “What if we start to think about what’s inside, what we control,” he said. He added that this change of approach may also call for creating a more expansive definition of what is “inside” the organization -- one that includes any bring-your-own-device smartphones or laptops, personal networks used for work or information stored in the cloud or at a third-party site.
Ford acknowledged that organizations should not “burn their firewalls and give up their antivirus software” protections. Rather, he said this change of attitude and approach lies more in fundamentally altering the way IT security is handled -- going from a reactive stance to a more proactive one. “As soon as we build a wall that is 20 feet high, our attackers will build a ladder that is one foot higher than that,” he said, adding that “reacting” to these changes with new products and technologies ultimately creates fatigue in the way IT security is perceived.
Thinking also about the potential threat coming from inside the organization -- be it a phishing email carelessly opened by an employee or a disgruntled current or former worker colluding with bad actors for personal gain -- makes more sense because those attacks are fairly prevalent and typically more damaging. “It’s a much different way of approaching this space,” Ford said. With this in mind, the question shifts from “Where is this coming from?” to “What is this program/user trying to do, and should it be doing that?” he added.
He urged organizations to stop thinking about “insider threat situations” as being synonymous with mistrusting employees. Instead, because the vast majority of insider threats are ones that prey on responsible system users who mistakenly open the wrong file or attachment, security should focus on making sure employees have what they need to do their jobs and “providing them protection.” By looking at what parts of the network and what data is being accessed in attacks makes it easier to find the “accidental insiders” who are being too cavalier with opening attachments or misusing their access. “These are the perfect candidates for additional training and better tools to manage their access,” Ford argued. “But this should not be about distrust of the users.” | <urn:uuid:7d0317c8-feab-46ae-b902-ad934b903d8e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gcn.com/cybersecurity/2016/08/turning-cybersecurity-inside-out/299413/?oref=gcn-next-story | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.961477 | 788 | 1.796875 | 2 |
On the eve of the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot, with the 2017 New York City mayoral contest already in full swing, it is instructive to reflect on the impact that a similar coincidence had on a mayor’s race nearly 50 years ago, and on the nature and influence of the solidly Democratic yet independent-minded Jewish political base that proved decisive in that election. In 1969, New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay needed Jewish voters to win his reelection bid. But in the months before the election, survey and anecdotal evidence suggested that Jewish support at the polls would not be forthcoming. Many Jews had come to believe that Lindsay had not been effective and, more importantly, that he had little interest in supporting their particular interests.
Recognizing the necessity of courting Jewish voters, Lindsay took a series of important symbolic steps to reassure Jews that he understood and sympathized with their concerns. Most notable among these was an extraordinary reception he gave in a sukkah for Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during her visit to New York in late September of 1969. Lindsay’s advisers believed that this reception was the key factor that helped him win Jewish support and, by extension, the election. In his second term, Lindsay continued to focus on appealing to Jewish voters using the model set by the Meir visit—by embracing their international concerns. This included energetically snubbing foreign leaders whom New York Jews believed had anti-Israel agendas, traveling to Israel, and embracing the nascent Soviet Jewry movement.
Study of Lindsay’s approach to these issues is illustrative of the ways in which international and local politics intersected in New York City. In a city containing large and powerful ethnic communities with ties to foreign countries, Lindsay, like his predecessors and successors, recognized he needed to act as a kind of foreign minister for the city as a way of helping him to connect with ethnic voters. While this meant an occasional trip to Ireland and Italy and, later, to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, issues related to Israel were most significant throughout the postwar period. Many Jewish voters expected that their representatives, even ones on the city level who had little international power, would speak to their concerns about Israel’s future.
More directly put, study of Lindsay’s efforts regarding international politics helps to explain how Jewish political power operated in New York City, a venue in which Jews were extraordinarily influential. Eli Lederhendler, in his study of New York Jewish life in the 1950s and ’60s, wrote that the city served as a kind of “Jewish Camelot.” He argued that the city was a double urban utopia in which Jews could become leaders in a “cosmopolitan paradise, providing unhindered participation in the life of a world-city” and also a place where they could “build a Jewish cultural center that might sustain the entire Jewish people.” New York was both a great secular city that Jews had helped make great, and an object to advance Jewish concerns nationally and internationally. As a result of these two factors, New York City leaders had to make sure that their international policies reflected Jewish sensibilities, just as Jewish New Yorkers had come to understand that the municipal government could be an effective tool in influencing global politics.
Lindsay’s need to attract Jewish voters in the 1969 election was a function of basic electoral and demographic realities in New York City. In 1960, approximately 2.1 million Jews lived in the city, representing about 27.5 percent of all New Yorkers; ten years later, as suburbanization moved forward, 1.8 million Jews lived there—roughly 23.5 percent of the city’s population. Large as these numbers are, they do not reflect the full electoral power of the Jewish vote for two key reasons. First, of all ethnic groups in the city, Jews were the most likely to vote. Second, although most Jewish voters were registered Democrats, they were relatively independent, and critically, they were consistently supportive of liberal agendas. Historically, Jews had been willing to abandon the Democratic machine when Republicans presented liberal candidates like Fiorello LaGuardia (1934-1945). They were also susceptible to the charms of reform Democrats like Robert Wagner (1954-1965) who were committed to cleaning up corruption within the party. Jews thus acted as swing voters, consistently bringing liberal candidates into office. This is not to say that other ethnic groups did not have muscle. The Irish dominated the Democratic Party’s official hierarchy throughout the first half of the twentieth century and, by the 1960s, other groups, including Italians, blacks and, to a lesser extent, Puerto Ricans, had considerable electoral clout. However, Jewish electoral power, based on raw numbers, consistent turnout, and independent liberal sensibilities did not subside.
In his first mayoral election in 1965, as in 1969, Lindsay, a liberal Republican, needed Jewish support to win. He developed two strategies toward that end. First, he energetically pursued and gained the Liberal Party nomination by emphasizing his independence from the Republicans and his willingness to work with Liberal Party leaders. The party, founded in 1944 by Alex Rose and David Dubinsky, leaders in the Jewish-dominated textile trades, initially had served as a voice for leftist, anti-Communist unionized workers. By the 1960s, Jewish involvement in the textile trades had waned considerably, but the party, still managed by Rose and Dubinsky, remained an active force in city politics and pulled support from Jews of all economic classes. Most significantly, the party’s nomination was a recognized citywide indicator of the liberal bona fides of a particular candidate and an indicator of Jewish approval. Party activists consciously thought of their endorsement as a “kosher” label. They appreciated that they were indicating not only that a candidate was liberal, but also that he would back the interests of Jewish voters. Second, and as important, Lindsay engaged in retail ethnic politicking. During the campaign he focused on Jewish neighborhoods, wearing a yarmulke at every opportunity and explaining his liberal credentials, especially on civil rights issues, then important to Jewish voters.
The results of the Democratic Party primary in September 1965 complicated Lindsay’s electoral calculus. Abraham Beame, the city comptroller, defeated City Council President Paul Screvane and two lesser-known candidates to become the first Jew to run for mayor of New York City for the Democratic Party. Polling data suggested that Beame won the primary because of Jewish voters and that, as a result, Lindsay would win less than 30 percent of the Jewish vote in the general election. This forced Lindsay to focus on other ethnic groups where Beame had been weak in the primary, most notably among Irish and black voters, but Lindsay also continued to work to attract Jewish support. One of Lindsay’s most notable coups was receiving the endorsement of the Jewish Daily Forward, among the most important Jewish publications in the city. Its editors, writing about Beame, noted that “of course we are proud of Jews who have, through their great abilities, achieved high positions, but we are certainly not ready to support any candidate for the sole reason that he is a Jew… Lindsay, who possesses youthful freshness, energy, courage, and eagerness to fight for what is right will try to lead New York out of the swamp into which it is sinking.”
Ultimately, Lindsay won an impressive 43 percent of the Jewish vote by emphasizing his liberal credentials. Beyond Jews, Lindsay pulled roughly 40 percent of the black and Irish votes and won overwhelmingly among his own ethnic demographic, white Protestants from Manhattan. Among the factors that helped Lindsay was William Buckley’s decision to enter the race for the Conservative Party. Buckley, editor of the National Review and host of the television show Firing Line, was angered that the Republican Party had given its nomination to a liberal, and he hoped to make a point by offering voters a real conservative voice. Buckley siphoned off the support of many traditional Democratic working-class voters from Beame, mostly Irish and Italian, which allowed Lindsay to squeak through to victory.
Lindsay’s appeal was certainly not ethnic; it was his ability to suggest to New Yorkers that he would be able to halt the city’s obvious decline. To most observers, both in the media and on the street, New York faced a series of seemingly intractable problems, including failing schools, lack of housing, rising crime, traffic, pollution, and the loss of tax revenues as a result of businesses and middle-class residents leaving the city.Growing numbers of Puerto Ricans and expanding black ghettos often gave a distinctly racial flavor to these concerns, but even without race problems, New York City appeared to face a dismal future. The cool, handsome Lindsay, who channeled John F. Kennedy’s optimistic spirit, suggested that government action—if implemented with intelligence and vigor and imbued with concerns about social justice and an idealistic yet rational sense of the possible—could turn the city around.
However, Lindsay’s desire to focus on liberal principle and to do, as the Forward had written, “what was right,” led to a series of decisions in his first term that divided the city along ethnic and racial lines. Black and Puerto Rican leaders lauded his support for restructuring and empowering the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board in 1966 to act more aggressively in reviewing improper police behavior. They believed that their constituencies routinely suffered from unfair and inappropriate police treatment. But the effort angered many others, most notably Irish and Italians, who were fearful that the board would reduce police effectiveness. The effort also alienated many Jews in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens, who worried that crime seemed to be spiraling out of control. There was real evidence to support their fears: From 1965 to 1966, reported robberies in New York jumped from 8,904 to 23,539; reported burglaries rocketed from 51,072 to 120,903; and total reported crimes went from 187,795 to 323,107.
Lindsay’s handling of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school controversy, which pitted black parents and black elected school administrators against a group of mostly Jewish unionized teachers, further alienated many Jewish voters, who feared that Lindsay aimed to help the black community at the expense of the Jewish community. It is not practical to unpack the extraordinary complexities of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville controversy here; many excellent scholars have explored the case and its implications for race relations in New York in a series of books and essays. Very briefly, the mayor believed in and promoted experimental community school management. This allowed the parents in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district, a pilot area chosen to demonstrate the viability of the idea, to select an administrator committed to replacing the mostly Jewish teaching staff. Lindsay was unable to get the administrator to back down, even though the removal of teachers violated both city policy and a contract with the American Federation of Teachers union, as well as common sense (and political sense too). This suggested to many Jews that the mayor did not take anti-Semitism seriously. Lindsay’s failure to resolve the situation in a timely fashion led to three city-wide teacher strikes at the beginning of the 1968 school year.
Though far smaller than the issues of either the Civilian Review Board or the Ocean Hill-Brownsville fiasco, Lindsay’s mishandling of King Faisal bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia’s visit to New York City in June 1966 also suggested that he did not fully appreciate the need to represent the interests of Jewish voters. Faisal was on an official visit to the United States, meeting in Washington with President Lyndon B. Johnson and then traveling to New York City for a weeklong stay at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. At the request of the U.S. State Department, Lindsay agreed to give a dinner for Faisal at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
While still in Washington, Faisal gave a press conference where he was asked which country he considered a greater enemy, Israel or Egypt. At the press conference, Faisal said that even though he might have differences with Egypt, it was a “sister republic” and the Egyptians were “brethren.” Israel was another matter. He did not question Israel’s right to exist, saying “It was never our aim to exterminate Israel and drive it into the sea.” However, he added, Zionists who had pushed Palestinians from their lands were clearly an enemy. In the same press conference, when asked about Arab boycotts against companies that traded with Israel, Faisal said, “Unfortunately, Jews support Israel, and we consider those who provide assistance to our enemies [to be] our own enemies.”
Following Faisal’s press conference, Lindsay faced immediate pressure to cancel the dinner from outraged New Yorkers, both Jewish and not, who had found the comments offensive and antagonistic. But Lindsay initially resisted, suggesting that it was important to follow Washington’s lead. He told reporters simply, “I am happy to respond to the invitation of our State Department to give the dinner.” The Liberal Party leader, Alex Rose, who had become part of Lindsay’s inner circle, explained further: “It is the Mayor’s job to carry out the policy of the State Department, not contradict it. If the President of the United States and the State Department feel we have to accord honors to a head of state, it is only logical that the Mayor of New York should conform to this policy.” Lindsay evidently hoped to minimize the issue, as it seemed to him a national issue, not a city one.
Critics attacked Lindsay immediately. City Councilman Theodore Weiss asked, “Has the city administration no sense of decency and right?” Queens Congressman Leonard Farbstein said it was “reprehensible” that the city would welcome the leader of a nation that “openly and unashamedly boycotts American businesses and discriminates against Americans of Jewish faith.” City Council President Frank O’Conner told the press simply, “I was invited and I am not going.”
Lindsay had little choice but to reconsider the invitation. On the night of June 23, he met with two key advisors, Harvey Rothenberg and Bud Palmer, for a late dinner at Sardi’s Restaurant to discuss his options. During the course of the dinner, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk twice called Lindsay to encourage him to move forward with the reception. Rusk suggested including in a welcome speech some kind of criticism of Faisal’s comments as a way of finessing the situation. But the mayor would not commit himself to a position—neither to Rusk nor later to reporters waiting outside Sardi’s at 1 a.m. The next day, Lindsay flew to Washington to testify before the U.S. Senate in a previously scheduled session on urban poverty. According to press reports, Lindsay had struggled with the question that morning on his flight, and by the time he arrived at National Airport at 11 a.m., he had made up his mind. He called his press secretary, Woody Klein, from the airport and the two worked on a short statement that read: “The dinner is canceled. Under the circumstances, the Mayor has concluded that it would not be feasible to proceed with the dinner.” The statement did not explain much about Lindsay’s thinking. Later that afternoon, Lindsay told the press more, saying that he had an obligation to “prevent abrasive conditions within our city.” In the following days, Lindsay expanded on this theme, saying that Faisal’s comment “has made it impossible for me, as Mayor of New York City, to extend the official welcome of the city.” He noted: “The remark is extremely offensive, not just to Jews, but to all citizens of New York.” He further ordered that no city official meet with King Faisal during the mission. Still, Lindsay’s fumbling of the initial response was exactly the kind of misstep that suggested to New Yorkers, especially Jewish New Yorkers, that he was out of touch with their concerns.
That Lindsay failed to handle the Faisal situation masterfully demonstrates his general emphasis on principle over politics, but more importantly, the limitations of an approach that tried to ignore ethnic considerations for a New York City mayor of this era. It is worth mentioning that even though Lindsay had hesitated, national politicians attacked him for his ultimate decision. Senator J. William Fulbright (D-AR), chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, suggested that Faisal visit other parts of the United States, where he would find a warmer reception, adding, “I do recognize the emotions involved, but we should still maintain good manners.” Even New York Senator Jacob Javits, a Jew and a liberal Republican, said, “His visit could have served the purpose to indicate to Americans that as a leading Arab statesman his goal is a peaceful Middle East and progress for his people in an atmosphere of peace.”
In an essay in the New York Times, the popular satirist Russell Baker expanded on the theme of Lindsay’s lack of cooperation and suggested that although the snub had startled most Americans, that was precisely the effect that the “Manhattan Foreign Office” hoped to achieve. Baker mused that those who make New York’s foreign policy think the “trouble with Dean Rusk … is that he thinks he can make Washington’s foreign policy New York’s foreign policy. He treats us as if we were Great Britain.” Baker suggested that Lindsay was angling to join NATO, was planning a trip to Moscow to sign a nonaggression pact between the Kremlin and City Hall, and was even hoping to have his own nuclear bomb. New York officials did not intend to build their own bomb, Baker joked; they would trade twenty megatons of corned beef with Washington for each bomb. That would have been a good deal for Washington, he wrote, given its lack of decent delicatessens.
Baker had missed the mark though. The Faisal incident demonstrated that, to the extent that Lindsay had an independent foreign policy before 1969, it was a reluctant one. It is also worth noting that the Faisal incident did not seem to alter Lindsay’s approach to foreign leaders from the Middle East. In April 1969, he met with King Hussein of Jordan for a low-key afternoon tea at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Fortunately for the mayor, this get-together did not lead to a public outcry. It did suggest that Lindsay continued to feel it was important to receive foreign leaders, no matter where they came from.
As Lindsay faced the 1969 election, his advisors once again understood that winning the Jewish vote would be critical. However, it was not his only challenge. City Republican leaders deeply opposed Lindsay’s reelection because of his emphasis on liberal principles and also because of his backing of Democrat Hubert Humphrey over Republican Richard Nixon in the 1968 presidential election. Republican John Marchi, a state senator from Staten Island, challenged the mayor and narrowly won the party’s primary election. Lindsay took the Manhattan vote by a 4-to-1 margin but lost badly in the other boroughs. In order to run again, Lindsay sought and obtained the Liberal Party nomination, as he had in 1965, which gave him a place on the ballot.
From the Democrats, Lindsay faced Comptroller Mario Procaccino, a relatively conservative party regular who won his party’s primary against a crowded field of more liberal candidates that included former Mayor Robert Wagner, Bronx Borough President Herman Badillo, a Puerto Rican, and the writer Norman Mailer. As the incumbent, Lindsay had no problem ensuring that he remained a “serious” candidate, but the symbolism of being abandoned by his party reinforced public sentiment that his mayoralty had been a failure. Lindsay’s strategy was to run what was then called a “mea culpa” campaign: to admit that the first term had not gone well, but that he was capable of improving and that neither of his Italian opponents would be able to do better.
A series of analyses of the electorate by Lindsay staffers and external observers suggested that the dynamics of the race would break down along ethnic and class lines and that Lindsay’s liberalism, given that he faced two significantly more conservative candidates, would be the major issue. The city’s poorest residents, mostly black and Puerto Rican, would vote overwhelmingly for Lindsay. The question was simply how to promote turnout among these groups, which usually had the lowest participation rates in the city. Among wealthy New Yorkers, especially white Protestant voters, Lindsay also remained popular. Aside from being one of their own, Lindsay seemed the smart and sophisticated choice. Both Marchi and Procaccino were conservatives, and Procaccino, especially, cultivated a deeply ethnic Italian working-class image. Lindsay would lose the Irish and Italian votes badly, but he could hope that these New Yorkers would split their votes between his two rivals. Given these factors, observers and Lindsay’s staff understood that Jews were the key. They were the only voting bloc that might swing either way. Using the same logic, a Procaccino aide asked rhetorically, “Is an Italian going to vote for Lindsay? How much of the Negro vote can we possibly get? …What we’re really talking about this year is the Jewish vote. Most of the other vote is locked in.”
It is important to point out, perhaps belatedly, that the Jewish vote and the Jewish community were not one entity. Although Jewish electoral power remained constant, the Jewish community itself was in a state of transition. By the 1950s, large numbers of college-educated, second- and third-generation Jews had entered professional white-collar occupations. These professional Jews often left the old neighborhoods. Some went to wealthier parts of the city, such as Jamaica Estates, Riverdale, or the Upper West Side, and many moved to the suburbs of Long Island, Westchester, and New Jersey. These Jews remained reliably liberal, and they were more likely to identify themselves religiously as Conservative or Reform Jews, or as unaffiliated. Internal Lindsay campaign memos referred to these Jews as the non-Ethnics. But not all Jews were part of this trend. Working-class Jews either remained in the old immigrant neighborhoods, especially in Brooklyn, or they moved to new working-class neighborhoods. They often continued to work in the occupations of their parents (e.g., textile workers, shopkeepers, and schoolteachers), and they were more likely to identify themselves as Orthodox Jews. The result was that by the mid-1960s, class differentiation and spatial movement meant that Jewish New Yorkers had increasingly less in common with each other than the city’s Jews in earlier eras.
It was among the working-class Jews that Lindsay had the biggest problem. As Deputy Mayor Robert Sweet explained in a campaign memo in July 1969: “Many Jews in the three boroughs [Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx] have come to feel that City Hall is neglecting their problems by undue concentration on Manhattan and the interests of the poor, ([which they] equate with blacks and Puerto Ricans). In the areas of education, taxation, welfare policies and crime, the feeling is prevalent that the Mayor pays relatively little attention to the middle and lower middle class—largely small homeowners and tenants who can’t afford to move to the suburbs but whose way of life is threatened by the real or imagined demands and conditions imposed by the minorities.” Another campaign memo on the Jewish vote suggested that while Conservative Jews were “more sophisticated politically” and “less anti-Lindsay,” and Reform Jews were “more pro-Lindsay than others in the Jewish Community,” the Orthodox were “the most anti-Lindsay of the Jewish Community.” Fortunately, the campaign believed that these voters were “not beyond reach.” Thus, Lindsay spent much of the fall campaign speaking in synagogues in the outer boroughs. His campaign organized a series of committees to focus on Jews, and it developed a special advertising campaign targeted to more observant working-class Jewish voters.
In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir’s visit to New York in September of 1969, coming just one month before the election, represented an incredible opportunity for Lindsay to reconnect with Jewish New Yorkers, especially in the Orthodox community. Lindsay used his hosting and escorting duties to try to create a public perception that he was the pro-Israel candidate. While the Jewish community was fractured on a series of issues, including Lindsay’s record, his campaign advisors believed that support for Israel was an important common denominator—perhaps the only remaining common denominator for Jewish voters. They believed that Meir, as the personified symbol of the Israeli state, carried extraordinary power with her to New York as a spontaneous and temporary power broker.
Meir was in the United States for a series of talks with the Nixon administration in Washington, mostly about Israeli security needs and potential negotiations with Arab states. She then traveled to New York on September 29 before heading to Los Angeles and Milwaukee. From the moment Meir arrived in New York City, Lindsay spent as much time as he could at her side. Accompanied by his wife, Mary, the Mayor met Meir’s plane at Kennedy Airport, spending a few minutes in the small Convair plane with the prime minister before leading her to a short welcoming ceremony in front of 5,000 schoolchildren; together, Meir and Lindsay then drove to City Hall. There, the Mayor hosted a reception for city officials before Meir proceeded to a rally in City Hall Park where she was greeted by an estimated crowd of 15,000 well-wishers. During his speech, Lindsay gave Meir a ceremonial gold key to the city and told her: “The nation of Israel has conquered a desert and made it rich and fertile. It has conquered barren desolation and built cities where nothing stood. It has conquered those who would destroy it.” After these grand sentiments, he made an awkward transition, saying, “Today, a single woman has conquered the hearts of the City of New York.” Lindsay more meaningfully suggested, “If Israel’s freedom is ever lost, we are all a lesser people. If your fight for a Jewish homeland is ever lost, then this city—a homeland for so many diverse creeds—is that much less secure.” Lindsay concluded, “Madame Prime Minister, New York City is yours. Shalom Aleichem.”
Meir then traveled uptown to the United Nations for talks with Secretary-General U Thant, followed by a meeting with New York State Governor Nelson Rockefeller. That night, a group of Jewish organizations hosted a dinner for Meir at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel with 2,700 guests. The next day, after a morning television interview on NBC’s “Today” show, she met with a group of newspaper editors and then with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. At lunch, she joined representatives from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Waldorf-Astoria. She then traveled to Madison Square Garden for a youth rally in the Felt Forum sponsored by several Zionist organizations.
The highlight of the trip was the city’s official reception at the Brooklyn Museum. One of the leading rabbis in the city, Emanuel Rackman of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, had suggested to the Mayor’s Office that because Meir’s visit coincided with the holiday of Sukkot, the city should plan something special to accommodate observant Jews who would attend. During Sukkot, which commemorates the biblical exodus from Egypt and the Israelites’ period of wandering in the desert before they reached the Holy Land, religious Jews construct a temporary shelter (a sukkah) outside their homes in which they take meals and sometimes sleep. Thus, the Lindsay administration, on Rackman’s suggestion, decided to build a massive sukkah for the dinner. This would be no easy task because the structure, which would cost $6,000—all provided by private donations—would need to be enormous and built in accordance with religious laws. The campaign corralled an Orthodox city construction supervisor to manage the raising of the sukkah and also enlisted members of rival Hassidic sects, the Lubavitchers and the Satmars, to provide the manpower. Attorney Sid Davidoff, an aide to Lindsay, recalled that they also “strong-armed” a couple of importers from the Hunts Point Cooperative Market to get ferns deemed necessary for the sukkah roofing and enlisted Yeshiva students from around the city to make decorations.
Invitations to the reception came to be seen as a status symbol among Jewish organizations, which submitted more than 8,000 requests for tickets. Dozens of New York City politicians anxious to attend also clamored for one of the roughly 1,300 tickets. Davidoff suggested: “[If] there was a Jew in town who was a significant Jew, either as a contributor or as a rabbinical man, or whatever it may be, that missed that function, it was either because he was dying or dead.” The dais alone included places for 124 community leaders, from ”A,” Max Abrams, the campaign chairman of Greater New York for State of Israel Bonds, to ”Z,” Paul Zuckerman, a national chairman for the United Jewish Appeal.
There was little criticism about the fact that this dinner would be, by far, the most expensive in the city’s history. Because there was no kitchen at the Brooklyn Museum, and because everything had to be kosher, the city had to contract to bring all the food to the site. The grand dinner of stuffed artichokes, boned Rock Cornish hens, candied oranges filled with currant jelly, peas, mushrooms, fruit macedoine, petit fours, and coffee set the city back $36,000. Tickets cost $25, more than twice the usual price of $10 for similar city events. Most of the guests actually ate inside the museum, but about 240 guests ate in the sukkah. The New York All City High School Chorus opened the event by singing “Shalom Alechem,” a traditional Jewish welcoming song. Lindsay and Meir then spent time with guests in both venues and after the reception line, dinner, and speeches, they participated in Israeli dancing.
As important as the grandeur of the event and its extraordinary character was Meir’s willingness to embrace Lindsay’s campaign in her remarks. Reports make it clear that she came as close to endorsing Lindsay’s candidacy as she possibly could without actually uttering the words, “I am backing Lindsay.” In a later interview, Davidoff optimistically suggested that Meir and her advisers decided to help Lindsay to advance their own interests. He stated:
I just think that they [the Israelis] … wanted Lindsay as mayor, and in him they had a non-Jew who was a national figure who was committed to the Israeli cause, [and] who had around him Jewish advisors, [and] who … never wavered from the day he was in Congress to the time he was mayor. … I kind of believe that they had made a decision and, without interfering in internal politics in this country and in New York, they gave us the best thing they could give us, once they made a decision that he was valuable to them.
Richard Aurelio, Lindsay’s campaign manager, suggested a different logic. He said that before the reception, he and the mayor had met with Meir and discussed the dynamics of the election. Aurelio and Lindsay explained to Meir that it was a contest about more than New York; it was “a fight for liberal and humane government… for racial harmony and equality.” They concluded that the “soul of New York’s Jews was involved.” This appeal, according to Aurelio, was what had moved Meir to speak.
There certainly was no escaping the fact that the dinner was a campaign event. Victor Borge, the comedian, quipped in his remarks, “Mrs. Meir and Mr. Lindsay, you both have something in common. You are both running for election and you’re both dependent on the Jewish vote, particularly you, Mr. Mayor.” Marchi and Procaccino did attend the dinner and the City Hall reception the day before, and while the Lindsay campaign was careful to be respectful and to pretend to be above politics, it ensured that the two remained on the periphery. Procaccino especially felt angry that he had been kept away from the limelight. He was upset that at the City Hall rally he had initially been blocked from joining the procession by a Lindsay aide, and he was frustrated that he had not been given time to deliver his prepared remarks. However, the event was not only political; it was diplomatic. Lindsay staffers referred to it as a “state dinner,” and the presence of a foreign leader encouraged the mayor’s staff to make the evening as grand as possible. Davidoff claims he told Lindsay that because it was a state dinner, “You just don’t throw a ham sandwich down. You really have to plan this thing.”
While there is no way to prove a causal relationship between the Meir visit and support for Lindsay, in October his polling numbers did improve. A poll released by NBC at the beginning of the month had Lindsay at 35 percent, Procaccino at 33 percent and Marchi at 12 percent, with 20 percent undecided. The undecideds, the New York Times suggested, based on information provided by pollsters in the Lindsay campaign, were mostly Jewish. A Daily News poll released at the end of October had Lindsay at 44 percent and Procaccino at 33 percent. On election day, Lindsay wound up with 41 percent; Procaccino had 34 percent; and Marchi received 22 percent. Lindsay received something on the order of 45 percent to 50 percent of the Jewish vote, Procaccino earned about 45 percent of the Jewish vote and Marchi won the remainder. These numbers, obviously estimates, were not extraordinary, but given the Ocean Hill-Brownsville situation, his Civilian Complaint Review Board plans, and other problems New York Jews had with Lindsay’s record, they were as good as could be expected, and enough to give him a solid victory. Other factors helped Lindsay to win, but his campaign had understood that it needed Jewish votes to win and, as symbolically represented by the sukkah during Meir’s visit, it went after those votes by using support for Israel as an indicator of Lindsay’s backing of Jewish interests.
As a result of the 1969 election, Lindsay seemed to have developed a greater appreciation for how, in New York, success was dependent on the ethnic voters and politicians needed to engage ethnic voters on ethnic grounds. In his second term, Lindsay increasingly focused on international issues, many of which were connected to Jewish voters.
Almost immediately upon taking office for a second term, Lindsay followed up with a natural corollary to the Meir fete: He snubbed French President Georges Pompidou. Traveling to the United States in late February of 1970 to visit with President Richard Nixon and U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, Pompidou faced the anger of Jewish organizations nationwide for his government’s decision to sell 100 Mirage jets to the revolutionary government of Libya, headed by Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi. In contrast to its Faisal mistake, Lindsay’s staff announced more than a month before Pompidou’s arrival that the mayor would not be hosting a reception for the French president. They leaked to the New York Times that the snub was a deliberate signal designed to “strongly indicate the feelings of Mayor Lindsay and his administration” about the French sale. The lack of a reception clearly contrasted with the city’s welcome for Meir, but also with the ticker-tape parade Mayor Wagner had organized for Charles de Gaulle in April 1960.
As Pompidou faced angry crowds organized by pro-Israel groups throughout his eight-day visit to the United States, Nixon reportedly became increasingly livid about what he considered to be a national embarrassment and an extraordinary discourtesy shown to an American ally. On February 26, 1970, Nixon aide H. R. Haldeman recorded in his diary that the President “really raged again today against the United States Jews because of their behavior toward Pompidou.” He was, Haldeman wrote, as “mad as he’s been since” the beginning of his presidency. Author Richard Reeves in President Nixon: Alone in the White House, quotes Nixon as saying, “This is unconscionable… The fucking Jews think they can run the world…” Nixon told his staff that Jews were henceforth to be barred from coming to see him about the Middle East. His national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, a Jew, who was in the room at the time, apparently would be an exception.
To punish American Jews, Nixon instructed his aides to postpone the shipment and delivery of 25 U.S. Phantom jets and 80 Skyhawk jets to Israel, aircraft that he had agreed to provide to Golda Meir just a few months earlier on her visit to the United States. Nixon fumed that the Israelis “can go talk to Lindsay and [New York Governor Nelson] Rockefeller about whether they can provide arms for Israel.” The fact that Nixon decided to stop the shipment is exceptionally remarkable—in part because in a telephone conversation with Nixon a few weeks earlier, Kissinger had counseled Nixon that the French sale of the Mirages had made delivery of the jets for Israel far more necessary. Kissinger had suggested that the United States should speed up the shipment and provide more military aid as a counterbalance to the French sale. Ultimately, Nixon agreed to sell the U.S. jets and other weaponry to Israel only to compensate for battlefield losses of equipment.
To make up for the fact that Lindsay would not attend a dinner for Pompidou hosted by the French-American Cultural Society in Manhattan, Nixon decided to go himself and to issue an apology on behalf of the United States to Pompidou for the behavior of the protesters and the New York City mayor. Nixon’s frustration with Lindsay led him to conclude that, like the Israelis, the people of New York City deserved punishment too. Nixon ordered that his aides should “cut all federal projects … which provide aid for New York City…[and] discontinue or delay programs with discretionary funding which directly aid the City government, concentrating on three departments vital to the City’s needs—HEW [Health Education and Welfare], HUD [Housing and Urban Development], and Transportation.” It is unclear exactly how this particular order had an impact on funding to the city, although budgets for these programs did decrease in the coming years. Nixon, of course, understood that New York City desperately needed federal support. On his way to the Pompidou dinner, his motorcade had to travel through what Haldeman called “a crummy area of lower Manhattan,” which led Nixon into “quite a harangue… about the miserable city of New York,” and its deep problems.
Lindsay opted to get out of town, traveling to Washington while Nixon was in New York. Even if the mayor had predicted the level of Nixon’s spitefulness, it would have been quite difficult to attend the dinner and retain any credibility. As Robert Semple reported in the New York Times, “Having lost the allegiance of many [of the city’s Jews] during the bitter Ocean Hill-Brownsville dispute over school decentralization in the fall of 1968, the Mayor spent nearly every day of his re-election campaign courting Jewish voters in one way or another.” Semple added, “Whether he made any hard commitments or delivered any soft reassurances on the Mideast question during the campaign is unclear. But what is certain beyond doubt is that he is reluctant to offend Jewish voters now during Mr. Pompidou’s visit, the first real test of his loyalty to the people who helped put him in office.” What is interesting is that Nixon understood that Lindsay’s snub of Pompidou indicated that Washington’s will had only limited power in New York. Nixon could fume, threaten and ultimately punish, but he could not control Lindsay’s foreign policy behavior. That said, Nixon still held the trump cards; Lindsay could act only symbolically, Nixon could stop arms deals.
During the rest of his term, Lindsay did not snub anyone else, but he did continue to focus on international issues of concern to Jewish voters. In December of 1972, he traveled to Israel and met with a series of Israeli leaders, including Meir, visited a Jerusalem park named in his honor, and traveled to the Holocaust memorial at Yad Vashem. Lindsay also linked himself to the Soviet Jewry movement as it developed in the early 1970s. In planning for a trip to the Soviet Union in May 1973 that ultimately did not happen, Lindsay announced that he would bring along the president of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith as an adviser, and in an official release he promised voters that he would “take up the issue of Soviet Jewry with Soviet officials and private citizens.” Here too, Lindsay’s involvement was symbolic and not particularly substantive, but as the Meir and Pompidou stories demonstrate, symbolic issues could be vital to Jewish voters.
In his second term, Lindsay’s focus on international issues dealing with Jews sometimes had a more tenuous connection. The most notable case of this involved the war in Vietnam. During the summer of 1969, Lindsay’s advisers conducted opinion surveys, finding that New York Jews, notably working-class Jews, overwhelmingly opposed the Vietnam War. Thus, in the mayor’s numerous visits to synagogues and other venues throughout the campaign season, he focused on the conflict, making the point that its costs, both in money and lives, hurt American cities. At a rally in June, Lindsay suggested that the destruction wrought by war hit not only Hanoi but New York City, too. In this speech and in dozens later on the same theme, he claimed that this was because the city sent $9 billion to Washington to pay for the war. The loss of that money meant poorer schools, police services, hospitals and public housing. In short, he told his audiences, it was the cause of the city’s fiscal and physical deterioration.
The highpoint of Lindsay’s anti-war campaign strategy came just weeks before the election during the nationally coordinated Moratorium Against the Vietnam War Day on Oct. 15, 1969. Lindsay spoke at services at St. James Episcopal Church and then at rallies at New York University, Columbia University, Fordham University, City Hall Plaza, and Brooklyn Borough Hall, as well as at a union hall in the garment district. Among the most controversial aspects of Lindsay’s efforts to support the moratorium was an order that flags on all municipal buildings fly at half-staff to honor those killed in the war. Personnel at police precincts and fire stations generally refused to follow the order (both groups were hotbeds of anti-Lindsay sentiment), and in one case, a Queens councilman actually went onto the roof at City Hall to raise the flag to full mast. At Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, as the Mets prepared for the fourth game of the World Series, Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn initially ordered that flags were to fly at half-staff, but then he reversed himself. Kuhn changed his mind, in part, because the band from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, scheduled to play the national anthem, had sent word that they would not participate unless the flags were at full mast.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, during his 1984 presidential campaign, infamously alienated Jewish voters by using the epithet “Hymietown” to refer to New York. Milton Coleman, the Washington Post reporter who broke the story, reported that Jackson’s larger point was about the obsession of New York Jews with Israel. Coleman wrote that in a private conversation, “Jackson … talked about the preoccupation of some with Israel. He said something to the effect of the following: ‘That’s all Hymie wants to talk about, is Israel; every time you go to Hymietown, that is all they want to talk about.’ ” While Jackson’s choice of words was crude and nasty, he was recognizing an essential truth. In New York City, Jews played a powerful role in guiding political discussions and they deeply cared about Israel. But even more important, the presence of so many politically engaged Jews forced city leaders, Jewish and not, to see their interests differently from those of national leaders. Vigorous and dogged support for Israel, and hostility to policies that might aid its adversaries, thus became the core of the city’s independent foreign policy.
For many Jewish voters in New York City in the 1969 election, selecting Lindsay was an easy choice. Although his first term had been disappointing, he represented the only liberal, sophisticated and intellectual choice in the election. For these Jews, who were generally better educated, wealthier, less observant, and more apt to be living in Manhattan, Lindsay’s support for Israel on progressive grounds, as well as his opposition to the Vietnam War, gave them confidence that he spoke for their global concerns. For Jews in the outer boroughs, especially the more religious ones living in working-class communities, it was a tougher decision. Lindsay represented an out-of-touch, tin-ear liberalism that seemed incapable of handling crime and that was at least partially responsible for the rise in the city’s black-Jewish tensions. The exact same things most liberal Jewish voters loved about Lindsay, these other Jewish voters hated about him. While a majority of them decided to back Procaccino, the polling data suggests that some pulled their voting levers for Lindsay anyway. His campaign staff believed that these Jews were responsible for his victory. They believed that these voters figured, if Lindsay danced in a sukkah with the Israeli prime minister, how bad could he be?
Following Lindsay’s term, Jewish electoral power in New York City continued to evolve. Notably, New Yorkers finally elected a Jewish candidate, Lindsay’s foe in the 1965 race, Abe Beame, as mayor in 1973, and then proceeded to elect another Jew, Edward Koch, to the position in 1977 and to reelect him in 1981 and 1985. Both made support for the Jewish state central to their municipal foreign policies. Yet, at the same time, New York City was becoming a more complex place. The continued fragmentation of the Jewish community, suburbanization, the influx of new immigrants, and gentrification of many neighborhoods all served to diffuse Jewish electoral power in the city. Beame and Koch did continue the kinds of policies Lindsay had implemented, but they had become an expected way for New York City leaders to run their municipal foreign policy.
This article is adapted from a 2013 article in American Jewish History, “The Snubs and the ‘Sukkah’: John Lindsay and Jewish Voters in New York City,” and is printed with permission.
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Gov Desantis promotes 'opportunity zone' tax incentives in Brevard's poor communities
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stopped in Melbourne Tuesday to promote a federal program that aims to increase investment in low-income communities through business tax breaks.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 designated certain low-income census tracts as “opportunity zones” with the stated goal of increasing investments in those communities by providing tax breaks. Businesses within the zones receive significant tax benefits in the form of deferred or reduced taxes on capital gains from investments
Critics of the program say the tax breaks benefit the wealthy who take advantage of the incentives without providing the jobs the program is intended to create to help the poor.
At a press conference at the L3Harris facility near the Orlando Melbourne International Airport — located within one of the designated opportunity zones — DeSantis said his office has earmarked $250,000 to promoting and marketing the opportunity zones, which he called an important component of Brevard County’s economic growth.
“I think what you'll find is, if you (as an investor) do identify an opportunity zone, because of the legislation that was passed at the end of 2017, you're looking at some potentially significant tax savings,” DeSantis said. “So it's the type of thing that could be a win-win situation.”
DeSantis said his office has relaunched and expanded “Find it Florida,” a commercial property search tool. Relaunched in October 2019, the database will allow investors to determine whether a property is within an opportunity zone.
Brevard has nine opportunity zones spread out across the county, located in Titusville, Port St. John, Cocoa and Melbourne, including the one encompassing the Melbourne airport.
Desantis said the zones would benefit communities by providing incentives for businesses to move into underdeveloped neighborhoods, creating jobs for residents.
But the tax incentive program has attracted controversy.
ProPublica, a national investigative news service, highlighted the case of a Palm Beach opportunity zone that benefited a wealthy Republican donor whose “superyacht” marina lay inside one Florida zone’s boundaries. According to the report, bordering lower-income census tracts were passed over for the program in favor of the donor's.
The Melbourne airport opportunity zone includes properties of several major aerospace players: L3Harris has a campus there and Embraer Executive Jets, Northrop Grumman, and Rockwell Collins are tenants at the airport.
DeSantis called the Space Coast’s economic development in recent years a “bright spot” within the Florida economy. He lauded job growth from aerospace companies Lockheed Martin, Firefly, OneWeb and Boeing, expanding their footprint in the area. He said his office would continue to support improvements in the area such as the $4 million grant provided to the Melbourne Airport Authority in November to improve infrastructure and attract new business.
“If you look at all the activity that's going on right now, and then compare that to what was going on, seven, eight years ago, where you had the space shuttle being retired, people were wondering what was going to happen going forward,” DeSantis said. “This is a great change and it's a great movement in a direction I think it's going to continue.”
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New research conducted by Pennsylvania State University psychologists now suggests an alternative explanation. The study argues that the difference may be rooted more in individual differences in personality that result from one's relationship history but that can fall along gender lines. The findings appear in Psychological Science.
The researchers doubted the prevailing evolutionary explanation because there is a conspicuous subset of men who like most women find emotional betrayal more distressing than sexual infidelity. Why would this be? Some people—men and women alike—are more secure in their attachments to others, while others tend to be more dismissive of the need for close attachment relationships.
Psychologists see this compulsive self-reliance as a defensive strategy—protection against deep-seated feelings of vulnerability. Levy and Kelly hypothesized that these individuals would tend to be concerned with the sexual aspects of relationships rather than emotional intimacy.
Similar to earlier studies examining sex differences in jealousy, Levy and Kelly asked men and women which they would find more distressing—sexual infidelity or emotional infidelity. Participants also completed additional assessments including a standard and well validated measure of attachment style in romantic relationships.
The authors say the findings confirmed their hypotheses: those with a dismissing attachment style— who prize their autonomy in relationships over commitment—were much more upset about sexual infidelity than emotional infidelity. And conversely, those securely attached in relationships—including securely attached men—were much more likely to find emotional betrayal more upsetting.
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Global leaders convening tomorrow at the SEforALL Forum in Kigali for landmark event on energy and climate
At a time when far greater action is needed to fight climate change and to reduce global inequalities, the 2022 SEforALL Forum will commence tomorrow, May 17, in Kigali, Rwanda to spark greater progress on a clean, inclusive energy transition.
Organised by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the Government of Rwanda, this is the first time the event will be held in Africa.
The global SEforALL Forum is the landmark international gathering on sustainable energy. Global leaders from government, business, development institutions, civil society and many other organisations as well as youth representatives will build partnerships, share expertise, and form important commitments related to energy and climate goals ahead of COP27 in Egypt.
Those unable to attend the SEforALL Forum in person can still register to watch virtually
through this link.
On May 17, prominent global leaders will deliver opening statements to set the tone for the
Forum. This list includes:
In addition to renowned speakers from all over the world participating in the Forum’s main programme, ministers from African and Asian countries will attend Ministerial Roundtables.
These leaders will collaborate to build a narrative for what constitutes a just and equitable energy transition, with the aim to help guide commitments and actions on energy access and transition on the road to COP27. The Africa Ministerial will produce a communique that articulates how African countries can meet their development goals while supporting climate progress.
“The global transition to clean energy depends on our ability to facilitate transitions for developing countries, including on the African continent,” said Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy. “Especially at this crucial time for the global fight against climate change, we are honoured to partner with the Government of Rwanda to host the 2022 SEforALL Forum in Africa for the first time in our history.”
“Rwanda is proud to co-host the 2022 Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Kigali. As a country, we are implementing energy policies that leave no one behind and ensure everyone can live in a green and healthy environment. Clean and affordable energy is the backbone of sustainable development and we look forward to advancing sustainable energy for all through enlightening and inspiring discussions during the forum,” said Hon. Dr. Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment, Republic of Rwanda.
This year’s Forum will also mark SEforALL’s 10th anniversary of working with the UN to drive action toward the achievement of SDG7.
Visit the SEforALL Forum website for additional information.
About Sustainable Energy for All
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) is an international organisation that works in partnership with the United Nations and leaders in government, the private sector, financial institutions, civil society and philanthropies to drive faster action towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) – access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 – in line with the Paris Agreement on climate. SEforALL works to ensure a clean energy transition that leaves no one behind and brings new opportunities for everyone to fulfil their potential.
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The impact of disease upon the built world is greater than we generally appreciate. Architecture and more broadly city planning has consistently – and at times famously – been implemented to respond or react to the spread of disease. Several key examples are written into the urban fabric of cities around the world – New York and Paris come quickly to mind. (More on this later).
But the apparent moral to this story, or at least what appears to be evident to this author, is that architecture and more specially buildings, are rather poor opponents against pandemics. Urban planning seems to have a shot, but buildings – their scale, their materials, their systems, are weak at best and more likely a fool’s errand; wasting time, effort and money to combat a foe they cannot defeat at exactly a time when resources are slim.
Historical swings between feast, famine and epidemics have been defining and devastating periods within human evolution. As Manuel De Landa illustrates in A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History, once we had grown past the daily threat of macro-fauna predators, the more enduring threat came from “micro-predators” – the diseases that ate the flesh from within (De Landa, 109). Unfortunately at precisely this evolutionary moment (late medieval period) emerging trends towards trade, agriculture, urbanism and ultimately capitalism created “epidemiological laboratories” where microorganisms were offered “the perfect habitat to evolve novel variants” which were either benign, destroyed their hosts, inadvertently transmitted via trade, or accidentally weaponized against vulnerable rivals (De Landa 110). On cities and their inextricably intertwined relationship with microorganisms De Landa quotes a few lines form William McNeill:
Only in communities of several thousand persons, where encounters with other attain sufficient frequency…can such diseases persist. The communities are what we call civilized: large, complexly organized, densely populated, and without exception directed and dominated by cities. Infectious…diseases…are therefore the disease of civilization par excellence: the peculiar hallmark and burden of cities and of countryside in contact with cities.
William McNeill, Plagues and Peolpes, p. 45 in De Landa 110.
To say then that we have “created” the means of our current plight is more than just hyperbole. But the Novel Corona Virus didn’t come from a lab in China. It came from the built up accumulation of 1000 years of humans living within the ever increasing flows of urbanism. The foundational tools of modern life, are the very ingredients to foment viral pandemics. As it was in the past and is today. But, and to hue closer to the theme of this web-project, isn’t here something that design and/or architecture can do? Why are our architectural practices and struggles against the raging disease (outside of the medical industry) so futile? Probably a more accurate question would be: “why would we think architecture would be able to respond at all?” Aside from a kind of hubristic disregard for the scale difference – feet and inches against microns – and our own arrogance that we can control complex ecological systems with brick and mortar, our biggest mistakes are: 1) the presumption that we are singular organisms; and 2) that we will behave differently from any other animal.
On the first point, the difficult part of any communicable disease is that WE, are the vectors of transmission. We carry the pathogen – the virus or bacteria – within us. And this is nothing abnormal. Under normal healthy circumstances we’re happily spreading bacteria, mites, and other micro-organisms around. We are always more than just a single organism and this is a factor that design often forgets is rather ill-equipped to address. One line of thinking, one championed in this blog is to embrace rich, diverse ecologies – to foster symbiotic and redundant biological systems to prevent disease from escalating to the point of pandemic. But, once we’re past that point the design answers available to us are quite simple: distance, isolation and quarantine.
And this brings us to the second point: we will behave just like any other animal in a pandemic and it’s to our never-ending chagrin that we continue to look around the world say “Nah, we’re not animals. We’ve got this.” History and biology seem to suggest otherwise. In another post we’ll look more closely at various efforts in architecture and urban planning to address pandemics but firstly we’ll take a quick look at how other animals adapt and respond to viral invasions (that’s why you’re reading this… right?).
We’ve come upon a fascinating review from the Royal Society Publishing that outlines a variety of the ways that the built environment affects both the prevention and the containment of chronic and infectious disease. There’s some discussion of chronic disease and the modification of Human behavior but the pertinent part for today is their analysis of animal societies and their attempts to identify and address viral contagions. There are many good little nuggets in here, one particularly around design as it relates to the the prevention of disease in human around page 8. But, the section of prevention of Chronic Disease in animals is golden. Just a few snips, read it for yourself here.
- Certain building materials, such as plant parts with antibacterial or antifungal properties, are integrated into animal nests to protect the inhabitants from disease .
- Woodants use resin from coniferous trees as nesting material.This resin inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungi and enhances the survival of the nest’s inhabitants .
- Honey-bees incorporate resin from plants into the wax that forms their hive, thereby reducing the bees’ investment in the expression of immune function genes .
- Several bird species include green aromatic vegetation in their nest materials to reduce parasite load [130–133]
- and wood rats place California bay foliage in their nests to reduce the abundance of ectoparasites .
But most interestingly, and the parallels just continue to develope…
Removing vectors of infection from the nest, such as waste,
excretions and dead or sick individuals, is common in animals, especially in social insects. Honeybees and many ant species remove dead individuals from their hive or nest, a behaviour that extends the lives of the remaining colony members. Ants and bees can detect diseased individuals and behave aggressively towards them until they leave the nest. However, aggression is not always required and, in some ant species, sick individuals will remove themselves from the nest, without interacting with nest-mates.
Pinter-Wollman N, Jelic´ A, Wells NM. 2018 The impact of the built environment on health behaviours and disease transmission in social systems. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 373: 20170245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0245
Distancing, separation, quarantine, light and fresh air.
It would appear that in the case of a micro-organism onslaught that whether you’re a bee, an ant or a human, that segmentation, separation, and isolation are the most effective strategies. And to the extent that urban planning and architecture can support these initiatives we might have a fighting chance against our micro-biome. | <urn:uuid:3c314a9c-6bee-4ec6-a433-e683d904482f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.expandedenvironment.org/buildings-vs-germs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.938957 | 1,536 | 2.953125 | 3 |
For those of us who are lucky enough to have a break from Christmas to the New Year, it’s a wonderful chance to combine spending time with friends and family, and finding time to read and reflect.
Christmas is, of course, all about the birth of a child who represented a new beginning, a source of hope for the oppressed, someone to right the many wrongs of the world. It’s a narrative in which a spirited youth strove to triumph with a fresh message of peace and goodwill.
The parallel with today’s world is stark. The children of 2013 and those as yet unborn face immense challenges that have been set in motion by the short-sightedness of earlier generations. Yet when young people around the world clamour for action on climate change and other issues, rarely do those in power pay them more than lip-service.
This intergenerational inequity is the focus of something I will be re-reading over the Christmas break: “Now for the Long Term” — the final report [pdf] of the Oxford Martin School’s Commission on Future Generations. It urges leaders to adopt shared values and oversee radical shifts in politics and business to ensure that today’s challenges do not overwhelm later generations.
I wish I had been a fly on the wall at some of the meetings. Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organization, must have had a hard job chairing the commission’s stellar collection of thinkers, whose bright minds and varied interests would have generated far too much for a single report to handle.
While the report’s great strength is its connection with a broad range of issues and ideas, this breadth detracts from the needed focus on time, and the multiple barriers and biases which mean that most people — and especially politicians —avoid long-term thinking and action.
Time presents many a conundrum. Why do we tend to take the short-term option? And what might be the tools and tactics for getting longer-term thinking into daily practice? This needs to happen at all levels — individual, organisational, government and societal — if we are to ensure prosperity for all in the face of climate change and other long-term threats.
The rapid pace of change over the last 50 to 100 years shows no signs of slowing. Institutions are critical to how society deals with change, yet the huge value of our institutional structures runs the risk of being ignored because they’re invisible. Everyone focuses on policy, and almost no-one on delivery and implementation
The report does make one important distinction in terms of time. On the one hand are rapid events such as natural disasters and conflicts, which demand immediate responses. On the other hand are longer term, less visible processes — such as climatic change, desertification and environmental degradation.
These not only deplete our soils, biodiversity and water, but also tear holes in the social fabric, which needs the warp and weft of trust, infrastructure and co-operation to hold people together in times of trouble. While the immediate may capture attention, the long term needs continued investment.
The report identifies recent developments that encourage the short over the longer term. These include the 24/7 rolling news cycle, the rise of social media, quarterly corporate reporting, and short electoral cycles, which punish politicians taking a longer-term stance. The political system comes under scrutiny for its over-representation of current interests with well-funded lobbies, which drown out the long-term priorities. But the question the report leaves largely unanswered is, how to reward behaviour that privileges long-term vision and choices?
What tactics might we adopt consciously to limit our use of key resources? In fisheries, for instance, this might include imposing time limits on fishing, or forcing use of larger mesh nets, restricting the number of boats, and only allowing small-scale fisher fleets. We need to apply such thinking to forests and farms and so much more besides.
In an era in which the “consumer rules” what chance is there for self-restraint, a practice many traditional societies have known? Few if any people speak for the long term. The report notes some parliaments have set up committees for future generations, which put government policy through the lens of its consequences for the future. But the document says little about what difference, if any, such moves have made.
As the early part of the report makes clear, the rapid pace of change over the last 50 to 100 years shows no signs of slowing. Institutions are critical to how society deals with change, yet the huge value of our institutional structures runs the risk of being ignored because they’re invisible. Everyone focuses on policy, and almost no-one on delivery and implementation.
Meanwhile, no serious global measures have been put forward to cope with how we manage a single planet. This was horribly evident at last year’s Rio+20 Earth Summit. We’ve got ourselves stuck with the 200 or so national jurisdictions that currently map the people and territories of our world, yet so many things – both good and bad – ignore borders.
The G8 and G20 offer some means to cut through the decision-making process but at the expense of legitimacy. And few strong decisions have as yet come from the G20, despite some promising noises on tax havens. The Commission also recommends making progress at the climate talks by grouping 20 governments wanting to take the lead, along with 30 big corporates, and 40 major cities. This sounds sensible as a means of making progress by creating some critical mass at the negotiations – but it would be good to get some big civil society organisations in the mix as well.
I recommend this report. It’s a good read, with much to engage your interest. A stronger focus on how to bridge some of the tricky politics would have been good, as would a toolkit for addressing short termism in all walks of life.
The power to change the world, to right wrongs, to protect the weak and preserve the environmental systems upon which we all depend, lies not in the hands of the next generation but in those of today’s leaders. Problems will only intensify for future generations unless those in power today spend the Christmas break reflecting on how they wish to be remembered. Finding time to read the Now for the Long Term would be time well spent.
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Seeking help through shopping addiction treatment may be more common than we realise; around eight million Britons have stated that they have an uncontrollable urge to shop. This makes sense given that we are living in a time where consumerism is all-encompassing; both the internet and TV frequently bombard us with advertisements tempting us to shop. However, people with a shopping addiction usually experience financial difficulty, and their addiction can severely damage their close relationships. Fortunately, participating in professional rehabilitation treatments can help you find healthy coping mechanisms and take control of your urges to shop.
What is rehab for shopping addiction?
Rehabilitation programmes offer clients an opportunity to reside for a few weeks in a professional and private clinic, where they’ll receive in-house therapies and round-the-clock support. Rehabilitation centres cater to the client’s day-to-day needs; they’ll be given nutritious meals, a comfortable room, and various exercise facilities. Most importantly, rehab removes any temptations from shopping and allows clients to process their thoughts and feelings without any triggers or temptations.
Do I need treatment for shopping addiction?
If you can relate to any of the below signs, it may be time to look at getting professional help for shopping addiction:
- You cannot resist the urge to shop, even when you cannot afford it.
- You find yourself thinking about shopping all the time, especially when it interferes with work, studies, responsibilities, etc.
- Your shopping habits are negatively impacting your relationships.
- You struggle with guilt soon after making a purchase.
- You use shopping to control your emotions (to combat sadness).
- You’ve attempted to stop but have found it to feel near impossible.
Primrose Lodge offers valuable help for shopping addiction
Primrose Lodge is a high-quality treatment centre where you or your loved one can seek specialist help for shopping addiction. As with the above necessities, we provide a comprehensive treatment course, and each programme will be dependent on the individual’s condition and the severity of the addiction. You will receive a variety of therapies ranging from but not limited to:
- 12-step programme
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Family recovery programme
- Yoga and mediation
- ART and creative workshops
- Group therapy
- One-to-one counselling
How will these therapies help to cure shopping addiction?
At rehab, our therapists will locate the root cause of shopping addiction…
Each person has a unique story which has brought them to addiction, but many shopping addicts tend to use their addiction to mask any emotional trauma or pain. At Primrose Lodge, our skilled therapists will be able to decipher the underlying reasons why you loved are struggling. It may be that you have recently experienced a traumatic life event such as grief, unemployment or a breakup, and shopping may have been your way of coping.
Knowledge of addiction gives you power…
Addiction is not you; it is a chemical process that happens to you. Once we understand this, we can work on overcoming shopping addiction. Our professional therapist understands how dopamine levels affect the brain; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) allows clients to identify the patterns that drive them to shop in excess. For example, it may be that you feel sad about a specific scenario, and every time sadness occurs, you will go online to shop. CBT will identify the sadness and provide healthier ways of coping with it.
Rehab will help to prevent future relapses…
In popular culture, the term ‘retail therapy’ is frequently used to describe shopping as a form of self-care. Whilst this is a tongue-in-cheek expression that appears harmless, for those with a shopping addiction, it can be very misleading and extremely damaging. Sadly, much commercial marketing targets people in this vulnerable state. Addiction rehab equips patients with the tools to become more aware of this pattern and enable them to grow resilient to it. The 12-step programme is instrumental in helping people grow resistance to temptations, as it inspires patients to harness their inner strength and power, which has tremendously positive results.
Our therapists take care of the families effected…
Primrose Lodge understands that addiction affects the whole family, and it can be challenging for loved ones who don’t know how to help a shopping addict. Therefore, our rehab centres provide family intervention therapy to support everyone affected by shopping addiction. Our therapists can give support and guidance to your loved ones, which will help the whole family to steer through their recovery as best as possible.
At rehab, you get the chance to connect with those who know what you’re going through…
We are all human, and we all face difficult times. Group therapy brings about addiction’s nemesis – solidarity and hope. These transformative sessions enable clients to know they aren’t alone in their struggles; they bond with people going through the same addiction rehab experience. Moreover, each resident’s shared story and strength form a powerful and inspirational atmosphere, which can encourage individual recovery.
At shopping rehab, you learn tools to combat relapse…
Although there is no immediate cure for shopping addiction, as addiction is a mental health issue, recovery is a lifelong process. Shopping rehab provides people with the indispensable tools to defeat shopping addiction – tools that’ll be with them for life. Primrose Lodge is an excellent CQC-approved rehabilitation centre which is dedicated to helping people overcome their addictions. In addition, we proudly offer free aftercare for up to a year post-rehab course. We know there is a possibility of relapse, so we want to assure our clients that treatment for shopping addiction is still available to them.
How to help a shopping addict receive treatment
It’s important to take a moment to acknowledge that a shopping addiction comes under the umbrella of mental illness. We understand that their compulsive spending may take its toll on your mental health and finances. However, we strongly advise you not to reprimand them for their addiction – this will only make matters worse for them and you. Let them know you’re there to help them get help for their shopping addiction. If the person addicted knows you’re not shaming them, they may feel secure enough to open up further. Then together, you book the suitable rehab treatment – making the process more comfortable for them.
Lets take the next step to freedom
Attending rehab for a shopping dependency is the most effective way to recover from addiction. At Primrose Lodge, we provide the ideal environment for receiving shopping addiction help; you’ll be in a peaceful and welcoming home, and you’ll experience a range of holistic treatments that have proven, time and time again, to be highly successful. We know starting recovery can be challenging, but if it can help you regain your strength, peace, finances, relationships, and life, we know it’ll be worth it.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A new report finds COVID-19 has affected our health in some surprising ways.
The latest America’s Health Rankings, the first edition of the annual publication to include the impact of the pandemic, showed a 17 percent increase in the U.S. death rate.
“The important thing as we look at this report is, it’s the first glimpse of the impact of COVID,” said Dr. Michelle Bucknor, the Chapel Hill-based chief medical officer for UnitedHealthCare’s Community Health Plan of North Carolina.
She also called the increase in the death rate “not surprising, but sad.”
Another effect of the pandemic: A 7 percent decrease in the prevalence of cancer — likely because people put off screenings during the pandemic, Bucknor said.
“So there’s a big concern that … people postponed preventive care because of concerns about going to the doctor,” she said. “And I think if there’s anything everyone needs to think about, did I delay a mammogram? Did I delay preventive services? Because there could be undetected cancer.”
North Carolina continued its incremental climb in the rankings, moving up two spots to No. 27 nationally. The state was at No. 32 two years ago before inching up to 29th in 2020.
The report, produced by a UnitedHealthCare-backed research foundation, looks at 81 measures from 30 data sources in a comprehensive picture of health.
It gives our state credit for its low racial disparity in high school graduation rates and its high childhood immunization rate.
But it knocks North Carolina for having a high percentage of households with food insecurity, low per capita public health funding and a high prevalence of high-risk HIV behaviors.
“I think our challenges, not surprisingly, are persisting,” Bucknor said.
North Carolina’s spending on public health did increase — just not as much as it did in other states.
The report finds public health spending went up in every state, rising nationally by 33 percent from last year to $116 per person, and COVID-19 was a big reason why.
“The pandemic has shown us how important it is to have a strong public health infrastructure to continue to address the challenges we face,” said Dr. Georges Benjamin, the American Public Health Association’s executive director. “It is my hope that we use this data to build a public health system that can work to protect all Americans and address health inequities.” | <urn:uuid:7f6e5fb3-4465-49ab-b8dc-861fc85c03c2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/nc-cancer-rates-fell-death-rates-spiked-new-report-breaks-down-surprising-ways-covid-affected-health/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.961173 | 547 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Whether you call fitness a trend or a health awareness program, it has become our daily regime. Now, you don’t need to register with unisex fitness centers as there are men’s and Women’s Fitness Class Christies Beachto promote fitness.
The body structure of men and women is different and the amount of labor work both of these genders tolerate is also different.
Therefore, it’s understandable that men’s and Fitness Centre Noarlunga must have different fitness equipment and fitness supplements according to their needs.
There Are differences in men’s and women’s bodies, in terms of hormones, muscles, fat, body mass, and fitness goals.
Hence, your end goal must be to work out on yourself, based on your gender and current body mass.
Know the difference between men’s and women’s physiques
It’s not just a matter of sex organs, but there are lots of differences that we are going to highlight in this list.
1. Body Mass Index
The calculation of body mass index can be determined by the ratio of fat to total body weight. Most women have a higher body mass index compared to men. Healthy women have around 5% higher body index than men. This is because of women’s reproductive system fat.
Compared to men, women are very flexible as their bones are shorter. The body of females are more rounded and the bones around the pelvis are flexible than men’s which make them flexible.
3. Muscle mass
Men have a high testosterone level, due to which they hold more muscle mass. Measure the body mass index of an average man with a woman of the same weight, the man will have a lower body mass index and a greater muscle mass.
4. Losing weight
Building muscle is a good way to burn body fat and lose weight. The more muscles you will have on the body, the more calories you can burn and increase your metabolism activities. It’s a truth that men have a smooth time building active muscles, they have eased to control weight as well. Hence, the same amount of workouts can help men and women to be in shape.
Apart from above all, testosterone is also an impactful factor that affects men’s and women’s workout sessions. Men have a higher level of testosterone compared to women and women have a higher level of estrogen than men.
What does it conclude?
It indicates that men have a slightly smooth workout session to get the result compared to women. Men can achieve body shape and muscles more easily and can be in shape quickly than women. They can even handle heavy loads easily, unlike women.
So, if you are a woman and want to have a proper fitness step, it’s essential to get registered with a well-known Fitness Class Noarlungarather than a combined option.
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Caudex Font Family
Caudex Font is a creative classic serif typeface that features a certain elegant look unlike any other. It was made in the late 90s for printing some old handwritten text.
That was designed and published by Hjort Nidudsson. It offers four styles including bold, bold italic, italic, and regular. So, this truly gives an amazing look which no one ever creates.
Another awesome aspect of this typeface, you will find that the designer uses sharp corners not only in the corners but also outside the letters.
It’s really an excellent aspect applied by the designer over it just to give a fantastic font to the market. So, surely you can create a magnificent design with its help.
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At first glance, you can see how classy this font really looks. That’s why It has a great ability to work in a great way and make an excellent font pair with others.
The font comes with a stylish and attractive design that will go great with posters, book covers, paragraphs, t-shirt printing, special quotes, product designs, and many other awesome places where you find it perfect.
The most important thing is that you can get it totally free for personal or commercial use. We have some other amazing fonts for you here like Argio Font by Shaped Fonts, Optimus Princeps Font by Manfred Klein.
This font was created in a classic way just to provide a remarkable design where this beautiful font applies. So, you can also use it in your designing projects.
Its uniform textile arrangement and excellent appearance facilitate long textile needs. Many designer are using it in their regular work.
Here at Free Fonts Like, we are providing this fine quality font free, then you just click on a single button below and get this into your computer.
Now we hope that this knowledge is enough to better understand. So, share your thoughts on this great typeface in the comments section below.
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The error happens despite everything else on the Taskbar is working fine. The only alternative to bring up the Start menu or Start screen is by using Ctrl + Escape keyboard shortcut.
Here’s a workaround to make the Start button works and responding again. Note that the trick do not actually fix the underlying issues, if any, related to Start button, but merely make it usable again without having to restart the device.
Method 1: Restart Windows Explorer Process
Right click on Taskbar and open Task Manager, or alternatively press Ctrl + Shift + Escape keyboard shortcut. If you’re viewing the simple UI of Task Manager, click or tap on More details to expand the view. Then, go to Processes tab.
Select Windows Explorer under “Windows processes” heading (if File Explorer is not running) or “Apps” heading (if File Explorer is running). Hit Restart bottom on the bottom of Task Manager, or right click on Windows Explorer and select Restart.
Alternatively, open a Command Prompt as Administrator, and run the following commands:
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe start explorer.exe
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The tragedy of the March 11 earthquake (9.0 on the Richter scale) and resulting tsunami on Japan’s eastern shores resounded heavily in hearts and minds of the international community around the world.
The photos and stories of the some 26,000 people either missing or non-survivors spoke of a need to band together as global citizens.
Because of this, Sinkut View Elementary School took on the project, “A Wish for Japan.”
By the end of that first week, the Friday before spring break, chains of Maple Leaf Origami had been strung in quick succession by many of the staff and students.
Eager to share their heartfelt messages of “health,” “rebuild stronger,” “a home,” and “safe return of loved ones,” the wishes were sent to Mr. Matsui on the western coast of Japan to distribute to the Japanese schools and rescue shelters.
Thankfully Mr. Matsui and his family stayed safe amidst the grief and suffering faced in every part of the tiny country, only 2.5 times larger than the province of B.C.
Once students had returned back to school from their two-week reprieve, preparations began again in earnest, as a Japanese Luncheon was undertaken.
A simple meal of teriyaki stir-fry, rice bowl, cupcake and beverage would be supplied for $5 in donation to the Red Cross.
Students in every grade assisted in some part of the event; whether creating illustrative posters, decorating the 100 homemade cupcakes, lending a hand in the kitchen under the supervision of the head chef, supplying tables/chairs to the gymnasium, and/or setting up the technical support for the PowerPoint presentation during the noon hour event.
When the 100+ students, staff, CNC supporters, parents and guardians had sat down… the meals had been handed out…the students were sitting cross-legged on the Japanese-style mats lining the floor, and when the lights finally came down, the atmosphere of hushed respect and compassion was felt by all in attendance.
Thanks to the entire Sinkut View Community, we were able to raise approximately $311 from the Penny Jar,
Luncheon and generosity of friends and loved ones with a child attending this school.
We wanted to teach that being a global citizen was a choice you could choose, but we’re honored to say that the outpouring of kindness and financial support has shown that it is not only our duty, but our– privilege.
In the words of our Japanese friends, “The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.”
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"Racism is just a playground of mirrors where we reflect ourselves. Sometimes, such as in racism, we use our differences as an excuse and opportunity to act out and reveal our condition." ~Joe Simmons
It's not just a lack of justice thing. It's a self-hate thing. Racism is just a playground of mirrors where we reflect ourselves. Sometimes, such as in racism, we use our differences as an excuse and opportunity to act out and reveal our condition. When we love ourselves and each other, justice takes care of itself. Otherwise, the pursuit of justice is a mute point and futile undertaking, in my opinion.
The good news is that the context gives us a comparison to love and a reason to engage and feel whatever comes up. We remember that as the humans, we can't experience a thing unless we can compare it to something else. Mission accomplished there.
To progress, the first question is, do we have a desire to move past the "racism" and "injustice" to the next level, which is to recognize and access the love?
Second, what are the seeds of love and healing that will automatically precipitate an aspect of love that we call "justice"?
Next, who's accountable for planting the seeds? Finally, who's responsible for the end result?
Any other exploration is futile in regard to eliminating "racism" and accomplishing "justice", in my opinion.
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Eleanor Duckworth's ideas contained in these timeless essays are more important than ever to the public discourse on education. While touching on many subjects--from science, math, and poetry to learning, teaching, thinking, evaluation, and teacher education--each of these essays supports the author's deeply felt belief that "the having of wonderful ideas is the essence of intellectual development." The revised Third Edition of this indispensable classic on Piaget and teaching features a new introduction, a new chapter on critical exploration in the classroom, and a renewed belief in the need to educate children about peace and social justice.
Praise for Previous Editions
"A striking example of how Piaget's work could well be applied to education--to advantage and with delight."
--School Psychology International
"...as she explains in her inspiring account of the exhilarating process of teaching and learning, now we all have the opportunity to create wonderful ideas."
"...admirably confirms Eleanor Duckworth's ability to express complex ideas and profound insights with clarity, good sense, and relevance for classroom practice."
--The Journal of Educational Thought
About the Author
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As President Biden adds to his growing list of significant Native American appointments across the Cabinet and in Executive Branch positions, Deb Haaland, his first major Indian appointment, as Secretary of Interior, looms large and iconic as the head of the team. And its cheerleader extraordinaire. Two weeks ago she was at Dworshak Dam in Idaho, lauding a deal to give control of a steelhead and salmon hatchery to the Nez Perce Tribe. Yesterday she posted on Instagram, noting the transfer of 1,000 acres of ancestral homeland in the Tully Valley in Central New York returned to the Onondaga Nation.
Haaland leads the band of Native leaders appointed by President Biden. This week’s blockbuster appointment was Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba, who is chief of the Mohegan Tribe, as Treasurer of the United States. Chief Malerba is the first ever Native American to hold this position. The Treasurer directly oversees the U.S. Mint, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Fort Knox. Read The Article | <urn:uuid:676fb3b4-1a45-49da-b8c7-c42c426882ea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://library.josephy.org/category/pala-indian/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.959878 | 222 | 1.679688 | 2 |
It comes down to three habits:
That’s according to a survey of 1,377 bloggers conducted by Orbit Media. Certainly, there’s an art and science to attracting and building an audience, but grit and determination also play a key role. The Orbit survey provides useful benchmarks for unlocking a winning blog formula. Here are a few takeaways:
1. How long does it take to write a blog post?
The average time spent composing a blog post in 2017 was three hours and 20 minutes. That’s up by four minutes from the previous year, but the trendline points to greater investments of time.
For example, 39 percent of bloggers spent more time on a routine post than they did in 2014, and some are spending significantly more time:
How much time you spend on a post may vary, depending on topic familiarity and deadlines. However, there is a correlation between the time invested in blogging and the results earned. As Orbit writes: “Forty-nine percent of bloggers who spend more than six hours on each article report ‘strong results’ from blogging.”
Successful bloggers invest significant time in their trade.
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According to the White House, President Trump’s State of the Union address will discuss the challenges of the coming year in an optimistic, forward-looking and bipartisan manner. We support that notion wholeheartedly, but we’re also mindful of his past rhetoric. Whether it’s his recently-proposed infrastructure plan, which fails to build the clean energy, clean water and clean transportation future that we need, or his ongoing administrative assault on America’s core environmental protections, it’s been clear over the past year that the president does not consider our environment a priority. We do, and that’s why we’re presenting our own alternative, positive vision for a cleaner, greener world.
In particular, it’s been reported that the president will hit on a theme of “energy dominance” in the speech, a slogan his administration uses repeatedly to describe their energy policy. Based on what those policies have been, however, we’re not so sure it’s a theme worth celebrating.
The president’s definition of energy dominance is about keeping our nation and the world dependent on fossil fuels. This leaves out America’s historic leadership on clean energy, and the potential for the U.S. to lead and dominate the world’s transition to cleaner, healthier energy options. In just over one year, his administration has opened up our precious public lands to drilling and development, they’ve supported construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, and they’ve recently proposed opening up virtually all U.S. waters to offshore drilling — just to name a few.
In one of the most egregious examples last year, Energy Secretary Rick Perry proposed that federal regulators enact a rule requiring utility companies to cover the costs of outdated and unnecessary coal and nuclear power plants. This proposal was based on widely debunked claims, including by his own Energy Department, that renewable energy subsidies were driving dirty energy plants out of business, and that renewable energy was a threat to grid reliability.
Fortunately, after looking looking at the facts, and hearing loud bipartisan public outcry — including nearly 34,000 signatures delivered by Environment America — the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously rejected the proposal.
It doesn’t need to be this way. We don’t need to be doubling down on dirty energy when we have clean and virtually unlimited alternatives. The overwhelming majority of Americans support more clean sources of energy, like solar and wind, and understand that we need a rapid transition away from fossil fuels in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Instead of wasting valuable time on backwards-looking policies that pollute our air, water and environment, President Trump and his administration should change course and embrace a clean energy future. Unfortunately, it seems unlikely to expect that to happen anytime soon.
That’s why we’re laser-focused on the local level: While the Trump administration pushes for new oil rigs off our coasts, we’re encouraging coastal states to go big on offshore wind, bringing clean energy to our communities that doesn’t threaten our environment; instead of building new pipelines, we’re encouraging mayors and other local officials to implement policies that make it easier for Americans to access solar energy at their homes; and while the administration continues their attempts to subsidize unnecessary, outdated and polluting power plants, we’re pushing states and college campuses to make ambitious commitments to 100 percent clean, renewable energy.
Already, we’re seeing tremendous progress. As of today, over 50 U.S. cities, including Salt Lake City and Atlanta, have committed to 100 percent renewable electricity, energy or both. We produce 43 times more solar energy than we did a decade ago, seven times more wind energy, and have six timesmore energy storage capacity. Several Atlantic coast states, from Massachusetts to New York to Maryland, have set goals for offshore wind energy and appear poised for a “race to the top.” All across the country, we’re seeing this type of local, collective action — and that’s reason for optimism.
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This discussion explores how the 2014 Greek Presidency of the European Union and the United States can work to address the challenges of managing migration while meeting humanitarian obligations and nurturing economic growth.
The architecture of the U.S. legal immigration system rests on a 1965 law and was last significantly updated in 1990. While there is widespread agreement that the existing framework does not align with the needs and realities of the 21st century, Congress has proven unable to enact significant legislative reform over the past two decades. How have debates on immigration changed and is achieving bipartisan consensus on this highly charged issue possible today?
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in 2015 created a special division responsible for migration-related issues involving the environment and climate change. The division just got a new leader and is looking to embark on a new agenda.
People on all sides of the policy debate largely agree that the current U.S. immigration system is broken. What should a 21st century immigration system that works in the national interest look like? And is this vision achievable amid current political realities?
MPI co-founder Demetrios G. Papademetriou takes on many questions, including whether the role of think tanks has evolved over the last two decades, in this conversation with MPI’s Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan. They also look ahead to the challenges that will dominate immigration policymaking in the years ahead.
Global warming and extreme heat are behind many of the phenomena linked to climate change. Hotter weather also has an impact on migration and on migrants, ranging from destinations such as the Middle East to parts of the United States. In recent years, there has been more attention paid to cases of migrant workers dying from the heat.
Meghan Benton speaks with Dr. Kelley Lee, head of the Pandemics and Borders initiative at Simon Fraser University in Canada, about what the future holds after COVID-19, and whether decisionmakers truly learn to adapt or instead pull out the playbook from the last crisis.
In Western countries, a common narrative has developed that only poor or developing nations will have to confront human displacement caused by climate change. But communities in the United States and elsewhere have repeatedly moved because of environmental disasters such as flooding. This episode features a discussion on the U.S.
Technically, people forced to move because of climate disasters are not considered “refugees.” But the UN High Commissioner for Refugees still takes climate issues into account, and since 2020 Andrew Harper has been its special advisor on climate action. | <urn:uuid:6d0b78c2-0990-45eb-b183-809ed416232a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.migrationpolicy.org/multimedia/transatlantic-conversation-managing-migration-era-mobility?qt-multimedia_tabs=4&page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.952686 | 524 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Pet Care – How To Get Rid Of Ticks And Fleas
A pet with ticks and fleas is a sorry sight. It can’t do anything without having to scratch every few seconds. There’s also the nibbling, the licking, and the overall discomfort felt by the animal. So, if you have a dog or cat riddled with fleas and ticks, you probably won’t like to have this creature inside your home. But even if you keep your pet outdoors, it’s very likely for the tiny pests that are infesting your animal to also migrate inside your house. Fleas and ticks might prefer your furry friend, but these creatures can also bite humans if given the opportunity. Therefore, it’s important to keep your companion animal flea- and tick-free so that you’ll be able to enjoy its company. Plus, you won’t have to worry about having pesky bugs overrunning your home and biting you and your kids.
Getting Rid of Ticks and Fleas
1. Keep Your Animal Healthy
The best action is prevention. One way to protect your pet from these tiny bugs is to keep it fit and to ensure that it has a shiny coat and healthy skin. Fleas, in particular, prefer to live on an animal with unhealthy, flaking or wounded skin. To keep your pet in good condition, feed your animal fresh food and give it vitamins, such as vitamin-B complex.
2.Bathe and Comb Your Pet Regularly
Bathing your pet using medicated pet soap can greatly help in getting rid of most of the fleas that are living on your animal. Afterwards, dry your animal and comb its hair using a fine comb so as to get rid of the remaining insects. Your animal friend will thank you for this because bathing and combing will give it instant relief from the itchiness.
3. Keep Your Pet’s Living Area (and Your Home) Clean
Regular cleaning helps a lot in keeping away pests. Vacuum your carpets, furniture, and other areas where your pet likes to sit, sleep or stay. After vacuuming, seal the bag before throwing it away because eggs can still hatch and the bugs could crawl out. If your animal regularly rides in your car, be sure to vacuum your vehicle as well. In addition, cushions, linen and bedding that are used by your pet should be regularly washed using hot water and dried using the highest temperature setting that your dryer can produce. The heat will kill most of the pests.
4. Employ Year-Round Flea and Tick Control
A lot of people mistakenly think that fleas and ticks only come out during summer. Well, a lot of pesky critters really proliferate once the weather gets warmer, and this includes fleas and ticks. However, this doesn’t mean that just because you don’t see them on your pet or around your house during colder months, they’re no longer there. They could just be inactive. Therefore, it is more prudent to practice year-round pest control.
PETA suggests the use of Precor, which is insect growth regulator. This means that an insect that comes into contact with the chemical will no longer be able to reach maturity, and a juvenile will not be able to reproduce. Precor is applied onto surfaces, like floors and rugs, every four months. Never put the substance directly on your animal. You should also ask your veterinarian about what sort of products he can recommend. There are certain pet products that you can use once a month that will help in deterring a flea and tick infestation or a re-infestation.
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UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock who tomorrow will announce a new health initiative urging employers to push movement in the workplace, says he believes it’s the duty of schools, GPs, teachers and employers to promote daily activity as he describes standing desks and movement as a “miracle cure” that cuts the risk of many illnesses.
“Our message should be that movement is medicine.” Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at the International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress in London.
Employers are encouraged to build movement into their workers days by buying them standing desks and encouraging standing for meetings. The health secretary who himself uses a standing desk has made the plea in a bid to counter the ever growing issue of sedentary lifestyles lowering our productivity and importantly our lifespans.
“Research has shown that sitting for eight hours a day could increase the risk of premature death by up to 60 percent” reports Laura Donnelly, Health Editor of The Daily Telegraph
The health secretary has encouraged companies to integrate sit-stand desks such as iwantastandingdesk.com’s range of Jack Desks and to avoid seated meetings where possible.
Mr Hancock explained that not only were these measures designed to encourage benefits to health but also productivity and multiple other gains.
“Workplaces can make a difference; encouraging breaks, offering standing desks, having standing meetings…I know from personal experience that having a standing desk can help you get some exercise and improve your productivity”
Not only schools and businesses but GPs are also encouraged by Mr Hancock to push the benefits of standing and movement. “Doctors should not be afraid to tell patients that they need to be more active,” he told the London summit.
The health secretary has since urged businesses to also offer free fruit to reduce the burden on the NHS and encourage healthy living.
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BAGUIO CITY – Public schools in the different parts of the region are barred from collecting contributions from students to support the conduct of their upcoming graduation ceremonies from April 2-6, 2018, an official of the Cordillera office of the Department of Education said here recently.
DepEd-CAR assistant regional director Betinas Daytec-Aquino said the order for public schools to hold simple but meaningful graduation ceremonies for their students was already cascaded to the different public schools around the region for the information and guidance of school officials and teachers in the conduct of their graduation rites.
“We are optimistic we will no longer receive complaints regarding the mandatory fees imposed by school and officials to students and their parents for their graduation rites because we were able to issue the guidance from higher authorities early this month,” Daytec-Aquino stressed.
The DepEd-CAR official disclosed specific amounts from the maintenance and other operating expenses of the different schools have been programed for the conduct of simple but meaningful graduation rites to end the schoolyear, thus, there will be no reason for school officials and teachers to collect from students additional fees that will be used for the activities lined up for their graduation ceremonies.
Further, she added schools are also barred from inviting politicians to serve as guests of honor and speakers during the graduation ceremonies to prevent them from taking advantage of the program to advance their own political interests.
According to her, it is still best for school officials and teachers to invite successful alumnus from their schools to serve as graduation speakers because they will be able to impart to the members of the graduating class their personal experiences and secrets on how they were able to climb the ladder of success in their chosen fields of profession.
Daytec-Aquino explained discouraging school officials and teachers from inviting politicians as commencement exercise speakers is not a direct affront to the integrity and credibility of politicians, especially to those with proven track records and integrity in public service, but it is just a safety net to prevent the graduation ceremonies from being used as a venue for politicians to advance their own political agenda and use the activity to ventilate their platforms considering that it is only more than a year before the conduct of the May 2019 local elections .
She appealed to politicians to respect and understand the existing policy for them not to be invited as speakers during the graduation rites of different public schools to prevent them from politicizing the event because they want the younger ones to learn from the success of their alumnus.
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Look, caring for your lawn care equipment is a great way to prolong the life of your riding lawn mower. But what steps should you take to ensure you get the most out of your lawn mower? Well, this infographic shows you 8 steps you should take to keep your equipment in tip-top shape. That way you can get more cuts of the lawn out of your hard-earned investment.
Here are 8 maintenance steps you should perform regularly on your lawn mower to extend its life. 1. Keep it clean, 2. Replace the fuel or use a fuel stabilizer, 3. Replace your oil and oil filter, 4. Clean out or replace air filter, 5. Change your spark plugs, 6. Check the tires, 7. Sharpen and balance your blades, 8. Create a maintenance schedule.
Looking to save a few bucks and use an aftermarket oil or air filter? Well, the simple answer is yes, you can use an off-brand oil or air filter on your lawn mower if you want. It is unlikely that it will harm your engine's life or performance. The most important thing is to replace them regularly.
Look, your best bet is to follow the instructions in the owner's manual. However, for most homeowners, you can perform most maintenance takes once a year. Winter is a great time to look your mower over and perform all the necessary maintenance. One of the biggest things you can do throughout the year to keep your mower up and running is to keep caked-on grass from the mower deck. This will prevent rust and deck rot, which is one of the leading causes of lawn mowers no longer benign functional.
At the end of the day, using these 8 lawn maintenance steps can keep your equipment up and running longer. Allowing you to get the most out of your lawn mower and equipment year after year. This infographic was created by Sears. Be sure to check out our lawn care pro blog for more great lawn care and lawn mower maintenance tips.
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From the board room, to film sets, to the White House, Angelica Ross is a leading figure of success and strength in the movement for trans and racial equality. Named, “1st Foot Soldier of the Year” in 2015 by Melissa Harris Perry, Angelica Is the founder of TransTech Social Enterprises, a company that empowers trans and gender nonconforming people through on-the-job training in leadership and workplace skills. Angelica has toured nationally, speaking her powerful mission into action with business leaders, educators, and the President of the United States.
Since studying theater at Florida Atlantic University, Angelica has been featured in film, television, and live theatre. Miss Ross is the breakout star of the upcoming series Her Story, which explores the deeply moving lives and loves of two trans women in LA. For over ten years, Angelica has directly engaged her communities in order to create opportunities for independence, freedom, and success through social work, entrepreneur and leadership development, business building, and education.
As CEO of TransTech Social Enterprises, Miss Ross has focused on empowerment and education for trans people. Trans and gender non-conforming people are more likely to face barriers and discrimination in the workplace.
In 2014, CEO Angelica Ross founded TransTech Social Enterprises to follow a vision: A social enterprise that provides education, support, and jobs for trans people facing high levels of discrimination
In her own words, “At TransTech, we’ve created a space for trans people to come together, work together, laugh together, go to lunch together. There’s strength in numbers. They’re building networks, and down the line they’ll think of each other when it comes to jobs.”
Read more about TransTech Social Enterprises and their services.
This past November, Miss Ross held her WorldWide Trans Tech Summit:
The TransTech Summit will focus on helping students and professionals of all ages to learn new skills, build their professional networks, and connect with employers!
The 3rd annual TransTech Summit will take place on November 14th-15th with featured tracks in these areas and a Keynote from Angelica Ross, TransTech Founder and star of the FX hit TV Series POSE and American Horror Story:
And much more…
Queer, Trans, and Gender Non-conforming identified professionals, speakers, and trainers from across the country are coming to collectively create solutions with and for our own community! The TransTech Summit is also open to ALL BODIES, whether you identify as trans or not, you are welcome- with the understanding that we center our focus on the most marginalized members of our community.
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Horticulture Department | A.S. Associate of Science Degree | Two years
Learn how to grow and take care of plants using various trade tools and applied skills with an Associate of Science Degree, Associate of Applied Science Degree in Horticulture from Clackamas Community College.
Do you love plants? The study of cultivating plants is a rewarding, hands-on experience that the Horticulture Associate of Science can help you realize. Master tools such as rototillers, tractors, greenhouse equipment and more while learning critical data-gathering skills in order to provide the best plant care. Clackamas Community College has a wide variety of facilities at your disposal, including a farm site, several greenhouses and a variety of different types of gardens. | <urn:uuid:2a6ba5bd-ce1a-41bf-8a70-e3c45de57ce8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.clackamas.edu/academics/departments-programs/horticulture-as | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.919206 | 156 | 2.015625 | 2 |
BNP Paribas Investment Partners, the Paris-based fund manager, is leading a new investor campaign to lobby the pharma sector in support of the AllTrials campaign being run by UK-based NGO, Sense About Science. It calls for much greater transparency around clinical trials, which are a necessary and crucial step in the process of drug development. However, the results from around half have never been published. Trials with negative results are twice as likely to remain unreported as those with positive results, while industry funded trials that have been published are much more likely than independently funded trials to show positive results. The AllTrials campaign, which grew out of the influential, best-selling book, Bad Pharma, by Dr Ben Goldacre, the physician, academic and broadcaster, has already attracted strong international support. It is now seeking to generate investor backing and is working with Rachel Crossley, former Director of Responsible Investment at Insight Investment, now an independent consultant, to develop the investor engagement strategy. Crossley said: “This is a campaign that deserves strong investor backing. The lack of transparency around clinical trials has serious and wide-ranging impacts on patients, health systems and trial participants.”
BNP Paribas Investment Partners will lead the new investor campaign, which aims to support AllTrials via a joint engagement through the Principles for Responsible Investment’s online Clearinghouse platform. The investor call will mirror that of the AllTrials campaign by asking pharma companies, and other companies that conduct clinical trials, to publish all results past and present. Helena Viñes Fiestas, Head of Sustainability Research at BNP Paribas Investment Partners said a study carried out by the fund manager had shown that withholding trials data can have significant implications for companies. She noted that some had already faced enormous fines as a result. As recently as 2013 several pharmaceutical companies paid a total of over US$10 billion in fines for not fully articulating secondary effects they were aware of. Companies are also criticised for wasting huge amounts of money conducting unnecessary trials that repeat unpublished trials which would be better directed towards research and development (R&D) and trials that have greater potential.Investors say that by not being transparent, pharmaceutical companies are putting their reputations at risk and undermining any public assurances they have made about operating ethically and responsibly.
They add that there is also potential for them to be misled because of the unpublished data. Clinical trials results, they point out, have a huge influence on stock prices by indicating whether or not a product works and defining its characteristics (i.e. its safety profile and how effective it is). An average of 30% of a company’s valuation is directly related to Phase III clinical trials’ results.
Governments around the world have strengthened regulatory requirements for registering and publishing future trials, but none presently mandate publication of data relating to past trials.
Analysis of the data on clinical trials, especially meta-analyses – the information on which regulators, doctors and patients base their decisions – has been show to be significantly biased. As a result, the decisions about which medicines to approve, prescribe and take have been made without the full picture of risks and benefits. Consequently, thousands of patients are estimated to have lost their lives or been seriously harmed. Many patients are likely to be taking the wrong drugs, drugs that are ineffective, or in some cases, no better than placebo. Health systems also bear significant costs. Doctors have been misled into prescribing expensive new drugs when existing cheaper ones are more effective and some governments have spent huge sums unnecessarily on ineffective drugs.
An investor-only briefing is being held in London on 26 November, from 4 – 6pm. Speakers will include AllTrials campaign lead Sile Lane, Dr Ben Goldacre, Dr Trish Groves Editor in Chief of BMJ Open and Dr Robert Frost of GSK.
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For 24 consecutive weekends, workers on Sydney's $2.1 billion light rail line will follow a routine of ripping up the same stretch of roadway before re-laying asphalt and painting road markings less than two days later.
Crews had their first go at the complex work on the 120-metre stretch of bitumen at the intersection of George, Bridge and Grosvenor streets in the central city last weekend.
They ripped up the road on Saturday and rebuilt it on Sunday so motorists could use it on Monday. They will repeat this process for almost half a year.
And the early works turned up some unexpected vestiges of Sydney's light rail history in old sleepers and tram lines.
The ripping up of roadway less than a week after it has been laid will seem odd to many Sydneysiders but is needed to ensure east-west traffic flow is maintained in the city on weekdays.
The intersection is one of the busiest in the CBD, and most complex for workers on the light rail. The area is too large to simply lay steel plates for vehicles to drive over on weekdays.
Last weekend, construction crews took it in turns to ensure work was continuous for 56 hours.
Glenn Bentley, the chief executive of the light rail project consortium ALTRAC, said the work on the intersection highlighted the complexity of building the light rail line along the spine of Australia's busiest CBD.
"It is one of the most complex intersections we have on the project and it's also one of the longest," he said.
"We always knew it was going to be complex and delicate. This is probably one of the most important phases – clearing the way so we can put down the slabs for the light rail line."
While boasting one of the "most comprehensive mapping of utilities anywhere", the project team is still discovering a large number of unexpected ducts and cables, and other redundant pieces of infrastructure such as rail sleepers under the road.
The tram line along George Street was decommissioned in the 1960s.
So far, more than 250 unknown utility services have been found.
Gas mains, water pipes, fibre-optic telecommunication cables and high-voltage electrical wires create a spider's web of utilities beneath the light rail route.
The first weekends over the next five months will involve mapping and excavating the area, and removing items such as rail sleepers before major work on underground utilities can begin.
"There is a predetermined time [on the Sundays] when we say this is the time we have to stop and start the back filling [for the laying of the asphalt and painting of road markings]," Mr Bentley said.
One of the biggest jobs will be work on five major banks of utility ducts, which will be boosted to ensure the area does not have to be dug up when the light rail is operating from 2019.
By mid-July, the area under construction will stretch from Circular Quay to Liverpool Street at the southern end of the CBD.
Work crews are expected to be working in 19 of the 31 zones along the entire route of the line by the end of the year.
Another complex part of the project – building the line through the inner city suburb of Surry Hills – will begin in August. It will be challenging because of the narrow nature of Devonshire Street along which trams will run.
At the end of July, traffic will also begin to use a temporary six-lane detour on Anzac Parade to allow for the construction of a tunnel for the tram line.
"As we expected, building light rail down one of the oldest streets in Australia's biggest city has presented some challenges, and will continue to do so throughout construction, but Transport for NSW remains satisfied with ALTRAC's progress given this challenging environment," a Transport for NSW spokesman said.
Transport for NSW and the light rail consortium had investigated the feasibility of laying grass between tram tracks.
However, Mr Bentley said they had decided against laying grass on sections closer to Moore Park, Randwick and Kensington because of the maintenance required and the fact that it could not withstand large volumes of traffic.
Laying grass between the tracks in the CBD was not regarded as practical because of the shadows from tall buildings.
Construction of the 12-kilometre line from the CBD to Randwick and Kensington in the city's south-east has been controversial because of the felling of a large number of trees, notably some Morton Bay figs along Anzac Parade.
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Restart Apache on a Mac
Here's how to restart Apache (httpd) web server on a Mac, open terminal and run the following:
sudo /usr/sbin/apacheclt restart
If you don't like using terminal, you can also restart apache on Mac by doing the following:
- System Preferences
- Uncheck Web Sharing (this is the Apache Service) to turn if off, then check it again to start it up.
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Early Life Conditions and Trends in Mortality at Later Life: Is There any Relationship?
International Journal of Preventive Medicine , Volume 2 - Issue 2 p. 53- 55
Mortality from ischemic heart disease (IHD), stroke, and gastric cancer have fallen during recent decades, especially in developed countries; however, IHD and stroke remain among the top leading causes of death in Europe. Furthermore, wide geographic variations in mortality rates and trends from these diseases have been shown since the early 1950s and for incidence and case fatality of IHD by the WHO MONICA Project at the mid-1980s. There is a controversy exist in the relationship between early life conditions and mortality at later decades of life. Several studies have shown the association between IHD and inappropriate living conditions in early lifetime, but not always. Some studies have observed this relationship for stroke, whereas others have not. Time trends of gastric cancer also differ between populations and the effect of living conditions on trends is not yet fully understood.
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What is the most common excuse that you hear from a spendthrift?
“I am bad at saving money. No matter what I do, I end up spending money. I think even money does not want to stay with me.”
That is the biggest excuse that one can ever give. No one can be bad at saving money. In fact, one of the most popular myths about saving money is that some people are just pathetic at saving money. But the truth is that there is always a scope to save money. The key point is the mindset. One needs to have a mindset to save money.
If you are s spendthrift, then it must be tough for you to save money. However, if you work on your personal relationship with money and take steps to improve it, then you too can save money. The first step being debunking the popular myths about saving money, which we will do today. So, let us start debunking some well-known myths about saving money.
Myth no 1: I will start saving money when I have lots of money
Theoretically, it is easy to save when you make a lot of money. But practically, it is tough to save when you earn more money than before. And that is due to lifestyle inflation. When you make more money, you tend to get into lifestyle inflation. Instead of buying one pizza, you may end up buying two pizzas. Instead of buying a dress at a moderate price, you may buy an expensive branded dress.
Lifestyle inflation usually happens when you get a better job or a pay hike or a financial windfall, etc. Basically, it happens when you experience an increase in income. Instead of saving the extra money, you use it for having comforts in life.
Myth no 2: It is not possible to plan your financial future when you have debt.
It is yet another misconception. It is possible to plan your financial future when you have debt. What you have to do is make a plan to repay your debts. And you do not have to wait for a long time for that. You can adopt a frugal lifestyle to save money on various areas of your life. You can create a budget and explore the areas where you can cut down expenses. You can also enroll in a debt relief program to pay back your creditors. It can help you to streamline your finances, pay back creditors, and save money at the same time. So, all these options are there.
When you are in debt and you try to pay it off, you get the biggest financial lessons of your life.
Myth no 3: Big sale offers help one to save money.
It is not necessarily. The sale offers are good. But if you buy things just because they are on sale, then you are wasting your money. You have to shop smartly. You have to look for attractive discounts on the things you need and buy them accordingly.
Some people are born savers. They know how to manage and save money. Seldom do they make mistakes and waste money. The scenario is completely different for the spendthrifts. Either they love to spend their money or they do not know the art of saving money. If they keep on spending money like before, then they cannot pay off debts or build an emergency fund in the future. The economy is shaky. It’s high time spendthrifts start working on their relationships with money. Otherwise, they will not have enough money for retirement too.
Spendthrifts often believe in the three myths discussed in the article because they do not have the habit of saving money. Pandemic has taught the importance of saving money. It is high time spendthrifts change their attitude towards money, debunk these myths, and start saving money. And the first steps start with selecting one area of finance where they want to improve. | <urn:uuid:b0ca9186-af3a-481d-9a99-e69dda2b5717> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kissyourmoney.com/popular-myths-about-saving-money-every-spendthrift-should-know/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.965759 | 799 | 2.21875 | 2 |
This is incredible.
An incredible story involving Donald Trump has just come to light, and virtually no one knows about it because, unlike what almost any politician would do, the billionaire hasn’t used it to boost his public image.
Years ago, now Presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s private 727 took off from Los Angeles and landed in New York City, much as it had for years. But this time one thing was different.
While Trump wasn’t on board, three other passengers were — 3-year-old Andrew Ten and his parents. What led to this trip is a story that’s both heartbreaking and heartwarming.
Andrew was struggling with a breathing condition that doctors in California had not yet been able to identify. Wanting the best care available for their son, the Tens decided to fly east and meet with doctors in New York.
Remarkably, however, commercial airlines refused the family due to the oxygen tank, suction machine, adrenaline syringe, and other medical equipment Andrew needed to endure the flight.
Running out of ideas, the Tens decided to try a one in a million shot. They reached out to Donald Trump and asked for his help.
The real estate tycoon jumped into action immediately, offering to make his private jet available to help the Tens in their hour of need. (H/T Young Conservatives)
Andrew’s father, Harold Ten, said “Mr. Trump did not hesitate when we called him up. He said ‘yes, I’ll send my plane out.’”
“Donald Trump is a miracle, just a miracle,” said Feigy Ten, Andrew’s grandmother. Both of Andrew’s grandparents thanked Trump profusely. (H/T JTA)
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Evaluation of an improved technique for lumen path definition and lumen segmentation of atherosclerotic vessels in CT angiography
European Radiology: journal of the European Congress of Radiology , Volume 17 - Issue 7 p. 1738- 1745
Vessel image analysis is crucial when considering therapeutical options for (cardio-) vascular diseases. Our method, VAMPIRE (Vascular Analysis using Multiscale Paths Inferred from Ridges and Edges), involves two parts: a user defines a start- and endpoint upon which a lumen path is automatically defined, and which is used for initialization; the automatic segmentation of the vessel lumen on computed tomographic angiography (CTA) images. Both parts are based on the detection of vessel-like structures by analyzing intensity, edge, and ridge information. A multi-observer evaluation study was performed to compare VAMPIRE with a conventional method on the CTA data of 15 patients with carotid artery stenosis. In addition to the start- and endpoint, the two radiologists required on average 2.5 (SD: 1.9) additional points to define a lumen path when using the conventional method, and 0.1 (SD: 0.3) when using VAMPIRE. The segmentation results were quantitatively evaluated using Similarity Indices, which were slightly lower between VAMPIRE and the two radiologists (respectively 0.90 and 0.88) compared with the Similarity Index between the radiologists (0.92). The evaluation shows that the improved definition of a lumen path requires minimal user interaction, and that using this path as initialization leads to good automatic lumen segmentation results.
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van Velsen, E.F.S, Niessen, W.J, de Weert, T.T, de Monyé, C, van der Lugt, A, Meijering, H.W, & Stokking, R. (2007). Evaluation of an improved technique for lumen path definition and lumen segmentation of atherosclerotic vessels in CT angiography. European Radiology: journal of the European Congress of Radiology, 17(7), 1738–1745. doi:10.1007/s00330-006-0469-x | <urn:uuid:c349b5bd-ab9a-4b27-8769-4a29045f7c8a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://repub.eur.nl/pub/36435 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.82742 | 573 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Can you tell who is telling Facts & who is telling Fake News? Better learn fast – Your life will depend on it.
Videos of Dr. Carrie Madej warning people of the threats of Covid-19 Vaccines have appeared all over the Internet. She talks about unique identifiers and Nanoparticles being added to these Vaccines. She alleges that they will be injected in our bodies to control us and our civil liberties.
The BBC, historically known for being a highly respected and globally recognized news institution but one which has in recent years been accused of being the mouth-peace of the “establishment”, claims in a post that Dr Madej’s claims are false.
Watch Dr. Madej’s video below, side by side with the BBC article debunking her claims calling them false, and ask yourself:
Can you tell who is telling Facts and who is telling Fake News? Would you want to risk your life if your answer is wrong?
Also ask yourself about the media hysteria on how “amazing” the positive news on the Covid-19 Vaccines in recent days.
Ponder the 90% and above efficacy reports the media reports without a single one of them reporting on the history of Pfizer and its rap sheet which Survivability News reported on a few days ago.
Watch, read and decide for yourself. Your life does depend on it.
BBC Report Debunking Dr. Madej claims on impact on DNA
First, a video containing inaccurate claims about coronavirus vaccine trials, made by osteopath Carrie Madej, that has proved popular on social media.
Carrie Madej’s video makes a false claim that the vaccines will change recipients’ DNA (which carries genetic information).
“The Covid-19 vaccines are designed to make us into genetically modified organisms.”
She also claims – without any evidence – that vaccines will “hook us all up to an artificial intelligence interface.
Carrie Madej makes a number of other false claims, including that vaccine trials are “not following any sound scientific protocol to make sure this is safe”.
“New vaccines undergo rigorous safety checks before they can be recommended for widespread use,” says Michelle Roberts, BBC online health editor.
We have asked Carrie Madej for comment about these claims, but have received no response at the time of publication.
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Charitable contributions of real estate are a great way to give back to causes you care about. Here are three benefits to giving real estate.
For those of you who own real estate, there may come a time when you no longer need or want your property or want to downsize to a smaller residence. You may own rental property and wish to exit that business, while others may wonder what to do with the family cabin or farm when it is no longer in use.
Selling is almost always the first idea that comes to mind, but it isn’t the only option. Charitable contributions of real estate are a great way to give back to causes you care about.
According to the US Census, real estate accounts for about 30% of the value of American wealth. Despite making up a significant amount of the country’s capital, it represents less than 2% of charitable dollars given each year. One of the primary reasons for this imbalance is that many overlook the value of making non-cash assets a part of their giving plan.
You might be more likely to write a check or give online with a credit card than to consider donating property such as a cabin or condo. But recently, people have begun to think more about making contributions of wealth – not just cash.
How to Donate Real Estate
At the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, we recently experienced an increase in gifts of real estate. As these charitable contributions become more common, the Foundation has helped many donors give rental properties, primary residences and vacation homes.
By donating their real estate to the Foundation, these donors were able to have their properties sold tax-free, liquidated and then completely allocated to their donor advised fund or DAF. This allows donors the benefit of supporting multiple organizations with their gift.
Three Benefits of Donating Real Estate
Real estate is one of the most financially beneficial types of gifts for donors. Capital gain assets, like real estate, receive special tax benefits when donated. The charitable income tax deduction is based on the fair market value of the property at the time of the gift.
1. Receive an Income Tax Deduction
You may have purchased the property many years ago for much less than it is worth today. That means that you may be able to take advantage of that appreciated value in the form of an income tax charitable deduction. Furthermore, when the property is contributed, the capital gain on the appreciation is bypassed. Not all assets receive this special tax treatment when donated, which makes a gift of real estate even more effective.
2. Leverage a Charitable Remainder Trust
You may want to use a piece of real estate for charitable giving, but still need to receive some of the value from the property for your personal use. In situations like this, you can contribute the property to a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT). The CRT sells the property tax-free and uses the proceeds to make annual payments to you and/or someone else you choose.
Payments can last for your lifetimes or a period of years. When the payment period is over, the remaining value in the CRT is transferred to a DAF to benefit your favorite charitable causes. At the time the property is transferred to the CRT, you can receive a charitable income tax deduction. The deduction amount is the value expected to go to charity at the end of the trust term.
3. Work with a Trusted Partner
The Foundation can act as a trustee. We manage the sale of the property, the investment of the trust assets, payments to the trust income beneficiaries and all the necessary tax reporting.
While many nonprofits aren’t equipped to accept a complex asset such as real estate, the Foundation is able to serve as their partner. Our staff will work closely with you, whether you are a donor or advisor, to help determine what assets may be the most beneficial to give.
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. Please consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors regarding your individual situation before engaging in any transaction.
Answers to the following six questions will determine if a donor advised fund may be right for you.Learn More
Learn audit director Cathy Lydon’s tips for fellow advisors when working with nonprofits.Learn More | <urn:uuid:4fcef61f-0bce-4d20-a9a0-c3d1dc023630> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.spmcf.org/blog/giving-real-estate-donations | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.949943 | 879 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Vaccines mitigate the severity of the diseases, prevent infections, and reduce the complications
associated with infections. Following the 2012 measles campaign in Zambia, a cross sectional study was conducted to estimate
coverage rates for measles, Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), Vitamin A, and de-worming.
Materials and Methods:
Using a cluster sampling method, 9 children were sampled for measles vaccination, Vitamin A
and de-worming from each of the 40 clusters, and sampled 9 children in each of the 22 out of 40 clusters for OPV vaccination
where it was distributed. Estimates and their 95 % confidence intervals are reported.
Data were available for analysis from 359 parent/care taker children pairs to determine measles coverage, 190 for
OPV supplementation coverage, 270 for Vitamin A coverage, and 336 for de-worming coverage. Most of the children
were aged 1 or 2 years (57.8% in measles sample, 62.9% in OPV sample, 61.8% in Vitamin A sample, and 63.6% in deworming
sample). A total of 345 (96.1%) children were vaccinated against measles. A total of 157 (83.1%) children received
OPV, 257 (95.5%) received Vitamin A, and 313 (93.4%) were de-wormed. About 6 in 10 of the respondents reported
that the health worker was the source of information and the key messages were encouraging children to go for
vaccination and advantages for vaccination.
The 2012 measles campaign in Zambia was a great success but continued efforts are needed to adhere to the
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Objective: The goal was to measure parents' interest in obtaining predictive genetic testing for their children for a disease that has no treatment.
Methods: We conducted a nationally representative, Internet-based survey of parents. Parents received 2 vignettes describing hypothetical diseases without treatments. The first vignette described a disease in which symptoms were severe and timing of symptom onset was uncertain. The second vignette described a disease in which both symptom severity and timing of symptom onset were uncertain. Parents reported their interest in predictive genetic testing for their youngest child in each vignette by using a 5-point Likert scale. We collected information on parents' demographic features and parents' general opinions about genetic testing. We conducted logistic regression analyses to evaluate the independent associations between these factors and parents' interest in testing for both vignettes.
Results: The response rate was 71%. For the first vignette, 35% of parents were definitely or probably interested in predictive genetic testing for their youngest child, 35% were unsure, and 31% were definitely or probably not interested. Responses were similar for the second vignette. More than one fourth of parents consistently expressed interest in testing in both vignettes.
Conclusions: Approximately one third of parents are interested in predictive genetic testing for their children, even for disorders with no treatment. Uncertainty about the severity of symptoms was not related to parents' testing preferences. | <urn:uuid:c3e62925-cc6f-46d1-a336-4fe78016ca52> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19706561/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.975362 | 288 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq [may Allāh be pleased with him] said: ‘Which earth will shelter me, and which sky shall shield me, if I deign to utter my own opinion concerning the Qurʾān-or [I say concerning it] that which I do not know.’
[Imām] Abū Jaʿfar explained: These narrations testify to the truthfulness of what we have postulated, that it is impermissible for anyone to voice their own opinion in interpretation of the aspects of the Qurʾān whose knowledge could only be acquired by the elucidation of the Messenger of Allāh [ﷺ], or that which has been [tacitly] alluded to by him.
Rather, the one who voices his opinion concerning the Qurʾān has made a grave error, even if his opinion happens to coincide with the truth. His conduct is erroneous as he has chosen to voice his own opinion.
Thus, his coinciding with the truth was not ascertained [by him when he spoke]; his opinion was but a coincidence, an estimation at best. The one who speaks concerning this dīn using guesses and estimations [from himself] has indeed speculated about Allāh with that which he has no knowledge concerning. This is something that Allāh the Exalted in Praise has made ḥarām on His servants in His Book. He says:
“Say, ‘My Lord has only forbidden immoralities – what is apparent of them and what is concealed – and sin, and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allah that which you do not know.'” [Al-Aʿrāf, 7:33]
Thus, the one who speculates the interpretation of the Qurʾān—concerning that which could only be known by clarification from the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), for which Allāh has set him to clarify [for this ummah]—has indeed said about Allāh that which he does not know even if his speech coincides with the meaning intended by Allāh. For the one who speaks without knowledge, speculates about Allāh regarding matters he is ignorant of. This is the meaning of the ḥadīth narrated by Jundub that the Messenger of Allāh [ﷺ] said: ‘Whomever speaks about the Qurʾān with his own opinion and is correct, has made an error.’
He means that he has made an error in his action, by voicing his own opinion, even if it coincides with the unadulterated truth from Allāh. This is because his speculation was not that of one who is knowledgeable of the veracity of his opinion or its accuracy. He has, therefore, said about Allāh that which he does not know; he is sinful for his misconduct and perpetration of that which is forbidden and warned against. | <urn:uuid:2c3bb827-8971-4960-94a6-893c78e30cf9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.troid.org/the-prohibition-of-interpreting-the-quran-with-speculation-and-opinion/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.988586 | 642 | 1.742188 | 2 |
Mental Health First Aid: Skills that Stay with you
Twining has regularly trained front line workers to become Mental Health First Aiders. Three months later we asked them what impact MHFA had.
Front line staff across London’s public services are helping increasing numbers of people with mental health problems. MHFA gives them the knowledge and skills to identify people who show signs of distress or ill health and to know how to help.
The feedback after the course was very positive – in fact every single person gave us positive feedback for the course overall, rating their experience ‘very good’ (86%) or ‘good’ (14%).
The wide variety of issues covered...So many people have a 'problem', but feel they can't tell others.
Three months later we went back to all the new First Aiders to find out what difference the training made – and the results were excellent.
- 77% of people said they had provided comfort and initial support to someone.
- 62% of people said they had challenged stigma or discrimination
- 100% of people recommended the course for their colleagues.
Staff from the Council, NHS, Police, Job Centre Plus, Housing Associations and the voluntary sector benefited from the training. Over two thirds of the new First Aiders came from black and minority ethnic groups (BAME).
It is something we need to spread, so everyone can be knowledgeable, or more knowledgeable, to make a difference to at least one person too.
Since the training courses more organisations are approaching us to find out how we can help equip their front line staff with skills for work and life.
If you would like to find out how Mental Health First Aid can help your organisation give its front line staff the skills and confidence to look after your customers you can see our latest trainer and training updates here.
We have training dates available across 2018 for individuals to book or we can deliver bespoke training to groups of at least 10 staff. Contact us at email@example.com to find out more. | <urn:uuid:5aaea78b-f371-4604-a67a-1ac0b1a8f64d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.twiningenterprise.org.uk/about_us/news/483_mental_health_first_aid_skills_that_stay_with_you | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.96506 | 421 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Nart Nowy is included in the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG). Shtetlach were interwoven together like a tapestry and the Jewish people of neighboring shtetlach linked by marriages, trade and marketing. They shared schools, cemeteries, kosher butchers, bakers and more. Smaller shtetlach registered their birth, marriages and death in a nearby larger shtetl. One should research the neighboring area as well as an individual shtetl. The KRRG web site has resources and information that is relevant to many shtetlach. To search for family links and learn more about neighboring shtetlach, please visit the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG).
Variant shtetl names: Nowy Nart
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Administrative District: Kolbuszowa, or Nisko - depending on the time period
Judicial / Tax District (Subdistrict): Raniżów, or Nisko - depending on the time period
History and Geography:
In present day Poland Nart Nowy is in the Podkarpackie Województwo [ Province ] (formerly Tarnowskie Woj.), Niżański Powiat [ County ] and Jeżowe Gmina [ Rural Administrative District ].
Although we list Nowy Nart as a variant name in some maps and websites it is given as the current name for Nart Nowy.
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In most Zen traditions a great emphasis is placed on the individual practitioner and they’re own inherent strength, determination and perseverance to achieve enlightenment. A type of “self power” is used in all endeavours.
But there are some types of Zen that employ “other power” as well to help them achieve liberation (kensho/satori) for example the Obaku Zen tradition.
In the Obaku Zen tradition and the Pure Land school, practioners rely upon the compassionate power of Amida Buddha who was said to have lived a long time ago. They chant Amida Buddha’s name and ask for his blessings to be born in his Pure Land that is ripe with an environment free from hindrances and is the ideal place for cultivation.
Now other power doesn’t necessarily mean “other worldly” power. In our practice we rely on other power more than we think.
- The power of the Dharma
- The power of the teacher.
- The power of the Sangha.
And as we go deeper into our practice every person, every situation and every moment becomes our teacher. Showing us the state of our mind, the shortcomings in our practice and providing us with a chance to unfold our latent potential (Buddha Nature).
Zen has an amazing way of helping one realize that we can develop realization of truth in all the activities of everyday life.
And as we cultivate ourselves, grow and let our Buddha Nature be revealed or unfold then we need not travel to a distant pure land because the ground beneath our feet and wherever we are becomes transformed into a Pure Land. | <urn:uuid:c319f61e-2157-4d72-a191-9331fdca2dfa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://awakened.ca/self-power-other-power-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.938516 | 337 | 2.28125 | 2 |
King monte: Are You My P.E. Teacher?
Ten-year-old Monte has always been surrounded by his best friends: kids who look like him, live near him, and go to class with him. But when his mother pushes him into the school’s honors program, Monte feels like he’s stumbled into a whole new world, and despite the fancy calculators and college banners, he’s still not sure this world is better than the one he left behind. One thing that’s certainly different, is Monte’s fourth grade teacher who’s unlike any teacher he’s ever had – he’s a black male.
Monte must decide if succeeding in the honors program is worth the effort – and the risk of failure. Even more importantly, he must convince his old friends that he’s still there for them after the school bell rings, when they all head back to the south side neighborhood and the challenges that await them around each corner.
In a potent blend of realism and hope, Michael Woodward, Jr.’s King Monte: Are You My P.E. Teacher? illustrates a talented African American child’s struggle to find the right role models, conquer self-doubt, and change not just his own life but the lives of the people he loves. | <urn:uuid:137f27a0-75e6-4faf-b1e7-4e7e5f51b107> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://inspiredapparel.shop/product/king-monte-bundle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962504 | 278 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Sense of agency (SoA) is an important feeling associated with voluntary actions, enabling one to experience that he/she is controlling the actions and through them the events in the external environment. Until now, only the distortion of time interval between the action and its consequence (i.e. intentional binding effect) was associated with SoA, but a recent study by Shu Imaizumi and Tomohisa Asai, published in Consciousness and Cognition showed that even perceived duration of consequence is linked with SoA.
To investigate this association, they measured the perceived duration (measure of subjective time) of visual display and the rating for amount of control (explicit measure of agency) as a function of temporal contiguity (between action and visual display) and identity of visual display (being participants own hand vs. someone else’s hand). In each trial, participant performed a complex hand gesture as depicted by the image on the screen. This hand gesture was recorded by the overhead camera and projected on the screen after variable delay. While participants performed this task, their hands were covered so the only visual feedback of their action was the one that they saw on the screen. Participants reported whether they perceived the duration of the displayed video feedback (3000ms) as “short” or “long”. They also reported whether they felt that they controlled the displayed hand, by providing a binary response as “totally agree” or “totally disagree”.
The agency was manipulated in two ways, one by changing the visual display (self vs. others) and second, by manipulating the action consequence delay (50ms, 250ms, 500ms, 1000ms or 1500ms). In half trials, participants saw recording of their own hand (self-condition) and in other half trials, they saw the prerecorded clips of other person hand movements performing similar action (other-condition). Orthogonally, the temporal contiguity between action and visual feedback (50ms, 250ms, 500ms, 1000ms or 1500ms) was also manipulated. Based on prior studies on SoA, it was expected that seeing visual feedback of one’s own hand should elicit stronger SoA compared to seeing someone else hand. Similarly, one should experience a stronger SoA for visual feedback displayed with short delay (50ms, 250ms, or 500ms) compared to longer delay (1000ms or 1500ms). They hypothesized that if SoA influences perceived duration then participants should report “long” judgment more often for conditions that are known to boost SoA.
Results revealed that when the visual feedback display consisted of participant’s own hand, they reported stronger SoA and perceived the duration as longer, for short action outcome delay (50ms, 250ms, or 500ms) and this effect become weaker as the delay become longer (1000ms and 1500ms). Furthermore, the above effect was not observed when display consisted of someone else hand, suggesting the possibility that SoA and perceived outcome duration might be linked. Another similar experiment, investigated the effect of participants own hand projected from first person perspective (upright) vs. second person perspective (inverted). Authors expected that inverted perspective would be treated as non-self and will not influence perceived duration, but surprisingly both inverted as well as upright perspective showed similar effect on perceived duration and agency, suggesting that independent of orientation the visual information regarding one’s own hand is processed in a similar manner.
In conclusion, this study provides evidence that SoA also affects perceived duration and participants perceives the outcome duration to be longer when they feel stronger SoA. However, this study is unclear about the exact mechanism that would explain the observed temporal expansion associated with SoA. Moreover, only single duration was used to evaluate changes in temporal perception. Another recent study published in Scientific Reports by Makwana and Srinivasan, also demonstrated similar temporal expansion associated with intentional action, which was sensitive to temporal contiguity and source of action (intention-based vs. stimulus-based). They demonstrated the intention induced temporal expansion, using multiple durations and paradigms (temporal bisection and magnitude estimation), In addition, they also investigated its underlying mechanism in terms of internal clock (most influential model of time perception), suggesting the role of switch dynamics and not the pacemaker speed, to be involved in such temporal expansion. Thus, these studies overall suggest that intention and intentional action, not only influence the time between the action and the outcome but may also influence other aspects of the outcome events such as its duration, and more studies are required to fully understand in what all ways our perception is distorted by intentional action.
- Moore, J. W., & Obhi, S. S. (2012). Intentional binding and the sense of agency: a review. Consciousness and cognition, 21(1), 546-561.
- Makwana, M., & Srinivasan, N. (2017). Intended outcome expands in time. Scientific Reports, 7(6305) doi: 1038/s41598-017-05803-1
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Goods and Service Tax (GST) is an indirect tax levied on the supply of goods and services and it has come into existence w.e.f. 01 July 2017. This law has replaced many indirect tax laws (such as service tax, VAT, excise, octroi, etc.) that previously existed in India. GST is one indirect tax for the entire country. It is expected that GST will lead to following advantages: elimination of multiplicity of taxes, tax structure rationalization, wider tax base, reduction in compliance efforts, etc.
GST is a comprehensive, multi-stage, destination-based tax that is levied on every value addition. Goods and services are divided into five tax slabs for collection of tax – 0%, 5%, 12%,18% and 28%. However, petroleum products, alcoholic drinks, electricity, are not taxed under GST and instead are taxed separately by the individual state governments, as per the previous tax regime. The tax rates, rules and regulations are governed by the GST Council which consists of the finance ministers of all the states and the central government.
On the compliance front, all registered persons have to file monthly returns in Form GSTR-3B (containing a summary of outward and inward supplies) by the 20th of the succeeding month. Additionally, an invoice-wise return of outward supplies needs to be submitted in Form GSTR-1 by the 10th of the succeeding month. Taxpayers with turnover upto INR 1.5 crores can file Form GSTR-1 on quarterly basis. The Government has suspended the requirement of filing Form GSTR-2 (containing details of inward supplies) and GSTR-3 (a consolidated statement of inward and outward supplies). There is also a provision in GST for the tax payer to carry electronic way bill (e-way bill) if the consignment value exceeds a particular threshold. E-way bill can be generated through various modes such as online, mobile app, API-based site-to-site integration, etc. The e-way bill system has become effective for inter-state as well as intra-state movement of goods.
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Sestina!An Ode to the Gatekeeper!
Once a upon a time there was a non-ordinary man, the gatekeeper,
and all things in life were given to him, except Greatness,
which protected herself with words blowing in the wind.
Caution barricaded the door, prevented it from coming out. This key
he needed badly, so he could become whole, escaping the jazziness,
achieving happiness, fulfilling the universal philosophy of love.
His first mistake was that his eyes showed his hatred for Greatness,
a secret just below the surface, hidden by words blowing in the wind,
but like a blind man in the darkness, he did not see it. For the key
was covered in red laughter, locked in a prison of the jazziness.
It did not matter to him, he secretly loathed the power of love.
The gatekeeper felt safe because he could not see the eyes in the wind,
they revealed to him that he would never find the key
Speak uncertainty, only the dark side needed the magic of the jazziness,
seduced by waiting moments, a fine line separated him from love.
Not even prayer belonged in the damned world of the gatekeeper,
where his word is law, and a spirit turned into a woman named Greatness.
Over time, he thought so much about himself, he forgot about the key.
It reciprocated his generosity by passing him along to jazziness,
whose power was so strong he did not even recognize it. No love?
Greed, and selfishness made him emotionally bankrupt for the gatekeeper
stole her poetry, the very esseence of her womanly inspiration. Greatness
could see that he would self-destruct. She prayed to the Ghost in the wind.
He broke her heart, which is just what the wills and lustfulness of the jazziness
wanted. By succumbing to it, the fear of, he lost not only her and love,
but was fired from Up Above. An immortal named Seth, the gatekeeper,
had the saddest day of his life. Warning words blowing from the wind
came and went with night; going with it was the answer to finding the key.
The gatekeeper became the very thing he hated, despite the warning words in the wind
blowing through his ear. Wisdom evaporated at this moment. Not even the power of
jazziness is greater. Could it be that the key to Greatness is love?
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For this writing assignment, I had to read the poem shown about emotions, then think about how I am feeling today and write a poem about my own feelings.
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hopeful and grateful
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CBD and hemp-derived products and Custom CBD Boxes have been talked about quite a bit recently. Of course, CBD or hemp oil is the primary ingredient in these products. But first, let's take a closer look at cannabidiol (CBD). Unlike marijuana, this naturally occurring chemical molecule is only found in cannabis plants. However, its broad claim is causing it to grow in popularity by the day.
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Japan and South Korea are worried that the ongoing Chinese live fire drills around Taiwan are affecting their national security and trade.
The drills are seen as China’s show of displeasure with the recent visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. Pelosi is currently in Tokyo, on the last leg of her Asia trip.
On Friday, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Chinese military drills are a serious threat to Japan’s national security. Japan reports that four Chinese ballistic missiles flew over Taiwan before landing in the waters of Japan’s exclusive economic zone. Kishida says he told Pelosi that their countries should jointly call on Beijing to stop the exercises immediately.
Meanwhile, Korean media calls China’s move ‘blocking off’ Taiwan, causing concern over Korea’s semiconductor and other exports to Taiwan. In the first half of 2022, South Korea exported goods to Taiwan worth US$28.3 billion. That’s an increase of more than 28% from the same period last year.
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You love to play music, so you have a piano or keyboard. Cleaning your keys is a simple procedure, but it’s also something that you don’t want to mess up.
Here are some effective cleaning regimens to use.
How to clean piano keys yamaha. For polishing my piano i use mr sheen multi surface polish, but not on the keyboard, a damp cloth is the best for it (i think). How to clean piano keys. All you need to do is apply a few alcohol drops on a soft and clean cloth, then wipe the keys properly to remove stains.
And one key aspect of that involves keeping the keys clean. They destroy the texture allowing for further damage and can be carried by air onto other delicate parts or surfaces. Then, wipe all the keys of your piano.
If they're plastic, rub them with a chamois cloth dipped in vinegar mixed with warm water. Before you begin cleaning, you will need to find out if your piano keys are ivory or plastic. However, it's best to have professionals clean the interior of your piano.
Never use popular spray disinfectants on your piano keys. Wipe off any soapy residue with a dry cloth. If you’re someone who cleans their keys regularly, you can usually get away with a damp paper towel or cloth.
Use a separate cloth to clean the black keys. Ivory keys will have a fine split on each key, as they are molded together. You can clean your piano keys with a wet wipe, as long as you don't squeeze the liquid into the keys.
Another trick for cleaning is use of white toothpaste which is really mild. Due to the material design of yamaha piano key tops it is important to understand what chemicals you are using and how they interact with the key top material. Disinfect keys with a solution comprised of 3 parts filtered water to 1 part white vinegar, using the general cleaning tips mentioned above.
When dirt is noticeable, dampen a cloth in a dilute solution of a neutral detergent, wring out well, and use this cloth to wipe away the dirt. As a result, the piano keys may fail to produce any audible sound or harmonious melody at all. Most of the time this works pretty well but you will want to make sure you have a technician do this for you unless you are experienced in replacing key tops.
To clean plastic piano keys, dip a soft white cloth into a bowl of mild soapy water, then brush down the keys from back to front. As musicians and piano teachers are aware, the keys of a piano are not often cleaned or disinfected and therefore could potentially facilitate the spread of germs and viruses. Once you have applied toothpaste, you can then wipe the keys with a clean cloth dipped in fresh milk.
To polish your piano without causing damage to the finish or to the instrument itself, be sure to first go over the basic guidelines for cleaning a piano.it's also imperative to keep wood polish off the keyboard; Disinfecting your piano keys is a relatively simple job. Unfortunately, the keys’ white color allows dust, dirt, and fingerprints to show up very clearly.
A piano technician can remove the key tops for you and apply a solution of bleach to them in order to try and whiten the keys again. It shouldn’t be soaked, just slightly damp. Skin oils, dust, and dirt can get on the keys.
If you have ivory keys and/or you have an antique/vintage piano, you may not want to consider whitening the keys. Real ivory isn’t used on pianos anymore but if you are lucky enough to have a piano with ivory keys you can follow the advice above and just make sure to wipe off the excessive moisture after you. Dampen a cotton pad with hydrogen peroxide and use the pad to wipe down the piano keytops (back to front) between players.
Whether your keys haven’t been cleaned in ages or you’ve completed the task more recently, this is really important. If you want to learn how to protect the piano keys from getting dirty, keep reading the article! In order to keep it playing well and providing you with the beauty of music, you need to properly maintain it.
Clean one octave at a time and dry before moving on to the next octave. Some of the first things everyone notices about pianos are the keys. To disinfect your piano — the keys are the most important part.
Wipe gently using a soft cloth (use separate clothes to wipe down keyboard and piano finishes). March 18th, 2020 at 21:22. Sticky piano keys can be a real pain in the butt, but with the right piano care and maintenance they can be prevented.
Damp a soft cloth with the solution and scrub all the keys with a light hand. But of course if you have 30 students you might not have the time to clean your piano keys meticulously between every student. After you’re done cleaning, take dry, soft cloth and wipe the keys again.
There are unique methods for cleaning piano keys. For ivory keys, use milk and gently rub each key, taking caution that the milk doesn’t get inside the piano. Rub the piano keys gently for removal of stains and fingerprints from keys.
Even books and papers can create very fine scratches, when slid across the surface of your piano’s finish. Keys become stuck for a variety of reasons, such as changes in humidity, dirty keys, and even foreign objects lodged between the keys. The benefit of the alcohol is, it evaporates quickly, so you’re not likely to do any damage to your piano.
This is the kind of situation that calls for immediate attention and repair. Just wipe the surface gently to get the grime off. According to professional concert pianist michael noble, phd:
This means that flower vases, drinks, food, or anything else that might spill onto the piano should be kept off. If you are facing a similar issue with your yamaha keyboard , here’s how you can fix this problem at the earliest. Avoid colored cloths that may bleed and transfer color onto the white keys.
You can use alcohol to clean your digital piano keys. The yellowing shows the value and age of the piano, which can bring into question the authenticity if you wanted to resell it. Is there a method for getting gunk and dirt off piano keys?
Cleaning the keys are therefore an important part of keeping your piano in good, presentable condition. Dampen one of the microfiber cloths with lukewarm water and a small amount of dishwashing liquid, then wring it out enough so that water does not drip on the keys. Try using a wet wipe to clean your piano keys.
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Pancreas is a gland that is situated behind the stomach and is surrounded by intestines, liver and gallbladder and plays a vital role in the digestion process by secreting Pancreatic juices. Pancreatic juices and secreted hormones help in breakdown of the food and in regulating Blood sugar levels.
Diseases associated with Pancreas are Pancreatitis which is characterized by inflammation of Pancreas this can be categorized into acute, Chronic Pancreatitis and hereditary pancreatitis. Pancreatic Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis etc. Pancreatic Diseases are often difficult to diagnose due to its inaccessibility as they are deeply situated in the abdomen. Some of the radio graphic tests employed in the diagnosis are computed tomography (CAT), endoscopic ultrasound and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).
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Groups boosted through partnership with Wessex Water
Voluntary groups and charities helping communities recover from Covid have been boosted with grants totalling more than £43,000 through our partnership with Wessex Water.
The Wessex Water Recovery Fund is part of the Wessex Water Foundation, a multi-million pound initiative launched last June. Grants are targeted at supporting people in financially difficult circumstances, building stronger communities, developing green recovery initiatives and protecting nature and wildlife for community health and wellbeing.
Kirsty Scarlett, Wessex Water’s head of community engagement, said: “The Wessex Water Foundation aims to help groups recovering from the impact of Covid-19 on local communities and to help local organisations and charities in building resilience for the future. I'm delighted to be able to share the news that our local community panels have now decided which organisations will receive funding."
Wiltshire Community Foundation Joint chief executive Fiona Oliver said: “We are proud that our long-standing relationship with Wessex Water means groups in Wiltshire and Swindon who have struggled to fundraise to keep their services going will benefit from this funding. Wessex Water chooses to work with us because we know where this money is needed the most.”
Among the recipients of the £43,000 awarded through the partnership are:
Help Counselling Services in Trowbridge, which sees clients from all over Wiltshire, who received £2,500 to provide more low-cost counselling to people struggling with the lockdowns.
Alzheimer’s Support who received £1,800 to cover the running costs of its Movement for the Mind classes in Devizes.
The Rise Trust has been awarded £2,500 to fund youth workers to go out and meet young people on the streets of Chippenham on Friday nights for 16 weeks.
Wylye Coyotes has received £2,500 towards running the Codford Community Larder.
Able Hands Together community farm near Stoford has been awarded £2,500 to run its ‘Virtually Together’ weekly video calls and send out activity packs for people with learning disabilities who would normally be at the farm.
Buzz Action Foundation, which uses circus skills workshops to engage with young people in Salisbury, has been awarded £2,500 to open a pop-up café for youngsters in Amesbury.
Calne in Tune has been awarded £2,050 to revamp the hot water, plumbing and toilets at its drop-in centre in Church Street.
Wiltshire Scrapstore has been awarded £2,500 to run workshops for children and on ways to reduce their impact on the environment.
Rise:61 has been awarded £2,500 to help it develop its community garden in Bemerton Heath.
More information on our Coronavirus Response Appeal can be found here.
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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-08633
The ash-mantled slopes of the northern side of Marum cone are cut by erosional furrows. Marum is one of several historically active cones constructed within the 12-km-wide caldera of Ambrym. The cone lies in the west-central part of the caldera and is the highest of the post-caldera cones.
Photo by Alain Melchior.
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How Do You Earn Money With Bitcoin?
Bitcoin has countless opportunities for earning, and you can use them to your advantage. There are four major ways to earn with bitcoin: Trading, Investing, Staking, and Microworkers. In this article, we’ll discuss each of them in detail. But first, let’s quickly touch on each. Trading is the most obvious method. Staking involves purchasing and selling BTC for profit. Microworkers, on the other hand, earn money by transferring Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a highly volatile currency, and it is easy to lose money if you do not know how to trade it. There are many ways to earn money with Bitcoin, including buying it through exchanges like Bitbond and BTCpop. Many websites pay for articles, but if you can’t find one that suits your needs, you can also write your own. Then, you can sell it if you think the price will go down. There are many tools you can use to determine the price of your bitcoin, and these are available on deal tickets.
You can start your Bitcoin trading career by joining a platform like Paxful, which offers over 400 payment options, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The service also provides a free Bitcoin wallet, which you can use to purchase and hold on to for price spikes. By using a platform like Paxful, you can invest a small amount of your money and earn a significant profit. You can even try selling your BTC to other people for a profit.
To become a successful trader, you must have a good analytical and technical skill set. You should know how to read market charts to make a profitable trade. Learn the technical indicators and practice with them. These indicators will help you justify your trades. Make sure to set stop losses on every trade. Beginners should start with a profit loss ratio of 2:1. There are no guarantees. Just remember that risky investments are not for the faint of heart. If you have a high risk tolerance, you can profit handsomely with Bitcoin trading.
Investing in Bitcoin is an excellent way to accumulate wealth, regardless of how well your fiat currency is doing. Regardless of the performance of fiat currencies, bitcoin has been on an upward trend since March 12, 2020. It has increased from $3,800 to $64,000 in a year. Many people are profiting from this, and you can too! You’ll soon be able to accumulate substantial wealth by using the bitcoin market.
Investing with bitcoin involves making direct investments. By making a direct investment, you’re donating bitcoin directly to a venture. This venture is responsible for accounting for investors and paying them back. This avoids the need to deal with third-party entities, but it does make finding a fair market value difficult. Trading shares, for example, can be complicated. And it’s not always possible to get the same returns as a direct investment.
Before investing, you’ll want to consider your risk appetite and comfort level. Never invest more money than you can afford to lose. Even low-risk investments can fail if you don’t manage them properly. Ideally, you’ll invest a certain percentage of your total holdings, based on your risk affinity, value, and obligations. Putting all of your chips in at once could put you under pressure and lead to high losses.
If you’re new to Bitcoin investing, there are several easy ways to invest. If you’re not savvy with the digital currency, a brokerage account is an easy way to start. Many brokerage accounts are web-based or mobile-based, and you can fund them with a bank transfer. You can then buy investments. In addition to buying individual stocks and bonds, you can also invest in a retirement plan. This type of investment may offer tax benefits.
If you’re unsure of the risk involved in investing with bitcoin, you can speak with your Edward Jones financial advisor. The financial advisors will help you determine whether or not investing with bitcoin is right for your portfolio. While it’s important to understand the risks involved in such a volatile cryptocurrency, it’s worth taking the time to learn more about it. You’ll be glad you did.
If you’re still not convinced, you can try investing with Bitcoin as a short-term option.
If you’re wondering how to stake bitcoin to earn money, there are a number of different options available. Staking is similar to putting your money in a bank account and earning interest. It’s a
low-lift method of growing an account, but it does require some research and knowledge of the risks. With careful planning, staking can earn you up to $1,500. Listed below are the best ways to make a staking program work for you.
The benefits of staking are numerous, and you’ll likely earn more money over time than you’d make by trading. In addition to earning transaction fees, you can earn up to 5% of the total value of your crypto assets. You can even earn more than you invested initially by adding your coins to mining pools. There are many different types of cryptos that offer staking, but it’s best to do research and determine which ones are best for your investment goals.
Staking rewards are a passive form of income for cryptocurrency owners. It’s similar to earning interest and dividends from a savings account. However, there’s more risk involved. Staking pools are often hacked, so you must be prepared for this. If you don’t want to take the risk of losing your money, you can use staking pools as a safety net for your cryptocurrency investments.
Once you’ve chosen a staking pool, you’ll need to stake 2,000 coins for it to be accepted. You’ll need to keep your assets staking for a minimum of two weeks. The rewards will compound every day. However, there’s one exception to this rule: Ethereum 2.0. Ethereum is transitioning from PoW to PoS, and staking rewards are not paid on that currency yet. Therefore, if you haven’t staked any ETH yet, you can’t withdraw your winnings until it’s finished.
If you’re thinking about making money with Bitcoin, you’ve probably come across the term “microwork.” This is a term that describes tasks that require human intelligence, but have no automated solution. It was coined by Leila Chirayat Jana, an employee at Samasource in 2008. These microworkers are people who do small tasks as part of a larger project. The main advantage of microwork websites is that they don’t require highly skilled workers to start their own businesses.
Microworkers are paid in Ethereum for performing microtasks like uploading pictures of products. These photos are used to train AI algorithms. Once completed, users are credited with a small amount of Ethereum tokens. Many users have reported having earned between $1 and $3 through the app. Because the microtasks are so small, these jobs can be very lucrative, even for those without professional experience. This makes microworkers a great way to make money with Bitcoin.
Microworkers pay their workers for completing tasks for their employers. The minimum payment is $10, and most microworkers earn between $50 and $150 a month. They can receive their payments through PayPal or other international payment gateways. Unfortunately, there are reports that some microworkers’ accounts have been closed without explanation. This can be a risky business to enter, so be sure to do your homework before you sign up.
While microwork sites can be lucrative, they aren’t for everyone. If you want to make money and work from home without spending a dime on a full-time job, they may be a good option for you. However, if you don’t have the time to devote to microwork sites, you may want to find other means of earning money online. So if you want to make money with Bitcoin, check out these microwork sites.
A great way to earn bitcoins is by becoming an affiliate marketer. By using social media to spread the word about a website or product, you can generate a considerable amount of money. Rather than simply sending your followers to a website, you can invest your bitcoin earnings in your content. This way, you can earn a good amount of money while using social media as a second income. Here are some tips to get you started. | <urn:uuid:496ea0ac-5b61-4420-935c-7b110289fadd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stargamersx.com/how-do-you-earn-money-with-bitcoin/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.956405 | 1,803 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Hello, I am new to make and I was wondering if it was possible to get a value from a Google Sheet cell and then subtracting 1 from it and then updating the cell.
Everytime I get the value from the cell it is text base and the sheet cell is number and I do not see any functions to convert text to number and then do a simple calculation. Thank you.
Hey Dat, I just tested this and I have not experienced this error. I tried with the number in google sheets formatted as both numeric and text based.
I just made a scenario where I grabbed a Cell, then used the subtraction operator to minus 1
Are you using the subtraction operator? The little green icon under “math functions”
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|AP-378 Mayne Island, BC|
It's hard to believe but this coming weekend will see another CLE challenge!
No need however, to stay up until the wee hours for this one, as CLE220 is a mid-day affair ... just log what you are able to hear during the day from your location. The entire band is fair-game as well, from 190 - 1740kHz.
Everyone is encouraged to send their logs (see below) so the RNA / REU NDB databases can be kept as up-to-date as possible.
I know that I won't have any trouble hearing AP-378 shown above since it's only about 3/4 mile from my antenna! I'm always curious just how far it can be heard during the day and would encourage listeners on the west coast to have a good listen for it and please let me know if you can hear it.
For those unfamiliar with this monthly activity, a 'CLE' is a 'Co-ordinated Listening Event', as NDB DXers around the world focus their listening time usually on one small slice of the NDB spectrum.
When tuning for NDBs, put your receiver in the CW mode and listen for the NDB's CW identifier, repeated every few seconds. With your receiver in the CW mode, listen for U.S. NDB identifiers approximately 1 kHz higher or lower than the published transmitted frequency since these beacons are tone-modulated with a 1020 Hz tone approximately.
For example, 'AA' near Fargo, ND, transmits on 365 kHz and its upper sideband CW identifier is tuned at 366.025 kHz while its lower sideband CW ident can be tuned at 363.946 kHz. Its USB tone is actually 1025 Hz while its LSB tone is 1054 Hz.
Often, one sideband will be much stronger than the other so if you don't hear the first one, try listening on the other sideband.
Canadian NDBs normally have an USB tone only, usually very close to 400 Hz. They also have a long dash (keydown) following the CW identifier.
All NDBs heard in North America will be listed in the RNA database (updated daily) while those heard in Europe may be found in the REU database. Beacons heard outside of these regions will be found in the RWW database.
From CLE organizer Brian Keyte, G3SIA, comes the usual 'heads-up':
SUMMER MIDDAY EVENT
How many normal NDBs can you log around midday?
In this event we can probably cheat the QRN and hardly hear any (but if
you do have a midday storm coming overhead, disconnect and switch off
immediately of course)
Listening around midday is a good way to check our listening stations and
to find out if changes really have made improvements in reception.
Or maybe you could try the CLE listening from a 'field' location instead of
(please, NOT as well as) from home?
Days: Fri. 23 June - Mon. 26 June
Times: Within 2 hours of ‘real’ Midday (see below)
QRG: 190 - 1740 kHz
NDBs Normal NDBs only, plus any UNIDs
(not DGPS, NAVTEX or Amateur)
### IMPORTANT ## If your house clocks have moved one hour
forward for 'summer time' (or 'daylight saving'), your listening
times each day will be BETWEEN 11 IN THE MORNING
and 3 IN THE AFTERNOON (15:00) on your LOCAL clocks.
If your clocks were NOT changed, maybe in Arizona (?), or
in the Southern Hemisphere where it is now mid-winter,
your times each day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. LOCAL.
(The above matches our agreed definition for daytime listening)
Of course, all our logs will show UTC times, as always.
Our usual simple log-making 'rules' apply:
Post your CLE log to the List in a plain text email if possible please,
with CLE220 at the start of its title, showing on each log line:
# The Day No.(e.g. ‘23’) or the full date (e.g. ‘2017-06-23’)
and UTC (the day changes at 00:00 UTC).
# kHz - the nominal published frequency, if known.
# The Call Ident.
Please show those main log items FIRST, with any other details such as
location and distance LATER in the same line.
Don't forget to give your own location and brief details of your equipment.
It also makes good reading if you add your thoughts on the CLE and any
amusing events that happened during it.
I will send the usual 'Any More Logs?' email at about 17:00 UTC on Tuesday
so you can check that your log has been found OK. Do make sure that your
log has arrived on the list by 08:00 UTC on Wednesday 28th June at the
I’m so grateful to Joachim who will again be making the combined results for
As usual, you can get further helpful information about this and past CLEs
via Alan's CLE Information Section, http://www.ndblist.info/cle.htm
CLE107 was our last CLE rather like this one - way back in July 2008!
From: Brian Keyte G3SIA [email protected]
Location: Surrey, SE England (CLE coordinator)
(Reminder: If you wish you can use a remote receiver for your loggings,
stating its location and owner - with their permission if required.
NB: THAT RECEIVER must be located within 2 hours of ‘real’ midday.
A remote listener may NOT also use another receiver, whether local or
remote, to obtain further loggings for the same CLE).
These listening events serve several purposes. They:
- determine, worldwide, which beacons are actually in service and on-the-air so the online database can be kept up-to-date
- determine, worldwide, which beacons are out-of-service or have gone silent since the last CLE covering this range
- will indicate the state of propagation conditions at the various participant locations
- will give you an indication of how well your LF/MF receiving system is working
- give participants a fun yet challenging activity to keep their listening skills honed
Final details can be found at the NDB List website, and worldwide results, for every participant, will be posted there a few days after the event. If you are a member of the ndblist Group, results will also be e-mailed and posted there.
The very active Yahoo ndblist Group is a great place to learn more about the 'Art of NDB DXing' or to meet other listeners in your region. It's also a good place to submit your CLE log! There is a lot of good information available there and new members are always very welcome. As well, you can follow the results of other CLE participants from night to night as propagation is always an active topic of discussion.
If you are contemplating getting started on 630m, listening for NDBs is an excellent way to test out your receive capabilities as there are several NDBs located near this part of the spectrum.
You need not be an ndblist member to participate in the CLEs and all reports, no matter how small, are of much value to the organizers.
'First-time' logs are always VERY welcome!
Reports may be sent to the ndblist or e-mailed to either myself or CLE co-ordinator, Brian Keyte (G3SIA), whose address appears above.
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This site provides a free space simulation (for Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux) that lets you explore the universe in three dimensions. There is a forum for teachers and lesson plans that help enhance student use of the simulation. A program must be downloaded in order to benefit from this amazing tool.
• Lesson Plans • Pictures and/or Illustrations
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Today is Perfect Picture Book Friday where I link up with Susannah Leonard Hill’s fantastic group of picture book writers, illustrators, librarians and others who contribute a picture book review and related resources for parents, teachers and children.
Some picture book points to remember:
- Having picture books available for young children to look at and listen to is almost as important as having air to breathe and food to eat.
- Set up a bookshelf for your child’s collection.
- Books can be expensive…check out used book stores and consignment shops for discounted picture books.
- The library is an amazing resource for children’s books. You can speak to the librarian about recommendations and story programs.
- Read to your child every day.
National Library Week is April 12-18. To help celebrate, visit the library with your children at least one day that week if you can…and make it a habit to go often. Does your child have a library card yet? Find out how old your child has to be…if he doesn’t have one yet and is old enough, help celebrate National Library Week by signing him up. A child’s library card is a passport to learning about the world.
In honor of National Library Week, I’m donating 5 copies of Show Me How! Build Your Child’s Self-Esteem Through Reading, Crafting and Cooking. Wouldn’t it be awesome to present a copy of this valuable parent/teacher resource to your children’s librarian? Just subscribe to my mailing list. Five names will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month.
Many libraries are very limited in what new materials they can buy for their collections because of reduced revenues. Help your library receive a resource that will be used by parents and teachers for their kids. Just click on this link and subscribe to my mailing list. Five libraries will be winners! Continue reading | <urn:uuid:48de48e4-6ef3-46bd-bc9a-389b611f2a32> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://viviankirkfield.com/category/easter/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.93705 | 406 | 2.6875 | 3 |
When you first start thinking about getting CBD oil for your dogs, you will, without a doubt, have a lot of questions on your mind. Is Cannabidiol safe for animals, does CBD oil for dogs calm them down, can it help cure any particular medical conditions and is it as effective as advertised? There are answers to all of those questions, meaning that you will be able to find everything out as long as you do some research and hunt for information.
Before I get to the main point of today’s topic, i.e. before I start answering the question of what CBD oil can do for dogs, let me first answer some of the more pressing issues that have a short, clear and straightforward answer. Those are the questions about the safety and effectiveness of these products. In short, the answers to both of those questions speak in favor of CBD oil.
To put it differently, it is both safe and effective. It is safe for animals because it does not contain THC or any other substances that could have a harmful effect on your pets’ brains or other parts of their bodies. And, it is effective because our dogs, as well as all other mammals, have an endocannabinoid system that is in charge of regulating a lot of bodily processes and of interacting with the Cannabidiol that these animals consume. So, there’s that.
Now that the issues of safety and effectiveness have been cleared up, let us move on to our main topic for the day. Basically, we are here to find out what CBD oil can do for our dogs. By learning about this, you will be able to decide if you want to introduce this particular product to the daily diet of your canine or not. There are quite a lot of things that Cannabidiol can do for our dogs and you will find some of those listed below.
You’ll find out all you have to know about this product here: https://www.petmd.com/dog/general-health/cannabis-oil-dogs-everything-you-need-know
It Eases Pain
Let us start with one of the most common functions of CBD oil. If you have done any amount of research on this topic, then you have probably already found out that Cannabidiol is called “the natural pain killer”. There is a reason why it is called this way and I suppose you can guess the reason all on your own without any troubles. To be as precise as possible, although being precise is easy in this case, Cannabidiol can ease any type of pain.
Your dogs experience different types of pain from time to time, and this is especially correct for older canines that tend to develop arthritis and certain other illnesses. CBD oil can help them become active, happy and healthy once again by reducing the pain and sometimes even getting completely rid of it. This goes both for the pain caused by arthritis, as well as for any other pain that your canine can experience.
It Calms Animals Down
If you remember the questions from the very first paragraph of this article, then you know that one of them had to do with calming animals down. So, is this possible? Does CBD oil really calm animals down and help them relax? The answer is yes! This product has soothing properties and calming effects on all mammals, meaning that you will certainly manage to help your dogs relax by giving them the oil.
You might now be wondering why you would need to calm them down in the first place. Well, if you haven’t experienced it yourself, then you have at least once been the witness anxiety and fear-consuming canines. If nothing else, you could have seen that around holidays, since fireworks can really cause these animals to lose their minds. Click this to learn about more ways to calm down anxious canines.
It Boosts Their Metabolism & Immune System
The above two benefits might have made you believe that CBD oil is designed only for dogs suffering from certain illnesses, but that’s not true. In fact, it can be given to absolutely healthy animals too. In those cases, the oil will serve to boost their metabolism and their immune system, which will contribute to their general health and wellbeing.
It Regulates Appetite
In addition to that, this product can also help regulate your pet’s appetite. If you have ever had to deal with a dog that has lost its appetite, then you know how frustrating that can be. Sometimes, it can be a sign of an illness, and sometimes the animal could just be a bit under the weather. If it’s the latter, CBD oil will definitely pick it up rather quickly.
It Manages Seizures
Since I have mentioned illnesses, it’s worth knowing that CBD oil can help treat some of those, including epilepsy. While it isn’t the cure for this condition, it can certainly be of huge help in managing seizures and reducing them to a minimum. This is undeniably a huge plus.
It Kills Bad Cancer Cells
It is also worth mentioning that this product can help during cancer treatment as well. In addition to helping ease the treatment symptoms, it appears to be able to kill bad cancer cells. Once again, this doesn’t mean that it is the cure for this rather aggressive medical issue. It simply means that it can play an important part in helping treat the issue.
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Exploring the National Aquarium: How a 450-pound Green Sea Turtle Taught Me about the Chesapeake Bay
Wildlife-Friendly DMV connects wildlife enthusiasts in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia to local wildlife and the National Wildlife Federation. I will share with you the wildlife and nature where I “roam,” and bring to life the stories of people around our region who speak up for wildlife.
I walked into the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland and instantly turned into my 8-year-old self; all giddy inside, I rounded the corner in anticipation of my first animal sighting.Marine Animal Rescue Program (MARP) determined that her flipper would have to be amputated to save her life.
At first, I didn’t notice that Calypso only had three fins, as it didn’t stop her playful demeanor. She swam amongst the sting rays and zebra sharks, cruising around—almost like she was saying hello to all the aquarium guests.
Through Calypso, I saw how the work of the National Aquarium and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) can come together to protect and restore the wildlife and habitats of the Chesapeake Bay.
Joining Forces to Support the Chesapeake
In November 2011, the National Aquarium in Maryland became NWF’s newest affiliate (an affiliate is a voluntary relationship between independent statewide organizations which support the purposes and objectives of NWF). The partnership will link conservation efforts from Appalachia, to the Chesapeake Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Specifically, the Chesapeake Bay is home to hundreds of native plants and wildlife, as well as important wetlands that support migrating birds and other species. In 1999, the National Aquarium realized it needed to strengthen the connection between the natural world and its visitors.
“Our conservation program [at the National Aquarium] helps make that wildlife connection not only in our building, but out in the region through large scale projects and community involvement,” said Laura Bankey, Director of Conservation at the National Aquarium.
Education for All Ages
Through educational tools, inside and out of the classroom, the National Aquarium brings schools and communities together to learn about the Chesapeake Bay.
At the Aquarium itself, visitors can instantly learn about Maryland and the Bay area. The outside landscape has Bay themed plants and natural habitats, including native plants found on the Chesapeake coast like ferns, trees and grass-like plants. Inside, the second floor of the Aquarium features four Maryland exhibits that demonstrate how water unites different parts of the natural world; from the mountains to the sea.
Out in the “field,” locals and volunteers have learned the importance of the Bay—for animals and humans alike. In fact, I learned that channels in the region are dredged for boats, and the materials –traditionally dumped into the ocean—are used to recreate wetlands, such as areas in Blackwater and Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge.
In more than 12 years, the National Aquarium’s conservation efforts have resulted in 155 more acres of wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay. Each acre has 18,000 plants that were planted by hand for a total of 1.4 million plants.
“It’s about being able to connect local citizens and students to the areas that they are most likely to care about,” said Bankey.
“What animal weighs 450-pounds and eats nothing but vegetables?”
As I weaved through the Aquarium taking in the jellyfish, dolphins, snakes, frogs and endless amounts of exotic fish, I couldn’t help but overhear a group of student’s chatter about finishing the scavenger hunt first –one kid whispered to her competitor that she wouldn’t give away any of her answers.
For students, the National Aquarium provides opportunities to learn about the species and habitats that exist right in their own backyards. From September to February each year, Maryland students (Pre-K-12) can visit the aquarium for free. Outreach education with the Aquarium includes terrapins in the classroom, planting native plants, maintaining fish and plant ponds, and a variety of classroom presentations such as marine mammals and squid dissection lab.
“There are animals down the street that you may not know are there and we are helping kids make the connection that these animals in that water rely on healthy environments, like good quality of water,” said Bankey. “And your health is tied to this too—we all need to do our part to create a healthy Chesapeake Bay and be healthy neighbors.”
Protecting the Chesapeake for Years to Come
At 2:30 p.m., volunteer divers feed Calypso her daily diet: romaine lettuce and Brussels sprouts. For Breakfast, she ate green peppers.
As I watched Calypso bob her head for the Brussels sprouts, I learned that turtles traditionally don’t use their back fins for swimming (they serve mostly as rotors for navigation), but to help compensate for only have three fins, Calypso uses all three fins equally.
It’s through animal “ambassadors” like Calypso and the National Aquarium’s conservation efforts that students—and adults—are learning how education and volunteering goes a long way in protecting species, wetlands and habitats in the Chesapeake Bay region.
This new “wildlife-friendly” friendship has created a united front on behalf of every single creature that calls the Bay region home. And though Calypso is only one example of an animal ambassador in the National Aquarium, she will always be the 450-pound green sea turtle that opened my eyes to what can be achieved when two organizations work toward the same goal of protecting the Chesapeake Bay.
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The pin measures 15/16'' wide. The pin is in fair condition with an obvious and cracks as pictured. Below here is some information about the Waltham Roadsters From The Waltham Museum website:
The Waltham Roadsters
"In the last ten years of the 19th Century, bicycling was sweeping the country and no more so than in Waltham where Bicycle Park was located. In the Sports Room of the Waltham Museum we have a 1900 picture of a men's bicycle club at Bicycle Park. We weren't able to identify these 22 men with R's on their shirt until we recently ran across a publication of the Waltham Roadsters." Here is the story:
"The Club was organized on April 29, 1896 and was first known as the Norumbega Club and later the North Star Club before they became the Roadsters. The charter members were George A. Bacon, Charles Hall, Arthur Brodrick, Clarence Hamilton, Harry Carr, Allan Mosher, William Dow, Frank Whitten and Orin Winn."
"The Roaster Club which held its meetings at the old Broom Factory at 70 Robbins Street would make frequent trips to Chestnut Hill, Revere Beach, the Chute the Chutes in Boston, and other favorite gathering spots for cyclists."
"The Roadsters developed several good cyclist racers, namely Everett Ryan, Chub Fiske and Harry Carr. Later a football team was organized and for seven years the Roadster-Quinobin football game was THE GAME for Waltham fans on Thanksgiving Day. (Note: This was before high school football was organized in 1903.)"
"The Club also expanded into other sports such as boxing, ice-polo, and bowling. However, their lady friends organized their own club called the Merry-Go-Round Club that interfered with the Roadsters program by conducting parties with games, eats , dances, and whist parties. Soon the social affairs became a large and important factor with the Roadsters."
"The Club moved to the Boat House at the Woerd Avenue Bridge on Packard Cove around 1910. Athletics at this time had taken a minor place in Club routine."
"In 1917 World War I came and with it the end of the Roadsters. Members who served in World War I were Ball Bartlett, Ralph Butler, Walter Evans, John Munroe, Waldo Richardson, Nelson Picket, Percy Reed, Dexter Winslow, Raymond Hutmacher and Harold Leach who died during the war. The Club did have annual reunions until 1946." | <urn:uuid:8d69906b-0a06-445e-a376-7a819d85f6fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.timepassagesnostalgia.com/&pm=0&searchkeywords=World+s+Fair+Bowling&sin=8729 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.978186 | 526 | 1.71875 | 2 |
The state and city of New York have agreed on a plan to help cover reconstruction costs and future expansion of Penn Station as well as revitalization of the surrounding area.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Nov. 3, 2021 unveiled the Penn Station project that is slated to prioritize and expedite reconstruction of the existing station, 60% of whose users are MTA New York City Transit subway and Long Island Rail Road riders.
In June, the project entered the design phase, and New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Amtrak and New Jersey Transit launched a request for proposals from architecture and engineering firms; submissions are due later this month and awards are slated to be announced in the fall. While no date has been set to start the project, it is estimated to take 5-6 years to complete and come with a price tag of $6 billion-$7 billion.
The funding framework now agreed to by the state and city of New York will ensure “that the city maintains a current and consistent level of property tax revenue while requiring that funding for the station, vibrant open space, and public realm improvements, comes in part from private development,” according to a July 18 announcement by Gov. Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. It is also said to affirm “the state’s ongoing commitment to rebuilding Penn Station without raising taxes on New Yorkers or fares for transit riders.”
As part of the agreement, the city and state also committed to establishing a “city-state governance entity” to oversee public realm improvements and to ensure coordinated planning and implementation.
According to the Governor’s Office, funds from privately financed development will help pay for a reconstructed Penn Station; the potential future expansion of Penn Station; and improvements to the surrounding area that the city-state governance entity will oversee, such as street and sidewalk improvements, creation of new public spaces in the area around the station, and construction of “more seamless transit connections between Penn and nearby subway stations.”
The Office reported that the state “will sell development rights to private developers and collect payments-in-lieu-of-taxes (or PILOTs) on newly constructed, modern, and environmentally friendly office and residential buildings. The amount of PILOT payments collected in excess of existing property taxes, in addition to revenues from the sale of additional development rights, will help to fund the project.”
The state and city will allow PILOTs to pay for up to:
• 100% of improvements to streets, sidewalks, public spaces and other elements of the public realm.
• 50% of improvements to transit infrastructure including underground concourses and subway entrances in the neighborhood.
• 12.5% of the cost of the reconstruction and potential expansion of Penn Station.
The remaining costs, the Office said, would be funded through the federal government, New Jersey, New York state, Amtrak and other public funding sources.
“To ensure that the city maintains its tax revenue stream, the city will continue to collect amounts equal to current taxes on each development site with a 3% increase each year,” the Governor’s Office said. “All buildings will return to the city’s tax rolls after the agreed contributions to project costs are met, or after a period of 80 years (at the latest). Because of the anticipated increase in property values, the city is expected to collect significantly more in tax revenue once the buildings are put back on the city’s tax rolls. The city and state have also agreed to cap any property tax abatements.”
“This agreement brings us one step closer to a beautiful, modern station worthy of New York with vibrant open space; lively streetscapes; and better, more seamless connections to local transit,” Gov. Hochul said. “Thanks to our partnership with Mayor Adams and other local and community leaders, we are standing by our commitment to revitalize Penn and the surrounding area while getting the best possible deal for New Yorkers.”
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The perimeter is the distance around the fire or along the handline. Perimeter is determined by adding the lengths of the various lines that enclose the black area of a fire. Because fires often burned in unusual shapes such as fingers, the perimeter of a fire can be approximated by assembling a combination of known shapes and lines.
Area is the amount of surface covered within a given perimeter and is useful in determining burnout acreage. Area is always in square units: for example, square feet (ft2), square yards (yd2), or acres, which represents a square distance.
A square, rectangle, and triangle are shown in the following figures, with their formulas for area and perimeter.
Determining perimeter and burn area after a fire is often necessary. Average dimensions for a sketch can be obtained by pacing or walking around and through the burn. This method is especially useful for small fires. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) are used for larger fires to determine their shape, area, and perimeter.
Example 1 - John sketched the following burn shape in his firefighter's notebook. Use this information to determine the acreage of the fire. John's pace is 12 paces per chain.
Step 1. Set up the cancellation table so all units will cancel, except the desired unit, chains.
Step 2. Take the average of the two widths. The average width = 8.5 chains + 3.5 chains / 2 = 12 / 2 = 6 chains.
Step 3. Use the equation for determining the area of a rectangle.
Area of rectangle = length × average width
Area = 10 chains × 6 chains = 60 square chains.
Step 4. Set up the cancellation table so all units will cancel, except the desired unit, acres.
The area of the fire is 6 acres.
A clear acetate/plastic dot acreage grid can be placed over the mapped sketch of a burn area. It is important that the plastic grid overlay and burn map have the same scale. Burn area is determined by counting the number of dots inside the sketch of the burn. For dots that are on the border of the burn sketch, count every other dot. Multiply the number of dots counted by the dot conversion factor. This conversion factor is typically indicated on the bottom of the plastic overlay.
Example 2 - Janie sketched out a burn area in the following shape on a 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle map. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) produces a series of standard maps to various scales. The 7.5 minute map series has a 1:24,000 scale. One inch on a 7.5 minute map represents 2,000 feet on the ground. (See Chapter 6, Latitude and Longitude, for more information.) Use the acreage grid overlay to determine the area of the fire.
Step 1. Count the number of dots within the shape. Count every other dot for dots on the borderline. There are 181 dots.
Step 2. Read the overlay scale to obtain the dot-grid conversion. In this case the conversion is 2.500 acres per dot.
Step 3. Set up the cancellation table so all units will cancel, except the desired unit, acres.
The area of the above figure is about 453 acres.
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Wooden forest is a toy inspired by old Russian fairy tales and our love of the forest.
A forest is a soft mossy path, the dewdrops on oak trees, the sound of a woodpecker or a cuckoo bird. What do you hear? Maybe a squirrel running by, or a pinecone has fallen on the ground?
Just as a real forest awakens the imagination and draws a fairy tale creature in a simple mossy stump, so our forest set tunes a child to play and adds a little magic to ordinary game scenarios.
Toys with ready-made solutions are like a movie with a revealed ending. It is boring, uninteresting, and does not hook. If the solution is suggested for you, there is no value in it. Real value is in what you learnt yourself.
Russian forest is an open-ended toy. It is ideal for storyline games, home theatre and it is simply beautiful.
How to play:
Take a forest set with you for a walk in the park and find matching leafs and trees
Lay a green scarf on the floor, it will be the grass. Use threads and twines as paths and a blue ribbon as a river. Inhabit your forest with toy animals
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Following Brexit, the EU might apply tariffs to imports from the UK. That would put UK producers at a disadvantage to their EU competitors. If those UK firms also import some of their inputs from the EU, they could face a double whammy, with retaliatory tariffs on imports from the EU driving up their cost of production. If enough of these firms’ customers or suppliers were in the EU, they may be tempted to relocate there. Or they may simply go out of business. Brexit thus threatens the UK with “capital flight”.
Part of the answer is obvious. Even if the EU does not give the UK a free trade deal, the UK should refrain from retaliating with tariffs on imports from the EU. If EU politicians wish to punish EU citizens with tariffs that push up prices, let them do it alone.
The UK government should take the opportunity created by Brexit to eliminate all import tariffs, wherever the imports come from. Import tariffs are an economic and ethical scandal. They are legislative gifts to favoured producers at the expense of consumers. Millions of Brits are forced to pay unnecessarily high prices for lamb, for example, so that inefficient British farmers can stay in business.
Another part of the answer is not as obvious but just as simple. The UK government should abolish corporation tax. EU tariffs on British imports might drive some capital out of the UK, even if we did not retaliate. But the abolition of corporate tax would surely attract much more capital, not only from the EU but from all around the world and, especially, from the US.
Cutting the corporate tax rate to 12.5% had this effect in the Republic of Ireland. Cutting it to zero in the UK would surely have an even greater effect, not only because the rate is lower but because the UK has more to offer companies by way of customers and suppliers, including business services such as legal advice, consulting and financing.
Imagine it! A UK without import tariffs or corporate tax would be transformed into the most attractive place in the world to conduct business. It would set off an economic boom.
Two objections are likely to be raised. The first is the loss of tax revenues for the government. No loss arises from the abolition of tariffs, since those are paid to the EU. But in 2016/17, the UK government collected £43 billion in corporate tax. That it is a material sum, but it is only 6% of total tax revenue.
More importantly, the explosion of economic activity caused by the abolition of corporation tax would increase the amount tax the government collects from other sources, such as income tax and VAT. And any shortfall could be made up by a small increase to the rate of VAT or the elimination of exemptions.
A second likely objection concerns fairness. Over recent years, politicians, commentators and many among the public have become agitated by companies that avoid paying their “fair share” of tax through the use of tax havens, internal transfer pricing and other such measures. And the idea of cutting corporate tax rates – let alone to zero – causes similar agitation.
During the presidential 2008 Presidential campaign, for example, Barack Obama derided John McCain’s plan to lower the corporate tax rate, claiming this would mean tax breaks for “some of the richest companies in America”.
To the economically naïve, taxing companies sounds like a good idea. Who cares about companies? Can a company be hungry, homeless, uneducated? Will you put the interests of these wealthy inhuman entities ahead of real, flesh and blood people, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet?
But companies cannot be rich or poor; only the people who own them or work for them can be. Nor can the cost of taxation fall on a company; it must ultimately fall on the company’s owners, employees or customers. Before you can tell whether corporate tax is a good idea, you need to understand who bears the cost and how it affects their behaviour.
Once you do, it turns out that taxing companies is a bad idea. Research shows that the cost of corporate tax falls on the company’s shareholders (in lower dividends), employees (in lower wages) and customers (in higher prices) – the precise allocation varying with factors too complex to discuss here.
So, in terms of the “social justice” or “tax fairness”, corporate tax is no better than a combination of income and sales taxes. But, in terms of efficiency, it is worse. Corporate tax has a greater deadweight cost than income and sales taxes, because it discourages the allocation of resources to productive uses – in other words, it discourages investment.
And it is more distortionary than these other taxes, because the complexity of business activities and business accounting mean there are so many opportunities to take otherwise worthless actions for the simple purpose of reducing a firm’s tax liabilities.
Corporate tax and import tariffs are economically damaging. Brexit will give British politicians the opportunity to scrap them and, perhaps, a positive reason to. If they do, Brexit will prove to be an economic triumph.
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Dr. Shashwat is an accomplished maxillofacial surgeon holding a Fellowship in Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery. Dr. Shashwat and Dr. Ketaki have been trained in one of the best Smiletrain Centers in Central India. At Smilekraft we would like to extend our help to cleft affected children.
A baby with cleft lip and palate requires multiple surgeries over a large period of time and comprehensive management by a team of doctors.
Cleft lip surgery is generally recommended when baby is at least three months old. While a cleft palate repair is usually performed at 12 - 18 months of age. Alveolar bone grafting may be needed at 8 to 11 years of age. Orthognathic or corrective jaw surgeries rhinoplasty and secondary corrections are usually done once the growth is complete that is after 18 -20 years of age.
As a member of a team of healthcare specialists, we play an important role in the carefully orchestrated, multiple-stage correctional program for cleft lip and palate patients. The goal is to help restore the jaw and facial structures, leading to normal function and appearance. Care and treatment must consider function, appearance, nutrition, speech, hearing, and emotional and psychological development. | <urn:uuid:1f890c07-9e03-4bb6-9844-bd6f79880790> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.smilekraftnagpur.com/cleft-lip-and-palate.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.935772 | 253 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Kids understand it immediately
by Luka Dekleva Ukmar
Virtual puppet performance THUMBELINA
by H. C. Andersen / Darij Kreuh, Tadej Fius, Robert Waltl
Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
Opening night: December 12, 2003
The first seconds - when the children ‘get it’ and they start shouting and establishing communication bonds with the characters on the big screen who, of course, always return the impulse, - represent the greatest award for the conceivers of this project. And it is a surplus for the authors of the project when the kids – at this age they already watch television, they play computer games, they know what cinema is, and they have already attended a classical puppet performance –immediately understand that Thumbelina is something in between or even more. This is especially the case when parents and adults, even after several minutes, cannot discern exactly how the story develops interactively, or what is actually true and what is fiction.
Hans Christian Andersen wrote a delicate story about Thumbelina, a tiny girl who experiences different fates due to her frailty and brittleness. In this Slovene version, the enterprise Navidez has managed to give this Andersen’s character a new dimension. The story has preserved its original characters, yet the development of the events is unbound. The direction, the fate of the main character, the dialogues and the rhythm of the story are directed by the spectators; the characters are modelled in 3D-programme computer technique; the medium is no more the book but the computer; sensors serve as a helping device, along with the support for a stereoscopic and multi-wall linking projection, and a bunch of electronic devices.
The first virtual puppet performance in the world differs from classical performances also in the fact that the story never appears twice with the same development or the same end. The conceivers of the project have actually transferred the active role of the director over to the audience and to the actor Robert Waltl. The latter is equipped with a playing console (to have control over the set), and a head sensor to follow the rotation and the bending of the fairytale character’s head on the screen. Waltl performs all this in the backstage, yet at the same time he communicates with the audience. The visualisation and interaction computer programme enables directing and defining the shape in real time (changing cameras, selection of characters, movement, calling for events), while the programme mediator enables fairytale characters to follow the narrator’s speaking.
The authors of the project wrote down that this fairytale represents a mixture of a computer game with a theatrical performance placed in a virtual computer environment, where fairytale heroes become alive on the screen through the animator, and in communication with the audience they save the main character when she gets in trouble. And they were not wrong. They were also not wrong in defining that the fairytale has been structured as a game with a strong emphasis on creative group work. It takes half an hour to perform this performance, which is exactly the right duration to preserve the tension of the story and the right concentration of the audience in their communication. Since the technology already offers the possibility of an optional development of the performance contents, and at the same all essential elements and primal issues of a classical theatre are preserved, this may well be defined as an explosive mixture.
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WASHINGTON — About a week ago, $133 million showed up in the Town of Hempstead’s bank account, deposited by a federal coronavirus aid program for state and local governments, and Town Supervisor Donald Clavin wasn’t sure how to spend it.
He wasn’t alone. New York state is still working out how to use its $5.2 billion from that fund, New York City is working on plans for its $1.5 billion, Nassau County is weighing what to do with its $103 million and Suffolk County won’t even talk about its $257 million.
It’s not that those officials don’t need or want the money, it’s just that they are not sure what the U.S. Treasury Department will allow them to spend it on under its rule that it must be used in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.
“At the end of the day, if we make an expenditure and it's not approved, well, that means the Town of Hempstead is going to be on the hook for that money,” Clavin said.
Uncertainty about the strings attached and the method and timing of the federal government’s distribution pervades much of the $2.5 trillion in the four coronavirus relief and rescue packages enacted in the past two months.
The federal government has awarded about $64 billion in coronavirus aid to New York, an amount that could nearly double over time and with the potential passage of another $1 trillion-plus relief package, according to a review of federal records and accounts by the White House accounting and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Long Island governments, hospitals and health providers, and schools and colleges have been awarded about $1 billion, including $493 million in cash that already has been wired to the bank accounts of Nassau and Suffolk counties and Hempstead Town.
“Long Island and New York as the epicenter had massive needs, and so we’ve really had to look at so many different areas where people needed help,” said Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader and a key player in negotiating the four coronavirus relief bills.
“There will be $112 billion when all the money is allocated,” Schumer said in a phone interview. “A lot of money has gone to New York and more will come.”
But New York still trails California and Texas in the amount of money it gets from the biggest aid funds so far: the $1,200 cash stimulus checks, the Paycheck Protection Program, $52 billion for hospitals and health care providers, and higher education grants.
That’s largely because federal officials say that to speed delivery of funds they used existing formulas based on population or other metrics rather than COVID-19 cases to determine who gets what, to the detriment of New York, which has the largest coronavirus burden.
But the Trump administration said it also provided millions of surgical and procedural masks, eye and face shields, isolation and surgical gowns, surgical and exam gloves and ventilators. It also said it helped set up temporary hospitals and sent the USNS Comfort naval hospital ship. But it placed no dollar value on this assistance — making it impossible to add to the state's total aid.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo complains New York state did not get enough money. The Long Island delegation attacked the way some of the administration’s funding formulas shortchange New York.
Schumer touts the funding he won for New York but also acknowledges New York needs much more money as he criticizes the Trump administration for how it has handled the aid.
“One of our big problems is we can pass good laws,” Schumer said, “but if the administration doesn’t implement them, that’s not going to help.”
Small business loans abound
The biggest flow of money into New York so far has been the $20.3 billion in loans to 81,000 companies in the state under the small business Paycheck Protection Program, which offers forgivable loans to small businesses that retain their employees, the Newsday analysis found.
Small businesses also snapped up cash advances and low-interest loans from the SBA’s $10 billion economic injury disaster loan program — about 51,400 New York companies won $211 million in advances and 1,100 New York firms took out $242 million in loans.
Thirty-two publicly traded companies, including 11 on Long Island, won $110 million worth of those small business loans, the Washington Post reported. Four of the companies returned the money after being criticized.
Meanwhile, Jet Blue, based in Long Island City, won a $658 million grant to cover payroll and took out a $250 million loan from the CARES Act $28 billion airline fund.
Many of the smallest businesses felt excluded, but the interim $484 billion bill passed in mid-April added $310 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program and $60 billion for economic injury disaster loans.
Providing for health care
New York hospitals and health care providers are in line for about $16.5 billion in direct payments to health care providers, grant programs and temporary savings for hospitals.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services boosted New York’s share by awarding 90 New York hospitals with a high number of COVID-19 and low-income and uninsured patients with $5 billion.
It previously had split $1.86 billion among 26,282 New York health care providers in the first tranche of $30 billion from its $100 billion CARES Act money. It has added a second tranche of $20 billion whose awards are still pending.
Hospitals will see temporary savings of about $7.7 billion from formula changes in Medicare and Medicaid funding, according to the Healthcare Association of New York, which represents hospitals.
Meanwhile, the interim spending package includes another $75 billion for health care providers that has yet to be divvied up.
State and local governments
About $16 billion of federal coronavirus aid goes through state and local governments.
Nearly that amount is the $7.5 billion from the CARES Act's state and local government fund, which has a catch — the money must be used for COVID-19-related expenses, not for shortfalls in revenues because of the shutdown.
During negotiations over the interim spending bill, Schumer said, the president and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promised to ease that restriction, but they haven’t yet. Last week Schumer said it will be in the next bill and “it'll be retroactive for all the COVID money.”
New York’s state government so far has gotten $5.2 billion in direct funds, $1.1 billion to pass-through funding for school districts, $1.45 billion in Medicaid savings and $1.36 billion in FEMA disaster funds, for which the state is seeking a waiver of its 25% share.
About $296 million in community development grants have been awarded to counties, towns and cities — including $18.8 million on Long Island.
After hearing Schumer announce that Nassau County would get $235 million in state and local government funds, County Executive Laura Curran said she learned of a “strange anomaly” — Hempstead Town, because of its large population, would be getting “a nice chunk of change.”
To Curran's surprise, of that $235 million, Hempstead will get $133 million and Nassau $102 million. Clavin, Hempstead Town’s supervisor, said his comptroller just applied for the money and didn’t ask for that amount.
Curran and Clavin said they each are assembling committees to decide how to use the money. “I’ve been speaking with the supervisor and my goal is to make sure that all of the money is spent regionally are spent in Nassau County for COVID-related expenses,” Curran said.
In the meantime, Clavin said his comptroller told him she was putting that $133 million, which amounts to about a quarter of the town’s budget, into an interest-bearing account.
“Then she reached out saying, ‘Am I allowed to?’” Clavin said. “And we couldn’t even get an answer.”
Snapshot of COVID-19 aid flowing into New York
Business loans and grants $21,441,433,759
Hospitals and health care $16,522,792,957
State and Local Governments $15,956,680,888
Cash Stimulus Payments $9,283,821,196
Higher Education $920,624,359
Source: Federal records, accounts by White House and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Note: Does not include Federal Reserve loans or protective personal equipment, ventilators or USNS Comfort hospital ship provided by the Trump administration.
Top 5 recipients of key COVID-19 aid programs
New York $45,243,595,854
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Strengthening behavioral and social science research capacity to address the evolving challenges in HIV care and prevention in Uganda
We propose to establish an interdisciplinary research training program at Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) to strengthen behavioral and social science research (BSSR) expertise in HIV. The proposed program seeks to build capacity for BSSR, utilizing an implementation science lens to improve HIV intervention, service delivery and patient engagement throughout the HIV continua of care and prevention.
With continuation of this program, we will provide short-term, Masters-level, PhD, and postdoctoral training, all linked to mentored research projects. Our goal is to improve research capacity in Uganda to facilitate the control and eventual elimination of malaria. With maturation of our malaria research program in Uganda and an increased supply of highly qualified training applicants, we plan some changes to our program, in particular increased emphasis on higher level training. We now plan 5 training tracks: 1) short-term training outside Uganda; 2) Masters training at Makerere University; 3) advanced Masters training at UCSF; 4) sandwich PhD training at Makerere University; and 5) postdoctoral training. | <urn:uuid:6defd865-4103-4677-a573-b54ace41561a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu/research/uc-international-training-council-ucitc/uganda | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.896529 | 245 | 1.75 | 2 |
Interventional pain management specialist Navid Farahmand, M.D., uses non-surgical techniques to treat joint pain.A variety of options exist depending on the cause, including injection techniques drawn from the growing field of regenerative medicine, use of lubricant products within the joint, and agents to reduce pain and inflammation. Dr. Farahmand serves the Beverly Hills, California, area.
A joint occurs anywhere in the body where two adjacent bones come together to allow for movement. Joints have a space between the bones that provides room for the movement and flexibility necessary to allow the joint to function properly. Some joints — like the joints or sutures in the skull — move very little. Others like the hip, wrist, knee and shoulder are very flexible and move in several directions. Each joint has a cushion or surface of cartilage that prevents wear on the bone and is supported by connective tissue which provides stability to the joint.
There are many causes of joint pain. Acute trauma of any kind, heavy lifting, and abnormal/awkward positioning can stress and injure the joint; over the course of decades the joint can wear out from use, generally referred to as osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease. Repetitive motion injury, which ― as it sounds ― results from the same movement over and over (think of a baseball pitcher who is constantly stressing the elbow and shoulder joints with multiple throws) can cause joint pain. Inflammatory problems like rheumatoid arthritis also result in painful joints.
Muscles, ligaments, and tendons are the supporting structures of the joint. Like all human tissue, they can be too tight around the joint. This can restrict range of motion and cause pain when over-stretched. These tissues can also tear (such as a rotator cuff tear or an ACL tear) which can make the patient feel like they have joint pain, even though the joint itself isn’t damaged. Conversely, the muscles and ligaments surrounding a joint can also be too loose, which exposes the joint to instability.
Treatments depend on the joint that is affected, the cause of the problem (injury vs. osteoarthritis vs. rheumatoid arthritis, for example) and whether the problem is acute or chronic. Acute problems that cause joint swelling and pain are often treated with RICE (rest, ice, compression bandages and elevation) and anti-inflammatory pain medications. Chronic pain in the hip, knee or shoulder joint might be treated with joint injections of a local anesthetic and steroids to numb the joint and reduce inflammation. In certain instances, specific components of the patient’s own blood can be isolated and re-injected into the damaged joint/tendon/ligament to relieve pain and promote healing, and is more commonly known as PRP (platelet rich plasma) therapy. Both PRP injections and use of stem cell injections are part of the growing field of regenerative medicine and have a number of indications and clinical applications. | <urn:uuid:d1585ef0-9440-4448-a7a8-5b0c6d5ff113> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.doctorfarahmand.com/services/joint-pain | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.948475 | 614 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Is ‘fair trade’ more fair or more just than free trade? While free trade has been increasingly maligned, The Fair Trade movement has become increasingly popular over the last several years. Many see this movement as a way to help people in the developing world and as a more just alternative to free trade. On the other hand, others argue that fair trade creates an unfair advantage that tends to harm the poor.
Dr. Victor Claar addresses this question in his popular lecture Fair Trade vs. Free Trade. In the AU Online session scheduled for Wednesday, May 9 at 6:00pm ET, Dr. Claar will lead us through an analysis and comparison of arguments for and against both fair trade and free trade. Visit the AU Online website to register.
If you want to familiarize yourself with Dr. Claar’s response to the fair trade vs. free trade question before attending the lecture on May 9, then you’re in luck! Dr. Claar is a professor of economics at Henderson State University and a frequent Acton lecturer. Most important for this discussion, though, is his most recent monograph, Fair Trade? Its Prospects as a Poverty Solution, which is a part of Acton’s Christian Social Thought Series. Dr. Claar is also coauthor of Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices and has written articles for Applied Economics, Public Finance Review and the Journal of Markets & Morality, among others | <urn:uuid:92fd7e8b-a8b0-4b20-8ad9-e700dd55c850> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.acton.org/archives/31942-fair-trade-or-free-trade.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.95104 | 300 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Manjushree with Chenrezig thangka is hand-painted on cotton canvas by Thangka artist from Nepal. Manjushree is embodied as enlightened wisdom. He confers mastery of the Dharma, wisdom, and eloquence and teaches the path of a bodhisattva in the Mahayana tradition.
Manjushree is the Bodhisattva who holds the flaming sword of enlightenment.
Manjushree is presented at the center of the thangka. Vajrapani is presented at the right down corner of the thangka. Chenrezig is presented at the left down corner of the thangka.
Iconography of Manjushree.
Manjushree is presented at the left down corner of the painting. Manjushree is the Bodhisattva who holds the flaming sword of enlightenment, by his left hand in a warning hand gesture in the left hand representing his realization of wisdom to cut through ignorance & wrong view. His right hand depicted in teaching holds the stem of a Blue Lotus flower upon which rests the Book (Pustaka) of Perfection of Transcendental Wisdom.
Mantra of Manjushree
The mantra of Manjushree is Om A Ra Pa Ca Na Dhih.Tibetan
Iconography of Vajrapani
Vajrapani is presented at the right down corner of the thangka. Vajrapaṇi is one of the earliest bodhisattvas of Mahayana Buddhism. He is the protector and guide of the Buddha and rose to symbolize the Buddha’s power.
Vajrapani is pictured dancing wildly within a halo of flames which represents transformation. He holds a vajra (thunderbolt) in his right hand which emphasizes the power to cut through the darkness of delusion. Vajrapani looks wrathful, but as a representation of the enlightened mind. He is completely free from hatred.
Mantra Of Vajrapani
The mantra of Vajrapabi is om vajrapani hum phat.
Iconography of Chenrezig
Chenrezig is presented at the left down corner of the thangka. Chenrezig is known as Avalokiteshvara. Chenrezig is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas.
He is the lord gifted with complete enlightenment who refrains from entering the blissful state of nirvana to remain here below and save the living being of the earth.
Mantra of Chenrezig
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They have a moderately elongated body but have a compact and muscular structure. Both parent breeds are tracking dogs which means the combination of the two produces a crossbreed that is an excellent tracker with its amazing olfactory senses also known as the bagle hound this hybrid is a medium sized dog that is loyal playful and intelligent.
A tired dog is an excellent dog.
Beagle hound mix puppies. The bagle hound is a long eared square headed droopy eyed cross between the basset hound and the beagle some kennel clubs have specified the breed standards of these dogs including a square head a deep chest with feet towing out like its basset hound parent and having minimal body folds. All dogs are susceptible to genetic health issues and the basset hound beagle mix could be susceptible to any of the genetic health issues of his purebred parent breeds. The beagle basset hound mix is also known under various combinations of parent breeds names e g the beagle hound.
Beagle a popular scent hound with intense tracking and smelling ability has been crossed with a whole lot of popular purebreds the outcome of such a cross has resulted in smart intelligent canines also bearing the physical and temperamental characteristics of the other parent involved in the crossing. He is an average sized dog known for being social playful loyal and quite intelligent they have the nose like any hound and can follow a scent for miles. Beagles are small hound dogs with a lot of energy and personality.
The witty and naughty basset hound beagle mix is a cross between two breeds of the hound family the basset hound and the beagle. Overfeeding any dog isn t a fantastic idea as that can definitely exacerbate health issues like elbow and hip dysplasia. See more ideas about beagle mix beagle dogs.
Are you interested in. Beagle basset hound mix puppies for sale. Since a mix can take on any combination of traits from one or both of their parents it s important to ask the breeder about the other parent breed in the cross.
The bagle hound is a mix of the beagle and a basset hound and has a lifespan of ten to fifteen years. Keep in mind that early health screening is a great way to better understand what your basset hound beagle mix could be susceptible to but so is understanding what his parent. There are a lot of details to be aware of.
If you would like a dog that will sit stay and come on command you don t need a basset hound. May 13 2020 explore kerrianne s board beagle mix on pinterest. What else you should know about this mix.
Their sense of smell is listed as one of the best among their doggy friends and the beagle is often employed in differing k9 units from drug sniffer to search and rescue dogs. A beagle mix is a cross between a beagle and another dog breed. And it also has a funny nickname the bagel.
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London, November 12: Astronomers have discovered a small black hole outside the Milky Way by looking at how it influences the motion of a star in its close vicinity.
The team at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), situated in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, to spot the black hole. Oversized Black Hole Population Discovered in Star Cluster.
The newly found black hole was spotted lurking in NGC 1850, a cluster of thousands of stars roughly 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud -- a neighbour galaxy of the Milky Way. The detection in NGC 1850 marks the first time a black hole has been found in a young cluster of stars (the cluster is only around 100 million years old, a blink of an eye on astronomical scales).
According to Sara Saracino from the Liverpool John Moores University's Astrophysics Research Institute, the black hole is roughly 11 times as massive as our Sun. Astronomers started on the trail of this black hole due to its gravitational influence on the five-solar-mass star orbiting it.
Previously such small, "stellar-mass" black holes have been spotted in other galaxies by picking up the X-ray glow emitted as they swallow matter, or from the gravitational waves generated as black holes collide with one another or with neutron stars.
However, most stellar-mass black holes don't give away their presence through X-rays or gravitational waves.
This is the first time this detection method has been used to reveal the presence of a black hole outside of our galaxy. The method could be key to unveiling hidden black holes in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, and to help shed light on how these mysterious objects form and evolve, the team said.
"Every single detection we make will be important for our future understanding of stellar clusters and the black holes in them," said co-author Mark Gieles from the University of Barcelona, Spain.
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Jorge Luis Borges: The University should insist us old and others. If he insists on it own and contemporary, the University is useless because it is expanding a function that already meets the press Latin America needs a professional committed to his development and the universities and institutions of the continent are working to form it. Of all the characteristics required in the new graduates, two are truly unavoidable. See what are these features and what new citizens which have need in the region: 1. We need a graduate with leadership skills: when strong winds raging and the storm roars threatening it is necessary that lifting of leaders capable of driving the ship to a safe port. It can be said that the 21st-century storm threatens in with becoming the most dramatic hurricane of which it becomes aware. For this reason it is desirable to have a University building through suitable leaders to lead without dominating; drivers without subjugating; govern without depressing; guiding without abusing.
Latin America has lived the crossroads of various leaderships and all they have received their inheritance: a few good times and bad times. Most of the peoples of the mestizo continent have due support within their Governments leaders who do not live to politics as it should be but the policy with which they neglect their obligation to sacred and inescapable serve their people and comply with the ambition to unhealthy, selfish and dark meet their personal or family projects. The Prussian leader Otto Von Bismarck argued that the politician thinks of the next election; the statesman, in the next generation. In that sense, it is valid the University to design a curriculum in which privilege the formation of new and transparent leadership sustained by the desire to serve communities, other persons, the present generation and their children and their children’s children. Latin America is waiting for leaders who think of the needs of the people and to achieve that long-awaited changes occur in benefit of the development of peoples. | <urn:uuid:c8402c56-5e5b-498f-b7cf-120fa152f125> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.elitescriptz.com/professional/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.971192 | 386 | 2.046875 | 2 |
GEORGE MACDONALD (1824-1905)
“I have never concealed the fact that I regarded him as my master; indeed I fancy I have never written a book in which I did not quote from him.” —C.S. Lewis
“Oh, how I love that man!” —Oswald Chambers
THE FIRST OF ALL TRUTHS, which a lifetime of church-going and Bible-reading will fail to disclose, is that for life to be a good thing and worth living, a man must be the child of a perfect Father and know Him. —G.M.
OSWALD CHAMBERS (1874-1917)
“There is no appeal to the emotions, no cant religious phrases, no anecdotes, just a flow of clear convincing reasoning—stark sincerity, speaking with the authority of deep personal experience.”
IT TAKES GOD ALMIGHTY INCARNATE in us to do the meanest duty to the glory of God. It takes God’s Spirit in us to make us so absolutely humanly His that we are utterly unnoticeable. The test of the life of a saint is not success, but faithfulness in human life as it actually is. We will set up success in Christian work as the aim; the aim is to manifest the glory of God in human life, to live the life hid with Christ in God in human conditions. —O.C.
C.S. LEWIS (1898-1963)
The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing…to find the place where all the beauty came from. —Till We Have Faces
NOTHING, NOT EVEN THE BEST and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not be raised again if it submits to death. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. Flesh and blood cannot come to the Mountains. Not because they are too rank, but because they are too weak. What is a lizard compared with a stallion? Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed. —The Great Divorce
A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is…A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.
We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less. A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right.
Critics who treat “adult” as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves.
Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism.
God is not proud…He will have us even though we have shown that we prefer everything else to Him.
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
If you are really a product of a materialistic universe, how is it that you don’t feel at home there?
If these holy places, things, and days cease to remind us, if they obliterate our awareness that all ground is holy and every bush (could we but perceive it) a Burning Bush, then the hallows begin to do harm. Hence both the necessity, and the perennial danger, of “religion.”
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in. Aim at Earth and you get neither.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he’ll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he’ll be able to feel.
A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, “darkness” on the walls of his cell.
You cannot go on “explaining away” for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on “seeing through” things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.
Consciousness is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation.
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods.
Reasoning is never, like poetry, judged from the outside at all.
For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men.
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
When you are arguing against Him you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all.
Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them worth it.
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.
Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and can’t really get rid of it.
Surely what a man does when he is caught off his guard is the best evidence as to what sort of man he is.
The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.
Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
The absent are easily refuted.
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free-wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself.
A great many of those who “debunk” traditional…values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process.
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
You find out more about God from the Moral Law than from the universe in general just as you find out more about a man by listening to his conversation than by looking at a house he has built.
Many things—such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly—are done worst when we try hardest to do them.
Our passions are not too strong, they are too weak. We are far too easily pleased.
Morality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be “given” in the facts of experience.
A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere—”Bibles laid open, millions of surprises,” as Herbert says, “fine nets and stratagems.” God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous.
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
What seem our worst prayers may really be, in God’s eyes, our best. Those, I mean, which are least supported by devotional feeling. For these may come from a deeper level than feeling. God sometimes seems to speak to us most intimately when He catches us, as it were, off our guard.
Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.
Heaven offers nothing that a mercenary soul can desire.
There will be two kinds of people in the end: Those that will say to God “Thy will be done” and those to whom God will say “Thy will be done.”
Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won`t last forever. We must take it or leave it.
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey “people.” People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war. Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
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I can't recall where I first came across braggot. By that I don't mean to imply that it's some great secret I've been sitting on for decades. I discovered it pretty recently. Maybe as recently as last week. I just can't remember on which website I first read about it.
At it's simplest, braggot is half beer, half mead. The precise percentages are probably open to interpretation, but it's fair to say that if you're getting a head-turning proportion of your fermentable sugars from honey, you're in braggot territory.
Although I'm a keen admirer of King Herod's way of approaching the world, and was therefore initially inclined to go for a 50/50 malt/honey split, I've also been planning to brew a Belgian tripel, and it seems to me that this is the perfect opportunity to do two things at once. Fifty per cent honey is probably pushing it for a tripel, so I'm going to shoot for a 70/30 malt/honey fermentable split.
Before we can land on a recipe, however, we need to do a bit of math. This is because honey is about 95% fermentable as a proportion of its mass, whereas malt is about 60%. Humour me.
I want to make a Belgian tripel, so my ABV should be in the region of 8-9%. To get an ABV of 8%, we need the yeast to gobble up 61 gravity points (8000 / 131 ≈ 61). To get to 9%, we need the yeast to eat up 69 gravity points (9000 / 131 ≈ 69). So somewhere between those two will be about right. Let's shoot for 65. So we know what proportions of fermentables we want, and we know the attenuation we need in order to reach the desired ABV. Now let's calculate our Original Gravity ("OG").
As a general rule of thumb, I find that sugars from malted barley are about 75% attenuable, and sugar is abot 95% attenuable. From this we, arrive at the following formula:
(0.3 * 0.95 + 0.7 * 0.75) * OG = 65
And by the powers of algebra:
OG ≈ 80.24
Let's call that 80.
Typing an OG of 1.080 into the BIAB Calculator (my quick & easy, go-to brewing software) tells me I need 5900g of grain. But wait a minute! We already know that only 70%, or 4130g, of that is going to come from grain. That leaves the remaining 30% for the honey. But wait another minute! We already know that 95% of honey is as a proportion of its mass is fermentable, in contrast to barley, which is just 60%. For the tax lawyers among us (no one, I hope), the barley has been "grossed up" to account for its relative unfermentability. In other words, the mass of grain has been increased by 2/3 from the mass of sugar you would need if it were 100% fermentable:
1770g = 5/3 x
Which gives a mass of 1062g. But again, honey is only 95% fermentable, not 100%, so we need to compensate a little by "grossing up". What mass of honey, being 95% fermentable, would give us the equivalent of 1062g of 100% fermentable sugar?
y g = 100/95 * 1062 g
Answer: we need 1117g of honey. This is close enough to two 454g jars and one of those weird 340g jars (1134g) as to make me happily overlook the excess. The astute among you will also realise that we could have done that in a single step: 1770g * 60 / 95 = 1117g – but math is fun. Am I right? I'm not right. Let's get back to beer.
33.9% Belgian pale malt (2kg)
17% Special 'B' malt (1kg)
10.6% English pale malt (630g)
8.5% Wheat malt (500g)
30% Honey (1117g)
50g Tettnanger hops
1 packet of Wyeast 3787 Trappist high gravity yeast
1.080 Target OG
15 L batch
You'll be thrilled to hear we're not quite done with the math. I usually don't bother reporting the volume of water I use, but those paying attention will remember a recent failure to hit my OG as a result of using a lot of sugar in my wort and failing to adjust the water absorption figure given by The Calculator to take account of the fact that sugar doesn't absorb any water. The Calculator is telling me that I need 26.46 L for this mash and boil. This is based, however, on 3.71 L being absorbed by grain. I'm going to deduct 30% of this to account for the fact that I'm using 30% honey, which gives me the following volume of water:
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NORTHERN LIGHTS BUS TOUR
Art and science collide for an evening of hunting through the Icelandic countryside for an opportunity to spot the elusive Northern Lights. Many people come to our shores from all over the world every winter to see them.
What begins as solar winds from the sun striking against the magnetic field of our planet like a piece of flint touching steel quickly translates into ribbons of white and green, sometimes even red and purple that flutter through the sky like paper bags caught in the wind. Sometimes the effect is subtle, just a flicker of light against the dark whilst other times it can feel like a full orchestra, but no matter how the lights may present themselves they are always utterly captivating.
Join us on a northern light hunt experience and our experienced and enthusiastic guides will do their level best to hunt down the lights and create special memories for you. The night will be completed with interesting information, legend and stories about the phenomenon, topped with a special recipe of hot chocolate to stay warm.
Your tour ticket comes with a free ticket to the Aurora Museum Reykjavík. The exhibition is a great introduction to the science behind this phenomena and also provides valuable insight into the best methods to photograph this lights. You can visit the museum at any time on the day of your booking and we can even collect you from there for your tour.
For those nights where mother nature is not on our side, you will still be treated to a night sky full of stars and an ability to rebook and try another roll of the dice.
Duration: 3 – 4 hours
Departure: 20:30 and 21:30
Available: late August to mid-April
- We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is cancelled 1 day or less before event
- Bus fare
- Northern light hunt
- Professional English speaking tour guide
- Hot chocolate and refreshments
- Aurora Museum Reykjavik entrance ticket (only valid for use on the tour date booked and if the tour is operating)
- Wi-fi on board
- Pickup and drop off
What do I need to bring?
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Source: Gregorius A, Spiewak R. Porownanie wynikow testow platkowych z zastosowaniem Europejskiej Serii Podstawowej, Polskiej Serii Podstawowej oraz rozszerzonej serii autorskiej w diagnostyce chorych z podejrzeniem alergii kontaktowej. Alergoprofil 2011; 7 (3): 25-31. (In Polish)
Eczema is one of the most common clinical pictures encountered in allergist's practice. In all cases of chronic eczema patch testing should be performed to confirm or exclude the diagnosis of allergic contact dermatitis. Moreover, the tests may reveal contact allergy developing secondarily in the course of other inflammatory skin disease and complicating its further course. Aim: To analyse the impact of the size and composition of hapten series on the diagnostic efficacy of patch tests. Patients and methods: A retrospective analysis of 64 patients qualified for patch testing who were tested with an original extensive series consisting of 40 test substances ("Krakow Series", KRK). We analysed the obtained test results with the KRK series in comparison to hypothetical results if the patients would have been tested only with the European Baseline Series (EBS, 28 substances) or Polish Baseline Series (POL, 30 substances). The outcome measures of the diagnostic efficacy were numbers of people with contact allergy as detected witch each series (at least one positive reaction), and the mean number of positive reactions in the group. Results: Patch testing would enable the detection of contact allergy in 55 patients when testing only with the EBS series and in 56 patients when testing with POL, while 58 patients were ultimately diagnosed with KRK. Mean number of positive reactions in the study group was 1.94 for EBS, 2.16 for POL, and 3.28 for KRK (p<0.001). Conclusion: The use of extensive test series increases the effectiveness of patch tests, expressed both as a higher number of subjects with detected contact allergy, and higher number of sensitizations detected per individual patient.
Key words: contact allergy, contact dermatitis, diagnostics, patch tests, diagnostic efficacy.
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Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Mon, 04/04/2022 - 6:04 pm EDT
The Screentime Action Network Resource Library has an incredible amount of resources that could be useful for teaching students (and their families) about using technology in a healthy way.
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 11:20 am EST
Here is a great opportunity for female students of color in AP Computer Science Classes: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.co
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Sun, 01/16/2022 - 7:27 pm EST
I've been looking for ways to celebrate the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Tue, 12/21/2021 - 10:37 am EST
I think this would be an excellent article to consider in AP CSP classrooms and with other high schoo
Submitted by Portia Morrell on Wed, 05/19/2021 - 11:08 am EDT
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 9:58 am EDT
I recently had an AMAZING online, cooperative learning style review session with my AP CSP students using Wonder.me.
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Sun, 05/02/2021 - 5:26 pm EDT
This looks like a helpful resource for teachers looking for extra practice
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 4:41 pm EDT
When you and your students are finished with the Create PT and the AP Exams--how will you fill your class time?
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Wed, 04/21/2021 - 10:32 am EDT
Happy Earth Day Everyone!
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Mon, 03/15/2021 - 11:29 am EDT
I stumbled across this Code.org tool for dissecting the 2020 College Board AP CSP data report and it is fascinating!
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Mon, 03/08/2021 - 1:04 pm EST
Pi Day, March 14th, is quickly approaching! It is by far my favorite holiday to celebrate with students in school.
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:32 am EST
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marched so that his children would not be judged by the color of their skin...
Submitted by Naomi Harm on Mon, 11/02/2020 - 11:48 am EST
Could you help me with contributing too and crowdsourcing to this computer science creative ideas, activities and resources list, so we can provide for our students and teachers an amazing curated | <urn:uuid:c29a0cb5-45f8-4825-8f1a-9be45ff2ffff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.csforallteachers.org/resources/concepts_subconcepts/data-and-analysis-collection-770/grade_band/end-grade-12-746?keys= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.918478 | 607 | 2 | 2 |
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