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New Virginia spaceport head seeks to increase launch activity
WASHINGTON — The new head of Virginia’s commercial spaceport on Wallops Island says he wants to increase launch activity at the site, while acknowledging that there are limits as to how big it can grow.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) announced June 10 that Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer Jr., a retired Air Force major general, will be the next chief executive and executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, which operates the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at Wallops Island. Mercer will take over Aug. 1 when the current head of the authority, Dale Nash, retires.
“Under his leadership, Virginia is poised to maximize the investments we have made in our world-class spaceport and launch into the future as a leader in space exploration, research and commerce,” Northam said of Mercer in a statement.
Mercer held a variety of space-related roles in his 32 years in the Air Force, including commanding the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base and serving as deputy director of operations for Air Force Space Command. Mercer retired from the Air Force in 2008 and, in 2016, became director of the Interagency Program Office for the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen program to modernize management of the national airspace system.
The authority convened a search committee to select Nash’s successor, which led them to Mercer. “This committee has unanimously selected the best candidate possible to take the helm of Virginia Space,” Jeff Bingham, chairman of the board of the authority, said in a briefing. “Our new CEO and executive director is uniquely qualified to ensure that we deliver on our objectives and work to become increasing active and competitive over the next decade.”
MARS hosts only a few orbital launches a year currently. Northrop Grumman conducts an average of two Antares launches a year from Pad 0-A, sending Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. Neighboring Pad 0-B hosts occasional launches of Northrop Grumman Minotaur rockets, including a Minotaur 1 launch of a National Reconnaissance Office mission scheduled for June 15.
Mercer said at the briefing that growing the spaceport’s launch business was a top priority, second only to looking out for the needs of spaceport personnel. “One of the cleanest ways we can begin to grow this business, without doing much in terms of infrastructure, is simply get aggressive about getting out and bringing more customers to our launch port and to our range,” he said.
A big factor in the future of MARS is Rocket Lab. The company built Launch Complex 2, a launchpad for its Electron rocket, next to Pad 0-A. In March, it announced it would launch its new medium-class Neutron rocket from Wallops, using the existing Pad 0-A. That rocket will also be manufactured at a facility to be built nearby.
Getting both Electron and Neutron flying regularly from MARS could dramatically increase launch activity there. Nash noted at the briefing that Electron is designed to launch from Wallops as frequently as once a month, while Neutron will likely launch six to eight times a year. “Between the Northrop Grumman launches and the Rocket Lab launches, we could be easily doing 20, 25 launches a year within a couple of years,” he predicted. “That is a significant cadence.”
However, the introduction of Electron has been delayed because of issues with NASA’s certification of an autonomous flight termination system that Electron, and eventually all other vehicles, will use at the range. Nash suggested the first Electron launch from Wallops, originally scheduled for 2020, could slip to as late as November because of that certification work.
Mercer said he wants to attract additional launch companies to Wallops. “The opportunity to grow in the next one to five years is extraordinary,” he said, citing interest in small satellites from both companies and government organizations like the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency. “I want MARS to be the place of choice for some of these companies that want to get their satellites into orbit.”
MARS will have to complete with other spaceports for that launch business, in particular Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center. While Rocket Lab selected Wallops for its launch vehicles, other companies, including Firefly Aerospace and Relativity Space, are establishing launch operations at Cape Canaveral. KSC recently opened a new launch facility, Launch Complex 48, devoted to small launch vehicles.
Mercer suggested he would be open to building additional launch infrastructure at MARS if there is demand for it. “If we want to continue to expand and grow our business, we have to be able to take a look at how we might take a broader range of booster and booster classes,” he said.
Nash said NASA’s master plan for Wallops includes the ability to add two or three more launchpads, which could potentially accommodate larger launch vehicles than Antares and Neutron. Those would be more expensive to build that the existing pads and other infrastructure that he said the state had invested more than $250 million in building.
Mercer, though, said there are limits to how large MARS could grow. “Will we ever become a Cape Canaveral? Probably not,” he said, because of limits on the infrastructure that can be built there. “We will be limited to some degree, but we want to expand as much as we can and expand the range and size of boosters that we can take as much as we can. That will allow more customers to come to this range.” | <urn:uuid:8f5beff7-66b0-4c36-8449-e51ed5703fa7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://spacenews.com/new-virginia-spaceport-head-seeks-to-increase-launch-activity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962082 | 1,194 | 1.5625 | 2 |
There are many organizations that provide free PSW training courses.
Despite being “free”, there may be some minimal fee involved for books, First aid courses, etc.
Long-term personal care homes in Canada, especially in the province of Ontario, have been the battleground for COVID-19. As a result, there has been and continues to be an extreme shortage.
In order to appreciate their hard work, the Government of Ontario recently announced a pay hike for PSWs.
There still remains a severe shortage of PSWs, especially in long-term care homes. In order to address this problem, some Ontario colleges are offering free PSW programs.
Each organization that provides such courses has its own eligibility criteria. Additionally, there may also be an entrance test for some programs.
Government Of Ontario’s Programs
The Ontario Government has introduced many initiatives.
Please note that these are time-sensitive courses. The information is current as of March 02, 2021. These courses may not be available if you’re reading this at a future date.
Train and Recruit 373 PSWs
There is another provincially funded program of a smaller magnitude than the one mentioned above.
Under this innovative training program, 373 students will be able to get free training and subsequent recruitment.
Resident Support Aide Program
Please note that a Resident Support Aide is not the same as a Personal Support Worker.
There are key differences between the two.
The information is included here because it is also a free program with a very short training.
Catholic District School Board
Program cost – less than $1000
Orientation is mandatory and a literacy exam must be taken prior to registration.
Criminal record checks and other medical requirements must also be fulfilled.
For more information, call the Oshawa Campus at 905.438.0570 or the Ajax Campus at 905.683.7713
Click here to visit their website.
Thames Valley District School Board
Program cost: $1000
Information sessions must be attended and meet other prerequisites.
For more information, call the Thames Valley District School Board at 452-2660, ext. 69730.
Find out more by visiting their website.
Alzheimer’s Society of Toronto
Free Dementia Care training for PSW’s in Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Continuing education is a vital part of healthcare professions. Many avenues exist to attend free workshops, conferences and take courses.
One such organization is the Alzheimer’s Society of Toronto.
Visit the Alzheimer’s Society of Toronto to get more information.
Which Colleges are Offering the Accelerated PSW Training Program?
According to Global News, both Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario, and Trios College (which includes 3 of its 8 locations in Ontario) has teamed up with a company called ParaMed Home Health Care.
Together, they have launched an accelerated 20-week free personal support worker program.
The PSW course is free for students because it is being funded by ParaMed and by government grants.
Are the Programs Online learning or in-person?
Programs include a combination of remote learning (virtual), in-person labs, and fieldwork placements at multiple healthcare locations across the region.
How Can One Apply?
Prospective students have to visit the website for each college and apply.
To view the offering by Conestoga College click here. Since tuition coverage goes into effect in November 2020 and may not be listed on the webpage yet, email the personal support worker program contacts on the webpage to discuss the contract with ParaMed Home Health.
Conestoga College is also offering several sign-up incentives such as a $500 entrance award, free CPR and first aid certification, and free uniforms.
If you are reading this information at a future date, please note that these PSW incentives may not be available.
Please also note that the free personal support worker program may not be available at the time you come across this information.
It is best to check directly with the college.
To view free offerings by Trios college click here.
Please note that intake for the courses may be limited or stopped at any time. Please contact the college to verify if there are still any spots left.
Do Applicants Need to Have a Healthcare Background?
At this time, personal support worker applicants are not required to have a background in healthcare in order to qualify for personal support worker program acceptance.
The government is willing to assist interested persons in any way in completing their certification and solidifying the workforce.
Resources you’ll need to become a Personal Support Worker
On this page, you can find anything there is to know about how to become a personal support worker, how to succeed as one, and how to continue your education. This is the place to come to and look for all the PSW resources and information that you may need on your journey as a Personal Support Worker.
PSW job interview questions
If you’re determined to pass your next PSW interview with flying colors, we’re here to help. PSWHQ has put together a thorough experiential learning guide with PSW interview questions and appropriate sample answers to these questions that hit the target, and are concise and supportive.
Performing well in the interview is just one part of many others needed to secure a PSW Job. First and foremost, you’ll need to have an impeccable résumé and cover letter in order to be called for an interview.
Guide to finding PSW jobs
After you have decided to become a Personal Support Worker and completed the course you are now at a point to start looking for work. It is important that you explore all the jobs listed under different job titles, which is why you should go through our ultimate guide to finding PSW jobs.
We also help you find PSW job postings from hospitals, long-term care homes, and community and private settings.
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Over the past few years, PSWHQ has achieved a dominant ranking in major search engines such as Google and Bing. As a result, we offer a limited number of advertising opportunities to individuals, colleges, companies, and organizations we see as a good fit for the unique audience of PSWHQ.
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1. How much does it cost to become a PSW in Ontario?
The cost to become a PSW in Ontario is $1348.00. This includes the following costs:
-Capital Development Fee
-CSI Health Plan Fee
2. Do you need a high school diploma to be a PSW in Ontario?
In order to obtain your PSW certificate through a school board program, you do not need to have high school graduation. Many employers and college programs, on the other hand, need an OSSD (Ontario Secondary School Diploma). A school board PSW accelerated program is an excellent way to acquire both a high school diploma and a career certificate at the same time while still in high school.
3. What does a PSW do in a hospital?
Some daily tasks performed by personal Support Workers (PSWs) are to assist in the care of patients. Lifting and turning patients, plan and prepare meals, cleaning and restocking patient bedsides, and assisting with the management of supplies and equipment are all responsibilities of this position.
4. How much do PSWs make in Ontario?
In addition, the median hourly income for this rewarding career in Ontario is $16.50 per hour. Personal Support Workers (PSWs) who work in city-owned nursing homes can earn as much as $22 per hour, and those who work in hospitals can earn roughly $23 per hour, according to Personal Support Workers HQ.
5. What qualifications do you need to be support worker?
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The first child passenger safety course in B.C. to be offered online for childcare professionals and other caregivers who transport children
BURNABY, BC, Jan. 14, 2013 /CNW/ - Knowledge and understanding of basic child passenger safety - proper use and installation of child car and booster seats - is the most effective tool for preventing the injury or death of a child in a car crash.
The BCAA Road Safety Foundation/ICBC Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Program is now offering the Child Passenger Safety Basic course online at www.ChildSeatInfo.ca.
The Child Passenger Safety Basic online course is the first online child passenger safety course to be offered in B.C., and aligns with the CPS program mandate to increase education about proper child car and booster seat use, and B.C.'s laws and regulations.
This online course is a valuable tool for people who transport children as part of their work, such as social workers, daycare workers, settlement workers, and healthcare workers who want a solid understanding of child passenger safety basics, but do not wish to become a certified CPS educator. The course is also beneficial for parents, grandparents and other caregivers who transport children.
"It is our hope that at the completion of this online course, individuals will have the information needed to enable them to select and use a child car seat correctly," commented Marg Deibert, Senior Child Passenger Safety Program Trainer/Educator, BCAA Road Safety Foundation (RSF).
Car crashes are one of the leading causes of accidental death among children in this province.
In B.C. all drivers are responsible for transporting all children in age- and weight-appropriate child car or booster seats until their ninth birthday or they reach 145 centimeters (4' 9") in height.
For more information or to register for the BCAA RSF/ICBC Child Passenger Safety Basic online course visit www.childseatinfo.ca or call 1-877-247-5551.
More about the CPS Basic online course:
- The CPS Basic course provides learners with the basic knowledge needed to safely secure children in vehicles.
- The course can also be the first step to becoming certified as a child passenger safety educator and is equivalent to the first day of the CPS Educator II course.
- The course includes seven units that take about eight hours to complete followed by a final exam. The units do not have to be completed at one sitting - learners can move through the units at their own pace.
- Upon completion the learner will receive a certificate of completion. This is not a CPS Educator certification.
- The CPS Basic online course complements the existing CPS Educator II course, which is offered by BCAA RSF/ICBC and administered by the Justice Institute of B.C.
- Cost: $20.00.
About the Child Passenger Safety Program
BCAA's Road Safety Foundation and ICBC are partners in the Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Program. The CPS program provides child passenger safety educational resources and training in B.C.
About BCAA Road Safety Foundation
The BCAA Road Safety Foundation is a non-profit registered charity working with families, communities and business partners to reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes and injuries in B.C. For more information, visit www.BCAARoadSafety.com, or call 604-298-5107.
Available for Interview:
Marg Deibert, Senior Child Passenger Safety Program Trainer/Educator, BCAA Road Safety Foundation
URL for this media release is: http://www.bcaaroadsafety.com/category/news-releases/
SOURCE: BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation
For further information:
BCAA Road Safety Foundation
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You must have a code from your school in order to create a LiveSchool account.
Get an Access Code from Your School
If you haven't received your access code yet, check with your child to see if they've received their access sheet before checking with your school.
Create a LiveSchool account!
Go to parent.LiveSchoolApp.com, enter your code, email, and password, and create your account!
You can use any username to create a LiveSchool account, as long as it's in an email format and does not exist in LIveSchool.
Review your weekly Recap email (Optional)
Once you create an account, you may begin to receive weekly Recap emails. Recaps are weekly summaries of your student's points data. This is an optional feature that your student's school can enable to help families keep up with points activity.
When you receive a Recap email, click the Magic Link to view a quick summary of your student's point activity for the last 7 days.
WHAT IS LIVESCHOOL?
LiveSchool is an app that helps your child’s school create a positive learning environment. Teachers can award points for good behavior and hard work, as well as document negative behavior and comments. By working hard on a regular basis, your child will be able to earn rewards and participate in fun events.
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM?
Research shows that one of the biggest factors on your child’s learning is the classroom environment. Using LiveSchool, teachers are able to create a more positive learning environment for your child.
IS LIVESCHOOL FREE?
LiveSchool is completely free for you and your family. You will never see ads in our program and we will never sell your data to third parties.
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF MY CHILD IS NOT MEETING BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS?
Work with your child to set goals for better behavior in school. Consider rewarding your child at home for their progress at school, for instance, with allowance or computer time.
WHAT DEVICES CAN I USE TO GET LIVESCHOOL?
You can access LiveSchool from parent.liveschoolapp.com from your phone, tablet, or computer. Or you can download the LiveSchool Parent app from the App store or from Google play – just search "LiveSchool Parent."
I HAVE ANOTHER CHILD I’D LIKE TO ADD TO LIVESCHOOL. WHAT CAN I DO?
If you have access codes for multiple children, you can add multiple students to your LiveSchool account. If your other child's school does not use LiveSchool, their teacher can sign up for free to start awarding points!
HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?
Volunteer at school to help chaperone a field trip or school dance. If your school has a store where students can use their LiveSchool points, consider donating items or asking local businesses to donate items.
DOES LIVESCHOOL KEEP A RECORD ABOUT MY CHILD?
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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News)
There have been some dark days this year for Emily Swope, an empty nester who’s been living alone in her Salem, Ore., home during the COVID-19 pandemic while her kids are off at college.
But Swope has had one continuing source of comfort during this period of isolation — Skittles, the family’s 9-year-old Chihuahua.
“I go over and scratch his ears a little bit and pet his belly, and that moment of having that pleasure, you automatically smile because they give you joy,” said Swope, 45. “That wonderful feeling of petting something furry and soft, something that adores you, it makes a really big difference even if it’s just 20 seconds and then you go on to do whatever. It’s nice to have these little moments where you’re just in the moment of pure pleasure with another being who’s just there soaking it up.”
Swope isn’t alone. For many, pets have become an important way of dealing with the isolation and loneliness of the pandemic, according to a new study from Australian researchers.
Interviews with 32 people aged 59 to 83 revealed that pets provide a sense of well-being to folks living in isolation.
More than 90% of those interviewed said touching their pets both comforted and relaxed them. Many added that their pets just seem to “know” when they aren’t feeling well, coming up to touch an owner who is distressed or sad.
“Companionable and caring touch is vital to human well-being,” said lead researcher Janette Young, a lecturer at the University of South Australia. “Human-animal relationships offer everyday ready sources of such touch for many, perhaps most, people.”
There has been a global raid on animal shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic, with people adopting cats and dogs at unforeseen rates to keep them company during lockdowns, the researchers reported in background notes.
Adoptions at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, a nonprofit shelter, doubled their usual rate in late June, with 10 or 13 adoptions a day, the Washington Post reported.
Breeders also have been swamped with requests for puppies, with waiting lists quadrupling in length for some, the researchers added.
For example, the United Kingdom is facing a puppy shortage, with demand for pets sending prices soaring among breeders, the Financial Times reported. The British Kennel Club’s puppy portal reported a 140% increase in inquiries during April, at the height of the lockdown.
Prior research has shown that petting an animal can lower blood pressure and increase relaxation, said Aubrey Fine, a psychologist and pet therapy expert in Claremont, Calif.
The effect is more pronounced with an animal to whom a person can be connected physically, Fine and Young said.
“That doesn’t mean it has to be a dog or a cat,” Fine added. “It could be a horse. It could be a guinea pig.”
Fish are fine to look at for relaxation, but they don’t seem to promote the same sort of physical reaction as a pet you can stroke or pet, Fine and Young said.
Swope said Skittles was initially a bit befuddled by the lockdown.
“Those first two months, he was really confused why I was home all the time. ‘This is my nap time! What are you doing here?’ Then he got used to it,” Swope said.
Now they’ve settled into a comfortable routine. Every couple of hours Skittles will rouse himself from his favorite chair, do a perimeter check, then come by Swope’s working space for some petting or to ask to be let out.
“Just having that break from whatever work you’re doing, suddenly to think about something else and care for something else, it’s very comforting,” Swope said.
Young used the interviews conducted for her paper to argue that pets should be allowed a greater role in caring for the aged, infirm or troubled.
But these interviews were not gathered as part of a rigorous scientific study, and therefore offer limited evidence for such assertions, said Dr. Michelle Riba, associate director of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center.
“I think it confirms what some people think about pets and their value and the importance of having a pet, but it’s a very small, non-controlled study,” Riba said. “The information really didn’t lead to all of these major policy implications, although these are good ideas. I think this paper was just a jumping off point.”
When Animal (Allergies) Attack: Pet Allergy Symptoms, Treatment
The new study was published recently in the Journal of Behavioral Economics.
SOURCES: Emily Swope, Salem, Ore.; Janette Young, DPhil, lecturer, University of South Australia; Aubrey Fine, EdD, psychologist and pet therapy expert, Claremont, Calif.; Michelle Riba, MD, MS, associate director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center; Journal of Behavioral Economics, Dec. 1, 2020
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Marcia, a 36-year-old administrative assistant in a medical setting, has had lifelong sleep issues. She says that these problems worsened significantly in adulthood while she was going through a stressful time in her life. When she started having significant difficulty functioning during the day, she scheduled a visit with her Primary Care Physician (PCP) and shared about the full extent of her sleep issues. Her PCP attributed Marcia’s sleep problem primarily to stress and recommended that she try to relax and shut her brain off at night in order to sleep better.
After failed attempts to improve sleep using these suggestions, Marcia underwent overnight polysomnography. Marcia recalls that this sleep study identified Obstructive Sleep Apnea but had difficulty recalling the severity. She had her tonsils surgically removed shortly after that, but she continued to sleep poorly. Another sleep study identified that Marcia still had Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and she was recommended to use a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy machine. She had great difficulty adjusting to using CPAP at night and felt claustrophobic with the full face mask she was provided. When she attempted to switch to a less intrusive mask that would primarily cover her nose, she was told by the Respiratory Therapist (RT) that it had previously been determined that Marcia was a “mouth-breather.” Although Marcia could not recall any test or medical examination that had been done by her medical provider to make this determination, she was not permitted to try any other mask.
She used CPAP consistently for years but continued to experience poor sleep. Each time she brought this up with her RT, the response involved adjusting the settings on her CPAP machine. Her doctor offered to prescribe a medication to help her sleep, but Marcia preferred not to take prescription sleep aids. Marcia eventually stopped mentioning her sleep problem at her medical check-ups due to her belief that medication and CPAP were the only available treatments to improve her sleep.
Since being referred to The Insomnia Clinic and learning about Comorbid Insomnia and Sleep Apnea (COMISA), she has been able to develop a consistent sleep schedule and significantly reduce the amount of time she spends awake at night. In fact, since taking part in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), her insomnia is now in remission and fatigue is no longer a problem for her. Although she continues to struggle with using her CPAP machine, she does experience fewer headaches with regular use and is striving to overcome the discomfort associated with its use. Now that both insomnia and OSA are treated, Marcia finds that she has more motivation and is ready to tackle other goals in her life. | <urn:uuid:dba72877-1028-455d-b242-9ecbe1fbffc9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://insomniaclinic.org/pacifying-proposals-prevent-appropriate-care-for-this-woman-with-comorbid-insomnia-and-sleep-apnea-comisa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.985493 | 560 | 1.820313 | 2 |
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To have successful Continuous Performance Management conversations, managers need the right skills. Upskilling them increases both their performance and engagement as well as their direct reports’. We outline five key skills to effectively plan and implement learning solutions.
You’ve carefully planned, communicated and rolled out your Continuous Performance Management (CPM) programme, but it still fails to reach its goal of better achieving business objectives. Why?
You may have overlooked one essential factor – your managers’ continuous performance management skills and competencies.
According to McKinsey, 74% of employees linked the effectiveness of their company’s performance management to their managers ability to give feedback and coaching.
By doing a skills audit, you can better identify your managers’ existing capabilities and upskill them through performance management training and coaching.
Where to begin? We share the 5 key skills your managers need to carry out Continuous Performance Management effectively. This will help you:
- develop competency matrices
- carry out skills audits; and
- implement performance management training and coaching.
Read on to get started.
Skill #1. Communicating a compelling vision
Every successful business strategy requires a strong vision.
While managers and team leaders are often not responsible for setting the overarching vision, they are instrumental in communicating it and getting buy-in from their teams. However, it is surprising how many managers overlook this in the business of planning and delivering work.
By communicating the organisation’s vision in a compelling way, managers can gain their teams’ commitment, engage their energies towards key priorities and motivate them, even during challenging times.
To know if your managers can engage and motivate their teams, conduct a skills audit to test their ability to:
- identify the “what’s in it for me?” (WIIFM) for each team member
- use storytelling techniques to increase engagement
- adapt spoken and written messaging to highlight the WIIFM
- structure conversations about the vision.
Skill #2. Implementing an agile planning process
Change is inevitable. So, being prepared for it makes good business sense. To increase flexibility, reduce risk and maximise growth opportunities, managers need to adopt agile planning processes.
Many organisations are replacing traditional goal setting with OKRs, “objectives and key results,” a holistic framework that focuses on outcomes rather than processes. It ties objectives closely to quantitative and qualitative metrics.
This framework allows team members to decide how best to achieve goals. And they take ownership of changing ways of working if results are not achieved.
By regularly reviewing OKRs and their alignment with organisational priorities, managers and teams will be more responsive to opportunities and threats when they arise.
To support your managers to use OKRs effectively, audit and develop your managers’ skills in how to:
- set SMART OKRs
- link OKRs to the team’s and organisation’s vision and priorities
- use systems to track OKRs and progress.
Skill #3. Using effective coaching strategies
A key element to continuous performance management is having regular conversations and coaching. To enable constructive conversations managers, need excellent coaching skills.
“Coaching aims to produce optimal performance and improvement at work. It focuses on specific skills and goals”. Coaching is a facilitative process. The coach responds to the coachee’s need, and the coachee gets support through active listening, thoughtful questioning or concrete guidance.
Effective coaching can:
- help team members focus on priority skills to develop
- increase their engagement by feeling their manager is truly interested in their development
- motivate them to carry out learning, increasing capability and performance quickly.
But workplace coaching is often confused with mentoring or training, which assume the manager is the expert. When managers take these approaches, it can lead to micromanaging or controlling their teams.
The first step in building a coaching culture within your organisation is to increase clarity and understanding of what coaching is and what it’s not. Once there is shared understanding, audit and develop your managers’ skills in how to:
- ask powerful questions
- show curiosity, positivity and empathy
- use the principles of Appreciative Inquiry: discover which OKRs are on target, or need new or more challenging OKRs.
Skill #4. Applying mindful listening techniques
During continuous performance management conversations, managers hear many things, but are they really listening? Mindful listening is defined as “being present in your conversation so others feel heard and perceive your intention to listen and understand them”.
When your managers listen mindfully, they focus on what their team members are expressing without judgment. They manage their desire to speak and respond in a considered and compassionate way. This can make the direct report feel understood and valued, increasing their engagement and motivating them to develop skills and perform better.
And if your managers have lower English proficiency, they will also benefit from developing skills in listening for key words and signposts (e.g., then, in the future, etc.), and inferring meaning from words and tone.
To assess your managers’ capacity for mindful listening, audit and develop their skills in:
- mindfulness techniques
- observing and understanding non-verbal cues
- asking questions to understand the overall picture of a situation
- paraphrasing and using non-verbal communication to show understanding.
Many leading companies like Microsoft, PayPal and Salesforce regularly use employee listening to understand what employees are feeling. Recently Microsoft found that employee complaints about their sales system were not a technical issue but a training one.
Skill #5. Giving constructive feedback
Both managers and direct reports often avoid continuous performance management feedback conversations. Why? They are difficult to give and receive well. And if done badly, feedback conversations can affect trust, rapport and relationships. This may demotivate both managers and team members.
When given in a sensitive, positive way, constructive feedback can
- clarify expectations of performance levels
- ensure team members’ goals support and work towards the organisation’s strategic objectives
- improve performance through identifying skills gaps and the learning needed to close them.
To support your managers’ ability to give better constructive feedback, audit and develop skills in how to:
- give feedback in different cultural contexts, adapting to how directly they prefer to communicate
- start feedback conversations confidently and credibly
- adapt the structure of feedback conversations for different team members
- phrase feedback sensitively so that the direct report will accept and find it motivating
- respond to direct reports who react emotionally and become defensive or aggressive.
Doing skills audits of these five essential skills can help you identify gaps and put in place learning initiatives to support your managers. Through building these capabilities and confidence, they will be more likely to engage with the process and carry out continuous performance management effectively.
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More and more good software is becoming open source and OpenOffice.org is no exception. OpenOffice is very similar to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint apart from it doesn't cost ?600. OpenOffice is based on Star Office 5.2 distributed by Sun Microsystems, the aim of OpenOffice is to continually develop an office suite that will work on any operating system and is free, unlike Microsoft Office.
I decided to test OpenOffice 1.0.1 on Windows and Linux to see if and how it contended against Microsoft Office. The first thing I tested was how the program installed, the windows installation was very easy, the Linux installation was slightly harder, however this is normally expected in Linux, this may be made easier if more rpm's were available. Overall for installation it was very easy and did not come up with any errors on either Windows 2000 or SuSE 8.
It looks similar to Microsoft Word, and has many of the features MS Word has. It took a while to get used to the new layout and to find where everything was, for instance word count is not just in tools, you have to go file > properties > statistics. Also inserting tables is different but in some ways easier.
There were a few extra features that I thought made OpenOffice better in some ways such as predictive writing, which if you have words that you type often it would automatically put this word up for you, If you didn't want the word you kept typing the word you wanted otherwise if you hit return you got the predicted word. This I found very useful however you had to be careful that you weren't using the same adjectives in the same sentence too often.
This worked very similar to excel and I could do many of the graphs and work that I would normally do in a spreadsheet. It did maybe lack a few of the very advanced features but as I didn't really need these features it didn't bother me. I do not do a lot of work in spreadsheets however I found OpenOffice very easy and nice to use.
The first thing I noticed when starting a presentation was that there were no nice background templates such as you would find in Powerpoint that make your presentation look nice even when the content is ****. The animation was very easy to do and i made a short slide show in very little time at all.
One feature of MS office I didn't miss at all was the paper clip that pops up and does general annoying stuff, this is one thing OpenOffice does without and it does it well! Another handy feature I found was that when I installed OpenOffice for Windows it put an icon in the system tray, I thought originally that it would get in the way but it was actually a really good feature for easy access to work and creating documents.
Another feature I liked was that whether I booted to Windows or Linux I didn't have to worry about getting to know different programs to edit documents, once you had learn't the basics to OpenOffice I could easily carry on with my work where every I was. One feature that I did think needed work on was that of the spell checker, it failed to convert some of my simple mistakes such as changing ?i? to ?I?.
Overall I was surprised at how good OpenOffice is and I would recommend the Windows and Linux version to any home user. For commercial use maybe StarOffice would be a better option for support reasons and at ?30 for a copy its still a lot cheaper then MS Office.
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Cheating In Exams.
Our education system is facing a major problem of cheating.
Unqualified candidates end up taking university places by cheating.
Cheating is a malpractice by which we are creating unequal society.
Students clear the exam by cheating but then it become difficult for them to adjust in new economy as they are not able to compete with knowledgeable people.
In India schools are affiliated to State boards or associated with Central boards copying is more prevalent in state boards as compared to central boards.
Forms of cheating.
- Mass copying.
- Leaking exam papers.
- Impersonating the students
- Bribing the invigilator.
- Bluetooth phones or headsets are used to receive information.
Technology has enhanced cheating
However malpractices in examination have become a flourishing business these days.
Failure to learn is the root cause for enhancing cheating. However teachers also take pressure to have good grades for their subjects and help students in cheating.
Students think of future and indulge in cheating.
Punishment for cheating.
However cheating in examination and Article 420 of Constitution are totally different.
Article 417 can be dealt with cheating and is a minor offense punishable with maximum jail term of one year.
Those caught cheating can be barred from taking examination up to three years they can also be jailed or ordered to pay fine.
Students can be expelled from the school on the ground that they cheat.
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Scorching heat, sweaty bodies, dehydration and what not, it’s that time of the year again. With the temperature soaring to 45-50 degree C, it is mandatory to take care of ourselves otherwise consequences can be hazardous. According to various health experts and nutritionists, our body should be hydrated from within. This makes it essential for us to drink more water, as less water content in the body can lead to various ailments. Other than water, there are many cooling recipes one can add to the daily diet. For instance, juices, coolers, curd-based recipes and more. Indeed, summers give us enough reasons to enjoy our favourite recipes.
Among all such recipes, lassi and raita are two of the most preferred recipes consumed in India. Curd being one of the perfect summer-friendly foods that is loaded with protein and calcium. It cools down your body and helps in digestion. And what’s better than having it with lip-smacking and super refreshing summer fruits? We guess nothing! So, here we bring you a list of 5 fruit raita recipes that can be perfect accompaniments for your summer meal. Let’s get started.
Here’s A List Of 5 Fruit Raita Recipes You Must Try:
Mixed Fruit Raita- Our Recommendation
Let’s start with our favourite one. The one which is not only refreshing but also indulging to the core. Here we bring you a mixed fruit raita recipe, which can be considered as a tasty and healthy replacement for a creamy fruit bowl. Read the complete recipe here.
Next up is this delectable combination of curd and lychee. For summers, both these things together give a refreshing, cooling and sweet taste to the buds. Try making this lychee raita this season. Click here for the recipe.
The best time to buy this fruit is March to June, but pineapples are propagated year-round. They are extremely high in manganese and vitamin C. With so many benefits of pineapple, here we bring you an easy-peasy summer recipe. The sweet yet savoury flavour of this pineapple raita gives an unexpected twist to the main course. Find the recipe here.
If you love mangoes, then this mango raita recipe has your name written all over it. Besides having it as an accompaniment to your dinner meal, you can also serve it as a delectable dessert.
How To Make It:
- 1 Mango
- 1 tsp Sugar (optional)
- A pinch of saffron
- 1 Cup Curd
- Some almonds to garnish
Steps To Make
- Take curd in a bowl, add saffron-infused water and honey(optional). Whisk until yogurt is smooth and everything is well combined.
- Add mango pieces and sliced almonds. Serve and enjoy.
5. Grapes Raita
Now this raita tastes delectable as a side with biryani or Kashmiri Pulao. You can make it by using any grapes you like- black or green.
How To Make It:
- 1 Cup Curd (Thick curd)
- half Cup Green Grapes (Chopped)
- Sugar (Optional)
- half tsp Roasted Jeera Powder
- Red Chilli Powder To Taste
- Take thick curd (along with malai) in a mixing bowl and whisk until smooth and creamy.
- Add salt and sweet as required and whisk again till sugar dissolves.
- Add chopped grapes, roasted cumin powder and red chili powder. Mix again.
- Garnish with mint leaves and its ready.
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LANGHORNE, Pa. - Sesame Place is facing national backlash after viral videos caught the attention of everyone, from local parents to celebrities. And now some experts are asking, what happens next?
The viral videos appear to show the character "Rosita" ignoring children at Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Mothers claim their children were denied hugs, while other children received them from the character.
"I was hurt for the young people and the parents," said Chad Dion Lassiter, executive director for Pennsylvania Human Relation Commission. "It must be traumatic."
Lassiter believes the videos have become viral because they resonate with so many people who have been in similar situations.
"It harkens back to experiences from African-American people who have been othered," he said.
Although the social work expert says he understands adhering to the park's policies, he says the video demonstrates the negating of Black children.
"We see so many clips of this character Rosita high-fiving children on the other side of the color line," Lassiter said as he questioned how these children will deal with the fallout.
"Parents now have to unpack this with their child: ‘Mommy, what was it about me that I couldn’t get a hug?'" he said
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Lassiter went on to call out Sesame Place's "hollow" apologies.
The park has issued two apologies since the videos surfaced online:
"We are taking actions to do better. We are committed to making this right. We will conduct training for our employees so they better understand, recognize and deliver an inclusive, equitable and entertaining experience to our guests. "
As for next steps, Lassiter says Sesame Place need to look at unconscious bias training on a continuous basis.
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Independently many foreign forces have realized the benefit of the UmeCobra mic. and have adopted them for extremely noisy activities. For open door flying and appealing under a helicopter, there is no other microphone in the world that surpasses the UmeCobra's noise canceling properties. European, Australian and other worldwide forces have adopted the UmeCobra because of its stellar performance in noise. It has proven to make a significant difference in Safety and Productivity, both of which are critical during noisy operations.
US Air Force
The first adoption of the UmeCobra mic. in the US Air Force was at Kirtland Air Force base on the flight lines where the UmeCobra mic. replaced the M87 microphones on the David Clark headsets and the users found a dramatic improvement in clarity. More and more flight lines of the US Air Force found out about these benefits and adopted the UmeCobra microphone and once the pilots learned of the benefit from the ground crew, they worked with the appropriate personnel to get the microphone approved for in flight use. It is now deployed by the US Air Force in the air and on the ground in various squadrons all over the world.
The 160th was the first to find out about the UmeCobra mic. from the Air Force. The Chinooks used by the 160th are some of the noisiest aircraft in the world and even more so when they fly with the doors open. The UmeCobra is the only mic. that performs effectively in this environment. Once the aviators of the 160 realized the benefits of the UmeCobra mic. and returned to other bases, they brought this knowledge of the performance of the UmeCobra mic. with them and now the UmeCobra is represented across the US Army in most airframes. It has proven to be a game-changer in Black Hawk helicopters. The UmeCobra dramatically solved a problem that was endemic in Lakotas (accidental triggering of the VOX because of background noise). Even the flight lines of the US Army can easily retrofit an existing David Clark headset with the UmeCobra microphone.
US Coast Guard
UmeVoice's first experience with the Coast Guard was when the C130's out of Alaska tried the UmeCobra microphone and appreciated the dramatic difference in clarity in the air. Since then the companies microphones are stock listed and service members can just get them from supply and UmeVoice does not keep track of all the adoptions across the forces.
While early in the development of the UmeCobra mic. the US Navy used the UmeCobra mic. on their hovercrafts. Flight approvals for the UmeCobra mic. in the US Navy have been recently issued.
US Marine Corps
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World wide Forces
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The Finance Minister presented the Union Budget for the Financial Year 2019-2020 on 5th July 2019 and on 1st August 2019 said the Finance Bill, 2019 got assent from the President Shri Ram Nath Kovind. The Budget introduced new section 194M covering TDS applicability on payment done to resident contractors, commission / brokerage and professionals. Let us analyze what the newly introduced section 194M has to say, in the present article.
Individual or HUF [whose total sales / gross receipt / turnover from business or profession doesn’t exceed the monetary limit specified under section 44AB (a) or (b)] making payment to a resident in respect of the following, is liable to deduct TDS –
♠ It should be noted here that the section 194M covers within its ambit the individual / HUF who are not liable to get their accounts audited. However, the individual / HUF requiring to get their account audited are already covered under respective section 194C, section 194H and section 194J and hence they are not included here. Explaining the situation in tabular format –
|Type of payment||Section under which TDS is deductible|
|Individual / HUF liable to get their accounts audited||Individual / HUF not liable to get their accounts audited|
|Carrying out any work (which includes supplying of labor for carrying out any work) in pursuance of any contract||Section 194C||Section 194M|
|Commissioner or brokerage||Section 194H||Section 194M|
|Fees for professional service||Section 194J||Section 194M|
♠ TDS under section 194M is not to be deducted if the aggregate of sum credited or paid to a resident during the Financial Year doesn’t exceed INR 50 Lakhs.
♠ Further section 194M (2) states that the provisions of section 203A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 doesn’t apply to the Deductor. Meaning thereby that the Deductor liable to deduct TDS under 194M is not mandatorily required to obtain TAN (Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number).
1. Contract – As per explanation (a) to section 194M, the contract has the same meaning as contained in Explanation (iii) to section 194C which says –Contract includes sub-contract.
2. Commission or brokerage – As per explanation (b) to section 194M, the commission or brokerage has the same meaning as contained in Explanation (i) to section 194H which includes –
3. Professional Services – As per explanation (c) the professional services has the same meaning as contained in Explanation (a) to section 194J which means – Services rendered by a person carrying on –
4. Work – As per explanation (d) the work has the same meaning as contained in Explanation (iv) to section 194C which includes –
The Individual / HUF covered under section 194M are required to deduct TDS within earlier of the following dates –
As per section 194M, the Deductor is liable to deduct TDS at the rate of 5%. However, in case, the Deductee fails to submit the Permanent Account Number (PAN), then, the Deductor is required to deduct TDS at Maximum Marginal Rate of 20%.
The provisions of newly inserted section 194M of the Income Tax Act, 1961 shall be effective from 1st September 2019.
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|TDS Rate Chart for Financial Year 2019-2020|
|Section 192 – TDS on Salary|
|Section 192A – TDS on Premature withdrawal from EPF|
|Section 193: TDS on Interest on Securities|
|Section 194 – TDS on dividend|
|Section 194A: TDS on interest other than interest on securities|
|Section 194B and Section 194BB – TDS|
|Section 194C – TDS on Contractors|
|Section 194D – TDS on insurance commission|
|Section 194DA – TDS in respect of Life Insurance Policy|
|Section 194E – TDS on payment to Non-resident Sportsmen or Sports Association|
|TDS under Section 194EE and Section 194F|
|Section 194G TDS on Commission on Sale of Lottery Tickets|
|Section 194H – TDS on Commission or Brokerage|
|Section 194I of Income Tax Act, 1961 – TDS on Rent|
|Section 194IA TDS on transfer of immovable property|
|Section 194IB – TDS on Rent paid by Individual / HUF|
|Section 194LA: Payment of Compensation on acquisition of certain immovable property|
|TDS under Section 194LB, 194LBA, 194LBB and 194LBC|
|Section 194LC: TDS on income by way of interest from an Indian Company or a business trust|
|Section 194LD TDS on income by way of interest on certain bonds and Government Securities|
|Section 194J TDS on Fees for Professional or Technical Services|
|Section 194N – TDS on Cash Withdrawals|
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The bar is a metric unit of pressure, but not part of the International System of Units (SI). It is defined as exactly equal to 100,000 Pa (100 kPa), or slightly less than the current average atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea level (approximately 1.013 bar). By the barometric formula, 1 bar is roughly the atmospheric pressure on Earth at an altitude of 111 metres at 15 °C.
|Unit system||Metric system|
|1 bar in ...||... is equal to ...|
|SI units||100 kPa|
|CGS units||1.0×106 Ba|
|US customary units||14.50377 psi|
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) lists the bar as one of the "non-SI units [that authors] should have the freedom to use", but has declined to include it among the "non-SI units accepted for use with the SI". The bar has been legally recognised in countries of the European Union since 2004. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) deprecates its use except for "limited use in meteorology" and lists it as one of several units that "must not be introduced in fields where they are not presently used". The International Astronomical Union (IAU) also lists it under "Non-SI units and symbols whose continued use is deprecated".
Units derived from the bar include the megabar (symbol: Mbar), kilobar (symbol: kbar), decibar (symbol: dbar), centibar (symbol: cbar), and millibar (symbol: mbar).
Definition and conversionEdit
Thus, 1 bar is equal to:
and 1 bar is approximately equal to:
- 0.986923 atm
- 14.50377 psi
- 29.5300 inHg
- 750.062 mmHg
- 750.062 Torr
- 1019.716 centimetres of water (cmH2O) (1 bar approximately corresponds to the pressure of water at a depth of 10 meters).
The word bar has its origin in the Ancient Greek word βάρος (baros), meaning weight. The unit's official symbol is bar; the earlier symbol b is now deprecated and conflicts with the use of b denoting the unit barn, but it is still encountered, especially as mb (rather than the proper mbar) to denote the millibar. Between 1793 and 1795, the word bar was used for a unit of weight in an early version of the metric system.
Atmospheric air pressure is often given in millibars, where standard atmospheric pressure is defined as 1013.25 mbar, 101.325 kPa, 1.01325 bar, which is about 14.7 pounds per square inch. Despite the millibar not being an SI unit, meteorologists and weather reporters worldwide have long measured air pressure in millibars as the values are convenient. After the advent of SI units, some meteorologists began using hectopascals (symbol hPa) which are numerically equivalent to millibars; for the same reason, the hectopascal is now the standard unit used to express barometric pressures in aviation in most countries. For example, the weather office of Environment Canada uses kilopascals and hectopascals on their weather maps. In contrast, Americans are familiar with the use of the millibar in US reports of hurricanes and other cyclonic storms.
In fresh water, there is an approximate numerical equivalence between the change in pressure in decibars and the change in depth from the water surface in metres. Specifically, an increase of 1 decibar occurs for every 1.019716 m increase in depth. In sea water with respect to the gravity variation, the latitude and the geopotential anomaly the pressure can be converted into metres' depth according to an empirical formula (UNESCO Tech. Paper 44, p. 25). As a result, decibars are commonly used in oceanography.
In scuba diving, bar is also the most widely used unit to express pressure, e.g. 200 bar being a full standard scuba tank, and depth increments of 10 metre of seawater being equivalent to 1 bar of pressure.
Many engineers worldwide use the bar as a unit of pressure because, in much of their work, using pascals would involve using very large numbers. In measurement of vacuum and in vacuum engineering, residual pressures are typically given in millibar, although torr or millimeter of mercury (mmHg) were historically common.
Engineers that specialize in technical safety for offshore petrochemical facilities would be expected to exclusively refer to explosion loads in units of bar or bars. A bar is a convenient unit of measure for pressures generated by low frequency vapor cloud explosions that are commonly considered as part of accidental loading risk studies.
In the automotive field, turbocharger boost is often described in bars outside the United States. Tire pressure is often specified in bars. In hydraulic machinery components are rated to the maximum system oil pressure, which is typically in hundreds of bars, for example 300 bar is common for industrial fixed machinery.
Unicode has characters for "mb" (U+33D4 ㏔ SQUARE MB SMALL) and "bar" (U+3374 ㍴ SQUARE BAR), but they exist only for compatibility with legacy Asian encodings and are not intended to be used in new documents.
The kilobar, equivalent to 100 MPa, is commonly used in geological systems, particularly in experimental petrology.
"Bar(a)" and "bara" are sometimes used to indicate absolute pressures, and "bar(g)" and "barg" for gauge pressures. This usage is deprecated and fuller descriptions such as "gauge pressure of 2 bar" or "2-bar gauge" are recommended.
- This article incorporates material from the Citizendium article "Bar (unit)", which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License but not under the GFDL.
- International Bureau of Weights and Measures (2006), The International System of Units (SI) (PDF) (8th ed.), p. 127, ISBN 92-822-2213-6, archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-04, retrieved 2021-12-16.
- British Standard BS 350:2004 Conversion Factors for Units.
- "Nomenclature of the unit of absolute pressure, Charles F. Marvin, 1918" (PDF). noaa.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- NIST Special Publication 1038 Archived 2016-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, Sec. 4.3.2; NIST Special Publication 811, 2008 edition Archived 2016-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, Sec. 5.2
- International Astronomical Union Style Manual. Comm. 5 in IAU Transactions XXB, 1989, Table 6
- Grave (unit)
- Canada, Environment (2013-04-16). "Canadian Weather at a Glance - Environment Canada". www.weatheroffice.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- Canada, Environment (2013-04-16). "Canadian Weather - Environment Canada". www.weatheroffice.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- US government atmospheric pressure map
- The Weather Channel
- Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (1983). "Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of seawater" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- "What do the letters 'g' and 'a' denote after a pressure unit? (FAQ - Pressure) : FAQs : Reference : National Physical Laboratory". Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- Official SI website: Table 8. Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI
- US government atmospheric pressure map showing atmospheric pressure in mbar
|Pascal||Bar||Technical atmosphere||Standard atmosphere||Torr||Pound per square inch|
|1 Pa||1 Pa ≡ 1 Pa||1 Pa = 10−5 bar||1 Pa = 1.0197×10−5 at||1 Pa = 9.8692×10−6 atm||1 Pa = 7.5006×10−3 Torr||1 Pa = 0.000 145 037 737 730 lbf/in2|
|1 bar||105||≡ 100 kPa
≡ 106 dyn/cm2
|= 1.0197||= 0.98692||= 750.06||= 14.503 773 773 022|
|1 at||98066.5||0.980665||≡ 1 kgf/cm2||0.967 841 105 354 1||735.559 240 1||14.223 343 307 120 3|
|1 atm||≡ 101325||≡ 1.01325||1.0332||1||760||14.695 948 775 514 2|
|1 Torr||133.322 368 421||0.001 333 224||0.001 359 51||1/760 ≈ 0.001 315 789||1 Torr
≈ 1 mmHg
|0.019 336 775|
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We are Data-Driven!
2014 was a fantastic year for the College Advising Corps! Evidence confirms that our advisers are making a huge impact on thousands of students across the country.
2014 student survey data show that compared to students who have not met with a College Advising Corps adviser, students who have met with an adviser are more likely to aspire to go to college, participate in college-prep activities, apply to college, submit multiple applications, be accepted to college, and be committed to going to college in the fall.
Specifically, students who meet with the adviser in their school are:
- 17.2% more likely to visit a college or university;
- 20.7% more likely attend a workshop related to college attendance or college fair;
- 19.9% more likely to take ACT/SAT prep courses;
- 14.3% more likely to take a college class for credit;
- 26.6% more likely to submit the FAFSA;
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- 17.9% more likely to apply to 3 or more institutions.
Moreover, in just the first semester of the 2014-2015 school year, advisers:
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Scientists Create Spinal Cord Implants That Could Allow Paralyzed People to Walk
A scientific breakthrough may enable paralysed people to walk again as researchers have created human spinal cord implants in a world first.
The 3D implants, made using human cells, had an 80% success rate in restoring the ability to walk in paralysed mice in the laboratory, researchers said.
Tissue samples from patients are transformed into functioning spinal cord implants through a process that mimics the development of the spinal cord in human embryos.
Over the next few years the scientists plan to be able to create personalised implants to repair tissue damaged from injury, and without the risk of rejection by the body.
They are preparing for clinical trials in humans and hope that in the coming years the engineered tissues will be implanted into paralysed people enabling them to stand up and walk again.
The study was led by Professor Tal Dvir’s research team at the Sagol Centre for Regenerative Biotechnology, the Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tel Aviv University.
Prof Dvir said: “The model animals underwent a rapid rehabilitation process, at the end of which they could walk quite well.
“This is the first instance in the world in which implanted engineered human tissues have generated recovery in an animal model for long-term chronic paralysis – which is the most relevant model for paralysis treatments in humans.
“There are millions of people around the world who are paralysed due to spinal injury, and there is still no effective treatment for their condition.
“Individuals injured at a very young age are destined to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of their lives, bearing all the social, financial, and health-related costs of paralysis.
“Our goal is to produce personalised spinal cord implants for every paralysed person, enabling regeneration of the damaged tissue with no risk of rejection.”
The researchers used genetic engineering to reprogramme the cells and return them to a state that resembles embryonic stem cells – the cells capable of becoming any type of cell in the body.
Prof Dvir added that the researchers hope to reach the stage of clinical trials in humans within the next few years – and ultimately get these patients back on their feet – and said they have good reason to expect relatively rapid approval of our technology.
The findings are published in Advanced Science.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An inspection of the Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas began Tuesday, a week after the span became the states' primary Mississippi River crossing when a cracked steel beam prompted the indefinite closure of the nearby Interstate 40 bridge.
Inspectors using drones were looking closely at the 71-year old I-55 bridge to ensure it is structurally sound and can withstand the higher volume of road traffic it has seen since the I-40 bridge was closed May 11, said Clay Bright, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
Repairs to the heavily-used I-40 bridge are expected to begin this week, but a long-term fix could take months, officials said. The states are relying on the I-55 bridge to get cars and trucks across the Mississippi River and maintain the flow of commercial vehicles.
During a news conference in Memphis, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said the two states, along with federal agencies, were working together to repair the I-40 bridge. Both Lee and Hutchinson are Republicans.
“We will work to repair this in the shortest time possible, but we will not compromise the safety of the workers or the safety of the citizens that will drive across that bridge for the sake of finishing early,” Lee said.
Officials called for the I-55 bridge inspection out of an “over-abundance of caution,” Bright said. Should problems be found by Tennessee inspectors on the I-55 bridge — which lies about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) south of the I-40 bridge — it could lead to its closure and send motorists to river crossings 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the north near Dyersburg, Tennessee, or 60 miles (96 kilometers) to the south near Lula, Mississippi.
The new inspection comes a day after Arkansas transportation officials said an inspector who failed to find the defect in the I-40 bridge had been fired. Drone video showed the crack on the bridge spanning the Mississippi River in May 2019, Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lorie Tudor said Monday.
Tudor said the crack was not noted by the inspector in his reports that fall or the following year. She called the mistake “unacceptable.” The department did not immediately name the employee and said the incident is also being referred to federal investigators.
Opened in 1973, the I-40 bridge connected Memphis and the Arkansas city of West Memphis. It was shut down May 11 after inspectors found a fracture in one of two 900-foot (274-meter) horizontal steel beams that are critical for the bridge’s integrity. River traffic under the span was closed that day, but reopened on Friday. Road traffic was rerouted to the I-55 bridge, and traffic there has been heavy.
The I-40 bridge closure has raised concerns about shipping and delivery costs. The Arkansas Trucking Association has estimated the closure would cost the trucking industry at least $2.4 million a day.
“This is a critical, critical link for Arkansas,” Hutchinson said of the I-40 bridge “Whenever you see a break in the commerce, whenever you see a defect in a bridge, then you realize how dependent you are on that flow of commerce.”
Hutchinson called the closed I-40 bridge “a federal link that is important for our national security, whether it’s the flow of fuel or whether it is the flow of other necessary items across our country.”
The I-40 bridge repair could take several months, Bright said. It will be conducted in two phases, and both steps must be completed before the bridge can be reopened.
The first step is installing steel plates on each side of the fractured beam to provide stability for crews to permanently replace the damaged parts. The second phase involves removal and replacement of the damaged piece of the bridge.
The bridge’s closure comes as the White House is negotiating with a group of Senate Republicans on an infrastructure package. Democrats have called the I-40 bridge damage an example of the urgent need for additional funding to fix the nation’s infrastructure.
Republicans have called for a infrastructure plan with a smaller price tag than President Joe Biden’s and with a narrower definition of public works.
In Arkansas, all “fracture critical” bridges that had been inspected by the fired employee will be re-inspected, Tudor said. The department is changing its inspection program to add additional checks, including the use of a new drone to aid in inspecting bridges, she said.
Tudor has said that the I-40 bridge’s damage could have led to a “catastrophic” event.
Hutchinson said Tudor “took quick action” in firing the employee and did not make excuses for the mistake.
“I think she handled it perfectly well,” said Hutchinson.
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This Day In History – August 3rd
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS EMBARKS ON MAIDEN VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A WESTERN ROUTE TO THE EAST INDIES – AUGUST 3, 1492
Columbus lands on the New World at San Salvador | Artwork by Dióscoro Teófilo Puebla Tolín
Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements in the island of Hispaniola, initiated the process of Spanish colonization, which foreshadowed the general European colonization of the “New World”.
In the context of emerging western imperialism and economic competition between European kingdoms seeking wealth through the establishment of trade routes and colonies, Columbus’ far-fetched proposal to reach the East Indies by sailing westward received the support of the Spanish crown, which saw in it a promise, however remote, of gaining the upper hand over rival powers in the contest for the lucrative spice trade with Asia. During his first voyage in 1492, instead of reaching Japan as he had intended, Columbus landed in the Bahamas archipelago, at a locale he named San Salvador. Over the course of three more voyages, Columbus visited the Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as the
Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Central America, claiming them for the Spanish Empire.
Though Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas, having been preceded, five centuries earlier, by the Norse expedition, led by Leif Ericson, that established the short-lived colony of Vinland in what is now Newfoundland, Columbus’ voyages led to the first lasting European contact with America and inaugurated a period of European exploration and colonization of foreign lands that lasted for several centuries and had, therefore, an enormous impact in the historical development of the modern Western world. Columbus himself saw his accomplishments primarily in the light of the spreading of the Christian religion.
The Pinta, Santa Maria and Nina
On the evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships; one larger carrack, Santa María, nicknamed Gallega (the Galician), and two smaller caravels, Pinta (the Painted) and Santa Clara, nicknamed Niña after her owner Juan Niño of Moguer. They were property of Juan de la Cosa and the Pinzón brothers (Martín Alonso and Vicente Yáñez), but the monarchs forced the Palos inhabitants to contribute to the expedition. Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands, which were owned by Castile, where he restocked the provisions and made repairs. On 6 September he departed San Sebastián de La Gomera for what turned out to be a five-week voyage across the ocean. [Source: Wikipedia]
Created by Phirosiberia
FIRST HARVARD-YALE REGATTA: AMERICA’S OLDEST COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC COMPETITION – AUGUST 3, 1852
Photograph by Jessica Hill/Associated Press
The Harvard-Yale Boat Race or Harvard–Yale Regatta is an annual rowing race between Yale University and Harvard University. First contested in 1852, annually since 1859 except during major wars fought by the United States, The Race is America’s oldest collegiate athletic competition. Originally rowed on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, it has since moved to the Thames River, New London, Connecticut.
Although other locations for the race have included the Connecticut River at Springfield, Massachusetts, and Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester, Massachusetts, the Thames has hosted The Race on all but 5 occasions since 1878 and both teams have erected permanent training camps on the Thames at Gales Ferry for Yale and at Red Top for Harvard. The race has been exclusively between Harvard and Yale except for 1897 when the race was held as part of a three boat race with Cornell on the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, New York, where, although it lost to Cornell, Yale was deemed the winner of the Harvard-Yale race.
The first Yale-Harvard Boat Race—and the first American intercollegiate sporting event—took place on August 3, 1852. In this two-mile (3 km) contest, Harvard’s Oneida prevailed over Yale’s Shawmut by about two lengths. The first place prize was a pair of black walnut, silver inscribed trophy oars. The trophy oars were awarded to Harvard by General Franklin Pierce who in 1853 became the 14th President of the United States of America. Today the 1852 trophy oars are the oldest intercollegiate athletic prize in North America.
While the first race was held over 2 miles (3.2 km), this was extended to 3 miles (4.8 km) for the races through 1875, and has since been raced over 4 miles (6.4 km). The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race is the only longer side-by-side rowing event in the world, though slower stream makes the Yale-Harvard Race one to three minutes longer.
Originally the race was just between the varsity crews but there are now 3 events on the day: the 2 mile (3.2 km) freshmen race, the 3 mile (4.8 km) junior varsity and the 4 mile (6.4 km) varsity race. The varsity crews compete for the Sexton Cup, the junior varsity for the F. Valentine Chappell Trophy, and the freshmen for the New London Cup. The Hoyt C. Pease and Robert Chappell Jr. Trophy are awarded to the team that wins the majority of these three races. [Source: Wikipedia]
Harvard currently leads all three races:
Varsity – 91-54
Junior Varsity – 70-37
Freshman – 66-39
The Rock at Bartlett’s Cove | Photograph by Secondr8
THE BLACK SOX SCANDAL OF 1919 – AUGUST 3, 1921
Photograph by Arpingstone
The Black Sox Scandal refers to an incident that took place around and during the play of the American baseball 1919 World Series. On August 3rd, 1921, eight members of the Chicago White Sox were banned for life from baseball for intentionally losing games, which allowed the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series. The conspiracy was the brainchild of White Sox first baseman Arnold “Chick” Gandil, who had longstanding ties to petty underworld figures. He persuaded Joseph “Sport” Sullivan, a friend and professional gambler, that the fix could be pulled off. New York gangster Arnold Rothstein supplied the money through his lieutenant Abe Attell, a former featherweight boxing champion.
Gandil enlisted several of his teammates, motivated by a dislike of club owner Charles Comiskey whom they perceived as a tightwad, to implement the fix; Comiskey had developed a reputation for underpaying his players for years. Under the MLB Reserve clause, players had to take the salary they were offered. All of them were members of a faction on the team that resented the more strait-laced players on the squad, such as second baseman and college graduate Eddie Collins, catcher Ray Schalk, and pitcher Red Faber. By most contemporary accounts, the two factions almost never spoke to each other on or off the field, and the only thing they had in common was a resentment of Comiskey.
Starting pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude “Lefty” Williams, outfielder Oscar “Happy” Felsch, and shortstop Charles “Swede” Risberg were all principally involved with Gandil. Third baseman Buck Weaver was also asked to participate, but refused. Weaver was later banned with the others for knowing of the fix but not reporting it. Although he hardly played in the series, utility infielder Fred McMullin got word of the fix and threatened to report the others unless he was in on the payoff. As a small coincidence, McMullin was a former teammate of “Sleepy” Bill Burns, who had a minor role in the fix. Both played for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. Star outfielder “Shoeless” Joe Jackson was also mentioned as a participant, though his involvement is disputed.
Stories of the Black Sox scandal have usually included Comiskey as a villain, focusing in particular on his intentions regarding a clause in Cicotte’s contract that would have paid Cicotte an additional $10,000 bonus for winning 30 games. According to Eliot Asinof’s account of the events, Eight Men Out, Cicotte was “rested” for the season’s final two weeks after reaching his 29th win, presumably to deny him the bonus. However, the record is perhaps more complex. Cicotte won his 29th game on September 19, had an ineffective start on September 24, and was pulled after a few innings in a tuneup on the season’s final day, September 28 (the World Series beginning 3 days later). However, this story is probably true in reference to the 1917 season, when Cicotte won 28 games before being benched.
The rumors dogged the White Sox throughout the 1920 season, as they battled the Cleveland Indians for the American League pennant that year, and stories of corruption touched players on other clubs as well. At last, in September 1920, a grand jury was convened to investigate. Two players, Eddie Cicotte and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, confessed their participation in the scheme to the Chicago grand jury on September 28, 1920. Prior to the trial, key evidence went missing from the Cook County Courthouse, including the signed confessions of Cicotte and Jackson, who subsequently recanted their confessions. The players were acquitted.
However, baseball was not so forgiving. The damage to the sport’s reputation led the owners to appoint federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the first Commissioner of Baseball. On August 3, 1921, the day after the players were acquitted, Landis issued his own verdict:
Regardless of the verdict of juries, no player who throws a ball game, no player who undertakes or promises to throw a ball game, no player who sits in confidence with a bunch of crooked ballplayers and gamblers, where the ways and means of throwing a game are discussed and does not promptly tell his club about it, will ever play professional baseball.
With this statement, all eight implicated White Sox were banned from Major League Baseball for life, as were two other players believed to be involved. With seven of their best players permanently sidelined, the White Sox crashed into seventh place in 1921 and would not be a factor in a pennant race again until 1936, five years after Comiskey’s death. They would not win another American League championship until 1959 (a then-record 40-year gap) nor another World Series until 2005, prompting some to comment about a Curse of the Black Sox. [Source: Wikipedia]
Swede Risberg and Buck Weaver during the 1921 trial
SANTA CLAUS LAND: WORLD’S FIRST THEMED AMUSEMENT PARK OPENS – AUGUST 3, 1946
Photograph by Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari
Holiday World opened on August 3, 1946; it was founded by Louis J. Koch under the name Santa Claus Land. Holiday World was the first themed amusement park in the world, preceding Disneyland by nine years. The park offered rides, food treats, an antique toy collection, and a wax museum, as well as a Santa Claus impersonator. It was a small park themed around Santa Claus and Christmas. The park still remembers Santa Claus with a large statue at the entrance of the park; it includes a large Christmas Tree and Nativity Scene, plus there are visits each day with Santa Claus.
In 1984, in order to appeal to a wider age group, the park expanded to include Halloween and Fourth of July sections, and the park’s name was changed from Santa Claus Land to Holiday World to reflect the emphasis on additional holidays. Frightful Falls, a log flume ride, was added in 1984. As the park’s name changed, so did the names of some of the rides, to reflect the new holidays. For example, the round-up ride called Arctic Circle became known as Roundhouse and later Revolution in the new Fourth of July section.
In 1993, Splashin’ Safari was added. The water park area initially included Crocodile Isle, a children’s water-play area with some animal-themed water slides, a lazy river called Congo River, plus two large water slides. In 1994, a wave pool was added. [Source: Wikipedia]
Photograph by Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari
Photograph by Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari
NIGER DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE – AUGUST 3, 1960
Photograph via GlobalGiving.org
Niger, officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. Niger covers a land area of almost 1,270,000 km2, making it the largest nation in West Africa, with over 80 percent of its land area covered by the Sahara desert. The country’s predominantly Islamic population of just above 15,000,000 is mostly clustered in the far south and west of the nation. The capital city is Niamey.
Niger is a developing country. It consistently has one of the lowest ranks of the United Nation’s Human Development Index (HDI), currently 167th of 169 countries. Much of the non-desert portions of the country are threatened by periodic drought and desertification. The economy is concentrated around subsistence and some export agriculture clustered in the more fertile south, and the export of raw materials—especially uranium ore. Niger remains handicapped by its landlocked position, desert terrain, poor education and poverty of its people, lack of infrastructure, poor health care, and environmental degradation.
Nigerien society reflects a great diversity drawn from the long independent histories of its several ethnic groups and regions and their relatively short period living in a single state. Historically, what is now Niger has been on the fringes of several large states. Since independence, Nigeriens have lived under five constitutions and three periods of military rule. A majority live in rural areas, and have little access to advanced education. On August 3rd, 1960, Niger declared independence from France. [Source: Wikipedia]
Photograph via Phombo.com
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD BECOMES PRESIDENT OF IRAN – AUGUST 3, 2005
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 28 October 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country. An engineer and teacher from a poor background, Ahmadinejad joined the Office for Strengthening Unity after the Islamic Revolution.
Appointed a provincial governor, he was removed after the election of President Mohammad Khatami and returned to teaching. Tehran’s council elected him mayor in 2003. He took a religious hard-line, reversing reforms of previous moderate mayors. His 2005 presidential campaign, supported by the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, garnered 62% of the runoff election votes, and he became President on 3 August 2005.
Ahmadinejad is a controversial figure both within Iran and internationally. He has been criticized domestically for his economic lapses and disregard for human rights. He launched a gas rationing plan in 2007 to reduce the country’s fuel consumption, and cut the interest rates that private and public banking facilities could charge. He supports Iran’s nuclear energy program. His election to a second term in 2009 was widely disputed and caused widespread protests domestically and drew significant international criticism. In 2011 the presence of a so-called “deviant current” among his aides and supporters led to the arrest of several of them.[Source: Wikipedia] | <urn:uuid:852e5ec9-a81a-41b2-b856-3dc24b89bacd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://twistedsifter.com/2011/08/this-day-in-history-august-3rd/?share=custom-1622662545 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.967966 | 3,457 | 3.890625 | 4 |
February 1999 | EPI Study
The Changing Nature of Nursing in Hospitals
by Gil Preuss
This study focuses on a health care industry in the midst of transition. Although we look specifically at hospitals in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, this study’s findings are pertinent to all health care organizations that seek to provide high-quality, low-cost care in today’s rapidly evolving, competitive environment. This increased competition is forcing hospitals to respond in various ways – some are closing, some are merging, and others are building integrated delivery networks. A companion report to this study, entitled Committing to Care, examines how labor-management relations both shape the work practices adopted by hospitals and affect their financial performance. This study, though, focuses on the development of new staffing and work organization practices that are a central component of recent restructuring aimed at greater cost effectiveness. Although the existing research suggests that changes in hospital work organization can have important consequences for all parties, the hospital administrators making these decisions currently have few theoretical or practical models available to guide them in understanding how different practices affect the quality of patient care.
For some time now, mounting economic pressures have made it more difficult for hospital administrators to balance the seemingly competing priorities of cost and quality. The ease of measuring information about costs relative to the complexity of measuring patient care quality makes the process even more challenging and may result in choices ultimately detrimental to the quality of care. Given these risks and the difficult nature of measuring care quality, this study strives for a better understanding of the role work organization on the nursing unit level plays in shaping costs and care quality.
In light of a recent report by the Institute of Medicine (1996) that found hospitals to be in the process of changing the job responsibilities of registered nurses (RNs) and nursing assistants, this report focuses explicitly on RNs and nursing assistants, although nursing units comprise other workers as well (e.g., licensed practical nurses). The data for this study come primarily from nearly 1,000 surveys of nursing unit employees working at 16 Minneapolis/St. Paul hospitals. This study’s analysis of that data shows that work organization and skill availability on nursing units have important ramifications for the patient care process and the quality of patient care.
One important finding is that the recent trend of broadening nursing assistants’ responsibilities over tasks based on routine knowledge (e.g., taking blood, measuring pulse rates, etc.) has the effect of decreasing the quality of information available for decision making on the unit. The skill level of the person conducting these tasks is critical to the quality of information accumulated and available for decision making. Information is lost as tasks become simple routines rather than opportunities to gather critical information about a patient’s condition. Compared to units where nursing assistants are responsible only for a few tasks (such as transporting, feeding, and bathing patients, etc.), units with more extensive nursing assistant job responsibilities exhibit slightly lower information quality. This small decline in information quality is more than offset, however, when RNs share responsibility for these common nursing assistant tasks. In such cases, the information quality on the unit actually improves. Most of the degradation in information quality occurs when nursing assistant jobs expand to include tasks such as conducting sterile procedures. In turn, lower information quality on nursing units is linked with a higher perceived frequency of medication errors (as reported by RNs) and lower nursing care quality as perceived by patients. There is no direct relationship, however, between a broader job definition for nursing assistants and the perceived frequency of medication errors on the hospital units.
In contrast, maintaining joint responsibility and overlapping the tasks of both registered nurses and nursing assistants for each patient improves the quality of available information and reduces the perceived frequency of medication errors. Moreover, employing care providers with higher formal skills and developing systems to improve informal skills for both RNs and nursing assistants significantly improves outcomes within hospitals.
This report, together with broader research on high-performance work systems, suggests that any successful model of work organization in hospitals must meet three objectives: enable decision makers to cultivate high-quality information, enhance cost effectiveness, and improve patient care by creating an environment that promotes continued learning for nursing staffs. We recommend four practices for meeting these objectives:
- Broaden the definition of RN jobs to include both routine and managerial tasks;
- Overlap job responsibilities across care providers to build communication and information quality;
- Use “clinical pathways” to improve the quality of patient care;
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Most of us realise that worrying is irrational and counter-productive. Yet we can’t seem to stop ourselves, and research consistently shows that we worry about money and financial issues more than just about anything else.
CARL RICHARDS is a financial adviser, writer and podcaster who specialises in behavioural finance. Carl says there are two simple questions we should ask ourselves whenever we find ourselves fretting about something:
- Does it matter? and
- Can I do anything about it?
If the answer to either question is No, we should be tough with ourselves and stop worrying about it.
Carl is from Utah but is currently living in New Zealand. I recently interviewed him on a visit to London.
In the interview, Carl talks about our tendency to worry about the wrong things and the danger of perfectionism. He also discusses the importance of changing our attitude towards risk and volatility.
Carl, you’re renowned for your sketches for the New York Times, which illustrate simple, but important, concepts that people need to understand when thinking about money. Perhaps your best-known sketch is about the need to focus on things that matter and that we have control over — and stop worrying about everything else. How did that sketch come about?
That’s one of my favourite images and it seems to be one of the most popular. The story behind it was that my son, who was ten at the time, was playing lacrosse. My Mom came to watch. It was a beautiful, sunny fall day, with a crisp blue sky. It was a great day for a father to be watching one of their kids do something cool, and it should haver been an amazing day for my Mom.
But I could see as she walked to the game, like a hundred metres away, that something was wrong. She sat down and I said, “Mum what’s wrong?” She said, “Oh, nothing,” and I said, “No really, what’s wrong?” She said, “The dollar. I’m just so worried about the dollar. It could collapse.”
OK, my Mom, as far as I’m concerned, controls the universe, but she has no control over what happens to the dollar. So we started talking about that intersection of these two circles — things that matter and things that you can control. Because if it doesn’t matter, why are you worried about it? And if you can’t control it, why are you worried about it, other than to plan around it? If we can think about the intersection of things that both matter and that we can control, that’s really where we should focus, because that’s what will make a difference.
In your experience as an adviser, how much time and effort do people spend worrying about things that either don’t matter, or that they can’t do anything about?
I think the majority of an investor’s time, like the majority of a human’s time, is spent worrying about things that either don’t matter or that we have very little control over. The good news with investing, and with wealth management more broadly, is that if you were to make list of all the things that actually mattered, most of them are things we have control over — for example, asset allocation and our behaviour.
There is one noticeable thing that matters a lot but that we do not have control over, and that’s our return, in other words, the markets. We spend 80% of our time talking and worrying about the one thing that we can’t control. I’m just suggesting that we should maybe flip that a little bit. It doesn’t mean we should totally ignore the markets. I’m just saying, why don’t we spend a little bit more time on the things we do have control over that also matter?
It’s very difficult not to worry, though, when there’s extreme market volatility and stock prices are falling fast. That’s when having a financial adviser you can talk to really helps, isn’t it?
Yes, I think it is really important for the adviser to talk to the client about the nature of the financial markets, and to make sure the client understands the words you’re using. Often the industry, and even really good financial advisers, will use words like risk and volatility and assume that everybody will know what they mean. But most people don’t know what they mean. I know I wouldn’t if I weren’t in this industry.
As a client, the one thing I think you should feel absolutely sure you can you say to your adviser is, “Hold on. Back up and explain that.” Any good adviser will appreciate it, and if they don’t appreciate it, find a different one. It makes a lot of sense just to stop, if you don’t understand something, particularly around risk, which is incredibly important. Just pause and say, “Can you explain that to me? I want to make sure we are on the same page.”
How, then, should investors think about volatility? It’s certainly scary, but it’s not the same as risk, is it?
You should view volatility as risky in the short term, but not risky in the long term. Volatility is just, underneath, a measurement of standard deviation, which means, how much something wiggles. Stocks wiggle more than bonds, bonds wiggle more than cash. Short-term volatility is a measure of how much something wiggles in the short term. You just have to decide how to deal with that.
If you’re going to have a portfolio that is designed to meet your goals, it requires you to take a certain level of risk. The level of risk determines how much it’s going to wiggle in the short term, and you just have to decide how you’re going to handle that. There’s a whole bunch of tricks and techniques you can do to help you ignore it, but if you’re not paying attention to it in the first place you don’t have to deal with it, so that may be a hint.
Very often our attitude to risk is governed by our past experiences — particularly recent experiences. How conscious are you of that as a financial planner?
It feels to me like one of the big mistakes we make as humans is what the academics would call recency bias. We look at the recent past and we project that indefinitely into the future, particularly if the recent past has been something really negative. But even if our recent experience has been really good, we can make some major mistakes that way too. You think, for example, “I’ve had a bonus every year in January for the last three years and we’re thinking about buying a new house. Maybe we could buy a more expensive house because that bonus is around the corner.” And then you don’t get the bonus, and it wreaks havoc.
I think we’re really good at doing this. It happens all the time, and it’s something we need to check.
But what can you do actually do about it? It’s not easy, is it?
No, it’s not easy. The only solution I know to that problem is just to extend your view of recent past. Right now, in the Twitter age, the recent past is often, like, three minutes! It really helps if we can extend our view of the recent past and consider, “Oh remember, just five years ago that happened.”
Another way to deal with this problem is to record how we feel about events, particularly when we’re really scared and nervous and we want to sell, and we get walked in off that ledge by a financial adviser. At that moment it can be really useful to record how we’re feeling, to remind ourselves in the future what it’s like.
I think the ability to forget negative experiences in the recent past has kept us alive as a species. No one would run a second marathon, and I’ve been told by my wife that nobody would have a second child if they could remember the pain of having the first one. We discount that really quickly. So just reminding ourselves of the pain, writing a note to ourselves, can be incredibly valuable.
You’ve written several times about the dangers of perfectionism, and why our desire to have everything “just so” can hold us back in our financial lives. Why do you think it’s such a problem?
There is a really unhealthy focus on the perfect — finding the perfect investment, building the perfect portfolio. Perfect really is the enemy of the good, especially as we don’t know what perfect is beforehand, and we’re guessing anyway.
I think the investment process only matters to the degree that it’s going to influence our behaviour. Your portfolio may not be the most efficient thing on the planet, but if it will helps to solve your behaviour, then it’s good enough. It’s like what Jack Bogle says about index funds — there may be investment solutions that are better than this, but the ones that are worse are infinite.
Of course, the other problem with focusing on the finer detail is that you neglect the bigger picture.
Right. I can’t tell you how many times people will send me questions like, “What is the ultimate emerging market small-cap fund?” It might represent 3% of their portfolio and they want to spend lots of time on it. In the meantime, perhaps they haven’t got their money invested, or they didn’t fund your retirement account this year.
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(Breakthrough in Genome Editing)
In genetic engineering many attempts have been made to manipulate genomes of any organism. The ways of genome engineering commonly include homologous recombination, RNA interference (RNAi), Zinc-finger-nucleases. In homologous recombination the efficacy is very low due to the large distribution of similar flanking regions in the genome and success of genome targeting depends on integration of transgene at the site as desired. But possibility is that, due to transposing elements the flanking regions of the genome may transpose to a region where genes goes silent or to a region of over expression, therefore due to this reason the results are not much fruitful. In RNAi the success rate cannot be determined and there are also chances of non-targeted gene silencing. In 2012, a demonstration of a new tool was given; this tool had the ability to knock off the genes at specific sites. This genome editing tool was the major breakthrough in the science and it was reported in 2007 by Barrangou and colleagues, it is called CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) and CRISPR-associated-9 protein nucleases (Cas9). They were known in 1980s but their major function of genome editing remained a mystery until 2012. They have the role in bacterial immunity.
Mechanism of Action:
There are three different types of CRIPSPR/Cas systems out of which 2nd type is of most importance. The function of type 2 of CRISPR and Cas9 proteins is to provide immunity against invading phages to Bacteria and Achaea. This CRISPR/Cas9 system works in 3 phases to provide immunity. Firstly, on the invasion of phage, CRISPR-associated 1 and 2 protein nucleases (Cas 1 and Cas2) recognize a specific target region in the phage genome cuts phage genome into small pieces and incorporate those pieces within the short repeats of CRISPR to remember invading phage for future prevention. After that, CRISPR genes are transcribed into pre-CRISPR-RNA (crRNA), this pre-crRNA is cleaved by endonucleases at repeating sequences and now the mature-crRNA is formed and endonucleases remain attached to the mature crRNA forming crRNA-endonuclease complex. This crRNA-endonuclease complex then binds with other Cas protein nucleases and in the last this complex of crRNA-endonucleases then finds the complementary DNA sequences in the phage genome that invades the bacterium in the future and binds to that region. This crRNA-endonuclease complex then recruits a helicase-nuclease called Cas-3 which chops down the invading DNA.
Cas9 Adoption in Molecular Biology:
Up to now 3 different types of CRIPSPR/Cas systems have been adopted for genome editing in Molecular Biology which are:
- The wild type Cas9 which cleaves the invading phage DNA at specific sites and then activates a double stranded break-repair mechanism as a result of which the chances of non-homologous insertions and deletions increases and the invading phage DNA becomes inactive, but if we allow homologous repairing by providing target locus then desired mutations could be achieved.
- Type 2, the most widely studied type is actually a mutant created by Cong and colleagues known as Cas9D10A. This mutant only has the cutting activity and devoid of break-repair activity, it can cut only single strand of DNA. When provided a homologous repair template, then the repair occurs with great precision without any insertion or deletion leading to mutagenesis. It is actually designed to generate adjacent nicks in DNA.
- Third one is nuclease-deficient Cas9 (dCas9). This system is used to target genomes without any cleavage. This type could be used either as silencing or gene activating tool.
This CRISPR Cas9 system allowed the targeted genome engineering with more effective percentage, e.g. in humans using Zinc-Finger-Nucleases the target genome engineering efficiency achieved was only 1-50%, but with Cas9 system this efficiency in humans was more than 70% which showed that CRISPR/Cas9 system has the highest efficacy in genome engineering, and not only in humans this Cas9 system has also been successfully used in genome targeting of plants, Drosophila, zebrafish, C. elegans, rabbits, monkeys and yeast etc. and with more efforts and researches in this field, it would open up more ways of genome editing. Recently the dCas9 system is being used for targeting protein domains to induce transcriptional regulation, epigenetic modifications and to induce point mutations and visualizing genome loci etc.
Jazib Ali, Ahtasham-ul-Hassan, Ali Raza, Saad Ullah, Umer Nadeem.
Students of Biotechnology,
Department of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology,
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Q: How did ELSI’s theme, the Origin of the Earth and Life, come about?
A: ELSI was born from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Tokyo Institute of Technology. Since we were setting up a new research institute, we wanted a big theme for researchers to study under. The one we all agreed on was the origin of the Earth.
The birth of Planet Earth and the sequence of events that created the magma ocean and the core happened all around the same time. So we decided to focus on that part first. Since we believe that life was probably born not so far from when the Earth was formed, we included that in the theme. So we had a research target on the formation of the Earth, its early stages and the birth of life.
Q: What have they discovered at ELSI so far?
A: We have a deeper understanding of what happened in the magma ocean when the Earth was formed. The surface layer of the Earth today is basically made of rocks, but there was a time when all the rocks were melted and the entire Earth was covered with magma. This is called the magma ocean state.
Thanks to this state, the Earth was divided into three parts: the atmosphere/sea, the mantle (rock) and the core (metal). We were able to further clarify the role of the magma ocean as a starting point of various planets, including Earth and Venus, and possibly Mars.
We are also interested in how organisms were born on Earth, which was originally uninhabitable and had no life at all. For example, there is only 0.04 atmospheric pressure (atm) of carbon dioxide on Earth now, compared to what is believed to have been about 100 atm of carbon dioxide back then. Carbon dioxide is very oxidative, but living organisms, like humans, are made up of organic matter, which is more reductive. Most carbon back then was in the form of carbon dioxide, yet life somehow arose. It was a very big challenge to understand how a carbon dioxide- dominant environment managed to create a more reductive carbon, like that found in the human body.
Early Earth had 100 atm of carbon dioxide compared to only 0.04 atm today.
What we found is that the large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide reacted with an existing flow of electricity and hot water spouts emerging from the Earth’s surface, converting it into carbon monoxide. This was then further reduced to make amino acids, which are the ingredients of organisms.
Q: What makes ELSI attractive for researchers?
A: It is a very international, open and ‘flat’ place. In the traditional university system, the professor is sitting at the top, followed by associate professors, assistant professors and students at the bottom. This pyramid structure exists everywhere in the world. ELSI is not such a place at all.
For example, a postdoc working on one research topic could be collaborating with a professor who has a completely different research project. I call that a flat environment. Normally, a postdoc works on what a professor tells them to do. At ELSI, that's not necessary at all. In short, postdocs can work freely here. I think that makes ELSI very attractive.
Q: What is the secret behind ELSI’s rich diversity?
A: Japan lags behind when it comes to diversifying university environments. Universities often tackle this issue by welcoming international students, but that does not solve it. I believe that the most important thing in this case is to bring excellent researchers from abroad to Japan. ELSI has been most successful achieving that out of all the WPI centres*.
The reason why it has worked well at ELSI is that we had international staff recruiting international staff. For example, it doesn't work very well if I, a Japanese person, say, "Please come to Japan. It is a nice place.” But when an American researcher at ELSI talks to another American researcher, it is incredibly effective.
Of course, we need to make sure that the researcher who comes to Japan is happy so that they will stay. For example, if their child gets sick, ELSI staff will help take them to the doctor. We provide care and support for the researchers and their families on a daily basis.
Q: What changed most in the last ten years?
A: We started ELSI with Earth and planetary researchers specialised in the origin of life and by asking them to do joint research; something they had not done before. It was more like we made them work together. That was ELSI in the early stages.
In Japan, many organizations are vertically divided. A department of Earth and planetary sciences and a department of biology may be in the same building, but there is usually no communication whatsoever between them. Conducting joint research with people we had never even talked to was therefore our first big challenge. We were clueless in the first few years.
Eventually, more researchers joined and visitors from abroad came for short or long periods. There was a constant flow of incoming and outgoing staff as ELSI’s name became known internationally. It then became easier to invite international scientists. Simultaneously, collaborative work was carried out in a more natural way.
Q: What is important to remain internationally competitive?
A: The important thing is that ELSI remains the place that people want to come to. It means that ELSI is properly positioned within the flow of researchers and in something you could call an international circulation of intelligence. That is, if someone has just finished a doctorate degree in France, they might be looking to Europe and the United States as a next career destination. Now, ELSI is also included as one of their choices.
Also, it is important that ELSI creates many opportunities, including joint research proposals, in order to attract researchers from various places. Simply put, ELSI should always serve as a hub within the international research community.
Q: With its 10th anniversary, ELSI will reach a turning point. Any comment for the future of ELSI?
A: ELSI will finish receiving major support from the WPI* this year and I will be passing on the director’s baton. The next director, Professor Yasuhito Sekine, is young and has a solid mindset. In the first ten years, we had our arms open for any research related to the origin of the Earth and life. In the second phase of ELSI, they are trying to sharpen the focus even more. We’re looking forward to the next evolution of ELSI.
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In this article, I am going to cover how I organize my Angular projects. This may not be the best way to do it, but it is how I separate the various aspects of my projects.
Out of the Box
Out of the box, Angular does not provide much organization within the project, which allows for what we’ll call “creative freedom.”
This creative freedom can allow many developers to shoot themselves in the foot. I have come into projects at various stages of work and have seen some very interesting cases. The worst of which is when you open up a project and all of the services, components, directives, and views are dropped into the root app directory with no structure.
The default project has a majority of the files that will be manipulated within the src directory. The app directory contains the application code. The assets directory contains files that will be distributed with the application, such as images. The environments directory contains environment-specific details such as API endpoints.
By default, the app directory contains the app component, the app module, and the app routing module. The app component consists of the HTML, SCSS, spec, and ts file to control how the root view will look and operate. The app module controls what dependencies and services need to be a part of the application. The app routing module controls how the user will be routed throughout the application.
Best Practices 🗂️
Create a core directory at the root of your application. This directory will include a core module that will import any module that is used by your application module. Example imports would include the CommonModule, RouterModule, and HttpClientModule. If you have an app initializer that is handled by a service, the service should also go in the core/services directory. This AppCoreModule will then be imported by your AppModule.
Create a shared directory at the root of your application. This directory will include any aspect of your application that is shared by various views within your application. This includes components, services, directives, models, pipes, etc and a sub-directive should be created for each of those as well.
Also, be sure to create an AppSharedModule to be imported by the various views within the application.
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Between the wars
Between the wars
“J” Class: The Gift Submarines
With the end of World War 1 the British Government found itself with a considerable number of surplus naval vessels with little possibility of being able to use them all. General reductions in both manpower and ships soon got underway, the bulk of the ships being placed in reserve or sold. The majority of ships that had been completed before 1914 were nominated for scrap, with some being retained for use in subsidiary services. In hindsight it would have been prudent to scrap them altogether. The majority of the shops that had been completed during hostilities were retained, as they were modern and had many of the lessons of the war built into them. Another option open to the British Government for disposal of the vessels was to hand over some of the newer ships to the Colonial and Dominion Governments to build up their naval strengths. This latter course was adopted, the main recipient being the Commonwealth of Australia.
Empire defence in the Pacific was significantly increased when it presented, as a gift to the Australian Government, a well-balanced Squadron the three minesweepers, five destroyers, six submarines and one flotilla leader. The submarines were of the modern “J” Class, which had been designed for greater endurance than previous classes. They also had long-range communications to enable them to reconnoitre in enemy waters.
The large double-hulled ocean going submarines of the “J” class were built under the Emergency War Programme as a counter to some German vessels which were reported to have had a surface speed in excess of 18 knots. The “J”s were the only triple-screwed British submarines ever built and when completed were the fastest submarines afloat.
Both J1 and J2 were built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in November 1915 and early 1916 respectively. At the same time Pembroke Dockyard, South Wales built J3 and J4, launching J2 on 4 December 1915 and J4 on 2 February 1916. The remaining submarines J5 and J7 were built at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, J5 being completed in April 1916 followed by J7 in November 1917.
Originally the submarines were designed to carry the 4-in gun on a raised platform forward of the conning tower, but later this was extended to the bow and merged into the hull-form to improve cruising qualities. The gun was then mounted on top of a special platform erected forward of the conning tower. The conning tower in the first five was place forward of the mid-ships line, but in J7 it was placed further aft. J7 differed somewhat in appearance and displaced some 60 tons less than the others submerged. A total seven of the class had been built, however, J6 was accidentally sunk by a British “Q” ship, in mistake for a German submarine, in the North Sea on 15 October 1918. J1 also differed slightly from her sister-ships in having wings, supported on pillars, built each side of the gun platform.
The submarines, manned largely by Royal Navy personnel, left Portsmouth with HMAS PLATYPUS on 9 April 1919, escorted by HMAS SYDNEY. On passage through the Red Sea, and J5 having broken down, she was taken in tow by HMAS BRISBANE, eventually arriving in Sydney towards the end of June. The main flotilla reached Thursday Island on 29 June 1919 and Sydney on 10 July. Having arrived in poor condition the boats were taken in hand for refitting at Garden Island Dockyard, Sydney. With their refits complete, J1 and J4 sailed on 16 February 1920 in company with HMAS PLATYPUS for Geelong, Victoria, where a submarine base was established. J2, J3 and J5 followed. Apart from a southward voyage from Sydney, a visit to Tasmania early in 1921 and occasional local exercises, the “J's" spent little time at sea and their service with the RAN proved brief and uneventful.
J7’s refit was not completed until June 1922, however, only a month prior to that, the decision had been taken to pay the submarine flotilla off. The great expense in maintaining the submarines, coupled with the deteriorating economic conditions of the period, had effectively thwarted this, the second attempt to add an effective submarine arm to the RAN. The “J” boats were therefore laid up in reserve and put up for disposal.
The Class comes to an end
In 1923 there was a vigorous debate on the subject of whether Australia could or should build replacement submarines for the “J” class using Australian industry.
In the first half of 1924 the submarines J1, J2, J4 and J5 were sold to a Melbourne salvage syndicate for a total sum of 15,470 pounds. One by one, they were docked at Williamstown, stripped of fittings and equipment, and their hulls towed away and scuttled. The hulls of J1 and J2 were sunk off Barwon Heads on 26 May and June 1926 respectively. After sinking at her moorings at Williamstown on 10 July 1924, J4 was raised, towed out and scuttled in the same position as J1 and J2. Having been towed out by J7, the hull of J3 was sunk as a breakwater at Swan Island Victoria. J7 was the last to go. She lay at Flinders Naval Depot, Westernport where she was used for some time as an auxiliary power plant. In 1929 she was sold to Morris & Watt Pty Ltd, South Melbourne and, on 4 December 1929 she was towed to Melbourne for dismantling. In 1930 her hull was likewise sunk as a breakwater at Hampton, Port Phillip Bay.
The SIA has commissioned renowned historian Graham Seal AO to compile various historical articles on Australian submarines. Â Click here to download the article 'J Boats at peace' (990 KB PDF)
DISPLACEMENT:Â Surface 1,210 tons; Submerged, J7 1, 1760 tons. Remainder 1,820 tons
LENGTH:Â 275 ft (83.8m) overall
BEAM:Â 22 ft (6.70m)
ARMAMENT:Â Six 18-in (457mm) torpedo tubes (four at bows, one on each beam); one 4in (102mm) gun
MACHINERY: Triple screws. Surface, three sets 12-culinder diesels; submerged, battery-driven electric motor
HORSEPOWER:Â Diesels, 3,600; electric motors, 1,400
SPEED:Â Surface, 9 knots; Submerged, 9.5 knots
FUEL CAPACITY:Â About 90 tons
RANGE: Â About 4,000 miles at 12 knots
“O” Class: A New Breed
The third attempt to establish Australia’s Submarine force began in April and June 1927 when HMAS OTWAY and HMAS OXLEY were commissioned in the Royal Australian Navy.
OTWAY and OXLEY were modified units of the British “O” class submarines, from which they differed slightly in appearance. The “O”s were the first class of submarines of post-World War I design built specifically for the Royal Navy, and the first class of British submarines to bear names instead of numbers.
The “O”s were a development of the successful wartime “L” class, with an increase in size, which permitted the mounting of a heavier torpedo armament. They were among the first British submarines fitted with reversible diesels.
Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, built both OTWAY and OXLEY. OTWAY was laid down in 1925, launched on 7 September 1926 and commissioned on 15 June 1927. The first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander George Tweedie RN. Originally she was to have been numbered OA2, however, she was named and launched HMAS OTWAY.
OXLEY was also laid down in 1925 but was launched on 29 June 1926 and commissioned on April 1927, under Commander H.R. Marrack RN. Lieutenant F.E. Getting RAN, was her First Lieutenant (XO) who went on to be promoted Captain; however, he died of wounds when HMAS CANBERRA was lost on 9 August 1942. OXLEY was to have been numbered OA1, but instead was named and launched as HMAS OXLEY in honour of Lieutenant John Oxley RM, early Surveyor General of New South Wales and famous explorer.
On completion the submarines were attached temporarily to the 5th Submarine Flotilla of the Royal Navy. On 8 February 1928, they both departed Portsmouth for Australia. Their delivery voyage was the longest unescorted passage ever undertaken by British submarines up to that time. They were ordered to conduct the voyage to Australia on the surface and were not allowed to submerge at any time whilst en route.
During the passage through the Bay of Biscay, very heavy weather was encountered whereupon cracks appeared in OTWAY's engine columns. On arrival at Malta, OLXEY’s engine columns were examined and were found also to have cracks. As a result of these defects both vessels were laid up at Malta for some eight and a half months. During this period Lieutenant Commander Tweedie returned to England and Commander Gordon Hine assumed command of OTWAY. Finally, engine columns of an improved design were installed and the submarines sailed in November 1928 to continue their journey to Australia.
The submarines reached Sydney on 14 February 1929. Their arrival in Australian waters coincided with the deepening economic depression which heavy cuts were being made in defence expenditure. They were maintained in commission until the end of 1929, when the decision was taken to pay them off into reserve. Twice a month they were taken to sea for diving exercises by these intermittent attempts to maintain the submarines in operational condition proved not only costly buy also quite inadequate.
The Class is returned
The London Naval Treaty of 1930 limited Britain to a submarine tonnage of 52,700. This figure included both OTWAY and OXLEY. The Australian Government therefore decided, that in the interests of the Empire’s defence, to hand over the two submarines to the Royal Navy, in order that they might be properly maintained as fully effective units of the British submarine force. Accordingly, they were offered to Britain – accepted – as a gift. On 10 April 1931, at Sydney, they were transferred to the Royal Navy and were taken to England by RN crews sent out to Australia to man them.
So ended the third attempt to maintain a submarine component within the structure of the RAN. Apart from a small ex Dutch submarine (K9), used for training purposes during World War II, Australia was not to operate submarines again for some thirty-six years.
HM Submarine OTWAY served in the Mediterranean during World War II. She survived the war and in August 1945 was taken to Inverkiething, Scotland, where she was scrapped.
HM Submarine OXLEY was serving in British home waters at the outbreak of war in 1939. On 9 September 1939 she became the first Allied naval casualty of World War II when she was sunk by a torpedo from a fellow British submarine, HMS TRITON. The apparent cause of this tragedy was an incorrect response to a recognition challenge.
Historian Graham Seal AO has compiled an article on OXLEY and OTWAY I with particular emphasis on OXLEY's magazine, the 'OXLEY Outlook'. Â Click here to download a copy (2.2 MB PDF).
O CLASS SPECIFICATIONS
DISPLACEMENT:Â Surface, 1,350 tons; submerged, 1,870 tons
LENGTH: Â 275 ft (83.82m) overall
BEAM:Â 27.75 ft (8.45m)
DRAUGHT:Â 13.25 ft (4.03m) mean
ARMAMENT:Â Eight 21-in (533-mm) torpedo-tubes (6 at bow, 2 at stern); one 4-in 102mm gun and two machine guns
MACHINERY:Â Twin screws. Surface, diesels; submerged, battery-driven electric motors
HORSEPOWER:Â Diesels, 3,000; electric motors, 1,350
SPEED:Â Surface, 15.5 knots; submerged 9 knots
FUEL CAPACITY:Â 195 tons
COST:Â Over 400,000 pounds sterling each, complete with stores and armament
“K9” Training Submarine
The Submarine K9 was built in 1922 by K.M. de Shelde, of Flushing, Holland. She was one of a class of three vessels all built at the same yard for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Prior to extending World War II operations to the Pacific, K9 had operated as a unit of the RNN force stationed in the East Indies. When Java fell to the Japanese in 1942 she was one of the vessels deployed to Australia.
On the night of 31 May 1942, during the Japanese-midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour, K9 was secured alongside HMAS KUTTABUL at Garden Island. The torpedo which sank KUTTABUL actually passed under K9, however, she escaped serious damage.
In response to an offer from the senior RNN Officer in Australia, K9 was accepted by the RAN for service as an anti-submarine training target. She was commissioned into the RAN on 26 June 1943 at Sydney. Manned by a mixed RN and RAN ship’s company, she was attached to HNMAS RUSHCUTTER as a tender for antisubmarine training. K9 was the only foreign submarine to serve as a unit of the RAN. Her pennant number for RAN service was N39.
Owing to engine defects, coupled with some problems resulting from her age and origin, K9 did not become fully operational until September 1943 and in the following months she performed some useful service to ani-submarine escorts working up from Sydney.
On 22 January 1944 one of her batteries exploded as she sailed out of Port Jackson. As a result of a subsequent general survey it was decided not to persevere with her and she was paid off on 31 March 1944 for return to the RNlN.
Having been converted to an oil lighter, K9 left Sydney on 7 June 1945, en route northward, under tow of the RNN vessel ABRAHAM CRUNSSEN (which had also served for a time with the RAN). The next day ABRAHAM CRUNSSEN lost the tow and K9 was driven ashore and wrecked on Toina Beach, near Seal Rocks, New South Wales.
On 20 July 1945, K9’s wreck was sold by the Commonwealth Disposals Commission to Messrs Humphrey and Batt of Sydney for 985 pounds.
DISPLACEMENT:Â Surface, 521 tons; submerged, 712 tons
LENGTH:Â 210.25 ft (64.07m)
BEAM:Â 17.75 ft (5.41m)
DRAUGHT:Â 10.67 ft (3.55m)
ARMAMENT:Â One 3.5-in (89-mm) AA gun; one 12.7-mm AA gun; four 17.7-in (450-mm) torpedo-tubes (two at bow, two at stern)
MACHINERY:Â Two Shelde-Sulzer type diesels
HORSEPOWER:Â 1,500 surface, 630 submerged
SPEED:Â 15 knots surface, 9.5 knots submerged
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On a Debian 4.0 (Etch) or newer system:
1. If you have a DHCP server already up and running on your network:
apt-get install ltsp-server openssh-server
Otherwise, if you want your LTSP server to function as the DHCP server:
apt-get install ltsp-server-standalone openssh-server
2. Build the LTSP client environment:
If you're installing a different debian distribution than what's on the server, you will need to specify the --dist xxx commandline option. where xxx is your Debian distribution (e.g. lenny, etch). See /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/.
ltsp-build-client will download a complete Debian filesystem into /opt/ltsp/i386 (or specify an alternate location with '--base') and install the ltsp-client and ldm packages (the LTSP Display Manager). Typically, you will need a desktop environment like gnome or xfce, or a window manager such as icewm installed on the server (NOT in the chroot).
The 2 ltsp configuration files inside the client are /etc/lts.conf and /etc/default/ltsp-client-setup. See the examples in /usr/share/doc/ltsp-client*. Also see the Edubuntu wiki http://doc.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/edubuntu/handbook/C/customizing-thin-client.html (note: Debian LTSP still uses NFS by default).
Configure ldm by copying ldm-init from /usr/share/doc/ldm/examples/ to to /etc/ and update it according to the comments in the file.
If you change the IP data after you have done the initial setup, update the LDM_SERVER variable in ldm-init and run the command sudo ltsp-update-sshkeys to make the ssh server aware of the change.
The files the client will boot are installed on the server into/var/lib/tftpboot.
3. Configure /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf:
See examples in /usr/share/doc/ltsp-server/examples/dhcpd.conf or /etc/ltsp/dhcpd.conf and adapt to your network.
etch is still affected by: http://bugs.debian.org/416868 so you need to add this line if the dhcp server and tftp server are the same:
lenny also requires the next-server option, but is included in the example dhcpd.conf file.
invoke-rc.d dhcp3-server restart
Alternately, configure /etc/dnsmasq.conf:
See example in /usr/share/doc/ltsp-server/examples/dhcpd-dnsmasq and adapt to your network.
invoke-rc.d dnsmasq restart
4. Configure /etc/exports:
5. Start tftpd. By default, tftpd-hpa is started from inetd. you may need to restart inetd after installing tftpd-hpa.
invoke-rc.d openbsd-inetd restart
Alternately, edit /etc/default/tftpd-hpa to have tftpd-hpa start on it's own.
and restart tftpd-hpa
invoke-rc.d tftpd-hpa restart
6. Boot a PXE or Etherboot capable machine and enjoy. note that some older versions of etherboot do not support ELF images, and may not work without additional configuration.
Backported packages for etch
If you want to use newer LTSP related packages (with ltspfs and pulseaudio sound):
1. Add the key(s) for the repository to your keyring(after verifying that you trust them):
- apt-key add pkg-ltsp-keyring
2. Add to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://pkg-ltsp.alioth.debian.org/debian etch-ltsp-backports main
- apt-get update
4. Install new packages:
- apt-get install ltsp-server-standalone
5. When building a chroot, you'll need to tell it to use the backport sources:
ltsp-build-client \ --extra-mirror "http://pkg-ltsp.alioth.debian.org/debian etch-ltsp-backports main" \ --apt-key /etc/apt/trusted.gpg
to get sound working with pulseaudio+alsa:
to get local devices working with ltspfs (usb sticks, cdrom, floppy):
1. echo fuse >> /etc/modules
2. modprobe fuse (or reboot your server)
3. adduser fuse USER
for some additional troubleshooting, try: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebugLocalDev
Known issues with backports(that do not appear in sid):
1. ldm: login screen shows white background (background image is hidden). no known workaround at this time.
2. ltspfs: mounts appear strange when running df. util-linux 2.13 fixed this bug, however it is still present in etch. workaround is to make /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/mounts: mv /etc/mtab /etc/mtab.old ; ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
3. ltsp-client: hostname displays as (none). workaround set up dns on the thin-client network, or: echo ltsp > /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/hostname
if X doesn't automatically configure properly (it uses X.org's built-in configuration, which doesn't work as well on the version on X.org in etch), you may want to switch back to the slower but more reliable X configuration using xdebconfigurator:
1. chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get install xdebconfigurator
2. cp /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/doc/ltsp-client-core/examples/configure-x-xdebconfigurator.gz /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/
3. gunzip /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/configure-x-xdebconfigurator.gz
4. chmod +x /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/configure-x-xdebconfigurator
5. echo CONFIGURE_X_COMMAND=/etc/configure-x-xdebconfigurator >> /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf
6. echo 'copy_dirs="$copy_dirs /var/cache/debconf"' >> /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/default/ltsp-client-setup
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In 2019, as in 2018, the US trade community will face multiple uncertainties generated by the Trump administration’s often unpredictable trade policy, especially with respect to US-China trade tariffs and the impact of a possible new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Until now, “We have all been scrambling to keep up with the changes,” said Amy Magnus, president of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA). “The protectionist agenda has created a lot of additional work.” The conversations about the modernization or reworking of NAFTA “create a lot of uncertainty.”
“There is no easy way for [global] companies to rationally come up with priorities," said Marianne Rowden, president of the American Association of Exporters and Importers, “because it’s almost as if we’ve had 30 years of trade liberalization and globalization, and now all of that is being collapsed at once.”
How do shippers deal with all this uncertainty? Rowden said they focus on identifying where their supply chains have become especially vulnerable because of such tariffs.
For companies that trade a great deal with China, their top priority is often to analyze the potential impact of Section 301 import duties on various Chinese products on their own supply chains. Other companies, such as those that do business with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico, might focus on the negotiation objectives of the new free trade agreement or on realigning their supply chains elsewhere. A key problem is that “it is difficult to do all of these things at the same time,” Rowden noted.
In the first half of 2018, many global companies focused on assessing the potential costs of any protectionist measures from China or elsewhere. Although the US and China agreed to a truce in early December, putting a pause to President Donald Trump’s plan to increase tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion of goods from China, trade between the US and China is still uncertain.
A bit of the absurd comes with all of the uncertainty. Magnus stressed that there is a “bizarre juxtaposition” between the Section 301 import duties on goods from China and the fact that if those shipments are valued at less than $800, then none of those US duties apply because of the $800 de minimis threshold set for US imports.
“This is quite curious when you consider the alleged purpose of the 301 duties in the first place — which is to protect American businesses and send a message to China that we are not tolerant of their IPR [international property rights] violations,” Magnus said. “We remain concerned not just that goods can be brought in from China without paying the 25 percent duty, but about IPR violations. If you read the reports from CBP [Customs and Border Protection], the vast majority of IPR violative goods that they’ve discovered have been in the small package environment.”
The higher the duty, the more importers and exporters are being incentivized “to come up with clever ideas to avoid paying those duties — many of which are legal.” One legal way to avoid duty payment is to structure transactions in such a way that they legally can be brought into the US valued less than $800. For example, by selling directly to the consumer in smaller packages with lower value.
What lies ahead in 2019 for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)? According to a spokesperson for Customs, the agency is “focused on sustaining all deployed ACE capabilities and ensuring that ACE operates as a highly available and reliable system.” Customs is continuing to “work through additional emerging requirements” as well as securing funding for their further development. “Significant planning is required for anything we build in the system; and funding, resources, policy, and regulations must be in sync in order to move forward on any initiative.”
In fiscal 2018 (which ended Sept. 30, 2018), ACE received $30 million in appropriations for enabling various enhancements, in addition to funding for sustaining the core of ACE. For fiscal 2019, work has begun on some enhancements.
“Each enhancement will require a different level of effort to build. Development and deployment schedules will vary accordingly,” the agency spokesperson said. Customs continues to work through additional emerging requirements and securing funding for their development. For example, the agency is planning to “refactor and modernize truck processing in ACE.” As usual, Customs will continue to solicit input from the trade community regarding these initiatives, which will include setting up working groups to discuss the work ahead.
Both Section 232 tariffs, which provide for additional import duties on steel mill and aluminum articles, and Section 301 tariffs, which apply to billions of dollars of Chinese imports, have placed a significant strain on the resources of Customs and the member companies of the NCBFAA, Magnus said.
“We had to be sure that our software was updated to accommodate all the additional information” needed for both the implementation of ACE and the data involved in collecting those tariffs properly. Thus, even “while you’re trying to fix things that didn’t necessarily work well in the initial deployment of ACE, you’re also having to add all these new programs and new features that were not contemplated” initially, she added.
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Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Quote by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
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Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.
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What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things
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MOBILE FILTER UNITS
- Basic metal load bearing structure
- Pulling handle
- Fixed and rotating wheels for easy movement
- Command platform on board machine
- Positive displacement motor pump with mechanical change gear
- Variation of the number of pump revolutions and therefore the flow rate via hand wheel placed on the body of the pump change gear
- Stainless steel interchangeable sack type static filter
- Filter/pump pipe fitting with curves, "tee" connectors and manual ball valves.
The Mobile Filter Unit, as well as being easy to move and therefore able to be positioned very near its direct use, already has its own control panel so it is sufficient to connect this panel to the mains power network to be able to turn on the unit.
Moreover, if for any special reason it is not necessary to use the filter drum the existing tubing can be disconnected, excluding the filter, thus transforming the unit into a normal mobile pump.
The degree of filtration (Micron) of the filtering sack and the type of product to filter determines the optimum flow rate that must be adjusted as a consequence.
The filter/pump pipefittings also mean it is possible to by-pass the pump itself, i.e. recycling the product if the flow of this towards the filter should slow down.e.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
The commands are all on the front hatch of the command platform, so they are easily accessible.
The pressure switch is on sight on the filter/pump connecting tubes.
Maintenance operations are basically cleaning the inside of the pump body and inside the drum and the filter sack.
In the event the product spurts out too quickly from the filter drum, very probably the filter sack inside the drum has broken, so the flow towards the exit is no longer slowed down by the filtration taking place.
- Check that the filter sack is undamaged every time it is cleaned and/or washed.
- Check that the pipefittings, the manual ball valves and the pump are leak proof.
- Periodically control the oil level of the mechanical change gear.
- Keep the front panel of the command platform clean.
- Clean the inside of the pump with special liquids, being careful of any toxicity in them.
The Mobile Filter Unit comes in two different models:
the first normal industrial and the second explosion-proof/flameproof (ATEX).
Normally the pump installed in the Mobile Filter Unit has an approximate flow rate of 100 revolutions equal to 2.2 mc./h, but obviously it is possible to use pumps with different flow rates.
The filter drum and subsequently the internal filter sack as well, if not expressly specified, is supplied with the height of the cylindrical section equal to around 600 mm but other sizes can obviously be used.
The Mobile Filter Unit can be equipped with a block pressure switch of the pump to stop it running where the internal pressure of the piping and the filter is over the established limit.
The Mobile Filter Unit can come with a completely pneumatic diaphragm pump; in this case the command platform is no longer necessary as the pump is supplied only pneumatically.
The pneumatic pump operates and stops by hand turning a small manual ball valve placed on the pump body which will have the Rilsan compressed air supply tube connected to it.
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Hope Through Free Health Care
Located in one of Indianapolis’ poorest neighborhoods, our Health Clinic exists to provide easily-accessible health assistance to those in need. Men, women and children find themselves without the proper medical attention they need. Our caring medical staff and volunteers provide immediate and ongoing care to disadvantaged people from all over the city as well as those who live in our shelter. But the care goes beyond just their physical needs. The Health Clinic is also a witness to how Christ cared for the physical and spiritual needs of others. We want to share that same love with all of our neighbors.
Health Clinic Faces of Hope
Nureni came to our Health Clinic for treatment of high blood pressure, but we were able to help him with so much more! A friend introduced Nureni to the Good News Health Clinic because his blood pressure was consistently too high and he has no medical insurance.
Our Health Clinic includes primary care, health screenings, lab tests, disease management, medications, immunizations, health education, specialists, referrals, follow up care, optometry services, telehealth and much more!
Needed medications are dispensed at no cost to the patient after they are seen and diagnosed by one of our volunteer medical professionals.
Our Clinic offers specialized services such as the Women’s Clinic, Pediatric Clinic, Podiatry Clinic, Optometry Clinic, and much more!
If our Health Clinic determines that you need assistance outside of our scope of services, they can refer you to a caring provider who also specializes in helping the medically underserved. | <urn:uuid:f06b3981-4fa9-426e-84c3-f8e46d2e0da5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://goodnewsministries.com/health-clinic-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.974051 | 322 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Bringing Families Together: Models of Hope and Recovery
Discover how communities are strengthening linkages among child welfare, mental health services, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and families.
This video features the 10-Element Framework: Elements of System Linkages, developed by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) to help States, Tribal, and local communities overcome barriers and identify strategies to facilitate effective partnerships between mental health services, substance use treatment, child welfare, and family courts. NCSACW is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF).
Two programs are highlighted in this DVD, one in Miami, Dade County, Florida and one in Sacramento County, California. Each addresses the challenges across service systems to ensure that families affected by mental and substance use disorders and in the child welfare system get the support they need to live safe, productive lives.
By employing strategies from the 10-Element Framework, both communities are achieving higher success rates, increasing reunification, and minimizing the revolving door that brings families struggling with substance use disorders back into the courts. | <urn:uuid:b980c4d9-a50e-4878-9de1-27bc1bfd751d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://elbiruniblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2012/03/national-center-on-substance-abuse-and.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.900129 | 245 | 2.578125 | 3 |
In the UK pregnancy is calculated from the first day of the woman's last period so for as much as three weeks of this first month she might not be actually pregnant.
The fertilized egg begins as a single cell which quickly multiplies to form an embryo as it travels towards the womb. The embryo attaches itself to the womb lining, which is already thickening to support it. For many women the first sign of pregnancy is a missed period in
Shop-bought tests are considered largely reliable so the mother-to-be does not have to have her pregnancy confirmed by her GP. If a first test is negative a second one a few days later may prove positive as hormone levels in the urine rise.
The embryo is now about the size of a baked bean and its spine and nervous system begin to form.
It already has its own blood system and may be a different blood group from its mother. Blood vessels are forming in what will become the umbilical cord and tiny buds which will become limbs
The baby's heart is beginning to develop by week seven. Around this time many women find they experience the side-effects of early pregnancy including needing to urinate more often nausea and vomiting and feeling a bit weepy and irritable.
All medication including supplements need to be carefully checked as the baby is undergoing vital development in the first 12 weeks. If the woman has not told her GP or community midwife she is pregnant yet, now is a good time to do so.
It is quite common to have a first scan at week eight if the woman has had a previous miscarriage or bleeding. At about this time the embryo officially becomes a foetus.
An early scan is often done through the vagina and is used to check the pregnancy is not ectopic. It should show up the baby's heartbeat. The nervous system is also developing rapidly especially the brain. The head gets bigger and eyes form under the skin of the face. The foetus' limbs are growing and look more like arms and legs. All internal organs are developing and becoming more complex.
Women who may be at higher risk of passing on sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia should be offered a blood test before 10 weeks.
These conditions are rare but serious inherited blood disorders. They are more common in people of certain ethnic backgrounds including African, Caribbean and some Asian and Mediterranean communities. If the mother is found to carry the gene for either condition, the father is offered a test. If both parents are found to be carriers then they are offered the option of testing the foetus in the womb.
A scan at 10-13 weeks is recommended to estimate when the baby is due and to check whether there is more than one baby. This scan may also be part of a screening test for Down's syndrome.
Testing for Down's Syndrome can take place between now and 13 weeks.
The nuchal translucency scan is used to measure the amount of fluid under the skin at the back of the baby's neck. If it is increased this raises the risk of Down's syndrome. A blood test is taken at the same time which measures two hormones in the blood. The combined results of both tests will be used to give the mother a statistical guide to her chances of having a baby with Down's Syndrome.
The umbilical cord is fully formed providing nourishment and removing waste products. The foetus looks fully human now.
By week 12 the threat of miscarriage is much reduced. By now the foetus is fully formed and many women announce their pregnancy to friends and colleagues.
The foetus is growing in length much more quickly, by now it is about eight cm long and weighs about 60 grams. The placenta is also well formed though it's not yet doing its full job it takes over fully in week 14. The mother is likely to have her first scan this week.
The woman's uterus is becoming larger and is starting to rise out of the pelvis and the pregnancy is probably beginning to show. The foetus can move its head quite easily although the mother may not feel any movement yet.
Week 14 is one third of the way through. The average pregnancy lasts 266 days or 280 days from the first day of last period.
If screening for Downs syndrome wasn't carried out earlier, it is offered about week 15. A simple blood test is carried out first then further tests may be offered.
On the basis of the blood test results the woman may opt for a Chorionic Villus sample or an amniocentesis which would diagnose Down's syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities. However these diagnostic tests have a small risk of subsequent miscarriage. An alternative to blood tests is a nuchal translucency scans a new scan offered by some larger hospitals. But again an amniocentisis would be required for firm diagnosis.
The foetus has toe and finger nails eyebrows and eyelashes by week
16. It is also covered with very fine, downy hair, called lanugo.
This hair probably serves as some form of insulation and protection for the skin and it disappears before birth or shortly after.
Most women who've been suffering from morning sickness are usually feeling better by now.
In week 17 the foetus can hear noises from the outside world.
By this stage the mother is visibly pregnant and the uterus is rising.
Ultrasound scan or anomaly scan to check the physical development of the baby is made during weeks 18-20. The scan can show the foetus in fine detail and often reveal if the baby is a boy or a girl. However not all hospitals offer to tell parents the sex of the child - and not all parents want to know.
By this stage the foetus is moving around a lot - probably enough to be felt.
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In 2009, when legendary singer Elton John met Lev Ageyevya for the first time at an orphanage, the six-year-old boy was just a baby. John said at the time, “I would love to adopt him… he has stolen my heart.” However, Ukrainian laws stating that gay parents were not allowed to adopt prevented John and partner David Furnish from pushing through with this intention. Today, John is rumored to be behind the rescue of Ageyevya, his brother and grandmother from Mariupol, a city threatened to be overrun with Russian tanks.
Even after John was denied adoption rights to the boy in 2009 due to Ukrainian Laws and his advanced age, the musician never lost touch with Ageyevya and his grandmother, Yulia. Having two sons with Furnish, John declared back then that he would never give up on Ageyevya, and he has now made true on that promise.
Over the weekend, Ageyevya, his seven-year-old brother Artyom and 61-year-old grandmother Yulia were whisked away to Kiev with the help of Ukrainian socialite Olena Franchuk. A close friend of John’s, Franchuk took charge of sending a bus more than 460 miles to Mariupol to bring the family to the safety of the capital before Russian forces were slated to take over their home city.
— The Sun (@TheSunNewspaper) September 1, 2014
“People say Russian tanks will attack soon. I thank God for whoever helped us. We’ve been told we will be moved to a flat and there’s a school not far away,” said Yulia.
— Richard Galpin (@Richardgalpin) September 3, 2014
Franchuk reportedly told media outlets that John was behind the dramatic rescue, but a representative of the musician declined to comment on the matter.
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Young workers: Protect yourselves at work!
There are potential hazards in every workplace; some are obvious, but many aren’t. While all workplace accidents and injuries are preventable, you might not have the knowledge or experience you need to protect yourself. Staying safe on the job should be your first priority. Know your rights and responsibilities and then make safety a habit. It could save your life.
Your three rights
The Canada Labour Code protects employees in federally regulated workplaces. Under Part II, you have the right to:
- know about the hazards in your workplace and how to protect your health and safety;
- participate in health and safety prevention; and
- refuse dangerous work.
You have the responsibility to:
- protect yourself and your co-workers from harm;
- report hazards or injuries to your manager;
- follow the health and safety rules; and
- use safety gear required for the job.
Your employer’s responsibilities
An employer has the obligation and responsibility to:
- inform you of the hazards in your workplace;
- ensure safety gear is available and being used;
- provide you with training;
- implement and enforce workplace health and safety policies; and
- provide a safe and healthy workplace.
Find out more on staying safe at work
Labour Program publications:
- Employers and employees duties
- Our hands at work
- Overview – Canada Labour Code Part II
- Protect your back
- Protect your ears
- Protect your eyes
- Protect your feet
- Protect your head
- Protect your lungs
- Protect your skin
- Right to refuse dangerous work
- Summary – Canada Labour Code, Part II
Provinces and territories regulate many industries that young workers are employed in such as retail, hospitality/catering and tourism. For more valuable resources, check out the following links:
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However, you now have an alternative method to straighten your teeth discreetly with the help of invisalign aligners. While braces use brackets and wires to mould bone and reshape smiles, invisible aligners use clear, flexible plastic to do the same thing.
These invisible aligners aren’t to be confused with retainers, which have a different purpose and can’t be used for teeth straightening.
How to straighten your teeth without braces or aligners. It consists of a transparent material that covers all your teeth, called aligners. Straighten your teeth without traditional braces. You’ll wear these comfortable aligners for 20 to 22 hours per day, removing them to eat and brush your teeth.
Everyone wants straight teeth, but many people are put off by the idea of having to wear braces. In 1998 the fda approved invisalign, the first clear aligner treatment. First, remember that this treatment will not produce the results you want unless you wear your aligners for at least 20 hours a day.
And when you want your teeth straightened, the best option is always to see an orthodontist and get braces. Now, invisible aligners are a common option to straighten teeth without braces. Braces are the most common treatment for teeth straightening, whether metal or ceramic brackets fixed to the teeth, or clear aligners that straighten teeth without it being so obvious.
You may have avoided straightening your teeth as you felt metal and wire braces are embarrassing and are challenging to manage for two to three years. Teeth aligners, or invisible aligners, are specially handcrafted moulds that fit around your teeth to work as much as braces do. Like many things that you can do by yourself, it is actually possible to get straight teeth without braces.
Our program of invisible aligners to straighten teeth without braces has been designed and well known for dramatic results, less cost & irritation, and most importantly for its invisibility feature. The aligners slowly move your teeth and shift their position. Clear aligners are ideal for teens or adults.
If you’d like to straighten your teeth but don’t want braces, there are a variety of other dental options that may work for you. Removing the aligners for brushing and flossing your teeth is also allowed. Each set of aligners are used for a period of two weeks, and the new set will cause your teeth to move a little more.
You’ll also have access to our 24/7 support and dental teams via video chat, phone, or email if you have any. Your dentist will start by taking molds of your teeth. Every two weeks, you switch to the next aligner, which gently moves your teeth.
They can treat mild to moderate cases of crowded teeth, overbites, underbites, gapped teeth (diastema), crossbites, open bites, and overjets to give patients a new smile. Fortunately, you can straighten your teeth without braces by using our invisible aligners. But not all of us are blessed with an ideal set of teeth and gums.
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We all want straight teeth and a beautiful smile. This is because teeth aligners don’t provide as much control as brackets to create specific movements to straighten your teeth. But if you want to know how to straighten teeth at home, then we have some helpful information here.
If you want to straighten your teeth without resorting to traditional braces, here are 5 effective solutions. How to straighten your teeth without braces. They use a gentle and right amount of pressure to move the teeth in the desired position without going through the hassles of heavy metal wires and brackets.
When someone says they’re getting their teeth straightened, you more than likely assume they’re getting traditional braces. Invisible braces are one of the easiest ways to straighten teeth without braces. This can be a good option for you if you don’t want to wear a metallic wire over your teeth and do not want to get noticed by anyone.
Invisalign could be your best option!. The good news is there is a solution to teeth correction without the wires and braces! Your treatment is digitally planned by the orthodontist and the aligners are then 3d printed according to.
Invisible aligners are made from clear plastic, and they are snugly fitted to your teeth. Then, she or he will have aligners specially crafted to fit your mouth and your care plan. It uses a series of clear plastic aligners to slowly reposition your teeth.
Also called clear teeth aligners, these appliances straighten your teeth with no metal wires. Buy now at $1635 $1235 with promocode save400 Unlike with metal braces, your teen will be able to eat their favorite foods and maintain good oral health habits like brushing and flossing without brackets in the way.
A poorly positioned wisdom tooth can cause chewing difficulty, inflammation, and crooked teeth. An orthodontist will prescribe you a series of clear aligners that you wear over your teeth for most of the day, except when you’re eating or brushing your. One option is to use clear aligners, like invisalign.
Want to straighten your teeth minus the brackets and wires? As you use your aligners over the weeks and months, they will help straighten your teeth into their proper positions to give you a new, beautiful smile. Consider this treatment option if you want to straighten teeth without braces.
For example, traditional braces have different types of archwires, rubber bands, and appliances that can make your teeth move in any direction your dental specialist wants to. Straightening your teeth at home without braces. People having gapped teeth the gapped teeth is another one of the leading issues for the crooked teeth patients.
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(By Elijah J. Magnier) ~ A high-ranking officer within the joint operations room in Damascus, which includes Russia, Iran and Syria and Hezbollah said, “ there are three possible scenarios in Syria:
1) – The first is the Arab ground troops would enter Syria from the Turkish borders, in the area under the so-called “Islamic State” group (ISIS) on the long bordering front from Jarablus to Al-Ra’ee. This can be possible and quickly achievable if a kind of an agreement is reached between Turkey and ISIS. After all, the Jihadist group has to face either the Turkish-Arab forces – that could allow a possible exit – or the Russian-Iranian-Hezbollah forces where there will be no exit”.
2) – The second scenario is through the Jordanian borders East of Syria up to Raqqa. A longer road but would allow Saudi Arabia to bring its logistic and armoured support to push all the way to the ISIS-controlled land. In both scenarios, these troops, Arabs or Turkish-Arabs, would not clash or contact or even walk into the Russia-Damascus and allies military operational stage.
3) – The third scenario is that the Saudi are boosting the moral of the Jihadist by advertising a possible intervention so these don’t surrender easily and hold the ground for as long as possible”.
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Time is crucial and Saudi Arabia will continue its military support to the opposition, waiting for a new U.S. to be elected.
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'I can't breathe': Protesters lie down on DC street, repeat Floyd's words
A large group of protesters lay down on a Washington D.C. street to repeat the words George Floyd said as he was pinned down by police officers, minutes before he died.
The group lay down on Pennsylvania Avenue in the nation's capital and repeated the words "I can't breathe" before continuing with their march through D.C.
Floyd died on May 25 after a Minneapolis police officer pinned Floyd's neck down with his knee for nearly nine minutes as he was handcuffed and saying he couldn't breathe.
He was unresponsive by the time medical personnel arrived at the scene. Police said they were responding to a report of a forgery in progress.
“It moved me, you know what I’m saying? Everybody in sync,” northern Virginia resident EB Mackee said about everyone chanting Floyd's words.
Mackee added: “It’s a statement to lie down and say, ‘I can’t breathe!’ It gives you a visual of what it’s like for somebody to be there for nine minutes saying they can’t breathe. So we’re just making statements.”
The Wednesday demonstration was part of a new day of protests in D.C. that started in near the White House, the scene of six days of demonstrations.
Things got started with law enforcement officers cutting off the main protest area, near Lafayette Park and the White House. The move by police sent protesters along other paths in the city, which included walking towards Capitol Hill.
Limiting the protest zone did not sit well with demonstrators who said that the authorities – particularly President Donald Trump – simply want to shut them down.
"It's like they want to remove us permanently - they want us to go," said Selah Squalls, 19, of Alexandria, Va., a student at Jackson State University in Mississippi.
"It's crazy, it's abusive, it represents injustice to me – it represents unfairness," she said.
Wednesday is the sixth consecutive day of protests in D.C. as part of nationwide demonstrations that have gripped the attention of the country.
Tuesday's protest in the city ended peacefully after a tumultuous Monday that saw officers clear a peaceful group from the White House with projectiles.
Squalls, who said she has been at the site throughout the week, said protesters were very near the White House on Friday ... got pushed back into Lafayette Park the next day ... then got pushed beyond the park earlier this week.
Now, she noted, they have been moved north on 16th Street beyond St. John's Church.
"I'm sure tomorrow we'll be pushed back even more," said Squalls, who attended the demonstration with her mother: Lawanda Squalls, 48, Alexandria, Va., a Washington, D.C. employee.
Neither mother nor daughter blames law enforcement for the new restrictions - they blamed someone else.
"It's not what they want to do – it's what Trump wants to do," said Lawanda Squalls. "He wants this."
Antonio Jenkins, 26, a caregiver who lives in Washington, D.C., said he was attending his first demonstration and was disappointed he couldn't get close to the White House. He said he understood the need for security, but it feels like the government just wants to shut down the protests.
"I feel like it violates our civil rights," Jenkins said. "It could be a necessary thing, because it is the White House ... But they're just doing it because it's a protest."
"It's unnecessary," he said.
Jenkins said he doesn't care about Trump, and doesn't think Trump cares about him.
"It's just a mess,' Jenkins said. "This is a people's protest."
A couple of blocks from the White House, a man stood just feet from a line of military police in riot gear and angrily confronted a black officer. “You’re one of them,” he screamed as the officer looked on stoically.
But, “you take that uniform off, you’re one of us,” he said. “You’re black.”
One man, wearing a mask, yelled at military police officers standing in a line to block part of the roadway. The unidentified man asked the officers if they could imagine standing still for nine minutes as somebody in custody died, a reference to the death of George Floyd.
"Four people stood there and watched that man die and made sure that no one helped him while that murdering bastard squeezed the lift out of him. Can you stand there and watch that for nine minutes?" the man asked the officers.
The same man told the officers he was "trying to appeal to your heart, your humanity.”
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made a brief appearance Wednesday afternoon amid a group of protesters on 16th Street, just north of St. John's Church and Lafayette Park. She walked south toward a line of law enforcement officials shortly after 4:15 p.m.
"We want people to peacefully protest," Bowser said. "Nobody wants anybody who's been doing destruction to be here, but people have grievances that must be heard."
Asked to evaluate President Donald Trump's response to the protests so far, Bowser was succinct.
"I think to insinuate or actually bring the United States military into an American city is unconscionable — and maybe illegal," she said.
Caryn Brandon and her fiancé, Jeff Griner, stood just a few feet from a line of police officers in riot gear one block from Lafayette Park and held up large photos of George Floyd.
Brandon, of Timonium, Md., said she has three sons. She said she told the officers “I need to know and trust they will do right by my sons.”
“I need to know my sons will not lose their lives because their skin is black at the hands of police officers who are sworn to serve them,” she said
Brandon said the officers did not respond, but she could tell that her message got through.
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The Ultimate Guide to the BMAT Essay (BMAT Section 3) 2022
Section 3 of the BMAT requires you to write a short essay that covers a maximum of one side of A4 paper. You are given a choice of three essay titles that are usually in the form of a statement or a direct quote.
Normally, you’ll be asked to explain the reasoning behind the statement, argue to the contrary and then make a conclusion, although the sub questions can vary.
The quality of your content is scored from 1 to 5 (5 being the highest) and the quality of your English is scored from A-E (A being the highest).
So how should you prepare for this? Here are our top tips on preparing for BMAT Section 3!
Every Sentence Needs a Purpose
In the BMAT, you need to make sure every sentence has a purpose and adds to your argument/counterargument.
You need to make sure nothing is “fluffy” and each sentence makes a standalone point that could not be taken out of the essay. In some ways, this is like a scientific paper, where you want to skip any unneeded adjectives and storytelling to give the most coherent writing style possible.
Remember, you also only have one side of A4 so your space is precious!
Planning is Key!
A big chunk of your essay time should be spent making a plan. Depending on your writing speed, this can be anywhere between 10 and 15 minutes. Every sentence must have a purpose. If you plan in bullet points, you can cover each of your bullet points sentence by sentence.
Make your essay really structured, answering every subquestion individually. Some students use paragraphs to split this up; however, it may be wise to use small indents, as this gives you a little more space on the paper to write more.
It is most logical to follow the structure given in the sub-questions, which is usually:
Explain the reasoning behind the statement
Argue to the contrary
To give a conclusion
When asking your point, you need to give examples. This could be a specific scenario that you think the quote relates to or it could be an example from the news, public figures, a book, or a particular case.
Examples don’t need to be completely unique to score you highly, but they should be entirely relevant to the point of the essay. Don’t try to fit the essay around the example, instead, fit the example to the essay.
Practice as Though it were the Real Thing
You need to make sure that you are practising in the most realistic way possible. It’s really tempting to skip the plan and head straight into the essay; however, it’s going to be more effective if you time yourself the full 30 minutes and force yourself to use 10-15 minutes of this time to adequately plan.
If the BMAT is on pen and paper, download and print some section 3 answer sheets, so you know exactly how much space you have.
Have Fun With It!
I know this is really easy to say and hard in practice but, your application journey is an exciting period of your life. You get to decide on your own future and decide where you’re going to spend the next 5 or 6 years. The BMAT, although tricky, is a part of this and it may open up some really exciting doors for you!
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You may have heard about the trend in tongue-tie releases in newborns. The term tongue-tie has only recently reached widespread awareness. It’s important due to the tongue’s crucial role in newborns to breastfeed properly.
Many parents have questions about tongue tie in newborns and healthy teeth.
Are tongue-ties fact or fallacy? Do your kids have a tongue-tie? If they do, will they affect my kid’s teeth? Most of the information about tongue-tie is conflicting so it can be a confusing topic.
The number of children born with a tongue tie or short lingual frenum isn’t agreed on. Numbers are variable because the condition doesn’t have a precise definition. The prevalence ranges between 1/10 to 1/100 births. Wide variation in numbers may be due to a lack of standard diagnoses procedure.
Many tongue-ties may also go unnoticed. Checking under the tongue is part of any dental exam. Until recently, however, many health professionals are still unaware of tongue-ties.
In the US tongue-ties may occur at between 4%-10% of newborns.
In 2013, 15,000 babies were born in the UK with tongue-tie. And across Europe numbers are estimated at 10% of births.
Should you be worried about tongue-tie in your kids? Is tongue tie a birth defect?
In this article, I’ll outline the current understanding of tongue-tie.
What does it mean when a baby is tongue-tied?
There are a few different names for oral restrictions which can be confusing:
- Short lingual frenum
- Short lingual frenulum
The lingual frenum is the name for the tag of skin under the tongue. It’s generally classed as part of the normal anatomy of the mouth. A short lingual frenum is one which extends up closer to the tip of the tongue. It’s referred to as a tongue-tie.
A tongue-tie is considered an oral restriction due to the restraint of normal movement of the tongue. Oral restrictions can also occur on the inside of the upper and lower lips (labial frenum). Tongue ties are classed on the severity and are graded by a variety of systems.
What causes a baby to be tongue tied?
The cause of tongue tie is currently considered as ‘unknown.’ In the next article in this series I’ll outline why, in my opinion, tongue tie is a problem with prenatal nutrition.
Tongue tie shows some very similar traits to spina bifida and cleft palate. We will use research in these areas to understand why nutrients play a role in tongue tie in newborns.
Is a tongue tie genetic or hereditary?
There is evidence to suggest that certain gene mutations can increase the risk of tongue tie.
But the condition is dictated by more factors than simply one gene.
Is tongue tie known as a birth defect?
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry defines tongue tie it a ‘congenital anomaly.’ The common term is birth defect.
Tongue tie is more often referred to a ‘condition’ present at birth, rather than a birth defect.
It should be clear that a short lingual frenum isn’t the normal anatomy of the jaw and mouth.
Most birth defects occur in the first three months of pregnancy. The lingual frenum should disappear about at the 12-13th week in-utero, but earlier factors may influence its persistence.
How the tongue develops in-utero
To understand tongue-tie let’s look at how a baby’s tongue develops in the womb.
A growing human embryo uses different ‘core’ tissues that form the many parts of the body.
The tongue has a unique development process. It’s the only part of the body that forms from five different core tissues – called embryonic arches.
Different parts of the tongue form from several arches of embryonic tissues. In the first four weeks of a newborn’s life, the oral cavity begins to grow. The infant’s head, jawbones, throat, and airways are all mapped out from a tiny lump of cells.
By the fourth week of pregnancy, three parts of tissue appear in the middle of the tiny embryo. They will eventually form the tongue. The first branchial arch forms the front (two-thirds) of the tongue. Two different arches then become the back (one-third) of the tongue.
Between the 5th-10th weeks, these two parts of the tongue continue to grow.
By the 10th-11th week, the front and back of the tongue then fuse together. The fetus now has what resembles a fully grown ‘tongue.’
Creating a moveable functional tongue
The separate front and the back origins of the tongue is important. It allows us to understand the true anatomy and function of the tongue. The back third of the tongue is ‘fixed’ to the throat, while the tip and front two-thirds is free to move.
As the front and back of the tongue fuse, a fibrous flap of skin that connects the front two-thirds to the floor of the mouth remains. It’s left-over from the development process.
For proper movement of the tongue for swallowing and speech, the flap of skin must be released.
By week 13, the final step of tongue development is the removal of the frenulum. Cell death begins at the tip and continues to the base of the tongue. It’s called programmed cell death (apoptosis). It should completely remove the flap of skin under the tongue. The cell death then ‘frees’ the front two-thirds of the tongue from the lower jaw.
If cell death or apoptosis isn’t complete, the frenum or frenulum is left ‘anchored’ to the lower jaw. The flap of skin, depending on how close it is to the tip of the tongue, will restrict movement. It may impact swallowing, speech, feeding, and movement.
That flap of skin is what is known as a tongue-tie or short lingual frenum.
Have your child checked for tongue-tie
If you suspect a short lingual frenum or tongue-tie, you should have them examined. It can signal incomplete ‘release’ of the front portion of the tongue.
As we’ll explore in this series, there are many symptoms of tongue-tie. Some newborns with tongue-tie, don’t display any problems. But many experience significant health issues. The biggest concern is the child not being able to achieve natural tongue posture.
Proper tongue growth and movement are critical to dental function throughout life. It may also prevent braces in kids.
Tongue-tie should be assessed in both kids and adults.
Continue to Part III of this series to explore the cause of tongue-tie – Tongue-tie and Vitamin A Deficiency.
Do you or your kids show the signs of tongue-tie? Share your concerns and experiences below in the comment section.
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- Status Report
- August 12, 2022
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 2 October 2019 – Change of Command
Two Expedition 60 crewmates and a visiting astronaut are returning to Earth on Thursday. The orbiting Expedition 61 residents staying on the International Space Station will then turn their attention to a series of spacewalks set to begin this weekend.
Commander Alexey Ovchinin handed over control of the orbiting complex today to astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) during the change of command ceremony. The Expedition 61 mission will officially begin when the three Expedition 60 crewmates depart the station.
NASA astronaut Nick Hague is returning to Earth with Ovchinin and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates. The trio will board the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship and undock from the station’s Rassvet module on Thursday at 3:36 a.m. EDT. They will parachute to landing in Kazakhstan at 7 a.m. (5 p.m. Kazakh time).
There was still time for research today as NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan took turns with Parmitano exploring cognition and motion in space. Morgan also installed the Small Optical Communication System, or SOLISS, that is testing the real-time downlink of large amounts of data from the station.
The first of five spacewalks to upgrade power systems on the orbital complex starts Sunday at 7:50 a.m. NASA astronaut Christina Koch will join Morgan and exit the station’s Quest airlock in their U.S. spacesuits to begin installing new lithium-ion batteries on the Port-6 truss structure. The duo will work outside in the vacuum of space for about six hours and 30 minutes.
On-Orbit Status Report
Change of Command Ceremony and 58S Undock/Landing: Today, the ISS Crew participated in a Change of Command Ceremony during which Expedition 60 Commander Aleksey Ovchinin handed over command of the ISS to Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano. Aleksey Ovchinin, Nick Hague, and Hazzaa Al Mansoori will return to Earth tomorrow morning on 58S with undocking scheduled for 2:36 AM CT and landing in Kazakhstan planned at 6:00 AM CT.
Acoustic Diagnostics: The crew set up the appropriate hardware and performed an ESA Acoustic Diagnostic experiment session. The investigation tests the hearing of ISS crew members before, during, and after flight. This study assesses the possible adverse effects of noise and the microgravity environment aboard the ISS on human hearing. The investigation compares the relationship between the detection of otoacoustic emissions, sounds naturally generated from within the inner ear, and hearing loss levels when exposed to noisy environments.
Food Physiology: The crew performed saliva collections in support of the food physiology experiment. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune Response, the Gut Microbiota, and Nutritional Status During Adaptation to Spaceflight (Food Physiology) experiment is designed to characterize the key effects of an enhanced spaceflight diet on immune function, the gut microbiome, and nutritional status indicators. These factors are interlinked, but diet is the only one that can be easily and meaningfully altered on Earth or during flight. This investigation aims to document the effect of dietary improvements on human physiology and the ability of those improvements to enhance adaptation to spaceflight.
GRIP: The crew performed the supine science 3 sessions. In these sessions, also known as the References Supine sessions, the crew performs the same set of trials as in References Seated, but in the supine position. The GRIP experiment consists of 3 protocols: Dynamics Seated, References Seated and References Supine. ESA’s Grip investigation tests how the nervous system takes into account the forces due to gravity and inertia when manipulating objects. Results from this investigation may provide insight into potential hazards for astronauts as they manipulate objects in different gravitational environments. They also support design and control of haptic interfaces to be used in challenging environments such as space, and provide information about motor control that will be useful for the evaluation and rehabilitation of impaired upper limb control in patients with neurological diseases.
Rodent Research (RR) acoustic test: The crew installed an acoustic monitor in a RR habitat to better characterize the noise environment in the habitats in various locations. This is being done to address noises reported in the EXPRESS1 and EXPRESS2 rack areas. The Rodent Research suite of investigations study the effects of microgravity on mice.
SOLISS: The SOLISS (Demonstration of Small Optical Communication System) hardware was installed on the JEM airlock slide table in preparation for later installation onto an Exposed Facility location. SOLISS is planned to demonstrate use of an optical communication system to provide more than 100Mbps downlink speed from the International Space Station (ISS). This optical communication system employs a 1550nm laser emitted from an Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) with a 500mW maximum laser output. SOLISS power, communication and cooling are provided from the EFU (Exposed Facility Unit) Adapter on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) exposed facility platform interface.
Time Perception: Using a head-mounted Oculus Rift display/headphones, a finger trackball, and support computer, the crew performed the Time Perception experiment sessions. In this experiment, a program on the laptop induces visual and audio stimuli to measure a subject’s response to spatial and time perception in a microgravity environment. The accurate perception of objects in the environment is a prerequisite for spatial orientation and reliable performance of motor tasks. Time is fundamental to motion perception, sound localization, speech, and fine motor coordination.
USOS P6 Battery Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Preparations: Last night, ground operators completed robotic get-ahead operations to support the P6 Battery EVAs.The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) was used to release the H1 bolts and break torque on the H2 bolts for all 6 Li-Ion Batteries on Exposed Pallet (EP) 8. The first P6 Battery EVA is planned for this Sunday, October 6.
Completed Task List Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.
MSS Battery Transfers
Payloads ground support
Thursday, 10/3 (GMT 276)
Crew departure prep
EVA Procedure review
HTV cargo ops
58S undocking and landing
Friday, 10/4 (GMT 277)
Veg-04B OBT and wick open
Today’s Planned Activities:
All activities are complete unless otherwise noted.
HRF Generic Ambient Blood Collection
Lighting Effects Light Meter Setup
Acoustic Monitor Operations
HRF Generic Ambient Blood Collection Operator
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Acoustic Diagnostics Instruments Set-Up
Stowage of the equipment to be returned to Earth on Soyuz #742
Lighting Effects Light Meter Readings
Actiwatch Spectrum HRF Rack 2 Setup
Acoustic Diagnostics Operations – Calibration and Measurement
High Rate Dosimeter (HRD) Data Take
Lighting Effects Light Meter Stow
Actiwatch Spectrum Watch Doff
Medical Laptop(MDLT) Replace With MMA Laptop Terminal 2 (MLT2)
Acoustic Monitor Equipment swap
Acoustic Diagnostics EveryWear Questionnaire
Actiwatch Spectrum HRF Rack 2 Swap
JEM Airlock Depressurization
Station Support Computer 6 Relocate
Acoustic Diagnostics Data Copy
ISS Experience Hardware Stow
Acoustic Diagnostics Instrument Deinstallation and Stowage
Actiwatch Spectrum HRF Rack 2 Stow
ISS Experience Node 1 Setup
Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Cuff Checklist Print
Crew stows GRIP Supine Bag in COL1O0
Crew Departure Preparations for Return to Earth
Photo TV Battery Charge Deactivation
Microscope Reposition Preparation
Cyclops ICE Experiment Photos
Microgravity Crystals Microscopy Plate Set C, Session 4 (Day 13)
??? 58S transfer operations report
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USOS Window Shutter Close
GHF Refill Accumulator QD Check.
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Microscope Reposition Post Ops
???? undocking reconfiguration
JEM Airlock Vent
Check acommunication from Soyuz via RSA2-S/G2
Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) Installation Practice
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DOSIS 3D Main Box LED Check
JEM Airlock Vent Confirmation
ISS Experience Microphone Don
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ISS Experience Microphone Doff
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The Internet of Things has made it easier than ever to set up a smart home in which you can remotely control your door locks, lights, thermostats, vacuums, lawn mowers, and even pet feeders from a smartphone app. It has also made it simple (and relatively affordable) to monitor your home from pretty much anywhere. Smart security systems are highly customizable and available as do-it-yourself kits or as full-blown setups that include professional installation and monitoring.
Depending on your needs, you can go with a system that you monitor yourself, or pay a subscription fee to have professionals surveil your home 24/7 and contact your local fire or police departments when alarms trigger. You can even take advantage of on-demand monitoring services when you're away on vacation. Of course, the more coverage you have, the more you should expect to pay.
If you're not ready for a dedicated security system, plenty of standalone devices are available that let you monitor your home from anywhere via your phone or tablet, including indoor and outdoor security cameras, video doorbells, motion sensors, and smart locks.
Here are our top picks, as well as what you need to know before deciding how to secure and monitor your home. We also have a beginner's guide to setting up a smart home if you want to do more than just secure your property.
What Is the Best Home Security System for the Money?
A smart home security system connects to your Wi-Fi network so you can monitor and control your security devices via an app. There are many different systems out there, covering a wide range of prices.
Entry-level systems cost less, and usually include some door and window sensors, a motion detector, and a hub that communicates with these devices via one or more wireless protocols such as Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, Zigbee, or a proprietary mesh network. (Matter is another standard to keep an eye on, but it's not yet mainstream.) You can add extra door, motion, and window sensors to provide coverage for your entire house and build a comprehensive system that includes door locks; garage door openers; indoor and outdoor surveillance cameras; lights; sirens; smoke and CO detectors; water sensors; and more.
A word about wireless protocols before we go further: In a perfect world, all home security components would use the same wireless standard to communicate with the main hub, but factors such as power requirements, signal range, price, and size make it virtually impossible to settle on just one. For example, smaller components such as door and window sensors typically use Z-Wave or Zigbee technology because they don't require a lot of power and can run on smaller batteries. They also operate in a mesh topology and can help extend the range of networked devices. However, neither protocol provides the bandwidth that you get with Wi-Fi, which security cameras rely on to provide smooth video streaming, for instance. Moreover, a hub connects and controls Z-Wave and Zigbee devices, whereas you can control Wi-Fi devices on your home network from an app. Finally, Z-Wave and Zigbee devices use AES 128 encryption and, because they operate in a closed system with a dedicated hub, they are more secure than Wi-Fi devices.
Any smart security system worth its salt offers components that work together in a seamless environment and can be manipulated using customized rules. For example, you can create rules to have the lights turn on when a sensor detects motion, have your doors unlock when a smoke alarm goes off, and set a camera to begin recording when a sensor triggers. Some systems store recorded video locally on an SD card or a solid-state drive, whereas others offer cloud storage. Locally stored video is a good choice for do-it-yourselfers on a budget, but you have to be careful not to overwrite video you may need later. Cloud storage makes it easy to store and access recorded video, but it can cost hundreds of dollars per year depending on your subscription. Some systems offer both cloud storage and local storage, and some provide a dedicated storage drive that gives you DVR capabilities with time-lapse recording, thus making it easy to find a video event that took place at a specific point in time.
All of the systems we've tested feature an app that lets you use your smartphone as your command center to arm and disarm the system; create rules; add and delete components; and receive push notifications when alarms trigger. Most apps also allow you to view live and recorded video; lock and unlock doors; change thermostat settings; and silence alarms. Some apps even use your phone's location services to automatically arm and disarm the system based on your physical location. The more expensive systems usually come with a wall-mounted panel that acts as a communications hub, with a touch-screen display that allows you to do everything the app does. The display lets you communicate with a professional monitoring service when an alarm goes off and view video from any of the installed security cameras.
What Is the Best Self-Installed Home Security System?
Do-it-yourself security setups are ideal for budget shoppers because they can save you a bundle on installation charges and subscription fees. Most DIY systems are easy to install and are available as kits that you can configure to suit your needs. As your needs change, you can order additional sensors and other components at your convenience and pair them with the system in a matter of minutes.
A basic entry-level DIY system might support only one or two wireless protocols and usually offers a limited selection of add-on components, whereas more expensive DIY systems support multiple wireless protocols and are compatible with dozens of add-on components. Some DIY systems are self-monitored: You still receive alerts when devices trigger, but it's up to you to contact the local authorities if there's a break-in or a fire. That said, DIY vendors are increasingly offering professional monitoring services.
For more, see our story on how to build a home security system.
What Is the Best Professional Home Security System?
Although many systems use wireless components that you install with double-sided tape, some high-end systems use components that require professional installation. These soup-to-nuts systems typically cost considerably more than DIY systems and offer 24/7 professional monitoring, but you may have to enter into a multi-year contract and pay a hefty termination fee if you break it. They usually use touch-screen hubs that contain RF, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, and Z-Wave radios, allowing them to communicate with and control a multitude of components including door and window sensors; door locks; glass break detectors; indoor and outdoor cameras; light switches; motion and water detectors; smoke and CO alarms; thermostats; video doorbells; and a host of other home automation devices.
With a professional monitoring system, an agent will first try to reach you via the two-way control panel before calling your listed phone number if a smoke or intrusion alarm triggers. If you fail to respond, the agent calls 911 to dispatch an emergency responder to your home. The nice thing about professionally installed systems is you don't have to lift a finger; after you place your order, a technician comes to your home, sets everything up for you, and shows you how the system works. It's important to note that, in some areas, you may have to file for a permit to have a security system installed in your home.
Nearly all of the latest DIY and high-end home security systems offer support for voice control via Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and, in some cases, Siri. Those voice assistants let you unlock doors; change thermostat settings; open the garage; and arm or disarm your system with a simple command to a connected device like a smart speaker. Many also offer support for IFTTT applets, which use triggers from IFTTT-compatible web services and devices to create an action. For example, you can create an applet that tells a floodlight to turn on if your garage door opens.
For more on DIY vs. professional home security systems, see our story on ADT vs. SimpliSafe.
What Is the Best Home Security System Without a Monthly Fee?
Whether you decide to go with a DIY system or opt for a professionally installed system, you have to pay a monthly or annual fee if you require monitoring and, in some cases, you need to pay a monthly fee to offset hardware costs as well. With most DIY systems, such as the SimpliSafe Home Security Kit and the Ring Alarm Security Kit, you purchase the hardware outright and can avoid any monthly fees if you decide to self-monitor. If you add monitoring, fees vary: SimpliSafe charges $14.99 per month for its no-contract monitoring service, for instance.
Monitoring for professionally installed systems tends to be more expensive. We detail these prices in each of our reviews.
What Is the Best Affordable Home Security Camera System?
If you live in a small apartment and want to keep tabs on things when you're not home, a security camera can get the job done for a lot less money than a full security system. Nearly all standalone security cameras connect to your home's Wi-Fi so you can see what's going on from your phone or tablet. Most also have built-in sensors that can detect motion or sound and subsequently send you a notification of those events. You can usually tweak the camera's motion sensitivity to prevent false alarms due to pet activity or passing cars if the camera is near a window, as well as create a schedule that turns the sensors on or off during certain hours of the day.
Some of the more expensive cameras feature humidity and temperature sensors, plus interact with other connected home devices such as thermostats and smart lighting systems. If you want to save some money, look for a camera with an SD card slot that allows you to record video when motion or sound events occur; just remember to save your recordings every so often before the camera overwrites them. Alternately, look for a camera that offers a cloud storage plan.
An outdoor camera is ideal for keeping an eye on what's happening outside of your home. These devices are weatherproof and typically require a nearby ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) outlet to supply power, although a handful of battery-powered models are also available. As with their indoor counterparts, outdoor cameras connect to your Wi-Fi network and allow you to view live video from your phone. They are fairly easy to install but, if you're not familiar or comfortable with electrical wiring, you may want to hire a professional electrician for the setup.
Most outdoor cameras offer motion detection with push and email notifications; night vision; and cloud storage for event-triggered video. Some pull double duty as floodlights or porch lights. Other models can even tell the difference between a passing car, an animal, and a person. Look for an outdoor camera that integrates with other smart home devices such as garage door openers, external sirens, and smart switches.
What Is the Best Video Doorbell?
Video doorbells offer an easy way to see who is on your front steps without having to open or even get close to the door. These devices connect to your Wi-Fi network and send an alert when someone approaches your doorway. They record video when someone presses the doorbell or when they detect motion, plus usually offer two-way audio communication so you can speak with the visitor remotely from your phone.
Most video doorbells use your existing doorbell wiring (two low-voltage wires) and are fairly easy to install, but battery-powered models install in minutes. Some work with other smart devices such as door locks and sirens, plus support IFTTT and Alexa voice commands.
Look for a model that offers a high resolution (1080p), a wide-angle lens (140 to 180 degrees), a night vision range up to 25 feet, and affordable cloud storage for recordings. Sometimes it's helpful to be able to see what happened just before or after a visitor approaches your door. For that, you need a doorbell that uses pre-buffering to record the action that occurs before someone presses a doorbell or sets off the motion sensor.
Which Smart Lock Is Best?
A smart lock is typically part of a robust smart home security setup, but you don't have to invest in a full-blown system to use one. If you use a home automation hub to control things like lighting and thermostats, you can add a Z-Wave or Zigbee smart lock to the system without much effort. Alternately, if you don't have a home automation hub, look for a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth lock that comes with a mobile app. Smart locks use standard pre-drilled holes and are fairly easy to install. Some models use your existing keyed cylinder and deadbolt hardware to attach to the inside of your door, whereas others require you to remove your existing interior and exterior escutcheons as well as replace the deadbolt and strike hardware.
You can open or close smart locks via a mobile app and most models can notify you when someone locks or unlocks a door. Many smart locks even allow you to create permanent and temporary access schedules for family members and friends based on specific hours of the day and days of the week. Features to look for include geofencing (uses your phone's location services to lock and unlock the door), voice activation (via Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri); support for IFTTT; and the ability to integrate with other smart home devices.
Plenty of smart lock models are available, including keyless no-touch locks, touch-screen locks, combination keyed and touchpad locks, and locks you can open via a biometric fingerprint reader.
Can You Hack a Home Security System?
Like any product that connects to the internet and uses wireless technology, smart home security systems (particularly those that lack encryption) are vulnerable to hacking. Hackers can sit outside your home and use a laptop and software to intercept wireless signals coming from your system, thus allowing them to suppress alarms and disable sensors. Other devices allow hackers to generate radio noise that can jam communications between the sensors and the hub.
Additionally, devices that connect via Wi-Fi, such as security cameras and smart door locks, can be hacked to gain access to your home network. A skilled hacker can then use your Wi-Fi devices and other network resources to carry out Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against larger networks. Perhaps even more disturbing is the idea of some stranger monitoring video from your indoor and outdoor security cameras.
There are several steps you can take to make sure your home security system is safe from malicious cyber intruders. For instance, you can replace the system's default password with a unique one that contains a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols. If possible, change your password from time to time. Additionally, make sure your home network is secure. Check the security settings on your wireless router and consider models that add an extra layer of software protection.
Some security system vendors use frequency hopping tech to prevent signal jamming, whereas others use embedded encryption, but neither feature is standard; check with the manufacturer if you require an extra layer of security.
In addition, keep an eye on your camera access logs. If you notice camera activity at odd hours or at times when you know that nobody is at home, it may be an indication that your system has been compromised. Finally, make sure your system software and all of your connected devices are up to date. Firmware updates often address security issues and can help protect your system from infiltration.
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Final Jeopardy prompts have always been difficult to figure out. So how confident would you have to be with your answer to wager all of your money? Well, in 1984, every single contestant did exactly that. And the result left Alex Trebek speechless.
The young host was looking good. He had a full head of dark hair and was still sporting his iconic mustache as he led the game. And the game was running as it usually does.
Paul, Lynne, and Greg were playing a regular game of “Jeopardy!” Nothing unusual, nothing out of the ordinary. At the end of the Double Jeopardy round, Greg held a commanding lead. He had $9,500 to Lynne’s $5,000 and Paul’s 1,100.
Enter Final Jeopardy.
The prompt was misleadingly difficult. The category was “The Calendar,” and the prompt itself was, “Calendar date with which the 20th century began.” After a few moments with the iconic music, the contestants put their pens down. And every one of them had the same response, “What is Jan 1, 1900.” They all must have felt good about their answers because each wagered everything they had.
“Oh boy. I’m at a loss for words. But in a situation like this…” Trebek said. “Hey, folks. Easy come, easy go. Because all of our contestants ended up with nothing, we have consolation prizes for each of them. Tomorrow on ‘Jeopardy!’ we’ll be bringing in three new players to play the game.”
That’s right. Because all of the contestants ended up with nothing, they all lost. It was a brutal result for Greg, who would have won for the second time if he had just held on to a few bucks instead of wagering everything.
The ‘Jeopardy!’ Tiebreaker
While these particular contestants from 1984 all tied in a loss. What happens when players end the game in a tie for the win? We found out in 2018 when the first-ever tiebreaker took place in a regular game.
The sudden death rule was established a few years prior, during tournament play. But on March 1, 2018, contestants Laura and Sarah ended the game tied at $6,799. They became the first regular players to enter a round of sudden death. According to the “Jeopardy!” website, the contestants are given a single clue from a fresh category, and the first correct response wins.
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The fashion industry has largely changed to “fast fashion”, a model that provides cheap, rapidly changing, accessible and disposable clothing. Fast fashion is a term used by fashion retailers to copy or make similar designs from catwalks quickly to capture current fashion trends. The industry mass produces clothes in a matter of weeks, the clothes are made quickly using poor materials which is causing a large amount of unnecessary environmental damage and the child labour used to produce the clothing.
Fast fashion has become the most successful in the fashion industry because it is very profitable. The industry mass produces clothes in a matter of weeks, the clothes are made quickly using poor materials. This is problematic because of the large amount of unnecessary environmental damage that the industry is causing.
The negative affect fast fashion includes water pollution, the use of toxic chemicals and increasing levels of textile waste. Vibrant colours, prints and fabric finishes are appealing features of clothing, but many of these are achieved with toxic chemicals.
Textile dyeing is the second largest polluter of clean water globally. Polyester is the most popular fabric used for fashion. When polyester garments are washed in household washing machines, they shed microfibres that add to the increasing levels of plastic in our oceans. Viscose is type of fibre made from natural sources such as wood. About 33% of the viscose in clothes comes from ancient or threatened forests and the process uses a huge amount of waste.
As much as 70% of the harvested wood is dumped or incinerated.
Just 30% ends up in the garments that we wear. When factories are in a race to provide cheap fashion fast and pressure to reduce cost and the time it takes to get a product from design to shop floor means children are often involved in the supply chain. Children work in dangerous and dirty jobs that deprive them of a childhood and their education, 73 million of these child labourers are between five and 11 years old. The ILO (international labour organization) estimates that at least 6 million children are in forced labour, with making textiles and garments to satisfy the demand of consumers in Europe, the US, and elsewhere.
Fast fashion has changed the fashion timeline from four seasons to five or more mini seasons a year. To supply the trend many clothing companies are making cheap and more disposable clothing. This means people are expecting to pay less for their clothes and also to have new items of clothing every two weeks. Due to demands, fast fashion brands overproduce clothes rapidly to meet the need of the consumers looking for cheap clothing. While consumers are happy with the cheap clothing, they don’t realise the impact of fast fashion. In conclusion, the fast fashion industry is slowly ruining our planet | <urn:uuid:b07266ef-6b72-429f-9725-b3e6155cc6c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://envrexperts.com/free-essays/essay-about-fast-fashion-and-water-pollution | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.963465 | 549 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Syracuse University Special Collections, psalter, illuminated manuscripts
Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Several years ago the George Arents Research Library, Syracuse University, acquired a small English illuminated psalter (Uncat. MS 1), dated ca. 1300. It formerly had been in the collection of the Virtue and Cahill Library of the Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese of Portsmouth. Thus far, to the best of my knowledge, the only publication of the work has been the necessarily brief description of it by Barbara Larkin and Kenneth Pennington in the exhibition catalogue Medieval Art in Upstate New York. Placement of the style of the illumination of this psalter in the development of English Gothic manuscript painting may be possible through a study of certain details.
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MS is considered an autoimmune disease, as the body’s immune system attacks myelin. This is a fatty substance that insulates and protects the nerve fibers of the central nervous system.
When myelin is damaged, it makes it difficult for the brain to send signals to the rest of the body and within the brain itself.
The symptoms of MS vary from person to person. Common symptoms may include:
Read on to learn about the ongoing research on MS prevention.
Scientists, researchers, and doctors haven’t yet been able to develop a method of curing or preventing MS. One of the main reasons why is that the cause of MS isn’t fully understood.
Experts believe a combination of genetic and environmental factors contribute to the development of MS. Identifying these factors might one day help pinpoint the cause of the disease. This can open the door to developing treatments and prevention options.
Many studies have explored the possibilities of MS prevention. These include the following:
- A number of studies have focused on whether vitamin D levels have an influence on MS activity. Higher levels of vitamin D may prevent MS.
2016 studyon mice suggests fasting could provide beneficial effects for relapsing-remitting MS.
- A 2016 report found the risk of developing MS was substantially lower in people who drank a high amount of coffee (more than 30 ounces, or around 4 cups, a day).
- A 2017 study on mice found that resveratrol — a compound found in red wine — showed anti-inflammatory effects in the brain, which may restore the myelin coating on nerve fibers.
MS isn’t directly inherited or contagious, but there are some things that may increase your risk for it. They include:
- Age. Although people of any age can develop MS, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society notes the average age of onset is 30 to 33 years.
- Sex. According to the Mayo Clinic, women are approximately two times as likely to develop MS as men.
- Family history. There’s a higher risk of MS if a parent or sibling has MS.
- Race. People of African, Asian, or Native American descent have the lowest risk for developing MS. White people — especially of Northern European descent — have the highest.
- Geography and sun. The likelihood of developing MS is higher in temperature climates than tropical ones. Because of this, it’s speculated that exposure to the sun or higher vitamin D levels in the body might help prevent MS.
- Past infections. There are viruses, such as Epstein-Barr, that have been linked to MS.
- Certain autoimmune diseases. Having type 1 diabetes, thyroid disease, or inflammatory bowel disease slightly increases the risk of developing MS.
Understanding these risk factors can help researchers find potential cures and prevention opportunities.
At this point in time, there are no cures for MS. There are also no proven ways to prevent getting the disease.
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Juneteenth: Freedom and Responsibility
"The Hills We Climb" by Jerome White. Acrylic and oils on canvas. 30" X 40."
The works of 10 Northeast Ohio artists create a visual dialogue recognizing racial and social inequities in our region and inviting all residents to participate in shaping our community’s future.
The exhibition “Juneteenth: Freedom and Responsibility” is rooted in the belief that it is everyone’s responsibility to commit to elevating inclusion, justice, and equity for all. Come see the works of 10 Northeast Ohio artists, including Jerome White, Davon Brantley, and Diane T. Pinchot, that reflect on the past and engage viewers in charting the unfolding roadmap to freedom. Opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 18th, during Ursuline’s Juneteenth community celebration.
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*
- Aug 11, 2022 at 12:00 pm - 04:30 pm (Thu)
- Aug 16, 2022 at 12:00 pm - 04:30 pm (Tue)
- Aug 18, 2022 at 12:00 pm - 04:30 pm (Thu)
- Aug 23, 2022 at 12:00 pm - 04:30 pm (Tue)
- Aug 25, 2022 at 12:00 pm - 04:30 pm (Thu)
Additional time info:
Opening reception will take place during the College’s Juneteenth community celebration from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 18th. This will be the only Saturday the exhibit will be open.
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Pregnant women in the US are exposed to many widely held beliefs about birth and the postpartum time that — they discover with shock and possibly pain, guilt, and sadness — are so very false. I believe we need to talk about these beliefs to prevent the shock and ease the other painful emotions that result.
One of these beliefs is that the postpartum time is short; it is finite; and when it’s over, you’ll be just fine. You’ll be ‘normal’ again, just like you were before.
Wise women have pointed out that, literally, postpartum is the rest of your life after you give birth. Once you have experienced childbirth and motherhood, you are changed.
But this intense period of emotion, growth, and babyhood doesn’t last forever. How long is it? Is it the same for every woman?
We give birth in an environment that tells us postpartum is scientifically defined, and it is finite. Here are a few of the milestones that are defined for us by authorities, giving us parameters for our postpartum expectations:*
- Two to five days: end of typical hospital stay for moms birthing in hospitals;
- Four weeks: mom’s final medical check up with her care provider, for hospital births;
- Six weeks: medical texts define mom’s body as having physically returned to pre-pregnant state;
- Twelve weeks: end of unpaid, job-protected leave defined by US’s Family and Medical Leave Act and, therefore, a common length of maternity leave;
- Also twelve weeks: baby reaches a developmental milestone, the end of the ‘fourth trimester,’ and begins to settle into a more predictable routine.
All of this sets up the profound expectation that after four, or six, or at most twelve weeks postpartum, women will feel that they have returned to normal.
This is so unfair! What does it say about you if you don’t feel ‘normal’ at that point? Are you weak or self-indulgent? Is there something wrong with you? Or are you somehow bad at being a mother? Because you can’t do it all, manage it all, like women are supposed to do? Moms I know have expressed all those worries as a result. This unrealistic expectation can cause so much self-doubt and pain at a time when women are so vulnerable.
So many women have told me that at six weeks, six months, twelve months postpartum, or more, they were still in the process of adjusting. Still recovering physically and emotionally. Still missing a kind of comfort and ease, a sense of control, and connection to the ‘regular’ world.
I was completely in it, in the raw and vulnerable place that is an extension of labor itself, for weeks. After five weeks, I felt a distinct lightening. The daily darkness of the postpartum moods began to clear, and the fog lifted significantly. But certainly not completely. That was when I left my zip code for the first time. After six months, I felt another level of clearing and lifting. I felt more myself. But I still could not communicate properly with anyone else who was not a new mom. After one year, I felt a little less sleep-deprived and began to claim time for myself. But I still only felt completely at ease, that I could absolutely be myself, around other moms and dads experiencing the same thing. Or people close enough to the experience that they had empathy. At two years, another milestone in reconnecting to the regular world. I could finally think about other projects beyond motherhood without feeling overwhelmed with stress.
I love this quote from Sally Placksin’s Mothering the New Mother:
Raven Lang [a mid-wife of 30+ years] recalled that . . . ‘some of us considered postpartum two years, and some of us considered postpartum even a little longer. As long as the baby’s in diapers, and you’re up in the night, and your breast is being called upon by that person, you’re postpartum.’
All of this means that we as a society need to acknowledge this reality and to give new moms the space and the nurturing they need to recover fully. What if the ‘regular world’ respected and empathized with us and what we are going through? That would ease the journey immensely.
Societies around the world have set six weeks or 40 days as the period in which a new mom is incubated, protected, doted upon, cared for, and relieved of all other duties aside from caring for her new baby. Perhaps it is the lack of this care that makes our postpartum experience longer and often difficult. Plus, women often lack support and feel isolated throughout the intense years of baby and toddlerhood.
During pregnancy it is so hard to think ahead and to plan for the postpartum period. It is so hard to ask for help, for this protective and nurturing care that we need. So let’s help our friends and peers at the very least to gain the support of a postpartum doula! Doula support during the early postpartum period can have a huge impact on a woman’s physical and emotional recovery.
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Author Timothy Keller is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and the man Newsweek Magazine has called a “C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century”. Pastor Keller’s stated purpose in writing the book is “to try to show, through his (Jesus’) words and actions, how beautifully his life makes sense of ours.” The author bases his discussion of Jesus’ life on the Gospel of Mark because Mark’s narrative focused on the actual words and (especially) actions of Jesus. King’s Cross is divided into 2 major sections: the identity of Jesus as King (Chapters 1-9) and Jesus’ purpose in dying on the cross (Chapters 10-18). While the second part of the book is an excellent analysis of the Passion Story, the first part seems more applicable to the spiritual struggles of displaced church workers.
The doctrine of the Trinity is central to the author’s premise. The Trinity is characterized by mutually self-giving love. Since God receives love within Himself more powerfully than humans could ever give, God created us not to get joy but to give joy. In order to give joy, following Jesus must become the supreme passion of our lives. Everything else must be secondary, because reality is a battle. Our natural human tendency is to build our lives on something beside Jesus. In fact, every culture says that identity is based on achievement and performance. As our identity becomes rooted in Jesus and His gospel, the critical factor regarding our faith is not its strength, but its object. Our real self will emerge only as we look for Him.
Ultimately, love is the only thing capable of reforging and changing a life at its root. We need to sense and experience God’s love to nourish and strengthen us for the adversities of this life, so that we remain rooted in the Kingdom of God rather than the kingdom of this world.
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What does it mean to be a man? Surely, it’s not one thing. It’s a series of little moments that add up. Man Like is a weekly Zikoko series documenting these moments to see how it adds up. It’s a series for men by men, talking about men’s issues. We try to understand what it means to “be a man” from the perspective of the subject of the week.
The subject of today’s Man Like is Tunde Onakoya, a national chess master and the founder of the Chess in Slums project. He talks about a hard and poor childhood, his initially difficult relationship with his father and the impact he’s made with the Chess in Slums programme.
What was your childhood like?
I grew up in Ketu, Lagos. My dad was a spare parts seller while my mom was a petty trader at Eko market. I have a younger brother who’s two years younger than me.
During my teenage years, we lived in a slum community called Isale Odo in Ikorodu. It was in Ikorodu that things got really bad for my dad. He had a danfo which he used to lease out to drivers who would bring him an agreed amount. Sometimes, he would drive it himself. There were even days he’d be the conductor. Then his danfo ran into a series of problems and was no longer a source of income.
I couldn’t start secondary school because my parents were too poor to raise school fees — my brother was still in primary school and they couldn’t afford to pay for the both of us. They didn’t want me to go to a public school as they were notorious for their poor standards and cultism. And so while my mates were in JSS 2, I was wasting at home. It was during this time that I found chess.
How did that happen?
I learnt about chess at our local barber’s shop. Whenever I was there to play PlayStation 1, the barber would bring out a chessboard and play with his friends. Once I saw the carved pieces, it was love at first sight. I begged him to teach me how to play, but he’d ignore me. Eventually, I learnt how to play and the rules of the game by watching matches between him and his friends.
Interesting. How did you get into school?
My mom, tired of seeing me idle at home, approached an upscale secondary school owned by a Nigerian ambassador and offered to work for them in exchange for my school fees. That’s how I was able to resume my education.
My mother worked there for six years; she resigned on the day I wrote my final WAEC paper.
Omo. What was it like in school?
Imagine this: me, from a poor family who couldn’t afford to pay school fees, in the same class with kids who had known softness all their lives. When I was in JSS 1, I never used to speak because I couldn’t speak English at all — my primary school was really bad and we only spoke Yoruba at home. Eventually, my classmates rubbed off on me, and I started speaking English well and do really well in school.
Fortunately, the secondary school I eventually attended had an active Chess Club. We even wrote exams on chess each term. That was where I honed my skills and in JSS 2, won my first trophy. I saw my dad cry for the first time that day. He was so proud. For me, I had found something I was better at than the other kids; here was this kid who could hardly speak English coming third in a chess tournament. It really boosted my self-esteem. Chess changed my life.
What was your journey with chess after this?
Without chess, I’d have been stuck in my small hole in Ikorodu without knowing the opportunities available to me. We didn’t have things like a DVD player or cable. Whenever my friends would talk about watching some movie or gist about Naruto, I couldn’t participate because I had no way of watching, so I didn’t have a lot of exposure outside my family and Ikorodu.
When I started playing chess, I started travelling for tournaments and this took me to places I’d never been, helping me become more exposed. I played against kids from King’s College and other prestigious schools. This exposure widened my mind to see what was possible; my understanding of people, places and things.
What came next after secondary school?
After my WAEC, which my dad had to sell his car to pay for, I didn’t get into school for two years. When I wrote JAMB the first time, I missed the cut off mark for studying medicine at the University of Lagos by 1 point. It was the darkest moment of my life. I decided to try again the following year at the Lagos State University (LASU). Unfortunately, that was the year LASU hiked their fees from ₦25,000 to ₦250,000. Of course, my parents didn’t have that money. We tried to run around to raise it but that didn’t work out and I lost the admission.
At that point in my life, I hated everyone and everything. I hated God. I hated my family for being poor. A lot of my friends from secondary school had gone on to continue their education abroad or in private universities but I, who was the senior prefect and had a lot of expectations on me, couldn’t even afford to get into a state university. That’s when it dawned on me how poor my parents were. My dad wasn’t working from 2009 to 2014, so there was no way he could raise my fees.
Meanwhile, my friends would come back from school with stories about the university. It really did a number on me.
That’s immense. How did you eventually get into a tertiary institution?
After my second failed attempt to enter school, I pretty much gave up on going to university. I started learning how to repair phones.
One day, my mom brought back a form from Yaba College of Technology, saying one of her friends had recommended that we try it. I wasn’t having it. I didn’t want to go to a polytechnic. Over time, she wore me down and begged me to just try. That’s how I ended up studying computer science at Yabatech. It was here that my fortunes changed.
At this point, I had stopped playing chess for some years. The frustration of trying to make ends meet and getting an admission had made me lose interest. One day, I was passing through the sports complex in Yabatech and saw a chess room. I made enquiries and became an active member in the chess club and I made it into the college team. Because of that, I didn’t have to pay school fees nor accommodation fees. I represented the school in the Nigerian Polytechnics Game Association tournament, where we won all the gold medals. I was a double gold medalist at the NIPOGA/WAPOGA games and also went on to win the gold medal at the RCCG Chess Championship.
How did you get to be so good?
Honestly, I played chess obsessively. I ate, slept, talked and dreamt chess. My clique were all players and were all on the college team, so we were always playing against each other. We were arguably the best chess team in Nigeria. (One of us was representing Nigeria at the time, while another went on to be a National Master, the highest-rated player in Nigeria.) I would play chess from morning till night, missing classes and on some occasions, tests. Fortunately, chess gave me a photographic memory and a skill with numbers so I was easily cramming for and passing my exams.
I wasn’t getting any allowance from home — my parents weren’t working, my brother was working in a betting shop — so I survived solely on the winnings I made from chess tournaments. I used to gamble too, betting on chess games with some rich men who would come to Yabatech and gamble over games of chess with us. That was how I survived through school.
I won the National Friends of Chess, the Chevron Chess Open and was rated 13th in Nigeria. I got money at tournaments and I was able to buy myself a phone for the first time. Yabatech changed my life. Not getting into UNILAG to study medicine was one of the darkest moments of my life, but if that had happened, I would never have been able to do all the stuff I’ve been able to do with chess.
Then I graduated from Yabatech and things started getting weird again.
I couldn’t represent the school in tournaments anymore, so that source of income dried. There were still other chess tournaments but nowhere as many as I used to attend. I went back to Ikorodu. At this time, my parents had moved to Ibadan and it was just my brother and me at home. I didn’t know what to do. Chess wasn’t lucrative enough to pay the bills. I couldn’t afford to go professional because that meant travelling all over the world for competitions. I wanted to get a grandmaster title but that was a pipe dream because you need to spend a lot of dollars for that. So I gave up chess again.
So I started teaching. I went from Ikorodu to Mowe for a ₦6000 salary teaching in a school. Sometimes I’d sleep in Mowe for the week and only go home for the weekend. It was tough. After three months, I decided I couldn’t do that anymore so I quit.
I had a group of friends who were also unemployed. We’d walk around aimlessly. I used to play instruments like drums, guitar, piano and clarinet which I had learned how to play as a child in church. I’d play at churches and they’d give me some money. That was when I got the idea to become a chess coach. I spoke to a few of my chess friends from Yabatech who were also unemployed. We made a proposal and sent it to primary and secondary schools, offering to teach the pupils and students chess. Some of them agreed. They weren’t paying much, but it was something. We used to go from Ikorodu to Abule Egba in our suits. There was a day we realised we didn’t have enough transport fare after stopping at a buka to eat. We had to lap each other inside a Keke Napep, with our suits!
I did this from 2016 to 2018. A lot of experiences like that made me realise that maybe chess just wasn’t for me. While I felt fulfilled teaching chess to children, I wasn’t earning enough. So I stopped in 2018 and wanted to take a professional coding course. Then something happened, which became a defining moment for me.
One day after church, the people I played instruments with told me to go with them to a place called Lungu, a slum community in Majidun. It was a run-down area with people smoking everywhere. The men we met were rough men, thugs and cultists, hardcore guys with scars on their faces who would tell us their stories about their run-ins with the police or how they got shot. Right there, children were running around, watching their parents smoke. It wasn’t a conducive environment at all. Most of them weren’t in school, hawking to support their parents. I thought that these kids were not growing up in the right environment and would most likely end up like their fathers — thugs, cultists or dead.
Then I had an epiphany. Why not teach these kids chess? I couldn’t stop thinking about it. That’s when I started researching slum communities and development. I wanted to know how chess could help them. Chess gave me some intellectual grounding and made me think of the world differently. I thought I could give the same to these kids.
So I sought permission from the head of the community who gave us a place where I could teach the children chess in his palace. A few friends and I started teaching chess to the kids. We’d give them food and teach them. We’d take pictures and have so much fun. A lot of them couldn’t speak English but were learning chess at such an incredible pace.
How were you funding this?
It wasn’t easy and I was going broke all the time from buying snacks, transport and chessboards. Eventually, I couldn’t sustain it anymore. Fortunately, I’d started posting pictures on Twitter and people began to volunteer and eventually contribute. Eventually, it began to gather steam and people started reaching out from all over the world to sponsor some of the children’s education. I felt so fulfilled. We were featured on CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, France 24, DW. Journalists come from all over the world to cover our story not to highlight their poverty but because of the incredible potential they wield.
What’s happening now?
Now we’re at a place where we’re trying to expand and impact more kids because I believe that chess can change lives in impoverished communities in Africa. Not all of them will become chess champions, but they will learn how to think and their horizons will expand beyond their small communities. They won’t easily be pawns for politicians to disrupt elections for ₦1,500.
We’ve secured deals with international chess organisations like chess.com and ChessKid and also received funding from Venture Garden Group. In three years, we’ve impacted the lives of 300 children, with 30 of them on lifelong scholarships. Some
What’s keeps you inspired?
From Majidun, we expanded Chess in Slums to Makoko, the largest floating slum in the world. It was a lot more challenging because the children in Makoko spoke only Egun, so it was almost impossible to communicate with them. It was a proper slum where they live over stagnant water. The children even fall inside the water and drown sometimes. I could only live there for three days before falling seriously ill. It was horrible. No one should have to live there.
There’s a boy named Ferdinand. He was born with cerebral palsy. He didn’t make it into our Chess in Slums programmes originally, but he kept crying and wouldn’t leave the venue, so we let him join. Turns out this boy is a chess prodigy. He came top of the group and has won chess championships. The story went viral.
The governor of Lagos State, who’s a chess enthusiast, sent me a message and asked to meet Ferdinand. They played an intense game of chess which lasted for 40 minutes before it ended in a draw. Now, his education is being sponsored by the governor. I went to bed with a big smile on my face, feeling fulfilled. I was glad I could make that kind of impact. I imagined what would have happened if I had given up on the project when things were tough and I was terribly broke.
Also, three kids live with me now. They were orphaned last year and had nowhere to go. Two of them lost their mother to HIV. She had had an accident at the refuse dump where she was scavenging plastic and had one leg amputated. She was transfused with HIV positive blood and died in my arms. She asked me to take care of her kids as her dying wish.
Damn. How’s it like being thrust into fathering three boys when you’re only 26?
First, it meant that I couldn’t just be bringing babes home anyhow, LMAO. It was really difficult at first. It’s one thing to fend for yourself, it’s another to be responsible for three other people. In some ways, it has made me more grounded. They bring a lot of joy into my life, and they’ve grown so much. Sunday, who hadn’t been to school before he was 9 years old can now converse fluently in English and beats me at Mortal Kombat. I’m happy he’s getting to relive his childhood.
That’s amazing. What’s next for you, personally?
I recently moved into a new apartment to start my life out. I’m looking to launch my business brand in the corporate world, using chess analogies to teach business strategy. I also plan on travelling to several countries and scale Chess In Slum’s impact and experience places and people.
I’m also trying to get into a relationship. I’ve been emotionally unavailable for the longest time because a lot of myself has been poured into the Chess in Slums project. But my mother has given me a deadline to bring someone home this year.
I’m looking to get back into the dating scene but the streets are rough. People are pegging out here.
We have an article on pegging to help you prepared for the streets.
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John Harradine and Tom Smith
Abstract: This paper describes a model for predicting the path of aerial shells and Roman candle comets. This model, incorporated in a Microsoft® Excel-based freeware program, SHELLCALC©, predicts the trajectoryof these fireworks using point mass equations for range and height. These equations are modifi ed to take into consideration mortar/candle angle, launch altitude above sea level, wind speed and direction, comet consumption, air density and terrain, and incorporate an approximation of shell drift through tumbling motion and mortar balloting. The graphical output from the model also incorporates typical shell burst diameters.
Keywords: Shells, comets, ballistics, trajectory, fall-out
NOTE – A new version of the Shellcalc© program is now available at a dedicated website – please click here
Ref: JPyro, Issue 22, 2005, pp9-15
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The House of Commons originates in the 13th century. It plays a powerful role in the affairs of the nation, despite it’ power being limited by Royal Patronage.
Despite this, it provides constraint on the actions of the government and represents the people, as it has to give its assent to measures of public policy. The issue of methods of formation of The House of Commons is essential. With a group of people that have the right to impose taxes, to vote money to, or to withhold it from, as well as them having access to public departments and services, decisions for formation are essential in order to produce the most efficient group. The central representative function of the House of Commons is to represent the political parties who have been elected by voters, and so determine the political complexion.
Additional considerations include members of parliament being elected to represent the respected parties in their social characteristics of the wider electorate. The UK has a range of Proportional Representation electoral systems across it. As seen in the 2014 elections, The closed party list for elections in the European Parliament is arguably the most representive system, as opposed to the First Past The Post. This will be discussed in more detail later, along with the positive outcomes. This essay will therefore discuss the formation of the House of Commons through methods such as proportional representation (Thus known as PR) and the prosperity of this method. A focus will be provided to which to analyse this concept and whether this is the most successful way to elect, and whether this system is superior in comparison to First Past the Post (FPTP). Resulting from in-depth research into the establishment of the House of Commons, this essay explores the view that proportional representation electoral system (PR) among other systems may be beneficial to the house of commons.
Despite this, the essay will argue opposing views in order to come to a conclusion as to what system works most efficiently. A system of PR is one in which the proportion of allocated seats is directly proportional to the number of votes won by a party. Currently, First Past the Post is used, a “winner take all” style approach. Criticisms of this include a failure of true representation of minority groups, as well as reducing the influence of smaller parties, thus ensuring the continuity of the two party system. There are benefits to all methods of election for the House of Commons, however some are objectively more effective than others.
The effective legislative authority holds power, such as to impose taxes and has only” infrequently held up major legislation” (Britannica, 2017) 1. Bills may be rejected or accepted, as seen as when the last bill was rejected by a monarch, the Scottish Militia Bill of 1707. Aside from passing legislation, another important business held is the question period. Opposition is provided with a chance to attack government policy as well as raise negligent issues during this time. Proportional representation is an electoral system.
It aims to create a body that is representational, reflecting the distribution of public support for political parties. Systems of PR are used in many countries such as Denmark, Finland, Greece and Russia. There are many methods to using PR, such as single transferable vote, party list system and additional member system which will be discussed. The single transferable vote (STV) hasn’t been as widely adopted as other systems, having been used in Ireland and Malta, as well as local and European elections. Under this system, voters may rank candidates on a ballot in order of their personal preference. Henry Richmond Droop developed a quota in the 1860s, a method aiming to determine the number of votes necessary for a candidate to win an election under this method.
“This was calculated by dividing the total number of candidate votes by the number of seats needed to be filled, additional with a one, and another one being added to the quotient” (Britannica, 2017) 2. Votes received by the candidate in excess are transferred to other candidates, according to the voters second preference. In the case there are seats vacant, this continues till all are filled. Due to this, results may fairly reflect the preferences of the voters. The system provides representation for minor parties and outcomes have shown “minor centrist parties benefit” and others such as minor radical parties are penalised. This was seen when the Democratic left, Daonlathas Clé, the political wing of the Irish republican army received similar shares in the national vote in the general election of 1997, the more centrist Democratic Left won four seats to their one. Often, results lead to a result more proportional, with percentage of cotes for the party being equal to the seats gained. This was seen in the case of the 2012 Scottish Local election, the SNP gained 32% of the first-choice votes and were awarded 35% of councillors across Scotland.
For the house of commons to be elected through this, results may include a more varied group of MPs, based on the votes of the Constituency’s. Thus, the representation of this geographical zone may increase, as opposed to hyper-representation, a possible outcome of the House tending to become more middle class with more male members as it has since 1945. Law making and questioning the decisions of the Government is an important role, and to prioritize and look after the needs of the people and the constituencies in order to create and question public laws that can meander the future, the community should be one that represents all. Through the STV, society may vote for the member that they best believe can provide for their needs. A varied and representative group can be created, as opposed to a pre-existing one that consists of white middle class men. With the future of constituencies in hand, a community that understands the needs is essential, created by using this method of PR as power remains in the people.
As mentioned previously in the introduction, A range of PR is currently in system across the UK. UKIP won 26.6% with 24 seats, the first time any other party other than Labour or conservative had one since 1996. Thus, in large constituencies with more than one party, smaller parties such as Lib Dem can be represented to win a proportional number of seats. A rising concern with PR is that extremist parties may gain power and de-stable the political structure in the UK.
However as seen in the case mentioned previously, there were 20 parties such as the Green party that received votes without seats, such as Britain First. One argument against PR is that some voters may not have their view represented in seats, however in this case with a minority group, tyranny may be prevented. Despite this argument, it can be said that STV has led to a lack of cooperation at a local authority level, making it more difficult for councils to agree on policies. This can be seen as currently there are a number of Labour conservative coalitions.
In these circumstances, two political enemies have joined to keep the Scottish National Party out. Coalitions are not voted for by people, with the formation of these more likely under TSV. However, in retort to this, STV results in a situation where it is harder for one party to dominate a local authority, It will become more likely that two parties will have to work together, such as the Labour Conservative, encouraging the interlinking and transcendence of boundaries in order to create a better environment locally. With an election through this method, people may be better represented with two parties coming to compromises in order to decide on what is most effective for people, prioritising the needs of the many not the few. As mentioned previously, the STV is a successful method of PR, as seen in the case of Westminster, where elections use the method of First Past the Post, where votes are wasted as a party needs a majority to win a seat. Thus, resulting in less point in voting for smaller parties e.g. Liberal Democrats.
STV ensures a fair distribution of seats, ensuring the votes of the many count. Another system in PR is the party-list system. Through this, the elector votes are not for a single candidate but a list. Each list is submitted by a different party however, an individual may put forward his own.
This system is used in Chile, where district magnitude may vary. Chile elects its members by using two seats constituencies. The overall proportion depends on the district magnitude; the higher the proportion the higher the magnitude. Two principles are involved in this, the largest remainder and the higher average rule. Under the highest average rule, seats are assigned one at a time to the party with the highest total.
After the assignment of each seat, the party that wins is adjusted. The original vote is divided by the number of seats won, and adding one. Another method is the additional-member system.
This combines proportionality with a geographic link with a citizen and a member of the legislature characteristic of the constituency. This was adopted by many areas after the fall of communism in the east of Europe, such as Germany after WWII. Half of the legislature is elected through constituencies and the other half through PR. Two votes are casted by each person, for a party and a person.
The party vote is usually the basis for determining the composition of the legislature. During the 1980-90s, movements pressed for a change in voting systems. PR in Britain was adopted to the European Parliament as well as others such as local elections in Ireland and London. Other European countries such as Italy adopted a modified constituency based system to reduce the number of political parties in the legislature to create cabinets more stable.
The systems mentioned previously, the STV, additional member and party list are part of PR. This is used in order to create stable cabinet and has a multitude of benefits. Firstly, every vote is counted. Not only does this give power to the constituencies, but allows seats to be produced in proportion to votes.
Thus, the phenomenon of the wasted vote is rid of. This is also beneficial to third parties as fairness is ensured. Some argue that it becomes more difficult to ensure accountability to electors – if a coalition was to be formed.
However, a coalition enjoying majority support can ensure the continuity of a policy than changes in government under the existing first past the post system. These can prove to be stable and effective. One of the strongest arguments in favour of a move towards proportional representation is dissatisfaction with the current FPTP system. The FPTP system, because of single-member constituencies can result in the existence of so-called safe seats (estimated by the Electoral Reform Society to be 368 seats of the total 650 constituencies ahead of the 2015 General Election). Indeed, 225 constituencies have not changed hands since before 1950, despite big changes in cultural attitudes and the UK’s demography. In a safe seat, such as David Cameron’s Witney constituency which has been in Tory hands since 1910, any voters who identify with the non-majority party may feel that there is no chance of their view being represented, and this can in turn reduce voter turnout and political participation (accentuated by voters who tend to identify with the dominant party in a particular safe seat and feel that there is no need to turn out at all because their chosen party will win regardless of their vote). However, there is actually scant evidence available to suggest that voter turnout is higher in proportional systems.
In the UK, devolved elections typically have lower turnout despite using a range of proportional representation systems. The 2014 European elections only had a turnout of 35.6%, worse than the (still poor) turnout across Europe of 42.6%. This situation may be worsened in a winner-take-all system as a result of gerrymandering e.
g. the controversy over the Boundary Commission’s recent review of constituency boundaries which seemed to protect Tory seats over Labour and Lib Dem seats. This said, previously safe Labour seats in Scotland were lost to the SNP in the 2015 General Election, showing that the FPTP system can lead to different outcomes if there is enough consensus amongst voters that a change is needed.
The inevitable result of using a more proportionally representative system for Westminster is the increased likelihood of coalition government. Coalition governments can sometimes take time to form e.g. it took around a week for Cameron and Clegg to form a government. In the meantime, there is effectively a power vacuum, and no Parliament – this reduces the quality of representation. Arguably a week is not a long time, but in some countries such as Germany and Greece, coalition governments take much longer to form. Furthermore, whilst coalition government can lead to greater compromise and conciliation between parties in relation to policy-making, it can also slow down the policy-making process if there are strong internal disagreements (e.g.
in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition there were different views on electoral reform, university tuition fees, military intervention overseas and so on). This makes government less effective and reduces the desirability of proportional representation.Coalition government also means that the governing group have no clear mandatebecause their combined policies, such as the Coalition Agreement, have not met with the direct approval of the electorate at the ballot box via a manifesto. Furthermore, the compromises reached between different parties may actually lead to voter anger if they feel that their views are even less likely to be represented e.g. the Lib Dem climbdown over the abolition of university tuition fees (a key manifesto pledge) leading to “punishment” of the Lib Dems at the 2015 General Election, effectively removing them almost completely from the Commons. This has resulted in instability in the political system at Westminster, with the Lib Dem’s position as 3rd most populous party being taken by the SNP, which only has Scottish interests at heart.
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Children living in poverty and children of color often begin school behind their peers, as they are less likely to have been provided access to high-quality early development and learning opportunities like Head Start programs. Recent data demonstrates the consequences of us failing to invest in and properly support our students, particularly students living in poverty and students of color: in 2019, more than 65 percent of 4th and 8th grade students performed below proficiency in reading and math. Hostile school environments and exclusionary discipline policies also disproportionately target children of color, LGBTQ children, and children with disabilities, often denying them opportunities for success and pushing them into the school-to-prison pipeline. Children and youth experiencing homelessness, those in foster care, and those returning from juvenile detention are also often denied the tools and support they need to succeed and are therefore at greater risk of falling behind and dropping out of school.
We envision a public education system where every child enjoys their education, feels supported and appreciated in school, and has opportunities to gain the social, economic, and cultural and political capital necessary to realize their full potential. All students have a right to the robust enforcement of our nation’s civil rights and education laws and freedom from discrimination.
Education should be the great equalizer, leveling the playing field for all children. This means a public education system with equitable resources for all, including equitable access to high-quality teachers and programming within school districts and schools. It also means a public education system where children are not trapped in schools isolated by race and poverty and privy to discriminatory discipline policies and practices. There must be special recognition and attention given to the educational needs of children who are living in poverty or in families with low incomes, as well as children who are differently abled; English language learners; and children who are experiencing homelessness, living in foster care, or returning from juvenile detention.
We work to eliminate discriminatory education policies and practices and the inequitable distribution of resources that undermine equal educational opportunities for all students. To ensure all children an equitable education, we must:
- Promote Equitable School Funding: We must eliminate the inequitable distribution of resources that undermine equal education opportunities for students, especially children living in poverty or in families with low incomes; children of color; children who are differently abled; English language learners; and children who are experiencing homelessness, those who are in foster care, and those returning from juvenile detention.
- Proactively desegregate our schools: We must eliminate the deep segregation along racial and economic lines that continues to exist in our public schools so that children of color and children living in poverty have the same access to high-quality educational resources and highly-qualified, experienced teachers as their white and wealthier peers.
- Work to Reduce the Achievement Gap: We must build support within schools so that all children have access to the highly-qualified and experienced teachers, diverse teacher pipelines, and high-quality educational resources and programming that we know they need to succeed.
- End the School-to-Prison Pipeline: We must eliminate discriminatory discipline practices in school districts and schools, create safe and inclusive school climates, and promote educational success for every child.
- Expand After-School and Summer Literacy Opportunities: Provide new resources to expand summer and after-school literacy and cultural enrichment programs for children to curb summer learning loss, close achievement gaps, and create additional opportunities for children to feel connected to their education. | <urn:uuid:6eeb951b-76e2-47c5-bb35-ad40ad895dc0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.childrensdefense.org/policy/policy-priorities/education/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.956857 | 700 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Romans 13:1-2 says: “Obey the government, for God is the One who has put it there. … So those who refuse to obey the law of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow.”
Does Esau have red hair?
Jacob and Esau were the twin sons of Rebekah and Isaac. … Esau, we are told, was the first born and was covered with red hair “like a hairy mantle.” Other translations are “garment,” “fur coat,” while others translate it as “it (hair) was all over his body.”
What does red hair mean spiritually?
The red is the sign of courage, but also of sensuality. Dazzling color par excellence, the red is the color of passion and blood. This shade is energetic and when a person likes red she must have a strong personality.
What is the biblical meaning of ginger?
In English the meaning of the name Ginger is: A , meaning pure, chaste, virginal. … Also means pep or liveliness, refering to the pungent ginger root.
Does ruddy mean red hair?
ruddy Add to list Share. Ruddy is used to describe something that is reddish — like the color of red hair, tomatoes, or a friend’s cheeks on a cold winter’s day. Ruddy is commonly used to describe someone’s complexion. In this case, it describes a healthy, reddish glow.
Is Joseph’s body still in Egypt?
There is no archaeological evidence establishing the tomb as Joseph’s, and modern scholarship has yet to determine whether or not the present cenotaph is to be identified with the ancient biblical gravesite.
|Location||Nablus, West Bank|
Can redheads steal your soul?
Redheads, commonly referred to as Gingers, have no souls.
The legend tells us that all “ginger” people have no soul, and will steal yours if you make eye contact with one long enough.
Why is red hair evil?
In Ancient Greek myths, redheads were said to turn into vampires after death, and, during the 16th and 17th centuries, most women who were branded as witches had red hair. … To reiterate, that was likely due to the fact that since having red hair is so rare, you stand out from the crowd, and are, therefore, evil. | <urn:uuid:32017917-9db8-467a-b601-a604abd2d3c4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stlukeskilgore.com/about-god/who-in-the-bible-had-red-hair.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.956737 | 580 | 2.390625 | 2 |
This is a landscape of rounded hills which link to form a gentle, rolling ridge, with wooded fringes on the steeper slopes giving way to lower lying farmland within the Lim valley to the south and the Axe valley to the north. The higher hills form an important backdrop to the valleys below and to the valley settlement of Uplyme. The area has an intimate and tranquil quality and from the higher hilltops e.g. Whitty Hill there are coastal views eastward particularly on the upper slopes which are open and exposed and where beech hedgebanks are often windswept. These lofty locations contrast with the more intimate and sheltered valley landscapes which have a small scale and strong time-depth particularly in the woodlands.
This area comprises an elevated rolling ridge comprising discrete conical hills which extend into Dorset to the east and are associated with wooded slopes and lower lying valley farmland. Located at the south-east border of Devon, this area shows similarities with the Blackdown ridges to the west and north but has gentler, smoother topography and is lower lying with coastal influences. Its eastern boundary is marked by the county boundary with Dorset; to the south it is flanked by the Sidmouth and Lyme Bay Coastal Plateau and to the north and east by lower lying farmland within the Axe Valley.
Constituent Landscape Character Types
Constituent LCTs: 1A: Open Upland Planned Plateaux, 2A: Steep Wooded Scarp Slopes, 3B: Lower Rolling Farmed and Settled Valley Slopes Part of NCA: 147: Blackdowns
- Elevated land with a rolling topography giving rise to rounded or conical shaped hills and steep wooded slopes, reflecting the underlying greensand geology and clay valleys.
- Landscape with streams and springs draining into the adjacent farmed valleys, with the Lim to the south being the principal valley within the area.
- Higher ground sparsely wooded with grown-out wind-sculpted beech hedgebanks and some pine shelterbelts.
- Steeper slopes are densely wooded – ancient oak with bluebells and primroses; beech-dominated woodlands and conifer plantations.
- Regular modern and Parliamentary fields of large and medium size on the ridges, reflecting late enclosure of common land on the hills.
- Contrasting smaller curving fields of medieval origin on valley slopes.
- Low narrow earthbanks with hedges on ridgetops; wider historic banks in the upper farmed valleys; more species-diverse Devon hedges (e.g. beech, sycamore, ash, hazel and gorse) with flower, fern and moss-rich banks on lower slopes.
- Mainly pasture (often improved) and dairy farming with some mixed farming on heavy brown soils.
- Remnant areas of ancient semi-natural and broadleaved woodlands on slopes.
- Semi-improved and unimproved neutral grassland and springline mires occurring mainly on the scarp slopes and in the upper farmed valleys.
- Villages clustered at road crossings e.g. Hawkschurch and Uplyme and the more recent development of Raymond’s Hill.
- Farmsteads scattered throughout, nestled in dips with beech shelterbelts.
- Straight roads with verges on narrow ridges across hills, descending abruptly to sinuous lanes tightly enclosed by close hedgebanks.
- Strong local vernacular of sandstone buildings with slate roofs and red brick detailing.
- Strong overarching perceptions of tranquillity and remoteness in many areas.
Special qualities and features:
- Distinctive, unspoilt, and exposed skylines.
- High scenic quality reflected in the inclusion of the southern part of the area in the East Devon AONB.
- Outstanding views across East Devon, mainly southwards to the coast but also northwards into the Blackdowns and across the Axe Valley.
- Bronze Age barrows in elevated positions on the ridges; setting to Lambert’s Castle (Iron Age hillfort adjacent, in Dorset) and Musbury Castle hillfort.
- Many CWSs designated for unimproved neutral grassland and broadleaved woodland; and SSSI designations at Lambert’s Castle, Park Farm Meadows and Bulmoor Pastures and Coppice.
- Notable areas of ancient semi-natural woodland in the north e.g. New Park Coppice.
- Contains the Monarch’s Way and East Devon Way long distance paths.
- Picturesque historic villages with traditional buildings linked by narrow winding lanes crossing historic stone bridges; many listed buildings.
Past and Current
- Past drainage of the watermeadows through the creation of ditches and planting of hedges resulting in a change to the open watery character of the floodplain.
- Lack of management and removal of hedgerows due to agricultural intensification.
- Growth of settlements (particularly Axminster where an industrial estate has altered the town’s nucleated form) affecting views up and down as well as across the valley.
- Intrusion from the A358 north of Axminster, where it runs along the valley sides and affects the quiet remoteness of area; and from the A35 Axminster by-pass which separates the town from the valley.
- Some areas of sand and gravel extraction on the valley floor and sewage works adjacent to settlements.
- Railway line travelling along the valley floor between Whitford northwards through Axminster and into Somerset.
- Depletion of mature tree and woodland stock due to historic loss of elm to Dutch Elm Disease.
- Decline in the number of orchards.
- Flailing of hedgerows to a ‘box’ shape has altered the lush, pastoral appearance of the landscape.
- Development of large farm buildings resulting in visual impact; and conversion of old farm buildings to dwellings altering character.
- Potential loss of or change in oak- and beech-dominated valley woodlands due to spread of Phytophthora, intolerance of water level extremes and more frequent storm events.
- Uncertain future for the agricultural economy – levels of future agri-environment support and market prices for farmed products unknown.
- Development pressure within the area and along the B3165 and A35 corridors, particularly due to its attractiveness of the area as a place to live and new development at Rousdon Estate.
- Increased demand for wind turbines and communications masts on higher ground as well as for domestic and community-scale solar panels and small wind turbines, with cumulative impact on landscape.
To protect the landscape’s distinctive, scenic rounded hills and the interrelationship between the open tops and the intimate, wooded valleys. Field patterns are reinforced through the restoration and management of distinctive hedgebanks. Scarp woodlands are managed and valley-side springline mires and wetlands are expanded to help prevent downstream flooding and protect water quality. The landscape’s time-depth continues to have a strong influence, whilst opportunities for sustainable recreation and limited low-carbon development are sensitively accommodated.
- Protect the distinctive profile of the rounded hills.
- Protect the landscape’s strong sense of tranquillity and remoteness with clustered villages and hamlets reinforcing a strong historic sense of place.
- Protect the character and setting of Lambert’s Castle, ensuring any new development does not encroach into the historic landscape or views to it.
- Protect the sparse settlement pattern of clustered villages and farmsteads. Prevent the linear spread of development along river valleys and roads wherever possible, to maintain the settlements’ characteristic form and peaceful character.
- Protect traditional building styles and materials, particularly local chert with red brick detailing, utilising the same styles and materials in new development wherever possible (whilst seeking to incorporate sustainable design).
- Protect the landscape’s network of quiet lanes enclosed by woodland and species-rich hedgebanks, resisting unsympathetic highways improvements or signage.
- Manage conifer plantations for sustainable timber production, recreation and wildlife, creating new green links to surrounding semi-natural habitats.
- Manage and enhance the scarp semi-natural woodlands through traditional techniques including coppicing and control access by livestock to promote natural regeneration; explore opportunities for community utilisation of coppice residues as a low-carbon fuel source.
- Use extensive grazing to promote the species diversity of woodland ground flora.
- Manage the landscape’s distinctive beech hedges on higher ground to strengthen the strong square field pattern. Reinstate coppicing to mature sections and grown-out trees to ensure the future survival of these characteristic features.
- Respect the traditional methods and styles of construction, including stone facing on banks.
- Within the valleys, manage and extend species-rich mires and neutral grasslands through appropriate grazing and traditional land management regimes – both to enhance their wildlife value and function as flood prevention.
- Plan for long-term restoration of the more prominent conifer plantations and shelterbelts to semi-natural habitats (where their role in timber production has ceased) including re-creation of heathland on the hills and broadleaved woodland on valley slopes.
- Create, extend and link woodland and wetland habitats to enhance the water storage capacity of the landscape, reducing soil erosion, agricultural run-off and downstream flooding and improving water quality.
- Extend and link fragmented woodland sites through natural regeneration and new planting (using appropriate native climate-hardy species).
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How’s your sleep?
It’s a question I ask every client when we first start working on their nutrition goals. It’s a funny one to ask because almost everyone answers it like this ‘Good! I think…well I’m not sure.’ My follow-up question is then ‘Do you wake up feeling rested?’ and 99% of the time the answer is no.
Seven to nine hours of sleep per night is what is recommended for your health. But the important piece that is missing from that statement is how rested you feel upon waking up, and how is your energy throughout the day. In this week’s blog I will tackle the much needed topic of eating for energy.
There are two main pieces to the puzzle when discussing eating for energy. The first is getting our insulin levels in check and the second is eating specific foods to help fight off fatigue and increase our energy. Let’s start with insulin.
Insulin is an anabolic hormone, meaning it likes to build things. And not great things like muscle, rather it likes to build things like belly fat and cancer. Getting our insulin balanced is key to ensure we do not become insulin resistant. If that happens, excess glucose in the blood reduces the ability of our cells to absorb and use blood sugar for energy.
If left untreated, insulin resistance can lead to a host of chronic diseases including Type 2 diabetes, strokes, obesity, chronic heart disease, breast and colon cancer, depression and dementia just to name a few. When we balance our insulin, we avoid blood sugar level highs and crashes, in turn leveling out our energy as well.
Secondly, there are various foods that we should include in our nutrition regimen to help keep our energy on point. Caffeine and naps shouldn’t be what keeps you going. And in fact, shouldn’t be needed at all if you are getting adequate, quality sleep and are eating the right foods.
There are specific foods that are important when talking about eating for energy. Here are my top ten for you to definitely include:
- Whole foods – we want to stick with whole and avoid overly processed foods as these will slow you down with the trans fats, additives, sodium, and preservatives
- Fresh fruit and veggies – so nutrient dense and great for energy overall
- Non-caffeine bevvies – caffeine gives an up and down energy vibe
- Lean proteins or veg-based proteins – added saturated fats in meats slows down the digestive process giving you less energy for other bodily functions
- Whole grains and complex carbs – these will give your body the energy to fulfill all functions – not just physical activity but things like your heart pumping and brain working
- Nuts and seeds – best thing for fatigue! Variety is key and raw and unsalted is best
- Water – this helps facilitate the energetic processes of the body in turn boosting energy
- Bananas – potassium, fiber, and vitamins pack a punch for lots of natural energy boosting needs
- Oats – filling fiber and protein help regulate insulin levels
- Chia seeds – give prolonged energy due to carb content, healthy fats and fiber
It is important to remember that decisions that we make throughout the day affect our health not only short term but long term as well. When we consciously choose foods that are going to positively affect our bodies, create nighttime habits and routines that positively affect our sleep, and choose activity that positively affects our minds and bodies, we will do much better not only today, but for many years to come. There is no quick fix when it comes to your health. Your health is in the daily decisions that you make. Choose wisely.
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Rising costs and insurance coverage of disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) for multiple sclerosis adversely impact access to treatment, according to results from a large survey.
Notably, nearly 25% of respondents taking DMDs use free or discounted drug programs to pay for their treatment.
In order to evaluate the impact of health insurance coverage on DMD use, Guoqiao Wang, PhD, of the University of Alabama Birmingham, and colleagues surveyed participants of the North American Research Committee on MS registry in 2014. Ultimately, 6662 respondents were included in the analysis.
Over 98% of respondents reported having health insurance, however just over 22% reported having a negative insurance change compared to the year prior. Notably, respondents who had private insurance were more likely to report a negative change in insurance. Just over 6% of respondents who were not taking DMDs cited financial/insurance concerns as the sole reason. Among respondents who obtained DMDs through insurance, 3.3% experienced initial insurance denial of DMD use, 2.3% experienced denial of DMD switches, and 1.6% had to skip to split doses because of copay increase. Among respondents with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, a negative insurance change increased the likelihood of not taking DMDs (odds ratio [OR] 1.50; 1.16–1.93), using free or discount drug programs to obtain DMDs (OR 1.89; 1.40–2.57), and encountering insurance challenges (OR 2.48; 1.64–3.76).
The researchers noted that economic analysis that does not account for the use of free or discount drug programs – which are substantial among patients with multiple sclerosis – may contribute to inaccurate results. | <urn:uuid:1ab978c1-e03c-4085-9916-afc3766837e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.neurologyadvisor.com/topics/multiple-sclerosis/health-insurance-status-affects-medication-use-in-ms/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.954517 | 364 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Program Goal: In the spirit of the GLO Mission, the goal of the GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS) is to contribute to the development of the future generation of researchers, who are committed to the creation of policy-relevant research, are well equipped to work in collaboration with policy makers and other stakeholders, and adhere to the highest standards of academic integrity. This goal is achieved through the process of working on a specific research paper within the duration of the program, which is 9 months, and interact with the GLO VirtYS cohort and its advisors .
GLO VirtYS Program Director:
- Dr Olena Nizalova, Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Health Economics at the University of Kent
Dr Olena Nizalova is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Health Economics at the University of Kent. She received her doctoral degree at Michigan State University (USA) in 2006, and prior to joining the University of Kent worked at the Kyiv School of Economics. Olena’s research interests are in the fields of labor and health economics, economics of aging, and policy evaluation. Her research focuses on the interplay between labour market, health and family obligations, be it the provision of informal care to elderly parents in the USA and Europe or the wage penalty for motherhood (Ukraine), or the impact of labor market outcomes on health and wellbeing. Her research has been supported by the European Commission, Wellcome Trust, MRC, UKAid, ESRC, World Bank, European Commission Horizon 2020 programme, Global Development Network, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ERSTE Foundation (Austria), and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies (University of Michigan). Currently, Dr Nizalova’s studies the population health crisis in the countries of the former Soviet Union, with special emphasis on tuberculosis (impact of TB epidemic on individual and firms’ productivity), maternal and infant health (evaluation of the maternal and infant health interventions), and cardio-vascular diseases.
GLO VirtYS Program Assistant: Yannis Galanakis
Program’s Advisory Board:
- Jan van Ours, Professor of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam, Netherlands, & Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Marie Claire Villeval, Research Professor, CNRS GATE, France
- Marco Vivarelli, Professor at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milano and Director of the Department of Economic Policy
- Le Wang, Chong K. Liew Chair and Professor & President’s Associates Presidential Professor, University of Oklahoma, USA
- Klaus F. Zimmermann, Professor Emeritus, Bonn University, UNU-MERIT & President of GLO
- Virtual kick-off meeting of all the participants and Thematic Cluster advisors, who will be appointed by the participating Cluster leads to match closely participants’ research interests.
- One-to-one activities with the Thematic Cluster Advisor will be agreed upon at the beginning of the scholarship period in an Individual Research Plan. These activities at a minimum shall include 2-3 virtual consultations, 1 review round of the completed research work and a discussion of the amendments (if needed) to follow up.
- Provide a virtual platform for the GLO VirtYS program participants to present their findings and receive feedback from their peers and the GLO wider community.
- The scholarship will conclude in June 2023 followed by the presentations by the scholars within the GLO-wide seminar series in September 2023, after which the GLO Management Board will make a decision on whether to extend an invitation to the graduate of the GLO Virtual Scholar Program to join the organization as a GLO Fellow, based on the recommendation from their Thematic Cluster Advisors and evaluation of the GLO VirtYS Advisory Board.
Benefits to the GLO VYSP Scholars:
- No fees: Participation is free for the scholars.
- All GLO VirtYS program participants will be appointed GLO Affiliates, if they are not already, and receive a GLO Bio page.
- GLO VirtYS program participants will be listed with pictures on the glabor.org website of the program.
- Feedback on their research from leading researchers in the area of their interest.
- Networking opportunities with researchers from other countries within the same area and beyond.
- (Priority) access to GLO activities.
- Interactions with the scholars of the cohort, program’s alumni, and the future cohorts.
- Opportunity to promote own research via GLO channels.
- Completed research paper ready for submission to the GLO Discussion Paper series.
- Possibility of promotion to GLO Fellow after exceptional performance.
- Applicant must be either currently enrolled in a doctoral program or be within 2 years after graduation as evidenced by the letter from the degree awarding institution or a degree certificate.
- Applicant must be at an advanced stage of the analysis of a specific research question within the corresponding GLO Thematic Cluster to which he/she is applying as evidenced by the submitted draft.
- Applicant must be supported by a letter of endorsement from either one of the GLO Fellows or from the administration of one of the GLO supporting institutions.
2022-23 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS)
2021-22 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS)
- 2021-22 GLO VirtYS Cohort: Zubaria Andlib, Shweta Bahl, Karla Cordova, María Celeste Gómez, Guo Liwen and Subhasree Sarkar. GLO advisors are Sergio Scicchitano, Eva Sierminska, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Maria Enrica Virgillito, Xi Chen, and Elena Meschi, respectively.
- GLO News about the CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (deadline EXTENDED to September 24, 2021; deadline passed)
- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS with LINK to application form
2020-21 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS)
- Third Webinar (seminar on September 30, 2021 with presentations by Jie Chen and Muchin Bazan Ruiz). Report of the event. Watch the videos of the event: Chen and Ruiz.
- Second Webinar (seminar on September 16, 2021 with presentations by Odmaa Narantungalag and Soumya Pal). Watch the video of the event: Soumya Pal.
- First Webinar (seminar on September 9, 2021 with presentations by Jun Hyung Kim and Femke Cnossen). Report of the event. Watch the videos of the event: Kim and Cnossen.
- 2020-21 GLO VirtYS Cohort: Jie Chen, Femke Cnossen, Jun Hyung Kim, Odmaa Narantungalag, Soumya Pal and Muchin Bazan Ruiz
- GLO News about the CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (deadline passed)
- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
2019-20 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS)
- Third Webinar (seminar on October 15, 2020 with presentations by Zhiling Wang & Ömer Tuğsal Doruk). Watch the video of the event.
- Second Webinar (seminar on September 17, 2020 with presentations by Satyendra Kumar Gupta & Kelly Hyde). Report of the event. Watch the video of the event.
- First Webinar (seminar on September 10, 2020 with presentations by Yannis Galanakis & Samuel Mann). Report of the event. Watch the video of the event.
- 2019-20 GLO VirtYS Cohort (see the listed participants and their advisors; public announcement was on December 23, 2019)
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King of England from 1509-1547. Under King Henry, England rejected the authority of Rome. King Henry had no son born of his queen, Catherine of Aragon, who had delivered five children (the only survivor beyond infancy was the princess Mary). England was in no mood to accept a girl as heir to the throne because of the nation’s only previous queen who had occasioned bloody wars of succession. As Catherine grew older, Henry grew more troubled. In 1525 the queen was forty and Henry pondered more and more the ways of God: "Am I under some curse of God?" (Catherine had been Henry’s deceased brother Arthur’s wife for several months.) In his mind was Le 10:21, "If a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing, they shall be childless." The Church of Rome recognized the curse, but had granted the marriage for reasons of its own at the time. So in 1527 Henry asked Pope Clement VII to revoke the special dispensation and declare the marriage of eighteen years invalid from the outset. But since Catherine of Aragon was the aunt of the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, Charles V, Clement did not wish to offend the emperor. So Henry went to the European universities for their scholarly opinion, which was mixed, but gave Henry a pretext to do what he willed. In January 1533, he secretly married Anne of Boleyn. In May an English church court declared Henry’s marriage to Catherine null and void. In September the new queen gave birth to a child, a girl, Elizabeth. The pope then excommunicated Henry. Henry then insisted that the English clergy stop their dealings with the pope due to an old fourteenth-century law prohibiting dealings with foreign powers. Thus, in 1534 the Act of Supremacy declared "The kings’s majesty justly and rightly is and ought to be and shall be reputed the only supreme head on the earth of the Church of England called Anglicana Ecclesia." Henry eventually had Anne Boleyn executed on charges of adultery and subsequently married Jane Seymour and had a son by her, the eventual King Edward VI. Henry appointed Cranmer the Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry then suppressed the monasteries and replenished the royal coffers with their wealth. Then Henry ordered that an English Bible be installed in all the churches.
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Predictors of cigarette smoking across fi ve countries: A cross-sectional study
Susan Abughosh, Ekere James Essien, Feras Hawari, Ronald J Peters, Xin Wang, Yasser Almogbel, Mo Yang, Prajakta Bhounsule, Sujit Sansgiry, I-Hsuan Wu
Background: Tobacco use continues to be the leading cause of death and disability in both developed and developing countries and is expected to remain so in 2020. Our research team has collected and analyzed surveybased data on smoking habits from several countries around the world including China, India, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Taiwan. Our objectives here are to identify correlates of cigarette smoking that are common across these countries. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted among 3,658 participants from a convenience sample of adults from each country collected between 2008 and 2011. The survey included questions on sociodemographic characteristics, current and history of cigarette smoking, family and peer smoking, and perceived harm. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine predictors of cigarette smoking in the past 24 h as well as in the past month. Results: Approximately, 40% of the sample had smoked a cigarette in the past day and 44% in the past month. Significant predictors included male gender, aged 25 years or more, lower education level and school performance, medical profession, dyspepsia, feeling lonely and bothered by events, using other tobacco products, alcohol use and family and friend smoking. Those who received anti-smoking messages from teachers in schools were less likely to be smokers. Conclusions: Results underscore the importance of teachers and school based anti-smoking programs in smoking prevention across cultures and highlight the prominence of social peer pressure and smoking family members as major predictors of smoking that must be incorporated in any tobacco prevention or cessation program. | <urn:uuid:843bcf7c-fa1c-480f-ad08-43e06203c077> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://jbehavioralhealth.com/article/Predictors+of+cigarette+smoking+across+fi+ve+countries%3A+A+cross-sectional+study | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.95079 | 376 | 2.125 | 2 |
It measures tcp connection time, redirection time and response time of a website. The tool fetches essential details about the dns records of a site.
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This is how you can easily ping a ip address. How to ping an ip address from a chromebook. If the site is live, you'll get an answer like this (note:
This is referred to as round trip time. Ping also records packet loss. Text below has line breaks inserted to fit into the web page display):
I frequently use my chromebook for browsing the internet and doing some work. Ping is a tool often used for network diagnostics, as well as for keeping connections from timing out. In order to ping a specific port number, execute the “nc” command with the “v” option for “verbose”, “z” for “scanning” and specify the host as well as the port to be pinged.
The crosh shell opens in a new browser tab. As you can see, you can use the ping command as you use it on any windows or apple device. For example, type tracepath chromestory.com and press enter.
Tap the text field at the top of the screen, then type in the address of a website (e.g., facebook.com) that you want to block. This simple extension allows you to ping your favorite websites. This will give you the ip address of the website.
Ping your website for availability from 60+ locations worldwide. Simply copy/paste the urls and press the button ping blog to get them instantaneously pinged. To open the crosh, press ctrl+alt+t anywhere in chrome os.
Single click to know availability and response time of any web resource! If you can, try to load the website on another device connected to your network, and a device that's not connected to your network. Leave it running for 3 to 4 hours.
A continuous ping will cause buffer overflow at the target system and will cause the target system to crash. The “ping” protocol is actually using icmp packets (echo, echo reply etc) to identify if a remote host is “alive” (i.e connected to the network and replying to the icmp packets). In its simplest terms, ping reports back how much time it takes for a message to reach one host and then come back again.
Just typing in the basic _____.com address will work. The use of this tool is very easy and hence it ends up saving you a lot of time. First, chrome needs to be on the page that you want to turn into an app on your taskbar.
Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. You can also specify a domain name instead of an ip address followed by the port that you want to ping. Ping specific port using nc.
Plus you can paste up to 10 urls at a single time. Sign up for a site24x7 free account to monitor up to 5 websites for free continuously and be alerted when it goes down! W e often use the cmd command “ping” to mostly check if a server or a gateway is up.
From the crosh prompt, you can run the help command to view a list of basic commands or run the help_advanced command for a list of “more advanced commands, mainly used for debugging.” we’ll cover some of the most interesting commands below. 3 ways to pin apps to a chromebook's app shelf sign in to comment. 3 ways to “ping” a remote port.
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You don't need to type out the entire web address; Sometimes i want to ping a specific ip address. If the website doesn't load on another device, the problem is either with the network or the website itself.
Regardless, you should know that. On chrome os you won’t find a dedicated app for a ping test nor can you find such a service in any of the menus. Now you have started a denial of services attack on a website, if the server is small it will take 3 to 4 hours to crash.
Open the website you want to pin to your taskbar in google chrome. Ping website tool allows you to monitor the response time of your web closely. Your chromebook will automatically look for available networks and show them to you in a list.
Enter tracepath followed by a space and the domain name. Just apply to install and connect to the game lost ark. Download pingid as a mobile application for your ios or android device, or as a simple and secure desktop application for macos or windows.
Open the terminal app from the launcher or use the keyboard shortcut ctrl + alt + t. To be accurate here, the term “ping the remote port” is not actually a valid statement. This online ping tool can send requests up to the number 650 (65*10) at one time.
You might have some in mind already, but here’s a short list of recommendations just in case. Click more tools , followed by create a shortcut. Run the command tracepath followed by the domain name.
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Many questioned the idea of Heathrow and Gatwick being put under separate management. Turns out it was a very good idea because nothing makes things work better than competition. Right now the two airports are fighting over the chance to grow. This would never have happened when both airports were run by the same company (BAA).The competition between these two London airports is important. London is already at or near maximum airport capacity. These two airports are the primary airports for the city. For London to remain a premier international hub, it requires more airport capacity. Indeed, we believe an argument could be made that both airports need to add capacity. But as the city has grown around these large pieces of infrastructure, neighbors want less noise. So even as the argument is for the growth at either, it would be impossible for both to grow.
The airport capacity issue in London attracts attention at the highest levels of government. London’s mayor has an opinion that includes shutting Heathrow. As we have previously opined, London is a key market for the A380 and future VLAs. Fortunately the A380 is already very quiet – precisely so it can serve Heathrow at all hours. This was a request from Emirates that Airbus met.
A quick solution is unlikely to the Heathrow vs. Gatwick debate. There is little argument that London needs more runway capacity. One can expect this back and forth to go on for a while. The longer airport capacity remains constrained in London, the more A380s (and other VLAs) will be needed for service to the city. | <urn:uuid:29e2c54e-3c14-4c5b-9ae1-239d58462cb1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://airinsight.com/why-it-was-good-to-separate-londons-airports/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.977693 | 319 | 1.789063 | 2 |
New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s “Making Care Better” program provides a structure in which it could enhance organizational culture. Elements support collaboration, communication, patient engagement and care management.
ABSTRACT: Gaps in communication can lead to diminished patient experiences and decreased staff engagement. That’s particularly true in fast-paced clinical environments. Interdisciplinary team collaboration is essential to achieving communication gains. New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s innovative program is a comprehensive approach to improving patient care and staff engagement at a large academic medical center emergency department. It has achieved promising results, as satisfaction scores, staff engagement and throughput metrics have reached new highs.
Interdisciplinary team-building promotes both a higher quality of care and an enhanced patient experience. That’s an important consideration in light of a 2015 poll in which three-quarters of all emergency physicians say the number of emergency department hospital visits continues to grow despite the passage of the Affordable Care Act.1 Indeed, a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found “few changes in ER use” between 2013 and 2014, which was a full year after implementation of the ACA.1
With the increased regulatory scrutiny of operational efficiency and the patient experience, academic medical centers must devise innovative ways to ensure the provision of compassionate, efficient, high-quality medical care to patients.2
New York-Presbyterian Hospital launched its “Making Care Better” program to provide a structure in which it could enhance organizational culture by fostering relationships that improve communication and teamwork, and develop enhanced reliability, efficiency and patient care. The MCB elements support overarching themes of collaboration, communication, patient engagement and care management.
In the emergency department, the MCB team focuses on reviewing performance data and identifying improvement opportunities that inspire commitment and subsequently drive change. This unique program has achieved promising results.
Teamwork is essential in the workplace. The New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center emergency department carefully chose members from all disciplines to comprise its Making Care Better team, with a focus on breaking down silos and encouraging collaborative efforts. Representatives include members of the ED faculty, hospitalists, emergency medicine residency, nursing, ancillary support, social work, patient services, advanced-care providers, senior leadership and others.
The department’s MCB team conducted an analysis that revealed key factors affecting patient flow, quality of care and patient satisfaction. These factors fall into several disciplines: patient experience, teamwork and communication, care re-design, ED leadership responsibilities and staff satisfaction.
There has been an increased focus on the patient experience throughout health care in recent years.3 Hospitals are expected not only to provide high-quality care, but to do so in a safe and efficient manner while ensuring a positive patient experience. In response to these expectations, the department’s MCB team piloted several patient experience initiatives:
No waiting room: We reviewed ED waiting room processes and found them to be an acute source of patient frustration. We devised a workflow in which patients are brought directly into the ED upon arrival, with registration and triage at bedside. This significantly reduces waiting time and ensures patients meet a provider earlier in their visit.
Vertical care unit: To optimize the limited space in our ED, we designed an area with lounge chairs and access to Wi-Fi and television, as well as an adjacent area for private examinations. The VCU allows a subset of ED patients who meet specific clinical criteria - typically, emergency severity index level 3 patients - to sit comfortably while awaiting results. The private exam area is fully equipped, allowing for a history and full physical exam to be performed. Since launching the VCU, we have reduced length of stay by an hour for patients treated in this area, and patient feedback has been positive.
Medical scribes: Adding them helps overcome patient dissatisfaction with the amount of physician face time. Under direct physician supervision, scribes gather information for the patient’s visit, perform documentation in the electronic medical record, and partner with the physician to deliver efficient patient care. This allows physicians to spend more time at bedside. Funding for the program was provided by the hospital and its physician organization. Its implementation also has enhanced and expanded resident teaching by our faculty members.4
ED discharge follow-up: Telephone calls provide us with invaluable direct feedback from patients, helping us identify opportunities for improvement in patient care. We use this information not only to improve our processes but also as a source of regular feedback to our clinical providers.
Teamwork and Communications
Provider organizations with great teams are more effective in improving quality and reducing costs.5 According to the Joint Com-mission, communication failure is one of the most-frequently identified root causes of reported sentinel events.6
Our department’s MCB team strongly emphasizes teamwork and communication to create better experiences for patients and staff. We developed communication tools to distribute important departmental information, and also included strategies to collect feedback from frontline staff. These include daily interdisciplinary ED huddles, an MCB message of the week, and a virtual suggestion box (See Table 1).
In 2016, the department’s MCB team launched the low-acuity-area redesign as well as a telehealth express care service.
Low-acuity-area redesign: Unlike a traditional ED workflow, we bring patients immediately into an examination area where a health care provider performs a rapid medical evaluation (See Table 2). We also eliminated physical barriers between providers and nurses, and between providers and patients. Providers previously sat in a “doc box” physically separated from other staff and patients. Now, providers are stationed in a central location next to the nurses and ancillary staff to increase communication and teamwork. This location also allows providers to see patients as they arrive.
Telehealth express care service: Patients with low-acuity complaints who meet our inclusion criteria are offered an option to see an attending physician in a private room via a webcam and monitor. The patient is seen after a medical screening exam performed at triage by a nurse practitioner or physician assistant. As of June 2017, more than 2,600 patients had used the service, with a total length of stay of approximately 35 minutes from arrival to ED discharge. This is significantly lower than the 2½ hours needed for the traditional ED pathway.7 Satisfaction surveys from these patients also have been positive, in the 99th percentile.
ED leaders are obliged to secure buy-in from leadership across departments to achieve effective and sustainable change. The department’s MCB team developed a task force to address the issue of increasing numbers of admitted patients waiting in the ED for inpatient beds. We formed the Admitted Patients in the Emergency Department Task Force with three objectives: to improve communication between the ED and the medical department; to establish collaborative processes and protocols; and to develop feedback and accountability structures.
The task force is a core group, with representatives from emergency medicine and nursing, hospitalist medicine and nursing, operations, social work, care coordination, admitting and patient services. It meets monthly, and the efforts of this task force have streamlined communication and improved care for emergency patients. Initiatives such as scripting handoffs, fall reduction and admission improvements have been successfully launched through this group.
The department’s MCB leadership routinely connects with staff members, either during shifts or at planned events such as breakfasts, luncheons and outings.
This consistent outreach has resulted in enhanced staff engagement and real-time feedback/suggestions on MCB-proposed initiatives. Improved employee engagement, through the kaizen style of continuous improvement, can lead to better safety and outcomes, patient satisfaction and lower costs in direct and indirect ways.8 By working together, an actively engaged staff and the MCB team have created great gains in our workflows and patient satisfaction. These metrics continue to improve.
Making Care Better has empowered emergency department leadership and staff members to make high-impact changes in a short amount of time. Our initiatives have considerably improved operational efficiencies, staff engagement and patient satisfaction scores (See Figures 1-4).
In 2015, our MCB team was honored with the New York-Presbyterian Patient-Centered Care Corporate Team Achievement Award. In 2016, our emergency department’s low-acuity area placed above the 97th percentile for patient satisfaction compared to other New York City peer hospitals. Also in 2016, the Press Ganey Institute for Innovation highlighted our emergency department MCB leadership team as a case study for demonstrating effective collaborative teamwork to achieve high levels of performance.
As part of ongoing quality assurance, we monitor 72-hour revisit rates for our ED telehealth patients. That figure stands at 1 percent, which is lower than the reported rates (3 to 7 percent) for traditional ED settings.9,10 We haven’t had a single admission to the hospital for the telehealth patients that returned within 72 hours.
Our MCB program has been a successful example of interdisciplinary team efforts with proven results. Our team started with a group of eight and now averages more than 20 staff members at our weekly meeting.
The team collaborates on every MCB initiative proposed. We achieved most of our ED innovations and initiatives by implementing process and workflow changes without requiring any additional staff members and minimizing costs while optimizing results. All operational initiatives are first implemented as six-month pilots while measuring goals and soliciting staff feedback before instituting permanent changes. Not all initiatives are successful on the first try, and the feedback we receive from frontline staff is invaluable to the success of the pilots.
While driving innovation is crucial, it is equally imperative to maintain standards and quality of care. The people, processes and systems for patient outcomes are the hallmark of a good program. As with any team, there are obstacles that must be overcome to achieve success; those commonly are staff buy-in, limited budgets and resources, and general resistance to change.
Additional obstacles include staff requests that are un-achievable, such as expanded real estate. Communication and follow-up regarding these kinds of requests are of the utmost importance. Employees must know their ideas and requests are heard and taken into consideration. This fosters an environment of open communication for improvement, translating into better patient care.11
Items that have generated expenses were hospital-supported social events, panels and electronics for the vertical care unit, and adding medical scribes to the department. The investment in staff events, new feedback vehicles and pilots were key to in-creasing staff satisfaction and buy-in. Data indicates that health care organizations that have high employee satisfaction scores often tend to have high patient satisfaction scores.12
We continue to strive for improved communication and enhanced work environments. To this end, our MCB team continues to work closely with our frontline staff to brainstorm and address issues in real time. While we have made great progress with our operational metrics and satisfaction scores, we realize that there is much more to be done to ensure sustainability and longstanding improvement.
We have made great strides and will continue to try to set a new standard for emergency care. Physician leaders should consider a similar multidisciplinary team approach to improving the patient experience, staff engagement and throughput metrics and to do so through innovative and collaborative means.
Rahul Sharma, MD, MBA, CPE, FACEP, is a physician in the emergency medicine division at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine.
Matthew Laghezza, PA-C, is chief physician assistant at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine.
Jane Torres-Lavoro, BA, is an administrative specialist in the emergency medicine division at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine.
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- Mark Graban. Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety and Employee Engagement, Third Edition. 2016
- Cheng J, Shroff A, Khan N, Jain S. Emergency Department Return Visits Resulting in Admission. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2016;31(6):541-551. doi: 10.117/1062860615594879.
- Nunez S. Unscheduled returns to the emergency department: an outcome of medical errors? Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2006;15(2):102-108. Doi:10.1136/qshc.2005.016618.
- Leonard M. The human factor: the critical importance of effective teamwork and communication in providing safe care. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2004;13(suppl_1):i85-i90. doi:10.1136/qhc.13.suppl_1.i85.
- Collins, Kevin S, RT(R)(T), CMD, MsEd; Sandra K. Collins, MBA, Richard McKinnies, RT (R)(T), MsEd, and Steven Jensen, PhD. "Employee Satisfaction and Employee Retention Catalysts to Patient Satisfaction." The Health Care Manager 27.3 (2008): 245-51.
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Cardiac muscle degeneration (cardiomyopathy) is the most common cause of severe cardiac dysfunction and life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in children. These severe disorders often lead to consideration of heart transplant. However, their actual cause — the genetic basis — has been poorly characterized.
A collaborative effort of pediatric cardiologists of Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, led by Docent Tiina Ojala and Academy Professor Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara, with Catalina Vasilescu, MSc, as the lead author, succeeded to collect a globally unique KidCMP cohort of children with severe cardiomyopathies from the past 21 years, and analyzed them genetically.
The unique patient collection was enabled by the local cardiology clinic being the only center of cardiac transplantations in Finland. The median age of diagnosis of our patients with severe disease was just four months.
Using Next-Generation DNA sequencing methodology with rigorous subsequent validation of findings, the investigators uncovered the genetic causes in 40% of the patients.
“The results highlighted an extremely variable genetic background, each family presenting a different pathogenic variant that often arose during the patient’s own embryonal development,” Professor Wartiovaara tells.
The authors discovered that the genetic knowledge had direct implications for predicting the disease course and treatment decisions.
“All children had life-threatening diseases early on, and some genetic defects predicted a primarily progressive disorder requiring cardiac transplant. However, if intensively treated, some gene defects predicted a recuperative course, without a transplant,” Dr. Ojala says.
Personalized medicine is one of the goals of the current medical research, where the understanding of the genetic cause and disease mechanism in each individual will promote tailored forms of treatment. The study published by the University of Helsinki investigators makes an important step in this direction by deciphering genetic causes in children and their implications for treatment decisions.
The findings were reported in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Cover crop program deadline is Friday
ZANESVILLE – The Muskingum Soil and Water Conservation District has a cost-share program available to plant cover crops on agricultural fields.
The deadline to sign up is Friday. The program reimburses producers $13 per acre to plant cover crops on fields that have corn or soybeans on them. The program follows seeding recommendations based on Natural Resources Conservation Service standards and specifications.
There is a maximum of 200 acres per producer that can be applied for. The program is competitive. The information needed for the application includes: location of fields, current crop, acres, herbicides used and desired cover crop.
Anyone interested in applying can pick up applications at the Muskingum Soil and Water Conservation District office at the Rural Services Building, 225 Underwood St.
The Muskingum SWCD also is taking orders for garden cover crop seeds from Walnut Creek Seeds. Cover crops are not just for farm fields. Gardens can reap the same benefits that our farm fields can from cover crops.
There are four mixes available: fall cover, cover and color, raised bed, and late garden. The standard seeding rate is 1 pound of seed per 250 square feet. An example would be an area 10 feet wide by 25 feet long, the equivalent of 250 square feet.
The cover crop mixes are available in package sizes of ½, 1, 5, and 10 pounds. The cost ranges from $5 for the ½-pound package to $35 for the 10-pound package.
Order forms are available at the Muskingum SWCD, 225 Underwood St.
A brochure about the cover crop mixes also is available at www.muskingumswcd.org.
For more information on cover crops or other natural resource related topics, call the Muskingum SWCD at 740-454-2027. | <urn:uuid:13f631d3-bbd0-4dbb-b607-67d5d9c855ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/2014/06/22/cover-crops-program-available/11238977/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.91614 | 381 | 1.96875 | 2 |
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The cryptocurrency market has attracted several investors from all over the world that tried to speculate with the price of virtual currencies. However, trading digital currencies is quite difficult. | <urn:uuid:0bed1cfa-7606-432d-9662-2a05e63ffb16> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.altsignals.io/blog?ekit-blog-posts-paged=28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.975231 | 445 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Although implicated in the pathogenesis of several chronic inflammatory disorders and hematologic malignancies, telomerase mutations have not been thoroughly characterized in human cancers. The present study was performed to examine the frequency and potential clinical relevance of telomerase mutations in esophageal carcinomas.
Sequencing techniques were used to evaluate mutational status of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and telomerase RNA component (TERC) in neoplastic and adjacent normal mucosa from 143 esophageal cancer (EsC) patients. MTS, flow cytometry, time lapse microscopy, and murine xenograft techniques were used to assess proliferation, apoptosis, chemotaxis, and tumorigenicity of EsC cells expressing either wtTERT or TERT variants. Immunoprecipitation, immunoblot, immunofluorescence, promoter-reporter and qRT-PCR techniques were used to evaluate interactions of TERT and several TERT variants with BRG-1 and β-catenin, and to assess expression of cytoskeletal proteins, and cell signaling. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization and spectral karyotyping techniques were used to examine telomere length and chromosomal stability.
Sequencing analysis revealed one deletion involving TERC (TERC del 341-360), and two non-synonymous TERT variants [A279T (2 homozygous, 9 heterozygous); A1062T (4 heterozygous)]. The minor allele frequency of the A279T variant was five-fold higher in EsC patients compared to healthy blood donors (p<0.01). Relative to wtTERT, A279T decreased telomere length, destabilized TERT-BRG-1-β-catenin complex, markedly depleted β-catenin, and down-regulated canonical Wnt signaling in cancer cells; these phenomena coincided with decreased proliferation, depletion of additional cytoskeletal proteins, impaired chemotaxis, increased chemosensitivity, and significantly decreased tumorigenicity of EsC cells. A279T expression significantly increased chromosomal aberrations in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) following Zeocin™ exposure, as well as Li Fraumeni fibroblasts in the absence of pharmacologically-induced DNA damage.
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I double-checked my hiking bag for signs of water in my bladder pouch, my lunch, a second lunch, and lots of snacks. I grabbed my hiking shoes and headed out of my apartment and into the early morning darkness. It was still cool when I hopped out of my car at Vincent Gap. The sun was barely rising over the mountain that we were about to summit, and the moon was gently sinking behind the adjacent rocks. I let out an occasional yawn as I readied my hiking poles and greeted the group of friends who decided to climb to the top of Mount Baden-Powell with me.
We passed signposts with the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) logo on them letting us know that the path we were on was a part of the 2,653 mi (4,270 km) hike from the base of California at the Mexico border through Oregon, Washington, and up to the base of British Columbia, Canada.
The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges have been a feat for long-distant hikers worldwide and has appeared in such media as “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail,” a 2012 memoir by American author Cheryl Strayed and the film based on the book starring Reese Witherspoon. I wouldn’t be a PCT through hiker that day, but I planned on reaching the top of Baden Powell no matter what occurred on the trail.
The first couple of miles of the hike were felt fairly cool. Although there was a swift increase in elevation, I felt confident that I could get to the top. After moving in a tiring zig-zagging pattern through 45 switchbacks I dug my poles into the hot dirt at the top. There were slips and falls, moments of panic, and several bathroom breaks in the wooded areas along the way. However, after literal sweat but no tears, we were able to take our bags off of our backs and rest for a moment. Several small groups of hikers were also there signing their name in the registry book, examining the monument dedicated to the founder of the Boy Scouts, Baden-Powell, and snapping selfies with the summit sign next to the American flag flowing gently in the occasional breeze.
I thought about the steep switchback-laden four and a half miles to the top as I took a bite of my first lunch under the summer sun. I marveled at the fact that I had climbed to the top of a mountain for the second time. I still had my eyes on other peaks but being able to freely trek to the top of Baden-Powell with friends that day was satisfying, and it was an amazing experience in itself. | <urn:uuid:9da724dd-186e-4ac4-b274-01be96ec761b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jazzedaboutstuff.com/2019/08/23/pack-of-peaks-mount-baden-powell/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.98289 | 561 | 1.898438 | 2 |
The Obama administration will no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, Attorney General Eric Holder announced today.
Holder said he and President Obama had decided the law does unconstitutional and does not merit a legal defense. The decision by the president not to defend a statute passed by Congress is sure to create concern about unilateral action by an administration to abandon a statute duly passed by Congress.
One prominent attorney today questioned whether the move wasn’t an attack on the rule of law.
The Volokh Conspiracy, a legal blog, wondered if a future president might refuse to defend the individual mandate in the health reform law, leading to its invalidation.
But others say the move not to defend a law is not extraordinary.
The Defense of Marriage Act, passed in 1996, defines marriage as between a man and a woman and prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriages. Obama himself has expressed opposition to the statute but felt obligated to defense its constitutionality.
The administration will continue to enforce the law until a court delivers a “definitive verdict against the law’s constitutionality,” Holder said.
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Soldiers on ground in northern Norway pointed out targets for American B-52
Norwegian F-16s fighter jets were flying alongside the U.S. Air Force B-52s during a training mission on December 3.
Soldiers on ground, so-called Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, directed the combat aircraft towards the targets via direct communication with the pilots.
“Flight took place over Nordland county,” says Air Force spokesperson Stine Barclay Gaasland. “The personnel on ground belongs to the Artillery Battalion and the Intelligence Battalion at Setermoen,” she adds.
The two battalions are part of the Northern Brigade, stationed east of Tromsø in northern Norway.
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WASHINGTON (BP)–When talk-show host and activist Rosie O’Donnell declares her homosexuality publicly for the first time on March 14’s “Primetime,” she will use the occasion to push for the abolition of laws that prevent homosexuals from adopting children in Florida.
According to a transcript of the pre-taped interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer published on the Drudge Report, O’Donnell describes herself as “a really good mother” who has every right to parent a child as a homosexual, CNSNews.com reported March 14.
“You know, it takes a lot for a gay person to become an adoptive parent,” said O’Donnell, who has a home in Miami Beach. “It takes a lot to become a foster parent…. And for the state of Florida to tell anyone who’s willing, capable and able to do that, that they’re unworthy, is wrong.”
The talk show host also is pressing her case on a website produced by the ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, called lethimstay.com.
“If you are among the many policy makers confronted with efforts to restrict gay parenting, learn the facts first,” O’Donnell urges caseworkers. “And if you are not directly involved in these issues, involve yourself directly. Talk to your friends, family, and colleagues about the children and families who are affected by restrictions on gay parenting.”
O’Donnell’s stand comes as Florida’s gubernatorial race is heating up and as the American Civil Liberties Union presses a federal appeals court to overturn the state’s ban on adoptions by homosexuals.
O’Donnell hosted a fundraiser in December for former Attorney General Janet Reno, a supporter of homosexual adoptions who is challenging Republican Gov. Jeb Bush for the governorship.
Florida is the only state with a law prohibiting both homosexual couples and homosexual individuals from adopting children. In August, a lower court judge in Miami upheld the law, which the state legislature passed in 1977. Two states, Mississippi and Utah, prohibit same-sex couples from adopting.
O’Donnell is both a foster parent and an adoptive parent. Florida law does not prevent homosexuals from adopting in other states and moving to Florida, as O’Donnell has. Nor does it prevent homosexuals from being foster parents. But it prevents homosexual foster parents who are residents from taking the next step to adoption.
O’Donnell failed in an attempt to adopt one of her foster children, who eventually was placed with a married couple.
Family groups denounced O’Donnell’s “crusade” to overturn the Florida law.
Concerned Women for America, the country’s largest public policy women’s organization, said Sawyer should have asked O’Donnell more hardball questions, such as why O’Donnell would seek to create a home that is fatherless by design.
“The Primetime interview has all the earmarks of yet another media celebration of homosexuality, just like Ellen DeGeneres’ TV ‘coming out’ in 1997 and the hype over a mythical gay gene before that,” CWA President Sandy Rios said.
“Already, a cover story in People magazine is hailing Rosie for her ‘brave new step.’ Truth is, Rosie is no hero, and the media’s politically correct push for homosexual adoption will only place more innocent children at risk,” Rios said.
Paul Cameron, director of the Family Research Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., recently published a content analysis of 57 testimonies of children of homosexuals in the scientific journal, Psychological Reports.
The testimonies were gathered by two homosexual researchers, “so whatever bias there is, is clearly ‘in favor,'” Cameron said.
The children not only knew that the researchers were homosexual, but they also knew that what they said would get back to their homosexual parent.
“You don’t have to do much reading between the lines to see that these children had a heavy load to bear. Instability of living circumstances, including co-parents being changed every so often, emotional distress and the need for secrecy were the most common reported problems,” he said.
The homosexual adoption debate rages in other states as well. The Nebraska Supreme Court rejected in mid-March attempt by a female same-sex couple to adopt a 4-year-old boy after one of the women became pregnant through artificial insemination.
The ACLU brought the petition for adoption in what family groups saw as an obvious attempt to bypass Nebraska’s constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2000 banning same-sex marriage. The ACLU said it will decide March 16 whether to appeal.
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Madam, I wish to share my views with the readers of your journal about inform consent for surgical or medical intervention in Pakistan. Working as a consultant in UK and being an examiner for MRCS (Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeon) and PLAB, recently, I have come across many Pakistani doctors who come to UK for post graduate training at various levels. This includes doctors who are doing clinical attachments before or after doing their PLAB examination, doctors appearing in MRCS examination and doctors appearing in Part II of PLAB exam. Demonstration of communication skills including taking informed consent of a simulated patient has becoming a part of the examination process. I have also observed the attitude and practice of surgeons in Pakistan on my frequent visits. Practice of obtaining informed consent has changed in developed countries; however, with the advancement in many other fields in Pakistan there appears to be some stagnation in this area. I feel that this matter has not been taken seriously as yet in Pakistan.
Doctor and patient relationship is characterised by a trust that allows an honest exchange of information and facilitation of patient's autonomy. Informed Consent emphasises on the need of a clear and comprehensive communication between care provider and the patient to improve reliability and accuracy of decision. It allows a patients right to be an integral part of decision making.
It is the responsibility of the physician who is performing the operation or administering the medical treatment to provide information in a lay man terms about procedure and alternative treatment in detail along with attendant benefits and risks.
Informed Consent provides rights to the patients to ask questions and take a decision to accept or deny a treatment after receiving necessary information related to the procedure and about alternative treatment. It is often difficult for the patient to comprehend the overwhelming volume of information and reach immediate decision. The patient can thus practice his right of privacy and take time to comb through the literature himself deriving a sensible conclusion. It is emphasised here that patient is at full liberty to refuse a treatment or seek corroboration through a second opinion. This is more important to know in a society where selfishness and corruption is extensively disseminated and mistrust is widely prevailed.
Written consent always is advised as oral consent is difficult to prove. Risk and benefits should be clearly explained and documented on the consent form by a capable person who can explain and answer all the questioned to the patient before it is signed by both physician and patient and should be duly timed and dated.
In practice time is a constraint especially with the literacy rate in Pakistan is under 50%. This makes it difficult for a very busy specialist to spare time for an individual patient or their relatives to go through the process of inform consent in an idealistic way. Information leaflets and the expertise of the trained junior medical and nursing staff can be used to allow specialist to use their time effectively.
Teaching medical students and junior doctors the skills of obtaining inform consent will not only provide preservation of human rights of a patient but will also become a part of medical education and raise the standard of medical practice. It will certainly help doctors who go abroad for their postgraduate training.
M Hanif Shiwani
Department of Surgery,
Barnsley General Hospital,
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By Jeanne Arnold
Little Black youngsters held hands and followed their pre-school teacher up the escalators with a helping adult plus me bringing up the rear. Quiet. Careful. Alert to what was ahead, they and I listened to the teacher on how to enjoy the butterflies and how to protect them.
As soon as I entered the exhibit, I was greeted by an exotic species that perched on my shoulder. I heard wings flutter at my ear as she settled on me. I felt peaceful.
In awe of their experience, curious and cautious, some children enjoyed butterflies landing on them; others startled, thinking of biting insects, bees, hornets. This class of bright blue t-shirt-clad Black children stood in a circle with wide eyes on their brown and tan faces, black hair with many of the girls having braids decorated with multi-colored barrettes and beads. Their adults standing in their midst were calm, confident and involved with their thigh-high charges.
Other smaller circles of families clustered there too. It was a human garden of our species.
When I sat to rest on a bench, a large monarch lighted on my shoe. A child sitting next to me watched it too. A dimpled, dark-haired white boy with happy black eyes and a generous smile moved closer to see it and I said quietly, “Please do not to disturb it. It thinks I am a flower.”
I want to share a rainbow with you
a rainbow spanning across the moist,
warm air from the turbulent spring
wind-swept lake bordered
by the fresh, new green grass,
greener than Easter-basket-grass green,
but alive—alive as I feel,
full of newness, full of life, full of colors,
broad and rich as the lush, double,
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Managing aXes Users
This section introduces you to the commands needed to manage users. aXes considers that there are two kinds of user — terminal users and web users.
Terminal users are normal IBM i users, that is, users with a user profile (*USRPRF) object who have the capability to sign on to IBM i. Terminal users are managed using the normal IBM i user profile commands (CRTUSRPRF, CHGUSRPRF, DLTUSRPRF, and WRKUSRPRF).
A web user is created by adding the user name and associated password to an Access Control List (ACL).
Control Language (CL) commands are provided on the aXes Administration Menu (GO AXESADM) to assist in managing and administering users.
The following user commands are available.
|Add aXes User||ADDAXESUSR||The Add aXes User command allows you to add a user to an aXes access control list.|
|Change aXes User||CHGAXESUSR||The Change aXes User command allows you to change a user in an aXes access control list object.|
|Remove aXes User||RMVAXESUSR||The Remove aXes User command allows you to remove a user from an aXes access control list object.|
|Work with aXes Users||WRKAXESUSR||The Work with aXes Users command allows you to display and work with a list of users defined in an aXes access control list. You can add, change, and remove users.|
See the command syntax diagrams section in the aXes Reference for information on making the aXes commands and menus available to your job.
Adding Users to an aXes Access Control List
You can add a user to an ACL using the ADDAXESUSR (Add aXes User) command. For example:
ADDAXESUSR USER(hayashi) PASSWORD(d6wi89g) DIR(‘/company/sales/forecasts’)
This command will allow Hayashi-san to access files in the specified directory.
Changing User Passwords
You can change a user’s password in an ACL using the CHGAXESUSR (Change aXes User) command. For example:
CHGAXESUSR USER(hayashi) PASSWORD(xyz876) DIR(‘/company/sales/forecasts’)
This command will change the password used by Hayashi–san to access files in the specified directory.
Removing Users from an aXes Access Control List
You can remove a user from an ACL using the RMVAXESUSR (Remove aXes User) command. For example:
RMVAXESUSR USER(hayashi) DIR(‘/company/sales/forecasts’)
This command will remove Hayashi-san from the ACL and therefore cause the web server to deny her access to any files in the specified directory.
Working with aXes Users
The WRKAXESUSR command displays a list of defined web server users.
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I recently had the honor and great pleasure of participating in the Washington, D.C. portion of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (OCCI) Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) Mission – part of a week-long effort to inspire an HFC conversation around ideas that not only have a positive economic impact, but also hold broader implications for our communities and our planet.
This mission – another milestone in a vibrant commercial relationship – was the result of more than a year’s work between Japan and the United States. Thanks to the combined efforts of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and OCCI, the delegation joined a robust, multi-city program during the week of November 14, 2016.
In Washington, D.C., participants toured the DOE-funded Brentwood HFC Fueling Station – the first of its kind in the region. The group also joined briefings and discussions with the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, the DOC’s SelectUSA program, and attended informational meetings with DOE’s Loan Programs Office, and Clean Energy Investment Center. The Osaka Prefectural Government shared its “H2 Vision” as part of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s national 2050 Hydrogen Society Plan, while participating Japanese companies introduced cutting-edge technologies and discussed ways to share and enhance these products with their American counterparts. What was most striking, however, is that the events was not merely an informational seminar – but a meaningful conversation to build momentum in diversifying Japanese investment beyond traditional industries to include new growth sectors like renewable energy.
Both Japan and the United States share a strong commitment to developing and commercializing clean energy technologies. HFC technology offers a broad range of benefits for the environment, our nation’s energy security, and both the U.S. and Japanese economies. This challenge – and opportunity – is also inspiring initiatives for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and joint investment in innovative solutions to capture and convert the power of hydrogen as a source of clean, abundant, reliable, and affordable energy.
Take Japanese auto manufacturers Toyota and Honda, both of which have significant investments in the United States, and already offer fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Sales of these cars have grown exponentially over the last four years, and the U.S. and Japan are closely partnering on technology and safety data sharing. This has significant potential for mutual commercial benefits in the next wave of future clean energy generation – and it can be no coincidence that Toyota’s FCEV model – the Mirai – is named after he Japanese word for “future.”
Today, Japan is a vital investment and trading partner of the United States. As the second-largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI), Japan supports over 840,000 jobs in the United States. Japanese-owned firms operating in the United States export nearly 80 billion dollars’ worth of goods from our shores, and contribute billions of dollars to innovative research and development.
As the group departed for the West Coast, their next stop, I could not help reflecting on the fact that we had done so much to make this mission a reality. And this was just one of a wide range of collaborative endeavors between the United States and Japan in the areas of trade, investment and innovation. We are all eager to see what the future – the mirai – of HFC technology holds.
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The Vital Illusion
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Aren't we actually sick of sex, of difference, of emancipation, of culture? With this provocative taunt, the indomitable sociologist Jean Baudrillard challenges us to face up to our deadly, technologically empowered renunciation of mortality and subjectivity as he grapples with the complex issues that define our postmillennial world. What does the advent and proliferation of cloning mean for our sense of ourselves as human beings? What does the turn of the millennium say about our relation to time and history? What does the instantaneous, virtual realm of cyberspace do to reality? In The Vital Illusion―as always―Baudrillard leads his readers to some surprising conclusions.
Baudrillard considers how human cloning―as well as the "cloning" of ideas and social identities―heralds an end to sex and death and the divagations of living by instituting a realm of the Same, beyond the struggles of individuation. In this day and age when everything can be cloned, simulated, programmed, and genetically and neurologically managed, humanity shows itself unable to brave its own diversity, preferring instead to regress to the pathological eternity of self-replicating cells. By reverting to our viral origins as sexless immortal beings, we are, ironically, fulfilling a death wish, putting an end to our own species as we know it.
Next, Baudrillard explores the "nonevent" that was and is the turn of the millennium. He provocatively puts forward the thesis that the arrival of the year 2000 could never take place because we could neither resolve nor leave behind our history, nor could we stop counting down toward our future. For Baudrillard, the millennial clock reading to the millionth of a second on its way to zero is the perfect symbol of our time: history decays rather than progresses. In closing, Baudrillard examines what he calls "the murder of the real" by the virtual. In a world of copies and clones in which everything can be made present in an instant by technology, we can no longer even speak of reality. Beyond Nietzsche's symbolic murder of God, our virtual world free of referents is in the process of exterminating reality, leaving no trace: "The corps(e) of the Real―if there is any―has not been recovered, is nowhere to be found."
Peppered with Baudrillard's signature counterintuitive moves, prophetic visions, and dark humor, The Vital Illusion exposes the contradictions that guide our contemporary culture and rule our lives.
cells make their appearance. The resulting entity is no longer a copy of either one of the pair that engendered it; rather, it is a new and singular combination. There is a shift from pure and simple reproduction to procreation: the first two will die for the first time, and the third for the first time will be born. We reach the stage of beings that are sexed, differentiated, and mortal. The earlier order of the virus—of immortal beings—is perpetuated, but henceforward this world of deathless
discovery of the subject. More—it is actually a sort of invention of the subject by the invented object. Knowledge, defined conventionally, always proceeds in the same direction, from the subject to the object. But today processes of reversion are emerging everywhere—in areas from anthropology to viral pathology. It is as if we had torn the object from its opaque and inoffensive stillness, from its indifference, from the deep secret where it was asleep. Today the object wakes up and reacts,
Psychoanalysis (ed. Jacques-Alain Miller, trans. Alan Sheridan [New York: Norton, ]); orig. publ. as Le Seminaire de Jacques Lacan, Livre XI: “Les quatre concepts fondamentaux de la psychanalyse” [Editions du Seuil, ], pp. ff). To argue, as Baudrillard does, that the symbolic function itself may be doomed to disappear, implies the loss of the “loss” that this symbolic function instantiates in the subject as delineated by Lacan. There is no communication possible under these terms;
immunized—immortalized—through transparency, disincarnation, and prophylactic disinfection. Life becomes sheer survival when it is reduced to the lowest common denominator, to the genome, the genetic inheritance—where it is the perpetual movement of the DNA codes that drives life, and where the distinctive marks of the human fade before the metonymic eternity of cells. The worst of it is that living beings engendered by their own genetic formulae doubtless will not survive this process of
the millennium even they were already dealing with the virtual reality of the Apocalypse. In the countdown, the time remaining is already past, and the maximal utopia of life gives way to the minimal utopia of survival. We are experiencing time and history in a kind of deep coma. This is the hysteresis of the millennium, which expresses itself in interminable crisis. It is no longer the future that lies before us, but an anorectic dimension—the impossibility of anything’s being over and, at the | <urn:uuid:6bd68086-28f3-4e61-928a-ff700bcc7568> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://onehome.com.br/ebooks/the-vital-illusion | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.919594 | 1,108 | 2.046875 | 2 |
What is real-time data for Retail?
- Real-time retail is real-time access to data. Moving from batch-oriented access, analysis and compute will allow data to be “always on,” therefore driving accurate, timely decisions and business intelligence. Real-time use cases, such as demand forecasting, personalization, on-shelf availability, arrival time prediction and order picking and consolidation, provide value to the organization through improved supply chain agility, reduced cost to serve, optimized product availability, and stocking replenishment.
Why is real-time data for Retail important?
- We witnessed the move to e-commerce and omni-channel commerce happen over the past 20 years, only to see consumer behaviors fundamentally shift once the COVID-19 pandemic occurred. In just 10 weeks, we witnessed a rate of change that took the previous 10 years to accomplish. As physical stores faced lockdown orders, consumers shifted purchasing to digital channels. Restaurants saw internal dining evaporate, while drive-thru and delivery skyrocketed. With the shift in dollars came other changes: increased fraud, shifting customer expectations, a higher volume of returns, and increased costs to serve customers curb-side service and delivery.
- Compounding consumer-led changes has been the recent volatility in supply chains. The greatest risk to retail and consumer goods for the next several years is volatility.
- Legacy business strategies were instantly outdated - demand forecasting predicted the wrong demand, customer preferences changed, which precipitated stock outages, hence retailer’s margins suffered. As consumers purchased in real-time, businesses had to shift their outdated data warehouse architectures to those that could run and respond in real-time - hence Lakehouse for Retail.
What are the benefits of real-time access to data?
- Rapid data ingestion at scale makes advanced insights available across the value chain in real-time, reducing costs and minimizing errors. Retailers make mistakes when they make decisions without information. These mistakes can manifest in many ways, including some of the following:
- Underestimating demand leads to expedited shipping costs for rush delivery
- Incorrectly predicting how much of an item to produce leads to excess carrying costs, missed sales, and higher waste
- Reacting to breakdowns leads to unplanned outages that disrupt full production cycles
- Order fulfillment with incomplete or inaccurate data leads to additional shipping costs or higher rates of return
- Missing an opportunity to engage a consumer based on current data leads to missed sales opportunities
- Processing data in real-time enables all parts of the value chain to see the status of operations without delay and make better-informed decisions that help avoid these problems.
What are Databricks’ real-time data differentiated capabilities?
- Databricks’ Lakehouse uses technologies that include Delta, Delta Live Tables, Autoloader and Photon to enable customers to make data available for real-time decisions.
- Lakehouse for Retail supports the largest data jobs at near real-time intervals. For example, customers are bringing nearly 400 million events per day from transactional log systems at 15-second intervals. Because of the disruption to reporting and analysis that occurs during data processing, most retail customers load data to their data warehouse during a nightly batch. Some companies are even loading data weekly or monthly.
- A Lakehouse event-driven architecture provides a simpler method of ingesting and processing batch and streaming data than legacy approaches, such as lambda architectures. This architecture handles the change data capture and provides ACID compliance to transactions.
- Delta Live Tables simplifies the creation of data pipelines and automatically builds in lineage to assist with ongoing management.
- The Lakehouse allows for real-time stream ingestion of data and analytics on streaming data. Data warehouses require the extraction, transformation, loading, and additional extraction from the data warehouse to perform any analytics.
- Photon provides record-setting query performance, enabling users to query even the largest of data sets to power real-time decisions in BI tools.
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Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted Thursday to draft an ordinance that will implement new impact fees county-wide on top of a $5,000 educational impact fee, which could mean new homeowners would pay up to $8,000 to help pay for roads, parks, law enforcement and new schools.
The board voted unanimously to direct staff to draft the ordinance. It will come back to the public for public hearing at a future date that has not yet been determined and will then go before the Board of County Commissioners.
If ultimately approved, the impact fees could generate about $4 million a year to pay for roads, as well as $800,000 yearly to pay for parks and $800,000 yearly for law enforcement.
Impact fee study: Santa Rosa County to discuss additional impact fee to pay for roads, parks, police
The commission’s vote Thursday directed the county’s attorney, Roy Andrews, to draft an ordinance that will outline the implementation, collection and spending of new infrastructure impact fees. The new fees are separate from the educational impact fees passed earlier this year, which are currently on hold due to a lawsuit filed by the Home Builders Association of West Florida.
The suggested impact fees, which the board indicated could be adjusted downward, are as follows:
- Single-family detached: $3,004 total ($2,114 roads, $499 parks, $391 law enforcement)
- Multi-family, low-rise (1-2 stories): $2,260 total ($1,640 roads, $384 parks, $236 law enforcement)
- Multi-family, mid-rise (3-10 stories): $1,837 total ($1,217 roads, $384 parks, $236 law enforcement)
- Mobile home/RV park: $1,920 total ($1,120 roads, $474 parks, $326 law enforcement)
- Retail/commercial per 1,000 square feet: $3,338 total ($2,908 roads, $430 law enforcement)
- Office per 1,000 square feet: $2,491 total ($2,282 roads, $209 law enforcement)
- Industrial per 1,000 square feet: $1,156 total ($1,056 roads, $100 law enforcement)
- Warehouse per 1,000 square feet: $517 total ($471 roads, $46 law enforcement)
- Mini-warehouse per 1,000 square feet: $417 total ($407 roads, $10 law enforcement)
- Public/institutional per 1,000 square feet: $1,119 total ($1,000 roads, $119 law enforcement)
The fees would only be collected in unincorporated areas of the county, although they could be collected in incorporated areas per an interlocal agreement.
The vote Thursday is a significant step forward for impact fees in Santa Rosa County, which the vast majority of voters have said for at least the past two years that they wanted in order to mandate developers and new county residents to pay for their share of increasingly strained infrastructure.
This story will be updated.
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This report summarizes results of the AISD federally funded Title IV safe and drug-free schools and communities program evaluation for the 1999-2000 school year.
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Low Back Pain during pregnancy is quite common. It causes hardship in this population who would normally be able to keep up with responsibilities of daily life. Almost 30% of pregnant women report that they quit performing at least one daily activity because it caused pain while performing other daily tasks. It was also found that only 32% of pregnant women with low back pain reported this problem to their care provider. In fact it is so common that money is spent on research to determine the prevalence and find likely causes.
Why it Matters:
There is a high prevalence of low back pain, 70% or more in one’s lifetime. That means that most people are going to experience this at some point in time. Pregnancy is difficult enough without another condition that makes it unbearable. Luckily current research has found 4 key factors that may increase the risk of experiencing low back pain during pregnancy.
- A history of low back pain before pregnancy
- Increase pre-pregnancy BMI
- Depression during pregnancy
- Heavy workload during pregnancy
A history of lower back pain DOUBLES the risk of developing pregnancy-related low back pain
Pregnancy-related back pain typically starts between the fifth and seventh months.
40% of women who experience pregnancy-related low backc pain continue to suffer for SIX MONTHS after delivery and up to 20% report pain THREE YEARS LATER.
Almost 75% of women undergoing chiropractic manipulation report significant PAIN REDUCTION and clinically significant IMPROVEMENTS in DISABILITY.
Ongoing EXERCISE during pregnancy decreases one’s risk of excessive weight gain, pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, and pre-term birth. Women SHOULD NOT begin vigorous exercise during pregnancy. Health women may begin or continue MODERATE INTENSITY aerobic exercise.
Prior to, or just as you find out you are making an addition to the family, seek care if you have any concerns about prior low back pain. Also if you find that you are pregnant, we recommend that you consult with your doctor. If you are wondering what kind of activities that you should include in an exercise program, we would be happy to help. Remember that there are alternatives to dealing with back pain that we mentioned above, and the conservative care that we provide in our clinic is safe and effective.
Borggren, C., 2007. Pregnancy and chiropractic: a narrative review of the literature. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, 6(2), pp.70-74.
Liddle, S. and Pennick, V., 2015. Interventions for preventing and treating low-back and pelvic pain during pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,.
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Is there a difference between bookkeeping and accounting? If you have a small business, you know it can be challenging to keep an accurate record of your financial information. There are key differences in the roles that an accountant and a bookkeeper play for your business. You can better view your financial health, prepare for the future, and get a handle on those day-to-day finances with help from these professionals. Here is what you need to know about bookkeeping and accounting for your business.
Bookkeeping and Accounting Differences
Bookkeepers and accountants have different roles. While they have a common goal and similar tasks, these skill sets are used for various purposes. Take a look at these differences.
A bookkeeper will help to answer your day-to-day financial questions. These professionals can produce financial statements, such as a balance sheet. A bookkeeper will balance your ledger, record daily transactions, maintain expenditures and income records, and enter your credits and debits.
An accountant works a little differently. These professionals will analyze your business costs, provide macro-financial advice, and adjust the ledger entries. An accountant also prepares your taxes and helps you with in-depth budgeting. Plus, you can get assistance with strategic planning. Sometimes, you don’t have to find a separate bookkeeper or accountant. Some small business accounting services will handle all of these tasks for your company.
Maintaining Your Books
You should find a reliable bookkeeper if you need someone to manage the books. These individuals will maintain a ledger. Mostly, they use a software program to track those finances and ensure the books stay balanced. They record every transaction to an account for your expenses and income. You will want a reliable bookkeeper when you need a day-to-day picture of your financial health. When your books are maintained daily or weekly, you will never have to pay “catch up” when it comes time for taxes.
When it comes to your ledger, your accountant usually determines the accounting method, whether it is the cash basis or accrual method. The accountant will use these books to assess your business and help you make plans. All that information on the ledger will assist your accountant in preparing your tax documents.
Offering Business Advice
You can count on your accountant and bookkeeper to be key advisors for your business. When your bookkeeper works on your ledger, they can detect potential red flags if any issues arise. Since a bookkeeper has a more micro view of your books, they can help provide advice about budgeting and spending for the short term.
On the other hand, your accountant is an invaluable resource when it comes time to understand your larger financial picture. Every quarter, your accountant assesses your company’s financial statements to understand your profit, losses, and cash flow. Additionally, they can provide you with updates about the potential financial issues with your business. An accountant helps you understand how certain decisions will affect your financial goals.
Creating a Financial Strategy
When you have accurate records, you can see how your money flows on a short-term basis. With that information, you can decide where to take your business in the future. While the bookkeeper works hard to strengthen your company’s foundation, you need an accountant’s help with those future plans.
A skilled accountant will help you scale and plan for the future. They will analyze the books to see what works or needs to change. In most cases, they can help your business move into the next phase of your plans. Accountants can assist with other tasks, such as strategic tax planning, calculating growth, analyzing investments, and acquiring assets.
Bookkeeper vs. Accountant: Which Is the Right Choice for You?
If you want someone to handle the day-to-day finances of your business, choose an experienced bookkeeper. Accurate record-keeping is an essential aspect of your business. With help from a trusted bookkeeper, you can make that process more manageable and straightforward.
When you need to have a big picture outlook and assistance with strategic planning, an accountant can help. For example, if you want to acquire real estate, an accountant can incorporate your ideas and analyze your finances so that you can make the right choice for your business.
All businesses need to keep track of their expenses, transactions, and income. Do not think that you have to choose one professional over the other. These professionals can work together to give you a better overview of your short-term financial health and long-term financial goals. Some accounting services can handle all these responsibilities so that you can get the best of both worlds.
The Bottom Line
Every business owner needs to understand the financial side of their company. Bookkeepers and accountants can help make the process easier when it comes to your records. These professionals will work together to help with your finances.
You will want an experienced bookkeeper to set up your books and maintain them for your business. A skilled accountant understands your business beyond those day-to-day activities so that you can make smarter financial decisions. A bookkeeper and accountant can set up your business for success, allowing you more free time to focus on other matters.
Need an Accountant for My Small Business?
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Gravity acts equally on all masses – wherever one is on Earth, they are being pulled down towards the core of the world at all times. In one way, we are always falling. But not all falling is the same.
Gabby Laurent’s images of falling comprise a spectrum of descent. From tragic to comic, from spontaneous to staged, from nonchalant to macabre, these aesthetically diverse photographs capture the artist’s numerous falls. Throughout the book, her body is in a state of perpetual movement. Often unfocused, frozen mid-flow, it seems to ricochet from the ground to the margins of the page, looking for an exit from the frame, while the camera makes an effort to keep up. Her body is seen from multiple angles and distances; it is both observed in action through different environments and studied closely to reveal its reactions – a gaping mouth, closed eyes, palms reaching out for the hardness of the ground.
At first unsure whether the artist stumbles or collapses, a sense of confusion emerges regarding how the viewer should feel – are these scenes funny or pitiful? Is the body parodic or anaemic? Why does it refuse verticality so stubbornly? It’s hard not to make the work about the gendered subject. A female keeps falling and, with her, ideas around her weakness, her inadequacy, her malleability might fall into place too. Women’s lack of agency over their bodies, challenged particularly by the 1960’s and 1970’s feminist avant-garde, is hinted at through certain grainy, black-and-white photographs that borrow a minimalist aesthetic, but also through the performative nature of the overall work and the use of repetition as main formal strategy.
It’s hard not to make the work about the gendered subject. A female keeps falling and, with her, ideas around her weakness, her inadequacy, her malleability might fall into place too.
Another nod to the period is a subtle interest in the way that meaning takes shape at the confluence of language and images. The title page of the book is displaced from its usual front setting to a later page, after the first nine pictures. Here, the title is joined by other words to tap into a possible imaginary of falling: asleep, behind, ill, in line, in love, pregnant, from grace, prey, apart. Idioms and phrasal verbs shift meaning away from the separate words that make them up and have a particularly random quality, where a new meaning is culturally assigned to the association. Perhaps they are a suitable choice to guide Laurent’s photographs, where the subject’s insistent slipping and stumbling starts to feel purposeful the more you see it repeated.
In fact, the artist falls down just as much as within herself. Her father’s passing, although invisible in the book, deeply affected her sense of control and balance and acted as a catalyst for the work. The act of falling becomes, then, a rehearsal of loss through which, gradually, grief can be processed. Letting go turns into a compulsion that supports the body’s coping and subsequent healing, one that favours the lesser source of pain. Counterintuitively, falling hurts less than standing up alert and aware, and self-preservation requires betraying instincts, overriding proprioception. From time to time, close-ups of the moving figure create the illusion of floating, seemingly entrapping it in a space where the laws of physics are temporarily suspended, like an episode of sleep paralysis. In one photograph that captures Laurent on the pavement, motion is entirely absent, her body appearing lifeless. However, the last pictures show the now pregnant artist coming back on two feet and starting to run. They act both as a confirmation of vitality and as a portal to a different state of being. Death becomes intertwined with life and womanhood with motherhood, while the body regains its composure.
Laurent’s fallings are heterogenous – sometimes humorous, sometimes serious; at times sinister, but ordinary on other occasions; real and performed; anticipating the tripping of her child and recalling the torment of losing someone and oneself.
A few other pictures in the book look more contemporary. They seem to share firstly an interest in the bodily form, in its capacity for both motion and stasis and its sculptural quality with Xu Zhen’s In Just a Blink of an Eye, a display of four live bodies dressed in streetwear, appearing frozen in the middle of a backwards fall. Secondly, they open up the series to visual practices beyond fine art. Akin to Vine creator Paige Ginn’s videos of herself falling dramatically in different social settings, the failure of the body, specifically of the young woman’s body, is transformed, through the spectatorship of others into something different, a realization of sorts. In the economy of attention, whatever holds the eye is valuable, regardless of authenticity.
Laurent’s fallings are heterogenous – sometimes humorous, sometimes serious; at times sinister, but ordinary on other occasions; real and performed; anticipating the tripping of her child and recalling the torment of losing someone and oneself. Her photographs could make one wonder whether, despite what physics tells us, there wasn’t more than gravity acting on the body in free fall. | <urn:uuid:22aa7f09-bc73-4333-80d3-7b93d483a486> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://c4journal.com/gabby-laurent-falling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.948715 | 1,104 | 1.835938 | 2 |
J., E. (1921) The Psychology of Everyday Life: By James Drever, Lecturer on Psychology in the University of Edinburgh. (Methuen and Co., London, 1921. Pp. 164. Price 6s.). International Journal of Psychoanalysis 2:233-234
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If you are suffering from yellow pollen buildup on your porch, you are probably wondering how to clean pollen off porch screens. Here are some tips to keep your porch pollen-free. Firstly, you should consider whether the curtains on your porch keep the pollen out. In addition, you should consider the cost of using porch curtains to help keep out pollen. In case you have a small budget, you can hire someone to clean the porch for you.
Table of Contents
- How to clean pollen off a screened porch?
- How to remove yellow pollen from a screened porch?
- How do I keep my porch pollen free?
- Do porch curtains keep out pollen?
- How do I make my porch dust free?
- How to clean a porch screen without removing it
How to clean pollen off a screened porch?
When the summer air makes the pollen on your porch unbearable, it’s time to start cleaning it off. You can use a 50/50 mixture of hot water and vinegar. Scrub the problem areas with a sponge or brush. If you want to avoid damaging the porch’s furnishings and fabrics, try soaking them in water first. Use a mild detergent to scrub off stubborn dirt. Rinse the area thoroughly before reinstalling screens.
After you’ve removed the pollen with soap and water, scrub the surfaces with a scrub brush. Using a rag dipped in warm water and dish detergent can help remove the dirt and pollen from outdoor furniture. You should also use a garden hose to wash off the porch furniture and get rid of any other pollen. If you’re dealing with wicker furniture, you can spray down the fabric using a misting hose. In between washing, shake off loose pollen from the surface and wipe it clean with a dry wash cloth. You can also use a glass surface cleaner to remove the pollen.
When you’ve cleaned the cushions, you should vacuum the area. If you can’t vacuum the seats, try rubbing them with a mixture of two parts water and one part vinegar. Similarly, you can wipe the upholstery using a bristle brush. If you can’t reach the pollen-filled cushions, use a solution of two parts water and one part vinegar. After cleaning, vacuum the surface to ensure that any leftover pollen is gone.
How to remove yellow pollen from a screened porch?
Yellow pollen can make the screened porch appear dirty and dusty. There are several ways to remove the pollen from your screened porch, starting with regular cleaning. You can use a mild cleaner, such as vinegar, rubbing alcohol, or an enzyme-based household cleaner, to remove the pollen stains. Pollen stains may also occur on outdoor furniture, which is why it is essential to clean it regularly.
To clean the screen of screened-in porch, mix a solution of one cup of baking soda with one gallon of water. Another solution is to apply a product containing 1/8 cup of liquid dish detergent. If the stains are severe, you may need to use a pressure washer to remove them. Cleaning pollen on screened-in porch furniture is easier than it sounds. Plastic furniture and decks are easier to clean than wicker furniture. Sweep away loose dust, then wipe down the furniture with soap and water. Cleaning cloth surfaces will also remove the pollen. Glass surfaces can be cleaned with a window cleaner.
A soft vacuum can help remove the pollen on screened-in porches. A magic eraser or toothbrush can also remove pollen, as well. You can also clean the window screens with vinegar or cleaning solution. You can also use laundry detergents that contain enzymes, such as those used to treat lily pollen. Alternatively, you can use a special stain remover made for removing pollen.
How do I keep my porch pollen free?
If you are looking for ways to keep porches pollen free, you’ll be glad to know that there are a number of different methods. Pollen is a powdery, yellow substance that comes from various sources. Some of the more prominent sources of pollen include pine trees, ash, cedar, and birch. But there are also other sources, such as slash pine, which blooms in mid-march and some other plants native to certain regions.
One way to clean a porch is to use a pressure washer or a garden hose with a jet spray nozzle. While you’re at it, you should start by cleaning the screens. If you spot any spots, you can wipe them off with a rag and soap. However, if you’re afraid that water will damage your porch floor, you can hose it down once in a while.
You can also clean cushions by beating them. You can also use a dishwashing solution and a soft sponge. Then, you can let them air-dry if they are plastic. The color of plastic furniture will fade if exposed to the sun for a long time, so air drying is recommended. You can also clean iron furniture with a solution of two parts water and one part vinegar. If you’re concerned about staining, try spraying the area with a vinegar solution.
Do porch curtains keep out pollen?
Do porch curtains keep out pollen? It depends. If you spend time outside, you know the trouble that pollen can cause, but you also want your outdoor furniture to stay in good condition. Pollen is a nuisance, but it’s not hard to control. You can use plastic drapes, vinyl drapes, or painter’s drop cloths. These are easy to clean and can help keep your furniture and porch screens looking their best. Porch curtains can also help keep out pollen, especially if they’re mounted on steel rods.
The same can be true for cushions. Porch curtains should either touch the ground or hover a few inches above it. Outdoor curtains should be cleaned often, as pollen settles anywhere and can cause allergies. To prevent pollen from accumulating in your curtains, vacuum regularly. You can also try soaking them in a solution of two parts water and one part vinegar. You can also use a cotton towel to wipe off the accumulated pollen.
The size of the holes in porch curtains will determine the amount of pollen they block. Smaller holes mean fewer pollen particles, so a mesh curtain with eight hundred holes per square inch can keep out ninety percent of pollen. Porch curtains can be installed on two sides of a porch, but make sure to read the manufacturer’s guidelines before installing them. If your porch is located on a sunny side, you may want to install larger curtains. If you don’t want to face the sun, opt for smaller ones.
How do I make my porch dust free?
If your porch has a lot of pollen on it, you’re probably wondering how to clean it. Pollen is a yellow powder that comes from a variety of sources, including pine trees, ash, birch, and cedar. It is especially common in the mid-march season, and you can also get it from slash pine, which is native to some areas.
Fortunately, there are solutions to the pollen problem. You can use duct tape to tape off the affected area. Another option is to use a mild acid-based household cleaner. This will remove the pollen that is stuck to the surface. The duct tape will help you prevent the pollen from coming back. You can use the cleaner to cover the pollen from getting on the furniture as well.
Another easy way to prevent pollen from settling on your porch is to cover it with plastic. While this may not prevent the dust from settling on your porch, it does keep the pollen from falling on it. You can also use painter’s drop cloths and vinyl drapes to keep the porch dust free. For screened-in porches, you can use curtains or a painter’s drop cloth to keep the pollen out. When not using the porch, you can open the curtains to enjoy the outdoors.
How to clean a porch screen without removing it
If you are worried that cleaning your screen door will be a hassle, there are several easy methods to remove pollen. One of these ways is to rinse it in the shower. After cleaning, lay it flat to dry. You can also use a vacuum attachment to remove stubborn particles. Once the screen door is dry, you can reinstall it. Just make sure to allow it to air dry completely before you put it back on your porch.
Before you clean your screen, it’s important to dust it thoroughly. This will not only make your porch look cleaner, but it will keep the screen from getting dirty again. If you have severe allergies, it is a good idea to enlist someone who isn’t allergic to pollen to help you clean the screen. Always wear a mask and gloves to protect your eyes from dust while you’re cleaning.
Another option to clean your porch screen is to use a hose and soap. Make sure to use a nozzle with a hose. Once you’ve rinsed the screen, dry it thoroughly with a towel or cloth. You can use a soft brush to scrub the screen, too, as it’s easier to clean the highest areas first. You can also add some dish soap to the water before you scrub it. | <urn:uuid:39b31b37-0208-481c-9799-2f1c1c8c58e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.enjoyfrontporch.com/how-to-clean-pollen-off-porch-screens/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.937765 | 1,930 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Now in its fourth year, the Renewable Energy from Waste (REW) Conference will take place November 14-16, 2016 in Long Beach, CA. Established to provide the latest information for the rapidly developing and dynamic waste conversion industry, REW Conference is designed to broaden attendees’ understanding of waste conversion technologies and the market trends that are critical to the development of new projects. More than 30 experts will share case studies and real-world experience in planning, implementing and operating successful projects during the 2016 event. We hope to see you there!
When: November 14-16, 2016
Where: The Westin Long Beach, CA
The event is an ideal environment for key industry players to learn, network, and exchange ideas, the conference provides deep insights into technology, markets and application of the technologies that can provide solutions to waste problems. Any business, waste and recycling firm, or government official trying to understand how energy recovery can be part of a waste diversion program will want to attend.
GBB on the Program:
- Harvey Gershman
- Pre-Conference Workshop
- “Waste Conversion Market Update”
- Conference Takeaways
- Steve Simmons
- “Advancing Gasification and Pyrolysis”
- Ljupka Arsova
- ”Opportunities in Biogas”
Two full days of sessions will cover a wide range of topics critical to understanding the industry, including:
- The role of waste-to-energy in the circular economy;
- National, state and local market outlooks;
- Fuel processing innovations;
- Structuring effective public-private partnerships; and
- Opportunities for biogas.
Attendees will also have the option to register, with a separate fee, for a half-day pre-conference workshop entitled “From Concept to Reality – Waste Conversion Project Implementation,” led and facilitated by GBB. This is a unique opportunity, for public and private-sector conference attendees, to leverage and further maximize their conference experience by learning from, and exchanging ideas with, industry experts and colleagues with similar experiences in an intimate workshop setting conducive to in-depth discussions.
The workshop will show industry professionals how to cut through the noise and provide the technology overview, permitting and financing considerations, and project procurement approaches needed to successfully implement a waste conversion project that can help your integrated solid waste management system get closer to zero waste to landfill. The afternoon will be broken down into 4 sessions:
|Status of Waste Conversion Technologies
GBB Vice President
|Permitting Considerations for Waste Conversion Project
Chip Clements, P.E.
President / Founder of Clements Environmental Corporation
|Conducting a Procurement and Development Process
|Involving an Investment Banker to Raise Equity and Debt
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Here are seven reasons why the City of New Westminster should retract its apology :
1. The Komagata Maru was the second of two battering rams that the Sikhs used to defy Canada’s right to defend itself in the early 1900’s. The first battering ram had been the ship called the Panama Maru which had arrived in Canada about a year earlier (1913) than the Komagata Maru (in 1914). A large number of the Panama Maru Sikhs had presented fraudulent documents. They were obvious fraudsters. Both ships and their passengers were brazenly saying that Canada had no right to defend itself against immigration fraud and sheer numbers of immigrants. This was an obvious threat to Canada. In 1914, China had a population of 441 million. According to UK Archives, India had 315 million. Both China and India’s population are now well over a billion and are an even greater threat than they were in the early 1900’s. Both China and India were then and still are bottom-less pits of cheap labourers who had and still have the potential to overwhelm the population of Canada economically and culturally. Before and after the Komagata Maru incident, both Chinese and East Indians had deservedly received the fury of the U.S. and many other countries who had had to deal with them. What country in the world would be so insane as to allow such people to enter its territory and overwhelm it? The key principle that New Westminster Council should have kept in mind in making a decision about whether to apologize is this : The Sikhs had no right to enter Canada; and Canada had no obligation to take them. Let’s say that again : The Sikhs had no right to enter Canada; Canada had no obligation to take them. The same principle applies today. We are making this point because NW’s City Council seems to think that the Sikhs did have a right and that Canada was obligated to take them. Lastly, keep in mind the overall purpose the Sikhs now have for demanding endless apologies : to batter down all remaining resistance to mass Sikh immigration to Canada and to continue the establishment of more Sikh colonies in Canada. When was Canada’s population ever asked if they wanted the mass immigration that its government has imposed upon it?
2. The Sikhs and other East Indians were confirmed litigants who were determined to use the courts to wear down Canada’s resistance. Gurdit Singh, the leader of the Komagata Maru group, had had some success with litigation in the UK-controlled colony of Singapore. Following that incident, Singh researched the immigration issue in Canada and had convinced himself he could succeed again. He did not pay much attention to two extremely important facts : (A) the fact that Canada had become independent from the UK in 1867 and had the right to set its own immigration laws. (B) A world-wide economic breakdown was in process in 1914. It had caused a significant amount of unemployment in all the world, let alone in British Columbia and the rest of Canada. Both Canada and B.C. had a sovereign duty to protect their unemployed workers from senseless economic competition. Protecting one’s own population should have been the most self-evident of the duties of a nation state like Canada in 1914. With about two million now unemployed, Canada should be proclaiming the same principle today. However, it has not done that because Trudeau is a quisling and a weakling against sinister Sikh and other immigrant infiltration of Canada.
3. Under the vote-hungry groveling of a series of Canadian Prime Ministers such as Pierre Trudeau, Mulroney, Chretien and Harper, Canada has given Chinese and Sikh immigration interests virtual priority over the interests of Canada’s majority Euoropean-based population. Justin Trudeau has enthusiastically followed the example of his predecessors. In fact, Justin Trudeau has become the most degraded of all of Canada’s prime ministers and probably all of the politicians that Canada has ever had. He is a quisling of immense and almost immeasurable magnitude. He demonstrated that shortly after getting first elected in 2015 when he announced that Canada was the world’s first post-national state !! At the very least, that treacherous announcement should have ignited a movement to create an impeachment law aimed at him. Since then, a host of treacherous Canadian politicians has imitated him. Like Trudeau, most of those politicians have probably never spent two minutes researching the Komagata Maru’s history.
4. Worse still, similar degradation has permeated Canada’s media. Long ago, Canada’s journalists should have exposed the truth about the Komagata Maru and other Sikh-related incidents. Instead, the media have merely parroted Sikh and other immigration nonsense. When the Sikhs demanded that New Westminster City Council apologize to them for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident, journalists should have immediately confronted the Sikhs and pointed out that the Sikhs had committed a much more serious sin (the bombing of Air India Flight #182, and the mass murder of 329 people). Journalists should have asked this question : Why have Sikh organizations not apologized for that? Furthermore, in demanding an apology, the Sikhs have justified their demand by saying that a number of relatives of the Komagata Maru Sikhs still live in New Westminster today. The problem with that argument is that an even greater number of the 329 Canadians the Sikhs murdered in their bombing of the Air India plane also probably live in New Westminster as well as in nearby municipalities. Furthermor, remember this especially : The Sikhs placed bombs on two Air India flights in 1985. In other words, the Sikhs clearly intended to murder over 600. It was only sheer luck that the bomb on a second flight exploded in the confines of the Tokyo airport, and not over Japan or some other country. If anyone should have precedence in getting an apology, the survivors of Air India Flight # 182 are the ones. In fact, why has New Westminster City Council not demanded that Sikhs not get down on their knees on the steps of New Westminster City Hall and beg forgiveness for the mass murder the Sikhs committed
(5) Finally, the Sikhs love to play the role of “victim”. They contend that a number (20?) of their comrades died in a fight with British agents when the Komagata Maru returned to India in 1914. The Sikhs deliberately omit the fact that Sikhs who lived in the Vancouver area in 1914 traveled to Washington State and bought guns there. Shortly after, the Vancouver Sikhs smuggled the guns aboard the Komagata Maru. It is very probable that when the Komagata Maru arrived in India, the Sikhs were the ones who started the gunfight which resulted in the deaths of (20?+ Sikhs). In other words, those Sikhs who fired the Sikh guns bear just as much of the guilt for the Sikh deaths as the British agents who returned fire at the Sikhs.
(6) The perpetrators of the Air India bombings have still not paid for the mass murder they committed in 1985. Here is a key point : The Sikhs in Trudeau’s Cabinet as well as in other parties (such as Sikh NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh) probably know the names of the people who committed the largest mass murder in Canadian history. This is not a trivial issue. With-holding such serious evidence is a criminal offence. Did New Westminster City Council consider this when they groveled to the Sikhs ?
(7) Finally, as crazy and unflattering as Sikh history in Canada is, the Sikhs managed to get Canada’s boot-licking Parliament to designate every April as Sikh Heritage Month !! Here are two key questions : What heritage are the Sikhs referring to? Is it the Mass murder of 329 Canadians? After all, that is probably the only “heritage” event that most Canadians will think of when they hear the word “Sikh”. Are we Canadians missing something? Let’s repeat : What is the “heritage” the Sikhs want Canada to celebrate?
To summarize, What Canadian in his right mind will see any reason whatsoever for paying respect to the Sikhs when April 1, 2021 arrives? In fact, most Canadians will ask : When can we see the repeal of Sikh Heritage Month and the burning of any other documents containing apologies to the Sikhs? The recent apology that boot-licking New Westminster City Council made should be at the top of any New Westminster documents to be burned. | <urn:uuid:309f0396-b073-4486-a320-2d90ff640d5d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://immigrationwatchcanada.org/2021/03/04/new-westminster-city-council-joins-list-of-politicial-dolts-who-have-apologized-for-the-komagata-maru/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.973961 | 1,773 | 3.015625 | 3 |
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The UK could soon be cracking down on influencers who don’t declare that their photos have been retouched. It follows Norway and an existing forward thinking law that made it illegal for influencers to not disclaim when a paid-post on their social media was retouched, influencing parts of the world, like the UK, to follow suit.
Here is everything we know so far about the potential new law.
What is the potential new rule about declaring retouched photos on Instagram?
Earlier this year, the UK made steps to make this law, with a bill put forward for a logo to be displayed on any digitally-altered images of bodies. Why? The government hope that making people aware of when a photo isn’t “real”, will combat body dysmorphia online.
The legislation introduced earlier this year, called the Digitally Altered Body Image Bill, was proposed by Dr Luke Evans. He is a GP turned Tory MP for Bosworth, Leicestershire, and it was brought to parliament on Wednesday 13 January. In short, the bill calls for better transparency, letting people know when influencers and brands have Photoshopped, FaceTuned or used other applications to edit a photo.
“If someone has been paid to post a picture on social media which they have edited, or advertisers, broadcasters or publishers are making money from an edited photograph, they should be honest and upfront about it.” Dr Evans told the House of Commons.
In practice, it would work in a similar way to how influencers must now legally state, usually through #ad, #spon or #paid, when their post is in partnership with another brand.
But that’s not all, former Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt and the committee he sits in are also calling on advertisers to feature a more diverse variety of body aesthetics. As well as the promotion of cosmetic services, such as fillers, to be regulated, and for those providing the service themselves to check the medical and mental health history of the customer, plus offer a 48-hour “cooling off” period to cancel, to make sure the customer is sure about their decision.
How likely is it that the law will be put in place?
As of April 2022, the bill is still awaiting its second reading but in the meantime, you can find updates on the campaign via Dr Evans’ website. However, other Health and Social Care Committee MPs are behind the campaign, and have rallied for the government to implement new laws to reduce the unrealistic body expectations impacting Gen Z.
Would this work in practice?
Currently, not all details have been ironed out, but some are questioning how a law like this would be enforced. Apps like FaceTune allow their users to edit photos in subtle ways, it could be easily overlooked.
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When I think of my local farmers market, it’s hard to fathom how a nearby parking lot transforms into a place filled with fresh produce, delicious goods, good music, and amazing energy. However, the impact of farmers markets goes beyond making one’s weekend mornings off to a great start. In fact, farmers markets provide access to fresh food, stimulate the local economy, and create a space for the community to gather.
A primary purpose of farmers markets is to make fresh and healthy produce accessible to community members. In studies across rural and urban areas, it is shown that farmers markets are a viable method to increase population-level produce consumption. In order to expand accessibility across socioeconomic backgrounds, many farmers markets accept federal nutritional benefits such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Implementation of these benefits has made a significant impact for families in communities across the country. In 2021, over 100 million dollars of federal nutrition benefits were redeemed at farmers markets and farm direct sites.
Besides providing fresh produce to community members, farmers markets fuel the local economy by supporting small businesses and generating job opportunities. In 2020, 59 percent of direct to consumer sales reported by the USDA were due to farmers markets and on-farm stores. As for creating job opportunities, farmers markets provide the space for working at the market and for the vendors themselves. According to the 2020 USDA/NASS Market Manager Survey, 53 percent of market operators were paid employees. Plus, growers who sell locally are able to create 13 full time farm operator jobs per $1 million in revenue earned.
One aspect of farmers markets that many overlook is that they’re also a place where people gather. A study by the American Farm Bureau has shown that 72 percent of consumers have little to no knowledge of farming and ranching. Farmers markets provide the space for farmers and consumers to connect and educate each other. In fact, multiple studies indicate that farmer-consumer interactions have improved sustainability practices for farmers and inspire consumers to shift their purchasing habits.
However, tents don’t just build themselves every week! Market operators take intricate steps daily to create and maintain thriving farmers markets in communities across the country. From navigating local laws and codes, building vendor relationships, troubleshooting technical issues, marketing, and physically setting up the market, it goes without saying that farmers markets don’t just happen. Markets continue to put in the effort to better themselves in order to support their communities from adapting to health and safety protocol due to the pandemic, to partnering with outside organizations to foster more inclusive and equitable spaces for all members of their communities. The culture of farmers markets is changing, and that’s thanks to farmers market operators who seek to foster markets as community hubs and move the narrative of farmers markets beyond the status quo.
That’s why at the Farmers Market Coalition, it is imperative for us to serve as the national voice for farmers markets and support farmers market operators in cultivating resilient local food systems in communities across the country. As the only national organization representing farmers market operators, we work with experts across the country to strengthen farmers markets through advocacy, education, technical support, and promotion.
As markets continue to grow and adapt, they need the support of the community to continue the essential work they do. A great way to start is by amplifying your local market during National Farmers Market Week (NFMW). In 1999, the U.S Department of Agriculture proclaimed the first week in August, National Farmers Market Week. Since then, NFMW has been a week full of celebration and acknowledgment of the immense value farmers markets give to our neighborhoods across the country. Join us in celebrating National Farmers Market Week 2022 coming up August 7-13!
Want to celebrate and support your local market during National Farmers Market Week and beyond? Here are a few ways.
- Visit your local farmers market. This week is a great time to visit and meet with the people that make your market happen. Connect and thank your local farmers, vendors, and market operators. And don’t forget to purchase some local goods!
- Volunteer. Many farmers markets depend on volunteers to thrive. According to the 2020 NASS/USDA Market Manager Survey, over 31,000 volunteers contributed their time to over 5,000 markets across the nation. Check to see if nearby markets have volunteer opportunities and get a glimpse of the work that it takes to bring local food to your neighborhood.
- Donate. Help your local market continue to provide this essential service by donating. Your money can go towards infrastructure, technologies, health and safety equipment, and much more. Contact your local market to find out how you can financially support them.
- Spread the word. Attendance is vital for a market’s sustainability. Share market information to your family, friends, and neighbors. And of course, follow your favorite markets on social media to keep up with the latest updates.
Mykalee McGowan is the Communications Associate at the Farmers Market Coalition. They joined FMC in July 2021. They are a strong supporter of food and wellness accessibility for all. They have volunteered for organizations such as Food Not Bombs and AfroVegan Society in Baltimore, Maryland. Currently, they are studying for their Masters in Nutrition and Herbal Medicine at the Maryland University of Integrative Health. | <urn:uuid:924895ec-45e7-40e6-baaf-cc592aef2b69> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.motherearthnews.com/mother-earth-news-fair/farmers-markets-dont-just-happen-celebrating-farmers-markets-during-national-farmers-market-week/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.952031 | 1,092 | 2.90625 | 3 |
UN75 gathered their views through surveys and dialogues, with crucial support from UN Country Teams and Information Centers in all regions. We did this by:
- Conducting a global survey of people’s priorities for recovering better from COVID-19 and for building a better future for all – over 1.3 million people responded
- Creating materials to support more than 3,000 dialogues in 120 countries – virtual and physical – in classrooms, boardrooms, parliaments and community groups
- Working with Edelman Intelligence and the Pew Research Center to poll a representative sample of 50,000 people in 50 countries
- Analyzing print, broadcast, online and social media in 70 countries
- Mapping academic research in the six official UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian
Together, this was the UN’s most ambitious effort to gather priorities and solutions from the global public.
In line with the UN Secretary-General’s data strategy – For Action by Everyone, Everywhere, UN75 worked with the UN Development Programme to make the data gathered during this exercise available to policy-makers and the public.
What the world wants
In 2020, more than 1.5 million people - from all countries and all walks of life - shared their hopes, fears, priorities and solutions for the future.
You can view, organise and download the data here
UN75: 2020 and Beyond
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Brussels – Greenhouse gas emissions from European farming have been rising steadily since 2012, according to a new European Commission report about the climate impact of the EU’s common agricultural policy.
The report, which was also the subject of a freedom-of-information request, was released by the European Commission on Monday, buried amid the coverage of the European Parliament elections.
Greenpeace EU agriculture policy director Marco Contiero said: “The study shows once and for all that Europe is failing to tackle agriculture’s contribution to climate breakdown. In particular, the EU has been unable to address the detrimental role that the overproduction of meat and dairy plays. Instead of locking Europe further into factory farming, and on track for climate disaster, the EU’s farming policy must enable a transition to producing and consuming less and better meat and dairy.”
Alone, animal farming in Europe contributes 12-17% of the EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Farm animals emit greenhouse gases themselves and are often fed commodities like soy, which are linked to deforestation and habitat destruction, and have a major climate footprint.
Greenpeace is calling for a 50% reduction in global meat and dairy production by 2050, to protect the climate, environment and public health. This call is echoed by scientists in a recent report on healthy diets from a sustainable food system.
Marco Contiero, Greenpeace EU agriculture policy director: +32 (0)477 777034, [email protected]
Greenpeace EU press desk: +32 (0)2 274 1911, [email protected]
For breaking news and comment on EU affairs: www.twitter.com/GreenpeaceEU
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The violence perpetrated in the streets of cities across America continues because state and local elected officials (all Democrats) refuse to do what is necessary to stop it. These acts no longer fit the definition of protest. Rather, sedition defines them: “incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.”
President Donald Trump has ordered agents from the Department of Homeland Security to quell the disturbances in Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, which appear to be coordinated, and stop them from spreading to other cities.
On Wednesday, the White House announced the deployment of what it terms “federal assets,” which Attorney General William Barr defined as “street agents and investigators,” to targeted cities experiencing the most violence.
Some contend the president is exceeding his constitutional authority and what’s known as the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which “prohibits the use of U.S. military forces to perform the tasks of civilian law enforcement such as arrest, apprehension, interrogation, and detention unless explicitly authorized by Congress.”
Two regimes are fighting an ideological war in America today. But what side are you on? And how can you sharpen up on how to defend your position? Learn more now >>
It may be splitting hairs to say DHS forces are not the military, but the larger question is this: Should the president allow federal property to be destroyed and people shot, given the refusal of some mayors and governors to intervene? Or, for the sake of preserving “domestic tranquility,” saving human life and protecting public and private property take the action he has taken?
Perhaps the media should ask people whose jobs have been disrupted, their businesses destroyed, their work suspended—or ended—if they are OK with allowing the rioting to continue.
Pundits and activists can pontificate all they want from the safety of their basements and the security of uninterrupted paychecks, but what about the victims? Have they no right to be safe and secure?
A federal law known as 18 U.S. Code 2385 and titled “Advocating overthrow of Government” says this:
Whoever knowingly or willingly advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any state, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein … and if two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
That sounds clear to me, and it should be clear to everyone else, that there are forces that wish to destroy not only the presidency of Trump and prevent his reelection, but who hate the country.
These protesters, who appear to be mostly spoiled, mostly white, and mostly young, have likely been radicalized in their universities and on social media. They are destroyers, not builders. Elected leaders who refuse to stop them are as guilty of abetting a crime as the driver of the getaway car after a bank robbery.
The president is right to put a stop to this just as he would be right to order the military to oppose an outside enemy seeking to destroy the nation. If these anarchists are allowed to get away with their crimes, there will be more anarchy.
Peace through strength is not just a slogan to be invoked when fighting foreign enemies and terrorists. It is also a policy that will deter this spoiled mob that has no gratitude for a nation that has given them everything and to which they have returned little.
They should be arrested, prosecuted, and locked up so that order may be restored.
Author: Cal Thomas
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MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano is flying to Beijing on Tuesday evening, March 20, to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and discuss possible joint exploration in the West Philippine Sea.
The West Philippine Sea is the part of the South China Sea that belongs to the Philippines. China, however, claims ownership of the West Philippine Sea, while Cayetano stresses that these Philippine waters remain “disputed.”
Cayetano said Wang invited him to Beijing.
“We will be discussing broad areas of collaboration and cooperation, but we also always make it a point to talk about our difference, of our dispute in the South China Sea, but we talk about it in the context of how we can improve the situation, and as we have been talking about it, we are trying to find a legal framework acceptable to the Philippines, that will pass the requirements of the Philippine Constitution, and is also acceptable to the Chinese people and Chinese leadership, where we can jointly explore areas where there is a dispute in the South China Sea,” Cayetano said.
Cayetano said the Philippines “will talk to all the claimants” in the South China Sea, not just China.
“It makes no sense for us to just talk to one side. We have to talk to everyone,” he added.
Talks with China also involve agricultural exports, infrastructure, counterterrorism in Marawi City, and regional issues such as the Korean Peninsula crisis, Cayetano said.
He also said he will visit a group involved in smart cities.
Cayetano earlier said the Philippines is “aggressively” pursuing joint exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea.
He explained that joint exploration has a “precedent” – the 2005 Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) between the Philippines, China, and Vietnam.
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Fertilizer Market – Overview – :
Fertilizer market usage has been growing rapidly, especially in horticulture, as the total population has grown, resulting in increased food requirements. In addition, the horticultural result has declined due to a deficiency in dirt supplements caused by the use of pesticides and other harmful synthetics. Natural fertilizers are gaining popularity due to their ability to support soil supplementation, water maintenance, and construction. Mixtures of substances, for example ammonium nitrate, potassium sulphate and others found in manufactured synthetic or inorganic compounds adjust dirt. Fertilizer use should be improved and directed, as excessive fertilizer use leads to contamination. Plant advancement is aided by nitrogen-based fertilizers, for example. Excessive use of nitrogen-based fertilizers, again, is negative because it has harmful effects on creatures, people, plants, and water bodies.
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Fertilizers are normal or counterfeit substances containing synthetic components that affect the development and efficiency of plants. Fertilizers improve the regular fruiting of the earth or supplant the compound components extracted from the earth by previous yields. Current fertilizers include nitrogen, potassium and phosphate fertilizers. Some fertilizers also contain certain “micronutrients”, for example zinc and various metals which are essential for the development of plants.
Fertilizer market -Dynamics-:
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Drivers – : Rising adoption of single-use technologies and emphasis on the development of large molecule biopharmaceuticals are driving the market.
Challenge-: Low capacity of depth filters for high density collection and strict regulation of the filtration process with depth filters is limiting the market growth.
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In this section, the readers will know about the critical competitors and the procedures they are adopting to gain undue advantage in the fertilizer market. Also, this fundamental analysis will allow readers to recognize which competitor is contributing the most to the market.
The key players in the fertilizer market are:
• Yara International ASA
• The Mosaic company
• Nutrien Limited
• K+S AG
• OCP Group
• Haifa Group
• Syngenta AG
• Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)
• Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.
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Fertilizer Market – Segmentation:
The segmentation study performed in this report helps players in the Fertilizer market to increase productivity by focusing their organization’s efforts and assets on these market segments, which proves most positive for their goals.
The segments are made according to:
By type: organic fertilizers, inorganic fertilizers and bio-fertilizers.
By form: granules, liquids, gases and others.
By crop type: horticultural crops, cash crops, cereals, turf and ornamental crops, and others.
By geography: North America, South America, Europe, APAC and RoW.
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Some Points from TOC of Fertilizer Market:
Global Fertilizer Market Growth, Trend and Forecast 2022-2027
Chapter 1 Fertilizer Market Overview
1.1 Product Overview and Scope of Fertilizers
1.2 Fertilizer Market Segmentation by Type
1.2.1 Global Fertilizer Market Share by Type in 2022
1.2.2 Organic fertilizers
1.2.3 Inorganic fertilizers
1.3 Fertilizer Market Segmentation by Form
1.3.3 Gaseous and others.
1.4 Fertilizer Market Segmentation by Crop Type
1.4.1 Horticultural crops
1.4.2 Cash crops
1.4.4 Turf and ornamental crops, and others.
1.5 Fertilizer Market Segmentation by Regions
1.5.1 North America
1.5.4 Southeast Asia
1.6. Global Fertilizer Market Size (Value) (2015-2028)
Chapter 2 Global Economic Impact on Fertilizer Industry
2.1 Analysis of the global macroeconomic environment
2.1.1 Global Macroeconomic Analysis
2.1.2 Development Trend of Global Macroeconomic Environment
2.2 Global Macroeconomic Environment Analysis by Regions
Chapter 3 Global Fertilizer Market Competition by Manufacturers
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The withdrawal process is the most anxiety-provoking for many people who want to quit drugs or alcohol. While withdrawal is not comfortable or fun, it is possible with the proper support and medical care. Withdrawing from drugs or alcohol in a medically-supervised program is called detoxing. Studies show that, as a first step in the process of addiction recovery, it can be highly effective. There are many possible side effects of detoxifying, and it can help relieve anxiety if you have a better idea of what to expect. With the help of a drug detox program, like the one we offer at Liberty Health Services, it is possible to begin the recovery process.
What Is Medically-Supervised Drug Detox?
Unfortunately, there are many potential side effects of withdrawal from drugs or alcohol. However, medical supervision can help keep the client as safe and comfortable as possible. Most medically-supervised detox programs are residential, meaning that the client will stay there during the entire detox process. While the client is there, medical staff will monitor their status to ensure they are doing well and tolerating the withdrawal process. In addition, therapeutic staff members will care for the client to help manage some of the emotional difficulties that can occur during withdrawal.
What Are the Side Effects of Detoxifying?
Every individual’s withdrawal experience is different because every human body is a little bit different. Furthermore, the side effects that a person is likely to experience can vary depending on what substances the person has been using. How long they have been using, how much they have been using, and their general physical and mental health can also affect the process.
Some of the side effects that a person might experience while going through drug or alcohol detox may include:
- Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
- Sleep disturbances or insomnia
- Anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric symptoms
- Shaking and sweating
- Intense drug or alcohol cravings
- Seizures or convulsions
- Difficulty focusing or paying attention to tasks
How Does Medical Supervision Help During Addiction Detox?
Unfortunately, no single medicine or treatment can remove the symptoms and side effects of drug and alcohol withdrawal. However, some medicines and treatments can help relieve some of the worst symptoms. Also, medical staff can help alleviate anxious feelings and concerns by reassuring the client that they are safe and in good health. The therapeutic treatments and counseling offered by care staff at a medically-supervised detox program can assist the client with their mindset. It can also make sure that their mental and emotional health is being well-managed.
What Will Happen After Addiction Detox Is Over?
Most medically-supervised detox programs will have a treatment program for people who have undergone addiction detox. After the client has completed their medically-supervised detox, they will transition into a new stage of care. This treatment program focuses on helping them heal from the trauma of addiction and building new skills and strategies to help the client maintain their sobriety. Studies show that people who complete a full treatment program, from detox to outpatient aftercare, have the best chance of maintaining their recovery. They’re also more successful in holding a job, having stable housing, and overall good outcomes.
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Make Agri Insurance Payouts Automatic
Calamity declarations should no longer be the only basis for releasing aid to crop and livestock farmers coping with natural calamities like typhoons and animal diseases, Senator Imee Marcos said.
Marcos issued the statement Monday as the Senate gathered as a Committee of the Whole to discuss the effects of increased pork importation while African Swine Fever (ASF) continued to batter the local hog industry.
“Local hog raisers are reeling from the delay in additional fund assistance attached to a state of calamity declaration. Let’s not wait for more hog raisers to shut down the business and for the local industry to collapse,” Marcos said.
The government has yet to declare a state of calamity due to ASF, despite the spread of the highly contagious animal disease in 12 regions, 40 provinces, 466 cities and municipalities, and 2,425 communities in the country, according to an April 1 report of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Marcos, who chairs the Senate committee on economic affairs, has proposed via Senate Bill 883 an “index-based insurance system” wherein neither a disaster declaration nor an assessment by an insurance company is necessary for the release of financial aid to crop and livestock farmers.
“Farmers need not file claims, as in the traditional system, because financial relief will automatically be triggered when certain predetermined thresholds are reached, like weather conditions as rainfall or wind speed, or animal disease infection rates in areas where an outbreak is suspected,” Marcos explained.
The Marcos bill calls on the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) to create “index-based insurance products,” so that protection can be expanded to include fortuitous events, as defined by Article 1174 of the Civil Code, which includes “acts of God,” natural occurrences, as well as “acts of man,” such as robbery, riots, strikes, wars, and governmental prohibitions that can lead to food shortages.
“The PCIC has a long track record of efficiency, despite being underfunded, and can pilot this alternative system that assures a swifter release of aid to farmers and helps ensure food security when calamity strikes,” Marcos said.
Marcos added that the quicker aid response of an index-based system will encourage more crop and livestock farmers to ensure their produce, citing that less than 34% of the country’s food producers are insured with the PCIC.
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Katie B is a Ceramic Artist based at Cockpit Arts. She didn’t enjoy school at all. She was dyslexic and thought, “Oh, I’m a bit stupid, I have to do Art ’cause I know I’m not going to do anything!” Fortunately she had two really encouraging ceramics teachers who gave her the confidence to think about a career in ceramics.
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- Uses hand tools and operates machinery to heat, bend, shape, press, drill and cut glass;
- Makes artificial eyes, laminated glass sheets or blocks, glass fibre tissue, wool, filament and matting, marks optical lenses and assembles rimless spectacles;
- Makes models and moulds from moulding clay and plaster for use in the making and casting of pottery and other ceramic goods;
- Throws, casts and presses clay by hand or machine to form pottery, stoneware or refractory goods such as bricks, crucibles, ornaments, sanitary furnishings, saggars, cups, saucers, plates and roofing tiles;
- Cuts and joins unfired stoneware pipes to form junctions and gullies, moulds sealing bands on clay pipes, prepares and joins porcelain or earthenware components and assists crucible makers and stone workers with their tasks;
- Applies decorative designs and finishes to glassware, optical glass and ceramic goods by grinding, smoothing, polishing, cutting, etching, dipping, painting or transferring patterns or labels.
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When I decided to learn to the piano more seriously I already had a small keyboard and I wanted to replace this with an 88 key digital piano keyboard that would enable me to learn the same skills I would learn on an acoustic piano. I felt that this was important to help accelerate my learning and I didn’t want to waste time learning on the wrong instrument that may hinder my overall standard.
If I was going to get piano lessons from a piano teacher and travel to their home for lessons I didn’t imagine that they would have a little keyboard like mine to teach me. I presumed that they were more than likely to have a decent upright piano or maybe even a grand piano or baby grand piano. I hoped, should I decide that I wished to get a piano teacher that they would at least have a full sized keyboard like the one that I eventually decided to buy.
Advantages Of A Full Sized Piano Keyboard
The main advantage for me was that I knew that with a full sized keyboard that should there be a piece of music I wished to play then I wouldn’t be limited by the number of keys available on my piano. A full sized acoustic piano has 88 keys, seven octaves, plus three lower notes (B, B flat and A).
I don’t dispute that it is possible to learn to play the piano with fewer keys and for a beginner 66 may be sufficient when learning to play. A compromise however, would be the 72 key keyboard on which most pieces of music can played.
Another important factor when buying a full sized piano keyboard was that as an adult they would come with full sized keys as apposed to the slightly more compact keys found on smaller keyboards. This was why I decided on a digital piano. The keys are identical in size to an acoustic piano and it also imitates the sound perfectly. It is therefore recognised as the best reasonably priced keyboard for those who wish to practice musicianship and can be the best keyboard for adults who wish to learn to play the piano.
Many students like me, who are not able or willing to invest in an acoustic piano but wish to invest in an instrument that will take them beyond the beginner playing standard decide upon the digital piano. This is because it is affordable and helps us to experience a very similar feeling to playing an acoustic piano.
This brings me to the importance of full sized weighted keys.
Piano Weighted Keys – How they work
Acoustic pianos are made with hammers a leverage system and strings. This means that when a hammer hits a string the frequency at which the string vibrates when hit with the hammer makes the noise and note that we hear quieter or louder.
The hammer that is used to strike the appropriate string is attached to a key by a lever system. Think of this leverage system like a see-saw. The more weight or force that is put down on one end of the see-saw so the faster and more forcefully the other end of the see-saw rises.
The amount of force that a key is played with then results with a matching force with which the hammer hits the string. The weight system can be felt when the key or keys are pressed down with force or with control.
Pushing down the key in a more delicate controlled fashion will prevent the hammer from striking the string with much force and the resulting note will then be heard with little volume.
If the key is played harder so the hammer is then forced to hit the appropriate string with greater force and this subsequently results in the note heard at a greater volume.
88 Key Digital Piano Weighted Keys
Weighted keys are a superb feature of digital pianos (and some keyboards/portable pianos). Their design enables them to mimic the action of an acoustic piano and remove the unweighted feature found in many keyboards. The familiar sound of an acoustic piano is then created and so too is the ability to now have the same level of control to produce a variety of expressive possibilities.
Being able using weighted keys now enables the beginner to play with sensitivity and emotion as the keys are pushed down with different levels of force and control. Such a feeling is not provided by unweighted keys and therefore when learning without weighted keys an appreciation for controlled play cannot be found that is required on an acoustic piano and therefore doesn’t help develop ones playing skill.
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If I wasn’t provided with the same feeling, sound and level of play that I had experience from playing an acoustic piano this would result in having a negative impact on my learning ability.
Without the right size keys and the right resistance of each key the evenness of my play could be affected. The strength in my fingers may not build up as required to move rapidly from one key to another and this would also affect the dynamic level and tone that I could produce from my piano play. I didn’t wish for this to happen and so I decided to buy a full size piano keyboard with weighted keys. | <urn:uuid:2847c259-eed9-4f8d-b6d8-4f4e9fc5e770> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pianosupermarket.com/category/uncategorized/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.969111 | 1,068 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Faster-moving Hawaii lava gushes into sea and spews new danger
Steam plumes rise as lava reaches the Pacific Ocean from fissures of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island on Sunday. Lava has been spewing from new fissures since May 3.
(Mario Tama / Getty Images)
Lava flows into the ocean near Pahoa, Hawaii. The volcanic chain of events began April 30 with the collapse of a lava-filled crater 12 miles east of Kilauea’s summit and the lava draining underground.
People take pictures as lava pours into the ocean, generating plumes of steam near Pahoa, Hawaii. Lava from a collapsed crater began oozing and spewing through fissures in the ground May 3, consuming homes, cars and roads.(Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)
Steam and volcanic gases rise as lava enters the Pacific Ocean. Officials are warning people on Hawaii’s Big Island about a combination of lava and haze. “Laze is when hot lava hits the ocean sending hydrochloric acid and steam with fine glass particles in the air,” the Hawaii County Civil Defense agency told the public May 20.(Mario Tama / Getty Images)
People play golf as an ash plume rises in the distance from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.(Mario Tama / Getty Images)
Eruptive activity from the Kilauea volcano continues in the vicinity of fissure 17 on Hawaii’s Big Island.(Mario Tama / Getty Images)
National Guard troops patrol the area along Leilani Avenue in Hawaii following volcanic activity in Leilani Estates.(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Lava flows at a new fissure in the aftermath of eruptions from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island as a local resident walks nearby after taking photos.(Mario Tama / Getty Images)
A lava fissure erupts from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.(Mario Tama / Getty Images)
Plants grow in cracks on a hardened lava flow from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island in Pahoa, Hawaii.(Mario Tama / Getty Images)
A lava flow from the Kilauea volcano cools near homes in the vicinity of fissure 17, on Hawaii’s Big Island.(Mario Tama / Getty Images)
Lava from the Kilauea volcano moves across the road in the Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii.(Marco Garcia / Associated Press)
A volcano that is oozing, spewing and exploding on Hawaii’s Big Island has become more hazardous, sending rivers of molten rock pouring into the ocean Sunday and launching lava skyward that caused the first major injury.
Kilauea volcano began erupting more than two weeks ago and has burned dozens of homes, forced thousands of people to flee and shot up ash clouds from its summit that led officials to distribute face masks.
Lava flows have picked up speed in recent days, spattering molten rock that hit a man in the leg.
He was outside his home Saturday in the remote, rural region affected by the volcano when the lava “hit him on the shin and shattered everything from there down on his leg,” Janet Snyder, Hawaii County mayor’s spokeswoman, told the Hawaii News Now TV station.
The injury came the same day that lava began streaming across a highway and flowing into the ocean.
The interaction of lava and seawater has created a cloud of steam laced with hydrochloric acid and fine glass particles that can irrigate the skin and eyes and cause breathing problems.
The lava haze, or “laze,” extended as far as 15 miles west of where the lava gushed into the ocean on the Big Island’s southern coast. It was just offshore and running parallel to the coast, said U.S. Geological Survey scientist Wendy Stovall.
Authorities warn that the plume could shift direction if the winds change. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says sulfur dioxide emissions also have tripled.
Residents in the area have been evacuated, and the highway that the lava crossed has shut down in places.
Joseph Kekedi, an orchid grower who lives and works about three miles from where lava is pouring into the sea, said luckily the flow didn’t head his way. At one point, it was about a mile up-slope from his property in the coastal community of Kapoho.
He said residents can’t do much but stay informed and be ready to get out of the way.
“Here’s nature reminding us again who’s boss,” Kekedi said.
He is hosting a 90-year-old who evacuated from the Leilani Estates neighborhood, where lava started spewing May 3. He also was storing belongings for other friends who had to leave their homes.
Kekedi said most of his neighbors are optimistic. He has friends who lost houses when lava smothered the town of Kalapana in the 1990s, but they built again and found a good life and “life went on.”
Scientists say they don’t know how long the eruption will last. The volcano has opened more than 20 vents, including four that have merged into one large crack. It has been gushing lava high into the sky and sending a river of molten rock toward the ocean at about 300 yards per hour.
The flows accelerated after newer lava began emerging from the ground late last week. The fresher lava is hotter and tends to move faster.
Scientists say the older lava is likely from magma that Kilauea has been storing underground since the volcano last erupted in 1955.
The area affected by lava and ash is small compared with the Big Island, which is about 4,000 square miles. The volcano has spared most of the island and the rest of the Hawaiian chain.
Officials reminded tourists that flights have not been affected, even on the Big Island. There, travelers are free to do most of the usual sightseeing activities that aren’t associated with the erupting volcano.
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