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Students and Alums Protest Changes at Washington and Lee U.’s Lee Chapel, Including Removing Washington’s Portrait
“Changing the [chapel] now is a complete breach of that responsibility, and it’s a major disgrace to historical sites everywhere”
Why are any schools making changes to their history when Yale does nothing? Elihu Yale was actively involved in the slave trade.
The College Fix reports:
Washington and Lee’s removal of George Washington portrait, other chapel changes draws protest
An ongoing series of changes and edits to Washington and Lee University’s historic Lee Chapel has drawn controversy and criticisms from students and alumni.
Most recently, administrators have announced plans to build a permanent wall this summer to separate the chapel’s main auditorium from a section of the building that features a recumbent statue of Robert E. Lee lying in state.
The statue is directly behind the podium from which students are addressed. Currently, the statue is fully visible from the pews, except when a temporary partition is erected during all official university events.
Last summer, officials removed portraits of President George Washington and General Lee from the chapel, as well as plaques honoring alumni and veterans from various wars, not just the Civil War.
Campus leaders have said the changes are motivated by a push to make the campus environment more inclusive. Traditionally, the chapel is used for mandatory freshmen orientation sessions, including the introduction to the school’s renowned honor system.
The changes have sparked criticism as the Virginia-based institution grapples with the complicated legacies of its namesakes. In particular, a student at the school is leading an effort to reverse the plans to build the permanent wall, efforts underscored by an active alumni group concerned about the university’s ongoing sanitizing of the chapel.
Junior Kamron Spivey, president of Students for Historical Preservation, has been vocal over the last school year in opposing the chapel changes. For one, he notes its status as a National Historic Landmark.
He said that when the university accepted National Historic Landmark status for Lee Chapel in 1961, “they pledged to uphold the site and share its historical significance with those who visit it.”
“Changing the [chapel] now is a complete breach of that responsibility, and it’s a major disgrace to historical sites everywhere,” he told The College Fix via email.
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The African National Congress (ANC), the most widely supported South African opposition movement, was founded in 1912 and for decades pursued a policy of peaceful resistance to racist laws and practices. In 1949, one year after the National Party came to power, the ANC adopted a program of illegal but nonviolent protest. In 1955, the congress and its allies issued their Freedom Charter, the most important feature of which was the declaration that: "South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white."22
When non-violent means failed to move the National Party government away from white supremacist policies, the ANC, after being driven underground by a government ban in 1960, changed its tactics to include the use of force from 1961 until 1990. In the years since 1960, many ANC leaders, including attorney Nelson Mandela, were imprisoned for treason or on other charges; others went into exile. The ANC experienced a resurgence following a government crackdown on black political organizations in 1977. It was legalized by President de Klerk in February 1990. Mandela, who represents the ANC as deputy president in national negotiations with de Klerk, announced in August that it was suspending its armed struggle.
The United Democratic Front (UDF) represents a coalition of organizations formed in 1983 in order to oppose a new constitution that raised the political stakes for Africans by excluding them from a new parliament with separate chambers for whites, Coloureds and Indians. At its inception, the UDF included over 400 community, labor, religious, youth and other organizations. It regards the ANC as the leader of the black struggle in South Africa, but has never advocated violence.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) was formed in November 1985 and became the largest union federation in South African history, with some 500,000 members, most of them Africans. In the climate of protest and violence sparked by the new constitution, COSATU was quickly drawn into joint political demonstrations. In a joint communique issued with the ANC in March 1986, COSATU stated:
COSATU's relationship to the nationalist and populist ANC is complex. Labor leaders seek to maintain their independence of action while seeking also to lead the ANC in a "socialist" direction that is responsive to the interests of workers.
On February 24, 1988, the government effectively but not formally banned the UDF and 16 other organizations and also prohibited COSATU from any activity deemed by the authorities to be political. They as well as the ANC and the South African Communist Party were unbanned in February 1990.
The Inkatha "cultural" movement, founded in the 1920s, was revived as a "national cultural liberation movement" by Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi in 1975. In July 1990, Buthelezi formally declared Inkatha a nonracial political party. Buthelezi claims that the membership is 1.9 million, but membership figures are open to serious doubt because of pressures to join.24 The vast majority of Inkatha members are Zulus living in the rural "homeland" of KwaZulu in Natal.
Buthelezi identified himself with the ANC as a student. ANC leaders, who saw him as a potential ally, encouraged him to serve as a chief within the homeland structures. Buthelezi's past association with the ANC contributed to his popularity and bid for national leadership in the 1970s although he encountered growing criticism from "black consciousness" leaders. While differing with the ANC on armed struggle and sanctions, he identified himself with its tradition and aims. Nevertheless, criticism of Buthelezi's bellicose reaction to student boycotts and popular campaigns led to an open break in mid-1980, when the ANC's president, Oliver Tambo, declared that Buthelezi had "emerged on the side of the enemy against the people."
In 1970 the KwaZulu government was founded as part of Verwoerd's "homelands" scheme, a failed attempt to designate ethnic areas to which each African, wherever resident, would be linked. The homelands were intended to become "independent" states, no longer part of South Africa. The South African government has conceded the policy's failure and envisages homeland integration into regional units.25 Buthelezi holds a dual office as the Chief Minister of KwaZulu (in this capacity he heads the KwaZulu Police) and as President of Inkatha.
Buthelezi has resisted formal independence for KwaZulu, although the distinction between KwaZulu's semi-autonomy and the formal independence of four homelands has become increasingly blurred. He has gained the support of conservative and business interests in South Africa and overseas by favoring a free enterprise economy. Support from business leaders in Natal has declined in recent years because of the continued violence. Buthelezi has pushed to consolidate support even as the government negotiates with the ANC in order for Inkatha to be perceived (as he put it) as "a force to be dealt with."
A number of COSATU-aligned labor unions and UDF-aligned youth organizations were formed in Natal at a time when political and trade union activity were increasing in the mid-1980s. In their efforts to mobilize membership, the youth organizations participated in widely supported boycotts and stayaways, at times using coercive tactics. Inkatha, threatened by these incursions onto its turf, used violent means to drive out their perceived enemies. It also used strong-arm recruitment tactics in its drives. Cycles of attack and counterattack began, breeding a culture of hatred and revenge that continues to this day.26
As in any conflict, each party to the Natal violence faults the other for starting it. Inkatha claims that the UDF in implementing boycotts and stayaways initiated the violence by using coercion, and that it responded in self-defense, only later launching attacks of its own. ANC supporters, on the other hand, claim that Buthelezi's forced recruitment drives, at the time when the UDF and COSATU began to pose a threat to his power base, caused the conflict.27
The spate of offensives which erupted in the Transvaal in July began as Zulu hostel dwellers launched attacks into the townships, supposedly in response to insults and threats, often in the form of pamphlets circulated among hostel dwellers that declared the intention of the ANC to "stamp out the Zulu nation."28 ANC leaders claim that the pamphlets were fraudulent and that the offensives were masterminded by the Inkatha. On August 6, Inkatha's West Rand Secretary said his organization would continue to mobilize members and faulted ANC-aligned youth organizations for "enforcing" school boycotts, and COSATU for "using its workers for political gains."29
It is argued that the violence will not end until Mandela and Buthelezi meet face to face to work out a peaceful solution. Buthelezi urged Mandela's release from prison for over a decade, and the two men occasionally and politely corresponded. On his release, Mandela was deterred from meeting with Buthelezi by ANC opposition to any move that would strengthen Buthelezi's status as a potential participant in national negotiations. The failure to arrange such a meeting was seen by Buthelezi as humiliating. Meanwhile, during the past two years, Inkatha and UDF-COSATU-ANC representatives have met from time to time, but progress appears to have foundered on points of protocol insisted upon by Buthelezi, for example, direct contact with Mandela or Tambo. On October 22, 1990 the ANC announced that Mandela and Buthelezi would meet as heads of ANC and Inkatha delegations.30 At this writing, the meeting has not yet occurred. On January 8, 1991, the ANC called for a conference of all political parties in South Africa. Mandela reportedly said that de Klerk had been informed of the move and did not object. Buthelezi was reportedly suspicious that the move was a maneuver by the ANC to dominate a potential constituent assembly and interim government. However, he said he would consult Inkatha members about accepting the offer.31
South African law has sought to exploit black political rivalries in accordance with a "divide and rule" strategy, as reflected in, for example, the 1983 Constitution and the homelands system. Government security forces have also pursued divide and rule tactics by manipulating conflict within the African community. Throughout the 1980s, state involvement prolonged and intensified conflicts between black groups by encouraging and exploiting vigilante violence. Groups of vigilantes in African urban townships, often of the older generation and resentful of ANC-affiliated "comrade" control, have been armed and turned loose in "radical" areas. During numerous violent incidents, security forces have neglected to protect residents from attacks by vigilante groups; on occasion, they have assisted such groups in their attacks. One example of this occurred during the 1986 conflict at Crossroads squatter settlement, near Cape Town, where UDF "comrades" had gained a major foothold in part of the settlement. As part of the state's strategy to crush radical forces, the police organized a band of African vigilantes who led two highly organized raids and torched four shack settlement areas to the ground, killing hundreds and forcing 70,000 to flee while the security forces stood by and watched. Such conflicts "justified" repressive crackdowns and the detention of local leaders. Without leadership, the conflicts deteriorated into cycles of rampant violence and revenge. The state usually inserted its own administrative structures into the vacuum left by the removal of radical street and area leaders.32
In the 1980s, the government began to recruit "instant" constables, or "kitskonstabels," from the unemployed African population, a practice not dissimilar to the recruitment of vigilantes, which is how they are regarded by residents of Natal. Kitskonstabels are given a mere six weeks of training, issued weapons, and sent out to quell dissent in the townships often in areas other than their own.33
There are three general theories as to the causes of the violence in Natal and the Transvaal. The one with perhaps the most powerful hold on the white South African imagination is that of "black on black" or "tribal" warfare, which, by stripping the violence of its political content and emphasizing the "barbaric" connotations often associated with tribalism, appears to justify white resistance to change. According to this interpretation, the fighting is due to rivalries between the Zulus and Xhosas, South Africa's two largest ethnic groups, even though the Natal population is overwhelmingly Zulu and even though historically there has been little conflict between the two geographically separated Zulu and Xhosa groups. As several of those interviewed for this report emphasized, the violence in the Transvaal is a recent phenomenon; in previous decades the various ethnic groups both in the townships and rural areas have lived together peaceably. Although Africa Watch believes that the ethnic conflict was either initiated or intensified by the South African government, we acknowledge that, since the outbreak of violence in the Transvaal, ethnic conflict has taken on a life of its own and may be part of the South African political landscape for some time to come.
A second theory, which Gavin Woods of the Inkatha Institute has repeatedly argued, concludes that socio-economic forces are the foundation of the aggression (see Introduction). According to Woods, most of the violence in Natal has been perpetrated by dispossessed young men who are driven by poverty to engage in criminal gang activity. The effects of poverty and alienation no doubt contribute to the violence, as we discuss briefly below. However, Africa Watch maintains that to blame the violence simply on socio-economic factors is overly simplistic and is an attempt to explain away the political roots of the tragedy in South Africa.
A third analysis pits Inkatha against the ANC in a conflict over political power.34 As discussed earlier in this chapter, Inkatha has recently become a national political party open to all races and is seeking a position of influence in the negotiating process. There is much at stake. Despite the reforms announced February 2, 1990, the Population Registration Act, which officially classifies citizens by race, and the Group Areas Act, which provides for demarcating areas for residence and occupation by race, plus the exclusion of over 20 million Africans, approximately 73 percent of the population, from the political process, remain in place. The government has announced that the Group Areas Act and the Land Acts of 1913 and 1936 are to be repealed in the 1992 session of parliament. It is of course impossible to know at present how the government will address the issues of political representation.
Clearly, elements of ethnic loyalties, lack of resources, political competition, and the effects of apartheid all contribute to the violence. This report does not aim to analyze in depth the complex web of factors from which the violence grew, but rather to address the role of the state in dealing with it. We provide below only a brief discussion of socio-economic pressures of apartheid, which are relevant to an understanding of the broader context in which the killings are taking place.
Poverty, lack of education and lack of employment opportunities among the black population help to breed a culture of violence. According to 1980 figures, whites, who constitute 15.4 percent of the total population, received 64.9 percent of the total income earned in South Africa. Black Africans, 73 percent of the population, earned only 24.9 percent of the total income for South Africa. Illiteracy figures for the same period demonstrate that for adults 20 years or older, the illiteracy rate for Africans was nearly 30 percent while for whites, less than 3 percent. State expenditure per pupil in 1983-4 was over 1,600 rand for white children, over 1,000 rand for Indian children, less than 600 for "Coloured" children, and between 200 and 300 for African children.35
The Department of Education and Training, which governs national policy for African education, has pursued a curriculum whose inferiority is manifest in the frustration experienced by students who are accepted into "white" universities only to find themselves ill prepared to compete with their white peers.36 The father of the earlier "Bantu Education" program, H.F. Verwoerd, believed that education should not prepare blacks to rise above certain forms of labor, but should encourage subservience. His premises have been overridden, however, by South Africa's economic and social needs, and the proportion of black students in English-speaking "white" universities has risen substantially. Disruptions in schooling, caused by mass mobilization for involvement in political action and the combined effects of boycotts, stayaways and protest marches, also take a toll. For example, a teacher from Mpumalanga, in Natal, stated that students no longer feel able to study at home because they must "stand guard at night against an attack from the comrades, Inkatha vigilantes, or the KwaZulu Police."37
An additional frustration for the poor, and a major factor in the outbreak of violence near Johannesburg, is the oscillating migrant labor system. Single-sex hostels, often adjacent to work on the mines, virtually isolate migrant laborers from surrounding township residents. The migrants, whose families live in distant rural areas, many of them in Zululand, lead a lonely existence, returning to their homes and families only periodically, sometimes once a year. Hostel conditions are cramped and unsanitary. Soweto's five hostels officially accommodate 13,000 workers, but unofficial estimates of occupancy are at around 39,000. Overall, nearly 125,000 migrant workers live in the 31 hostels in townships surrounding Johannesburg.38
Political tolerance is the exception in a country where, historically, dissent has been met with repression. Black South African children are growing up witnessing or participating in brutal violence. The Trauma Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand reports that many children from the townships manifest symptoms of post-traumatic stress, such as the inability to sleep, nightmares, depression, withdrawal, hypervigilance and inability to concentrate.
In Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge, Francis Wilson and Mamphela Ramphele conclude:
Even without special emergency restrictions, South African laws provide the South African Police, the Defence Forces and the Special Police (kitskonstabels) with wide powers to control political activity. The Internal Security Act, for example, allows the security forces to ban gatherings, and to arrest, detain and interrogate citizens suspected of "terrorism" and "subversion," sometimes for long periods without charge or trial.
The state of emergency, which was declared over the entire country in June 1986 in response to escalating black resistance, was authorized by the Public Safety Act of 1953, which allows the State President to declare emergency rule when ordinary laws are insufficient to maintain law and order. As an additional measure, the military occupied 97 townships. The SAP, the ZP, kitskonstabels, and the SADF had wide powers under the state of emergency, including the authority to arrest people considered a danger to public safety whether or not they are suspected of a crime. They were also permitted to shoot to kill if a suspect was attempting to escape. Emergency laws permitted detentions for up to five months without charge or interrogation; such detentions could be repeated indefinitely. Security forces also have powers to search any building or vehicle without a warrant.40
De Klerk lifted the National State of Emergency in June 1990, except in Natal, which was kept under emergency rule until October 18. Emergency regulations were used for three main purposes: detention of UDF/COSATU/ANC supporters; prohibition of UDF/COSATU meetings; and restrictions on media reporting on the conflict. Although the unbanning of the ANC in February 1990 has rendered most of these obsolete, attitudes within the security forces appear to be frozen in time. The bias of the security forces can be traced to the decades when the ANC was banned and its supporters labeled "terrorist" or "subversive." It does not appear that the security forces have markedly altered their behavior to reflect the ANC's legalization in February. In fact, the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), based in Pretoria, reports that as South Africa moves toward change, police brutality is on the increase. Deaths in detention and brutal torture of detainees and of people picked up for questioning have been well documented. The LHR has opened 24 files on police violence in Pietermaritzburg in the last year and a half and 55 cases regarding brtuality in the Mpumalanga area. Until recently, the state of emergency in Natal protected police from accountability. The LHR is currently collecting affidavits regarding police partiality in the Transvaal violence.41
In a January 1988 speech in Pietermaritzburg, Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok openly stated the government's attitudes:
On April 24, 1990, well after the ban on the ANC was lifted, in a speech before parliament on the violence in Natal, Vlok said that the UDF/COSATU alliance were part of a brotherhood of those "revolutionary," "violent terrorist" organizations, the ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP):
The situation in the Transvaal reflects similar bias. Justice R.J. Goldstone released a report on September 1, 1990 providing documentation that in March the police opened fire on a large gathering of UDF supporters in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg, without justification or orders to do so. Twelve people died and 281 were injured in the incident. According to the report 84 people were shot in the back.44 The incident provoked the ANC to cancel their initial talks with the government.
Security forces have actively disarmed UDF/ANC members to a much greater extent than they have disarmed Inkatha supporters, often prior to an Inkatha attack. When confronted, they have argued that Inkatha weapons are "cultural weapons," and that Inkatha is a "cultural movement," rather than a political party, an argument which no longer holds since the declaration of Inkatha as a political party in July. A representative from the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in Durban met with the Commissioner of the SAP on June 5, 1990, to call for a change in the "cultural weapons" policy. The LRC represented various communities who wanted to address the issue of dangerous weapons with the aim of de-escalating the violence. The LRC cited six statutes which demonstrate that the possession and display of lethal weapons is prohibited, especially with intent to use them for unlawful purposes or during large group gatherings. Such weapons have been openly displayed during Inkatha rallies and marches, which have repeatedly been followed by conflicts with ANC supporters that resulted in killing and destruction of property. In addition to arguing that Inkatha's policy of carrying "cultural weapons" was unlawful, the LRC included affidavits, photographs, and further evidence of the display of such weapons and the resulting violence on several separate occasions. The LRC concluded:
Partisan disarmament has been evident in the Transvaal conflict as well. In several instances, township residents told the press that police confiscated makeshift weapons from squatters but not from hostel dwellers.46 Such allegations were made as well by several eyewitnesses interviewed by Africa Watch in Johannesburg in August.
In addition to the failure to provide proper policing, many victims of apartheid have found courts ineffective. Delays are part of the problem. To cite only one example, The Natal Mercury on March 23, 1988 reported an inquest held in the Howick Magistrates court in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, at which nine Inkatha members were found to be responsible for the deliberate killing of three Mpophomeni residents and assault on a fourth. The findings of the inquest were referred to the Attorney-General to decide who should be charged and what the charges should be. Two years later, despite the fact that the inquest named individuals, no prosecutions have followed.47 In general, criminal cases brought against so-called Inkatha "warlords" who control areas in and around Durban and Pietermaritzburg have resulted in acquittals.48
Because township residents have perceived the courts as either unwilling or unable to discharge their responsibilities, they have bypassed the judicial system. In 1985 and 1986, "people's courts" sprang up in townships that had become "no-go" areas for whites. These courts in effect took the law into their own hands. While some of them only imposed fines, others authorized whip lashings and deaths by "necklacing," in which a rubber tire, filled with kerosene, is forced around a victim's chest and arms, and set on fire. Necklacing was frequently used to punish offenders, including children, alleged to be traitors to the movement as well as those related to the offenders by blood or other ties. The ANC executive body condemned the practice. During the first half of 1990, a number of killings were carried out on the south coast of Natal by young men claiming to be carrying out ANC justice.49
Inkatha warlords have been known to rule their constituencies harshly as well. For example, one warlord, who called for "liquidation" of ANC and UDF youths, warned Inkatha parents that their Zulu children who joined the ANC would be killed.50
The remainder of this report examines the security forces' role in the conflict under the state of emergency in Natal and in the "unrest areas" surrounding Johannesburg. It also discusses the response of state authorities to complaints of police collaboration with Inkatha and pleas for protection from Inkatha and the security forces, and examines the failure of the US administration to comment publicly on role of the security forces.
22 Thomas G. Karis, "Revolution in the Making: Black Politics in South Africa," Foreign Affairs, Winter 1983/84.
23 Thomas G. Karis, "South African Liberation: The Communist Factor," Foreign Affairs, Winter 1986/87.
24 Christopher Wren, "Buthelezi Opposes Campaign by Mandela Group," The New York Times, December 9, 1990.
25 There are ten such homelands in South Africa. Four are considered by South Africa to be independent. Current government policy is to integrate the four into South Africa through negotiation. No foreign government recognizes their independence. KwaZulu is one of six "self-governing" homelands which have not accepted "independence."
26 John Aitchison, "Can the Torture of Natal Ever Be Ended?" Natal Witness Echo, August 23, 1990.
27 Interviews with Inkatha supporters and ANC supporters June-August, 1990.
28 Various interviews conducted in Johannesburg and Soweto, mid to late August, 1990.
29 Matshube Mfoloe, "Inkatha slams COSATU over war," Sowetan, August 6, 1990.
30 Christopher Wren, The New York Times, October 23, 1990.
31 Christopher Wren, "Mandela Asks Talks With All Parties," The New York Times, January 9, 1991.
32 Sparks, The Mind of South Africa, pp. 356-7.
34 John Aitchison, "Interpreting Violence: The Struggle to Understand the Natal Conflict," and Paulus Zulu and Stavros Stavrou, "Violence in Natal: Social Implications," unpublished papers.
35 Francis Wilson and Mamphela Ramphele, Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge (Cape Town and Johannesburg: David Philip, 1989), pp. 20, 138 and 142.
36 Academic Support Program, University of Cape Town.
37 Paulus Zulu and Stavros Stavrou, "Violence in Natal: Social Implications," pp. 10, 13.
38 Jon Qwelane, "The Hostels of Hate," Sunday Star, August 19, 1990, and Christopher Wren, "Around Squalid South African Hostel, a Battleground in Factional Fighting," The New York Times, September 9, 1990.
39 Wilson and Ramphele, Uprooting Poverty, pp. 166, 230.
40 Powers and Limitations of Police, The Legal Resources Centre, Durban.
41 Rights: A Lawyers for Human Rights Publication, Vol. 2, September 1990, p. 34.
42 Peter Rutsch, "Law and Justice," IDASA presentation on Violence in Natal, p.25.
44 Alan Cowell, "Pretoria Condemns Shootings of Protestors," The New York Times, September 2, 1990.
45 Legal Resources Centre, Durban, Memorandum on Dangerous Weapons, Meeting with the Commissioner of the South African Police on the 5 June, 1990.
46 Christopher Wren, "Terror and Death Replace Hope in Squatter Camp," The New York Times, September 13, 1990; "Pangas flash amid the cries of dying men," Daily News (Durban), August 17, 1990; Jo-Anne Collinge, "Hostels `Defenseless' after SAP weapons raid," The Weekly Mail, August 3-5, 1990; and "Disarmed and Trapped──Nowhere to Hide, Johannesburg Star, August 11, 1990.
47 Rutsch, "Law and Justice," p. 25.
48 Rutsch, "Law and Justice," pp. 29-33.
49 "Police Told of `Kill Comrades' Speech," The Weekly Mail, June 1 to June 7, 1990.
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The process of bleaching your teeth, also called tooth whitening, is basically the process of bleaching your teeth. The bleaching agent is applied on the surface of your tooth and alters its color. Sometimes, it can be achieved by applying an agent to the tooth's surface itself. It is commonly employed by those who desire whiter teeth and by people whose teeth are discolored due to causes like aging or staining from drinking or smoking beverages that contain caffeine. It can also be done by turning on the light in the dentist's office, so that the process can last longer.
Dentists' whitening kits are available in various strengths, based on the amount of whitening you require. Ask your dentist about the strength he recommends for your teeth. Tooth whitening kits offer a significant level if used in a proper manner and following the instructions. The correct formula and the right products can make your smile brighter and whiter.
The kits for whitening teeth are much more effective than the dental services provided by dentists. They are reasonably priced and can be utilized at home at no risk of damaging your teeth or gums. The bleaches that are used are very mild and hence can be used safely by children too. Many dentists offer bleaching to patients however, these are not very powerful, which can cause lots of discomfort.
Gels, pastes and strips are frequently used to whiten teeth. The majority of the time they utilize peroxide-based whitening agents in the gels, pastes and strips, whereas some use hydrogen peroxide based whiteners. These strong chemical compounds will make your teeth appear brighter and whiter. TheraBrite, LefyBrite are two of the most sought-after teeth whiteners on the market today.
Dentist whiteners are extremely effective and provide amazing results. However, it is important to ensure that you get your teeth bleached by a qualified professional, as there are certain chemicals and equipment involved in this procedure that can cause harm to the teeth if not done correctly. There are a variety of products for teeth whitening, including gels, strips or gels, as well as toothpaste. Make sure you pick one that fits your requirements and budget.
The bleaching agents perform a chemical treatment to the teeth. The agents eliminate discolorations and stains the teeth and cause them to sparkle like new. The time required to treat the issue may vary based on the severity.
Different whitening agents are utilized by dentists to tackle different issues. For instance, if you've got sensitive teeth, then your dentist may recommend a bleaching gel. Your dentist may apply a hydrogen peroxide-based paste for those who have a high amount of cavity formation. If you suffer from gum disease or serious staining, your dentist will likely recommend teeth whitening through laser treatment.
Online purchase of dental products for whitening is feasible. Online stores sell whitening toothpastes, gels, as well as other items. You can shop around and compare prices, as well as browse through the range of products. Be sure to read reviews of customers and learn more about the product prior to making a purchase it. Some websites don't offer customer reviews or offer testimonials. The products must be bought from trusted sites and from well-respected dentists.
The best way to have your teeth whitened is to opt for a professional treatment with an experienced dentist. These treatments can be costly therefore you could save by purchasing teeth whitening toothpastes online. Be sure to follow the advice of your dentist to make your smile look radiant.
There are also over-the-counter products which can be used to bleach your teeth. These whitening strips, gels, and other products are available in various forms. A well-known over-the-counter product is the whitening toothpaste or mouthwash. Simply apply the bleaching gel to your teeth, then rub it on your gums.
Dentist Whitening kits, teeth whitening and in-office whitening procedures have advantages and drawbacks. It is possible to not achieve the same results when you use an at-home product as if you were going to an in-office treatment. It is also not possible to have the treatments performed regularly since it is difficult to remove the stains. Your smile will remain white and bright if you keep up with a regular oral hygiene routine. Be sure to brush your teeth twice a day, visit your dentist regularly and use over-the-counter products only.
What to Look for in the Top Dentist: There are a lot of ways to locate a top dentist. It is essential to start with the best place possible. Consider the price and experience, location, and cost to locate the best dentist for you. You can examine the different locations to locate the right dentist.
Doing some research is the most effective method to find a dentist. Ask friends, family members or neighbors for their recommendations. Contact your local pharmacist or your general physician. If you're moving to another city, contact the dentist you currently see to determine whether they're in network. Contact the state or city dental association.
Other ways to find a dentist is visiting the American Dental Association website or calling the state or city dental association. They have an approved list of dentists. Another source to find the list of dentists that are approved is on the website of the American Academy for Cosmetic Dentistry. The website also lists approved dentists. This website lists approved providers by specialty as well as by location.
It is important to set an appointment when you've found someone you like. It is recommended to make an appointment to have a check-up. This will allow the dentist to determine the dental issues that require to be addressed. If you are comfortable you can make a date for your treatment.
There are many ways to locate dental work. You can search your telephone book for dentists or search at the Internet for ads. Call each dental clinic and ask for the receptionist. They will be able to schedule an appointment for you.
The most efficient method to find a family dentist practice is to use the yellow pages in your phone book. Shopping online is simpler when the clinic accepts credit cards. Many dentists have payment options that include annual installments along with monthly installments and take out loans. If you have questions about their services, contact the office to talk to the team of pediatric dentists. To get the answers you need you'll need, it's a good idea to visit the clinic in person.
A good pediatric dentist will make an appointment for both of your children to see them at the same time. When scheduling your appointment, you will be required to bring the dates for all your children's routine checkups. Your dentist may recommend preventative services that you can do while your children are sitting in their chair. Some options include taking out the garbage and brushing teeth. It is also important to be aware of when the dental office for your family closes for the day , so you can make your next appointment for cosmetic dental care without worrying about the appointment being booked.
You should also consult your dentist for CEs. They should be licensed and required to complete continuing education courses. This is crucial as you want to find the right dentist for you. You should also inquire whether they're willing let you tour the facility so you can examine how well the dental office is constructed. In addition, ask them about emergency care services. You'll have peace of peace of mind knowing that your dentist is prepared to handle any issue that might arise during the course of your child's regular visit.
Because this is an area of personal taste and financial resources, it's important to look around for the best dentists. There are certain characteristics you'd like to see in a dentist. You don't feel at ease with the dentist you have chosen. Find another that fits your needs. This can help you save money as you get the best dentist possible for your family.
It is crucial to know the things to look out for when you are looking for a new dentist. There are many things to consider when choosing the right dentist. If you're seeking better oral health, you should ensure that the dentist you select utilizes the best methods to care for your teeth. A good dental program will comprise both preventative and emergency care.
In addition to that, there are numerous cosmetic dentists who use porcelain veneers, bonding crowns, teeth whitening , and other procedures to enhance the appearance of your smile. If you're looking to get healthier teeth and gums, then a dentist who is functional might be the right option for you. When it concerns your oral health, you need to ensure you find a dentist who knows what they're doing. It is the only way to make sure that you get the best possible care for your teeth.
Dental Implants are pieces composed of titanium, titanium, or dental steel that are surgically implanted into the jaw bone to restore it to its original shape and function after injuries or disease have damaged or destroyed teeth. Dental implants are thin metal screw that interfaces directly with the jaw or bone of the patient to function as an artificial anchor or bridge, crown, crown dentures or other dental prosthetic. It is placed inside the jaw at a position that will allow it serve the required function.
Dental Implants can be used to replace or restore function in various areas of the mouth. Dental implants are very thin metal wires approximately a millimeter wide. Through a tiny incision within the mouth, they're inserted into the jaw bone. After they are in place in the jaw bone, they are surgically molded and secured with a special screw. After they have healed for six to nine months patients are able to utilize their new teeth and dental implants with much more confidence than they did prior to the procedure.
Endosteal as well as endosteal are the major types of dental implant. Both are made from titanium. The most commonly used type of implant in use today is an endosteal implant that is composed of titanium. Endosteal implants are put into the bone in the back of the mouth of a patient. The endosteal implant is placed in the jawbone and remains there until the original dental implants are removed.
After the titanium piece has been shaped into the proper shape after which the two pieces are secured into place with screws. The process can be disguised with a brace that covers the jaw. The look of a brace made of metal can alter how people view you. Dental Implants work the same way as other prosthetic tooth implants in that they are placed in the jawbone, so that a tooth or group of teeth can be substituted. After the procedure is complete the fake tooth (or teeth) can be attached to the bridgework.
Dental Implants can replace a single missing tooth as well as multiple missing teeth, or all of your missing teeth. Your dentist will determine what dental implants will be the best for you before they place them in your jawbone. Dental Implants are a dependable and durable replacement option. With an experienced dentist and top quality materials, replacing your natural teeth with Dental Implants is an affordable permanent and permanent solution.
Before you can get the procedure, your dentist will evaluate the health of your teeth and gums. The process will also include x-rays and CT scans to make sure that the implant you choose to use is the right fit to your jaw. Implants made by dental implants might not be the best option in the event that your mouth has a gap that is large between two or more teeth. In this situation, the dentist will suggest bridges or alternative solutions for temporary use. If there is not enough space between your molars, the implant, or the bridge, the dentist may recommend the use of a partial plate or bridge to strengthen the jaw and protect it for long-term use.
Dental implants aren't suitable for every patient. For instance, if your jaw isn't large enough or has an unusually wide gap, the dentist may recommend Invisalign. This treatment involves aligning your teeth with dental crowns or false teeth. Your periodontist might recommend Invisalign for patients who do not have enough space between their teeth in order to support implants.
If you have false teeth or dentures, you might be urged to consider switching to Dental Implants if your bite isn't ideal. You will need to have several oral exams prior to placing the implant. If your implants are in good shape the periodontist will recommend two weeks of oral hygiene. When you aren't eating, you will be sedated and given a pain-killer to control your pain. Dentures or false teeth are required to be removed and the implants will be put in your gums.
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Inspect to see if personnel wear gloves, what the treatment rooms appear like and the kind of innovation they utilize around the workplace. If you call ahead you can discover out if there is a possibility, you can take a trip of the office prior to you make a consultation (Same Day Dentist Near Me). This will give you first-hand experience with the staff, the workplace design and the dentist - Best Pediatric Dentist Near Me.
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Today there is virtually no hearing loss that cannot benefit from the use of appropriate technology. Once a hearing loss is diagnosed, the first step in the rehabilitation process is the evaluation and selection of appropriate hearing aid technology. Like most technology, hearing aids have progressed significantly in recent years.
The days of large, indiscreet hearing aids are over. Technological breakthroughs have resulted in hearing aids that are smaller than ever before. In fact, very often far less noticeable than wearing glasses. Modern hearing aids are small and stylish and come in a vast range from invisible in-the-ear instruments to discreet behind-the-ear instruments to suit every personality and different types of hearing loss.
There are hearing aids available to suit all tastes and pockets and hearing aid colors to match any skin or hair. Hearing care professionals will often recommend a system suitable for your individual needs, but you will always have a choice.
We provide the latest hearing instrument technologies in a variety of styles from the following manufacturers that include, but are not limited to: Oticon, Starkey, and more.
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Most hearing aids share several similar electronic components, including a microphone that picks up sound; amplifier circuitry that makes the sound louder; a miniature loudspeaker (receiver) that delivers the amplified sound into the ear canal; and batteries that power the electronic parts. Some hearing aids also have ear molds or earpieces to direct the flow of sound into the ear and enhance sound quality. The selection of hearing aids is based on the type and severity of hearing loss, listening needs, and lifestyle.
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To get hearing aids, you should first have a hearing evaluation to determine the type and amount of your hearing loss. The process begins with a medical and audiologic examination.
Medical examination. The medical examination may be performed by any licensed physician including your family doctor or pediatrician, but preferably should be done by an ear, nose, and throat specialist (an otolaryngologist). You will need an examination of your ear, nose, and throat and possibly other testing to rule out any medical reason for your hearing loss, such as infection, injury or deformity, ear wax in the ear canal, and, in rare cases, tumors. You will receive documentation of your medical exam and a statement that says you are a hearing aid candidate.
Audiologic examination. An audiologic exam, or audiogram, involves an evaluation by a hearing health professional specializing the diagnosis and non-medical treatment of hearing loss (an audiologist) to identify the type and amount of your hearing loss and the appropriate rehabilitation of the hearing loss. The audiologist will evaluate your degree of hearing loss, along with your lifestyle and communication needs, to determine the most appropriate hearing instrument technology.
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KENYA, Machakos, 28 – Konza and Huawei technology have today unveiled a partnership that will see the two firms establish an innovation hub at Machakos University. The Hub dubbed ‘Konza Innovation hub’ will play a role in linking the industry with the academy with a view of enhancing research and innovations that can scale up.
Speaking during the unveil of the partnership ahead of the Konza innovation ecosystem initiative scheduled for 5th of December at Konza, Eng. John Tanui CEO Konza Technopolis Development Authority noted that a triple helix approach to development is key to unlocking great potential within the institutions of higher learning.
“By administering quality education and supplementing skills and with an innovative culture is sure to create the leaders of the future. We believe the Machakos innovation hub we launch here today will be a catalyst towards shaping tomorrows ideas and inventions.” he added.
Konza Technopolis Chairman Architect Reuben Mutiso said that the forum is a timely engagement poised to onboard critical players in the innovation ecosystem in an endeavor to harness the synergy in advancing the science, technology and innovation agenda.”Kenya is a knowledge based economy driven by abundance wealth of ideas. As such, our core objective in setting up Africa’s technology Hub is to develop a world class infrastructure and technology that will facilitate research, education and foster business growth,” he noted.
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Communication skills are a must when you are part of a workforce. The level of communication skills required at a workplace is proportional to the role you are in. And, if you are a good communicator and love interacting with people, then you have come to the right place! Because this article will give you in-depth knowledge on 20 great jobs to consider if you have good communication skills.
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What Are Communication Skills?
Communication skills are also known as soft skills or interpersonal skills. These skills may sound very basic and easy to acquire, but they play an essential role in shaping your personality. Good communication skills include
- Verbal communication
- Non-verbal communication
- Written communication.
They are a vital part of our everyday lives. Communication skills help us resolve conflicts, ace an interview, or even maintain our relationships. Therefore, every individual should try to work on their communication skills more and more, to make it even better than before.
Who is a Good Communicator?
Since we now know what communication skills are, who do you think is a good communicator? So the answer is, a good communicator is someone who is good at all forms of communication. It includes writing, reading, listening and speaking.
Additionally, they will know how to convey a message in written form so that people from all walks of life can understand your meaning. They will also be good at reading because communication is a two-way street! You’ll be able to understand complex ideas in written form. Reading lots of books also improves spelling and grammar, so if you think you need to work on your writing skills, start by reading more.
Moreover, a good communicator will always make an effort to be understood. This means using body language to help convey intent, as well as choosing the right words.
Someone who has good communication skills will also be a good listener who practices active listening. Active listening means focusing on what a person is saying instead of thinking about what you will say next. It involves paraphrasing what you have just heard to show that you have understood what the person meant. Don’t worry if you paraphrase and get something wrong, as the person speaking will soon correct you!
If you have strong communication skills, you’ll be good over the phone or on video calls. If you want to improve your telephone skills, try smiling when you talk, as this conveys a warm and friendly tone. You’ll also be good in meetings, knowing when to speak up but also avoiding interruptions. You might even be an excellent public speaker or enjoy taking part in competitive debates.
Importance of Good Communication Skills in the Workplace
Good communication skills are necessary for all walks of life and in every profession. They are an essential tool in achieving productivity and maintaining strong working relationships.
Thus, employers have to work harder to deliver clear lines of communication and build trust with employees. They have to make sure that they provide a good sense of comfort and build everyone’s trust. On the other hand, employees who communicate effectively will always stand out as being prime assets of an organisation. They can get promotions quickly and get new tasks assigned. Employees with good communication skills also have a lot of self-confidence. It makes them go a long way in their profession.
Additionally, strong communication skills will set you apart from the competition when applying for jobs. It is because you would express yourself and showcase your skills to the hiring manager more efficiently.
20 Great Jobs to Consider if you have Good Communication Skills
To be honest, having strong communication skills will set you up nicely for any job. But, still, here are our top 20 great jobs to consider if you have good communication skills.
Journalists are storytellers, so they need to be strong communicators. They write and report news stories about everything, from social issues and politics to sports and entertainment. A journalist needs to present information to allow the reader to form their own opinion or make prudent decisions. A journalist will need to practice active listening skills while interviewing sources. They will need to have a strong email and phone manner and be full of ideas in meetings.
2. TV Presenter
A television presenter is the host of a TV program. The job involves presenting information and opinions on different topics. It also consists of introducing people or sections of the show and interviewing guests.
Being a TV presenter is all about having strong communication skills and a big personality. You’ll need to be able to convey messages with feeling and confident body language. You’ll also need to be able to read and remember scripts or live autocues. It means reading from a screen behind the camera as if you are speaking naturally.
3. Communications Executive
This one might seem a little obvious as the clue is in the name, but it’s worth mentioning if you didn’t know this was a career option.
A Communications Executive can translate complex information into easy-to-read, bite-sized pieces for any kind of audience. They will write engaging copy for websites, blogs, articles, leaflets, social media, and newsletters. In addition, they plan and direct an organization’s overall communication strategy. They also look after internal and external communications, including marketing a company’s image.
4. Marketing Manager
Marketing Managers have many responsibilities, such as building strategies and budgeting. Budgeting for marketing campaigns and working with advertising agencies are also a part of their job.
They also review advertising material such as print, radio, TV commercials, and digital marketing. Therefore, they need to have strong negotiation skills, plus a keen eye for detail when proofreading press releases or advertising copy. In addition, marketing managers need to have strong email and telephone skills and take charge of a meeting or give presentations.
Counsellors are trained to listen well without judgement to help people make sense of their thoughts and feelings. A counsellor must keep these thoughts and feelings confidential to protect the privacy of the client. They use active listening to reflect the needs and desires of a client and make them feel heard. This is also termed talking therapy, where clients can explore the life moments that might make them feel low.
Doctors are responsible for diagnosing disease and providing treatment and care to their patients. To do this, they need to be strong communicators and good listeners as they will often rely on a patient’s description of symptoms to make a diagnosis.
They need to communicate to a patient clearly, how to take medication or improve their health with a particular diet or exercise. Doctors need to be abread patient stories and make sound judgements based on the information they have.
Nurses provide care to patients in hospitals, nursing homes, at home, or other settings. They take care of patients suffering from chronic, acute, physical or mental disorders. Nurses need to have a caring and compassionate nature. They should also have the ability to deal with emotionally charged and pressured situations.
Strong communication skills must convey empathy when dealing with patients. They need to make them feel more comfortable during a very stressful and challenging time.
A lawyer’s duties are to provide legal advice and counsel, research and gather information or evidence, draw up legal documents related to divorce, wills, contracts, or real estate transactions, and prosecute or defend in court. A lawyer needs strong communication skills and a solid understanding of the law to offer legal advice. Lawyers must be good at public speaking when appearing in court, delivering statements, and cross-examining witnesses. Lawyers must also have a keen eye for detail when drafting or proofreading legal contracts.
A teacher’s job varies depending on the age of their students and the subject they teach. If teaching nursery or primary school students, teachers usually cover a broad range of subjects. However, teachers in high school will typically specialise in one particular subject such as Maths, Music or Physics.
Teachers do need strong communication skills to translate complex ideas for young people in an engaging way. Teachers need to spot when their pupils struggle and need extra help and adapt their communication style accordingly.
10. Social Worker
Social workers help people to cope with challenges throughout their lives. They can help with various things, from adopting a child to being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Social workers protect children from abuse and work with families in the hopes of keeping them together despite complex relationships. Social workers can work with anyone, from children to people with addictions or disabilities.
Social Workers need strong communication skills to mediate between family members and children and empathy to make people feel at ease.
11. Financial Advisor
Financial advisors help people with long-term financial planning, such as investments, pensions, life insurance, and mortgages. They can also help with inheritance tax, estate planning, and ethical investing. Financial Advisors need to communicate complex information to their clients in an easily digestible way, so good communication skills are a must!
Pharmacists dispense prescribed medications along with crucial information like side effects or clashes with other medicines. Pharmacists guide customers with dosage instructions to ensure the medicine is taken correctly.
In addition, they look after the stock levels of a retail or hospital pharmacy. A Pharmacist needs strong communication skills because they need to understand prescriptions and communicate with patients using empathy.
13. Sales Representative
Sales Reps are responsible for selling a company’s products to other businesses or customers by identifying leads and educating prospects with presentations, phone calls, or training.
Sometimes Sales Reps will work outside, approaching potential customers on the street; other times, they will work in a central retail shop. Therefore, sales representatives must master excellent communication skills to upsell products over the phone or when approaching a stranger in the street.
14. Customer Service Representative
Customer service representatives assist their customers with product enquires, complaints and any other questions. They also place orders, schedule deliveries, etc. Their role is quite similar to the role of a sales representative. So it is because they both deal with http://www.rustburgpharmacy.com customers enquiries. They typically provide services by phone, but some also interact with customers face to face, by email or text, via live chat, or through social media.
Customer Service Representatives need strong communication skills to show empathy to sometimes angry customers; making them feel heard can often resolve the dispute. Thus, it is one of the 20 great jobs to consider if you have good communication skills.
15. Occupational Therapist
Occupational therapists belong to the health care industry. They work with people of all ages with different medical issues. Through several therapeutics treatments, they help patients with injuries, illnesses, or disabilities recover and improve their working and daily living skills. An occupational therapist needs good communication skills to explore what might be wrong with a patient and proactively suggest treatment options.
16. Travel Agent
The primary responsibility of travel agents is to book flights for clients, reserve hotels or other accommodations, and provide the best holiday deals! Therefore, travel agents need good communication skills. They need to write emails detailing the holiday itinerary and make quotes either in person or over the phone. It will help them understand their clients’ needs and sell package holidays that will excite them.
A Trainer will often give presentations to organizations requiring training on Health & Safety in the workplace or a new computer programme. Trainers are much like Teachers, except they work with adults in a professional setting. Public speaking is a must skill for trainers to have, as well as listening skills. It is to understand if clients have understood the information.
18. Career Advisor
Many high schools or colleges have career advisors that help students evaluate their interests and abilities. A career advisor will likely use written aptitude tests to pair students’ skills with potential career paths. A career advisor might also help individuals who are struggling with work-related stress. They need strong communication skills to guide students or individuals to their chosen careers. Since many people aren’t sure about what they want to do with their lives.
A research scientist is a scientific professional specializing in laboratory research. Researchers need to make large presentations or lab reports based on their findings and need strong communication skills. You can also get market researchers who conduct studies for organisations on product usability or recall.
20. Police Officer
Police officers primary job responsibility is to keep the community safe and crime-free. Police officers enforce the law by arresting criminals and detecting and preventing crimes. Police officers work for law enforcement agencies and swear an oath to protect and serve the citizens they represent. Therefore, they need strong communication skills and empathy when dealing with victims of crimes and even criminals. This what makes this one of the 20 great jobs to consider if you have good communication skills.
The demand for good communication skills at the workplace will always remain high.
Therefore, the detailed descriptions of the 20 great jobs to consider if you have good communication skills will help you choose the right career for you, especially if you are an outstanding communicator! On the other hand, you make your communication skills even better; you can enrol in our Effective Communication Skills Course. The course materials will brush up on your communication skills and make you job ready! | <urn:uuid:ce34b39f-707d-4d46-9a68-3a0262f0d6dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.oneeducation.org.uk/good-communication-skills/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.953141 | 2,747 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Gender Lunch Talk: Gender and Diversity in the Natural Sciences
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Martina Erlemann, Institut für Physik, FU Berlin
The higher ranks of many of the natural sciences are largely dominated by white, male people from educated social backgrounds. The extent to which the reasons for this are anchored in the natural sciences themselves is being researched in the field of academic culture studies, which is a part of gender studies for STEM. Academic cultures are marked by complex structures of routines, mindsets, implicit rules and rituals, which establish belonging to an academic community and are experienced and perceived as self-evident.
Relevant studies in academic culture research show that it’s more difficult for women*, people of color or people from less educated social backgrounds to build successful careers in STEM fields. This lunch talk will present the approach of academic culture and its applicability using completed and running research projects on the academic culture of physics in teaching and research. | <urn:uuid:082b4304-539d-4e42-9a7e-b0224e77ef92> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.metis.hu-berlin.de/archive_posts/gender-lunch-talk-gender-and-diversity-in-the-natural-sciences/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.961046 | 226 | 2.03125 | 2 |
It’s that time of year – time when the days are longer, the sun warms us and many spend much of their free time in the outdoors. But along with the benefits of summer comes a few risks. Overexposure to the sun can actually be harmful. From sunburn and premature aging to heat stroke and exhaustion, it’s important to protect yourself from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation and heat. Follow these tips and enjoy the beauty and warmth of the summer.
Wear sunscreen: Use a water resistant, broad-spectrum sunscreen that provides 100 percent UVA and UVB protection with an SPF (Sun Protection Factor) of 30 or higher. Apply sunscreen 30 minutes prior to going outside and re-apply every two hours, even on cloudy days, and immediately after swimming or sweating. Make sure to apply generously to all exposed skin. Don’t forget your ears, nose, lips, neck, hairline and tops of feet!
Wear protective clothing: Wearing wide-brimmed hats and lightweight, sun-shielding coverings will provide crucial protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays. Look for water-wicking, quick-drying, highly breathable fabrics. Your clothing is the main form of UV protection next to sunscreen.
Seek shade: The sun’s UV rays are strongest between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Seek shade during these times. Use extra caution near water and sand because they reflect the sun’s rays which increases your chance of sunburn and other damage to the skin and eyes. A good rule of thumb is to find a shady spot whenever your shadow appears to be shorter than you are.
Wear sunglasses: Your eyes need protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays too! The darkness of the lenses is not a good indicator of UV protection. The UV protection on sunglasses comes from an invisible chemical applied to the lenses. Look for sunglasses that provide 100 percent UVA and UVB protection.
Keep hydrated: Typically if you feel thirsty you may already be dehydrated. Start drinking water or another hydrating beverage (caffeine-free) before you go outside. Continue to drink throughout the day. If you are sweating or in the sun for prolonged periods of time (such as a day on the beach) be sure to drink extra fluids. You should be drinking half of your total weight in ounces of water. If you weigh 100 pounds divide it by 2 and drink 50 ounces of water a day minimum.
Check the UV index: Visit www.epa.gov/sunwise/uvindex.html to check the UV index for your area. This quick search will let you know if you are at risk for overexposure to the sun.
Get a skin exam: Examine your skin every month for anything new or changing and see your physician every year for a professional skin exam. An annual skin exam should be as routine and preventative as going to the dentist.
Increase awareness: There is no such thing as a safe tan. Contrary to popular belief, getting a tan will not protect your skin from sunburn or other skin damage.
In an effort to increase the public’s understanding of skin cancer and motivate people to change their behavior to prevent and detect skin cancer, the American Academy of Dermatology recently launched the SPOT Skin Cancer, public awareness initiative. Visit the SPOT Skin www.SpotSkinCancer.org, to learn more.
By taking a little extra time to protect your skin with sunscreen, a hat, loose-fitting clothing, shade and, most importantly, increasing your overall awareness of how to stay safe in the sun, you will keep safe in the sun all summer long.
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Hi Taylor: I’ve been holding off on buying a house because the prices have been so steep, but I’m reading stuff about a market correction. Any idea if my time has come? - Erica
Hey Erica: I think you might become a homebuyer in the near future! Can’t say exactly when or what you’ll pay, but we’ve got some clear signs that things are slowing down.
The effect of interest rates. By design, the fed raised interest rates in hopes of stopping inflation. The housing market has been a key factor in our red-hot economy, and when mortgage rates are higher, people are less eager to buy. It’s a double-edged sword—you have to pay more in interest but you hopefully won’t have to pay $100,000 above asking for the house you want. The rate hikes may cool the market but we’re still waiting to see those effects. However, some analysts think we’ve entered a full-blown correction.
Economic factors. The price of houses has been going up steadily for nearly a decade, minus the tiniest blip at the beginning of the pandemic. Prices had to slow down at some point, and everything about the global economy is factoring into the current downturn. In addition to everyday people paying more at the pump and in grocery stores, contractors and developers are paying top dollar for timber and other building materials. I’ve talked to guys at construction companies who are ordering windows, siding, and roofing the day a project breaks ground, knowing it might take six months for the supplies to arrive. Squeezing the economy never feels good and certainly doesn’t look good on paper, but there will be a silver lining to slowed construction as our supply chains regroup.
Value. About 15 years ago, the housing market collapsed because a lot of people bought more house than they could afford. We’re not heading into that kind of crisis this go around. Instead, it looks like the housing shortage led to a lot of properties being overvalued at the point of sale. If you bought your forever home and spent too much, you might feel annoyed. If you bought a million-dollar property in April that you’re hoping to flip, trends don’t look to be your favor. The big question will be how housing prices keep pace—or don’t—with inflation.
We’ve entered a new phase of the American housing market. We don’t know how long it will last or what the next phase will be, but you can bet that things are currently shifting away from sellers and toward buyers. Hope it all works out for you!
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Skip to 0 minutes and 7 seconds Do you like being told what to do? I’m guessing your answer is, “no.” It’s surprising, then, that most behaviour-change campaigns try to tell us what to do. In fact, they all go to the extreme of setting policy to force us to change. It’s no wonder education and policy are often criticised. There are consequences to all behaviours. While some are positive, others impact our community negatively, damaging our environments, harming our health, and hurting others. We can’t deny that there is a need for some behaviours to change. I’m Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, the director of social marketing at Griffith University. We are the world’s leading centre of social marketing, delivering award winning research and practice.
Skip to 0 minutes and 58 seconds In this course, we’ll show you the process used to design, communicate, and deliver programmes that bring about positive change. We can do more than set rules and tell people what to do. Working with community is a much smarter way to go. Join this free, two-week course and together, we’ll explore how social marketing techniques are used to deliver positive behavioural change. | <urn:uuid:331fa55a-1885-4764-bbc1-46a210edc849> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/social-change-marketing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.94238 | 261 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Famous Birthdays In 1529
Saturday, 13 August 2022
Apr 03 Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581) was born in the year 1529.
Jun 07 On this day in history birth of Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (d. 1615)
Jun 14 On this day in history birth of ferdinand, archduke (Austria)/mayor (Bohemia)
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There are five types of motion:
Linear motion: If a body is in motion along a straight line, that is, if the motion of a body is restricted on a straight line its motion is called linear motion. The motion of a car in a straight street is linear motion.
Rotational motion: When a body rotates around a particular point or an axis keeping the distance of the particles of the body unchanged is called rotational motion. For example, motion of an electric fan, motion of the heads of a clock.
Rectilinear motion: When a body moves along a straight line in such a way that each particle of the body travels the same distance at the same time in the same direction. If a book is pushed to shift from one end to the other of a table without rotation, the motion will be rectilinear because all the particles of the book travel the equal distance, at equal time in the same direction.
Periodic motion: If the motion of a moving particle is such that it passes through a definite point along the path of its motion in the same direction in a definite interval of time, this type of motion is called periodic motion. This motion can be circular, elliptical or rectilinear. The motion of the hands of a clock, the motion of earth round the sun, the motion of piston in the cylinder of a steam or petrol engine etc. The time interval at which a particle of periodic motion passes through a definite point from the same direction repeatedly is called its time period.
Vibratory motion: If a body executing periodic motion moves in a definite direction for one half of its time period and exactly for the other half in the opposite direction then this motion is called vibratory motion. Motion of a simple pendulum, motion of vibrating tuning folic and the motion of string of guitar. | <urn:uuid:5acfb889-541f-4cdf-a362-2227e2a035d3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://qsstudy.com/%EF%BB%BF%EF%BB%BFwhat-are-the-types-of-motion/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.912827 | 400 | 3.765625 | 4 |
InfiPLANNER is a link planning tool that allows you to easily and quickly design networks using Infinet Wireless devices for optimal deployment and cost effectiveness. It accommodates different scenarios based on the geographical conditions, distance, antenna height, transmit power, device models and other factors in order to optimize the system performance before purchasing.
InfiPLANNER lets you to:
- Plan and optimize a single link or multiple links simultaneously
- Select the optimal location for the wireless devices
- Select the device models that meet the customer's requirements
- Determine the antenna height to ensure the highest possible quality of the received signal
- Estimate the wireless link characteristics including its throughput and outage time
- Estimate the link margin
- Generate reports that validate the projected performance and serve as time-saving deployment guidelines.
The link planning tool is designed as a web-application and includes two planning modes:
- PtP - Link planning in the "Point-to-Point" topology.
- PtMP (Point-to-Multipoint) - Link planning in the "Point-to-Multipoint" topology.
All link calculations are performed using the radio propagation models ITU-R P.530 and Longley–Rice.
InfiPLANNER supports the current models as well as those whose production has expired.
InfiPLANNER is available at https://infiplanner.infinetwireless.com and free registration is required.
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Back in 2015, students in Maggie Samudio’s second-grade class at Cumberland Elementary School in West Lafayette, Ind., were contemplating an offbeat science question: If a firefly went to space, would it still be able to light up as it floated in zero gravity?
Ms. Samudio said she would ask a friend of hers, Steven Collicott, an aerospace professor at nearby Purdue University, for the answer.
“He teaches a class on zero gravity, and he would be the perfect person to answer the question,” Ms. Samudio recalled in an email.
A day later, Dr. Collicott replied, and Ms. Samudio was surprised by his answer: Instead of guessing, why not actually build the experiment and send it to space?
Blue Origin, the rocket company started by Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive of Amazon, was planning to offer the ability for schools to fly small experiments on its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft for as little as $8,000.
“That is a game changer,” said Erika Wagner, the payload sales director at Blue Origin. “Kids as young as elementary school are flying things to space.”
Dr. Collicott, who had sent several fluid flow experiments on New Shepard launches, pointed Ms. Samudio and her second-graders to Blue Origin.
“For the small payload 4 inches square by 8 inches tall, we’re able to fly that for half the cost of high school football uniforms,” Dr. Collicott said. “So really any school district now that affords football can afford spaceflight.”
Cumberland Elementary has not been the only school to see the value of paying for an experiment aboard the New Shepard rocket. A Montessori middle school in Colorado sent up a sensor package designed and programmed by the students. An Alabama high school launched an experiment to test temperature fluctuations in microgravity. And this past December, an elementary school in Ohio sent up baby jellyfish.
On board for the latest flight, which launched Tuesday, were 1.2 million tomato seeds, which will be distributed to students in 15,000 classes, kindergarten through high school, across the United States and Canada.
Following Dr. Collicott’s suggestion, Ms. Samudio’s children at Cumberland got to work, collaborating with Purdue students in Dr. Collicott’s classes.
“For the next two years, I had aeronautical engineers in my second-grade classroom teaching mini-lessons on basic principles of flight and propulsion as well as the basic principles of ‘firefly’ chemistry,” Ms. Samudio said.
On Dec. 12, 2017, the firefly experiment was on board New Shepard. It did not contain any actual fireflies. “It appears when scared, fireflies don’t light up,” Dr. Collicott said. “And we were concerned that the boost would scare them. And then there’s also issues of I don’t know how to keep fireflies alive and keep them happy.”
Instead, the apparatus replicated the chemistry of how fireflies generate light, with syringes mixing the glow-creating substances together as the capsule reached the top of the trajectory more than 60 miles above West Texas. A tiny video camera recorded what happened in the payload box.
Dr. Collicott attended the launch, and two days later, was back in Ms. Samudio’s classroom presenting the results.
Fireflies can indeed glow in space.
“That kind of turnaround is just amazing, that spaceflight to these students is not distant,” Dr. Collicott said. “It happens fast. It’s kind of cool.”
The space experiment wrapped into a larger project undertaken by Ms. Samudio’s classes. One of her students, Kayla Xu, had noted with distress that most states had a state insect, and Indiana did not, and she wanted to fix that.
That effort succeeded too. On March 23, 2018, Governor Eric Holcomb went to Cumberland Elementary School to sign a bill that declared the Say’s firefly, a species native to the area, the state insect of Indiana.
“Several parents told me that the simple question of asking their child what they had done in school that day exploded into amazing family conversations, extra reading and research, and the contemplation of future personal pursuits and goals,” Ms. Samudio said. | <urn:uuid:9725e955-1be9-4570-814d-19fae947a5fc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.man-shu.com/how-a-2nd-grade-class-sent-a-science-experiment-to-space.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.963886 | 963 | 3.078125 | 3 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut their spending unexpectedly in May compared with a month before, underscoring how surging inflation on daily necessities like gas is causing them to be more cautious about buying discretionary items.
U.S. retail sales fell 0.3% last month, down from a revised 0.7% increase in April, according to a government report released Wednesday.
Sales at furniture and home furnishings stores fell 0.9%, while business at consumer electronics stores decreased 1.3% as shoppers moved away from home-related items that were in hot demand during the height of the pandemic. Sales online fell 1%. Meanwhile, sales at food stores rose 1.2%. Business at restaurants was up 0.7%.
Adjusting for inflation, which jumped 1% from April to May, overall retail sales fell even further.
The report offers discouraging news about the economy as consumers were still providing critical support to the economy even after a year of seeing prices spiral higher for gas, food, rent and other necessities. But signs of recession risks are rising. Inflation is at a 40-year high. Stock prices are sinking. The economy actually shrank in the first three months of this year. And the Federal Reserve is making borrowing much costlier.
Among the biggest worries is surging inflation, which has become more widespread and more persistent than expected. Consumer prices rose 8.6% last month from a year earlier, the biggest annual 12-month jump since 1981. Helping to fuel the surge were much higher prices for everything from airline tickets to restaurant meals to new and used cars.
Meanwhile, the national average price at the pump reached $5.01 per gallon on Tuesday, up from $4.45 a month ago, and surging more than 60% in one year.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has worsened global food and energy prices. Extreme lockdowns in China over COVID-19 worsened supply shortages.
On Wednesday, the Fed is set to raise its benchmark interest rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, by as much as three-quarters of a percentage point. That would be the Fed’s largest rate hike since 1994, and it could herald the start of a period of especially aggressive credit tightening by the central bank — and with it, a higher risk of recession.
Last month, major retailers from Walmart to Target reported that surging costs took a bite out of their quarterly profits. They are grappling with a faster-than-expected shift away from couches and casual wear that were in hot demand during the height of the pandemic to more pre-pandemic routines. They’re also seeing shoppers become more focused on basics and trade down to cheaper products as they juggle higher daily costs. Target said earlier this month that it was canceling orders on items like sofas and marking down mounds of unwanted inventory while raising prices elsewhere to offset higher costs.
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From the largest vegetable farm to the smallest garden, it is important to rotate your crops and rest your soil.
Planting the same plants in the same place will eventually deplete the nutrients in the soil. In turn, this stunts plant growth and encourages pests and disease.
To prevent deterioration of your soil, a fallow period in which you grow ‘green crops’ will allow your soil to replenish. Green crops increase the number of beneficial organisms in the soil, improve soil fertility and control weeds. Areas of a vege garden that would otherwise be bare over winter can be planted with species such as mustard, alfalfa, buckwheat, ryegrass and lupins. While the crop is still green and before flowering, dig the plants into the soil to add organic matter and nutrients. Alternatively, green crops can be harvested and added to the compost heap.
Draw a map of your garden and keep a record of your crops to create a rotation plan.
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Frye and the Word: Religious Contexts in the Writings of Northrop Frye
Published: February 2004© 2003
320 Pages, 6.30 x 9.25 x 1.38 in
The religious context of Northrop Frye's criticism is virtually inexhaustible in its reach and implication. Frye and the Word draws together leading scholars in the fields of literary studies and hermeneutics, religious studies, and philosophy to construe and debate the late thought and writings of Northrop Frye in their spiritual dimension. The volume provides the first full account and evaluation of the legacy of Frye's works on the Bible and literature, in relation to Frye's work as a whole and to current trends in literary criticism and religious studies.
Frye's trilogy, The Great Code, Words with Power, and The Double Vision, both showed him to be a radical Blakean visionary and carried him forward into an urgent engagement with the imaginative and spiritual dimension as expressed in language, myth and metaphor, tools of recognition, and revelation. Frye struggled to understand and articulate how the Bible enjoyed - for reasons still to be fully appreciated in their literary context - an apparently unequalled spiritual and cultural authority, and what this authority could tell us about our primary concerns as human beings and our still unrealized potential for fulfillment. This collection, then, is about Frye's own engagement with words and the Word, with secular and sacred scripture -- about a unifying principle that lies often unrecognized, if everywhere manifest, in the spiritual and imaginative dimensions of language. | <urn:uuid:432360dd-307e-469a-aad3-31cac59537ba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://utorontopress.com/9780802088130/frye-and-the-word/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.944076 | 339 | 1.992188 | 2 |
In Denton, Texas there are several problems that can rear their heads, derailing the process of drafting or executing a will. Frequent examples include ambiguities in the language of the will, leading to conflicts and challenges. Most of these issues can be staved off through quality drafting.
Drafting a will doesn't need to be a convoluted or particularly expensive process. If you have a small to moderate amount of assets (limited to a home, a car, and a few bank/investment accounts), and don't need to set up trusts or anything similar, you can probably have a will written in just a couple days, for a relatively small fee.
But even if the will is relatively simple, some preventable problems can derail the process. An accomplished lawyer in Denton, Texas who specializes in wills and estate planning can help make sure that this doesn't happen to your will.
With most wills, certain formalities have to be followed in the drafting process or will preparation, or else the will might not be valid. In general, these formalities exist with the goal of making fraud more difficult. The requirements for a will to be valid are pretty simple, but it's still possible to make mistakes in attempting to follow them. Most vitally, you should know that a will must contain a provision stating that the person making it is of sound mind, and really intends the document to be a will. Furthermore, the laws of most states require that wills be witnessed and signed by at least 2 neutral parties.
Holographic Wills in Denton, Texas
In some states, testators are authorized to make "holographic wills." This is a will which the testator hand-writes, in his or her own handwriting. Such wills do not need to have any witnesses to be given effect.
Assuming that a holographic will is valid in your state, a court will probably interpret it very liberally, acknowledging the fact that it probably wasn't written by a lawyer. This is to make it much easier to really give your wishes effect.
You should know, however, that holographic wills aren't recognized in many states. If you live in one of these states, you're still free to hand write your will, but, in order to be valid, it must be accompanied by all the formalities required by the laws of the state it is made in.
If your estate is relatively small, and the devises you wish to make aren't very difficult, a holographic will can be a good option if they're valid in your state. Of course, it's never a bad idea to make a will with the assistance of a lawyer.
How Can A Denton, Texas Lawyer Help?
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When most people think of a surfer’s paradise, Hawaii and California come to mind, not New York City. Nonetheless, aspiring surfers and fearless kids who love water sports can learn how to surf in their own backyard.
“Surfing is a great sport for kids. It helps them develop ocean safety skills, water confidence, social skills, and general physical fitness, all while having a ton of fun,” says Michael Kololyan, co-founder of Locals Surf School located in Rockaway Beach, N.Y. The surf school offers a kids camp for young surfers of all ages and skill levels.
For some parents, the sport may be too adventurous, but Kololyan points out that “surfing can be as exhilarating and challenging as one wants to make it or as mellow, relaxed, and fun as one chooses.” Either way, at the Locals Surf School, the emphasis is on fun. That’s the key for keeping kids “motivated to get better instead of feeling pressured to succeed.”
Besides taking lessons, we picked Kololyan’s brain as to how parents can help their little surfers improve their skills so they spend more time riding the waves and less time wiping out. “Make them feel comfortable. Kids are often out of their comfort zone when in the ocean so it is very important to reassure them constantly and make them feel safe,” says Kololyan. “Give them the right type of board. Kids learn best on foam top boards which are safer and more fun. Then give them a thicker wet suit. Kids often get cold quicker than adults so it’s important that they’re wearing the appropriate wet suit gear so they’re warm, comfortable, and ready to keep trying instead of giving up early because they’re cold.”
Kololyan’s fourth recommendation is centered on keeping kids focused through repetition. “Repeat, repeat, repeat! When learning something new, kids tend to lose focus on new concepts or skills because they are too excited or overwhelmed. Instructors are encouraged to be overly patient and to constantly repeat the goals to the kids so they can stay on task,” says Kololyan. “Make it Fun! Giving kids little games to play while learning or just being silly in between waves helps to remind them that surfing is not suppose to be a chore. This relaxed environment often allows them to learn better.”
So, whether your young surfer is a novice or has some experience, the trek to the Rockaways is well worth it. The Rockaways are well-known for having some of the best waves on the east coast. Surf’s up!
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We present the first example of a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator frequency comb harmonically-pumped by a 333-MHz Ti:sapphire laser to achieve a stabilized signal comb at 1-GHz mode spacing in the 1.1-1.6-μm wavelength band. Simultaneous locking of the comb carrierenvelope-offset and repetition frequencies is achieved with uncertainties over 1 s of 0.27 Hz and 5 mHz respectively, which are comparable with those of 0.27 Hz and 1.5 mHz achieved for 333-MHz fundamental pumping. The phase-noise power-spectral density of the CEO frequency integrated from 1 Hz-64 kHz was 2.8 rad for the harmonic comb, 1.0 rad greater than for fundamental pumping. The results show that harmonic operation does not substantially compromise the frequency-stability of the comb, which is shown to be limited only by the Rb atomic frequency reference used.
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How to install statsmodels in Python?
If you aspire for a flourishing career in the field of machine learning, let us introduce you to one more interesting package whose functionalities would leave you awestruck.
So, let's see what is statsmodels and what are its features?
Statsmodels is a popular library in Python that enables us to estimate and analyze various statistical models. It is built on numeric and scientific libraries like NumPy and SciPy.
Some of the essential features of this package are-
Let's have a look at the steps of installing statsmodels in Python-
Follow the below steps to check the version of Python using PowerShell.
Using Command Prompt
Type 'Command Prompt' on the taskbar's search pane and you'll see its icon. Click on it to open the command prompt.
Also, you can directly click on its icon if it is pinned on the taskbar.
Checking the Version of Python in Linux
In Linux, we have a shell where we type our commands that are interpreted and tells the operating system about what the user wants.
The steps to check the version of Python in Linux is-
In the next line, it will display the current version of python installed in your system.
Installation of statsmodels
Now let us discuss the steps for installing statsmodels in our system. We will look at two methods of installation
In the first method, we will open the Anaconda Prompt and type the following command-
In the second method, we will open the Command Prompt, type the following command and click on 'Enter'.
It's time to look have a program in which we will import statsmodels-
Here, we will perform OLS(Ordinary Least Squares) regression, in this technique we will try to minimize the net sum of squares of difference between the calculated value and observed value.
In this tutorial, we discussed what are the steps involved in installing statsmodels and how we can obtain a detailed statistical summary of our dataset with its aid.
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A Primer on Foreign Judgments
March 25, 2022
In the United States, the recognition and enforcement of foreign-country judgments is generally governed by state law. Nevertheless, the law on foreign judgments is fairly uniform throughout the United States because most states have adopted one of two Uniform Acts. These Acts establish a presumption that final, conclusive, and enforceable foreign judgments are entitled to recognition subject to certain enumerated grounds for nonrecognition.
Recognizing a foreign judgment means accepting a foreign court’s determination of the parties’ rights and obligations. Once a foreign judgment has been recognized, it may be enforced against the judgment debtor’s assets, or it may serve as the basis for claim preclusion (res judicata) or claim preclusion (collateral estoppel).
Foreign country judgments are not covered by the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution or by the Full Faith and Credit Act that Congress passed to implement this clause. In Hilton v. Guyot (1895), the U.S. Supreme Court articulated a common-law presumption favoring the recognition of foreign judgments based on international comity, along with several grounds for nonrecognition including lack of reciprocity. Because Hilton was decided under general common law, state courts did not treat it as binding during the period before Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938). After Erie, it has been accepted that state law governs the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments even in federal court.
In 1962, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (known today as the Uniform Law Commission) recommended adoption by the states of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act and issued an updated version in 2005 known as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. As of March 2022, twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have adopted the 2005 Uniform Act, while the 1962 Uniform Act remains in force in an additional nine states. The Acts are largely similar, although the 2005 Act adds two grounds for nonrecognition not found in the 1962 Act. In the remaining thirteen states, the recognition of foreign judgments is governed by state common law, which has also been heavily influenced by Hilton.
In 2010, Congress passed the federal SPEECH Act to govern the recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments. Under the SPEECH Act, federal and state courts may not recognize or enforce a foreign defamation judgment unless the person opposing recognition would have been found liable under the constitutional standards applicable to suits in the United States. Outside the defamation context, however, the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments is governed by state law.
Requirements for Recognition
The Uniform Acts apply only to judgments that grant or deny recovery of a sum of money, although courts in the United States regularly recognize non-money judgments as a matter of comity. The Uniform Acts do not apply, however, to certain categories of money judgments: tax judgments, judgments for fines and penalties, and family law judgments. To be eligible for recognition under the Uniform Acts, a foreign judgment must be final, conclusive, and (if money was awarded) enforceable under the laws of the country where the judgment was rendered. A foreign judgment that is subject to appeal may be considered final if the foreign country treats it that way. But both Uniform Acts give U.S. courts discretion to stay a suit seeking recognition of a foreign judgment pending appeal. Foreign judgments that meet these requirements are entitled to recognition under the Uniform Acts unless a ground for nonrecognition is established.
Grounds for Nonrecognition
Both Uniform Acts set forth grounds for nonrecognition that are nearly identical, with two exceptions discussed below. The Acts distinguish between mandatory and discretionary grounds for nonrecognition. Even when a ground is discretionary, however, courts will generally deny recognition unless the court finds that the ground should have been raised in the foreign legal system. For example, one court has held that a party who failed to raise a contract’s arbitration clause during a foreign proceeding cannot resist recognition of a foreign judgment on the ground that it conflicts with the arbitration clause.
Systemic Lack of Due Process
Under the Uniform Acts, a court may not recognize a foreign judgment if the foreign legal system “does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law.” This ground looks at the foreign judicial system as a whole, and only a few decisions in the United States have ever denied recognition to a foreign judgment on this basis.
Lack of Jurisdiction
A court may not recognize a foreign judgment if the foreign court lacked personal or subject-matter jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction is judged by U.S. constitutional standards, so foreign judgments rendered on a basis that the United States considers inappropriate (like jurisdiction based on the nationality of the plaintiff) will not be recognized. In each of the Uniform Acts, Section 5 contains a nonexclusive list of bases for personal jurisdiction that are considered to meet the Acts’ standards.
The subject-matter jurisdiction of the rendering court is generally a question of foreign law that U.S. courts will not second-guess. When U.S. law gives U.S. courts exclusive subject-matter jurisdiction, however, recognition will generally be denied on this basis.
Lack of Notice
A foreign judgment need not be recognized if the defendant did not receive notice of the proceeding in sufficient time to defend. This ground focuses on the substantive adequacy of the notice rather than the technical details of service. A U.S. court may treat a failure to challenge the adequacy of notice in the foreign procedure as a waiver of the claim.
A foreign judgment need not be recognized if it was obtained by fraud that denied the losing party an adequate opportunity to present its case. If the fraud could have been uncovered and corrected in the foreign legal proceeding or on appeal, however, a court may exercise its discretion to recognize the judgment despite the fraud.
A court will not recognize a foreign judgment that is “repugnant” to federal or state public policy. The standard is a high one. The fact that foreign law differs from U.S. law is not sufficient. On the other hand, judgment rendered under a foreign law that irrebuttably presumes causation in a tort suit may be denied recognition on this basis.
Conflict with Another Final Judgment
A foreign judgment need not be recognized if it conflicts with another final judgment. Generally, courts in the United States give effect to the judgment that is last in time on the theory that the last-in-time court has considered the preclusive effect of the earlier judgment. But courts need not follow the last-in-time rule when the last-in-time court “departed from normal res judicata principles.”
Conflict with a Dispute Resolution Clause
U.S. courts need not recognize a foreign judgment that was rendered in violation of a forum-selection clause or arbitration clause between the parties. Nevertheless, a court may find that the clause has been waived if the party resisting recognition did not raise it in the foreign proceeding.
Seriously Inconvenient Forum
A foreign judgment need not be recognized when jurisdiction is based only on personal service (tag jurisdiction) and the foreign court was a “seriously inconvenient” forum. This combination is rare. Courts will often find that jurisdiction rested on an additional basis, that the foreign court was not seriously inconvenient, or both.
Lack of Integrity or Due Process in the Specific Proceeding
Two grounds for nonrecognition found in the 2005 Uniform Act but not in the 1962 version are “substantial doubt about the integrity of the rendering court with respect to the judgment” and lack of due process in the specific proceeding. The first refers to corruption, whereas the second refers to procedures that were fundamentally unfair. Unlike the systemic lack of due process ground discussed above, these grounds focus on serious defects in the specific proceeding.
Although the Supreme Court in Hilton denied recognition of a French judgment because France did not give reciprocity to U.S. judgments, lack of reciprocity is not a ground for nonrecognition under the Uniform Acts. Six states, however, have added lack of reciprocity as a basis for nonrecognition of foreign judgments: Arizona, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Texas. New Hampshire also lists reciprocity as a basis for declining to recognize judgments rendered by courts in Canada. These states do not require that the foreign country has previously recognized one of their judgments but rather look at how the country generally treats U.S. judgments or whether it would be likely to enforce a similar U.S. judgment. Legal scholars disagree as to whether U.S. states should treat lack of reciprocity as a basis for non-recognition.
Tax and Penal Judgments
Under longstanding common-law rules, U.S. courts do not enforce foreign tax and penal judgments. These rules are sometimes referred to as the “public law taboo.” These rules are reflected in the exclusion of tax and penal judgments from the Uniform Acts. There are a few tax treaties that provide for the enforcement of foreign tax judgments, and a number of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) that provide for the enforcement of fines. Many state laws also take account of foreign penal judgments for other purposes, such as repeat-offender or double-jeopardy statutes.
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TurboTax is outstanding software for the preparation of taxes and filing taxes online. Many people all around the globe appreciate the features and working potential of TurboTax software. Although, it’s not hidden from anyone that, TurboTax software deals with technical issues sometimes. One of the most common issues TurboTax users while working on this software is ‘TurboTax Error 65535’. This error shows on your screen when you try to install and update TurboTax software on your computer.
There are several factors available, due to which this error occurs. This error can appear on the screen of your computer due to the improper installation of the software, corrupt download files, corrupt windows registry. If you are also a TurboTax error, and your computer screen is also showing this Error 65535, then read this blog and get every single detail about this Error. You can call on TurboTax helpline number to get more details.
Steps to Fix TurboTax 65535 Installation Error
TurboTax Error 65535 occurs due to several factors, but this error can be resolved by some troubleshooting techniques. Follow given below steps to solve the TurboTax Error 65535.
Technique 1. To fix the TurboTax Error 65535, download the Fix-it tool from the official website of TurboTax. Install this tool on your computer completely, then restart your computer. After the proper installation of the Fix-it tool on your computer, run the tool to fix any error with TurboTax software. You shouldn’t face any issue with TurboTax software anymore, but if you are, then try further steps.
Technique 2. If you are still unable to update and install TurboTax software, then try these steps:
For Windows 10/8/7/Vista users
- Press ‘Ctrl+Shift+Esc’ which will open the Task Manager.
- Click on the process tab. Look for ‘Intuit Update Service’ and close the running process.
- Go into the details section and find the MSlexce.exe file. Then close the running task.
- Then take the TurboTax installation CD, put it in the CD-Drive and start the installation.
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- Disable the Firewall or any other security software from your computer.
- Sign-in as the Administrator in the computer.
- Reinstall TurboTax software again.
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Unacceptable Levels examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s through the eyes of affable filmmaker Ed Brown, a father seeking to understand the world in which he and his wife are raising their children. To create this debut documentary, one man and his camera traveled extensively to find and interview top minds in the fields of science, advocacy, and law. Weaving their testimonies into a compelling narrative, Brown presents us with the story of how the chemical revolution brought us to where we are, and of where, if we’re not vigilant, it may take us.
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Every day the news flows fast, And every day I read The stories as they cross the wire Insatiable’s my need. Most days the stories are the same, Assorted deeds and crimes; Politically or socially, The news flows all the time. I stumbled on a story that Was buried ‘neath the fold; Despite its placement in the news The most important told. An AM station’s format changed, From news and talking fare, In Oklahoma, KNB, The oldest on the air. Why is this significant, They do this all the time; Why’s this change so notable And worthy of a rhyme? Oklahoma’s pretty centered In our country’s heart, And here a wind is washing ‘cross And change it does impart. The station that’s been on the air Since radio commenced, Changed its format late last week To Spanish now and hence. On every coast this change has been Quite evident for years; In L.A. and Manhattan too, Spanish fills the ears. Salsa, chips, tequila mixed With lime and salted rim; Transforming is a culture Where ‘señor’ replaces ‘him.’ In every land, in every time Cultures cross and breed; The change that is upon this land The wise will note and heed. Some will protest, some deny This change in status quos; The transformation, others claim, Will make our nation grow. Evolving through revolving doors Historically we’ve come; Apprehensive we to change But change is where we’re from. | <urn:uuid:59cd2764-ddd2-4106-b056-2266483ca170> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://matthewashbrook.com/wordpress1/2022/04/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.914472 | 328 | 2.15625 | 2 |
NEW YORK (NewsNation Now) — Following several shocking gun violence incidents this year, President Joe Biden announced his efforts to crack down on untraceable guns with the help of state and local law enforcement during a visit to New York City.
“If you commit a crime with a ghost gun, not only your state and local prosecutors are going to come after you, but expect federal charges and federal prosecution, as well,” Biden said.
Biden and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and other New York lawmakers at the New York Police Department’s headquarters Thursday.
The group discussed plans to work more closely with police and communities to stop the surging bloodshed.
“The answer’s not to abandon our streets, that’s not the answer. The answer’s to come together, with police in communities building trust and making us all safer,” Biden said at Thursday’s event.
Adams, who often calls himself “the Biden of Brooklyn,” also backed the president’s commitment.
“The president is here because he knows what the American people want: Justice, safety and prosperity, and they deserve every bit of it. And he wants to end the gun violence in our city and in our country,” Adams said.
But Biden’s crimefighting strategy relies heavily on buy-in from state and local officials as he suggests ways to spend federal dollars and expands on initiatives already under way. The modest initiatives demonstrate the limits to what he can do when there is no appetite in Congress to pass gun legislation.
The visit gave the president a chance to push back against Republicans who claim he’s soft on crime, and to distance himself from those in the left flank of his Democratic Party who want to shift funding away from police departments to social spending programs.
“The answer is not to defund the police,” Biden said. “It is to give you the tools, the training, the funding to be partners, to be protectors and know the community.”
Biden ticked through how 316 people are shot every day and 106 killed, including 26 children who died in gun violence so far this year.
Biden’s visit to New York comes on the heels of two police funerals in less than a week, and six cops having been shot in New York City this year alone. A baby girl struck in the face by a stray bullet while in her car seat, as well as the shooting deaths of two campus officers at Bridgewater College in Virginia, are just a few of the tragedies putting the issue of gun violence in the spotlight again.
According to the New York Police Department, shooting incidents increased by more than 45% in January of this year compared to last year. In 2021, 200 more guns were taken off the streets than in the year before.
Getting ghost guns off the street, like the one that killed NYPD officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora while they were responding to a domestic dispute, is one key initiative the Justice Department announced Thursday, as well as shutting down the iron pipeline of illegally trafficked guns flowing into the Northeast.
A college student was accused of that just last month after selling 73 firearms they had brought from Tennessee to an undercover officer in New York City.
Biden is also directing U.S. attorney’s offices nationwide to increase resources dedicated to district-specific violent crime strategies, similar to one Adams is implementing in his city.
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Joe Biden’s “infrastructure” bill isn’t about improving America’s roads, bridges, and other elements of our infrastructure. It’s about transforming America as radically as can be done through spending legislation.
We shouldn’t be surprised, therefore, that the legislation includes an attack on single-family zoning. Stanley Kurtz has the details. He begins by providing the context:
With the introduction of his massive, $2.3 trillion “infrastructure” bill, President Biden’s campaign to end suburban single-family zoning has begun. If you think this issue was debated and resolved during the 2020 presidential campaign, you are mistaken.
It’s true that Biden’s campaign platform openly and unmistakably pledged to abolish single-family zoning. As soon as President Trump made an issue of that pledge, however, Biden went virtually silent on the issue and the Democrat-supporting press falsely denied that Biden had any designs on single-family zoning at all.
Now that he’s president, Biden’s infrastructure bill openly includes programs designed to “eliminate” single-family zoning (which Biden calls “exclusionary zoning”).
How will the legislation accomplish this?
According to the fact sheet released by the White House, “Biden is calling on Congress to enact an innovative new competitive grant program that awards flexible and attractive funding to jurisdictions that take concrete steps to eliminate [‘exclusionary zoning’].”
In other words, Biden wants to use a big pot of federal grant money as bait. If a county or municipality agrees to weaken or eliminate its single-family zoning, it gets the federal bucks.
How does Biden’s legislative gambit compare to the noxious “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” regulation that former president Obama imposed and Biden supports?
The wildly overreaching Obama-Biden era Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation — which Biden has pledged to revive — works in a similar fashion [to the “infrastructure” legislation].
The difference is that by adding another gigantic pot of federal money to the Community Development Block Grants that are the lure of AFFH, Biden makes it that much harder for suburbs to resist applying — and that much more punishing to jurisdictions that forgo a share of the federal taxes they’ve already paid so as to protect their right to self-rule.
The question is whether localities will give up their right to zone in exchange for the money dangled before them in the “infrastructure” bill. The answer depends on (1) the amount of the money dangled and (2) the relative prosperity of the locality. Stanley explains:
Prosperous suburbs may forgo the grants in an effort to secure their independence. The success of Biden’s initiative depends in part on exactly how much money gets allocated to grants tied to zoning reform. The details of that ask haven’t yet been released, but the $213 billion allocated to Biden’s total affordable housing initiative leave room for an awfully big pot for the anti-zoning portion.
Stanley worries that even prosperous suburbs may be induced to forfeit their right to zone:
If I were administering Biden’s various federal housing programs, I would sucker well-off suburbs into accepting grants on lenient terms. The trick is that once a jurisdiction accepts a HUD grant, it has to sign a statement promising to “affirmatively further fair housing.” Now that Biden is going to revive the old Obama-Biden AFFH rule, that pledge can be used by activist non-profits or the administration itself to sue localities for failing to meet the outrageously expanded definition of that term set forth in Obama’s AFFH.
It was suits like this that dragged Westchester County, New York through years of federal control and torment. Just the threat of such suits intimidated Democratic officials in Dubuque, Iowa into surrendering their city’s self-rule to the Obama administration.
In any event, Biden has fired the opening shot in his campaign to abolish suburban single-family zoning.
What is to be done? Stanley advises Republicans to “expose Biden’s ‘infrastructure’ bill as the anti-suburban zoning bill it in fact is.” In this way, the GOP can “change the ‘infrastructure’ narrative from a Christmas tree studded with goodies to a hammer to smash your way of life.”
Then, as Biden’s war on the suburbs broadens through regulations, Republicans should “make an issue of Biden’s attack on single-family zoning” in order to “split the Democrats down the middle.”
The media will keep trying to cover for Biden. But once the administration begins enforcing AFFH, the reality of his policies will emerge. College-educated suburban Democrats won’t like that.
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Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke said there were three basic laws about speculating on the future.
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
In 1903, astronomer Simon Newcomb was quoted as saying, “Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.” Two months later, Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their first airplane.
In 1956, British Astronomer Royal Richard van der Riet Woolley told Time Magazine, “[Space travel] is utter bilge. I don’t think anybody will ever put up enough money to do such a thing… What good would it do us? If we spent the same amount of money on preparing first-class astronomical equipment we would learn much more about the universe… It is all rather rot.” One year later, Sputnik launched. Five years later, the Apollo program was underway. Thirteen years later, humans landed on the moon.
In 1932, Albert Einstein announced, “There is not the slightest indication that [nuclear energy] will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.” Over the next decade, nuclear energy was put to use by German chemists and Austrian physicists, and the first man-made reactor was created in the United States in December 1942.
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers,” said Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, in 1943. As of April 2002, the world’s billionth personal computer was shipped out. Boy was he ever wrong!
Who would have thought that electricity was possible, or that every American household would have a working radio and television? The point is: we live in a world where the “impossible” is possible. All around us new technology is being invented and exciting breakthroughs are being made. Animals have been cloned! The entire human genome has been mapped! People are accessing the Internet through their cell phones! People are able to move robotic limb attachments with their minds! No matter what you do in life, success lies where imagination meets persistence. | <urn:uuid:e755da30-6b4d-4130-8afe-7e2cdf9e7c8a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://super-trainer.com/thats-impossible/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.973617 | 493 | 2.921875 | 3 |
About Jane Gao
Jane is a major assistant instructor for Outstanding in Nature program. She is also the one who contributed endless efforts to help establish this program as a sustainable business since the idea came to life. She is a scientist with deep knowledge and passion for nature. She is the author of Little Mountain Chikadee program for small children. She lives with her partner and son in Argenta, BC.
"My background includes: a B.Sc in Ecology and Conservation Biology from UBC. I have worked as a field biologist throughout Coastal and Interior BC. My work has mainly focused on plant and aquatic ecology.
I am currently a community environmental educator for the Wild Voices for Kids program through Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN). I am also a certified hiking guide through Outdoor Council of Canada, and hold a Wilderness First Aid Certificate. My passion lies in sharing my knowledge and help people of all ages to cultivate a deep appreciation and understanding to the ecosystems we live in." | <urn:uuid:3ade439d-1d7f-4c4b-9560-ea08b932b5ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.outstandinginnature.org/jane-gao | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962419 | 201 | 1.914063 | 2 |
3 Agreement Types Every Entrepreneur Needs
In my fifteen years of helping small businesses, the most common question I hear from budding business owners is, “What kind of legal agreements do I need?” As a good lawyer, I used to answer with the response entrepreneurs hate most: “It depends!” When pressed for a list of the most common, or most important, there are three main agreement categories almost all businesses can benefit from.
When starting a business, it doesn’t matter if you are a corporation, LLC, or partnership. If you are in business with another person, you need a written agreement with all co-owners. These can be:
• Operating agreement
• Shareholders’ agreement
• Founders’ agreement
• Partnership agreement
All share a similar function, which is to ensure the deal between co-founders is set in stone so everyone can focus on building the business. A good agreement outlines ownership percentages, capital contributions and disbursements/salaries. It also acts as the company “prenup,” detailing what will happen to the business if you decide to part ways.
Several years ago, I mentioned this to a distant friend when he was starting up a new company. He noted he didn’t want to spend the money on a shareholder agreement and believed all the business partners were on the same page. Unfortunately, one wasn’t, and a few years later he was over $40,000 into litigation with one of his former partners. He paid a huge price in the end for not having an owner agreement and eventually folded his businesses when the legal bills became too much.
Remember, if you fail to implement a formal agreement, there can be costly consequences in the end. Be sure to put it in writing and save the hassle down the road.
If you don’t have employees, you might be skeptical, but this agreement includes independent contractors as well. These are the people designing your website, managing your database, or performing your legal and accounting work. Even if they are not your full-time employees, they are still working for you and you need to have the terms of the deal fully fleshed out before work commences.
Numerous times I’ve seen over-anxious business owners hire a designer or development company without a formal agreement, then came to me upset noting they didn’t perform to the right standards, were taking too long, or even worse – they took the money and did nothing. Without an agreement, you might win a court battle, but not without spending a lot of money and time.
To alleviate this risk, I advise every entrepreneur to have a form independent contractor agreement, one with a single exhibit that sets out the duties, timing, payment and other details specific to the engagement. Also, have a form employee agreement you can use to ensure your employees have agreed to provisions like assignment of inventions, confidentiality, and non-solicitation.
Outside of not having real legal documentation, one of the biggest problems I’ve seen in this area is a business owner that treats a contractor like an employee. If you are controlling hours and job duties, and giving them work space and equipment, you need to check with counsel if you really have an employee. The penalties can be stiff for improper classification, including back pay, benefits, vacation and even tax and withholding problems.
Customer and Vendor/Supplier Agreements
When starting and growing a business, customers are the all-important source of revenue, with the vendors and suppliers used to fulfill customer demand next in line. Every time you make a sale, you have contracted with your customer, and that contract needs to be designed to help frame the relationship with them and provide all parties with the legal protections bargained for. In e-commerce, these contracts are generally “click-wrap” agreements like terms of service and privacy policies that set the service level and expectations for the consumer.
For vendors and suppliers, you must have a way to ensure that your needs are met – and by proxy, the needs of your customers. Terms like indemnification, exclusivity and limitations of liability all need to be carefully drafted to make legal and business sense.
In general, the agreements outlined above are a really great place to start to ensure you and your business are protected. Be sure to put these agreements in place early to mitigate any future legal risk.
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Happy March 15th, Ladies and Gents!
Why Happy March 15th? Aw well… because it’s my birthday, and also because it’s a belated 1 year anniversary of my blog.
MORE ABOUT PISCES & MY BIRTHDAY: Being a March baby is fun, as the spring starts awakening at this time of year. The week of March 15th is called the week of “dancers and dreamers.” Many world famous dancers were born during this time… and did I mention, I love to dance! Don’t even get me started on dreaming things up and making them come true! Those who’ve read my books know all about that!
Russian ballet dancer, Rudolf Nouriev. Born March 17th (sharing a birthday with my husband, who’s also a Pisces).
It’s so cool to share my birthday sign with so many innovators, visionaries, dreamers and EARTH SHIFTERS, including Albert Einstein (born March 14, just a few hours before me), Edgar Cayce, Rudolf Nouriev, Sergei Rachmaninov (March 20), Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Alexander Bell, Mikhail Gorbachev, George Washington, Frederick Chopin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michelangelo, Auguste Renoir, Ansel Adams, Tony Robbins, Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Bernardo Bertolucci, Glenn Close, Drew Barrimore, Bruce Willis, Cindy Crawford, Elton John, Russian singer Vitas, and many others… It’s a loooooong list for sure.
And another famous and inspired Pisces! In addition to inspiration, spirituality, dance, art, photography, dreaming, Pisces also rules film. Not surprisingly, the Oscars, Motion Picture Academy Awards Ceremony, traditionally takes place during the Piscean rule, in late February or March. The Oscars 2013 took place on February 24, when this prestigious award has celebrated its 85th birthday.
More about Pisces: http://www.thepiscessign.com
They say, a Pisces can dream anything into reality, like magic…
As you all know, in the past few months, I’ve been consumed with finishing and publishing my new fantasy/thriller, THE EARTH SHIFTER. It’s been a busy time, but also, extremely rewarding! I’ve dreamed it up and it’s currently available as ebook at Amazon, B&N, Smash. I will be releasing paperback in the end of March (pre-launch release).
Official book launch: APRIL 10, 2013!
Meanwhile, I also received a number of awards. I want to acknowledge the lovely bloggers who gave them to me and announce that due to my busy blogging and writing schedule, this is the last post about blog awards. This concerns only awards, so no worries. Lada Ray Blog is not going anywhere, and as a matter of fact, I’m planning a rainbow of wonderful new posts this year.
So, don’t you go away
as so much more is coming your way!
Bowing out gracefully: I want to thank all those who have supported and acknowledged this blog in the past year plus by giving it awards. I love you all, guys! I think awards are a wonderful way to support worthy bloggers and to spread the word about them. Below are the bloggers who have given me the awards recently. There were a couple more, so please forgive me if I have missed anyone (it seems I may have misplaced the links.) But know that I appreciate you all! Due to the severe time constraints, and – well – because it’s my birthday ;), I’m skipping the steps of passing on the awards and answering the questions (please allow me this indulgence). I’ve already said enough about me, and if you’re interested, please check out my prior awards and my bio page. Instead, I’ll concentrate on acknowledging those bloggers who have thought of me!
LIEBSTER AWARD, which I received from 3 wonderful bloggers. Here they are chronologically!
Jim L. Wright olbigjim.wordpress.com. A wonderful man, blogger, writer, and book reviewer, Jim is and American expat living his dream life in Jordan. How exciting! Please check out his awesome blog!
Jason Collins JJCollinsAuthor.com One of my favorite people and certainly my absolute favorite Irishman living in London! Jason is the author of several non-fiction books, his specialty being history and politics. Check out his terrific site & blog, where he shares book reviews and news about publishing industry. It’s a treasure trove!
Stefan Maxima hillsofherchastity.wordpress.com Spreading the love! Check out Stefan’s lovely and positive blog!
SUPER SWEET AWARD from the super-sweet Sofia Siberia – sofiasiberia.com. Yum! Sofia is a blogger, empath and healer, who is originally from Russia and Ukraine, and who presently resides in Lebanon. She is a very loving and giving soul and she has a beautiful blog where she shares her wisdom and her spiritual discoveries with the world. Please check it out!
I’ve also received A BEAUTIFUL BLOGGER AWARD from Sofia Siberia. This award I already have, but I am truly honored that Sofia has thought of me!
VERY INSPIRING BLOG AWARD – again, many thanks to the wonderful man and author, Jim L. Wright @ oldbigjim.wordpress.com for giving me this award! I’m truly honored!
And last, but by no means least, SHINE ON AWARD, which I just received from a truly inspiring blogger and author, Rohan Healy at Rohan7things.wordpress.com. Rohan blogs about many things, but they all have a strong philosophical and spiritual connection. He is a thinker & a beautifully light soul, and I’m privileged to know him! Please check out his popular blog for many inspiring, entertaining and off-beat posts. Incidentally, I was recently interviewed by Rohan. Check out the interview as well.
P.S. I’ve just added this award, which I received from the lovely Ruby @ yourinnerfeathersbyruby.wordpress.com, who is a “spiritual life stylist.” I like Ruby’s blog so much, that I had to add this award if only to link up and promote her blog. Thank you, Ruby, and may you have a terrifically inspiring and spiritually rewarding year!
Also, I want to take this opportunity to wish a HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY to:
Jason Collins, Rohan Healy, Madeline Walsh (whose recent interview has become an inspiration!), M.C. O’Neill (check out his awesome Lada Ray Spotlight and review!), Jason Sullivan (whose amazing May Day Interview became the centerpiece of my GOLD TRAIN Blog Tour 2012!), as well as my many Irish blogger & author friends!
Here’s to luck and prosperity! Have a wonderful holiday!
Incidentally, my husband was born on March 17. How’s that for a coincidence! Our birthdays are 2 days apart and we usually end up celebrating them as one.
Birthday cake anyone?
Coming next: lada’s exciting READ AND REVIEW PROGRAM! Stay tuned!
- Albert Einstein’s 134 Birthday (gwopmagazine.com)
- Are You A Pisces? (luckybrand.com)
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- Happy Birthday to Me and Award Party 2013! (ladaray.wordpress.com)
- Oscar’s 85th Birthday Party: The Academy Awards Results (theobamacrat.com)
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Although naturally then we think about fairytales and castles we think of Germany – the birth country of Brothers Grimm and many our beloved tales – Italy should also be worth remembering. All spread through this South European country you can find many beautiful and charming castles which were built during different eras.
So, on your next vacations to Italy, consider visiting these castles and get one of a kind chance to enjoy spectacular beauty, amazing architecture, and a fairytale-like environment in the most picturesque settings! Don’t forget to plan your trip a bit earlier as well, and also, embrace various opportunities to travel cheaper (like these JetBlue coupons). Now is the best time to travel the world, and you know it!
On the hilltop town of Assisi in the Central part of Italy, you can find our first beautiful castle which dates back to the year 1100! This one of the oldest castles in Italy amazes with its slightly pink bricks and the fact, that it was so professionally built a thousand of years ago! The town of Assisi is also famous. The city is known for being the birthplace of Saint Francis; therefore, you can find many places marking this event as well as the Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi too. So, this small city might get crowded sometimes, and if you want to escape these crows – consider visiting both town and Rocca Maggiore on weekdays, because there are significantly fewer people on those days there.
Another timeworn and beautiful castle in Italy you should consider visiting is the Castle Belfort. Located near Spormaggiore town and surrounded by beautiful forest, valleys, and hills, this castle is a stereotypical (in a good way) romantic castle. Built in 1311 by the Count of Tyrol, this castle burnt down in a fire in the 1600s then was reconstructed in 1670 by the Count of Saracini, and after some time – abandoned again. So despite this castle’s beauty, right now there you can find only ruins of it, but that shouldn’t stop you from admiring its beauty, strength and beautiful surroundings of it.
A very dramatically looking and a huge castle located in the middle of the small island – the Aragonese Castle – is another must-visit palace you must see. Located nearby the Italian island of Ischia, the castle was built on a large volcanic rock in the year 474 BC by Hiero I of Syracuse. So this castle is safe to say is one of the oldest too, apart from the fact that many of the churches, ramparts, and walls that surround the castle were built between the 14th and 17th centuries. But all that just makes this amazing castle even more breathtaking. It is one of the main tourists’ destinations in this region as well, and it is easy to understand why – Aragonese Castle is one of the most romantic castles as well.
If you know a bit of Italian, you might be giggling now. Castel dell’Ovo, translated from Italian, literally means “Egg Castle” and yes – there is indeed a story behind it. As one ancient legend has it, Roman poet Virgil placed a magical egg in the castle’s foundations to support its fortifications. That egg might be truly magical since this castle is still standing strong! Located on the seashore, this castle not only provides beautiful sceneries and view to the sea but also lets you enjoy local sea food while admiring this incredible castle’s beauty.
The last, but not least – the Castello Orsini-Odescalchi castle located in Bracciano, in the Province of Rome. What is interesting about this magnificent building is that was home for the Orsini and Borgia families during the castle’s 500+ years of existence. And yes, both of these families are so-called papal families, meaning that many of their offsprings were actual popes! Right now the castle is open to visitors and is one of the main tourists destinations as well. With fabulous museums full of classical art, medieval time’s armor and furniture, here you will be able to enjoy not only its beauty but get a bit of culture too. | <urn:uuid:599c7d40-e3f6-4eb1-8015-b49745c1bc20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theperpetualexpat.com/experience-the-fairytale-the-top-5-most-beautiful-castles-in-italy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.969455 | 916 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Top 10 Ideas for DEI Leaders
2020 was a wild year, and 2021 has also been an intense year for diversity and inclusion. Following the fancy corporate statements and donations to nonprofits, 2021 saw deeper commitments to diversity. I was pleasantly surprised by the consistent, intentional focus on DEI, and even greater support by senior leadership teams.
What actually drives diversity and inclusion?
Having done this work on the front lines for the last seven years, I have seen a slow progression from one-and-done, check-the-box DEI training to a more sustained, holistic effort that touches all aspects of the company’s culture. While the shift may be slight inside some organizations or non-existent inside others, increasingly organizations are seeing culture as a competitive advantage. And diversity and inclusion is a huge part of culture.
3 Keys to Success
We believe there are three major components for organizations to be successful with DEI long-term.
- Senior leadership engagement
Being intentional means that DEI is embedded in everything you do. It’s not a standalone effort, it doesn’t belong to just the Diversity Council or ERGs, it is baked into culture and how decisions are made. Some examples of intentional diversity include:
- A hiring manager needs to fill an open position urgently. The candidate pool for the position is not diverse. The hiring manager decides to extend the deadline and diversify efforts to increase diversity in the candidate pool before hiring someone just to fill the role.
- The senior leadership team is beginning a journey to learn more about diversity and inclusion. One senior leader says something problematic. The team calls that person in and helps them better understand, instead of ignoring the problem or hoping it will go away.
- DEI is a part of the cultural values. Instead of hiring or promoting based on ‘cultural fit’ it’s more about ‘cultural add’. Decisions are based on the perspective that’s missing that this person could bring to the team.
Consistency is required for people to believe that DEI is truly important. All too often people are used to seeing a once-a-year training or a required sexual harassment or unconscious bias training. Neither one of these approaches have demonstrated any credible success over the years. People believe what they see consistently over time. For beliefs and behaviors to shift inside an organization, it has to be a constant drip. Here are some clues that your organization might be consistent with DEI:
- There is an organization-wide DEI training event. Many leaders attend. Afterwards, members of the management team ask people what their takeaways were during one-on-ones and in their day-to-day interaction on Slack, Zoom, etc.
- An Employee Resource Group develops a new education program and they invite allies to attend regularly. Many majority group attendees join to learn more about how they can support underrepresented groups on an ongoing basis.
- Your organization prioritizes and communicates DEI messages not just when it’s in the news cycle or an event has triggered communication. It’s consistently done throughout the year. Perhaps some leaders are doing a “snackable” DEI communication to start every team meeting.
Leaders model everyday what’s expected from the team with their own behavior. If the senior leadership team is not deeply committed to diversity and inclusion and is not talking about it on an ongoing basis, it is clear that it’s not important. Here are some vibes that senior leaders can put out there to signal they want to be allies:
- Your White male CEO makes consistent vulnerable communications about his own ally journey and what he is learning and unlearning.
- Being a part of the organization’s Diversity Council is an incredible privilege and honor. Members take it seriously and know it increases their visibility to the senior leadership team.
- Your Chief Diversity Officer has been promoted to a critical senior leadership team role in the business (perhaps CEO?!?).
I don’t have a magic wand or crystal ball for DEI work. What I can tell you after nearly a decade doing this work is that intentionality, consistency, and leadership team support matter.
If your organization is struggling with any of these, I highly recommend that you take an intentional look at 2022 as an opportunity to be better. That’s why we developed the Lead Like an Ally virtual self-paced DEI training program. It is a Choose Your Own Adventure approach, done in the psychological safety of your own private learning space, packed with proven resources. Your organization can even measure results and utilize discussion boards to get people to interact and learn from each other between sessions.
Consider these main learning objectives as ideas for your own ally journey. All are linked to free videos and resources sharing more information.
- Build Your Ally Plan
- Craft your “why”
- Write out your vision statement
- Cement your plan
- Express empathy
- Demonstrate vulnerability
- Show trust
- Leverage the 3 D’s framework
- Challenge with care
- Be a coach
- Explore mentorship
- Develop sponsorship
- Advocate for others
- Improve psychological safety
- Be intentional
- Manage difficult situations
- Know the science of bias
- Look out for microaggressions
- Call people in
- Navigate the gender tightrope
- Avoid the maternal wall
- Stop the Tug of War & Prove it Again biases
- Understand your role in the system
- Accept your areas of privilege
- Signal you want to be an ally to BIPOC
- Research what you do not know
- Embrace gender as a spectrum
- Share your pronouns
- Build a DEI strategy
- Create a DEI measurement plan
- Engage a DEI council & ERGs
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Our laboratory first reported the complete sequence of the type III secretion system (T3SS) from a diarrheal isolate SSU of A. hydrophila. We identified an effector protein (designated as AexU) of the T3SS, which exhibited ADP-ribosyltransferase (ADPRT) and GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity. AexU was successfully expressed in the HeLa cell Tet-Off system and I provided evidence that cells expressing and producing the full length AexU showed actin reorganization followed by apoptosis. Earlier, we showed that the ÄaexU null mutant was attenuated in a mouse model, and I now demonstrated that while the parental A. hydrophila strain could be detected in the lung, liver, and spleen of infected mice, the ÄaexU mutant was rapidly cleared from these organs resulting in increased survivability of animals. The GAP activity of AexU was mainly responsible for host cell apoptosis and disruption of actin filaments. Further, AexU prevented phosphorylation of c-Jun, JNK and IêBá and inhibited IL-6 and IL-8 secretion from HeLa cells. Our data indicated that AexU operated by inhibiting NF-êB and inactivating Rho GTPases. Importantly, however, when the ÄaexU null mutant was complemented with the mutated aexU gene devoid of ADPRT and GAP activities, a higher mortality rate in mice with concomitant increase in the production of proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines was noted. These data indicated that either such a mutated AexU is a potent inducer of them or that AexU possesses yet another unknown activity that is modulated by ADPRT and GAP activities and results in this aberrant cytokine/chemokine production responsible for increased animal death. | <urn:uuid:0404e471-76ec-4f8d-8041-740ef1665874> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://utmb-ir.tdl.org/handle/2152.3/176 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.945246 | 452 | 1.53125 | 2 |
It’s a common misconception that dental work only deals with teeth. Teeth take the center stage when you flash your smile. A perfect smile is cavity-free and pearly-white. But one thing many often forget is their gums. Even a perfect set of teeth isn’t an assurance that you won’t develop gum disease. Gum issues are often painless, so you might think that there’s nothing wrong with your gums. But gum problems are quite common and can be easily prevented by taking good care of your oral health.
The inflammation of the gums is more commonly known as gingivitis and it’s the most common gum issue. The common symptoms of this disease include bleeding when you brush your teeth, swollen gums, or red gums. Healthy gums usually appear coral-pink in color, firm, and they don’t bleed when you brush your teeth. You can treat gingivitis with home remedies like a salt-water rinse, turmeric gel, or oil-pulling which involves swirling oil around your mouth for a certain amount of time. This reduces bacteria in your mouth while fighting plaque buildup that causes gingivitis.
Periodontitis, also known as gum disease, is another common gum issue. It has similar symptoms as gingivitis although it involves jawbone and gum tissue loss. The damage caused by periodontitis could be very alarming because you cannot recover what you lose. Periodontitis is also caused by bacteria in plaque that attacks the ligaments of your gums. With proper oral hygiene practice, you can prevent this gum disease. This also requires a visit to the best Beverly Hills dentist every other month for general cleaning.
Gum recession is a condition where the root of your tooth gets exposed as your gums pull away from their original attachments. This condition could happen due to gum disease as your jawbone surrounding your tooth deteriorates. When this happens, the gums will follow. As a result, the root of your tooth will get exposed. Teeth with exposed roots can be very sensitive to temperatures, are more susceptible to decay, and present cosmetic concerns.
If your gums are still in the mild recession stage, you can visit Beverly Hills cosmetic dentistry for treatment through deep cleaning. You may need to take prescription antibiotics to get rid of any remaining bacteria. For the more severe cases where the gum recession can no longer get treated with deep cleaning due to severe bone loss or the pockets are too deep, you may need gum surgery to fix the damage.
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Prevention is always better than the cure, so you should try to prevent gum disease before things get worse. Follow a regular oral care routine which includes comprehensive gum and tooth care to prevent gum conditions. Using an anti-gingivitis toothpaste and a mouthwash will help keep your whole mouth fresher and healthier while reducing the occurrence of bleeding gums. For any gum issues, call Dr. Alex Farnoosh at (310) 928-1796 | <urn:uuid:0aa1803b-9cee-45f5-878f-81bfb4556e99> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thetotalsmile.com/dr-alex-farnoosh-beverly-hills-dentist-the-most-common-gums-problems-and-ways-to-overcome-them/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.947718 | 641 | 2.5 | 2 |
Kits of components to build a functional Moisture Tester that can be used to tell if pot plants require water.
The kits contain all the electronic components required, except the PCBs, which are available separately. This provides the option to buy ready-made PCBs or for students to make their own.
The moisture tester project has been designed as an introduction for Key Stage 2 & 3 students to the use of resistors and transistors in circuits.
Students start by investigating the care of house plants and the problems
associated with incorrect moisture content of soil
Downloadable information and activity sheets then guide the students
through a series of exercises to build background knowledge in the use of
resistors and transistors in circuits
For manufacture, the project allows the teacher to select from two
alternative methods of circuit construction, either self adhesive copper tape
onto card or on a printed circuit board (available separately) see order code
Upon completion of manufacture students are then guided through an
evaluation of their work
They also have the option of producing a 3D model using high density
polystyrene foam illustrating how they might develop a final product if the
design were manufactured commercially
Project notes are available for free download and are designed to be
photocopied for class use
They include both detailed student and teacher notes, which contain
suggested lesson plans, mapping to the National Curriculum and a series of
structured homework assignments to support the work in class
The component kits are supplied in multiples of 5 and include:
All components including LEDs, battery clip, resistors and transistors
The project can be produced using PCB available or self adhesive copper
tape (see PCB products section)
I need to but the resistors and transistors that are in this kit.
Can you buy them separately?
A. Hi Sam, thank you for your question. Each kit has: 5 x 470 ohm carbon film (62-0362), 5 x 1k carbon film (62-0370), 5 x 1k2 carbon film (62-0372) all packs of 100 and 5 x BC548B transistor (81-0466). | <urn:uuid:54de55e4-5c55-4c21-a9f2-a02caed702d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rapidonline.com/moisture-tester-project-components--set-of-5-no-pcbs-70-0030 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.911814 | 459 | 2.890625 | 3 |
This is a 1963 Huron canoe. It’s probably not too interesting to most CC readers, but what it has sat atop of may well be..
A bit of history first, these canoes were made by a collection of affiliated boat shops in the small town of Village Huron in Quebec Canada. Built from the traditional canvas covered wood plank and rib construction, they are notable for their exaggerated stem curves at the bow and stern, and their rawhide laced seats. My father bought one at the Eatons department store in 1963, and this treasured family heirloom is still with us today. Sort of.
Because the camera usually came out at vacation time, the canoe got regularly photographed and I have a picture of it atop almost every car Dad owned between 1963 and now.
Here’s Mom and Dad with their new canoe and their 1957 Plymouth Plaza. The processing date stamp on the photo is September 1963, but it must have been taken during the summer. As a teacher Dad wouldn’t have been going camping in September.
You can see the rust bleeding through the front fender, Dad said it was the worst car he ever owned.
During the late 60’s the canoe rode on the 1960 Pontiac, here at Pancake Bay Provincial Park near Sault Ste Marie. This image is from a vivid Kodachrome slide, the digital photo doesn’t do the colours justice. This is very obviously a Canadian market “Narrow Track” Pontiac, and yes that is me in front.
I don’t have a photo of the canoe atop either of our twin Rambler Americans Brownie and Bluee, but here’s a 1971 shot of a different red canoe and my Grandfather’s 1964 Rambler Classic. As you can see I am far more interested in the car and the canoe, while my sister is petting the dog. Bluee the 1966 Rambler makes an appearance in the lower right.
During the 1970’s and 1980’s the canoe was hauled by the faithful 1972 Matador. I think the curve of the hardtop roof is well matched to the rocker curve of the canoe. By the early 80’s the original canvas had become weak and leaky. We had a local boat builder redo the canvas which cost about the same as the original purchase price of the canoe.
The roof racks are still there, but we just missed the canoe in this 1990-ish photo of the 1981 Impala, and I know why. The gas struts wouldn’t hold the trunk lid up, and you couldn’t fit the broom handle in unless it was fully opened so the canoe had to come off right away.
By the way, the Huron was a sweet paddling canoe in the water, fast and maneuverable. I learned to paddle solo in it, spending hours exploring small lakes where we camped. It was a bit of a pig on land, lacking a comfortable carrying yoke and being quite heavy. A friend and I took it on an Algonquin wilderness trip only once, by the second day the wood had absorbed so much water it could hardly be carried over the portages.
I bought a used Kevlar canoe after that, and the Huron was mostly relegated to the garage rafters.
Here’s the Impala’s replacement, a 1994 Dodge Grand Caravan. You really get a sense of how long this craft is. 17 feet is a long canoe.
Actually the Huron did many more miles on the highway than it ever did on water. This was one of the last years that Mom and Dad used the 1968 Simpsons-Sears trailer. By this point we are also nearing the end of my parents’ involvement with the canoe. When they downsized to a townhouse the Huron took up residence hanging from my garage rafters.
In this photo our 2001 Focus is carrying both my Kevlar Prospector and the wooden Huron. This is a significant day in the canoe’s history: Thanksgiving 2012, the last day it was ever used.
We had decided to travel the Grand River from Cambridge to Paris, and since our children were old enough to paddle we elected to take both canoes.
The day was an utter disaster; Mrs DougD dunked her BlackBerry in the river, we underestimated the time required for the trip and were late for Thanksgiving dinner at my sister’s house. To top it off I failed to notice a rock just under the surface and my son and I hit it square on with the Huron. I watched the impression of the rock slide towards me along the hull, snapping the dry spruce ribs like they were nothing. Pop, pop, pop, pop in horrible slow motion.
Fourteen ribs were broken. It was my fault, I should have sprayed the inside with water a few times before use to give the dried out wood some flexibility, and I should not have brought it to a rocky river during low water level. I felt sick about it, and blame was duly assigned by my father.
Actually this is a staged photo; he wasn’t mad. He figured to have gotten his money’s worth out of it over almost 50 years.
The wounded Huron retreated to the garage ceiling and we had a family decision to make. Like a beloved old car, there comes a time when the repair cost exceeds the value. I didn’t have the woodworking skills to fix it properly, and specialist repair would have amounted to a full restoration costing multiples of the canoe’s value. And if we repaired it, what would we use it for? It would still be a fragile garage ceiling queen.
Here’s the Huron with its replacement. Another used Kevlar canoe took it’s spot in the garage. We’ve since enjoyed many wilderness trips with our two modern canoes. I appreciate the light weight and puncture resistance of the Kevlar, but they sure don’t compare on aesthetics.
The Huron went to my brother, who knew a retired fellow with some woodworking skills.
I got the bow end, and he has the stern. Each shelving unit is about 7′ high, and the 3′ out of the middle might make an end table someday. I enjoy having it in the house but the good feeling is tinged with a pang of regret.
Nothing lasts forever, not even family heirlooms. But as a bookshelf our Huron canoe literally gets an unexpected final chapter. | <urn:uuid:de81eaa3-a897-4473-b753-69b1391f68ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.curbsideclassic.com/dockside-classic/canoe-classic-1963-huron-17/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.973824 | 1,360 | 1.625 | 2 |
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Interlocking dreads is a technique utilized to create and keep dreads. It includes drawing completions of the loc with the origin to developing a knot at the base and also tighten up new development to the scalp. The interlocking method is likewise known as “root flipping” or “latch hooking dreads”.
How to Do Interlocking Dreads Wash your locs with a dreadlock residue-free hair shampoo. Cover the brand-new hair development around the root of the loc. Place the hook in the center of the dreads at the base of each loc to create a hole Put the remainder of the loc right into the loop of the hook. Proceed this procedure till the dreadlock becomes tight and shows up in a Y-shape. Put it in the opposite direction if you have more area and the dreadlock isn’t as well tight. Below is an extra detailed to interlocking dread maintenance
Clean your dreadsClean your dreadlocks two times utilizing a residue-free shampoo. Here is a detailed overview on just how to wash dreadlocks. For dreadlocks that have not been made clear for some time, below is a step by step on just how to deep clean dreadlocks. Obtain the necessary materials ready In this case, you will need a latch hook, clips, a towel, and water spray to keep hair wet in case it obtains dry. There are no special items called for to interlock dreadlocks.
Interlock the dreadsYou will certainly find brand-new hair growth at the base of the dreadlocks. Cover the brand-new hair growth around the origin of the loc. Insert the hook in the center of the dreads at the base of each loc to form a hole Place the remainder of the loc right into the loop of the hook. Continue this procedure until the dreadlock becomes limited and also appears in a Y-shape. If you have even more space as well as the dreadlock isn’t also tight, put it in the opposite instructions. Whatever you do, see to it the origin is never also tight. Below is a video detailing the whole interlocking process.
Interlocking Dreads Pros as well as Cons
- Interlocking jobs excellent for every hair texture although the results are better on afro hair.
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- It’s a great upkeep strategy for those that sweat a lot, work out a great deal, as well as those that often swim since you can hair shampoo your dreads without needing to retwist them.
- No products required
- It’s a quick and also very easy strategy
- The method helps stop “fro-loc” take care of sweating, obtaining rained on, swimming, or after shampooing your dreadlocks.
- Interlocking helps to draw in loosened brand-new hairs to keep base of the loc solid as well as with the exact same dimension.
The method develops a braided result in the hair
If not done by a specialist loctician, it can cause locs thinning, discomfort, splitting, as well as grip alopecia.
In most cases, deposit types at the area where it is interlaced.
Interlacing Dread ToolInterlacing dreads technique calls for using a little tool referred to as an interlocking device that has a tiny hook attached to its end. You can make use of a securing needle to interlace dreads and do your very own maintenance.
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The longer the person wears the Invisalign trays, the more the treatment will cost. More visits to the dentist’s office will also raise the costs. The treatment length will increase if the patient has more significant problems with their teeth. Mildly crooked teeth, for example, will not require as long to straighten. But if the person has more serious issues, the cost to treat them will increase.
To keep costs down, the patient should keep up with oral hygiene. Brushing and flossing properly will keep the aligners clean. This prevents bacteria buildup and damage to the device. Also, wearing the aligners properly will keep the person’s treatment plan on track. Removing them as infrequently as possible is a good approach.
The patient should talk to the dentist about insurance coverage before starting treatment. A dental plan can cover the orthodontic work and reduce the Invisalign cost. The plan will pay up to a certain amount of the total costs. The patient should make sure the office accepts their policy.
Be prepared for your treatment
You can get the most out of your Invisalign treatment by following what the general dentist tells you. This can also shorten your treatment length. In turn, this can cut down on the amount you will pay out of pocket. Talk to your dentist about any financial concerns you have with your treatment.
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REUTERS: Sri Lanka’s May consumer prices and core annual inflation rose to multi-month highs, data from the state-run Census and Statistics Department showed on Tuesday after the government increased value-added tax (VAT) to crimp a soaring deficit. Sri Lanka’s consumer prices rose to a 25-month high of 4.8 percent in May from a year earlier, accelerating from the previous month’s 3.1 percent year-on-year rise.
The core annual inflation, which excludes fresh food, energy, transport, rice and coconuts, rose to a 38-month high of 6.6 percent, from the previous month’s 4.5 percent. The government, facing a revenue shortfall and ballooning budget deficit, raised VAT to 15 percent from 11 percent with effect from May 2.
However, the Central Bank said in its monetary policy announcement the increase in the VAT rate and the removal of certain exemptions from VAT and the Nation Building Tax were only expected to have a one-off impact on inflation.
It also said the supply side disruptions due to adverse weather conditions could exert some upward pressure on inflation in the immediate future. “The rise in both headline and core inflation was expected in May, given the upward tax revisions and impact particularly on non-food items,” said Shiran Fernando, an analyst at Colombobased Frontier Research.Sri Lanka’s May... “Pressure will be there. If the inflation goes beyond the Central Bank’s expected level, it will be a concern.” The Central Bank nonetheless expects the inflation to remain in mid single digit levels supported by appropriate demand management policies.
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Utah rules proscribing accessibility to abortion give an exemption to the state’s rape victims, making it possible for them to legally seek the procedure.
But the law demands that their medical doctors 1st “verify” that the sexual assault was documented to legislation enforcement — forcing victims to go to police, a mandate that advocates say could re-traumatize women of all ages and discourage survivors from pursuing an abortion.
The exception for rape victims is portion of Utah’s trigger legislation banning abortion, which took influence past week immediately after the U.S. Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade, returning the power to regulate abortions to the states.
Despite the fact that the result in regulation is quickly on hold, as Prepared Parenthood Affiliation of Utah problems its constitutionality, the identical exemption is in the regulation now in outcome — which bans abortions right after 18 weeks of being pregnant.
Prosecutors, defense lawyers and victim advocates say the simple facts of what is expected of victims and medical doctors are not crystal clear, and the legislation raises other concerns as perfectly.
What does the trigger regulation need for rape victims?
The legislation, passed by lawmakers in 2020, bans abortions in Utah except under limited circumstances. This incorporates when the pregnancy was prompted by rape or incest. But just before accomplishing an abortion, a health practitioner is necessary to confirm that the rape or incest has been claimed to regulation enforcement. Sexual assault in Utah is popular, according to the Rape Recovery Centre, but is often unreported.
Davis County Legal professional Troy Rawlings stated the law is not obvious on a doctor’s obligation to ensure a report has been submitted with law enforcement.
“The Legislature utilized the time period ‘verified.’ The health practitioner is to validate the sexual assault has been noted to regulation enforcement,” he stated. “It leaves open up what that verification course of action is. There is no definition, no define of steps.”
Rawlings miracles, would a sworn affidavit from a target be more than enough? Does the alleged sufferer have to go to the police and request for a duplicate of the report? Could a physician get in touch with a police detective and get verbal confirmation that a report was filed?
“It’s an open up question,” Rawlings stated. “The statute places the burden on physicians but it does not inform them how that procedure works.”
Aundrea Peterson, Utah Senate Deputy Chief of Team, stated this 7 days that the prerequisite that rape victims report to legislation enforcement to acquire abortion expert services is not new — it is initially described in a legislation restricting abortions that was handed in 1991, and all over again in a law passed in 2009. She said legislators are “unaware of any issues” that have been made by imposing the reporting prerequisites.
Peterson also clarified that the trigger legislation requires that an alleged victim report a rape to law enforcement, but it does not need that a police investigation or prosecution need to happen in purchase for a target to get an abortion.
What are the felony penalties?
Utah women of all ages trying to get abortions are not the focus on of prison penalties in the state’s abortion rules. Rather, it’s the doctors who perform the treatment.
The law states that if a health practitioner illegally performs an abortion, he or she can be charged with a 2nd-degree felony — which can have a sentence of up to 15 several years in jail, if convicted.
Rawlings said if a case is referred to his office the place a medical doctor gave an abortion to a rape victim, he’ll analyze what endeavours the health practitioner took to confirm that the female claimed to law enforcement.
“There could be multiple strategies that a medical professional could comply with that statute, in my feeling,” he mentioned.
David Ferguson, the govt director of the Utah Affiliation of Legal Defense Attorneys, claimed he’s also concerned about the vague reporting necessities for doctors.
“That’s a fairly terrifying thing for a medical doctor,” he said, “when the law is a very little ambiguous as to what they specifically are supposed to be undertaking.”
Could the reporting need have an impact on how rape scenarios are prosecuted?
Equally Rawlings and Salt Lake County District Lawyer Sim Gill agree that a defendant would be entitled to have access to proof showing that an alleged sufferer documented that she was raped in purchase to get an abortion.
And that, they fear, could have an affect on the end result of rape circumstances.
Gill mentioned he’s anxious the induce regulation will retraumatize victims and let defendants to argue that a woman noted getting assaulted just to acquire an abortion.
“Now they are likely to argue this was definitely completed to get an abortion,” Gill mentioned. “And as a prosecutor, I simply cannot ignore the realities of how it complicates victims [receiving] a measure of justice.”
Rawlings said he shared the issue that a woman’s conclusion to get an abortion could complicate prosecutions — but additional that will not prevent his lawyers from bringing costs.
“We will however prosecute instances,” he stated. “That is not an automated bar in anyway. It is an challenge to deal with.”
Defendants are entitled to have that facts, Ferguson claimed, since it could indicate a motive for a false report.
“False stories are unusual,” he reported. “But we can believe that they would enhance if there is a legal incentive to do so. And I feel the Legislature has essentially pushed females into this placement with this legislation.”
Why do sexual assault victims not report to police?
Lauren Hunt, who sits on the board of administrators of the Rape Recovery Middle, thinks the necessity that rape victims report a criminal offense to law enforcement will have “harmful effects” on girls. She shared her reasoning in an affidavit submitted in Prepared Parenthood’s lawsuit difficult the induce legislation.
“Because this reporting necessity is used only to survivors who find abortion, it does not appear to be specific at the sexual assault in any way,” she wrote, “but as a substitute to discourage sexual assault survivors from in search of an abortion.”
And there are a range of motives why survivors don’t report sexual assault, Hunt wrote, which includes worry of retaliation, anxiety of not thought or panic of owning to experience their abuser in the legal technique.
Victims might not mentally system at first that what took place was an assault, Hunt wrote, or they may possibly have safety concerns, notably in domestic violence or intimate husband or wife predicaments exactly where they are related to their abuser fiscally.
Just one Salt Lake Metropolis female told The Salt Lake Tribune that she was raped a few decades ago while at faculty in California. She didn’t report it to law enforcement, she claimed, in portion because she was in the exact social circle as the man or woman who assaulted her.
“I felt like I was just in survival manner,” she claimed. “I just was not in that head house. I wished to shower right away, even though I knew that would remove all bodily proof. I did not want to converse to anybody about what happened and so I didn’t want to report. I needed to do the very best I could to begin moving on with my everyday living following that.”
The Tribune usually does not detect alleged victims of sexual assault. The 25-yr-old woman stated she has in no way regretted her choice to not tell the law enforcement about what she claims transpired to her.
Just after she was assaulted, the girl mentioned, she spent the upcoming thirty day period in concern that she could be expecting. She experienced a approach, she mentioned, of how she could get an abortion — something she did not end up needing.
“I was not ready to have a child. I had designs to go to graduate school and was accepted,” she stated. “And I genuinely cannot think of just about anything a lot more traumatic than currently being tied to my assaulter for the rest of my lifestyle by having a kid with him.”
She reported she’s devastated at the thought that gals in Utah who are sexually assaulted would not have the choice for abortion if they made a decision, like her, to not report to law enforcement.
“What was heading by way of my head the month after [the assault] was that that [option] was my conserving grace: If I am pregnant, I have accessibility to abortion and I can do that and that’s my decision,” she claimed. “And that this is my body and I have handle around it. If I did not have access to that, I have no concept what would have occurred to me. I was currently in this sort of a terrifying mental wellbeing space.”
“It’s unthinkable,” she added, “but it is not unimaginable, mainly because so a lot of women of all ages are heading to endure that following Utah’s abortion ban.”
How else could the bring about regulation influence sexual assault victims?
What the induce legislation does, Hunt wrote, is make the type of obligatory reporting programs frequently aimed at protecting children or other susceptible populations from abuse.
But females looking for abortions, she mentioned, are qualified grown ups. She pointed out that a rape survivor doesn’t will need to disclose an assault to law enforcement in purchase to get a sexual assault test at a hospital. Yet, if that same person discovers she is pregnant and would like an abortion, she is compelled to require the law enforcement in get to get professional medical treatment.
“Mandatory reporting for qualified grownup survivors can inflict quite a few witnessed and unforeseen harms,” she wrote. “Mandatory reporting can endanger survivors, retraumatize them (notably if their disclosure is achieved with first disbelief), infringe upon their autonomy, violate client confidentiality, build limitations to treatment, and have effects on any opportunity foreseeable future prosecution with which they may well decide to move ahead.”
She added that even though a target may perhaps not want to take part in a felony circumstance immediately after reporting it to get an abortion, nothing would prevent an officer from pursuing an investigation with no her consent or publishing the situation for prosecution if there is other evidence outside of her personal account.
Hunt also argued that the mandatory reporting law could “exacerbate the unsafe myth” that individuals falsely report crimes.
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Once again, Italian art amazes Washington. The upcoming opening of the first US retrospective on Andrea del Verrocchio, “Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence” (September 15, 2019 – January 12, 2020) at the National Gallery of Art, one of the most prestigious museums in the United States, kick-starts a new season of Italian culture in the nation’s capital. In the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, the National Gallery of Art dedicates a large-scale exhibition to this eclectic genius of the Renaissance embracing Verrocchio’s vast artistic repertoire and, at the same time, focusing on the influence he wielded on artists of his time – to include Leonardo – and beyond. In order to celebrate the special bond with Leonardo in this important anniversary, the National Gallery of Art has temporarily placed the renowned portrait of Ginevra de Benci, the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas, at the heart of the exhibition.
The event, one of Washington’s cultural highlights, is organized in collaboration with the Museo Nazionale del Bargello and the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, with the support of Friends of Florence, an American organization that has contributed to the restoration of many works of art in the city of Florence, including the artist’s “Putto with a Dolphin”.
Fifty-one Verrocchio masterpieces, some on US soil for the first time, will enable the American public and many foreign visitors to gain new insight on different aspects of Andrea del Verrocchio’s work, from the materials he used, to techniques and artistic choices. A larger version of the exhibit was on display this spring in the artist’s native Florence, at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello and Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, and was a flagship event for Leonardo celebrations in Italy.
Verrocchio’s artistic career was the subject of a symposium held today at the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, and attended by Andrew Butterfield, curator of the exhibition at the NGA, Paola D’Agostino, Director of the Bargello Museums, Arturo Galansino, Director of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, Philip Hughes of the Friends of Florence Association, as well as curators and conservators of the National Gallery of Art and other prestigious institutions.
The conference helped shed new light on the genius of Verrocchio, a multifaceted and innovative artist “whose originality, versatility and creativity” – recalled Ambassador Varricchio at the opening of the proceedings – “has left an indelible mark on the history of Italian art”. The Ambassador, along with Gallery Director Kaywin Feldman, also took part in the press conference introducing the exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. At that time, he recalled “the success of the cultural collaboration between Italy and the United States, nourished daily by the work of cultural institutions on both sides of the Atlantic, and by the love for Italian art and history in the United States”.
The Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the HRH Foundation, contributed to creating a documentary on the exhibit, narrated by Glenn Close.
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Crediton Emergency Plan
Do you care about the Crediton community?
Are you interested in supporting the community in emergency situations?
Why not become a member of the Crediton Community Response Team and help build a Community Emergency Plan for Crediton!
The aim of the Community Emergency Plan is to provide Crediton with an outline to support itself when other agencies are overstretched and to increase the resilience of the Town. In order to devise an Emergency Plan we need input from the community, local knowledge and resources. If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, please contact us.
Crediton Community Emergency Plan
The final version of the Crediton Community Emergency Plan has now been published.
Please click here to download the Community Emergency Plan.
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Please click here to download the Home Emergency Plan (Annex A of Emergency Plan) . The aim of this plan is to provide households with a chance to assess their personal resilience and preparedness in the event of an emergency.
Hard copies are also available from the Council Offices.
Meetings will be held in the Council Chamber unless otherwise indicated
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Linear assault: Patrol officers need to stay ahead of threats in transit environments
In law enforcement today, there is a certain emphasis placed on training for active threats (shooters), and rightly so. In the current climate these adversaries, as that is how they will be referred to in this article, seem to be very busy. Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs, Texas, are two recent locations that come to mind for such heinous acts. There is a lot of training the law enforcement community goes through, all of it to prepare us to deal with these types of incidents. Unfortunately, you cannot train for every venue.
April 23, 2018 By Michael Soden
Responding and mitigating adversaries in schools is a focus point. This is excellent training as it gives us hands-on practice and the groundwork needed for incidents inside of school buildings. A school may not be a hotel — like in the Las Vegas incident — but it is still a structure, and the tactics employed inside of a school are the same as those used inside a hotel. Of course, there are certain variances. Elevators, as in Las Vegas, are exceptionally vertical, and there may be parking garages above or below the main structure.
On Aug. 1, 1966, the Texas tower incident demonstrated that an individual who establishes an elevated position could quickly assume tactical superiority. Add in some training and a lot of firepower, and you end up with quite the adversary to eliminate.
It’s imperative that we continue to train and attempt to understand what drives these individuals to conduct such profound acts of violence. We must consider every possibility and with that I present: the tubular (or transit) environment.
Take for instance the following:
On April 12, 1984, four armed individuals reached Ashdod, Israel, where they boarded an Egged Bus No. 300 en route from Tel Aviv to Ashkelon with 41 passengers. After lengthy negotiations, a Special Forces unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stormed the bus on April 13, while shooting at the hijackers through the vehicle’s windows.
During this takeover operation the soldiers were able to eliminate two of the hijackers, capture the other two hijackers and release all hostages except for one passenger. Seven passengers were wounded during the course of the operation.
Another example is the London bombings on July 7, 2005, a series of co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks on the city’s public transport system.
All of these incidents are examples of tube environments: planes, trains, tunnels and buses.
Over the years there have been numerous well-documented incidents involving the above environments. This is cause for concern, in my opinion, as law enforcement seems to concentrate the bulk of our training for high-risk active threats inside of structures. That is not to say training is not conducted in the tubular environment, but in my humble opinion, this doesn’t happen as much as it should.
This article is going to concentrate on the most likely event a patrol officer may face: a hostile incident on a bus.
Why are buses an extremely fruitful target? They offer the adversary the potential for a large group of hostages, and depending on the hostages, it can be extremely media worthy. There are ample buses and routes to pick from; school, commuter and senior rides. From a tactical standpoint, having a mobile, elevated platform (depending on the type of bus) means a hostile can have a 360-degree field of view, limited entry points and a confined linear environment.
The potential for a hostile terrorist takeover of a bus definitely exists, but a common type of incident that is more likely (and quickly deteriorates) is: a distraught man or woman involved in a violent domestic or someone who is suicidal. This one incident can go in many directions.
Whether or not the hostage-taker wants potential hostages can quickly determine how the incident can escalate. The standard for just about every agency is to bring out the specialists — negotiators and tactical teams, with an average response time of one hour.
A lot can happen in that hour: The situation can be resolved, it can go mobile, hostages can be released, or hostages can be killed. If any of this occurs prior to the specialized units arriving, it is up to the patrol officers on scene to mitigate and resolve the incident. It is because of this longer response time that we need to continue to give patrol officers on the streets some basic to advanced level of training in the area of linear assaults, specifically buses.
One of the most important things that can be done, regardless of the need to take immediate action, is to immobilize the bus. A moving bus is impossible to assault and mobility creates an inordinate amount of problems. All buses have a power cutoff. It is typically located somewhere on the exterior and cuts the power to the engine. Understanding how the bus operates and where its mechanics and panels are located will help officers to better understand how to stop it.
Another way to immobilize the bus is by using other vehicles, or natural and manmade barriers: trees, jersey walls, buildings, etc. If you have a barricade situation, set up your perimeter per your agency SOP (standard operating procedure) and protocol. As stated previously, the adversary has the potential for a 360-degree field of view; this is a benefit to him/her, but also to you as well.
Depending on the level of window tinting on the bus, you should be able to gather intelligence for the incoming units and for yourself. Clearly one of the big questions is: “How many adversaries are there and how many victims/hostages?” Assessing whether there are any injuries, the type of demographic on the bus — if there are children or elderly on board, for example — is also important.
The more intelligence you can gather the better you are. What type of bus is it? Contact the manufacturer and find out what type of glass the windshield and windows are made of. Is it laminated, safety glass, bullet-resistant glass or double pane? You may not have much use for this information, but the snipers deploying could make good use of it.
What happens if, while waiting for the specialty response, or before you even get the opportunity to call them, the situation rapidly declines and you are forced to take immediate lifesaving actions? You have to assault the bus. Have you ever trained for it? Have you even ever been on a bus?
I would not begin to attempt to write about how to assault a bus, but what I will say is this: you have to gain control of the bus and gain it quickly. The driver must be controlled, friend or foe — if they panic and do something with the bus, it can create many problems for all involved.
Also keep in mind, you are assaulting a tube, so unless you are the first person down range, you will be behind someone. Ultimately, you will need to have perfect muzzle discipline because there will be many frightened people on the bus. There is a lot to contend with.
As patrol officers, you already have a ton of responsibility and we know you go to a ton of training. Some classes you want to go to, and some you probably are forced to go to. I think it is necessary for all patrol officers to have a basic understanding of the linear assault concept, especially how it applies to buses.
My suggestion is to simply go out to your bus yards, walk around the buses, go inside, talk to the drivers and find out which doors lock, which don’t. Ask how they open, if they are hydraulic or mechanical. Get inside, walk down aisles and see how well you can move with all your gear on.
The next thing I suggest is to contact your tactical team or the team that serves your area, and ask them if they would give you some training on what they do for linear assaults. I am confident they would be more than willing to assist you.
We live in a time of ever-changing threats, which means ever-changing demands placed on us. It is imperative that we maintain a high level of skill and expertise in our law enforcement profession and stay one step ahead of the next adversarial element.
For the past 15 years, Michael Soden has served with Prince George’s County Police in Maryland, U.S., and is currently a lieutenant. He is also a police instructor, the owner of Gladius Training and he teaches privately overseas.
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November 13, 2012
Common Objections to Delayed Cord Clamping - What's The Evidence Say?
By: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE | 0 Comments
by Mark Sloan M.D.
Today's guest post is written by Dr. Mark Sloan, pediatrician and author of Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History and the Wonder of Childbirth. Dr. Sloan shares information and current research on delayed cord clamping after birth, in a helpful Q&A style format that consumers and professionals can use to discuss this important topic.
photo credit pattiramos.com
Many maternity care providers continue to clamp the umbilical cord immediately after an uncomplicated vaginal birth, even though the significant neonatal benefits of delayed cord clamping (usually defined as 2 to 3 minutes after birth) are now well known.
In some cases this continued practice is due to a misunderstanding of placental physiology in the first few minutes after birth. In others, human nature plays a role: We are often reluctant to change the way we were taught to do things, even in the face of clear evidence that contradicts that teaching.
Though there is no strong scientific support for immediate cord clamping (ICC), entrenched medical habits can be glacially slow in changing. Here are some often-heard objections to delayed cord clamping (DCC), and how an advocate for delayed clamping might respond to them:
1) I have a very busy practice. DCC takes too much time!
Not really, especially when you consider the benefits. Nearly one-third of a baby's total blood volume resides in the placenta at birth. Half of that blood is transfused into the baby by 1 minute of age. By 3 minutes, more than 90% of the transfusion is complete. (1)
2) Immediate clamping helps prevent severe postpartum hemorrhage.
There is no convincing evidence to support this view. Several large studies, including a 2009 Cochrane review of 5 trials involving more than 2,200 women, have found no significant difference between ICC and DCC in terms of postpartum hemorrhage or severe postpartum hemorrhage. (2-6, 10)
3) A healthy, term baby doesn't get much benefit from delayed clamping.
Though this is a commonly held belief, it's definitely untrue.
Whether a fetus is premature or full term, approximately one-third of its total blood volume resides in the placenta. This is equal to the volume of blood that will be needed to fully perfuse the fetal lungs, liver, and kidneys at birth.
In addition to the benefits that come with adequate iron stores (see below), babies whose cords are clamped at 2 to 3 minutes - and thus, who have an increased total blood volume compared with their immediately-clamped peers - have a smoother cardiopulmonary transition at birth.
A third benefit: stem cells, which play an essential role in the development of the immune, respiratory, cardiovascular, and central nervous systems, among many other functions. The concentration of stem cells in fetal blood is higher than at any other time of life. ICC leaves nearly one-third of these critical cells in the placenta. (1,3,4,6-10)
Unclamped cord over the course of 15 minutes.
4) Okay, so delayed clamping means a baby gets more blood and more iron. But iron deficiency isn't really a problem in first-world countries, right?
Wrong. At least 10% of the general U.S. toddler population (1-3 years of age) is iron deficient, with the prevalence rising well above 20% in selected ethnic and socioeconomic populations.
Immediate cord clamping is only one of many factors that contribute to iron deficiency in early childhood. But babies who start out life low on iron have a very difficult time catching up. Delayed cord clamping provides a baby with as much as a 4- to 6-month supply of iron. (1,3,6-10)
5) Doesn't iron deficiency just make kids tired?
Iron deficiency does much more damage than that. Early infancy is a time of rapid brain growth and development, and iron is essential to that process. Studies of infants with iron deficiency have found specific deficits in cognitive processing (including attention and memory) which may lead to permanently decreased intellectual functioning. Making matters even worse, children with severe iron deficiency often exhibit 'emotional dulling' - difficulty engaging with caretakers and their environment - which can lead to long-lasting social-emotional deficits. For many reasons, early infancy is a particularly bad time to be low on iron. (1,11)
6) Don't babies get plenty of iron from breast milk?
Unfortunately, no. While breast milk contains a remarkable array of healthful components, a high concentration of iron isn't one of them. This most likely has to do with maternal recovery from childbirth. A recuperating mother has her own urgent iron needs; replacing the blood typically lost in childbirth takes a lot of it. Nature intends babies to get most of the iron they'll need for their early development from the placental blood reservoir, rather than from mother, and so comparatively little iron goes into breast milk. (3,7)
7) But the baby can lose significant blood volume back into the placenta (aka 'backflow bleeding') if clamping is delayed.
This is extremely unlikely in an uncomplicated birth. With some brief exceptions (e.g., between uterine contractions, or when a baby bears down during crying), blood flow immediately after birth is primarily one-way, from placenta to baby. Here's a brief explanation of why this is true:
In a process that begins during labor and accelerates as the newborn begins to cry, the pulmonary blood vessels, which receive very little blood flow during pregnancy, open and fill. This relatively sudden change causes the newborn's blood pressure to fall below the pressure in the placenta. Placental blood, driven by strong uterine contractions, follows the pressure gradient and flows through the umbilical vein into the baby.
As the newborn's oxygen saturation increases, the umbilical arteries close, which stops nearly all blood flow from baby to placenta. The umbilical vein, which isn't sensitive to oxygen, remains open somewhat longer, allowing a final bit of blood to flow from placenta to baby before it, too, closes.
The lack of significant 'backflow bleeding' is confirmed by the fact that DCC results in ~ 30% greater neonatal blood volume than does ICC. (1,12)
8) DCC can lead to dangerously high levels of neonatal jaundice.
Since bilirubin, the source of neonatal jaundice, originates in red blood cells, it seems logical that the increased blood volume associated with delayed clamping could lead to severe hyperbilirubinemia.
Yet while some studies have demonstrated mildly increased bilirubin levels in DCC babies in the first few days postpartum, most have found no significant difference between DCC and ICC.
This seeming paradox - relatively stable bilirubin levels in the face of substantially increased blood volume - may have to do with increased blood flow to the neonatal liver that comes with the higher total blood volume associated with DCC. Yes, more blood means more bilirubin, which in turn could mean more jaundice, but better blood flow allows the liver to process bilirubin more efficiently. (3,4,6,7,9,10)
9) Delayed clamping can lead to neonatal hyperviscocity - 'thick blood' that can cause kidney damage and strokes.
DCC can lead to a somewhat higher neonatal hematocrit than ICC, which isn't surprising given the additional blood volume. Yet, despite fears of thicker blood 'sludging' in organs like the brain and kidneys, no studies have demonstrated this to be the case from DCC alone. (4,6,9,10)
10) You can't have both the benefits of DCC and immediate skin-to-skin contact. If you place a newborn on his mother's abdomen (i.e., above the level of the placenta), gravity will reduce the flow of blood from placenta to baby.
Gravity does matter, but mainly in terms of the speed of the placental transfusion. A baby held below the level of the placenta will receive a full transfusion in about 3 minutes; one held above the placenta (e.g., a baby in immediate skin-to-skin contact) will also receive a full transfusion - it just takes a little longer (about 5 minutes). (1,13)
11) But what if the baby needs resuscitation? Isn't it best to hand her over to the pediatrician immediately?
One of the first things a truly sick baby in the NICU is going to receive is fluid support - often as a 20 to 40 ml/kg bolus of normal saline or blood. Yet that is exactly what's left behind in the placenta with ICC - about 30 ml/kg of whole blood. There is considerable evidence that sick babies, both term and preterm, have better outcomes with DCC. It's better to let nature do its own transfusing. (14-16)
Delayed cord clamping promotes a healthy neonatal cardiopulmonary transition, prevents iron deficiency at a critical time in brain development, provides the newborn with a rich supply of stem cells, and helps sick neonates achieve better outcomes - all with little apparent risk to mother or baby. The evidence of benefit from DCC is so compelling that the burden of proof must now lie with those who wish to continue the practice of immediate clamping, rather than with those who prefer - as nature intended - to wait.
What do you tell your patients, students and clients about delayed cord clamping? Do you have a favorite resource or two that you like to share? What are the community standards around delayed cord clamping in your community? Are health care providers discussing this with their patients? Do they have recommendations one way or another that you are hearing? Please join in the discussion.- SM
1) Mercer JS, Erickson-Owens DA. Rethinking placental transfusion and cord clamping issues.Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing. July/September 2012 26:3; 202-217 doi: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e31825d2d9a
2) Andersson O, Hellstrom-Westas L, Andersson D, et al. Effects of delayed compared with early umbilical cord clamping on maternal postpartum hemorrhage and cord blood gas sampling: a randomized trial. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. Article first published online: 17 Oct, 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01530.x
3) Chaparro, CM. Timing of umbilical cord clamping: effect on iron endowment of the newborn and later iron status. Nutrition Reviews. Volume 69, Issue Supplement s1, pages S30-S36, November 2011.
4) Ceriani Cernadas JM, Carroli G, Pellegrini L, et.al. The Effect of Timing of Cord Clamping on Neonatal Venous Hematocrit Values and Clinical Outcome at Term: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.Pediatrics. Vol. 117 No. 4 April 1, 2006 pp. e779 -e786 (2,3 8,9(doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-1156). Published online March 27, 2006.
5) WHO. Department of Making Pregnancy Safer. WHO recommendations for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2007.
6) McDonald SJ, Middleton P. Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping of term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004074. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD004074.pub2.
7) Andersson O, Hellstrom-Westas L, Andersson D, Domellof M. Effect of delayed versus early umbilical cord clamping on neonatal outcomes and iron status at 4 months: a randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal. 2011; 343: d7157. Published online 2011 November 15. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d7157
8) Ceriani Cernadas JM, Carroli G, Pellegrini L, et.al. The effect of early and delayed umbilical cord clamping on ferritin levels in term infants at six months of life: a randomized, control trial. Arch Argent Pediatr. 2010; 108:201-208.
9) Hutton EK, Hassan ES. Late vs early clamping of the umbilical cord in full-term neonates: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. JAMA. 2007 Mar 21;297(11):1241-52.
10) McDonald SJ, Middleton P. Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping of term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004074. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD004074.pub2.
11) Carter RC, Jacobson JL, Burden MJ, et al. Iron deficiency anemia and cognitive function in infancy. Pediatrics. 2010; 126:2 pp e427-e434 (doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2097).
12) Mercer JS, Skovgaard R. Neonatal Transitional Physiology: A New Paradigm. J Perinat Neonat Nursing 2002; 15(4) 56-75
13) Yao AC, Lind J. Effect of gravity on placental transfusion. Lancet. 1969; 2:505-508.
14) Mercer JS, Vohr BR, Erickson-Owens DA, et al. Seven-month developmental outcomes of very low-birth-weight infants enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of delayed versus immediate cord clamping. J Perinatol. 2010; 30:11-16.
15) Kinmond S, Aitchison TC, Holland BM, et al. Umbilical cord clamping and preterm infants: a randomized trial. British Medical Journal. 1993; 306:172-175.
16) Rabe H, Wacker, A, Hulskamp G, et al. A randomized controlled trial of delayed cord-clamping in very low-birth-weight preterm infants. Eur J Pediatr. 2000; 159:775-777.
About Mark Sloan, M.D.
Mark Sloan has been a pediatrician and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics for more than 25 years. Since 1982, he has practiced with the Permanente Medical Group in Sacramento and Santa Rosa, California, where he was Chief of Pediatrics from 1997 to 2002. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Sloan's first book, Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History and the Wonder of Childbirth was published in 2009 by Ballantine Books. His writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Examiner, and Notre Dame Magazine, among other publications. Dr. Sloan can be reached through his blog.
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Gender Inequality Essay
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It is not necessarily up for argument whether girls are discriminated against at work it is noticeable in census data; over 10 years ago women produced 73 mere cents to the dollar paid to men. Right now, there is continue to a pay gap that exists among women and men. It is said that the agencies that are pro-equal pay, including some assemblage, support the idea that the government ought to set pay for all careers.
To the contrary, the agencies that are proponents of equal pay are generally not for job wages getting set by the government-they wish to have the splendour taken out of pay out scales from within the company. Commonly, this pay out gap can be attributed to the very fact that women in the us are still likely to attend to familial obligations above work. Info shows that girls do deal with family commitments, like having a child, caring for a sick member of the family, or tending to an parent; but they also do not give up on work.
Yes, ladies often decided to go with lower having to pay jobs in exchange for adaptable hours is to do spend a lesser number of several hours per week long-term at all their jobs than their men counterparts. Because women happen to be socialized as the primary proper care givers they may be kept in these reduce paying careers that are way more versatile, the jobs allow them care for their particular family yet still retain money (possibly a second income pertaining to the household). Women’s changing roles in society features resulted in this kind of workplace difficulty.
Women happen to be allowed and sometimes encouraged to work but they are not rewarded or compensated at the same level, for their attempts, that men in the work force are. The pay distance would be refined if firms were even more conducive to family plans. Men and women would receive the same pay for similar job. Firms would benefit by maintaining quality personnel. Men and women ought to start out making the same amount of money for the same task, companies need to offer girls ample maternity leave, people need to be presented childcare (or childcare compensation), there should be a flexible work place, and men should never be disheartened from acquiring paternity leave.
It seems that girls workers reach a level in culture. In order for ladies to be respected as males are) at work there needs to be a redistribution of domestic and friends and family work. It’s acceptable at this point for women to work; but this popularity into the staff has not considerably changed the actual, women, are expected to perform at your home.
There is no means for women to maneuver forward to equality in spend if they are not recognized as members to their job (i. at the. women continue to be expected to carry out outside of work in the relatives setting as well in a way that males are only anticipated to perform at the job and not in home). As soon as more domestic and friends and family work is definitely allocated to males than ladies will be able to achieve equal spend. Women, with less work from home, will be able to agree to full time careers, have to leave the staff less, consider less keep, and be able to rise the corporate corporate just as men are today.
As 1942, male or female inequality, for least in pay, could be traced. In 1942 the National Battle Labor Panel issued an over-all order that authorized business employers to make non-reflex adjustments in salaries or perhaps pay in order to demonstrate male or female equality (at least in jobs were women and men worked the exact same job and had similar quality and quantity of work) (CNN). Rates of women in labor assemblage has been increasing since they have entered the workforce. In spite of the increase of women union figures this inequality of shell out still is out there. Women are encouraged simply by unions and also other organizations to sue all their employer if they happen to be being treated unfairly in the workplace.
Women happen to be unlikely to pursue this option against all their employers due to limited assets, i. e. money and time. Gender discrimination at work is not only evident in the pay space but as well in sex harassment and the glass ceiling in businesses. The term goblet ceiling commenced as a reference to discrimination against women inside the work force. Glass ceiling involves many different kinds of discrimination against women employees including however, not limited to: differences in pay for similar work, sex harassment in the workplace, and firms that do not have family-friendly procedures.
The glass ceiling is an unwritten rule in lots of businesses. The ceiling can be an invisible obstacle that usually affects minorities and females. This buffer is extremely debilitating for women within their job as it makes them feel inferior and that their employers do not take the tablets seriously due to their sex. Ladies feel that all their bosses aren’t taking these people seriously as the bosses usually do not view all of them as potential candidates for prestigious positions in the institution. The a glass ceiling is yet another oppressive means used by corporate America to keep women away of strong positions and keep them from raking in a lot of cash; in terms of all their gross income.
Research done by the U. S Department of Labor in 1991 reviewed eight Fortune 500 companies and the results verified that staff in these companies, minorities and ladies especially, came into contact with the invisible buffer, the glass ceiling, very early on within their careers. The U. H. Supreme The courtroom has specified two various kinds of sexual nuisance in workplaces: Type one particular and Type 2 . Type 1 is definitely harassment that directly leads to an employment final result (ex. the harasser might say that should you don’t perform X you can expect to lose the job). Sex harassment of Type 2 is not really nearly since direct nevertheless creates a hostile work environment for the stressed worker.
This kind of hostile in environment may be created by simply rude gestures, sabotaged work, inappropriate name calling, chocarrero jokes, unnecessary touching, discuss the appearance of other folks (physical attributes), etc . Females are now exceeding men in the amount of education, in years and higher certifications, they have. In the event the workforce does not allow them to pursue executive job options then they will find themselves unable to complete these positions. Women in 1996 received 1, 255, 057 college or university degrees as compared to men whom earned 992, 638 certifications (Career Planning). The ever increasing amount of women furthering their particular education causes them to be more likely to wish to enter the task market.
As well, the longer a woman is school the longer she’ll be in the workforce, once she gets into it, since it is likely that she will delay childbearing. Although female teachers may be even more qualified for a position than her guy counterpart the lady will be more likely to be suggested for a job as an assistant or perhaps secretary task than the guy. She will find out that this assistant or secretarial job is usually her approach to acquire her feet in the door at the organization. The employers will perform like this is a typical entry-level situation when actually a man in the same situation will instantly begin in a much higher-level in the company.
Women will be over showed in the reduce paying opportunities in the company- almost all co-workers and secretarial positions are filled by women while men crowd the top and fill up the most prestigious positions in the company. This kind of concentration of men at the pinnacle and women in the bottom is called occupational segregation. My spouse and i began the Intro to Critical Feminist Studies study course with a clear idea of what feminism is usually yet I was hesitant to phone myself a feminist. A feminist, to me, is someone who advocates intended for women’s rights and their equality as compared to guys. Women and men will be equal but both are completely different.
A feminist is someone who capitalizes on and embraces right after between males and females. Anyone can be quite a feminist but feminism, in my opinion, means only advocating pertaining to women’s concerns like male or female discrimination in the workplace. Through the term my meaning of feminism has not changed drastically; however I am much more ready to associate me with this kind of movement/name.
My own hesitation in calling me personally a feminist was based on worries regarding the interpersonal implications from the word feminist. I don’t judge people merely since they add this label to themselves or relate with other feminists so there must have been a lot of deeper concern about the social effects of being 1, a feminist. I don’t think that individuals necessarily affiliate being a feminist with unfavorable things nevertheless that socially, in group situations and the larger framework of world and politics, being labeled as a feminist will limit your options. Especially, I are concerned with the implications penalized a feminist in the workplace.
Businesses, to me, may be the center from the politically appropriate and in some way labeling your feminist causes you to politically inappropriate and socially awkward. Labeling yourself a feminist, ironically, features a men characteristic to you personally, i. at the. confidence. Mainly because feminists are labeled with this assurance and that they include such a idea of what injustices against women draught beer are outcasts. This theme, gender splendour in the workplace, relates to a topic during my previous documents, women and healthcare.
The job marketplace is probably the most important factor in an individual’s ability to obtain medical insurance. This job-place discrimination against women not directly affects the standard of healthcare accessible to most American women. It’s important to me to have equal rights in the workplace since I are a women and i also don’t are worthy of to make less of your budget than a male-counterpart just because of my sex. Even if is it doesn’t case that women are in and out of the work force (more than men) as a result of familial commitments there is no cause of this splendour in the workplace.
Women are in and out of the labor market taking care of men, men’s children, and men’s relatives yet females get paid lower than men for the same job. There is even more cause for the salary gap to be closed since women’s functions are changing; many women are mothers and workers. Before, maybe it was OK (not just yet socially acceptable) for women for making less money than men because men had been the services and the woman’s income was play cash. This is no longer the case.
Girls are now equivalent providers because of their family, probably the bigger earner, and frequently the only provider because of their household (single moms and so forth ). A girl that merely graduated coming from college having a major in marketing phone calls an agency to schedule an interview. She gets to the interview on time, very well dressed, and able to be hired. The interview proceeds and the interviewer is definitely impressed with her curriculum vitae; but is very interested in her typing acceleration.
The interviewer takes the recent grad to another area, a computer lab, where she actually is sat straight down and prepared to adopt a keying test-to determine her terms per minute. While typing, the lady sees an acquaintance of hers from school and he is signing up to work for the agency as well. Her male acquaintance is usually interviewed by same person yet he is immediately advised for a situation in the organization without taking a typing check.
The job interviewer suggested the taping test out for the feminine grad mainly because having very good typing skills would help her acquire her foot in the door, i. at the. she could start out as an helper or secretary. Even though the two prospective workers, the woman as well as the man, had equitable educations the woman has not been encouraged/allowed by interviewer to enter the rates high of the business as anyone although a secretary (Career Planning). After the Countrywide War Labor Board given general purchase sixteen the fight for similar pay goes on. President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Spend Act in 1963. This kind of Act fixed by JFK applied to twenty seven.
5 , 000, 000 workers (both men and women) and required employees doing work necessitating equal skill, effort and responsibility- and work performed under identical working conditions-be paid equivalent wages (CNN). In succeeding years, subsequent both the standard order sixteen and the The same Pay Take action, numerous bills and functions have been approved to guarantee males and females equal spend on the same job; yet the pay gap nonetheless exists today. A more the latest statistic for the pay big difference, from 2k, found that women still produce. 80 pennies to the dollar that’s paid to their male counterparts (GAO).
A few ladies have been paid for their lost wages. The Department of Labor’s Office of Government Contract Conformity Programs, OFCCP, began looking at corporate management systems in 1993. The OFCCP began the review process following President Invoice Clinton signed the Family and Medical Keep Act.
This kind of Act defends workers careers guaranteeing all of them at least twelve months of unpaid keep due to the birthday of a child or extreme relatives circumstances (someone is very ill, etc . ). These testimonials of corporate and business management devices has been instrumental in repaying wages to women. One of many OFCCP’s opinions included an evaluation of Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. A healthcare facility, as a result of their preliminary assessment by the OFCCP, agreed to pay over $425, 000 in back pay to 52 female workers; these workers were employed in the top six levels of the hospital’s personnel structure (CNN).
Likewise, after the hospital’s review they gave 44 out of the 52 women spend raises, which gave these individuals more than $178, 000 (extra) in total. These kinds of raises be the cause of more than $4, 000 12 months extra income for every woman. Of all the corporate reviews by OFCCP, the largest settlement was with CoreStates Financial Institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As a result of their assessment CoreStates paid out more than 1 . 5 million dollars to women and hispanics to compensate them for (past) pay discrimination. In addition to paying the 1 . 5 mil dollars to workers CoreStates paid a lot more than 334, 000, in wage adjustments to 76 ladies and 66 users of minorities (CNN). The monetary compensation does not treat the root of why girls are paid out less than guys. If businesses are willing to settle with the OFCCP and pay dropped wages to female staff then they obviously recognize the injustice they can be committing in the pay weighing scales.
Even with the passage of various acts that want employers to provide equal spend the distance still continues between ladies and men’s wages. From the 1960’s when JFK signed the Equal Pay Act the quantity of women staff was at a great all-time large. From the beginning from the 60’s to the mid 70’s more than half the rise in the amount of workers in the labor force was made from women. The majority of these women had been married and delayed having children thus they may stay in the labor force much longer.
Even though women’s primary requirements are to their loved ones they can still do remain in the workforce following having children. Families can’t make it without the second income furnished by the female. Ladies are in and out of the work force but just to recover from giving birth; the number of operating moms in 2006 was above 2 . 6 million. More than 72 percent of moms in the Unites States, with kids under the age of 18, will be either utilized part or perhaps full-time. Girls are in hostile environments at home including work.
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At the foot of the village of Castel San Pietro, stands the church of S. Pietro, built in 1343. The name Red Church comes from the colour of the façade which differs completely from the rest of the building. This particular colouring dates back to 1599 at the wish of the Bishop of Como, who extended this order to other churches in Ticino too. On Christmas Eve 1390 the church was the scene of a dispute between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines. The feud, which put the Rusca family against the Busioni family, caused the death of about one hundred people, among them the priest who was celebrating the mass.
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It’s not the kind of headline you hope to see in the Chronicle of Higher Education, but there it was earlier this month: “Will your college close?”
Writers Robert Zemsky, Susan Shaman, and Susan Campbell Baldridge hastened to reassure readers that “Closings will not be nearly as prevalent as some prognosticators have predicted.” Based on a market stress test they developed, Zemsky, Shaman, and Baldridge estimate that 60% of America’s thousands of colleges and universities “face little to no risk” of closing anytime soon. But 30% “are likely to struggle,” and one in 10 is expected to simply cease operations.
As a college professor, I can’t say I like those odds. But as a historian, I need to acknowledge that college failure is a regular theme throughout the history of American higher education. What we face is not without precedent, though a 10% closure rate would be significantly higher than what higher ed has experienced in its modern era. To explain, let me briefly revisit and update a 2013 series from my own blog.
Using data collected by Ray Brown, former institutional research director at Westminster College (MO), I considered just how common it was for colleges, universities, seminaries, and other postsecondary institutions in the United States to close. Here’s the graph I posted in 2013, showing closures decade-by-decade as a share of the overall number open at the start of each period.
Seven years ago, I could start my analysis of that data on a (relatively) optimistic note, emphasizing “that it’s a relatively rare thing for a college, university, seminary, law school, or other institution of higher learning to close in the 20th and (so far) 21st centuries. Moreover, [those] 1200+ closures and mergers have done little to slow the expansion of higher education since 1900.” With the exception of one such period, over 95% of colleges open at the start of each decade between 1940 and 2000 remained open ten years later.
Then there was the 1970s, when the closure rate spiked over 8%. In part that was because some niche categories—teacher’s colleges, women’s colleges, independent medical and nursing schools—saw a rash of closures and mergers, to the point that they were rendered obsolete, or very nearly so. (And the single-sex colleges that survived have been among the first to risk closure in more recent years.) Other institutions that failed in the 1970s had been founded in the midst of the flush times after WWII, when financial aid became much more readily available to a postwar generation, and never secured the stable finances that would let them survive the economic challenges of the Seventies. Indeed, 36% of the institutions that closed between 1950 and 1979 had been established after 1945.
But ominously, I found that virtually the same percentage (37%) of institutions that had closed since 1980 had been open since before 1910. “Now, none of these is especially well-known outside of its region, alumni group, etc.,” I wrote, too dismissively. “But for those of us who work at private four-year colleges, it is unsettling to see how many long-lived schools of that type have expired of late, most even before the Great Recession and explosion of MOOCs got talk of a burst bubble bubbling.” Those “massive open online courses” turned out not to be the disruptive innovation that some desired or feared. But looking back with seven years of hindsight, it seems obvious that the bubble is leaking air, if not bursting.
What happens if you apply my 2013 method to the decade that just finished? How many American institutions of higher learning survived the 2010s? According to Ray Brown’s ever-lengthening list, 208 closed or were absorbed in mergers between 2010 and 2019 — out of 4,634 that the Chronicle reported for 2010.
That closure rate of 4.5% would be the highest (by my admittedly rough method) for any decade since the Seventies. And it seems to be accelerating: when I first did this exercise, only 1.6% of the schools open in 2000 had closed by 2013.
Now, more than half of the closures in the 2010s came in the for-profit sector, which has less regulation (and vastly higher student debt) than the non-profits. And we’re still not even halfway to the 10% closure rate suggested in this month’s Chronicle article.
But a recent series of closures suggests the pace is quickening, and that my particular sector of higher ed may face unique challenges.
I’m not sure if institutions like my employer are at greater risk than others. You don’t have to have a religious identity and mission to be nervous about being an expensive, tuition-dependent, low-endowment institution that needs to keep raising its discount rate to attract a shrinking pool of students from an overcrowded regional marketplace.
But having a distinctively Christian mission — much as I might value it — certainly doesn’t protect a school from the risk of closure. Just consider some very recent history:
- Of the 10 non-profit schools on Brown’s list that closed in 2019, half had church connections: Baptist Seminary in Richmond, Hiwassee College, and three small Catholic schools (Marygrove, New Rochelle, and St. Joseph).
- Faced with the loss of its accreditation, Cincinnati Christian University closed as 2019 turned to 2020.
- Earlier this month, theologian Myles Werntz shared on Twitter that his employer, Logsdon Seminary of Hardin-Simmons University, would be closing after the 2020-2021 year. (Later in the month, Hardin-Simmons itself eliminated programs and faculty and staff positions.)
- A couple days after Werntz’s post, Concordia University in Portland, Oregon abruptly announced its board’s decision to close the school this May, prompting a class action lawsuit by students who say they would not have come back for the spring semester had they known it was to be the school’s last.
Like most of our contributors’ employers, Concordia is a member of the Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities. While small colleges have been the most likely to close so far, Concordia’s Portland campus is home to 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students (plus thousands more in online programs), large enough to make me less certain that a well-established Christian college like Bethel is “too big to fail.”
First, in a time when higher ed is increasingly expected to respond to the needs of the market, Christian colleges (necessarily) have a complicated relationship with the economy. A recent Cardus study confirmed that alumni of private religious colleges earn lower salaries than their public and private nonreligious peers — perhaps because they’re more likely than other college graduates to define their calling in terms of helping others and somewhat less likely to emphasize making money. That seems to accord with the assumption that fundraising at my institution tends to lag behind its competitors because so many of our alumni labor in relatively underpaid professions like teaching, nursing, ministry, and social work. In an economy that continues to squeeze the middle class, will such Christian college alumni be able to donate to their alma maters, or to afford private college tuition for their own children?
Of course, religious colleges do churn out alumni who enter lucrative careers and become major givers. More and more of our students are pursuing high-paying careers in business, engineering, scientific research, and medicine. And universities like Bethel are working as hard as their non-religious competitors to forge partnerships with corporations and other employers. But there’s an inherent tension. Much as a school like Bethel depends on attracting the resources of those who benefit most from our economy, its religious and educational mission as a Christian liberal arts college demands that our faculty and students ask hard questions about the inequalities and injustices of that same economy.
And that’s not the only kind of tension that may complicate the future of religious schools. No doubt enrollment and fiscal issues did much to doom Concordia-Portland and Logsdon Seminary. But there may have been other reasons, more particular to the institutions’ religious affiliations. In the case of Logsdon, Baptist News Global reported that “a small but influential group of individuals has been working behind the scenes to convince trustees that the school aligned with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is too liberal to be trusted in today’s Baptist General Convention of Texas.” And The Oregonian reported that the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod tied financial support to Concordia hewing more closely to the conservative denomination’s stance on gender and sexuality.
At one time, having ties to a denomination or other well-defined religious constituency might have helped a private college or seminary to weather an economic downturn, since it could count on recruiting and fundraising from an affinity group with strong loyalty to the institution. But schools like mine now receive hardly any money from their sponsoring denominations, whose individual members feel increasingly comfortable sending their children and donations to (and hiring their pastors from) a wider array of educational alternatives.
Yet the denomination can still feel entitled to police the religious boundaries of the college or seminary. And as the reporting on Concordia-Portland and Logsdon suggests, denominational leaders — or a smaller subset of conservative constituents — might even use the present economic urgency as leverage: stop “trending left,” or else.
As it happens, Bethel is going to announce a new president this Thursday morning — two months before it announces the elimination of up to 30 faculty positions. I can only hope that our search committee has selected someone who will make it possible for the professors who remain to keep doing everything that I extolled in my open letter about Christian higher ed. Because if our new president isn’t someone who combines forward-thinking vision with an abiding commitment to the mission of the Christian liberal arts, and if she isn’t someone who spends more time expanding our pool of families and donors than assuaging the unfounded religious anxieties of a shrinking base, then it’s possible that her chief legacy will be to preside over yet another Christian college closure. | <urn:uuid:d4026c08-d235-48c9-8c55-c119706d99a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2020/02/christian-college-closures/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=share_bar&utm_campaign=share_bar_twitter | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.968247 | 2,158 | 2.3125 | 2 |
All Black, female battalion closer to Congressional Gold Medal
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) wants to honor an inspirational group of soldiers in charge of morale during WWII with a Congressional Gold Medal.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - There’s a storied legacy of military service in Kelley Evans’ family, generations pioneered by her Great, Great Aunt Edna Baskin.
“We all looked up to her,” said Evans. “She was very courageous.”
Baskin was a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, more commonly referred to as the “Six Triple Eight.” The battalion was the only all Black female unit overseas during WWII.
With the slogan “no mail, low morale”, they were sent to sort the massive backlog of mail in the European theater. Reports indicate the women were confronted with warehouses stacked to the ceilings, Christmas packages, love letters, and in some cases, final correspondence between loved ones lost.
The women swiftly completed their mission in England and France. But, in many cases, instead of appreciation, they faced racism, sexism, and segregation.
“They knew what they were escaping, and they knew what they were coming back to, but they still wanted to serve their country,” said Evans.
Years later, the “Six Triple Eight” has been celebrated through documentaries. exhibits, and ceremonies across the country, but now there’s a continuing call from members of Congress for more.
“I’ve introduced legislation to provide these women with a congressional gold medal,” said Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.). “I want these women to know much they are appreciated by our citizens of our country today.
The Congressional Gold medal is commissioned through Congress as its highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions. Each medal honors a particular individual, institution, or event.
The bipartisan measure has passed the U.S Senate unanimously and is headed to a House vote. Moran introduced the bill in a previous session of Congress, but it was never passed by the House.
Now, with bipartisan support, Sen. Jerry Moran, says he hopes to pay the “Six Triple Eight’s” gift of morale forward, to their families, and to the generations of female pioneers to come.
“It means so much to us,” said Evans. “If this happens it’s a game-changer for black women everywhere.”
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Libraries across East Sussex are currently gearing up for the annual Summer Reading Challenge, the UK’s biggest free reading for pleasure programme for children.
Taking place throughout the summer holidays (starting on 9 July), the challenge encourages children aged between 4 and 11 to visit their local library and to continue reading over the holidays, which in turn helps them to maintain their reading skills and confidence.
What is this year’s theme?
This year’s theme aims to educate and help children discover the amazing science and innovation behind the world around us. The National Reading Agency has teamed up with the Science Museum Group for a science-themed challenge this year, which will inspire children to use their creativity and imagination!
The challenge will follow ‘The Gadgeteers’, six main characters who are planning an epic summer party.
The core themes for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge are:
- Everyday science.
- Invention and creation.
- Fun with friends.
- Young heroes.
- Making the world a better place.
Who can take part?
The Summer Reading Challenge is open to all primary school-aged children, and is a flexible programme designed for all levels of reading ability.
If your child is under 3, they can join the Pre-School Wild World Heroes Challenge. They will receive a collector’s card for stickers, and when they’ve shared 6 books they will get a special medal sticker!
How does it work?
At the library
- Children can visit their local library and sign up to the challenge for free. They will then receive their gadgeteers core pack poster.
- They set a personal reading goal for the summer (the National Reading Agency recommends six books).
- Children can borrow and read books, eBooks, and audiobooks of their choice. They can read anything they like: fiction, fact books, poetry, joke books, picture books, graphic novels, audiobooks…
- Special incentives can be collected from the library each time they finish a book (including scented smelly stickers!)
- Your child will then receive a certificate and/or medal for taking part, or for reaching their challenge goal.
In addition, East Sussex libraries will be offering a wide variety of events and activities for families to enjoy throughout the summer.
How do I sign up?
Head to www.eastsussex.gov.uk/src to sign your child up for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.
To take part, your child will need to have their own library card and PIN. Joining your local library is free and extremely simple, join online here or pop into your local library and sign up – all East Sussex libraries have friendly volunteers or members of staff on hand to help with anything.
More fun and reading ideas from The Reading Agency
- Visit www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk.
- Children can set a personal reading goal for the summer.
- They will then receive book recommendations and tips for accessing books for free at home.
- Each time they finish a book, your child adds it to their online profile and leaves a review. They unlock digital badges and online rewards along the way.
- Unlock a certificate for reaching their challenge goal.
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Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, the navigator of the Enola Gay and the last surviving member of the mission that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, is shown here at the American Museum of Science and Energy during a June 9, 2000 visit to Oak Ridge. (Department of Energy photo/Lynn Freeny)
Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, the last surviving member of the Enola Gay crew that delivered the atomic bomb and dropped it on Hiroshima, Japan, died earlier this week in Stone Mountain, Ga., at age 93. His death has brought forth numerous reports on his life and, of course, the unending debate about the use of the bomb to help end World War II.
Here is the Associated Press report by Kate Brumback, as it appeared in the Air Force Times. Here’s an obituary story by Steve Chawkins in the Los Angeles Times. And Richard Goldstein did a story in The New York Times.
Van Kirk was open and accessible during his 2000 visit to Oak Ridge, where he toured Y-12 and participate in anniversary events at the American Museum of Science and Energy.
Here is a story I wrote on his visit:
OAK RIDGE — When Capt. Dutch Van Kirk watched the mushroom cloud rise 40,000 feet above Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, he didn’t think about the historical significance or weigh the moral aspects of atomic war — questions he would be asked for the next half-century.
His first thought: “Thank God it worked.”
Van Kirk, navigator on the EnolaGay , the B-29 airplane used for the first nuclear mission, said there were real concerns that the bomb might be “a dud” or that the crew might somehow botch the job.
“So my first reaction was really one of relief,” Van Kirk said Friday during his first visit to Oak Ridge, one of the atomic cities created for the World War II Manhattan Project.
He toured old facilities at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, where the enriched uranium used in the Hiroshima bomb — known as “Little Boy” — was produced.
“We had been training for like eight months to do this and we had done it and it had worked, and we had done our jobs successfully. Later on, as we were coming back (to the base on Tinian Island) … there was discussion about what this would mean to the war.”
Van Kirk, 79, who retired 15 years ago following a post-war marketing career with DuPont, lives in Novato, Calif., 10 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
He came to Oak Ridge to participate in an exhibit opening this weekend at the American Museum of Science & Energy, featuring wartime memorabilia — including a dollar bill signed by Van Kirk and many of the other principals on the A-bomb mission.
Van Kirk insists the A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima and a second one a few days later on Nagasaki did not win the war. The war already was won, he said, but the bombs helped prod the Japanese toward unconditional surrender and ultimately reduced the amount of death and destruction.
The U.S. decision to use atomic weapons on civilian populations continues to be a topic of debate in this country and abroad, but Van Kirk does not have any second thoughts about his role or feel any remorse.
“Oh, everybody keeps trying to get me to get down on my knees and cry about it and say, ‘I’m sorry,’ and none of us ever have. None of us on the (12-member) crew ever have. To this day, the four people still living all say it was the right thing to do. … The atomic bomb saved a lot of lives. Don’t ever forget it.”
Van Kirk emphatically states that atomic bombs were not the chief instruments of destruction — incendiary bombs were. He said it’s a little-known fact that the largest B-29 missions of the war took place in Japan after the Nagasaki A-bomb, when targets across the country were fire-bombed.
Some of the wartime project’s scientists favored using the A-bomb for demonstration purposes, perhaps off the coast of Japan, hoping a show of its power would scare the Japanese into surrender. Van Kirk doesn’t think that would have worked.
“What happens if you have a war and nobody comes? How could you have gotten the Japanese there? They were kind of stubborn, you know, in those days. … They weren’t really the most cooperative people in the world.”
He said it was vitally important to end the war as quickly as possible to save lives and free those held in concentration camps. He said a friend of his, also a navigator on a B-29, was shot down over Tokyo.
“I won’t even describe everything they did to him, but let’s say it was pretty bad. He was shot down in February at 220 pounds. When he got out at the end of August, he was 102 pounds.”
Van Kirk agreed to come to Tennessee this weekend because it’s more or less on the way to Gulf Shores, Ala., where he’ll vacation with his family “until I get tired of the grandkids.”
When asked why he decided to drive cross-country rather than fly, he replied: “Have you been on the airlines lately? I don’t have an objection to flying. I have an objection to flying on the airlines. They treat you like a bunch of sheep.”
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Historic Truck Brands
Bedford was a relative late-comer to the truck business, springing to life after General Motors (USA) purchased Vauxhall Motors in 1925. Before that time, GM imported Canadian-assembled ‘British Chevrolets’ to the UK, but made the decision to produce Vauxhall-designed trucks in Bedfordshire.
The first Bedford AC and LQ 3/4-ton van, ambulance and small bus models were produced at Luton from 1929 to 1931, branded ‘Chevrolet Bedford’. Interestingly, this double-branding occurred again, in 1972, when Isuzus replaced Bedfords in Australia.
The first Bedford-only-branded WHG and WLG two-ton trucks and bus chassis were released in 1931, powered by the proved overhead-valve, six-cylinder Chevrolet Stove Bolt 6 engine.
In the following year a WS 1.5-tonner, a VYC 3/4-ton light van and car-based AS vans were launched. The new releases continued in 1934, with the introduction of the three-ton WT Series, followed by a bus version the following year.
In 1935, Bedford began work on a 3/4-ton MW truck for the British Army and it entered service in 1939.
A full range of new Bedford civilian models were released in mid-1939, three months before the outbreak of Word War Two. The new range consisted of the K (1 1/2-2-tons), MS and ML (2–3 tons), OS and OL (3–4 tons), OS/40 and OL/40 (5 tons) series, and the OB bus. Also launched was a new JC 1/2-3/4-ton van.
The K, M and O Series trucks were redesigned for military use, by fitting a wider, flat-fronted, sloping bonnet and were designated OX and OY series. Some were fitted with armoured bodywork.
A larger, 4×4, forward-control QL model – dubbed the Queen Lizzie – went into service in 1941.
Many of the WWII Bedfords remained in service post-War and those that were pensioned off went into civilian roles. The pre-war K, M and O trucks continued in production, beside newer models, until 1953.
In 1952, Bedford released the semi-bonneted CA van, with 1.5-litre petrol power, or Perkins diesel option. The very popular CA was replaced by the CF in 1969 and Australian CFs came with a Holden six-cylinder engine.
At the same time came the sub-nosed, seven-ton S Series and the SB bus chassis. The RL was a 4×4 version.
In 1953, the Bedford A series, bonneted range was released, with numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 denoting the weight rating. A Perkins diesel engine was an option. The A Series was updated in 1957 and became the J Series.
The Bedford TK range replaced the S in 1959, but the RL continued in production until 1969, when it was replaced by the M Series.
The Bedford KM used the same cab, but with a slightly restyled front end and was marketed for heavier-duty applications than the TK: 16 tons and over.
In Australia, the TK could be optioned with Holden 253 or 308 petrol V8 power and the KM had a two-stroke 6V53 Detroit Diesel/ Roadranger transmission option.
Bedford by Isuzu
Introduced to Australia by General Motors Holden (GMH) in 1972, Isuzu trucks were initially marketed as ‘Bedford by Isuzu’, which helped appeal to an audience unfamiliar with the brand by promoting buyer confidence via association with Bedford.
GMH made good decisions in those days and the introduction of the Isuzu products was timely. Isuzu went on to dominate the Australian truck market.
Isuzu KA 40/41, KS, KT, TLD and TLG trucks were offered in the light-duty range, and the JBR, JCR, JCS, SBR and SCR in the medium-duty range. In addition to these, larger trucks and bus chassis were also sold, albeit in small numbers.
The Isuzu range expanded in 1976, with a more modern cab-over-engine revamp for the medium-duty range and a cabin facelift for the light-duty range.
In that same year, local assembly started at Holden’s plant in Dandenong; firstly with the JCR model and other models subsequently.
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
This poem marks the beginning of T.S. Eliot’s career as one of the twentieth century’s most influential poets. As it shows only surface thought and images, it is considered difficult to interpret exactly what is going on in the poem, but there are a number of speculations on the interpretations.
ThoughtAudio PDF Transcript: TA0057_Prufrock_TSEliot.pdf
Thomas Stearns Eliot was one of the most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century, winning the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry”. Although born in Missouri and attending Harvard, he lived most of his life in England. Eliot, while on a three month leave in the coastal resort of Margate for a period of convalescence possibly showed an early version of the poem to Ezra Pound. A year later Eliot had produced a 19-page version of the poem and Pound then made detailed editorial comments and significant cuts to the manuscript. Eliot dedicated the poem to Pound, referring to him as “il miglior fabbro”, Italian for “the better craftsman.” | <urn:uuid:3b45fdbe-494d-4183-9574-1ad936349ca1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://thoughtaudio.com/ta0057-the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.939747 | 283 | 3.4375 | 3 |
An array of Allied foreign ministers gather at the White House in Washington, DC, United States, for a 1942 meeting of the Pacific War Council. Seated in front are British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left) and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Behind them stand representatives of the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Britain, China and the Philippines, together with Walter Nash (far right), New Zealand's minister to the United States. During his term as minister, Nash advocated the formation of a United Nations as a world peace council that would succeed war councils such as this one.
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Building up a business portfolio is an attractive prospect for potential entrepreneurs but knowing where to start can be tough.
The good news is that once you have everything set-up, eCommerce can provide a successful source of income, allowing you the freedom to expand and diversify once you make back your initial investment. So, where do you begin?
Choose Your Product
The most obvious place to start is with the product itself. You should sell something that you believe in, so that you are enthusiastic about the product and motivated to encourage others to buy. However, the online marketplace is incredibly competitive. Your product should be able to stand-out in a saturated market or it should be so niche and exciting that the competition remains low, at least to start with.
This decision will also be based on your ability to provide the product. If you have created something that you can easily manufacture on a small-scale from home, then it makes sense to try and turn a profit from this item. This gives you the benefit of having full control over your product, from manufacture to shipping. If, however, your idea is something that needs to be made in a warehouse or factory, you might prefer to find a supplier that can do this for you. Both options will require you to have somewhere you can store your stock.
Another option is dropshipping. In this scenario, you merely act as an in-between for the customer and supplier. Your website will be a curation of related products where customers can make their purchases and then the supplier fulfils that order. You make a percentage of each sale without having to do too much work. Of course, you have no control over the final product or packaging of each item.
Create a Platform
There are numerous Content Management Systems that can help you to create your eCommerce store. Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento are all reputable platforms that can help you realise your business dreams.
However, the most successful brands utilize a number of platforms and marketing avenues, which can boost sales by up to 38% for one additional channel, 120% for two extra channels and 190% for three!
Average % increase in revenue
Sites like eBay and Amazon can be a great way to sell your products alongside your independent website while boosting your brand, although the associated fees can sometimes price them out of your marketing plan.
Social media usage should never be underestimated, however. With relatively low advertising rates, these are a great way to connect with customers, bringing your product to them so that they don’t have to go searching the internet for it. Make sure you have a presence on as many social media sites as possible, with links to your main website on all, and check them regularly to answer questions.
Consider Payment and Delivery Providers
Often, this part of your eCommerce creation will depend on the platforms you have chosen to use. Different CMS sites work with different providers to offer an all-encompassing service. Make sure that any businesses you work with are able to operate in your country and any destinations that you intend to ship to. You will also need to take their associated fees into account. With delivery providers, reputation and reviews are incredibly important, as their actions will directly affect the way your customer feels about your company. So, choose wisely! This is even true if you choose to use drop shipping as your eCommerce method – make sure your suppliers are reliable and committed to providing a great customer experience.
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Salesforce just made a move to provide pay equity increases across its workforce to eliminate any and all gender pay issues, job by job.
Here's a rundown of what just happened at Salesforce from the Atlantic:
"In a panel at a conference organized by Fortune last week, Marc Benioff, the CEO of the cloud-based software company Salesforce, said that he recently ordered a review of all 17,000 employees’ salaries to see if female employees’ pay was in line with those of male employees doing similar jobs. According to Fortune, Benioff said that the company is spending about $3 million extra this year on its payroll to make these adjustments. “We can say we pay women the same that we pay men,” he said the conference. “We looked at every single salary.”
What prompted this review was the allegation, made earlier this summer by Salesforce employees Cindy Robbins and Leyla Seka, that women at the company likely weren’t being paid as much as men. Benioff said he was initially skeptical, but commissioned an internal review anyway. Data on the compensation of employees in all departments at all levels of tenure apparently revealed Robbins and Seka’s suspicions to be warranted.
Salesforce has declined to clarify the $3 million figure or provide further details—the size of the average adjustment, how many employees saw their salaries changed, and how they reacted—but is going to put out a report with more information next year."
So Salesforce won't break it down further, but that's why you have me. So let's break it down.
First, the easy math - if all 17,000 employees got an adjustment and 3M was spread out among them, that would be an average adjustment of $176.
Of course, that's not the right math. Assume half of those employees are female, and that brings the average adjustment to $353.
But wait, the article from the Atlantic lets us know that Salesforce is only 30% female, so that means 5,100 female employees splitting 3M for an average of $588.
What's all that mean? Well, if the analysis was full, complete and accurate - and we have no reason to believe it wasn't based on the reputation of Salesforce - it means they didn't have much of an issue with gender pay equity. Also, we know that things like this are never spread evenly - there were undoubtedly pockets in Salesforce that didn't look great, and female employees within those pockets got the majority of the adjustments, much higher than the average cited in the last example above.
Activists are still likely to be skeptic, but it's refreshing to see Salesforce take a run at this and then give an overall number for the adjustments they gave to eliminate pay equity across gender.
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Arthur's paternal uncle King Richard I had no children and before setting off on his most favourite pastime - the Crusades he named the boy heir to his English throne. However, in 1199 when Arthur was twelve Richard had a change of heart and made his last remaining brother John heir. Quite a sensible thing to do as a country with a minor on the throne is nothing but trouble.
Richard was dead by the end of March 1199 and despite his estate being in order, there was trouble anyway.
The barons of England supported Arthur - of course, they did !
England's hero the great William Marshall and John's mother Eleanor of Aquitaine stood on John's side.
It is interesting don't you think that the story of Arthur shows similarities to the disappearance of Princes in the Tower two-hundred years later?
Heir’s to the throne go missing, their wicked uncle does the dirty deed and then the bodies are lost forever. | <urn:uuid:b67a9ef9-ef10-44a8-b6da-9bc1011a0055> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://meanderingthroughtime.weebly.com/history-blog/arthur-of-brittany | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.981511 | 198 | 2.921875 | 3 |
“Fashion Styling Foundations,” the five-module course created by Yellowbrick in partnership with the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and WWD, goes deep into all aspects of styling — which includes the often overlooked role of the personal stylist.
If you’re eyeing a career change or want to upgrade your annual salary, you might want to consider being a personal stylist, who can make $40,000 to $50,000 at a retailer, according to Payscale.com and upward of $450,000 as a consultant serving high-wealth individual clients. Personal stylists can include those who specialize in shopping for a client, putting looks together for them, or working on just hair and makeup.
In the second module of Fashion Styling Foundation, industry experts share insights into all aspects of personal styling and its various career paths. The module description noted that students of the online course “will learn about body types and how to discover a client’s style personality. We will also cover the tools that every stylist needs in their arsenal, such as getting a great fit and the basics of tailoring.”
Accessorizing, fitting, pulling together various “looks,” and styling clients that don’t have a lot of time or resources are also covered.
In one lesson, “Putting a Look Together,” instructor Natalie Tincher, owner of BU Style, explained how to work one-on-one with a client. The instructions are clear, concise and easy to understand. “It starts with a base layer,” Tincher said. “And then you make sure your proportions are right. With proportions, one easy way of looking at it is the rule of thirds.”
She then explained how you view a client and apply a base layer set on thirds, for example, where the waist of a pair of jeans in the base layer is set high, at the two-thirds mark. “From there you can take that third layer and figure out what can be mixed and matched with that,” Tincher said adding the additional layers could include different shoes, accessories, a baseball cap, etc., thereby creating looks for the weekend, parties or dining out.
The skill lies in working with the client to fully understand the potential of their wardrobe.
In a separate lesson on sustainable practices, Tincher said professional personal stylists may have clients that have specific goals and requests. For example, some clients may want to have apparel that is less harmful to the planet.
“Sustainability, carbon footprint, transparency, ethical fashion — there’s a lot of buzzwords surrounding the topic, so you have to educate yourself of what is true sustainability,” Tincher said. “And you may have a client who is more concerned with ethical fashion, which would be proper wages and proper working conditions; so, you would need to know [sourcing] and where the factory is.”
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Systematic review of controlled clinical trials of gastric lavage in acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning.
Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2009 Mar;47(3):179-92.
BACKGROUND: Organophosphorus pesticide (OP) self-poisoning is a major problem in the developing rural world. There is little clinical trial data to guide therapy, hindering the identification of best therapy. Despite the recognition of adverse effects, gastric lavage is commonly done in Asia. We aimed to identify studies assessing its effectiveness.
METHOD: We systematically searched the literature for controlled clinical studies that assessed the effect of gastric lavage in OP pesticide self-poisoning. RESULTS: All 56 studies identified were Chinese and reported benefit from the intervention studied, including multiple gastric lavages, use of norepinephrine or pralidoxime in the lavage fluid, concurrent treatment with naloxone or scopolamine, insertion of the gastric tube via a laparotomy incision, and lavage later than 12 h post-ingestion. However, only 23 were RCTs and none presented adequate methodology for their quality to be assessed. The patient population and study treatment protocol were not defined – large variation in case fatality in the control arm of the studies (from 4.5 to 93%) suggests marked variation between studies and likely between study arms. No study compared an intervention against a control group receiving no gastric lavage or provided any data to indicate whether a significant quantity of poison was removed.
CONCLUSION: Despite widespread use of multiple gastric lavages for OP pesticide poisoning across Asia, there is currently no high-quality evidence to support its clinical effectiveness. There is a need for studies to identify in which patients and for what duration gastric lavage is able to remove significant quantities of poison. Following these studies, large clinical trials will be required to address the effectiveness and safety of gastric lavage (either single or multiple) in acute OP pesticide poisoning. | <urn:uuid:87da4df2-2b4f-435b-b3ac-26b116a3264b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://motonesu.net/archives/279 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.867315 | 622 | 1.84375 | 2 |
15 May 2008
FTA hinges on farm deal, US tells India
New Delhi, PTI:
The United States, on Wednesday, said prospects of a free trade agreement with India are “too pre-mature” as it depends on opening of market for agricultural products, though progress has been made in manufacturing and services.
“You can see some progress in manufacturing and services. But true FTA would have to include agriculture. I think it is too pre-mature (to include agriculture),” US Ambassador to India David Mulford told reporters here.
Currently, India is at an advance stage of negotiating an FTA like comprehensive co-operation agreement with European Union.
With US being its second largest trading partner, there have been suggestions from sections of industry, both in the US and India, whether the two countries can open their markets to each other through an FTA.
However, with the US searching for its agricultural products and India being apprehensive about opening of this vulnerable section, the chances of free trade between the two countries are not too bright at this moment.
“The problem with the issue is that FTA, to be really effective would also have to include agriculture. That is an area that is not yet ready for free trade negotiations,” Mr Mulford said. | <urn:uuid:0b22c850-5b54-4447-8ffe-7b87da542167> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bilaterals.org/?fta-hinges-on-farm-deal-us-tells | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.977184 | 266 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Shoshin Theatre Association is an organisation that is based on the three pillars contained in it's name.
Shoshin, meaning 'beginner's mind' in Zen Buddhism, is the frame of mind with which we wish to approach all our endeavours. It requires openness, curiosity, eagerness and a lack of preconceptions, in all areas of study. It means using the approach of a beginner even when working and studying on a very advanced level.
Theatre is the discipline that we choose as the form of our work and our study. Breaking away from the thought that theatre means purely representation, we wish to examine the ways in which it can have a concrete impact on the quality of life. It is to do with energy, clearness of expression, being in the now, consciousness, communication, relations with self and others, and many other facets, all of which can be approached through the specific tools of our craft.
And finally, the third pillar, association, the notion and the act of associating, of progressing towards oneness. In mathematics, we see this coming to being in the principle of convergence, but this is also yoga, in the root of the word - to yoke, or to join. The idea of convergence is visually embodied in the Möbius strip, a two-dimensional surface with only one side and only one boundary component, always flowing into itself, joining itself, having no end, no beginning, and no division into inner/outer parts. | <urn:uuid:817ce3fe-496b-4e24-ac15-edc14724fc26> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.shoshintheatre.com/about-us | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.966186 | 308 | 2.34375 | 2 |
In just three months, the Iowa gun permit law will change. Starting on January 1st, the ‘shall issue’ law will allow many more people to have access to handguns. Exceptions include people under age 21, anyone convicted of a felony or domestic abuse, and anyone addicted to alcohol or treated for mental illness.
Ottumwa city leaders want to ban concealed weapons in public places like government buildings and city parks. It’s something we could see in our area, too. But, Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner says the root of the problem is with the new permit law.
“We’re going from having some standards, while different, to having no standards whatsoever,” said Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner.
Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner says come January first more people will have guns without any restrictions.
“It’s not the concept of the “shall issue” it’s the lack of training session, it’s the lack of discretion from sheriffs whatsoever,” said Gardner.
So in response to the law, the city of Ottumwa wants to ban concealed weapons in public places. If someone breaks that proposed ordinance…
“It doesn’t look like it would affect your permit, no revocation, no anything, we would just ask you to leave,” said Gardner.
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With no substantial regionally significant storm systems to monitor this morning, this post will just be a quick roundup of a couple smaller, less impactful, but still neat features to note. The two main areas I’ll focus on will be Texas/Louisiana, where heavy rain is expected, and the Great Lakes where another cold front will be driving southeast.
Here’s a look at the ECMWF’s synoptic composite forecast for this afternoon. The general setup is pretty straightforward. A surface boundary exists over the Gulf of Mexico. A jet streak extends from New Mexico up through Oklahoma into the Midwest. The entrance region of this jet is located over Northeastern TX/Southeastern OK/Northern LA. Tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico is getting pulled up over that front towards the jet. As this tropical air rises, it cools/condenses to result in rain. This rain will be focused by areas of convection that develop along that frontal boundary, as well as a surface trough marked by the kink in the isobars (white line) near Shreveport LA.
Here’s a look at the HRRR’s forecast for total precipitation between now and early tomorrow morning. Notice how totals just keep piling up in NE Texas/Northern Louisiana as that moisture streams north. You can even almost trace that moisture by looking at the streaks of precip that occur over SE Texas as storm cells develop and race north/northeast. The greatest risk for flash flooding will be in that corridor of very heavy rain from just north of Austin over towards Shreveport. Totals in this area could exceed 5″. GIF via weathermodels.com.
Here’s a look at composite radar imagery of this region, showing the area of heavy rain exactly where we’d expect it based on the pattern/setup outlined above. Track this rain through the day with both our radar overview and HD radar products at weather.us. Note that to see the latest loops, press the refresh button at the top left of the image. Click the map to zoom in, and click near the edge of the map to pan to exactly the area you want.
Meanwhile up in the Great Lakes, a cold front will be dropping south today, which will set up some lake effect rain and snow showers tonight/tomorrow. A look at the NAM’s precipitation type forecasts for the next 36 hours highlights these rain and snow bands. Not much in the way of accumulation is expected, being so early in the season, but it’s just another reminder that winter is indeed on its way. GIF via weathermodels.com.
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Recent studies shows that "a slow and steady approach to weight loss does not win the race, and the myth that rapid weight loss is associated with rapid weight regain is no more true than Aesop's fable."
Over the years, rapid weight loss has been thought to be less healthy than slow, steady weight loss. Those crash diets you've been told to avoid? Perhaps they aren't as bad as you'd thought.
Along with nutrition and exercise, any weight loss is a good thing.
Studies show that changes in eating habits are the best way to diet and help keep the weight off over the long dieting haul.
Listen in as John Higgins, MD, discusses this longtime myth: that rapid weight loss leads to regaining the weight you've worked so hard to lose. | <urn:uuid:bdfc2f43-99b8-463e-a799-4f5b0ef87147> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.radiomd.com/search/item/24443-diet-myth-exploded-gradual-weight-loss-no-better-than-rapid-weight-loss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.975608 | 161 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Vicente Cifuentes, Illustrator: Vicente Cifuentes is a cartoonist born in Albacete, Spain in 1979. He began working for the American market in 2005 by collaborating with the publishers Arcana and Alias. A few years later, he began working for Marvel on X-Men , Hulk , New Exiles and DC Comics on titles such as Batgirl , Green Lantern, Superman, Justice League Dark and Aquaman .
Dobbs, Writer: Dobbs was a film history teacher before he embarked on his career as a comic book writer. Since writing his first graphic novel, Welcome to Paradise, Dobbs has written a number of comics inspired by late-nineteenth-century literature and history, such as Scotland Yard, Mr. Hyde against Frankenstein, Alamo, and Allan Quatermain and King Solomon's Mines, and, more recently, adaptations of works by Stefan Wul and H. G. Wells. | <urn:uuid:c4bb88cc-8683-44c0-bec6-6c8c6333bc8a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://insightcomics.com/products/h-g-wells-the-war-of-the-worlds | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.968738 | 196 | 1.640625 | 2 |
If you would like to follow a journal closely, it can be useful to set up an alert with the journal that can notify you as soon as it is published. You need to find the journal's website and create an alert on the table of contents, which will then be sent via email or RSS. There are also journals which can send alerts regarding new articles that have been published online, an Online First Alert.
Many of the large databases give you the opportunity to save a search on specific criteria such as keywords, author's name or journal title. This can be combined with an alert from the database at predefined time intervals, which can notify you of the existence of any new articles matching those search criteria. This gives you the opportunity to follow developments in a topic across many journals. Typically, you will need to access the search history, save a search and then create an alert on it.
If you are working in a field where a specific article is a landmark work, or if have you written an article yourself that has been indexed by Scopus or Web of Science, then you can, for example, get an alert every time Scopus or Web of Science registers a new reference/citation of this article. These alerts can come via e-mail or RSS. Read more about alerts in Scopus and Web of Science.
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The success of skin lighteners as a cosmetic practice arose out of an accident of industrial history—in the 1930s tannery workers in Chicago experienced temporary depigmentation of the skin due to gloves that including the chemical compound MBH (monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone). Dermatologists quickly realized the potential of compounds derived from MBH within depigmentation treatments that corrected freckles or sought to lighten a person's entire complexion. Lynn M. Thomas includes this history in her most recent book, Beneath the Surface, an expansive and rigorously researched monograph that takes as its central subject skin lightening as an aesthetic, political, racial, and commercial practice. Her book demonstrates that practices of skin lightening have moved across geographic locations and cultural frontiers, attracting diverse and shifting groups of people (20); yet Thomas predominantly focuses on how and why Black South African women used skin lightening products. Through tracing how skin lightening intersects with...
Technologies of Visibility: The History of Skin Lighteners in South Africa
Maggie Fitzgerald entered the PhD program in African history at Indiana University in the fall of 2018. She studies the intellectual and cultural history of southern Africa, and is particularly interested in cultural production, Staffrider magazine, the Black Consciousness Movement, theater, and political resistance in Durban, South Africa. Fitzgerald has experience teaching both history and isiZulu and has held a position as an editorial assistant at the American Historical Review.
Maggie Fitzgerald; Technologies of Visibility: The History of Skin Lighteners in South Africa. Cultural Politics 1 July 2022; 18 (2): 267–270. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-9716324
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I'm trying to measure the memory of a process that I call via the command line (i.e., I want to find out much CPU/RAM the process takes). Is there any command that I can add to the command calling the process that will achieve this?
Example of firefox. Find the PID:
ps -aux | grep -i firefox
Then you can use
top -p pid:
top -p 3845
You can also use
ps command, firefox pid is 3845
$ ps -p 3845 -o %cpu,%mem,cmd %CPU %MEM CMD 11.1 3.7 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
I am not satisfied with the above mentioned commands, and I found something that you should be interested in.
sudo apt-get install monit -y
Edit the Monit Config File
sudo nano /etc/monit/monitrc
Enable the web interface
set httpd port 2812 # use address localhost # only accept connection from localhost allow localhost # allow localhost to connect to the server and # allow 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 # allow any host on 192.168.1.* subnet allow admin:monit # require user 'admin' with password 'monit'
Checking process every 2 secons
## Start Monit in the background (run as a daemon): set daemon 120 to only 2 # check process every 2 sec
In the end copy paste the following command
check process firefox matching "firefox"
Save and Exit
Check your syntax
Fix any problems found – it’s not too tough to figure out what’s going on.
sudo monit -t
Start (or restart) Monit
sudo service monit start
Visit the web interface
http://localhost:2812 if you’re running Ubuntu Desktop, or
Sign in with your
Click on Firefox
- How to Install Monit
- Monit: check process without pidfile
- Monit FAQ
- Real-world Monit configuration examples
- How can I get the CPU usage and memory usage of a single process on Linux (Ubuntu)?
You can also use these links for help and modify your process.
You can also configure an alert if firefox uses more than 250 MB of ram
check process firefox matching "firefox" if totalmem > 250.0 MB for 1 cycles then alert
You can also execute command
if totalmem > 250.0 MB for 1 cycles then exec "path to script"
You can also make a script of Notify-Send
/usr/bin/notify-send firefox "More Than 250 MB OF RAM"
The GNU time command can print the maximum resident set size used by a command.
You do have to make sure to use the
/usr/bin/time command, not the Bash Shell built-in
For an example to measure the firefox command:
/usr/bin/time --format="Size:%MK Cpu:%P Elapsed:%e" firefox &
After using firefox a while, I close it out to get the report:
Size:168644K Cpu:30% Elapsed:226.34
While it is possible to use the TIME environment variable to set the default format I've found it more flexible to set up individual bash aliases with specific formats. So for the above I would add to my
alias ztm="/usr/bin/time --format=\"Size:%MK Cpu:%P Elapsed:%e\""
So that from my Bash Shell I could just enter:
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Exercise and Endorphins
Biking to Denmark!
My husband and I decided to get some exercise and bike from Sweden to Denmark. The distance for our route seemed manageable…70 kilometers, 43 miles spit over two days. Especially since we have family at the half way point and would have an extra two days to rest in between. The bike paths were really beautiful! However the weather was not in our favor and neither were my quads. Apparently I was not in optimal biking shape. After hitting rain, strong headwinds and stopping for breaks, we arrived 5 hours later than expected.
Either way, the trip was spectacular. There is something about getting fresh air, beautiful views and exercise at the same time. It doesn’t have to be an elaborate trip either. In the past, I’ve felt the same rush of endorphins just riding around the block.
Endorphins are the body’s natural feel good chemicals. They interact with brain receptors to help you feel at ease and more focused. They actually work similarly to anti-anxiety medication. Activating your body’s endorphins is a great natural way to cope with difficult situations, depression, anxiety and overall bad moods.
Other ways to release endorphins:
- Eat Healthy
- Laugh More
- Learn Something New
- Connect with Others
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Management of irritable bowel syndrome in children
Juan R Malagelada1*, Carolina Malagelada1
1Digestive System Research Unit, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
IBS is a clinical condition involving frequent (≥4 days per month) and chronic (>2 months) abdominal pain and stooling disturbance. Bloating is a common and highly annoying accompanying symptom. Diagnosis is established by applying symptom criteria elucidated through a series of medical expert pools (the “ROME” process I, II, III, and IV). Diagnostic criteria are quite similar for children and adults1. With regard to bowel movement disturbances, a constipation predominant pattern is more common in children than a diarrhea predominant pattern or a mixed, alternating constipation/diarrhea pattern2-4. Pattern shifts over time are rather common3.
IBS disease mechanisms so far identified are multiple, varied and not always fully understood. Pathophysiological features of IBS that are supported by solid scientific evidence include visceral hypersensitivity, gastrointestinal dysmotility, gut inflammation, dietary triggers, intestinal dysbiosis and disturbances of the gut-brain axis. Thus, IBS may be considered pathogenetically a heterogeneous entity, as recently reviewed5. Familial aggregation is often noticeable but it is unclear whether genetic or environmental influences, including heightened awareness of abdominal sensations, are responsible.
IBS is quite common in children as well as in adults. A well conducted, albeit relatively older study estimated that 14% of US high school students and 6% of middle school students suffer from symptoms consistent with IBS6. More recent data generally supports a very high prevalence of IBS in children2, 4, 7 and consequently a high economic burden8. In clinical practice, an IBS diagnosis is not infrequently applied rather loosely since IBS is defined exclusively by a relatively complex symptom formula without a verifiable biological marker. Therefore, clinicians sometimes apply the IBS label to any patient without evidence of “definite” organic disease who complains of non-acute abdominal pain combined with altered bowel movement pattern. As pointed out by Quigley & Shanahan9, a medical condition such as IBS, that is exclusively defined by symptom criteria, may create an illusion of understanding and equate complaints with “disease”. This aspect could be particularly relevant in children who may express symptoms vaguely and inconsistently. The real “intensity of complaints” may also be difficult to ascertain in this age group of patients. Stressful events affecting child and family as well as attitudes and environmental factors are important10, 11.
Prudent and carefully weighted application of diagnostic tests is in order. A “positive” IBS diagnosis based on symptom criteria should be attempted first, rather than an “exclusion” IBS diagnosis as traditionally undertaken because the latter implies much higher iatrogenic risks and/or economic burden. However, some basic evaluations way be warranted if in doubt, if family pressures are significant, if prompt resolution is not achieved by application of first line therapeutic measures and, of course, if alarm clinical features are observed. The first commonly applied diagnostic examinations include blood test, stool check for parasites or blood, abdominal ultrasound exam and endoscopic evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract.
Clinicians evaluating a child with abdominal symptoms also need to pay attention to extraintestinal manifestations and comorbid conditions such as fatigue, headaches, urinary and musculoskeletal symptoms etc as shown by IBS adult studies12. The coincidence of these various symptomatic expressions in the same individual suggests CNS participation distorting and integrating peripheral inputs leading to the concept of central sensitizing disorders that may include IBS. Indeed, children with chronic digestive symptoms show exaggerated brainstem responses to surrounding stimuli and inadequate parental behaviours appear to aggravate symptoms13. Conversely, seemingly spontaneous resolution of IBS is not uncommon14.
An IBS label in today´s hyper-communicated society may also incorporate the conceptual elements of a “meme” spreading by contagion among clinicians, relatives or child-caring personnel15. Symptoms themselves may be potentially promoted and amplified by the child’s entourage and even by medical personnel, eager to establish a diagnosis in a child with otherwise unexplained abdominal complaints. This mechanism could explain the increasing prevalence of IBS diagnosis in western societies both in children and adults.
Useful pathophysiological features of IBS that may help guide appropriate therapy
If considering treatment for IBS, it may be useful to attempt to ascertain the pathogenetic mechanism or, at least, the predominant pathophysiological disturbance operating in individual patients, because a mechanism-based approach probably improves therapeutic effectiveness5.
Diet composition, tolerance and therapeutic adjustments
Diet has the potential to act both as a symptom inductor and a therapeutic opportunity. It is self-evident that not all children tolerate equally the multiple components of a normal diet. Specific food allergies may manifest in a clinically obvious manner that leaves no doubt as to their pathogenetic role. However, more subtle forms of immune nutrient-cell interactions may be at the root of IBS-like symptoms16, 17. The challenge is to establish a definite responsibility for specific food products in the genesis of symptoms when simple observation yields only equivocal answers. A number of commercial tests are nowadays available under the label “food intolerance tests”. These include allergen-specific IgG reaction against various foods, electrodermal tests, sublingual or intradermal tests, cytotoxic assays and others. Although several of these tests have elicited interest among physicians and, particularly, among the general public they have not reached solid scientific approval and there are doubts as to whether test results truly reflect clinically relevant intolerance. Furthermore, there is mounting concern that unwarranted and radical diet restrictions may lead to nutritional imbalances including accumulation of metallic elemental toxicants (i.e. mercury) in blood and tissues18.
Non-allergic food intolerances are mainly related to a restricted capability of the gut to digest and absorb sugars and other normal dietary components. Genuine lactose intolerance is mostly due to low intestinal lactase availability but it becomes clinically manifest only with relatively large lactose loads, hence easily avoidable by forewarned patients19. Fructose, a monosaccharide present in many processed foods, has a relatively low absorptive threshold in the human small bowel and consequently fructose rich diets may produce gut symptoms in susceptible individuals by stimulating intestinal motility20. Psychological factors may influence the symptomatic response to sugar malabsorption as it has been well documented for lactose21. Thus, subjective symptom assessment represents a potential clinical confounding influence that must be taken into consideration.
The mechanisms of abdominal symptoms developing in the context of nutrient malabsorption involve an increase in small bowel effluents entering the colon22. In turn, these molecules are fermented by colonic bacteria increasing colonic production of gas and generating osmotic and motility stimulants that induce colonic discharges and spasmodic bowel activity. There are, in addition to lactose and fructose, many incompletely absorbed carbohydrates in a normal diet that under certain circumstances may also produce colonic overload of fermentable substrates generating gas, which is poorly tolerated by IBS patients. These include the group known as FODMAP (fructans, galactosaccharides and polyols including sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol) which are naturally present in many fruits and vegetables as well as in additives such as artificial sweeteners (Figure 1). Substantial evidence has accumulated indicating that a diet limiting FODMAP components ameliorates IBS symptoms. Responders appear to harbour more saccharolytic bacterial species in their microbiome23. Unfortunately, long-term sustainability of this and other highly restrictive diets is burdensome to many patients. Furthermore, it has been proposed that conventional and sensible diet restrictions may be as effective as a strict FODMAP diet although the matter is still subject to debate24. The latter approach may consist in avoiding milk products, fatty foods, drinks with artificial sweeteners or containing caffeine.
On this topic, there are two aspects that are relevant to IBS pathogenesis and management. First, there is the issue of post-infectious IBS, well documented by epidemiological follow up studies in individuals, both children and adults,25 previously affected by a bout of infectious gastroenteritis. About 10% (figures vary) of such individuals subsequently develop symptoms compatible with IBS26. Giardiasis also represents a recognized risk factor27, 28. Young age, psychological disturbances, prior antibiotics and other factors appear to predispose to post-infectious gastroenteritis IBS-like syndrome29. Pathogenetic factors include mucosal immune cell activation and immune cell proliferation that may enhance peripheral sensory signalling and result in visceral hypersensitivity30. Remarkably, some forms of infectious gastroenteritis in childhood, such as that caused by Salmonella species increase the probability of developing IBS in adulthood31.
A second aspect of microbial implication in IBS pathogenesis involves microbiome perturbations. To this end, two settings must be considered: excessive microbial translocation to the small bowel (small bowel bacterial overgrowth–SIBO-) and alterations in microbiome ecology. Evidence for SIBO derives primarily from breath test analysis. Unfortunately, rapid small bowel transit of the test substrate may cause an early peak signal due to early arrival of substrate into the colon that could be misinterpreted as intraluminal small bowel fermentation32. Changes in the colonic microbiome have also been implicated in IBS pathogenesis. Indeed, certain human microbiome species may influence gut function and even potentially modify gut-brain interactions. As examples, it has been observed that F. prausnitzii may modulate colonic hypersensitivity and Lactobacillus reuterii participates in the regulation of colonic transit33. Microbiota changes observed in postinfectious IBS include increased presence of the Bacteroidetes phylum which resembles the microbiota composition observed in diarrhea predominant IBS34. Further research, however, will be needed to clarify these aspects, as current data are preliminary and still cannot be accepted as conclusive.
Efforts to restore microbial ecology include antibiotics, prebiotics and probiotics. Antibiotics have been proposed as treatment for presumed SIBO and also to “redress” microbiome composition. In this regard, rifaximin has been favoured based on its non-absorbability and empirical evidence of efficacy. In adults, relatively high doses of 800 to 1650 mg/day over 10-14 days appear to improve global IBS symptomatology and IBS-related bloating. Data in children suggest that rifaximin may be particularly helpful in lactulose breath test positive patients35, 36. The clinically favourable modulatory effect of rifaximin, in contrast to previously tried and unhelpful broad-spectrum antibiotics, is intriguing. It may be related to the higher bowel intraluminal concentrations achieved with rifaximin on account of its non-absorbability37. An additional factor may be a putative specific action of rifaximin on bacterial virulence and bacterial metabolic activity. In turn, these may attenuate visceral hypersensitivity and reduce hyperalgesia.
Probiotics currently enjoy great popularity among patients and many physicians on account of the intuitive appeal of its assumed mechanism of action and inherent safety (although some doubts have been raised on this latter issue). However, although experimental evidence has sometimes substantiated their antiinflammatory, antinociceptive and even their modifying effects on brain behaviour and mood, outcomes of clinical studies remain equivocal and sometimes contradictory. As Shanahan and Quigley have pointed out,38 there are many soft claims plaguing probiotics including unverified labels, gaps between research findings and marketplace claims. Also unmet label assertions on numbers and types of viable microbes as well as on shelf specifications regarding survival of packaged microbial products. Although some probiotics have been subjected to well designed and robust trials with positive outcomes, other unsuccessful trials have been reported. In children, Francavilla et al39 have shown positive responses to Lactobacillus GG and other investigators also to Lactobacillus reuterii, VSL #3, Bifidobacterium infantis, brevis and longum40. Clearly, only further quality research can assert the real value of probiotics in IBS therapy.
Prebiotics are food products that favour proliferation of bacterial species that potentially diminish mucosal inflammation. Prebiotics have the theoretical drawback that they may favour gas production via intraluminal fermentation. However, recent data suggests this may be a temporary phenomenon, which delays, but does not eliminate their otherwise favourable effects41.
An inflammatory basis for IBS type symptoms has been substantiated by direct evidence of altered mucosal immune activity, presence of mucosal immune cell infiltrates, mast cell proliferation in close proximity to nerve endings, increased apical junction permeability and other features16, 17, 42. These inflammatory responses may result from post-infectious, allergic or idiopathic gut reaction. Clinical evidence of IBS symptomatology developing in atopic individuals with or without asthmatic, cutaneous or other tissular immune inflammatory responses is mounting. Microbial-induced mucosal immune activity associated with specific bacterial species in the gut has also been reported43.
Despite this enticing experimental background, introduction of anti-inflammatory agents to ameliorate IBS clinical manifestations has not met so far with much clinical success. Corticosteroids, mesalazine and other agents with anti-inflammatory action have not proven particularly effective44. Only the mast cell stabilizer ketotifen appears to have achieved preliminary positive results45.
Intervening along the brain-gut axis
The “two brains” theoretical model, which envisions the central brain operating in concert with the enteric brain to monitor and regulate gut function, remains imperfectly defined and only partially substantiated by experimental data. However, it is a powerful concept and potentially useful in clinical management because it provides a framework for pharmacological intervention along the central-peripheral axis46. An important additional element to take into account is the close and well established interaction between the nervous and immune systems in the gut47.
In functional conditions such as IBS, pain is a subjective experience that even if arising from nociceptive stimuli in the gut, is shaped by mechanisms acting at various strata along the brain-gut axis. Amplification and distortion of afferent signals by inflammation, sensitization and other local factors results in disturbed pain signalling. Furthermore, impaired descending pain modulation further amplifies inputs to central circuits for pain reception and modulation. Centrally there is a key link between emotion and cognitive pain modulation that underscores the strong influence of stress and anxiety on the perception of visceral signals. Hence, abdominal pain, a hallmark of IBS, probably results from a combination of disturbed peripheral signalling and disturbed emotional pain modulation48.
IBS pain management is shifting towards agents that modulate visceral hypersensitivity exerting their actions, still poorly understood, at various sites in the gut-brain axis. In this regard, it has been pointed out that the intensity and refractoriness of the pain manifested by patients may provide some indication of the predominant mechanism of nociception. Broadly speaking, more intense and unremitting pain levels point towards a greater involvement of brain as opposed to abdominal mechanisms48. Consequently, in severe cases there is a greater need for employing neuropharmacological agents operating at a central level. In this regard, GABA blockers and antidepressants, particularly those that include inhibitory action on norepinephrine reuptake seem particularly effective. Classic tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline, nortriptyline and desipramine that incorporate multiple target mechanisms may also be useful although they tend to be associated with more troublesome side effects, such as somnolence, anticholinergic systemic effects and hypotension. Dose titration is essential. Some classes of antidepressants act on specific receptors that make them particularly useful for specific complaints. For instance, the H1 receptor affinity of mirtazapine may be used to correct insomnia and to promote weight gain. Among GABA inhibitors, pregabaline has strong inhibitory effects on generalized anxiety and nociception which may be quite useful49.
The practical usefulness of neuropharmacologic agents on pain management cannot be easily separated from their effects on an underlying anxiety/ depression disorder. However, the relatively low doses of these drugs that are generally employed for IBS treatment are usually lower than customary for treatment of psychiatric conditions, unless the psychopathological component requires full use of psychotropics.
Psychological approaches including behavioural treatment have been enthusiastically put forward as a non-pharmacologic approach to correct the emotional component of functional type disorders. These include psychotherapies to alleviate stress-induced anxiety such as cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic therapy. Hypnotherapy performed by a well trained therapist may help the child relax into a trance-like state. These formally conducted psychological treatments have been reported to achieve substantial success and are increasingly undertaken today. However, clinicians should be aware of the high placebo response rate observed in most controlled trials of IBS and related conditions (30-70%). The more structured psychotherapeutic approaches, in addition, are time consuming and their long-term effectiveness remains unproven.
Acting on intestinal fluid and motor dynamics
At a peripheral level, drugs acting on motor and/or secretory function have long been employed to ameliorate pain and also the characteristic bowel movement pattern in IBS, be it constipation and/or diarrhea that may, by interfering with orderly propulsion, cause pain. This group of agents includes classical antispasmodics, antidiarrheals and laxatives of various types. Time sanctioned use of such agents, which attests to their popularity, does not imply proven clinical efficacy. In particular, classic antispasmodics with anticholinergic action (hence, with unpleasant side effects) and non-anticholinergic antispasmodics (primarily calcium channel blockers) such as mebeverine and otilonium bromide, although widely used, have only gathered weak scientific evidence for their clinical effectiveness.
Conventional antidiarrheal agents such as loperamide are commonly employed, but, in IBS-associated diarrhea they are difficult to modulate and show a propensity to precipitate constipation, that disquiets the patient who usually expects a more stable regulatory action on bowel movements7.
Diarrhea in IBS may also be caused or aggravated by bile acid malabsorption with overspillage into the colon where these molecules, particularly in their unconjugated form (as by-products of bacterial hydrolysis), irritate the colonic mucosa and induce water exorption50. Overspillage of bile acids may be the result of either abnormally accelerated small bowel transit, ileal mucosal impairment with reduced ileal bile acid reabsorption or liver overproduction. Regardless of the specific mechanism involved, oral bile acid sequestrants acting intraluminally such as cholestyramine and the more palatable product colesevelam may help control diarrhea51. Careful dose titration of these agents is a requirement to prevent an unwarranted shift towards constipation and bloating.
Eluxadoline is a complex opiod receptor activator that has proven useful as antidiarrheal and antinociceptive agent for IBS-D52. Its effects are more subtle than the traditional antidiarrheal agent loperamide, but it has shown a disturbing, although unusual, propensity to cause pancreatitis, albeit mostly in cholecystectomized patients.
The therapeutic effect of conventional laxatives may be difficult to modulate in children. PEG solutions are the preferred agent. Newer, potentially useful agents are coming along. Linaclotide, an agonist of enteric guanylate cyclase, and lubiprostone, a prostaglandin E analogue, both promote water exorption into the gut. In addition, they have putative antinociceptive effects that make them suitable for the management of IBS-C. Unfortunately, although quite useful in adults, so far, neither of these two agents are approved for therapeutic purposes in children (and even some negative effects have been reported for lubiprostone in this young age group)53.
Acting on parental roles and influencers
Family environment may act positively or negatively on children’s expression of IBS symptomatology. It appears that parenteral attitudes, modelling of symptoms, coping methods, psychological traits and family exposure to stress have potential influence on gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal symptom reporting by children54. Thus, recruiting parents, and maybe other family members, to help modify the child’s illness behaviour and symptom impact on daily activities has some theoretical foundation. However, studies to substantiate the therapeutic benefit of interventions through relatives have yet to be conducted.
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According to the results of a systematic review published in The British Journal of Psychiatry, limited evidence indicates that antidepressants may treat depression effectively in patients with comorbid schizophrenia.
To determine the effectiveness of antidepressants for depression in patients with schizophrenia, researchers reviewed 26 studies of antidepressant use in patients with schizophrenia or related psychosis and depression. They evaluated the effectiveness of individual antidepressants and antidepressant classes with meta-analyses that assessed response to antidepressant therapy and improvement in follow-up depression score.
Antidepressant use was shown to be effective based on binary data from 8 studies that classified patients as responders or nonresponders at the study endpoint (summary risk difference -0.19). The number needed to treat was 5.
In a random-effects meta-analysis of 17 studies, antidepressant treatment improved endpoint depression score significantly (standard mean difference -0.24). The study authors noted, however, that removal of one small study with a large effect size resulted in a nonsignificant treatment effect (standard mean difference -0.20).
Meta-analysis of antidepressant classes and of citalopram individually did not yield statistically significant effects on depression scores.
The study authors explained that the study, “produced some evidence in favour of antidepressant treatment for depression in schizophrenia.” They noted, however, that, “a lack of rigorous reporting of adverse outcomes in included trials in this review prevented calculation of number needed to harm, and caution must be taken when recommending pharmacological interventions and the avoidance of unnecessary polypharmacy.”
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Despite this, vasectomy remains the safest and most successful form of permanent contraception when compared to tubal ligation in females.
The procedure is usually technically straightforward and is performed under local anaesthetic or a light general anaesthetic.
A tiny incision is made on each side of the scrotum and a small piece of the vas deferens (the tube which carries sperm to the prostate where it joins the seminal fluid) is removed, both ends ligated and separated.
The procedure takes 15-20 min and recovery is usually complete in 1-2 weeks. As some live sperm can persist in the system for a while after the procedure it is important to maintain contraception for around 12 weeks and wait for a clear semen analysis. There is no effect on sexual function or libido.
Whilst the majority of men make a full recovery and have no long-term issues there are some implications and risks which require careful counselling prior to the procedure.
Couples should make a firm decision that they have completed their families and should regard vasectomy as irreversible. If circumstances change, vasectomy reversal or IVF are options but are not 100% successful. The success rate is very close to 100% but occasional cases of fertility returning after a successful vasectomy have been reported (1 in 3000).
This is thought to be due to the 2 cut ends of the vas deferens re-joining (re-canalisation of the vas) but is extremely rare with modern techniques. Around 1-2% of patients will suffer from post vasectomy pain syndrome which can affect quality of life and may lead to some regret. | <urn:uuid:5e0968c2-76e8-48ea-950c-3733d58d9b52> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.centralwestmums.com.au/lifestyle/family-life/contraception-for-couples-mens-health-why-have-a-vascetomy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.939912 | 330 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Author: Jojo Varona
So, you’ve been looking for work for a while and finally got a couple of interviews for jobs that you really want. Of course, you are excited. And then the nerves set in. But don’t let the nerves get the best of you. You are not alone in feeling this way. Stay relaxed and try these strategies to help you feel calm, cool, and collected – even if you are freaking out on the inside.
Practice breathing exercises while you are waiting for your interview. By doing this, you can channel your nervousness and fear, and be able to focus on something else. Health experts have stated that “breathing is something we can control and regulate, so it is a useful tool for achieving a relaxed and clear state of mind.” Take deep slow breaths through your nose and then slowly blow it out through your mouth.
When I get nervous, I tend to fidget, and my legs start to unconsciously shake or tap. My go-to trick is to keep my hands together on the table or on my lap so I can feel when I get fidgety.
Make Eye Contact.
One of the best ways to look confident is to have natural eye contact throughout the interview. Lack of direct eye contact – looking away, looking down, and not looking the interviewer directly in the eyes is a sure sign of nervousness and lack of confidence. Focus on your interviewer’s face but make it feel comfortable and not have an intense gaze.
Answer the specific questions asked and don’t ramble on or go off on different tangents. It’s incredibly easy to veer off topic and say more than what is needed. Take a pause before answering a question. Make sure that your answers don’t reflect negatively on you or your previous co-workers and managers. Keep your tone sincere, so even if your answer is brief it doesn’t come across as dismissive. And if the interviewer wants you to elaborate more, don’t worry, they will ask.
The best way to calm your nerves and be confident is to be prepared. Make sure that you have brought all the necessary items for the interview and if there is an application form, make sure that it is properly filled out. Be sure that you have read the job description and that you can communicate how your background and experience are applicable to the position. Make sure you know the address of the interview and give yourself enough travel time so that you can get to the interview a few minutes early. Rushing around and getting to the interview with no time to spare will increase your nerves.
The important thing to remember is that while you certainly need to be calm, collected, confident, and prepared to land the position, an interview is not a life or death situation. Hiring managers are humans too and they’ll understand and forgive a few minor blips. | <urn:uuid:1874de1d-fc5c-4fef-a3b9-403069a52f7f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jobshopsf.com/post/look-confident | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.941939 | 629 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Many people pursue to remain young and beautiful, from visits to the hair salon to plastic surgery. Cosmetic medicine offers alternatives for those who want an appearance improvement without going for the full surgery, like Botox fillers. This popular treatment consists of an injection of a toxin that temporarily paralyzes the muscle into which it is injected, creating a smoothing effect on the skin over the muscle. Since Botox is a toxin with such power, the only way of it being applied safely is by a professional Botox surgeon at clinics the same as therapieclinic.co.uk, however people are always looking for shortcuts to save time and money.
It has caught attention a new invention called Juvapen, it is a device used with the disposable syringe that is set to inject a precise amount of Botox without the need of doing it manually, the main purpose of this is making the application more accurate and eliminating the possibilities of side effects due to overdose and allegedly there is a less painful way to apply the botulinum toxin.
The Dangers of the Botox Pen
Despite it appearing to be a great medical advance, many people can be misled by a false sense of precision and actually perform Botox injections to themselves and to others without taking in account that the device is set by the person handling the syringe, if that person does not know the right quantity and the exact spots where Botox should be injected, it could be the disastrous pathway to another DIY Botox treatment horror story.
When you consider Botox, think it is not only about how much you inject it is also about where and the particular needs of each patient, so it requires certain level of knowledge of human anatomy, experience and artistry, that can be the difference between a weird looking face with a natural looking result.
The most worrying part of having Botox applied by people without medical training in the field of cosmetic medicine is this can be very harmful, since it is a neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium Botulinum, causal agent of a fatal disease called botulism, and the most lethal toxin existing. A bad application of Botox in the worst case scenario, can spread the toxin in the organism and cause botulism like symptoms such as: muscle weakness, vision problems, problems swallowing or breathing and loss of bladder control. The symptoms can appear within days or weeks after the Botox treatment and can lead the person to Intensive Care or even Death.
Another problem with inexperienced injectors and not doctors is they might obtain Botox illegally and it adds other risks beyond a bad application: the Botox can be false and you can be injecting something else you don’t know what it is, it can be contaminated, bad refrigerated, etc., the numbers of risk of self-injecting or having Botox injected with somebody different from a plastic surgeon definitely surpass the list of cero benefits of it, so it is not worth it risking the health for the false illusion of getting beauty more easily and less expensive.
A Note on Fraudulent Cosmetic Procedures
The plastic surgery specialty has always been the object of fraud because this massive problem victimizes a lot of innocent people. Dentist, nurses, beauty therapists and even hairdressers think they have the capability of injecting Botox as it is perceived like something easy to perform and the mean to take advantage of the popularity of this cosmetic procedure. A device to help beginners to make “a better job” could trigger a larger scale problem of fraud in cosmetic procedures and increase the number of victims of this scourge.
The only people certificated to inject Botox for cosmetic purposes is a Plastic Surgeon, and even surgeons can make mistakes, if you are thinking of getting any cosmetic procedure make sure to conduct your own research and check the background of the doctor and if it is licensed or any certification and its facilities are accredited, that is always a good sign because it means the doctors has training in the field, also is a good idea to know other patients of the doctor and its experience and if the practitioner makes you feel comfortable.
The Botox pen is probably an unnecessary invention. The alleged benefits of the device mean nothing in the hands of an expert, who can perform the procedure precisely, tastefully, making it as comfortable as a needle in the face can be and most importantly, without being life threatening. | <urn:uuid:e20ed417-f04e-44e2-a2ef-3566e5a62ee9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lukor.net/2016/05/17/is-the-botox-pen-a-good-way-to-administer-it-or-just-dangerous/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.954862 | 890 | 1.898438 | 2 |
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Bruges Triennial 2021: between dream and reality
The Bruges Triennial presents its theme for 2021: TraumA. From May to September an enticing trail, studded with international installations, takes us to places that switch intriguingly between fantasy and reality, between delusion and actuality.
The 2021 Triennial builds on its two predecessors, whilst simultaneously taking us off in a different direction. The 2015 Triennial considered the hypothetical transformation of Bruges into a megalopolis, if the six million tourists who visit Bruges each year should suddenly decide to settle there permanently. The 2018 Triennial examined aspects of the ‘liquid society’ and created welcoming public spaces that had a pronounced social and participatory character on or along the canals.
This third edition of the Bruges Triennial, TraumA, continues that exploration of contemporary art and architecture in public spaces, but this time from a more inward, subcutaneous perspective: What is going on behind those stately facades? How is the mediaeval city actually being experienced and lived in? International artists and architects have been invited to explore (semi) public and private spaces across Bruges and to question the hidden aspects of society. Back doors are opened and alleys investigated. Interspaces, courtyards and construction sites form a trail of surprise and wonder and give us a glimpse behind otherwise impenetrable walls.
In TraumA, the Bruges Triennial delves into the city’s uncanny history and actuality. Historical layers are laid bare, forgotten and hidden storylines are exposed and discussed. This edition wanders the thin line between dream and trauma, between heaven and hell. It appeals to the imagination, responding to the pomp and the splendour, but also to the ‘unheimliche’ simmering just below the surface. Because, although Bruges may seem to be a dream destination, poverty, loneliness, pollution and anxiety are constantly lurking in this seemingly picture-perfect world. Via artistic and architectural spatial interventions, the Bruges Triennial 2021: TraumA also brings out the less attractive aspects of our heritage city and makes them part of the cityscape. It generates a multi-voiced discourse, in which there is room for imagination, beauty, darkness and complexity, a space where artists and architects can explore both the spotlit centre stage and the dark and dusty wings.
The Bruges Triennial 2021: TraumA hovers between the revealed and the concealed, the open and the hidden. With its trail of sculptural, architectural and organic creations, it celebrates the vitality and versatility of this our city: moving between public and private, between dream and nightmare.
Bruges Triennial 2021: TraumA
May – September 2021
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Why does child participation matter? Rayaa and Anna's experience at the Eurochild's General Assembly
This blog was authored by children from the Eurochild Children's Council, Anna from Greece and Rayaa from Ireland
The Importance of Child Participation - Anna
Children's opinions and voices have always been of less importance, with the common assumption that adults always know better. However, lately, more and more chances for children to participate in the decision-making process have appeared. While the final goal, which is for children to have a permanent and active role in such procedures, has not been yet reached, a question that concerns people who have not familiarized themselves with child participation as a concept is: "Why is it so important? Aren’t children's rights already being fairly represented?"
Child participation is a concept that provides young people the opportunity to be actively involved in matters that concern their future. That is why when it comes to topics that directly affect children, it is only natural that their opinions must be the ones with the highest gravity. It is of utmost importance that children representation is present during negotiations for important governmental policies or decisions in order to achieve the protection of their rights. Children get to have a role as agents of transformation with the capability to improve and build a strong and supportive community for everyone.
Presenting at Eurochild’s Annual General Assembly - Rayaa
My name is Rayaa, I am 15 years old and I am representing Ireland on Eurochild’s Children Council. I was very honoured to be able to able to speak at the General Assembly 2022 and introduce my fellow council members.
It was the first meeting I had attended that had over 100 people, so as expected, it was a bit nerve wracking. The other council members made it less overwhelming, as we had breakout rooms to leave for a few minutes and we could talk to each other. After this, I felt really confident and proud of myself, as my fellow council members cheered me on!
It was amazing to see the wonderful work the Eurochild and its members do in terms of helping children around Europe and how the voting process worked. Child friendly language was used, making it even easier for me to understand complicated points that were made.
The adults were very nice and welcoming which certainly made me feel calmer. I have definitely gained more confidence in my communication skills since the General Assembly. It was truly a fantastic experience and I look forward to next year’s General Assembly! | <urn:uuid:1c76b62b-a9e7-457f-8ccd-42127981eeff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eurochild.org/news/why-does-child-participation-matter-rayaas-experience-at-the-eurochilds-general-assembly/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.983319 | 504 | 2.0625 | 2 |
NOSQL DATABASE DATA STORAGE
Articles, posts and news about data storage.
What is Data Storage?
Data storage is how a machine or device will archive its data in digital or related forms for retrieval, processing, or management by its owners and users. It includes the collective methods and technologies that retain digital information. Consumers and businesses rely on data storage to preserve information ranging from product preferences, viewing history, shipping address, even a profile ID.
Data storage typically takes place on a database which can reside either on-premises in the physical server of a company or over a cloud platform as part of a distributed database system.
Data is the lifeblood of any organization and it must be protected against hackers, natural disasters, viruses or unplanned systems shutdown. Data backup and data security are two essential components to data storage. Common techniques of data backup are periodic backing up of all system, point in time retrieval, and data replication to multiple nodes in a distributed system.
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Data Storage Methods
Based on an application’s specific needs, a project will employ different ways to store their data. This will have implications on how fast they can retrieve it, how easy it will be to manage on the cloud, how efficient it can navigate today’s world of unstructured data, and cost in terms of both performance and financial expenses.
Relational. This has been the standard way to store data since relational SQL databases were first developed half a century ago. Data is stored in rows and columns, with different data sets assigned to distinct tables, linked by a common key. When a data query is made, tables are merged together to return the query set.
NonRelational. Nonrelational or NoSQL databases emerged in the 2000s. They are built to handle real-time web applications, unstructured data, and the massive scale of information being managed over the Internet of Things (IoT). Nonrelational databases take many forms.
Document. A document database is a NoSQL database that receives data into whole documents, eliminating the need to join tables to return query data sets. Optimal for distributed database topologies, document databases have superior performance, can handle massive load, and are less complex than the relational model. Document databases are schemaless, offering huge flexibility.
Graph. Graph database models store relationships among data. Fraud detection systems make use of graph database models to see unnatural relationships between points. Recommendation engines also make use of such models.
Time Series. The database model of the IoT, time-series storage focuses less on values of data points and more on the patterns that emerge among these points over a period of time.
Data Storage Considerations
When planning your data storage management strategy, several things must be considered in choosing the right solution:
- Determine how best to meet the compliance requirements of your organization
- Asses the mix of structured data to unstructured data that will be in your system
- Decide on the right platform for your data: disk, on-prem server, cloud platform
- Take into consideration your data security, data backup, and disaster recovery needs
- Minimize the storage of redundant data, especially if you store data on the cloud
- Find the data storage solution that enables you to retrieve and manage your data with the highest performance
Storing Data in a Distributed Environment
Recent events have increased the global push to working with data over distributed cloud systems. As the demand for remote working increases, the use of distributed systems will become more essential.
Enjoy a webinar about the advantages of using a document database as part of a distributed cloud data solution. A document database, with it’s reduced fundamental complexity in processing raw data makes it ideal for such distributed functions like data replication and supporting a microservices architecture.
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The Use Of Information And Communication Technologies By Library Professionals
Background to the Study
Today libraries are shifting their role from the custodian of traditional information resources to the provider of service-oriented digital an ICT-based information resources. Widespread use of computers, increased reliance on computer networks, rapid growth of the internet and explosion in the quality and quantity of information compelled libraries and library professionals to adopt new means and methods for the storage, retrieval, processing and dissemination of information (Quadri, 2009).
In this age of globalization, the importance of ICT to library professionals cannot be over-emphasized. This is true because ICT facilitates quick and easy access to a wide range of information and information resources worldwide. In fact, it is now difficult to imagine a world without information technology (William & Channaveeraiah, 2008). The provision and use of ICTs is part and parcel of the entire system to both the students, library professionals and the society at large. It is one thing to recognize the importance of ICTs and another to know if they are effectively used by library professionals. If ICTs are effectively put to use, the essence of acquiring them is to a large extent, justified (Quadri, 2009).
Lowe and McAvley (2002) defined ICT as tools in the digital age used in the information profession for acquiring processing and communicating information. Similarly, Ebijuwa (2005) defined ICT as electronic tools used for collection, processing storage, transmission and dissemination of information. Haag (2002) sees ICT as any computer based tools that facilitate the search and retrieval as well as dissemination of information to information seekers and also supports the information processing needs of individuals, groups and organizations. In the view of Ehikhamenor (1993), ICT encompasses the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of information by means of computers, office machines and telecommunications. He further stated that while computers provide the processing, storage and retrieval facilities, telecommunications provide the facilities for the transfer or communication of data and information to users.
With advances in ICTs, electronic information resources such as electronic books, electronic journals, CD-ROM databases, OPAC, online databases and the internet have launched the world and library professionals into an information age. In the developed world, no library professional can still rely on only traditional printed information resource to perform library services and operations effectively and efficiently. To library professionals, ICT is a significant development that provides tools for managing the vast quantity of information generated by modern society (Ebijuwa, 2005). With the emergence of ICTs, library professionals subscribe to e-journals, e-books, CD-Rom databases, online databases, web-based resources and a variety of other electronic resources. Library professionals participate in library consortia and build a network of information exchange via ICT facilities (Quadri, 2009).
According to Khan and Bhatti (2008), a library professional is a person who looks after the storage and retrieval of information in the library. In the library, the library professional is usually a professional who is trained and educated to deal with information in a wide variety of formats and settings including the use of ICTs. Wordiq (2010) state that library professionals help users to navigate into the voyage of internet and evaluate information efficiently. Furthermore, library professionals after a helping hand for users to find out the required piece of information and to use it for personal and professional purposes.
Rao and Babu (2001) opined that due to the advent of the internet, world-wide-web, ICT tools and proliferation of online catalogue, the role of the library professional has been changed. Now, library professionals are more efficient and have new roles as intermediary, facilitator, end-user trainer/educator, web organizer and designer, researcher, interface designer, knowledge manager/professional and provider of timely information via ICT-based resources. In the view of Career Overview (2011), with the advent of ICTs, library professionals should acknowledge and be knowledgeable in a variety of information sources and follow the new trends and advancements in computers, media and publishing. It is evident from the literature that information and communication technologies (ICTs) have affected positively the skills and responsibilities of library professionals in this new era. ICTs have changed not only the face of information but also the professional work ethic of library professionals. Technology demands high level of technical skill set from library professionals in order to make maximum use of new technological tools for providing effective and better services to users (Khan & Bhatti, 2008).
Library professionals are traditionally information brokers, they deal with the packaging and dissemination of information for people in the society. The need for the recognition and use of information by all sectors of the society has always been of paramount interest to the library professionals with the result that they are always in the vanguard for the creation of awareness of information need, access, retrieval and utilization (Ugboma, 2006).
Book fairs, workshops, seminars and readership campaigns are some of the strategies that had been employed in the past to create an informed society.
However, in the recent times, campaigns for the use of ICTs have been added in Nigeria, this campaign started in-house, that is, among and for the library professional themselves. This is evident from the themes of conferences and Annual General Meetings of the Nigerian Library Association, which since has been strengthening libraries and library professionals for new information age through ICT. It is obvious that library professionals are conscious of the need for them to acquire ICT knowledge and use ICT in order to function effectively in the new digital age (Ugboma, 2006).
According to Ifidon (2003), for any library professional to function effectively in this information and digital age; it is imperative, therefore, that library professionals need to use ICT in the discharge of their duties, which is, matching information to users.
Much more than before, information seeking process transcends the simple librarian-client relationship of question and answer to involve a whole new, more complex process of advisory, search, retrieval and delivery vis-à-vis ICE-based resources (Madu & Adeniran, 2000).
In a changing environment when most of the library services are ICT-based, it is important for library professionals to be well informed and updated regarding developments in ICT and therefore use ICT for library services and operations. Srivastava (2008) conducted a study to determine the extent of usage of ICT components by library professionals and found that ICT components form an integral part of library operations and services. The study revealed that library professionals use ICT resources in library services and operations. Also, DOS/UNIX databases, library application software, CD-ROM databases, word processing, bar-coding, multimedia, etc are important to library professionals.
Similarly, Ramesh and Parameswaran (1999) conducted a study on the automation of public library and information services in and around Chennai and the attitude of library professionals towards the application of ICT. The results showed that the library professionals have a positive attitude towards the application and use of ICTs for library operations and services. Also, the library professionals showed their keen interest in professional development vis-à-vis ICT usage to keep pace with the trends of electronic information era. The study concluded that ICT applications and usage among the library professionals improved communication and helped in enhancing technical knowledge, providing better services, improving library status, change information handling methods and reduce work-load (Ramesh & Parameswaran, 1999).
Hence, this study seeks to investigate the use of information and communication technology by library professionals in Delta State.
Statement of the Problem
Library profession is revolutionizing significantly in many aspects. The emergence of new information and communication technologies, the internet, world wide web, among others pose new challenges for library professionals therefore, it requires library professionals to become positively energetic, equipped with greater skills and capabilities to survive and thrive in this new digital environment (Khan & Bhatti, 2008). Despite the afore-mentioned positivity, library professionals in Nigerian Libraries are still lagging behind in the adoption, application and use of ICTs in the library profession. This is as a result of certain constraints such as poor budgetary allocation, inadequate ICT infrastructure in libraries, ineffective leadership, low professional status, poor information literacy skills and digital literacy, inadequately trained and skilled ICT manpower, limited ICT resources, insufficient communication skills and poor power supply. It is against this background that this research is embarked upon to investigate the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by library professionals in Delta State.
1.3 Research Questions
The following research questions were raised to guide the study:
- What are the ICT facilities used by library professionals in Delta State?
- What is the attitude of the library professionals towards ICT usage?
- What is the level of use of ICTs by library professionals in Delta State?
- What are the benefits of ICT usage to the library professionals?
- What are the constraints militating against the effective use of ICTs by the library professionals?
1.4 Purpose of the Study
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by library professionals in Delta State.
The specific objectives of the study include:
- To find out the ICT facilities used by library professionals in Delta State.
- To examine the attitude of the library professionals towards ICT usage.
- To explore the level of use of ICTs by library professionals in Delta State.
- To discover the benefits of ICT usage to the library professionals.
- To unravel the constraints militating against the effective use of ICTs by the library professionals.
1.5 Significance of the Study
ICT as an advance technology, enhance service provision in the library as well as teaching, learning and research. Hence, library professionals are expected to use and maximize the awesome potentials of ICTs in order to improve their information search, storage, retrieval and dissemination and at the same time promote effectiveness and efficiency in the library and information profession. This study therefore, will be of immense benefit to policy makers and library management in Delta State, to enable them formulate effective policies towards the provision and use of ICTs in libraries by library professionals.
Also, this study will be beneficial to library professionals in Delta State, in the area of creating awareness of the relevance of ICT usage in the library and information profession by library professionals. In the same vein, this study will be of significant benefit to students by providing them information on the use of ICTs by library professionals in Delta State.
Lastly, it is believed that this research work will fill a gap in knowledge and will be useful to prospective researchers who intend to conduct similar study on this topic in the near future and this will go a long way to increase the literature base of this research.
1.6 Scope and Delimitation of the Study
The focus of the study is on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by library professionals in Delta State. The study covers library professionals in libraries in Delta State. The study is delimited to library professionals in two academic libraries in Delta State. They are: Delta State University Library, Abraka and Petroleum Training Institute Library, Warri.
The scope of this study covers ICT facilities used by library professionals in Delta State, the attitude of the library professionals towards ICT usage, the level it use of ICTs by library professionals in Delta State, benefits of ICT usage to the library professionals and the constraints militating against the effective use of ICTs by the library professionals.
1.7 Operational Definition of Terms
The following operational terms have been defined as used in the study:
This is an acronym which stands for Information and Communication Technology. It is the technology used for information gathering, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination by library professionals and users.
This refers to a warehouse of knowledge where information resources are acquired, processed, organized and kept for usage and dissemination.
These are well trained librarians or information practitioners working in the library.
The Use Of Information And Communication Technologies By Library Professionals
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Evaluation of the effect of closed areas on a unique and shallow water coral reef fish assemblage reveals complex responses
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Areas closed to fishing are advocated as both fisheries management and biodiversity conservation tools. However, few studies investigate the responses of suites of both target and non-target fish species within an assemblage, which is an important consideration for ecosystem-based fisheries management approaches. Diver-operated stereo-video was used to assess the abundance and length of coral reef fish across multiple areas both open and closed to fishing at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. After taking into consideration spatial differences in benthic habitat, the composition of fish assemblages was found to differ between open and closed areas. The target species, Plectropomus leopardus, was approximately two times more abundant in closed areas. Furthermore, 51 % of P. leopardus were larger than the minimum legal length (MLL) for retention in closed areas compared with only 1.8 % in areas open to fishing. Another target species, Choerodon rubescens was surveyed in greater abundance at sizes larger than the MLL in closed areas (64 % >400 mm) in comparison with areas open to fishing (36 %). A number of non-target species were also larger in closed areas (e.g., Kyphosus cornelii, Scarus schlegeli). In contrast, several non-targeted prey species were more abundant in open areas (e.g., Pomacentrus milleri was six times more abundant in open areas). Our results document complex responses of target and non-target species in closed areas at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands.
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Strong direct and inconsistent indirect effects of fishing found using stereo-video: Testing indicators from fisheries closuresLanglois, T.; Harvey, Euan; Meeuwig, J. (2012)Candidate indicators of the direct and indirect effects of fishing can be developed by investigating fisheries closures. We tested a suite of such indicators in areas open to fishing but with suspected differences in ...
Fitzpatrick, B.; Harvey, Euan; Langlois, T.; Babcock, R.; Twiggs, Emily (2015)We studied the persistence of fishing impacts on coral reef fish assemblages by sampling 2 protected and 2 fished locations, using random replicate stereo baited remote underwater video. At each location we sampled a ... | <urn:uuid:cfa4ddb2-99d0-411b-9d27-a3b55f33d17f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://espace.curtin.edu.au/handle/20.500.11937/39544 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.927095 | 624 | 2.59375 | 3 |
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Dangers of Sunscreens
Dr. Cannell: Should I use sunscreens or cosmetics that contain sunscreens?
Dr. Cannell replies:
Hundreds of people have asked me this question. It's important to remember that many cosmetics contain sunscreens. My short answer is: "If you are comfortable drinking sunscreens, then you should feel comfortable putting them on your skin." At least three studies have found that the chemicals commonly used in sunscreens are absorbed through the skin and end up circulating in your blood stream. As they circulate in your blood, they go to your internal organs—where they do whatever those chemicals may do there. Then they are excreted in your urine. If you drink them the same thing would happen. Sunblocks that have old style zinc or titanium oxide as their only active ingredients are not absorbed by the skin. Zinc oxide used to be a gooey paste, now it is emulsified, and may, or may not, be absorbed systemically. It blocks light, just like clothes. I remember a beach in France where a beautiful young woman had carefully applied the old gooey red zinc oxide to her body in the shape of a tiny red bikini. She couldn't sit down because the sand would stick to her. She was naked but you had to look twice (which I did) to see just how naked she was.
Furthermore, sunscreens facilitate the skin's absorption of pesticides. So, if you want pesticides to be readily absorbed through your skin, circulate in your blood, go to your internal organs, and be excreted in your urine, wear sunscreens. Or, you could take a swig of your Coppertone and chase it with a shot of Deepwoods Off.
Finally, if you think your sunscreen is preventing your skin from turning red just by blocking solar radiation, think again. Sunscreens inhibit an enzyme in your skin that makes nitric acid and one of the functions of nitric acid is to inflame your skin. The inflammation then signals your immune system to start protecting your skin and tells you to get out of the sun. Sunscreens block nitric acid formation, the skin doesn't redden, the immune system isn't notified, you stay longer in the sun, your skin is damaged, and you increase your risk of skin cancer and premature aging.
I call this combination of events—drinking sunscreen and insecticides while blocking your immune system's ability to protect your skin—the "Gilchrest Phenomenon," named after the Chairwoman of Dermatology at Boston University who funds her department with grants from the sunscreen/cosmetic industry.
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