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About the Snook Islands Natural Area
The Snook Islands Natural Area is an up close and personal look at Palm Beach County’s Snook Islands restoration project.
The Snook Islands exist in an area of the Lake Worth Lagoon that used to be a dead zone, an area so deep and depleted that it couldn’t support any form of life. Thanks to the hard work of the Palm Beach County’s Environment Resource Management Team (ERM), The Snook Islands project has resulted in a return of wildlife that continues to exceed expectations. Hundreds of species of birds and marine life have returned to the area and it is quickly becoming a favorite spot for Manatees.
The Snook Islands oyster beds play a huge role in cleaning up the Lake Worth lagoon by filtering water through their system. As you paddle past the beds, the oysters perform a water show only nature can provide. Under the right conditions, Kayaking allows you to get close enough to see the oysters filtering the lagoon water. Tidal currents filter through the islands as native and migratory animals and wildlife inhabit the sand bars and shallow waterways around them. Schools of fish break the surface and an occasional dolphin or manatee can be seen bordering the estuary.
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Deendayal Upadhyaya death anniversary: The RSS worker who went on to become Jana Sangh chief
Deendayal Upadhyaya was a political leader, a supporter of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) Hindutva philosophy and the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya lost his parents at the age of 8.
- The village he was born in was later renamed Deendayal Dham.
- He was the second BJS leader to die under mysterious circumstances after Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
New Delhi: Deendayal Upadhyaya is widely considered as one of India's most influential political figures. Upadhyaya was an idealist affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the then-President of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Politics wasn't just about gaining power for Upadhyaya. He always advocated a politics founded on values and principles. His policies were centred on national interests. On February 11, 1968, Pandit Upadhyaya died under mysterious circumstances. In 2018, as a tribute to one of the state's most powerful leaders, the Uttar Pradesh government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, renamed the Mughalsarai railway station to Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction.
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was born on, September 25, 1916, in Chandrabhan, a village near Farah in the Mathura district that was later renamed Deendayal Dham in his honour. At the age of eight, Upadhyaya was hit by misfortune when he lost his parents. He was thereafter raised by his maternal uncle, who sent him to school in Rajasthan.
After completing his intermediate examinations with distinction in Pilani, Upadhyaya moved to Kanpur to pursue a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. Later, he enrolled in the Sanatan Dharma College and graduated in 1939. He then enrolled at St John's College in Agra to pursue a master's in English literature, but dropped out before obtaining the degree.
Upadhyaya with RSS
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya had been involved with the RSS since 1937 when he was a student at Sanatan Dharma College, but it wasn't until 1942 that he became a full-time member of the RSS.
Upadhayaya was instrumental in the foundation of the Rashtra Dharma Prakashan, a publishing house in Lucknow, through which he established a new magazine called 'Rashtra Dharma.' The weekly 'Panchjanya' and the daily 'Swadesh' would then follow.
Upadhyaya in BJS
Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee, then a Minister in the Centre, rejected the Nehru-Liaquat pact in 1950 and left his Cabinet post to join the opposition in order to form a united front of democratic forces. Syama Prasad Mukherjee established the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951. On the advice of RSS president MS Golwalkar, Deendayal Upadhyaya was assigned to the organisation. Upadhyaya served as the BJS's general secretary for 16 years, beginning with the party's very first session in December 1951. Later, Upadhyaya was elected president of the BJS in 1968.
On February 11, 1968, two months after becoming president, Upadhyay's corpse was spotted by the side of the railway track near Mughalsarai station in Uttar Pradesh. He was only 52 years old when he died. He was the second major Jana Sangh leader to pass away under mysterious circumstances, the first being the BJS founder, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, who died in a cryptic manner on June 23, 1953.
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Datensparsamkeit is a German word that's difficult to translate properly into English. It's an attitude to how we capture and store data, saying that we should only handle data that we really need.
These days there's a lot of hype around the idea of Big Data - and with it the notion that we should capture and store every bit of data we can get our hands on. We might not have an immediate use for the contacts our users store in their address books, but we'll ask for it anyway in case it comes in useful later. We'll record every click on our website and squirrel it away in case we want to trawl it later. We set up our smartphone app to ask for location information so if we come up with some way to use that data later, we can. After all, storage is cheap - so why not?
The problem with the "capture-it-all" approach is that it raises serious questions of privacy. Even if we trust ourselves to not abuse the data we collect, each data store represents a target for criminals or government surveillance agencies. This issue is particularly fraught in Germany which has seen successive regimes where governments have carried out extensive surveillance of their citizens in order to control them. Germany consequently has strong data privacy laws.
Datensparsamkeit 1 is a concept from these privacy laws that is an opposite philosophy to "capture-all-the-things". A translation isn't straightforward (which is why I've retained the German word) but loosely you might translate it as something like "data austerity", "data minimization", "data parsimony", or "data frugality". It means that you should always ask yourself why you are capturing or storing data, and look to handle only the minimum amount of data you need for your purpose.
An example of this is tracking users on your web site to determine how many unique visitors you have. If the same person accesses several pages within a few hours, you want to count that as one visit. If they visit several times a month, you still only want to count them as a single visitor. One way to do this is to log IP addresses, you count each IP address as a single person 2. But an IP address is very revealing, and could be used for much more than counting vistors. Datensparsamkeit suggests that you shouldn't store the IP address directly, perhaps instead you should hash it and only store the hash.
A similar example involving IP addresses is using them to infer demographic information such as region and country. You can get most of this information and practice datensparsamkeit by just logging the first three octets of the IP address.
Datensparsamkeit isn't just about bad people stealing data, it's also about your relationship with the primary company themselves. The default attitude at the moment is that any data you generate is not just freely usable by the capturer but furthermore becomes their valuable commercial property. Privacy advocates, including me, think this assumption needs to be changed. Companies should only capture what they need and the burden of demonstrating need should fall on them. In addition, of course, they must be completely transparant about what they capture, what they store, and who they share their data with. Any breaches of data security must be immediately publicized (instead of covered up, which is the current default).
Even if you don't share my views on personal control of our own data, the risks of security breaches mean that datensparsamkeit is a wise course of action. If you hold data that you don't need, and someone steals it and causes damage, shouldn't you be liable for that damage? Even if there's no legal liability the publicity will have serious consequences - and thus there is risk for anyone who doesn't practice datensparsamkeit. | <urn:uuid:e9bf96f0-2757-489b-9612-dac05b3bf072> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-us/insights/blog/datensparsamkeit | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.959716 | 794 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Meet Dorcas, a spirited 12-year-old struggling to contain her irrepressible humour and naughty streak in a family of Christadelphians in 1960s Adelaide. She is her mother’s least favourite child and always at the bottom of the order on the family’s string of beads that she and her younger siblings Ruthy and Caleb reorder according to their mother’s ever-changing moods.
Dorcas, an aspiring vet, dreams of having a dog, or failing that, a guinea pig named Thruppence. Ruthy wants to attend writing school, and Caleb wants to play footy with the local team. But Christadelphians aren’t allowed to be ‘of the world’ and when their older brother Daniel is exiled to door knock and spread the good word in New South Wales after being caught making out with Esther Dangerfield at youth camp, each try their hardest to suppress their dreams for a bigger life. But for a girl like Dorcas, dreams have a habit of surfacing at the most inopportune moments, and as she strives to be the daughter her mother desires, a chain of mishaps lead to a tragedy no one could have foreseen.
Denise Picton’s debut novel The Family String explores 12-year-old Dorcas’ childhood in 1960s Adelaide within a strict religious household. Her family are Christadelphians, a denomination of Christianity that leaves little room for fun, culture or entertainment. Dorcas is an energetic, free-spirited child who struggles within the confines of the family home, is always getting into trouble with her mother, and who doesn’t quite understand why her actions are always being punished.
Because the book is written from Dorcas’ perspective, it allows for a fun and lively perspective. Her voice is insightful and hopeful, and so even when the book takes a dark turn, we feel the heart and soul of the story permeating with each passing chapter. Not every reader will love reading from Dorcas’ perspective, but she is an intelligent and observant character and allows for an entertaining journey.
“To record our views about the order of Mum’s love, Caleb used six wooden beads he got from Mr Driver next door. Caleb nominated the best gold one as Mum and put her bead at the top of a piece of string that was thick enough to hold the beads exactly where he put them on the thread.”
The Family String does well to weave in so many overarching themes in the book without feeling contrived or rigid. A key exploration in the story is the dynamic and complex relationships between mothers and daughters, and the importance of repairing a broken relationship. The Family String also explores depression and how people regarded depression in the 1960s, as well as religion and religious constraint within the family home.
Strengths also lie in the secondary characters – the compassionate Mr Driver was one of my favourites. The community is close-knit and sometimes this causes friction within Dorcas’ family. In a town where everyone knows your business, tensions rise and arguments spark. I’m sure readers from small towns will be able to relate!
“I was still in the bad books for going down to the shop one night after school and buying ten cents’ worth of mixed lollies and putting them on the tick under Mum’s name. Mum was furious when she found out I’d charged them to her account and yelled at Mrs Abrahams in the shop as much as she yelled at me.”
Admittedly, I did feel that the turning point in the novel came a bit too late in the story. A great portion of the novel is setting up the dynamic within the family and the community and so the pacing does start to lull a bit in the middle of the book – I was starting to question the direction of the book, wondering when the climax of the story was going to near. Ultimately, the book explores a fractured relationship between mother and daughter and how they have to reconnect after a family tragedy. But this family tragedy comes quite late in the story, and I would’ve liked more time to be spent in the aftermath of that tragedy rather than the events preceding it.
And whilst I loved Dorcas’ perspective and her wild nature, it doesn’t ever feel like she learns from her mistakes or spends much time reconciling with her actions. I know she’s a child, but some of her actions are deliberately rebellious and there is quite a horrific tragedy at the end of the story, and there doesn’t seem to be much contemplation coming through from Dorcas. She simply misbehaves and then moves on to misbehave again.
“One day, Mrs Johnson had said about the most wonderful thing I had ever heard. She told me that if my mum and dad gave permission, I could have Sixpence as my very own as soon as my dad made a safe enclosure in our garden. I was so excited I ran straight home and nearly knocked Mum over when I hurtled into the kitchen with the news. Her answer was a very firm no.”
Heartfelt fiction about family, responsibility and the impressionable years of our youth, The Family String is recommended for literary readers. Readership skews female, 30+
Thank you to the publisher for mailing me a review copy in exchange for an honest review.
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In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah’s [may Allaah have mercy upon him] book Al-Aqeedah Al-Waasitiyyah is a precious book in its subject matter; rather it is one of the best and one of the most precious summaries put together on the Aqeedah of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa’ah. Indeed, he gave this work precise attention- precisely established the topics, presented the evidences, preserved -in his work – the words of the Qur’aan and the Sunnah, adhered to precision and clarified the Aqeedah of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa’ah- a sufficient clarification with its testimonies and evidences from Allaah’s statements and the statements of Allaah’s Messenger. The authorship of this book was based on a request that was put to him by one of the virtuous people; rather this person insisted and urged Shaikhul Islam to write a summary on the subject matter of Aqeedah that would be memorized, studied and understood precisely. Shaikhul Islaam [may Allaah have mercy upon him] excused himself from doing so due to the presence of many books of Aqeedah written by the Imaams amongst the scholars and the scholars of the pious predecessors; therefore, he told the requester to obtain one of those books; but this person insisted and urged Shaikhul Islaam to write a book on Aqeedah and thus his request was accepted.
The man who made this request was from a place called Waasit- situated between Basra and Kufa. It was called Waasit because it was situated between these two places, and the requester was called Radiyyuddeen Al-Waasitee [may Allaah have mercy upon him] – one of the Judges of Waasit. Whilst on his way to Hajj, he met Shaikhul Islam in Damascus and urged him to write a treatise on creed. Shaikhul Islaam stated regarding why he wrote Al-Waasitiyyah, “The reason for writing this book was that one of the judges of Waasit came to me a Shaikh called Radiyyuddeen Al-Waasitee from the followers of the Shaafi’ee Madhab. He came whilst on his journey and was one of the good people and an adherent to the religion. He complained about the overwhelming ignorance and wrongdoing in his land – under the rulership of the Tartars – and asked me to write for him an Aqeedah that would be a fundamental support for him and his household; but I asked him to excuse me from this request. I said to him, ‘The scholars have written various books of Aqeedah, so take from the books written by the Imaams of the Sunnah”, but he insisted and carried on urging me, and said, ‘I do not want except a book of Aqeedah written by yourself’. So I wrote this Aqeedah for him whilst I was sitting after Asr'”. So, in that one sitting after asr prayer, Shaikhul Islaam wrote – accurately – this Aqeedah and fulfilled what the requester desired. Shaikhul Islaam said, “Many copies of this book spread in Egypt, Iraq and other places”. This is the reason why Shaikhul Islaam wrote the book.
Some Beneficial Reminders From This Affair:
: When Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah – and other illustrious Imaams of knowledge and virtue – wrote books, they did not do so just for the sake of writing or out of a desire to have many books and write a lot; rather their writings- whether few or many – was due to a pressing and an urgent need in their era. And one of the amazing affairs regarding Shaikhul Islaam in this matter, which he himself mentioned, is that he said, “I have not written a book except due to being asked”. Therefore, questions came to him from this and that place, because they knew his knowledge, virtue and station, and they insisted in their requests for a response and mentioned the need for it, so he responded. You find him saying in other places, “It has never occurred from me (i.e. writing), except by way of responding to subject matters of the religion and giving a fatwa to a person who seeks it” – Meaning, he never embarked upon writing himself. This is why many of his books were known by the names of the places where those questions came from- seeking from him to write or respond to questions. For example Al-Waasitiyyah is given this name because the one who requested from Shaikhul Islaam that he writes a book was a man from Waasit; likewise, was the book Al-Hamawiyyah, At-Tadmuriyyah, Al-Muraakishiyyah, Al-Isfahaaniyyah and many others. During his era, the people were satisfied with his knowledge, his adherence to the religion, his precision and what he compiled and presented.
The need to clarify the Aqeedah – making it clear to the people and attaching them to their Creator and Lord, their Master and Protector, through the sound Aqeedah and upright Eemaan- is the affair by way of which the degeneration and deviation in society would be be cured. That is because the greatest cause of degeneration in society is due to lack of (truly) knowing Allaah, His Greatness, Exaltedness and Perfection, and what the hearts should have in them about Allaah by way of exaltation. And it has been said, “The one who knows Allaah more will fear Him more”; but when a person’s knowledge about Allaah is weak, then various deviations and corruptions appear amongst the people. Therefore, the Aqeedah is the cure and medication that will bring about safety. If the Aqeedah is sound, the deeds will be upright, behaviour will become good and the souls will be satisfied. Contemplate on this in relation to the affair of this righteous judge and the state of his land, such as his mention of the spread of ignorance, rife wrong doing and corruption; so he went to find a solution to these problems by asking Shaikhul Islaam to write a book on creed. When you look at the state of affairs in our time, you’ll see this widespread and the painful state of affairs in many societies; therefore, people are greatly in need of concentrating on Aqeedah, learning Aqeedah, nurtured upon Aqeedah, and spread Tawheed, Eemaan and affairs that will bring about strong attachment to Allaah. This judge saw that Aqeedah is the solution and cure, and he acknowledged Shaikhul Islaam’s leadership in knowledge, religion, piety and great station, so he sought from him and insisted until Shaikhul Islaam agreed to write this book.
: The importance of sincere and upright intention. Indeed, the Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said, “Verily actions are judged by intention and for every person is what he intended”. A sincere intention is a blessing for a person- a very great blessing. Contemplate on this blessing in the request of this person and we have a good suspicion that he made this request based on a righteous intention and being truthful to Allaah in seeking to rectify the people, so he requested and insisted, then Shaikhul Islaam wrote this book in a sitting after Asr and then the blessing prevailed and spread- not only after the era of Shaikhul Islaam, but rather during his era as well. This is why Shaikhul Islaam said, “Numerous copies of this book was spread in Egypt, Iraq and other places”. In that era, there were no printing services; rather the book spread through writing. The students copied it with their hands and spread it, so the book became wide spread during his time. We benefit from this affair that it is obligated on a student of knowledge to purify his intention even when asking the scholars questions (or when requesting something related to knowledge from them), because just as there is blessing in a response, there is also blessing in a question. If a question is from a sincere and truthful person- a person in whose heart is a desire and he is ardent to bring about rectification for the people, Allaah will bless his question and bring benefit during his lifetime and after his death (InShaaAllaah). So, due to this question (or request made by Radiyuudeen al-Waasitee), then how many times has he been mentioned in this era of ours and before it, and people asking Allaah to have mercy upon him and mentioning him with good?! He is not known through books and writings; rather he is known by was of this request he made.
: The manner in which Shaikhul Islaam held the Imaams of the pious predecessors in a high station, his acknowledgement of their station and their great status, because when the request was made to him, he did not write a book (straightaway); rather he said to the requester, “Take some of the books of Aqeedah of the Imams of the Sunnah”- Meaning, they are sufficient. However, when the person urged him and insisted, he responded due to that.
: The student of knowledge should not rush to write unless he sees a situation that requires that and an affair that justifies the need. Despite Shaikhul Islaam’s virtuous status and leadership in the religion, he excused himself when the request was made to him.
: The great blessing Allaah placed in the life of Shaikhul Islaam! There are many great books of his which when one examines and reads, he’ll think that the book was written within a prolonged period – maybe many months; but then he becomes amazed after finding out that it was written in one sitting. This book Al-Aqeedah Al-Waasitiyyah was written in one sitting- after Asr prayer.
Encounter With His Opponents
Seven years after he wrote Al-Aqeedah Al-Waasitiyyah, they started having a discussion with him regarding the issues in it; so he challenged them to bring a single letter from it that is not from the statements of the pious predecessors. They said to him, “What do you believe?” But he did not utter anything in that gathering. He said, “If I utter a statement that I believe such and such, some of them may say he has hidden something of his beliefs; so let us look for an Aqeedah that I have written seven years ago and read”. This was from his wisdom and experience. He said, “I give you three years to read this book and bring out from it a single letter that is not from the speech of the pious predecessors”. He said, “I have reiterated that I give three years to everyone who opposes me in anything in Aqeedah Waasitiyyah, and if one brings a single letter from anyone amongst the first three generations, I will recant”. So during one sitting, the book was read completely and he responded when they questioned him regarding some of the words in the book. Imaam Adh-Dhahabi [may Allaah have mercy upon him] said, “Then there was an agreement – after the gathering – that Al-Aqeedah Al-Waasitiyyah is a book of Salafi Creed and a good book”. Al-Haafidh Ibn Rajab [may Allaah have mercy upon him] said, “There was agreement that the book is a Sunni Salafi Aqeedah book”. [https://al-badr.net/detail/IjSpTAs2hO] [paraphrased]
There was an Indian man who used to have extreme hatred for Imaam Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab [rahimahullaah] due to the false claims of Ahlul Bidah, so he always reviled the Imaam. However, one day, a sincere adviser wished to clarify to this person [i.e. the Indian man] that he is mistaken, so he invited him to his house and treated him kindly. He [i.e. the sincere adviser] removed the cover from Kitaab At-Tawheed and placed it where the guest [i.e. the Indian man] would be sitting because he was a scholar and loved reading books. When he [i.e. the sincere adviser] went to get some food for the guest, he [i.e. the guest] saw the book [i.e. Kitaab At-Tawheed but there was no cover on it with the name of Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab] and started reading. He was amazed by the book because it contained nothing else but proofs [i.e. irrefutable and unambiguous proofs regarding Tawheed]. When he [i.e. the sincere adviser] returned [i.e. with the food], the guest [i.e. the Indian man] asked him who the author of the book was and was told that Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab [rahimahullaah] is the author; so he realised [i.e. acknowledged] that he was one of those who reviled Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab based on false claims.
And one of the most evil false claims is that Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab hates and reviles Ahlul Bayt [i.e. the Prophet’s family]; but ask these people what the Kunyaa of Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab is! His Kunya is Abu Ali; rather all the names of his children are the same as the names of Ahlul Bayt, except one of his children who is called Abdur Azeez. Therefore, is this a sign of love for Ahlul Bayt or a sign of hatred?! Would a person name his children after people he hates?! Rather, these names [i.e. Ali, Hasan, Husayn, Faatimah etc] are well known even amongst the descendants of Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab.
Once I met a man in one of the Muslim lands and mentioned the name of Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab [rahimahullaah], so the man said, ‘’Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhaab reviles Ahlul Bayt in his books’’. I said to the man, ‘’Name a single book in which this revilement is found! If you stand in the presence of Allaah on the Day of Judgement and you are questioned about this, would you have any proof to offer?! Show me a single statement in which Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhaab reviles Ahlul Bayt; rather I can bring you many of his statements in which he praised Ahlul Bayt’’. This shows that many people are affected by the false claims of Ahlul Bidah – the people of desires and misguidance, because none will show hatred towards Kitaab At-Tawheed, except a person of desires. [Sharh Kitaab At-Tawheed. Lesson 1. By Shaikh Abdur Razaaq Al-Badr] [paraphrased] | <urn:uuid:c710be62-6dd7-4aa8-a5cc-49836ae38b60> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://salaficentre.com/2021/08/26/two-stories-one-about-al-aqeedah-al-waasitiyyah-and-the-other-about-kitaab-at-tawheed/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.979238 | 3,336 | 2 | 2 |
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Suppliers claim that in an infrared sauna, only about 20 percent of the warmth goes to warm the air and the other 80 percent straight warms your body.
Advocates of infrared saunas say the warmth penetrates a lot more deeply than warmed up air. This enables you to experience a more extreme sweat at a lower temperature.
Eisenstadt states this atmosphere is extra tolerable, which permits you to remain in the sauna much longer while boosting your core body temperature level by a couple of degrees.
What are the meant advantages of using an infrared sauna?
The meant advantages of using an infrared sauna are similar to those experienced with a typical sauna. These include:
- far better sleep
- weight loss
- relief from sore muscles
- relief from joint discomfort such as arthritis
- clear and also tighter skin
- assistance for people with chronic fatigue syndrome
Individuals have actually been using saunas for centuries for all sorts of health conditions. While there are numerous studies and also research study on typical saunas, there aren’t as lots of researches that look especially at infrared saunas:
A tiny 10-person studyTrusted Source discovered that individuals with fatigue syndrome took advantage of using an infrared sauna as part of a general treatment.
An additional 10-person studyTrusted Resource located that infrared saunas aided decrease muscle soreness as well as increase recuperation from strength-training sessions.
According to one review, numerous studies have actually located that infrared light therapy saunas may help reduce high blood pressure.
The absence of strong evidence and wide-spread research studies about the feasible advantages of infrared saunas leaves the consumer (you) to arrange with the claims made by the business who provide this service.
Likewise, there are no reports of adverse effects thus far, beyond the cautions about any kind of sauna experience. These include the possibilities of getting too hot, drying out, and also disturbance with medication, in addition to the prospective threats for those that are expectant, have heart problem, or are under the influence of medicines or alcohol, to name a few.
Fortunately: Even if your sweat session does not do every one of the things it asserts to do, a minimum of it still really feels great. And also, it adds to your total health and also well-being by assisting you kick back, loosening up stiff or tight muscular tissues, minimizing joint discomfort, and giving you some much required time to yourself.
Exactly how do you utilize an infrared sauna?
Many people will certainly do infrared sauna therapies at a health club, health facility, or medical professional’s office, while others will buy and build one in their house. If you determine to provide an infrared sauna a try, it’s important to recognize that they do not featured global instructions.
There are standards you can follow, however eventually, just how you select to use an infrared sauna depends on you. Here are some tips to get you began.
Consume water. See to it you’re hydrated before entering into an infrared sauna. Drink a glass of water before your session. You can also bring water into the sauna, especially if you’re sensitive to higher heats up.
Pick the temperature. The typical temperature for an infrared sauna arrays from 100 ˚F to 150 ˚F, with novices starting out at the lower end and also more experienced customers at the higher end. If this is your very first time, begin with 100 ˚F. You might intend to stay at this temperature level for a couple of sessions. You can constantly boost the temperature level each session till you reach 150 ˚F.
Size of time. For newbie users, begin with 10 to 15 mins. You can include time each session till you get to the suggested time of 20 to half an hour. Saunas come with a timer, so make certain to set it. You don’t want to remain in there as well long and danger ending up being dried out.
Apparel. How you outfit is your selection. Some people will use bathing suits, while others choose to go in nude.
What you can do while in the sauna. Kick back, read, practice meditation, pay attention to songs, or browse through with close friends. Just do not go to sleep.
After the session mores than. When your session is done, it’s recommended that you take your time as well as allow your body cool off. Once cooled down, do not hesitate to shower or bathroom. Just ensure you are drinking a lot of water.
Number of sessions per week. Many facilities that supply infrared sauna treatments recommend making use of the sauna 3 to 4 days per week. If you are healthy and also endure the four days, you can utilize the sauna daily.
What should you know before you attempt an infrared sauna?
There are a few points you need to recognize before enjoying your initial session.
Prevent making use of an infrared sauna if you’ve been drinking alcohol.
If you really feel sick or have a high temperature, it’s ideal to wait to use the sauna until you’re really feeling far better.
Making use of an infrared sauna will certainly trigger you to sweat a whole lot, so you might feel lightheaded when you stand up. If this takes place, see to it you rise gradually and also sit down when you leave the sauna. Drink water promptly after completing your session as well as wait for your body to cool down before doing anything else.
In extreme cases, some individuals might experience getting too hot (heat stroke and heat fatigue) or dehydration.
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Nzavoni is an area in Kenya located within the Makueni County, a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. The main economic activity in this area is sisal farming (sisal crop is harvested for its leaves, which produce fibres that can be used to make plastics, textiles and paper). Most residents of the area work at the sisal plantation while others have small business and do manual tasks in order to earn their income.
While sisal does not require much rainfall over the year, it’s locals do. Currently, locals have no nearby access to water but rely on piped water which is located at specific water points. These points are located about 12km away from the centre of the area and have very salty water which is not safe for drinking. Clean water can also be accessed through privately owned fresh water sources but these are located far away and are expensive. Drilling deep boreholes to provide access to drinking water for the community has been tried but unfortunately this water is unfit for human consumption due to high salinity and other chemical contamination. This has called for long-term solution for this community.
The proposed solution is the installation of a solar powered saline water desalination plant. Water is purified through the reverse osmosis procedure and chemicals such as chlorine, acids and anti-foaming agents are separated from water by the desalination process. Scale inhibitors and anti-scalants will be added to reduce alkalinity and prevent formation of scale.
The system will produce 2000 litres per hour which will serve over 350 families for 25 years. The primary impact is the reduction in the risk of getting water related diseases which is the case with taking water directly from boreholes, wells and water pipes. It will reduce the daily burden of water collection that falls mainly on women and children. In particular, for children, education will improve since children will make it to school in time unlike presently where they have to look for water in the morning before heading to school.
This project, however, will also generate a number of secondary impacts. The project will aid employment creation for the residents at the water kiosk. It will also help in reducing CO2 emissions from burning of firewood to boil and disinfect drinking water. It will eliminate the use of diesel generators to produce electricity for desalination and water pumping systems.
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In this French grammar lesson, you will learn about the regular er verbs futur simple conjugation.
In this lesson you will learn about:
- how regular -er verbs are conjugated in French,
- the regular -er verbs in French,
- how regular -er verbs are pronounced in French,
- how regular -er verbs are used in sentences in French,
- how you can quiz yourself on regular er verbs futur simple conjugations
- how to practice with flashcards on regular -er verbs futur simple conjugation
- how and why you should use the courses of Language Atlas to learn French
By the end of the lesson you will know all about the regular er verbs futur simple conjugation!
Table of Contents
Regular er Verbs Futur Simple Conjugation Table
Regular -er Verbs Conjugation Method
This section will show you how regular -er verbs are conjugated in the futur simple.
There is a two step method that will make everything very easy for you.
In order to conjugate verbs that end with -er in the futur simple one must:
- Find the infinitive (full verb)
- Add the new ending (ai, as, a, ons, ez, ont)
In the conjugation table above you can see the verb parler which means to “to speak” in English.
We will take this verb and conjugate it in the “je” form using the two step method.
The full verb of “to speak” is parler in French
When we add the new ending ai, the final conjugated form will be parlerai.
So when you wish to say “I will speak” in French you get:
Please note that the new endings (ai, as, a, ons, ez, ont) are almost the same as avoir conjugated in the present tense.
Common Regular -er Verbs
French has three regular verb groups
- regular -er verbs
- regular -ir verbs
- regular -re verbs
The regular -er verbs group is the biggest and most useful group. Most French verbs fall in this group.
Here is a list of common verbs that you are sure to encounter in day-to-day life:
|aimer||to like/to love|
|chercher||to look for|
|commander||to order/to command|
|visiter||to visit (a place)|
Pronunciation of Regular er Verbs Futur Simple Conjugations
There are 3 important rules to take into account, when you want to pronounce regular er verbs futur simple conjugations.
- The je, and vous form both have the same pronunciation.
- The tu, and il/elle/on form both have the same pronunciation.
- The nous, and ils/elles form both have the same pronunciation.
You don’t pronounce the letters highlighted in red.
Example Sentences with Regular er Verbs Futur Simple Conjugations
The final section of this lesson on the regular er verbs futur simple conjugations is about seeing the verbs in action.
This is valuable because you can improve your understanding on the regular er verbs futur simple conjugations through examples.
Je mangerai une pomme.
I will eat an apple.
J’espère que tu n’en parleras pas à Tom.
I hope you will not tell Tom about this.
Si vous agissez ainsi, il pensera que vous le détestez.
If you act like that, he‘ll think you hate him.
Nous regarderons le match demain.
We will watch the match tomorrow.
Vous l’aimerez, croyez-moi.
You‘ll like it, believe me.
Est-ce qu’ils lui demanderont ?
Will they ask her?
Quiz Yourself on Regular er Verbs Futur Simple Conjugations
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You will see the sentences of the previous chapter.
You will either need to fill in the blanks, choose the correct multiple choice option, or both.
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Once you are done the correct answer will be shown.
You can redo the quiz as many times as you want!
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Shellfish farm collapse frustrates resident
A Salt Spring resident is calling attention to a faulty management regime when it comes to oversight of shellfish harvesting tenures after watching one such operation seemingly fall apart before his eyes over a period of two years.
Jeremy Sicherman lives near Baker Beach, where pieces of wood, metal and plastic belonging to the Evening Cove Oysters farm have been appearing after periods of strong winds and waves. He’s made multiple complaints to the federal fisheries department about the situation. Sicherman said Evening Cove’s former owner and current operator Andrew Dryden has been consistently friendly and helpful every time there is an incident, sending staff to clean up whatever has broken off and washed up to shore. The problem is that pieces have continued to come apart and repairs appear temporary at best, so Sicherman continues to send file complaints along with photo evidence every time another event occurs.
“I don’t know what else to do,” Sicherman said. “I feel like if I stop, I’ll feel like a schmuck when somebody steps on a nail — especially if it’s my kid or my dog.”
His most recent find was a series of large plastic trays. The aquaculture farm has not been producing stock during the lengthy federal process around ownership transition, so those trays have been floating off when they detach instead of sinking.
Dryden told the Driftwood he has also been frustrated by the breakages. He’s frequently given up weekends with his kids to drive to Salt Spring from Nanaimo to take a tray or other item off the beach.
“I just have to grin and to be as responsive as I can, and to try to be a good steward of the environment there,” Dryden said.
He added he believes the aquaculture rafts and materials are now secure and will be until the new owner comes on in the fall.
“It’s been unfortunate and I’ve tried to do my absolute best with the upland owners,” Dryden said.
Sicherman believes the materials Evening Cove used to make repairs and secure items are too flimsy, but an equally concerning issue is the seeming inability of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to govern its jurisdiction.
DFO told the Driftwood the federal government “recognizes that marine debris, particularly plastic debris, is a serious environmental concern and that it is important that we remove debris from marine environments.”
DFO’s conditions of licence for shellfish aquaculture state that farm operators shall not introduce aquaculture refuse — including infrastructure, equipment and materials — into the environment. DFO recently addressed concerns related to debris with new language in the April 1, 2021 shellfish conditions of licence.
“DFO works with the shellfish aquaculture industry and individual facility operators to ensure gear and infrastructure are securely anchored or attached. Despite this, sometimes materials become loose, particularly during stormy weather,” the department stated.
It added it conducts ongoing site inspections of shellfish aquaculture facilities. When equipment deficiencies are found DFO directs cleanup or repair by the facility operator.
In regard to Evening Cove, DFO said it is aware of the issues with the tenure.
Fishery officers from the Conservation and Protection Aquaculture Unit initiated a site investigation in Booth Bay in May 2021 in response to a complaint, and requested records from the company.
“Following this site visit, and discussions between DFO’s Aquaculture Program and the operators of the facility, significant improvements have been made to comply with the conditions of licence.”
A subsequent site visit by fishery officers noted improvements to secure the aquaculture equipment had resulted in no new reports of debris from the site. The complaint file was closed in early June.
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How to build safe, equitable and sustainable transportation systems
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Source: Garment that averts maternal deaths | The Herald 30 AUG, 2019
Roselyne Sachiti Features, Health & Society Editor
In July 2013, Government officials, development partners and women whose lives had been saved by an innovation known as the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG) gathered at a Harare hotel to share experiences.
The garment was fairly new to Zimbabwe’s public health system and was under randomised trials at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and Harare Central Hospital leaving most stakeholders with the appetite to learn more about it.
One of the women, Tatenda Mugariri, explained how the NASG saved her life the previous year.
Mugariri experienced pregnancy complications at six months, miscarried and bled profusely almost losing her life.
“I was in pain and lost a lot of blood. I started feeling dizzy, my brain started shutting down. The doctor who attended to me suggested that I use the NASG which was on trial at Harare Hospital. The NASG saved my life,” she said back then.
Six years down the line, the Government has rolled out the NASG to other public health facilities mostly in the country’s rural areas with the hope of saving more lives.
Many pregnant women in rural areas because of various reasons — one of them religious beliefs — do not access mothers waiting shelters, another intervention by Government and its partners like Unicef and UNPFA to reduce maternal deaths. Such women face long delays while a decision is made at home to seek care, organise transport, travel to the hospital and wait in the hospital for blood or surgery.
In the absence of the NASG, such women could bleed heavily and die. NASG is a low-technology, low-cost first aid device used to treat shock, resuscitate, stabilise and prevent severe bleeding.
It applies circumferential counter pressure to the lower body and uterus which increases circulating blood to the heart, lungs and brain and decreases the rate of blood flow in the abdomen and pelvis, thus decreasing blood loss. Each garment can be used up to 40 times and is not expensive, an added advantage for under resourced countries like Zimbabwe.
Maintenance is easy as it only requires washing and bleaching. Since its roll out in Zimbabwe, success stories have been told and more women have “escaped the jaws of death” and lived to tell their stories.
The NASG has produced positive results in Zimbabwe proving that the great majority of maternal deaths are preventable with proper antenatal care, skilled delivery at birth, post-partum care and access to emergency obstetric care if complications arise.
It is also testimony of how new technologies, treatments, and other science-backed practices help to decrease maternal deaths and increase life expectancy.
Family Health director in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Bernard Madzima said the NASG intervention was important in reducing maternal mortality in Zimbabwe.
He said according to the Zimbabwean 2015 Demographic Health Survey, the maternal mortality rate was 651 per 100 000 live births, a figure driven by three main issues: sepsis, eclampsia and haemorrhage (ZDHS, 2015/6).
“Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) is the major direct cause of these, accounting for 26 percent of maternal deaths among women of all ages (MOHCC First Half Annual report, 2018).
“In recognition of this, the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC), with the support of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) conducted a three-month rapid process evaluation of the implementation of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG),” he said.
Dr Madzima explained how the NASG buys the much needed time to save lives of haemorrhaging women.
“The NASG is a device that can halt hypovolemic shock secondary to blood loss in obstetric haemorrhage. This compression wrap is lightweight, reusable, and fairly simple to apply, making it a suitable tool for low-resource settings.
“While the NASG alone is not a treatment for PPH, it buys essential time to transport haemorrhaging women to a facility, or to a ward within a facility, that can provide the needed services, in order to assure that adequate time is available to deliver life-saving obstetric emergency care,” added Dr Madzima.
He said while the NASG has been proven effective in a variety of studies, including a randomised controlled trial (RCT) conducted in Zimbabwe and Zambia, there remained limited understanding of its operationalisation in rural, low-resourced settings.
“The aim of the process evaluation, therefore, was to understand how contextual factors of the process of integrating the NASG into the obstetric emergency response within the public health system in Zimbabwe contributes to its reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance,” he added.
He revealed that in consultation with MOHCC and provincial management, Hurungwe District in Mashonaland West Province was identified as a high-priority area and selected as the target geography for this process evaluation.
The scope of facilities included 31 rural health facilities, one mission hospital, one district hospital and the provincial hospital. A total of 113 NASGs were distributed to the participating facilities.
“Over the three-month implementation period we carried out activities that include a baseline assessment to ascertain the system readiness for the NASG; procurement and distribution of the NASG and supporting items (such as BP machines and cleaning equipment); training of health practitioners who offer maternal health services and laundry staff; and monthly supportive supervision visits led by the MOHCC district team to ensure the NASG was being utilised correctly and to reinforce best practices.
“Over this period the NASG was successfully utilised on eight patients, out of 11 recorded PPH cases. All women were successfully stabilised and referred for care and treatment, recovered, and discharged home,” explained Dr Madzima.
He said the NASG was well-received by the health care workers, particularly given severe shortages of functional, fuelled ambulances in the district during the implementation period, as the NASG serves to effectively stabilise the woman whilst she awaits transport for referral.
Such steps by Government prove that Zimbabwe is committed to reducing maternal mortality.
Twenty-five years ago, at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, 179 governments, Zimbabwe included, adopted a visionary Programme of Action that aimed to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls and to promote their empowerment.
In 1994, the Programme of Action called for countries to effect “a reduction in maternal mortality by a half of the 1990 levels by the year 2000 and a further half by 2015.” Taken together, this would be a 75 per cent reduction in maternal mortality.
With low cost interventions such as the NASG, health providers can buy time and put the lives of many women out of danger. The country can also move toward reaching its global commitment goals.
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Title: TILOPA'S MAHAMUDRA UPADESHA
Secondary Title: The Gangama Instructions with Commentary
Description: All lineages of Mahamudra meditation have their source in a verse teaching—a “song of realization”—sung by the Mahasiddha Tilopa to his disciple Naropa on the banks of the Ganges River more than a thousand years ago. Since that time, the meaning of Tilopa’s instructions has been passed directly from master to disciple in a continuous stream that exists unbroken to this day. This book offers the reader a rare glimpse into the Mahamudra oral transmission, given in a traditional Tibetan context by one of the lineage’s most learned and accomplished contemporary masters.
Mahamudra meditation, while highly advanced, is yet simple, practical, and accessible for anyone, because what is identified and meditated upon is the very nature of one’s own mind. In Sangyes Nyenpa Rinpoche’s words, “The distinction between deception and liberation lies in whether we understand the ever-present nature of our own mind or not. Knowing our own face is liberation; not knowing our own face is samsara. This is not something far distant from us.”
The instructions are ideal for Westerners because the root text is manageable and Rinpoche has provided an outline of his own composition that makes it easily understandable. He explains terminology with frequent comparisons between Dzogchen and Mahamudra, quotes prolifically from scripture, gives clear examples, and generally cajoles, admonishes, and encourages his listeners to be true to their own spiritual path.
Commentary: Sangyes Nyenpa Rinpoche
Translator: David Molk
Publisher: Snow Lion
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“If you look carefully, you’ll notice political and media leaders on the Left are slowly chipping away at this idea at masculinity,” Fox News host Laura Ingraham said Monday night on “The Ingraham Angle.” “In other words — what it means to be a man.”
Ingraham was referencing three recent attacks on masculinity:
First, on MSNBC, Stephanie Ruhle hosted a roundtable featuring young men from Parkland, Florida, in which male stereotypes of masculinity were under full attack.
Second, Swedish preschools have been teaching boys to dance and girls to yell in order to train students to be “gender neutral,” as The New York Times reported.
And third, former President Barack Obama also caused a stir over the weekend when he said at a conference in Japan, “A lot of our problems are caused by old men.”
“He’s not exactly a spring chicken,” Ingraham said incisively of the 56-year-old former chief executive.
The Fox News host discussed the subject of masculinity with liberal political analyst Julie Alvin (pictured above right).
“I hear the Left equating masculinity with abusiveness and criminality,” Ingraham said. “When you say someone is masculine, I don’t see that. It’s OK for a man to protect, provide and defend. Most women I know like men who act in that way.”
Alvin, not surprisingly, was more in agreement with MSNBC, the Swedes, and Obama.
“These gender roles are creating an environment where men can’t express themselves,” she said.
Alvin said these roles are actually responsible for higher rates of violence, murder and suicides among men compared to women. Ingraham disagreed — saying those issues are multi-layered and complex.
“Maybe there’s a lot of societal factors there,” she said, “in drug abuse, promiscuity, shaming, substance abuse, violent video games … and family disillusion.”
With that assessment, Alvin seemed to agree. Even so, she continued to argue that masculinity in and of itself is a negative trait.
“We talk about how gender roles hold women back, but there’s also something to be discussed about how gender roles hold men back,” Alvin said. “They’re taught to not show emotion from a young age. They’re supposed to be macho and because of that, they don’t have a healthy valve when it comes to their anger, frustration or rage. Certainly, there are other factors here, but it can lead to violence, depression and self-harm, through substance abuse.”
Ingraham argued the problem may be the people who are so firmly against masculinity. They may be the ones creating a hostile environment for men.
“Maybe it’s because society is making them feel like they’re all predators,” she said. “I know a lot of guys who work in a workplace, whether it’s lawyers or businessmen, and they feel like it’s open season on them. They can’t compliment anyone. They feel like if they’re 25 and single, they can’t ask out a gal down the hallway for a drink because if they do it will be considered aggressive or abusive. It’s not easy to be a man in the current work environment.”
Alvin responded that today’s society presents challenges for women as well.
In an era of increasing political correctness, it appears the Left is ready to bludgeon masculinity out of society — while ignoring the issues men face.
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the ancient olympic track was called the stadion and it was 192m.
Modern Olympic Tracks are 400m, Ancient Tracks are 440 yards
About 100 m.
The race track was 0. 12 miles.
192 meters long.
Probobly as long as it is now
About one eighth of a mile.
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This will be a short tip to explain how you can quickly turn an image into a shape button. I had to explain this already multiple times and wonder why this easy work flow seems to remain a secret to many users.
Step by Step
- Check the size of the image, width and height if the image has the correct size, or the width/height ratio if you want to have a smaller button than the image. You can do this in Captivate as well: insert the image on a slide, and check the size in the Transform accordion.
Examples: image is 100px wide and 80 px high, you want a button with a width of 75px, the height will have to be 60px.
- Insert a smart shape with the wanted size/shape (triangle of 75 x 60 for this example); use the Transform accordion again; and check the option 'Use as button'
- Edit the stroke as wanted - in the image I turned off the stroke (width = 0) but to avoid possible artifacts, choose also color of the background for the stroke. Click then on the Fill button.
- Default fill of shapes is a gradient (second choice), first choice is a solid color, but it is the third button that you'll have to click (Image).
- Some default textures are available, but you want a custom image, click on the Browser icon, and point to the image in the Library (because you have inserted that image before, it will be available in the library). In the Edit image dialog you can keep the default settings, click on OK.
- Your button is ready, you can time it, activate the pause option if wanted. Like all shape buttons it will have two states: not pressed, and pressed. Watch the fill: you'll see a thumbnail version of your image.
I prefer largely this work flow over creating image buttons, where you need to make three images, use names that end on _up, _down, _over. Of course, you only have two states for these shape buttons. | <urn:uuid:09059b1e-a4a5-4d3a-85f3-5e27f335d52f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://blog.lilybiri.com/turn-an-image-into-a-button | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.912164 | 429 | 2.296875 | 2 |
These are calibrated B-V images from JD2455945.17, as explained at this link.
The one on the left is generated WITH flatfielding of the B and V images used, while the one on the right is generated WITHOUT flatfielding. They are almost identical, but not quite. Here is the difference between the two:
The pattern is the expected pattern from the CCD chip. The histogram of the values is here:
So there is a difference which is distributed around 0 with S.D. 5 millimagnitudes. The effect of flattening would appear to be small – but recall that these are difference images.
Apart from various problems related to aligning images it is rather nice to work with difference images – problems tend to cancel out! However, note in the above how some of the structure on the DS in the B-V image looks like the features of the falt field – as if perhaps the flatfield we used did nothave enoughj ‘amplitude’ in the stripes. | <urn:uuid:05549af6-d8c9-425c-93ef-f49fd98d4ecb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://earthshine.thejll.com/2013/06/10/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.95811 | 214 | 1.953125 | 2 |
US immigration authorities have accessed driver’s licenses databases across the country, searching millions of people’s photos without their knowledge, privacy researchers reported Monday.
The revelations have raised significant alarms in Utah, Vermont and Washington, in particular. Those three states have allowed undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s IDs and permits, but also have appeared at times to work with Ice agents seeking access to those databases, according to Georgetown Law experts who obtained the government files through records requests.
“Undocumented folks are coming out of the shadows in these states to get driver’s licenses and come into compliance with the law,” said Harrison Rudolph, an associate at Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology, which shared the records with the Guardian. “They are never told when they go into the DMV [department of motor vehicles] to get a license that they also may be submitting their face to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That is a huge bait and switch and it’s deeply unfair.”
In Utah, the state DMV database was the subject of nearly 2,000 facial-recognition searches from outside law enforcement and federal agents, including Ice and the FBI, according to an analysis by the Washington Post, which first reported on the records. One official noted in the records that the Utah database included more than 5m driver’s licenses and state ID photos.
Redacted Vermont records showed that immigration authorities and other federal agents have at times received state approval to conduct searches of the DMV “facial recognition photo repository”. One file said the purpose was to compare the photos with those of suspects, and, potentially, to apprehend them.
A federal lawsuit filed in Vermont by an immigrants’ rights group alleged that migrant farmworkers were targeted for deportation after they obtained licenses, Vermont Public Radio reported earlier this year. The state DMV sent names, photos and other personal information on migrant workers to Ice, according to that suit.
A Vermont DMV spokesperson said Monday that the state had stopped the use of facial recognition software in May 2017, and that “no information has been shared” since then.
The records from Washington state also showed that immigration agents made facial recognition requests to the state’s licensing department. State officials admitted to the Seattle Times last year that the department, which issues driver’s licenses, had regularly provided Ice with photos and license applications. The Democratic governor, Jay Inslee, said at the time he was ordering a stop to the practice, though the status of that policy was unclear.
The licensing department said in a statement Monday that it only releases data for “immigration purposes” when there is a “judicial court order or subpoena”. Since 2013, the state has received 53 requests for data access, which include two from the FBI and four from Ice. When matches are found, the state “would provide limited identity information”, the statement said.
Washington is one of a handful of states across the country that has a sanctuary law on the books meant to limit cooperation between local law enforcement and immigration authorities.
There has been a growing push across the country to allow undocumented people to have licenses, with the understanding that it improves their lives and aids public safety. But that information should not be used by Ice to pursue deportations, activists said.
“It’s putting people in this impossible situation,” said Jacinta Gonzales, an organizer with the group Mijente, noting that state IDs are supposed to help undocumented people avoid arrest. “It’s a lose-lose for immigrants.”
Last week, Mijente released documents showing that Ice agents exchanged cheerful messages about upcoming raids and potential arrests, with one official writing, “Happy hunting!”
When people take driver’s license photos, they have not given consent for their images to be searched, added Sarah St Vincent, a surveillance researcher with Human Rights Watch.
“States have tried to improve people’s lives and people’s ability in this country to move around by giving them the ability to drive,” she said. “But are the states ensuring that it’s not used in a way that abuses rights?”
The FBI has also logged more than 390,000 facial-recognition searches of government databases since 2011, including DMV data, the Government Accountability Office disclosed in June. Neither Congress nor state legislatures have passed laws authorizing these types of systems, the Post noted.
There has been growing evidence in recent years that facial recognition technology can supply “false positives” and can exacerbate racial biases in the US criminal justice system.
Asked about the Georgetown records, Ice spokesman Matthew Bourke said the agency does not comment on “investigative techniques, tactics or tools”, adding, “During the course of an investigation, Ice has the ability to collaborate with external local, federal and international agencies to obtain information that may assist in case completion and prosecution efforts.”
An FBI spokesperson pointed to its recent testimony before Congress, which said: “Facial recognition is a tool that, if used properly, can greatly enhance law enforcement capabilities and protect public safety.” | <urn:uuid:a2e6e5d7-c6a5-4ccd-acc5-3fd171dfbb8f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/08/states-alarmed-to-discover-us-immigration-agency-has-searched-drivers-license-photos | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.961471 | 1,073 | 1.835938 | 2 |
A flexible way to deploy Apache Hive on Cloud Dataproc
If you’re a current user of Apache Hive or Cloud Dataproc, you might consider trying out a new tutorial that shows how to use Apache Hive on Cloud Dataproc in an efficient and flexible way by storing Hive data in Cloud Storage and hosting the Hive metastore in a MySQL database on Cloud SQL. This separation between compute and storage resources offers some advantages:
Flexibility and agility: You can tailor cluster configurations for specific Hive workloads and scale each cluster independently up and down as needed.
Cost savings: You can spin up an ephemeral cluster when you need to run a Hive job and then delete it when the job completes. The resources that your jobs require are active only when they're being used, so you pay only for what you use. You can also use preemptible VMS for noncritical data processing or to create very large clusters at a lower total cost.
Hive is a popular open source data warehouse system built on Apache Hadoop. Hive offers a SQL-like query language called HiveQL, which is used to analyze large, structured datasets. The Hive metastore holds metadata about Hive tables, such as their schema and location. Where MySQL is commonly used as a backend for the Hive metastore, Cloud SQL makes it easy to set up, maintain, manage, and administer your relational databases on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Cloud Dataproc is a fast, easy-to-use, fully managed service on GCP for running Apache Spark and Apache Hadoop workloads in a simple, cost-efficient way. Even though Cloud Dataproc instances can remain stateless, we recommend persisting the Hive data in Cloud Storage and the Hive metastore in MySQL on Cloud SQL.Check out the tutorial for all the details on deploying your Hive workloads to GCP! | <urn:uuid:71088461-fd5e-410e-8d8d-c1b5cefdb7a6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/flexible-way-deploy-apache-hive-cloud-dataproc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.882392 | 387 | 1.640625 | 2 |
General Motors and AT&T are partnering to bring 5G connectivity to millions of GM vehicles coming off the assembly lines over the next decade in the U.S. The first vehicles available with the enhancement will be the 2024 model vehicles.
The collaboration will also allow current 4G LTE-equipped model year 2019 and newer vehicles to connect much faster, with many of the same performance benefits of the future 5G-equipped vehicles.
The rollout is part of GM and AT&T’s strategy to launch the world’s largest fleet of 5G-enabled vehicles, culminating a two-year collaboration, including test-driving connected vehicles at GM’s 5G proving grounds in Michigan.
The 4G LTE and 5G network improvements are foundational for GM’s overall innovation and growth plan. It will be able to provide more advanced features and technology enhancements, such as its Super Cruise and its Vehicle Intelligence Platform.
“Together with AT&T, we’ve brought unprecedented experiences to the daily commute, family road trips and everything in between. As an in-vehicle connectivity leader, this rollout demonstrates our commitment to growth through software-enabled services and reimagining every customer touchpoint by enabling faster connectivity speeds to power in-vehicle and voice-enabled services, navigation and apps that our customers have grown to love,” said Santiago Chamorro, GM vice president of Global Connected Services.
AT&T and GM have been working together since 2014, when they launched in-vehicle wi-fi hotspots. In 2020, the companies added the WarnerMedia library of streaming premium content.
“By connecting millions of GM vehicles to our nationwide 5G network, we will improve the customer experience for existing services while laying the groundwork for the next wave of innovation including autonomous driving,” said Gregory Wieboldt, senior vice president, Global Business, Industry Solutions at AT&T.
General Motors has a number of manufacturing facilities in the Southern U.S. The Corvette is made in Bowling Green, Kentucky, while GM builds the Acadia, Cadillac XT5 and XT6 at its Spring Hill, Tennessee, facility. In Texas, GM makes the Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV, the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban and the GMC Yukon and Yukon XL in Arlington. | <urn:uuid:23bb8f10-c2db-42e9-9425-0571281c30d3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://southernautomotivealliance.com/gm-partners-with-att-to-bring-5g-to-vehicles/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.919215 | 479 | 1.523438 | 2 |
The Wood Products Council’s WoodWorks program is hosting a free technical workshop, March 8 in the UNC Charlotte Bonnie E. Cone University Center (9201 University City Blvd). The workshops will provide attendees with knowledge surrounding the latest trends and innovations for mid-rise wood construction and design. Workshop topics and speakers include:
- Timber Over Non-combustible Podium Structures –Presented by Scott Nyseth, P.E., Stonewood Design
- Case Study – Podium Designs and Mixed-use Mid-rise Structures – Presented by Matthew S. Church, P.E., Davis & Church, LLC
- Non-structural Provisions for Multi-story Wood-frame Buildings – Presented by James Churchill, P.E., Churchill Engineering, Inc.
- Using a Wood Podium in Mixed-use Design: An Architectural Case Study – Presented by Michael F. Malinowski, AIA, and Lincoln A. Mortensen, AIA, Applied Architecture, Inc.
The workshop is free to attend and includes complimentary lunch. On-site registration is 7:45 a.m. The program runs from 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Eligible attendees will qualify for 4 AIA/CES CEHs or PDH credits. The workshop is designed for engineers, architects, contractors, and others with an interest in both technical and sustainability issues related to non-residential wood buildings (including commercial, industrial, mid-rise/multi-family and other building types). Seating is limited. To register, visit www.woodworks.org and click the seminar link on the home page. | <urn:uuid:a5dc20f3-c65a-4918-8049-f14717f8e460> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ncconstructionnews.com/woodworks-hosts-free-workshop-in-charlotte/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.902346 | 345 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Ensuring the valuation of a small business is accurate is a hard task as owners often put their heart and soul into building and running it, but the profits ultimately might be less. Small businesses therefore might be extremely valuable in the eyes of the owner, but a potential buyer might not agree with the valuation. However, when it comes to selling or buying a small business it is vital that its value is calculated correctly. We look at how you should go about valuing a small business below, and our tips are handy if you are looking to buy or sell one.
Calculate the earnings
Finding out the value of a small business is a tricky proposition as you have to take the account books into consideration and also the amount of customers it attracts. One way to overcome these problems is to find out the Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE), which is basically what a business earns before taxes are deducted. The SDE also does not include non-cash expenses, and the compensation which the owner deducts. As a result the SDE allows for an accurate estimate of profit to be made.
Find out the growth rate and market share of the business
During the valuation process it is vital that the market share of the small business be checked. Additionally similar sized businesses in the industry should also be checked and compared against the business that is being sold or bought. By comparing similar businesses, the growth potential and market share can be assessed accurately.
Hire a professional to help value the small business
Ensuring that the value of a small business is accurate can be a tiresome process and one which is extremely complicated. Due to this complexity and to cut short the valuation process, many entrepreneurs decide to hire a professional accountant to value a small business.
Get all the Relevant Financial information
An important aspect when it comes to a valuing a business is getting all the financial information pertaining to it. Only once you have this information will you be able to get an accurate valuation. It will also help circumvent any undervaluation that in the long term can cause a business to close down or run a loss. When evaluating financial information it is also vital to estimate the net liquid assets the business has in terms of equipment, furniture, and real estate, after debts are paid.
Figure out future earning potential
Checking how much a business has earned over past few years is also important. This process will help you find out if earnings have risen or fallen over the years. Also it will help you predict future earnings if there are no major changes in the industry, and whether the small business will be profitable in future. Additionally if a business is growing its SDE Multiplier will be higher, and as a result it can be sold at a better price which can be anywhere between 1 and 4 times the SDE.
Even if you are calculating the value of small business on your own without any professional help there is no right or wrong way to go about it. Once you understand that the process of valuing a small business is hazy. You can pick an approach you want to use when valuing a business, whether it is based on income, assets, or comparing market value against similar businesses. | <urn:uuid:b57cb916-81aa-416a-942e-1d4560680bcb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wealthtribune.com/how-to-value-a-small-business/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.965574 | 653 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Today, 25 November, is White Ribbon Day and the start of 16 Days of Action to End Violence Against Women and Girls, and Victim Support will be carrying out a number of activities during this time. #AllMenCan make a difference is the message for this year.
Together we must end violence against women, and men especially must take a stand. Now, more than ever, we need men to stand up and make the White Ribbon Promise to never commit, excuse or remain silent about male violence against women.
This year we have seen more high profile murders of women. Since March, at least 77 women have tragically lost their lives in circumstances where a man is held as a suspect or is awaiting trial.
Here are just a few statistics to show why action is needed now.
- On average, two women a week are killed by their partner or ex-partner.
- 29% of women will experience physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life.
- 24,000 girls are at risk of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation)
- In 2019/2020, there were 2,024 so-called ‘Honour’-based abuse related offences recorded by the police. Of these, there were 74 FGM offences and 140 forced marriage offences. This will likely be a huge underestimate of the real figures.
- Domestic abuse is experienced by disabled women more frequently than non-disabled women.
Victim Support is committed to ending violence against women and girls. We provide essential victim-focused services to women and girls affected by violence, and over the past year we have seen a significant rise in the number of survivors coming to us for support after experiencing domestic abuse. In some areas we also work with men who have perpetrated violence against women to address the underlying behaviour.
During the 16 days campaign, we’ll be raising awareness of support services available for women and girls, and sharing stories of women who have experienced male violence. We’re proud to support the 16 Days of Action and to give a much-needed voice to survivors of violence and abuse.
If you’ve been affected by gender-based violence or know someone who has, you can get in touch any time by calling our free and confidential Supportline on 08 08 16 89 111 or starting a live chat with a trained supporter.
You can also access our interactive self-support guides on My Support Space. Find out more about the guides available whether you’re experiencing domestic abuse or are supporting someone going through it.
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Open Source Project Management is an open source project management tool. The purpose of the consulting team is to make it easier for people to split up tasks into smaller chunks, estimate the time it takes to do these tasks, and keep track of progress for all members on a project.
Open Source Project Management is a book about the open source method of working on projects, its origins and beginnings, and how it has evolved to suit the needs of professional project managers. It also provides a detailed understanding of the philosophy behind this revolutionary approach to organizing software development.
Are you searching for an alternative to Notion, Asana, and Trello?
Well, you can go for Focalboard, which is an open-source and self-hosted project management software. It helps to organize, manage, track, and define work across your teams by using the Kanban board view. It has two editions:
- Focalboard Personal Desktop: It is a desktop app for personal and to-do projects. It is a single-tenant that runs on a local server to get optimal performance and speed.
- Focalboard Personal Server: It is a self-hosted server to help collaborate better with your team.
Click over “add new boards” to pick project tasks from the different templates.
Change the created date, priority, sort settings, filter settings, and group by settings according to your preference. You can also drag cards from one column to another to change the group property. In addition, edit the cards whenever you want to know the set of properties and content and the list of comments.
Table views help you view the cards in a single place to hover over the title to open one. Furthermore, every board has card templates and board templates to customize each board as per your team. Get a Personal Desktop on your Mac and Windows or Personal Server on Ubuntu.
Get the open-source project management platform of Restya to manage tasks, chat, to-dos, etc. Restya is a Trello-like kanban board that will offer advanced category Extend Restyaboard and countless options such as scripts, user styles, widgets, integrations, etc.
They have the MyRestyaboards app that is compatible with iPadOS and iOS operating systems. It tracks numerous Restya Boards, and you can import existing boards easily from Asana, which is used in project and work management.
It’s a cloud-based project management solution where you can also import your work instantly from Kantree, a flexible management tool that helps organize, collaborate projects, manage, and plan. Furthermore, you can easily transfer boards from Pipefy, Taiga, Taskwarrior, Trello, and Wekan to Restya Board.
A separate board manages every project, and you can create numerous boards and manage them simultaneously. Use existing templates for instant and quick launches, and duplicate a single board multiple times with different names. In addition, the keyboard shortcut keys let you perform some actions like deletion and addition of members, open cards, voting, etc.
Create one digital platform with classified projects and descriptions. In this digital platform, you will get an interactive interface, better organization visibility, and the option to edit, add a member, remove a member, change permissions, sort, and delete.
View simple boards or apply filters to see a list of boards and set its visibility to public or private. You can also see the cards in grid format or a list view. Restya provides you with a calendar view along with color variations to make it distinct and highlighted.
Additional features you will have are Gantt view, report view, member invitation, list view of members, editing visibility mode, changing the background, modifying textures and patterns, custom background option, automatic subscription, productivity beats, and much more.
Orangescrum lets you manage projects, tasks, and resources in one place. From governments to nonprofits to freelancers, the program works with all. This project management software provides cloud, self-hosted cloud, and open-source versions, which include Scrum and Kanban for real-time task management. You’ll also find Gantt charts.
The open-source edition includes features like task reminders, custom task status, bug and issue tracking, and document management. The software comes with a free-for-life option and premium plans starting from $8 per month for up to 10 users.
If you’re looking for a program that provides both lean product development and agile project management, then Leantime might be your best bet. The open-source software has several tools to help you manage projects from the idea phase to delivery. But projects are not without task management challenges.
The tool also supports multiple projects, making it ideal for startup teams, product managers, and any other organization that uses agile and lean methodologies. With Leantime, you can map out entire projects, from start to finish, via built-in features for plotting out goal dates and tracking milestones.
You can use Gantt charts and timetables to monitor the components of each project. The tool also includes a backlog feature that allows you to break tasks into smaller, more manageable to-dos.
Other features include Kanban, timesheet and calendar, and integration with Slack. In addition, it offers a free version and paid plans that start at $5 per user per month.
Upgrade your daily working style through an open-source project management software ERPNext. It allows you to organize your task, schedule, plan, and analyze the projects by collaborating with your team to accelerate the work.
ERPNext can keep track of your project deadlines with a clear view of the plan. You can manage everything from a single workspace and simplify the projects by discovering a task-driven approach.
ERPNext offers easy collaboration by allowing you to split the project into bite-sized tasks and assign them to your teammates. You will also get access to the progress of your project and its efficiency via priorities and clear scope, milestones, and estimated timelines.
Moreover, ERPNext lets you share and upload multimedia files like images, documents, and videos. Achieve smooth communication with everyone with the help of auto-replies to incoming emails.
Get current and accurate insights anytime you need to stay on top of expenses and budgets, plan better for every project and see how the budget has been spent. It also allows you to build software for open-source projects.
It’s simple, intuitive, and powerful. Open Source Project Management (OSPM) was developed to help project managers use agile processes and techniques within a traditional, waterfall-based supply chain. It has been designed to work with EPM or PMI software – currently the main choices for project managers in the aerospace industry. | <urn:uuid:90e98f0d-ede6-477e-a7a2-26ea6e6bc698> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gplfreaks.com/open-source-project-management/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.926158 | 1,406 | 1.75 | 2 |
7 Wastes of Lean in Garment Manufacturing
7 Wastes of Lean in Garment Manufacturing
One prime objective of industrial engineering is to increase productivity by eliminating waste and non-value adding operations from the manufacturing process. So it is essential to know the wastes and non-value adding functions those exist in garment manufacturing.
There are many articles published on lean manufacturing and 7 wastes related to lean manufacturing those mostly showcased example of other industries. Cases of 7 wastes in the garment industry are rare on the web. May be that’s why I have been asked many times to write a brief note on this topic. In this article, I have explained 7 forms of wastes of Lean with examples related to garment manufacturing.
In lean manufacturing we focus increasing time on value added activities by reducing or eliminating wastes (non-value adding time). Let see what value added activities mean.
Value added activities:
Value added activities are those activities that transform or change the form of the material. Rests of the activities those add cost but not value to the product are called as non-value added activities. In garment manufacturing there are some activities those don't add value but necessary. Transportation of cuttings (bundles) to sewing department is such example of non-value added but essential task.
7 wastes of lean manufacturing:
7 types of wastes and non-value adding activities are as following.
T – Transportation
E – Excess Inventory
E – Excess Motion
W – Waiting
O – Over production
O – Over processing
D – Defects
To make it easy to remember 7 wastes, memorize the word TEEWOOD with initials of 7 wastes. In the following, 7 wastes are explained briefly with examples of garment industry activities.
When work is transferred from one place to another is a non-value added activity. Moving cuttings from cutting department to sewing lines, transporting stitched garments from sewing floor to finishing department, Moving garment bundles in the line using center table or trolley. Where transportation can’t be eliminated, think how transportation time can be reduced. By using overhead transportation rail in sewing lines, transportation of bundles or single pieces can be automated.
b>2. Excess inventory
Inventories of a factory represents those items which are either in the process of manufacturing or idle resources (material) of a factory or materials in stock. And excess inventory means keeping or generating inventory for the following process more than the demand of the following process.
Excess inventory is found in fabric and trim stores, cutting racks, finishing trolleys. Excess inventories are wastes for the factory, as per lean philosophy. Inventory is money. When inventory piled up in stores and on floors, you are blocking your money and are blocking your working space. Even in a sewing line excess work-in-process (WIP) are considered as excess inventory.
3. Excess motion
In workstations where operators sew garments, press-men press garments, workers finish and pack garments, excess motions exits there. Excess motion at workstations is found due to poor training of workers in working methods and habit of working in traditional ways. In the factories where there are engineering department to designs workstation layout, operators may use excess motion due to poor workstation layout.
4. WaitingThis waste is defined as people or things waiting around for the next action. This term has been discussed in an earlier published article as one of the non-productive times in production.
In garment factory, waiting as waste is found in all processes. Like, sewing operators wait for cuttings (no feeding), supervisors waits for final instruction and go ahead for quality approvals. Merchandisers wait for buyer approvals. Waiting is a visible waste in manufacturing as operators and other employees produce nothing while they wait for work or due to other reasons. Few other examples of such waste are – delay in sourcing materials, cutting delays due to fabric approvals and consumption approval.
5. Over Production
This waste can be simply defined as doing or making things those are not required now. Over production generate excess inventory. In the garment factories, over production is found in cutting department and in sewing operations. For example, if daily production demand from sewing is 5000 pieces, and factory makes/cuts more than that that quantity (demand), factory is producing excess units of garments than needed by the following process for the day (finishing). Over-production cause imbalance in work in process (WIP).
6. Over processing
This waste can be defined as doing task or adding features to the product those are not requirement from the customer. In garment construction, some operations may not be essential to give the final look and construction. Example: Multiple checking in finishing (initial checking, pre-final checking and final checking).
Producing defects while making garments are waste of money and effort. As everyone in the factory are aware that no defective garment can be shipped then why to produce defective pieces? Defects in garment manufacturing are like shade variation, wrong cutting, stitching defective garment etc. In case defective garments are made, factory needs to alter and repair those defective garments before handing over to the buyer. Repair work costs money and time. In lean manufacturing factories aim to produce garments right first time. For different types of defects found in garments read this article.
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If you feel anxious most of the time, you're not alone. There is no one in the world who doesn't feel anxious at some time. And it is even more common to feel anxious during adolescence, because so many changes are taking place in your body, your mind, and your emotions. The good news is that there are a lot of effective techniques you can use, both on your own and with the help of a counselor, to reduce your feelings of anxiety and learn how to keep them from taking over your life. This workbook offers a set of simple activities you can do to make it happen.
The Anxiety Workbook for Teens will show you how to deal with the day-to-day challenges of anxiety. It will help you develop a positive self-image and recognize your anxious thoughts. The workbook also includes resources for seeking additional help and support if you decide you need it. What are you waiting for? Don't spend another minute paralyzed by anxiety.
Anxiety is a common and very treatable condition. Working through the activities in this book will give you many ideas on how to both prevent and handle your anxiety. Some of the activities may seem unusual at first. You may be asked to try doing things that are very new to you. They are tools, intended for you to carry with you and use over and over throughout your life. The more you practice using them, the better you will become at managing anxiety.
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An educational trip was organized by the Management Science Department to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on June 7th for the BBA and BS A&F students. The objective of this trip was to put the financial learning in practical perspective, show students the PSX and its operations and to create awareness about the investment and career paths available in the capital markets. The presentation by the management of PSX shared the investment culture in Pakistan along with the avenues of investments. The data portal of PSX was also shared with the students which would give them a virtual platform to practice their portfolio investment and give them confidence to enter the financial market as an investor. The students also visited the trading floor and interacted with some of the brokers to learn more about trading. It was a very interactive learning experience for all the students and many of their queries were answered and it also helped clear a lot of myths about the financial sector. Such events are the need of the time as they also help bridge the industry academia gap and open up career prospects for the students. At the end of the trip certificates are provided by PSX to students for their participation in the event. | <urn:uuid:75559953-748c-4752-8e49-5346e9433fa9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dsu.edu.pk/dsus-student-visit-to-pakistan-stock-exchange/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.985949 | 226 | 1.710938 | 2 |
The authors introduce this new approach to programming language design, describe its evolution and design principles, and present a formal specification of a metaobject protocol for CLOS.
The CLOS metaobject protocol is an elegant, high-performance extension to the CommonLisp Object System. The authors, who developed the metaobject protocol and who were among the group that developed CLOS, introduce this new approach to programming language design, describe its evolution and design principles, and present a formal specification of a metaobject protocol for CLOS.
Kiczales, des Rivières, and Bobrow show that the "art of metaobject protocol design" lies in creating a synthetic combination of object-oriented and reflective techniques that can be applied under existing software engineering considerations to yield a new approach to programming language design that meets a broad set of design criteria.
One of the major benefits of including the metaobject protocol in programming languages is that it allows users to adjust the language to better suit their needs. Metaobject protocols also disprove the adage that adding more flexibility to a programming language reduces its performance. In presenting the principles of metaobject protocols, the authors work with actual code for a simplified implementation of CLOS and its metaobject protocol, providing an opportunity for the reader to gain hands-on experience with the design process. They also include a number of exercises that address important concerns and open issues.
Gregor Kiczales and Jim des Rivières, are Members of the Research Staff, and Daniel Bobrow is a Research Fellow, in the System Sciences Laboratory at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
About the authors
Gregor Kiczales is a Member of the Research Staff in the System Sciences Laboratory at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
Daniel G. Bobrow is a Research Fellow in the Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence, and Chair of the Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society. | <urn:uuid:c4978efa-f220-4e37-86af-2bae4d5cb1dd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://49thshelf.com/Books/T/The-Art-of-the-Metaobject-Protocol | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.885481 | 404 | 1.882813 | 2 |
The Evolution and interaction of Living Things
Over 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was much different than it is today. Scientists believe that early Earth’s atmosphere was made up of nitrogen, water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane. All of these gases are still on Earth today, but in different quantities. The gases in Earth's atmosphere include: Nitrogen - 78 percent, Oxygen - 21 percent, Argon - 0.93 percent, Carbon dioxide - 0.04 percent,
Trace amounts of neon, helium, methane, krypton and hydrogen, as well as water vapor. Read More...
The resources above cover the following skills:
Life Science: The students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the dynamic nature of living things, their interactions, and the results from the interactions that occur over time.
Evolution: Recognize and describe that evolutionary change in species over time occurs as a result of natural variation in organisms and environmental changes.
Recognize that adaptations may include variations in structures, behaviors, or physiology, such as spiny leaves on a cactus, birdcalls, and antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Recognize and describe that adaptation and speciation involve the selection of natural variations in a population.
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Career Advice in a Recession
When economic times are good, most people with common skills usually don't have much trouble finding and keeping a job. But in an economic downturn, it's far more important to be strategic about your career choices. Things are going to be very uneven in the job market, with some skills remaining in desperately short supply, and other skills enduring massive layoffs.
The key elements of a good career recession strategy include:
- Assess the strength of your employer. It’s more important than ever to work for an organization with economic strength (either deep financial reserves, a very stable source of funding, or a brilliant strategy to thrive in tough times.) Being part of critical infrastructure, a recipient of significant government funding, or otherwise insulated from the inevitable economic downturn is ideal. But strategic strength is equally or more important. Even if you are in a "safe" industry, if you don't have trust in your leadership team to navigate this economy, start looking for a new job right now. Back in the 2009 downturn, I developed a leadership acid test - perhaps you'll find it useful.
- Importance of your role. You will benefit immensely if your job is deemed “mission critical” to the organization right now (especially if you can work from home). Although hiring freezes may occur in some organizations, mission critical jobs are rarely frozen. You probably cannot make your own job more mission critical where you are, but other organizations might value your skills differently. If you don't have faith that your skills are considered valuable by your current employer, either find a way to create a lot more value where you work, or consider going to an organization that does value your skill. Some bosses think that they will be able to hire great people for less money as the recession drags on. And that might or might not be true depending on your skills, but this is not the time to be perceived as someone who is not at the top of their game. (Keep reading for ways to create more value in your work.)
- Strategic thinking. Now that all the pre-COVID-19 rules have been permanently upended, you cannot follow the playbook that worked for you last year and just improve upon it a little bit. What worked for 2019 does not matter any more. You need to learn what is important right now, think deeply about what has changed, and help to improvise new solutions (and then be ready to change again next week). To do that, you need to be keenly aware of the external landscape around your organization, and keep finding ways to observe changes. Your job needs to adapt to the ecosystem around you, and your priorities will change as that landscape changes. If you are not sure how to do this, find out what your bosses boss reads, who they talk to, what metrics they measure, and how they interpret what they hear. If you are customer-facing in your work, that's ideal. Talk to your customers, listen, learn from them, synthesize and distill what you hear, and share that information with the people around you. Take this opportunity to improve your strategic thinking skills.
- Be shrewd about people. Warren Buffet observed, "Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked." Top performers in one situation often fail when circumstances change. Some previously successful colleagues might be flailing now, while you and others might be more successful. Be ready to rethink your role, and who you can rely on.
- Adaptability. Dealing with ambiguity has been an important factor for decades, but never more than right now. Some people like established guidelines, and others perform better when the rules are being invented as you go along. Here's how to identify people who can handle ambiguity.
- Communication. When you are moving fast, and trying new things, you’ll need to over-communicate to your direct reports and colleagues, and explain why you are making the changes. Otherwise you’ll just end up working at cross purposes. If you find your colleagues going in the wrong direction, it’s not them; it’s a sign you under-invested in communicating. HINT: This does not mean sending more long emails and instant messages. It means adapting your communications strategy to the situation. (If you are keeping other people informed, ask what information they want, in what form, and how often - their information needs are probably different now.)
- Prioritization. All that thinking, and changing, and communicating, and reorienting takes time. You'll be less efficient, your team and maybe some of your vendors will be less efficient. So you’ll need to stop doing some things so you can prioritize the most essential elements of your job. If you don’t, you'll never get the big important stuff right, and that is definitely NOT something you want to risk doing in a recession.
- Compassion. It's stressful right now, working from home, with sometimes imperfect tools and surroundings. It’s stressful to worry about your family and career, community, nation and world. We are all surrounded by worried people who have varied and difficult personal situations. It’s disconcerting, and it can be easy to overlook the importance of compassion in our every action. People will long remember how you made them feel during this time. Be human first.
- Learning new stuff. You're going to be acquiring new skills, and learning how to do things you've never done before (presenting info in a video conference comes to mind). You'll need to use new tools, coordinate with new people in new ways, pursue unfamiliar opportunities, leave behind comfortable habits, and move forward with imperfect information in the face of crippling uncertainty. You'll need to achieve measurable impact in the face of ambiguity. Remember, anything worth doing is worth doing badly at first. Jump in, and try to laugh at your initial feeble efforts. You'll either get better at the new thing, or better at shrugging it off. It's a win either way.
- Humility. You’ll make a TON of mistakes, and need to apologize for a wide range of embarrassing outcomes. Get over it; we’re all doing that now. Own your failures, and learn from them. Get a little better every day.
So get going, the world needs you to step up now. Other people will be grateful for the example you provide, and the difference you make. And you just might find that you can make more of an impact than you ever thought possible.
- How to Marie Kondo Your Career
- How Employer Reputation Affects Your Career Prospects
- How to Interview for a Career Change
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ADB or Android Debug Bridge is a way for a smartphone to communicate with PC. Using ADB, we can communicate with an Android smartphone from the system CLI. It’s part of Google Android SDK as well.
Fastboot, on the other hand is basically a diagnostic tool used to make changes to the android smartphone file system by issuing commands from a system CLI, when the device is in bootloader mode. It is used to perform updates or performs installations, like for example, flashing a ROM or a custom bootloader, etc.
Both of these tools are very important for Android Developers as well as Android Enthusiasts. In this tutorial, we are going to discuss how we can install ADB & Fastboot on Ubuntu systems. We can also install Google Android SDK and that will also install these on the system but if you are not planning for any android development, then you don’t really need the SDK & its very huge in size as well. We will only install the required things, so let’s start the tutorial.
Recommended Read: Complete guide to install PyCharm on Ubuntu
Also Read: Complete guide to install NodeJS on Ubuntu
Install ADB & FastBoot on Ubuntu
Packages for both ADB & Fastboot are available in the default Ubuntu package repositories & we are not required to install any other repository for the same, thus making installation a bit easier. So to install ADB & FastBoot on Ubuntu, we need to execute the following command from the system terminal,
$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot android-tools-adb
Now once the installation finishes, we can make sure that adb is installed by executing the command to check it’s version,
$ adb version
By default, the ADB server is disabled & we need to start the adb server to start using it. To start the adb server, use the following command,
$ sudo adb start-server
Checking ADB connection
So now we can connect our Android device to the Ubuntu system to test the ADB connection. But before connecting the device to the system, we must have ‘USB DEBUGGING ENABLED’ on our android device. You can find the option for the same by going into the Android device settings ( It’s under ‘Developer Options’).
Now once that’s enabled, all we have to do is to connect our Android device to the Ubuntu system using the USB cable. Once the device has been connected, open the terminal on your system & execute the following command,
$ adb devices
This will generate a pop-up on your device to allow USB Debugging, enable it & then execute the same command again. This time, we should see our device in the output for the command on the Ubuntu terminal. That’s it, you have done & this concludes our tutorial on how to install ADB & FastBoot on Ubuntu systems. Please do send in any questions or queries using the comment box below. | <urn:uuid:bcff999b-396d-4329-b4ca-ccdb4e436904> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thelinuxgurus.com/simple-way-to-install-adb-fastboot-on-ubuntu/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.866596 | 634 | 2.828125 | 3 |
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Comprehensive Eye Exams
A full comprehensive eye exam performed by one our doctors is an important part of preventative health care. It is like having a physical of your eyes as it involves assessing the entire eye and the visual system, as well as “a” prescription. Comprehensive eye exams can detect eye diseases and disorders such as glaucoma, cataracts, retinal detachments and macular degeneration, as well as other systemic health problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
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Automobile half shafts are important parts of automobil […]
Automobile half shafts are important parts of automobiles. Their main purpose is to transfer the power and torque of the engine from the gearbox to the drive wheels. There are several signs that the car’s half-axle has been damaged and should be repaired immediately, because a broken car’s half-axle may cause considerable damage to your car. How to know if the car half shaft is damaged?
Put your car into service first. If you hear a sudden pause or splash, this is a clear sign of damage to the axle shaft.
Another way to check whether a car’s half axle is damaged is to drive the car carefully. If you feel unusual rumbling or vibrations when accelerating or turning, the axle is almost worn or nearly broken.
If the half shaft of the car is broken, you should hand the car to a certified mechanic and let him judge. Regardless of whether the half shaft is really damaged, only a mechanic can diagnose and solve the problem without causing additional damage to the car.
Half shaft machining process flow
1. Select the material and cut, and determine the machining allowance at the same time, which is convenient for subsequent processing operations.
2. The semi-axle is forged on an air hammer and the cap is swung with a pendulum mill.
3. Shot peening the half shaft.
4. Carry out the straightening of the blank rod to ensure that the verticality is in the straightening. The first time is the blank straightening, and the second is the straightening after the heat treatment. The straightening after the heat treatment must ensure that the runout is not greater than 0.08, 0.2 and 0.4. For rough straightening, two fixed straightening roller devices are used to support the half shaft. A transmission connecting device is matched with the two protrusions on the flange end of the half shaft and drives the half shaft to rotate. The tailstock top bears against the half shaft. The indenter on the straightening machine drops, and the half shaft is straightened under the action of the roller and indenter. After heat treatment, the half shaft is supported on both ends of the clamp. The clamp can be easily moved from one end to the other, so that the indenter can load and drill the small end at any higher part between the spline end and the flange end. Center hole, large outer circle for rough turning.
5. The small end of the rough turning is processed by a hexagonal turret lathe or a copying lathe for rough turning and finishing.
6, car big hole
The flat end face is a key process to improve the productivity of the half-shaft production line. It is better to use the cut-in method to mill the end face.
7. Rough car big end, fine car big end, fine car small end.
8. Cold rolled spline
The rolling spline is positioned at the center holes at both ends, and the involute spline is rolled. The required instrument for rolling the spline is a spline rolling machine. The required measuring tools are micrometers and integrated spline gauges. In order to improve the production efficiency and fatigue strength of the half-shaft spline, the spline cold roll forming process has been widely used. This process is a chip-free cold forming process for power transmission parts and tooth workpieces.
This process greatly improves the accuracy of cold-formed tooth workpieces. During the rolling process, all relevant parameters are positioned and controlled, so a certain number of teeth and accurate tooth profile can be guaranteed. Take rolling as an example. Position a steel shaft at the starting position between two profiled racks. The teeth at this end are shallow. Only the original shape of the spline is pressed on the workpiece. The two racks Move quickly in the opposite direction, drive the workpiece to rotate, and squeeze the metal on the surface of the workpiece step by step. At this time, you can clearly see the dents. At this time, the tooth-shaped part only needs to rotate for a few more weeks to ensure that the tooth-shaped geometry and accuracy required for quality control can be obtained. | <urn:uuid:44fc6baf-8f89-496a-a96e-0ccd58e9e0b2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.yhfse.com/news/how-to-judge-whether-the-car-half-shaft-is-damaged.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.929488 | 887 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who briefly looked like a serious contender for the Democratic presidential nomination before dropping out on March 1, loves imagining his war-veteran self on a debate stage with the Vietnam-dodging Donald Trump. He is also fond of asserting that "few—if any—single policy solutions carry the promise of democratic renewal more than national service."
What Buttigieg and other fans of the perennially elusive goal of national service fail to grasp is that the real-world anecdote always undermines the campaign-season fantasy. Using the blunt force of government to forge national unity will forever disappoint as long as individuals have the ability to wiggle out of conformity.
Nodding to the political realities of the day, Mayor Pete stresses that his plan is "strictly optional." But it's worth remembering that no U.S. resident can legally opt out of paying the taxes that feed the federal beast.
The 2009 Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (if you wince at that title, note that the House version was called the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education, or GIVE, Act) expanded the upper limit on Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps from 75,000 annual volunteers to 250,000, ostensibly paid for by jacking up the annual appropriation to just over $1 billion. Yet Buttigieg notes that current funding levels translate into acceptance for only 13 percent of AmeriCorps applicants and 25 percent of Peace Corps aspirants.
The mayor doesn't put a price tag on his "Service for All (who want it)" plan, nor does he acknowledge that—like the military, whose acceptance levels are only 20 percent, despite U.S. foreign policy's inexhaustible appetite for young bodies—many people who "want" to join fail to meet the minimum qualifications. Still, his idea seems undoable at less than $5 billion a year.
Which, to be sure, is only as much as Washington spends each morning. But when not dreaming out loud about priceless plans like this one, Buttigieg was one of the few candidates who actively campaigned on reducing the government's unconscionable trillion-dollar deficits.
And don't kid yourself—Buttigieg would love for national service to be a hell of a lot more expensive than $5 billion a year. Asked by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in April 2019 why he chose to enlist in his mid-20s after Harvard and Oxford, the candidate waxed eloquently about seeking to bridge the country's vast class and racial divides, a gap perhaps most starkly observed in who does and does not serve in the military.
"One thing we could do that would change that," he told Maddow, "would be to make it, if not legally obligatory, but certainly a social norm, that anybody after they're 18 spends a year in national service." On his website, the candidate reiterates that aspiration: "Our intention is for this proposal to create a pathway towards a universal, national expectation of service for all 4 million high school graduates every year."
Beware politicians touting blanket expectations for 18-year-olds. That kind of generational puppeteering is why we still have such illiberal anachronisms as Selective Service, such punitive paternalisms as our brand new national vaping ban for those under 21, and such questionable national trends as the over-preference for college educations over workplace apprenticeships and vocational training.
Buttigieg's proposal is nearly identical to one coughed up by then–Sen. John McCain in the pages of the Washington Monthly after September 11, 2001. "The decline of the citizen-soldier is not healthy for a democracy," McCain wrote. "While it is not currently politically practical to revive the draft, it is important to find better incentives and opportunities for more young Americans to choose service in the military, if not for a career, then at least for a limited period of time."
Banging the social-cohesion drum, too, was McCain's 2008 vanquisher, Barack Obama, who on the campaign trail touted a national volunteer network "just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded" as the military.
The problem is not that some Americans choose to serve in the armed forces or AmeriCorps. The problem is that by conscripting taxpayer money toward those purposes, politicians are distorting the marketplace of 18-year-olds' choices and empowering themselves to decide what meaningful service looks like.
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It took Nick Alati half a day to cast a ballot in Arizona’s August primary — and his vote didn’t even count.
A self-employed home inspector in suburban Phoenix, Alati had moved recently. He tried to update his registration information, but never received a new voters card. On primary day, he went to the precinct in his old neighborhood, but poll workers turned him away, sending him to another spot. That precinct, not finding him in the rolls, sent him right back.
Back at the first precinct, poll workers allowed him to fill out a provisional ballot. Under federal law, no one who wants to vote can just be turned away: Instead, people are allowed to vote provisionally when there are questions about their eligibility, though some of these ballots are discarded for a variety of reasons.
Alati went ahead and filled out the form, even though he suspected his vote might be tossed. Still, when I told him his vote indeed had been disallowed because he’d voted in the wrong places, Alati said it was upsetting.
“I tried very hard to be registered,” said Alati, calling the back-and-forth between polling places a “pain in the butt” and “time off without pay.”
“I’m not getting paid to go vote, it’s my job as a citizen of the United States,” he said.
State-to-state differences in the handling of provisional ballots can end up leaving people like Alati disenfranchised.
Alati was one of 3,330 people in Maricopa County who voted with a provisional ballot in the August primaries. Some 1,300 of these votes were discarded, more than half for the same reason as his was. At the time, poll workers weren’t allowed to warn voters that provisional ballots cast in the wrong location would be wasted, said Elizabeth Bartholomew, communications director for the Maricopa County Elections Department.
“We didn’t want to leave it up to poll workers to say that their ballot would not count,” she said.
ProPublica have been examining issues affecting voting as part of their Electionland initiative. Up to and on Election Day, a coalition of news organizations that includes WNYC, Univision, Google News Lab, the USA Today Network and a team of more than 300 reporters across the country will be reporting on concerns like long lines, misapplication of voter ID laws, and problems with provisional ballots.
What Happens to Your Provisional Ballot Depends on Where You Live
Arizona, along with 21 other states, will reject your entire provisional ballot if you cast it in the wrong location. Another 17 states will partially reject it, typically keeping votes cast for statewide and federal offices. In 10 states and Washington D.C., voters can register on Election Day, and in North Dakota you aren’t required to register at all.
Provisional ballots can be indicators of deeper voting issues — or not, said Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project. When unusually large numbers are cast somewhere, it can be a sign that the state hasn’t properly updated voter rolls, or that they’ve done a poor job communicating with voters about ID requirements or polling locations. But it can also indicate a state is just trying extra hard to let people vote. Similarly, states that reject high numbers of provisional ballots may have rules that are overly strict — or just be good at detecting ineligible voters.
Prompted by the 2000 election, when thousands of would-be voters were turned away in Florida, federal legislators passed a bill mandating that all states offer provisional voting except for the handful that already offered same-day registration. But the law set few guidelines on how to count provisional ballots, or under what circumstances they can be tossed out; there remain substantial differences in how provisional ballots are treated state-to-state — and even county-to-county.
Voters cast provisional ballot for lots of reasons. In almost all states with voter ID laws, for example, people without appropriate identification can vote provisionally; their ballots are supposed to count as long as they return to specified locations with proof of who they are.
In the 2012 election, some 2.7 million voters cast provisional ballots, about a quarter of which were disallowed. According to the Election Administration Commission, the top reasons provisional ballots are rejected nationwide are that voters aren’t registered (38 percent) or vote at the wrong site (25 percent).
But the likelihood that a ballot gets tossed for a particular reason can vary sharply from state to state: In Texas, 15 percent of provisional ballots were rejected for being cast in the incorrect place; in Ohio, it was 28 percent; in Indiana, it was 45 percent.
Only Some Provisional Ballots Are Counted
Election officials in Maricopa County list 16 reasons voters cast a provisional ballot during August primary. Some are unacceptable under Arizona law and led to a discarded ballot. Here are the number of provisional ballots cast during that primary, why, and whether they were counted.
|Reason Accepted/Rejected||Total Cast||Votes Counted?|
|Voter is a new resident, properly registered, but address was not updated on roll.||926||Yes|
|Voter requested an early voting ballot, but did not mail it in.||143||Yes|
|Election office erroneously removed voter from roll.||26||Yes|
|Voter’s name left off roll to protect their identity.||25||Yes|
|Voter registered in time, but too late to be included on roster.||13||Yes|
|Voter changed their name and did not update registration.||13||Yes|
|The address on the voter’s ID did not match their registration.||832||Yes|
|Voter was not registered.||183||No|
|Voter did not fill out all required information on the ballot.||28||No|
|Voter was not eligible to vote.||251||No|
|Voter had already mailed in an early ballot.||75||No|
|Voter voted at the wrong polling place.||710||No|
|Voter’s signature did not match the one on record.||1||No|
|Voter did not provide sufficient ID after Election Day.||23||No|
|The ballot was not enclosed in the envelope.||15||No|
|The ballot was a duplicate.||81||No|
Source: Maricopa County Recorder’s Office Information Systems Center
Experts say some states likely do a poor job of informing voters where they’re supposed to vote — and that casting provisional ballot in the wrong place is likely futile. Poll workers routinely get only a few hours of training and may not know the consequences of voting in the wrong spot, or may not express those consequences to voters.
Voters themselves sometimes refuse to listen when poll workers try to tell them where to go and what to do.
“Many voters will just say, ‘No, I want to vote,’” said Tammy Patrick, a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center (and an Electionland advisor). Patrick, who served on a 2014 presidential commission to modernize voting and address problems, also said she’s seen party officials, lawyers and others stop voters from leaving polling places and demand that they ask for provisional ballots.
Fifteen states, including California, count portions of provisional ballots cast in the wrong precincts or jurisdictions, accepting votes for candidates for statewide or federal offices that could have been cast anywhere or that apply to wherever a voter is registered.
Arizona, however, is one of 22 states that take a harder line, rejecting such ballots entirely. The Arizona Democratic Party has sued the state over this, as well as having what the plaintiffs say are an inadequate number of polling places.
“These are individuals who took the time to register to vote, went to the polls on election day, presented the sufficient ID to vote, and yet their ballot was thrown out completely because they went to the wrong precinct,” said Spencer Scharff, voter protection director for the Arizona Democratic Party. “To throw out a ballot when a voter is eligible to vote for the majority of the things on the ballot is disheartening.”
In Maricopa County, complaints came in from both parties after the August primary about poll workers not informing voters that provisional ballots cast in the wrong location almost certainly would not count, Bartholomew said.
Melita Towler was left confused by the process. She’d cast a provisional ballot at the polling place nearest to where she was on primary day and said no one told she needed to vote in the precinct where she was registered. She was surprised to learn that her ballot hadn’t been counted.
“If they had just said that to me, I would have gone somewhere else,” she said. “I’m glad I found this out before the election in November.”
As a result of the complaints, Bartholomew said, the county changed its policy for the November presidential election. “Now, we are training our poll workers to let them know that if you are in the wrong polling place your vote will not count,” she said.
Maricopa County will also place signs reflecting this outside of precincts and near the roll book table, and has ramped up voter education stressing that the law requires voters to vote in the correct precinct.
“This has been in state law for many years, so every single election we try to make sure that these issues get smaller and smaller,” she said. “We’re hoping that number will continue to decrease and voters will go to the correct polling place.”
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What Business Can Learn from Protestors
Protests do more than draw attention to causes. They can also spur innovation.
What do protests and companies have in common?
Plenty, says Stanford Graduate School of Business professor of organizational behavior Sarah A. Soule, whose recent research analyzes where and how new protest tactics emerge. Soule and Dan J. Wang of Columbia Business School say their findings can apply to businesses seeking to foster creativity. Their paper is expected to be published in a forthcoming issue of American Sociological Review.
Soule and Wang analyzed a database of news stories about 23,000 protests as reported in the New York Times between 1960 and 1995. They found that those gatherings that convened multiple organizations representing different interests but pursuing the same goal were likely to innovate by combining protest tactics in new ways. For example, Yale University students in 1977 joined school food-service staff to seek unionization rights for the workers. The effort involved a hunger strike and blockades of food deliveries, a highly unusual combination of a peaceful, symbolic tactic with a highly disruptive one.
That strain of innovation also occurred when a single protest raised highly dissimilar topics. In 1967, for instance, activists in New York held a protest about several issues that hadn’t previously been presented together: segregation, poverty, and education. The activists created a new mix of tactics, including disrupting a school board meeting, occupying the building, and organizing a series of public discussions about the school system, reflecting the range of issues raised.
Entirely new tactics, though, tended to emerge in protests in which the organizer or the issue appealed to a narrow constituency or otherwise lay outside the mainstream. In one case, to call attention to AIDS in the gay populations in Southern California’s Hispanic communities, a group of gay Latino men took the unusual step of performing political theater reflecting Hispanic culture. Such groups may feel more free to use highly creative tactics because they’re not trying to appeal to the conventional expectations of a broad mainstream audience, the researchers say.
What are the lessons for companies? For one, just as less central organizations created wholly new protest tactics, “the lone genius” working on the periphery of the business world could be a source of fresh ideas for companies, Soule says. “There are probably a lot of ideas out there on the fringes that never get taken up,” she says. “Companies should question that implicit assumption that what they’re doing in-house is going to be better than what some little hack on Kickstarter is doing,” says Soule.
Like protest organizations that innovated when they worked with other groups focused on different interests, companies can foster creativity by bringing together a wide range of workers with different backgrounds, the researchers say. “Considering differences in gender and race is great, but companies should also be looking for ways to seek people with radically different experiences,” says Soule.
Wang adds that the higher the degree of difference, the better. “It’s not just the presence of diversity within a team that makes it more creative,” he says. “The greater the differences, the greater the probability of innovation.”
The researchers note that companies will often face a trade-off between the brand-new innovation and the incremental one that combines existing ideas. Companies generally aren’t good at pursuing both at the same time, Soule says. “A company like Google can never be Oculus,” the Kickstarter company that developed an unusual virtual-reality technology, because Google would likely lose its competitive advantage in generating incremental innovations in other areas, she says.
“There’s a tendency for people to say that companies can be ambidextrous, but that’s often easier said than done,” Soule says.
Sarah A. Soule is the Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. “Tactical Innovation in Protest: The Effects of Peripheral and Multi-Issue Protest,” co-written with Dan J. Wang of Columbia Business School, will be published in a forthcoming issue of American Sociological Review.
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Father suffers burns after 5-year-old blows up homework assigned over Lunar New Year with firecrackers
- A boy in China reportedly blew up his Lunar New Year holiday homework using his grandfather’s lighter and cousin’s firecrackers on Feb. 10.
- His father managed to put out the fire before escaping with only minor burns, while the rest of the family managed to flee unharmed.
- The boy’s mother told reporters his school gave him three assignments for the Lunar New Year holiday, and he became unwilling to finish them when he was on his third.
Nobody likes doing holiday homework, but a boy in China took his disgruntledness to a whole new level when he blew up the assignments given to him for Lunar New Year using firecrackers inside his family’s home.
The 5-year-old boy was on his third and last Lunar New Year holiday homework assignment when he suddenly decided to blow it up using his grandfather’s lighter and his cousin’s firecracker on Feb. 10, local Chinese media reported, via AsiaOne.
An untrained German Shepherd has gone viral on Chinese social media for acting as a lookout for his little human, Guanlin, so she could watch TV instead of doing her homework and for picking up the delivery when his owners are not home.
Nuomi, a German Shepherd adopted by the family four years ago, was not a trained canine, but he knows how to alert the little girl whenever her parents are coming, according to South China Morning Post.
An elementary school student in northern China died after blood vessels to and from her brain ruptured as a result of the whacking that she received from her mother for making errors on her homework.
The 8-year-old girl, who lived in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, reportedly watched cartoons while doing her homework one afternoon, which apparently affected her focus.
A 13-year-old girl from Chongqing, China has gone viral after successfully launching her own homework service during the Chinese New Year holiday.
An eight-year-old boy in southeastern China ended up in the hospital after being punished for failing to submit his homework on time.
The boy, a third-grader from Chenzhou, Hunan province, received his assignment before the winter holiday with the instruction to deliver it at the start of the new school term.
A Chinese schoolgirl was found to be using a “writing robot” to do homework and now many students are hoping to get their own machines.
According to her mother referred by her surname Zhang, she found out that her 15-year-old daughter purchased a robot to help get her homework done during the Lunar New Year holiday.
A Taiwanese father stirred up debate online after he deliberately tore up his son’s toxic homework, which could have kept him up until daybreak.
There’s a new trend going on in Japan where thousands of netizens are getting hooked at watching regular people — or even popular YouTubers — study and do their homework.
A morning show in Japanese recently reported how young people in the country do their homework while the clip plays in the background, according to Kotaku.
Many netizens’ hearts were broken after a first-grade student from Dawo county in Sichuan Province, southwest China, made a reference about his often absent father in his math homework.
The boy, who is only identified by his surname Luo, was asked in his homework “How many people are there in your family?” according to Chongqing Morning Post’s report on Monday via South China Morning Post. Luo, who is a part of a family of four with his father, mother, and a younger sister, brazenly wrote in his paper “three”.
A young boy in China may end up being scarred for life after enduring a cruel and unusual punishment for not doing his homework.
The cruel parents of the unnamed student decided it best to teach him a lesson by crucifying him in the middle of the street. The photo of the child, which went viral earlier this week on Chinese social media, shows him on his knees on a crate while tied up to a wooden cross on a street in Chongqing. | <urn:uuid:14295a1e-47ef-4d45-ba32-8d1a58374ca2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nextshark.com/tag/homework/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.98639 | 886 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Radio Islam was registered in November 1993 as a section 21 company. It was granted a license in April 1997 and our first signal broadcast was on the 10 April 1997. Since inception, the station has established a captive audience based on its specific religious content. With internal growth, wider expertise and a broader range of content has attracted a wide audience in areas well beyond its license mandate. We are guided by the Noble Qur’aan and the Sunnah (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him).
What is done at Radio Islam? Radio Islam aims to promote the message of Islam. It has also become synonymous with Islamic values and a tool to dispel misconceptions relating to Islam and Muslims in South Africa and abroad. The station has become a beacon of guidance and an invitation to the world. Through the broadcast of high quality info-edutainment, Radio Islam has become a bridge a cross the community divide. Radio Islam is opposed to discrimination based on gender, race, political persuasion, class, religion, belief, language and disability. The station has lived up to the adage, “Your Favourite Learning Station” and “The World is our Community”.
Objectives • The promotion of Islam to all via the airwaves. • The upliftment of humankind. • Striving to be an authentic Islamic voice. • Alternative news and current events programmes.
Listenership According to the RAMS survey Radio Islam currently has 89 000 listeners. Our target audience includes Muslim males and females of all ages. We have captured a niche audience amongst the Muslims of South Africa. However we continue to make inroads into other communities because of the quality of our content. Radio Islam regularly speaks to opinion leaders locally and internationally Broadcasting languages include:
• English (96%) • Arabic/Urdu (2%), • and Afrikaans/ Zulu/Xhosa (2%)
AM/MW 1548 (East Rand) Palmridge, Germiston, Alberton (West Rand) Randfontein, Westonaria, Krugersdorp, Carletonville, Azaadville (Vaal) Sebokeng, Vereeniging, Evaton, Roshnee, Vanderbijlpark (Parts of Greater Johannesburg) Lenasia, Eldoradopark, Soweto, Ennerdale, Mayfair, Newclare, Bosmont, Crosby, Bertrams, Ophirton, Turfontein.
We broadcast from Cape Town to Uganda +/- POTENTIAL 100,000 LISTENERS via SATELLITE.
And the rest of the world… Radio Islam can now be heard throughout the world via our website, Streaming Audio – The website is updated daily and over 1 765 000 hits has been recorded from countries as far away as Australia, the USA, Saudi Arabia and the UK. This is testimony enough to our growing appeal.
Foreign listener comments:
- “Salaams, I had the good opportunity to listen to Radio Islam this evening over the internet. It’s wonderful for me to be able to feel as part of the global Ummah.” Yusuf Haffejee – Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia
- “Respected brothers & sisters in Islam. I reside in the US and I am listening to your website. It is just perfect.” Mohamed Amin – Tucson, USA
- “My name is Hajira I am origanally from SA (and) moved to Canada a few years ago… Insha Allah I pray that Radio Islam always broadcast(s) interesting progams so that everyone throughout that is listening can benefit in someway. Shukran.” Hajira Nosarka – Canada
Local Listener comments:
- “Radio Islam is very educative, very professional.” Farouk Valiallah – Azaadville, South Africa.
- “I’m glued to Radio Islam. As a lady I have learnt so much about Islam.” Fatima Mangel – Lenasia, South Africa.
- “I am an ardent listener of Radio Islam (though I am not a Muslim myself) and was at first surprised by values and morals the Islam(ic) religion…as compared to the reality… people have about Islam.” Kweletsi Maphopha – South Africa.
“Batho Pele” People first Good service delivery leads to happy customers and employee satisfaction for a job well done. As a rule, Radio Islam is dedicated to this policy of Batho Pele or People First. Through consultation we know how to meet the needs of our listeners. If we know what is important to our customers then we can set service standards that must be realistic depending on the resources we have. Access applies especially to the previously disadvantaged sectors of the community and to people with special needs. Our diverse staff makeup includes people from these sectors and our programming services these communities as well.
Courtesy: is not only being polite to customers, but also being friendly, helpful and treating everyone with dignity and respect. Radio Islam excels in all these categories.
Information: about our station is readily available. Just tune into MW 1548. Our station is also open and transparent.
Honesty: is a fundamental rule in Islam.
Redress: is making it easy for people to tell us they are unhappy with our service. Our staff is trained to deal with complaints in a friendly, helpful manner. Complaints can help us improve our station. At Radio Islam we always give the best value using all our resources.
Assalamu Alaykum! Peace! Jazakallah! Thank You!
Our Station! Your Station! Radio Islam now serves as one of the voices of the Muslim community and has undertaken various community outreach programmes. Examples of these include:
- Operation Brightsight – collection of spectacles given to TIBA.
- Collection of books and clothes given to deserving school children.
• The Islamic Helpline – Radio Islam helped to establish this project.
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* The Radio Islam MOBILE CLINIC – read here for more information
- Operation Winter Woollies – collection and distribution of clothing in winter. The station has become a channel for publicising community events, programmes and needs, thereby earning not only the respect but also the assistance of the broader non-Muslim community.
Hourly news bulletins as well as actuality analysis has seen Radio Islam grow phenomenally during these past seven years. Our bulletins include local and regional weather reports and drive time slots include local traffic reports Radio Islam has something for everybody. Our station will keep you up to date on Islamic as well as global issues. This is reflective of the diversity of the programming content. Radio Islam is also a member of the:
- National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
- Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA)
- South African Advertising Bureau
- National Community Radio Forum
Advertising and Marketing Departments The advertising and marketing departments have embarked on a massive campaign to acquire maximum advertisers and sponsorship for the smooth running of the radio station. Alhamdulillah many businesses are advertising on a long term basis and are reaping the benefits of advertising which is very cost effective. Sponsorship have been acquired for a whole variety of programmes. The Advertising and marketing departments have become more professional in their approach with regards to their adverts. Customer care has become a vital part of our business. This can be clearly seen in the remarks made by our well wisher and customers in our registers and faxes sent to us.
- Advertising charges forms the bulk of the radio station’s revenue. The business community supports the radio and this is borne out by the fact that monthly slots are booked out regularly.
- Sponsorships and Debit orders
- Mechanising of Radio Islam products
- Small enterprises, including housewives are also encouraged to take up advertising slots.
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What should democratic reform look like in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador? In advance of the provincial government’s plan to strike an all-party committee to study this question, two Memorial University professors used a public engagement grant to create a first-of-its kind, independent grassroots initiative in hopes of supporting this committee’s work. The Democracy Cookbook explores many options for better democratic governance in a way that is accessible to the public and in a manner that promotes greater public awareness of the committee’s mandate. In this article, the authors inform readers about how this initiative was designed, why it may be an effective model for other small jurisdictions, and some of what people will find in the open-source publication that resulted.
Conversations about democratic reform are stirring in Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2015, the provincial Liberal Party’s election platform made the following commitment:
A New Liberal Government will form an all-party committee on democratic reform. This committee will consult extensively with the public to gather perspectives on democracy in Newfoundland and Labrador and make recommendations for ways to improve. The committee will consider a number of options to improve democracy, such as: changing or broadening methods of voting to increase participation in elections, reforming campaign finance laws to cover leadership contests, and requiring provincial parties to report their finances on a bi-annual basis.1
Similar language appeared in the ministerial mandate letter issued by Premier Dwight Ball to government House leader Andrew Parsons in December 2015 and again in December 2017. During the Spring 2018 session,2 the government intends to strike an all-party committee on democratic reform.
To kick-start the committee, we recently led an innovative, independent grassroots initiative called The Democracy Cookbook. The project represents a collective effort to sort out what changes to institutions, processes and rules can turn Newfoundland and Labrador from a democratic laggard into a democratic leader. To our knowledge, it is the first grassroots initiative of its kind and the first to support a parliamentary committee of this nature.
The systemic problems that characterize politics in Newfoundland and Labrador have been well-documented in Canadian Parliamentary Review.3 The province is currently mired in a financial slump that is dominating public discourse. Politicians need assistance to figure out what to change and the conviction to do something about it. But resources are not available to support the sort of democratic reform undertakings that have occurred in larger provinces such as British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. So, what if a number of citizens came together to suggest solutions?
Memorial University awarded us a public engagement grant to find out. The result is an innovative community-oriented book called The Democracy Cookbook: Recipes to Renew Governance in Newfoundland and Labrador, recently published by ISER Books. The book is available free as Open Access or for purchase as a low-cost paperback. Yet, it is so much more than a book: the very act of inviting people to write generated awareness of the government’s promise to look into democratic reform.
The 89 authors of The Democracy Cookbook could fill two Houses of Assembly as well as a couple of legislative committees. They are academics and students from all around Memorial University of Newfoundland – they come from backgrounds in political science, English, sociology, economics, gender studies, history, anthropology, archaeology, classics, French, German, philosophy, business, education, engineering, music, and many others. Contributors were also drawn from the broader community, including journalists, activists, creative writers, former politicians and some restaurateurs. To demonstrate wide support for such an undertaking, a past leader of each provincial party signed the foreword. Former Progressive Conservative Premier Kathy Dunderdale, former Liberal Premier Roger Grimes and former New Democratic Party leader Jack Harris all immediately recognized the need for the project. John Crosbie, the former federal minister, is among other supporters who make an appearance on the back cover with an endorsement.
The Democracy Cookbook features dozens and dozens of succinct opinion pieces about how to improve democratic governance in the province. Authors came up with creative solutions that make better use of existing resources.
The book, including its title, cover and writing style, was designed to be accessible and attractive to people who may not otherwise pay much attention to politics. There is an overview chapter about how government works. There are poems. There are politically-themed food recipes. Each chapter begins with a short mini-abstract in the form of a tweet so that readers can move through the book quickly. Author bios are accompanied by their photos.
The St. John’s-based Telegram was a key project partner. The newspaper ran daily full-page extracts in print and online, week after week throughout Fall 2017. A prominent banner appeared on its homepage. Months later site visitors are still greeted by a book icon. The newspaper and ISER Books shared the excerpts on social media including Twitter posts made to #nlpoli and grouped under #DemocraticReformNL. We gave talks around Memorial University, in St. John’s and Corner Brook.
Connecting with parliamentarians and Assembly staff was a particularly important part of the process. We delivered briefings about the project to the Speaker’s Office and to all three political party caucuses, including political staff. We coordinated a photo exhibit in the foyer of the Confederation Building, just outside the entrance to the legislative precinct, which is a high traffic area for politicians and public servants. The photos featured information about the project and archival images from around Newfoundland and Labrador. Staff at the House of Assembly took photos of the exhibit which, along with the archival photos, were published in the book. In a further effort to promote civic education, there is a full page of information about the House of Assembly website as an information resource, prepared by Assembly staff.
We held two launches, both designed to get people engaged. In November 2017, we celebrated the release of the paperback version. In a packed room at the university, a CBC radio personality moderated conversations with contributors before the main event got underway. Government House leader Andrew Parsons, leader of the official opposition Paul Davis, interim leader of the third party Lorraine Michael and independent Member of the House of Assembly Paul Lane all participated in a Q&A session about democratic reform that was covered by local news outlets.
Then in January, we celebrated the release of the Open Access version, designed to connect with people who do not live near a bookstore or who might not have the financial capacity to buy the print version. This time the celebration was entirely digital. ISER Books rolled out six short online videos of authors talking about their contributions. We sent emails to federal, provincial and municipal politicians to ask them to spread the word to their constituents and subsequently generated social media chatter. Instructors in political science and geography adopted the book for their courses.
So, what is in The Democracy Cookbook, exactly? It is organized into 11 sections, dealing with themes such as the province’s political culture, municipal politics, leadership, communication, engagement, scrutiny, finances and operations of the legislature. Among the many chapters:
- “Conflicts of dependence and independence in the press gallery,” by journalist Michael Connors;
- “Motivating voter turnout,” by economist Nahid Masoudi of Memorial University;
- “Youth vote,” by Juno Award winning songwriter Amelia Curran;
- “Electing women to the House of Assembly,” by Nancy Peckford and Raylene Lang-Dion of Equal Voice;
- “Democratizing the legislative branch,” by political scientist Paul Thomas of Carleton University; and
- “Creating spaces for Indigenous Labradorians in provincial governance,” by University of Toronto PhD student Erin Aylward and Elizabeth Zarpa of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.
And it wouldn’t be a cookbook without some actual recipes. The food section has playfully titled creations such as “filibuster fried cod” and “by-election bakeapple dessert,” authored by restaurateurs and former politicians from all three main parties.
The appendix transparently outlines the processes to create the book, and makes mention of a number of challenges we encountered. For example, extra effort was needed to ensure that many women participated, ultimately achieving a goal of gender balance among authors. And, some submissions from community contributors were rejected because the writing style was not salvageable. It is our hope that others can learn from the experience.
What should democratic reform look like in Newfoundland and Labrador? The book concludes that the provincial government should explore creating a Public Consultation Act. The province’s Independent Appointments Commission should appoint a current or former judge to lead a small group of researchers to conduct a democratic audit. The rules governing political parties, campaigning and political finance need to be refreshed. The all-party committee should identify guiding principles that will steer proposed changes to democratic governance. Above all, the process of looking into democratic reform should not be hijacked by conversations about electoral reform, which is much narrower and has proven problematic elsewhere in Canada.
In our view, this distinctive made-in-Newfoundland approach should be on the menu anywhere that people want to engage the public in conversations about democratic governance. It is a particularly inspiring model for Canada’s smaller provinces and territories.
- Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, A Stronger Tomorrow: Our Five Point Plan (2015). https://www.poltext.org/sites/poltext.org/files/plateformes/liberal_party_of_newfondland_and_labrador_2015.pdf
- See: http://www.thetelegram.com/news/democratic-reform-on-menu-in-newfoundland-163888/
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More than 100 years after it was built, and 45 years after it was donated to a local ecumenical nonprofit organization, a highly visible mansion on the Bar Harbor waterfront is going on the market.
The Maine Sea Coast Mission announced Tuesday that it plans to sell La Rochelle, a brick 13,000 square-foot Greek Revival-style mansion prominently located on West Street. The mansion was donated to the Mission in 1972 by Tristram C. Colket Jr., one of several heirs to the Campbell’s Soup fortune, and his wife Ruth Colket.
The mansion has served as the mission’s headquarters, which it calls the Colket Center, since it moved in. The mission’s president, the Rev. Scott Planting, said that the mission will be forever grateful for the Colkets’ gift but that the time is right — as is the real estate market — for selling the property.
The combined assessed value for the mansion and the 2.9-acre waterfront lot it sits on is $5.3 million, according to Bar Harbor assessing records.
“We want to convert this asset into services and programs for Downeast Maine,” Planting said Wednesday.
The mission’s programs provide pastoral, medical and other services to residents of Maine’s offshore islands and other communities along the state’s eastern coast.
Planting said the mission has not yet decided where its new headquarters will be but that it plans to remain based in the Mount Desert Island area.
According to information listed in Bar Harbor’s online assessing records, the mansion was built in 1867, but this does not appear to be accurate. Several other sources, including the mission’s own website and the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, say it was constructed in 1902.
An article published 115 years ago in the defunct bi-weekly newspaper Bar Harbor Record (and posted online by MDI photographer George Soules) indicates that the mansion was built by George S. Bowdoin — a banker and who was a great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury — at an approximate cost of $100,000.
Despite the mansion’s long status as a nonprofit headquarters, some of its original Gilded-Age design elements are still in place. Below is a photo I took and posted to my Instagram account in 2013 (can’t find the original) of a call box that showed household staff where to report when they were being summoned via the mansion’s buzzer system.
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Lithuania Scholarships for International Students at Kaunas University of Technology 2018 is open for . The scholarship allows Undergraduate, Masters level programm(s) in the field of taught at Lithuania Universities, Kaunas University of Technology . The deadline of the scholarship is .Scholarship Description:
The Kaunas University of Technology offers free of charge bachelor or master studies for the candidates with outstanding results.
The Kaunas University of Technology is a public research university located in Kaunas, Lithuania. Initially established on January 27, 1920, the school was known as “Higher Courses”.
Scholarships are available for pursuing full-time bachelor and master degree programme.
Scholarships are awarded to study the subjects offered by the university.
Free of charge studies, tuition fee discounts, or monthly scholarships.
Scholarships are open to international students.
The Kaunas University of Technology offers Scholarships for international students, awarded to students with a strong academic record and motivation, as well as tuition fee discounts for full-time Bachelor and Master degree studies for the nationals of selected countries and State scholarships for full-time Master degree studies.
If English is not your first language then you will need to show that your English language skills are at a high enough level to succeed in your studies.
Documents to be submitted:
- Official legalised documents of previous education (high school diploma and university diploma, if any) including an academic transcript;
- Copy of a passport or an ID card;
- English language proficiency certificate (IELTS, TOEFL or equivalent) showing knowledge of English language. The requirement for Bachelor students: IELTS 5.5, TOEFL 75, CEFRB2. The requirement for Master student: IELTS 6.0, TOEFL 85, CEFR C1.
- List of publications as well as a motivation letter (only for applicants to Master programmes).
All prospective students who submitted their application through University’s application system will automatically become candidates to receive the scholarship.
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What You Need to Know About the Amazing Healing Properties of Matcha Green Tea – 6 Ways Matcha Green Tea Heals Your Body
What You Need to Know About the Healing Properties of Matcha Green Tea – 6 Ways Matcha Green Tea Heals Your Body
Originally a part of Japanese culture, matcha green tea has a rich history that dates back to the twelfth century. As the story goes, its mental health benefits were first discovered by Japanese monks who used to drink this tea before meditation, as matcha was believed to help them focus better during spiritual practices. For centuries, matcha has been celebrated and enjoyed in China and Japan. In recent years, it has been gaining huge popularity all over the world, mainly due to its rich taste and promising health benefits. Nowadays, matcha powder is commonly used in lattes, smoothies, and ice creams.
What is matcha green tea?
Matcha green tea comes from the same Camellia sinensis plant that is used to produce other types of tea, such as black, green, white, purple, and oolong tea – except it is grown differently and has unique healing properties.
It takes approximately three years before a tea plant can be harvested. About 2-3 weeks before harvest, shielding structures are built around plants to protect them from direct sunlight. This slows down photosynthesis and, as a result, increases the chlorophyll content of leaves, giving matcha its distinctive rich green color. Light conditions are then gradually decreased to near darkness, and the growth of the plant is carefully monitored during this period. After harvest, the leaves are steamed, dried, and stone-ground to make a smooth powder.
Shading and slowing down the growth process softens leaves and greatly enhances the concentration of beneficial plant compounds. A traditionally prepared matcha tea contains several times higher levels of catechins and amino acids than green tea. As you consume whole leaves instead of just steeping them in hot water, the nutrient content of matcha is also higher than what is found in other types of tea.
Catechins are a powerful class of antioxidants responsible for tea’s characteristic bitterness, whereas amino acids add a sweet flavor. The deep umami flavor of matcha comes from its delicate balance of both sweet and bitter flavors, which gives it a bold earthy aroma and a highly adaptive, nuanced taste.
Healing properties of matcha green tea
1. Antioxidant powerhouse
Green tea contains natural antioxidants, like catechins and polyphenols, that help fight free radical damage and reduce inflammation. Since matcha is also like a concentrated form of green tea, it contains exceptionally high amounts of these compounds, which makes it quite unmatched among health foods.
Research shows that matcha green tea contains about 137 times higher concentrations of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) than any other type of green tea. EGCG is a type of catechin compound that has been shown to boost skin health, fight infections and allergies, boost immune cells, prevent chronic diseases, and protect brain cells from oxidative stress.
In the ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity) test, which measures the antioxidant capacity of foods, matcha green tea scored a value of 168,500/100g. This is several times higher than acai berries, spinach (125 times!), broccoli, dark chocolate, or blueberries. According to one study, Japanese matcha green tea has the highest antioxidant potential of all tea types.
2. Provides calm energy without jitters
A cup of matcha green tea contains about three times more caffeine than green tea but significantly less than coffee or black tea. Even though it provides a decent amount of caffeine, the energy boost of matcha is not at all like the nervous energy that you experience after consuming a cup of coffee.
Caffeine has a stimulating effect on the nervous system, which boosts energy levels but also increases the production of stress hormones (primarily cortisol). Matcha green tea is high in L-Theanine, a type of amino acid that promotes relaxation, reduces anxiety, and lessens the stress-inducing effect of caffeine. L-Theanine is known to increase alpha brain waves, which is associated with a state of calm alertness and clarity of thought. While all types of tea contain this amino acid, matcha contains about five times more L-Theanine than regular tea.
Research shows that because of its unique combination of caffeine and healing plant compounds, matcha can improve concentration, information processing speed, and memory without any jitters or energy crashes.
3. Protects your brain
Due to its cognition-boosting, stress-relieving, and anti-inflammatory properties, matcha green tea can protect your brain from age-related neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Chronic stress can have a shattering effect on your cognitive function and productivity. L-Theanine compounds found in matcha can increase the release of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) neurochemical, which reduces anxiety and induces relaxation without making you feel sleepy.
Study shows that drinks high in L-Theanine can reduce mental fatigue, lift mood, reduce blood pressure, relieve psychological stress, and greatly improve brain performance. Researchers also found that combining L-Theanine with caffeine has more benefits than taking L-Theanine in isolation.
Regular consumption of matcha green tea is also clinically proven to improve cognition in elderly people.
4. Reduces the risk of cancer
Catechins found in matcha have been extensively researched for their ability to prevent various types of cancer, including skin, breast, lungs, prostate, colorectal, and liver cancer. About 60% of catechins found in matcha are actually EGCG, which has been shown to promote programmed cell death and cell cycle arrest in a 2012 study.
According to the National Cancer Institute, high concentrations of free radicals in the body may promote tumor growth and cause gene mutations. Matcha green tea, which is high in plant-based antioxidants, neutralizes free radicals, promotes natural detoxification, reduces chronic inflammation, and prevents DNA damage caused by UV rays and environmental toxins.
Research shows that numerous health-promoting effects of matcha green tea may also help improve the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs and treatments.
5. Promotes weight loss
Like green tea, matcha also promotes metabolism and increases your total energy expenditure. Numerous studies have shown that a healthy combination of EGCG and caffeine may promote mild weight loss and support healthy weight management.
Replacing your regular cup of coffee with matcha tea can increase the number of calories you burn from exercise, as well as from rest. In one study, green tea improved insulin sensitivity and increased fat burning during moderate-intensity exercise by up to 17%.
It should be kept in mind that creating a calorie deficit is necessary for losing weight. Taking matcha alone will not help you lose any pounds unless you are on a nutritious diet and exercising regularly. However, matcha itself is extremely low in calories and can surely back your efforts by keeping your sugar levels in check and your energy levels steady.
6. Lowers bad cholesterol
Animal studies have shown that regular consumption of matcha lowers bad cholesterol and triglyceride levels. In one study, mice fed with a high-fat diet were given matcha tea for four weeks. At the end of the trial period, blood sugar and LDL cholesterol levels were found to be significantly lower in the matcha group. Researchers suggested that this may be due to the tea’s high antioxidant potential. Matcha tea is also known to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
How to prepare a cup of matcha
Preparing a healing cup of matcha is extremely simple and requires minimal ingredients – hot water, matcha powder, and a whisk.
- Take ½ -1 tsp (3-4 grams) of matcha powder in a cup and add a small amount of hot water. Avoid boiling water for making this tea, as it may amplify the bitter taste of matcha’s catechin Experts recommend using warm-hot water with a temperature below 175 degrees Fahrenheit – remember that your water temperature can significantly alter the taste.
- Mix thoroughly with a whisk to remove lumps until you achieve a nice frothy, creamy texture. Traditionally, a bamboo whisk is used to make matcha, but you can use any type of whisk or hand blender for this purpose.
- Add 4-6 ounces of hot water (or steamed milk) and mix well.
You can also add milk and a mild sweetener like honey to your matcha tea. It blends well and tastes delicious with most types of milk, including soy milk, coconut milk, and almond milk.
Safety and risks of matcha green tea
Experts recommend limiting your daily intake of matcha to 1-2 cups per day. Drinking high amounts of matcha green tea or any type of green tea has been known to cause liver problems, anxiousness, nausea, constipation, or digestive disorders in some people. Although matcha promotes relaxation and is relatively milder than coffee, it is still high in caffeine content and should be avoided after evening time.
Also, try to replace your routine coffee with matcha rather than simply adding it to your diet. Taking high amounts of caffeine can increase stress and interfere with sleep patterns, causing disturbances like frequent dreaming, difficulty getting up in the morning, or insomnia.
Matcha green tea also acts as a natural diuretic. If you are taking diuretic medicines, consider speaking to your doctor before including matcha in your diet.
Matcha is a type of green tea with concentrated active compounds and exceptional healing properties. While specific research on matcha tea is relatively limited, its plant compounds are extensively studied for their anti-inflammatory, immune-boosting, cancer-fighting, stress-relieving, and nootropic abilities.
Due to its high content of catechins, particularly EGCG, matcha green tea is known to protect cells against oxidative damage, which can preserve bone strength and prevent various chronic inflammatory diseases.
Its unique composition of amino acids and caffeine provides a stable supply of energy, which helps you stay focused without causing anxiety or rapid change in heart rate. Truly brain-boosting in every sense, matcha green tea improves the clarity of mind and induces a state of restful alertness, promoting creative and intellectual practices.
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“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tears have been a part of our daily lives every few weeks for the past four years. Almost like clockwork, Tuesday afternoons will find us in our house listening to a combination of pickings of keys on the piano and the tears that follow the wrong notes. I have a child who expects to get things right the first time she attempts something; when she does not, her world turns upside down and the tears flow. Because she has piano practice Monday mornings, she practices new pieces Tuesday afternoons. Those days are filled with tears when the music does not sound like it did the day before when her teacher played it for her. Never mind the fact that her teacher has been playing for decades; my daughter expects to get it right the first time.
Teaching perseverance is difficult. It is hard to continue moving forward when every step you take feels wrong. It is overwhelming to keep going when you feel lost and alone. But, conquering perseverance is a requirement for growing up. We have to have the ability to move forward in spite of feeling incompetent and unsure.
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I bought one of these Raspberry Pi 400 computer in a keyboard devices a couple weeks ago. I normally would not write about such a device but it’s $70 and is good enough (as in adequate) for a desktop replacement. To be fair you need a mouse, Micro SD card, power supply, some kind of HDMI monitor and a cable between keyboard and monitor to get it running. They have a starter kit that includes everything but monitor AND includes a book for $100. Many of us have a few old LED monitors laying around.
It’s features include the ability to run 2 monitors, built in keyboard, fan-less completely silent operation, 2 usb 3 ports, 1 usb 2 port, an Ethernet port, WiFi and Bluetooth. The O/S is burned to a $5 Micro SD card. It is possible to add a USB SSD drive to boot from which increases speed. The operating system is a variant of Linux called 32 bit Raspberry O/S well maintained, updated regularly and has available tons of free downloadable programs. The software can be upgraded by adding 3 lines to a txt file for slightly improved performance, and then you too can call yourself a hacker.
I have a Microsoft Outlook 365 account which includes web based access to the office suite of programs like Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Calendar, ToDo plus access to One-drive online storage or Google-Drive. This makes the computer usable as a dorm room, summer cottage kind of device, where real work can be accomplished. It can be set up for some gaming but I don’t play games so I don’t know how well games work. It is completely adequate for financial tracking, brokerage and banking. If you don’t have an office account there is a complete perfectly adequate office suite built into the O/S, but I like Word and Excel and Power Point so all of my files are readily available for editing as I like using 365 and One-drive. This blog post was done on the Pi 400. It also has photo editing, audio programs, YOUTUBE, the ability to access my satellite TV, access to my network printers etc. I can run it from a remote desktop control program called VNC from any of my other computers.
Mine has 2 monitors (which were sitting around in boxes), a cheap $12 wireless mouse, and a $30, USB 3, mSata 120GB hard drive I got off Amazon, and a little massaging of the software, and I have a completely usable desktop environment. It’s probably not quite good enough for engineering majors or graphics intensive majors but pretty well good enough for the average college kid or high school kid on a budget.
Pi computes are well know for their programming capability and this one is no exception, with a complete compliment of programming software built into the O/S. Once set up, it’s been 100% reliable. At max load it uses only 6 watts of power and at idle it uses 0 watts of power. You can install other flavors of Linux for free but I find the Raspberry Pi O/S works fine. Every time you install a new O/S it requires initialization of various accounts like email etc, so if it ain’t broke…. Did I say it’s plug and play at $100 plus an old HDMI monitor or TV? | <urn:uuid:729982c1-950b-40f6-8708-0c40fe804745> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mdonfire.com/2020/11/29/im-diggin-this-lil-box/?replytocom=3413 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.946308 | 690 | 1.53125 | 2 |
[ hos-pi-tl ]
/ ˈhɒs pɪ tl /
an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
a similar establishment for the care of animals.
a repair shop for specific portable objects: violin hospital; doll hospital.
British. an institution supported by charity or taxes for the care of the needy, as an orphanage or old people’s home.
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Origin of hospital
OTHER WORDS FROM hospital
min·i·hos·pi·tal, nounmul·ti·hos·pi·tal, adjectivepost·hos·pi·tal, adjective
Words nearby hospital
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for hospital
He wears a mask in hospitals, he says, not for himself but for others.
When Paul grew ill, Ryan, a hospital social worker, knew something was up.
By “equal visitation,” the statement was referring to a hospital policy that allows same-sex partners to have the same visitation privileges as legal family members to visit someone in the hospital.
Recommending against civilians wearing high-quality masks meant more high-quality masks could be sent to hospitals facing a flood of infected patients.
Federal regulators focus on this statistic to evaluate — and sometimes penalize — transplant programs, giving hospitals across the country a reputational and financial incentive to game it.
When the father arrived at the hospital, he was told that Andrew Dossi was in surgery, but the wounds were not life-threatening.
By the time the ambulance arrived, over 10 minutes later, it was too late—Mills died soon after arriving at the hospital.
“The Center was actually able to get me into the hospital and get me the new medications that were available,” Thom said.
Liu had been married just two months before and his wife now stood in this Brooklyn hospital, a sudden widow because of a madman.
Both Mayor De Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton rushed to the hospital.
When shall we know whether they are dead or alive, whether strong and healthy or moaning upon a bed in hospital?
I knew in what manner patients were treated at the hospital, and removal thither was to the last degree abhorred.
It is curious to find that in 1821 the function of the hospital as a school for students of medicine was something of a novelty.
A few days before, Si, while passing near the hospital, saw a weak convalescent faint and fall.
Do you remember the first hospital bed you ever made, the first bed-bath you gave, the first massage?
British Dictionary definitions for hospital
an institution for the medical, surgical, obstetric, or psychiatric care and treatment of patients
(modifier) having the function of a hospitala hospital ship
a repair shop for something specifieda dolls’ hospital
archaic a charitable home, hospice, or school
Word Origin for hospital
C13: from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospice, from Latin hospitālis relating to a guest, from hospes, hospit- guest, host 1
Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Medical definitions for hospital
An institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured.
The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary
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Developer Charles Kelly has released four freeware
to assist putting MacinTalk voices on an iPod or other MP3 player. (MacinTalk is Apple’s system level text-to-speech technology.)
“Three of the scripts are for getting text into MP3 files, which can be put on portable MP3 players,” Kelly told MacCentral. “There would be little need for these at your regular computer, since you can just use existing capabilities of Macintosh computers. While I don’t have the patience to sit in front of my computer listening to ‘audio books’ by a speech synthesizer, this is something I do while I’m jogging or driving.”
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Thermal decomposition of perfluorinated carboxylic acids: Kinetic model and theoretical requirements for PFAS incineration
By Mohammednoor Altarawneh, Mansour H. Almatarneh, and Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski
August 10, 2021
Thermal decomposition of high-fluorine content PFAS streams for the disposal of old generations of concentrates of firefighting foams, exhausted ion-exchanged resins and granular activated carbon, constitutes the preferred method for destruction of these materials. This contribution studies the thermal transformation of perfluoropentanoic acid (C4F9C(O)OH, PFPA), as a model PFAS species, in gas-phase reactions over broad ranges of temperature and residence time, which characterise incinerators and cement kilns. Our focus is only on gas-phase reactions, to formulate a gas-phase submodel that, in future, could be used in comprehensive simulation of thermal destruction of PFAS; such comprehensive models will need to comprise fluorine mineralisation on flyash and in clinker material. Our submodel consists of 56 reactions and 45 species, and includes new pathways that cover the initial decomposition channels of PFPA, including those that lead to the formation of the n-C4F9 radical, the abstraction of hydroxyl H by O/H radicals, the fragmentation of the n-C4F9 radical, reactions between HF and perfluoropentanoic acid, as well as between HF and heptafluorobutanoyl fluoride (C3F7COF), and the cyclisation reactions. The model illustrates the formation of a wide spectrum of small CnFm and CnHFm compounds in the temperature window of 800–1500 K, 2 and 25 s residence time in a plug flow reactor, providing theoretical estimates for the operating conditions of PFAS thermal destruction systems. The initiation reactions involve the loss of HF and formation of the transition α-lactone species that converts to C3F7COF, with C4F9C(O)OH completely decomposed at 1020 K for 2 s residence time. At 1500 K, we predict the emission of ꞉CF2 (biradical difluorocarbene), HF, CO2, CO, CF4, C2F6, and C2F4, but at < 1400 K, we note the formation of 1H-nonafluorobutane (C4HF9), phosgene (COF2), and heptafluorobutanoyl fluoride (C3F7COF), with 1-C4F8, 2-C4F8 and C3HF7 persisting to 1500 K. We demonstrate that, the gas-phase pyrolysis processes by themselves convert PFAS to HF and short-chain fluorocarbons, with similar product distribution for short (2 s) and long (25 s) residence times, as long as the treatment temperature exceeds 1500 K. These residence times reflect those encountered in incinerators and cement kilns, respectively. Thermokinetic and mechanistic insights revealed herein shall assist to innovate PFAS thermal disposal technologies, and, from a fundamental perspective, to accelerate research progress in modelling of gas/solid reactions that mineralise PFAS-derived fluorine.
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This is the story of a pit bull puppy named "Chief". In March of 2008, I received an urgent e-mail regarding a little pit bull puppy. He had been used as a bait dog and was dumped in a field in suburban Chicago and left to die. When the animal control officer found the pup, he was scared, hungry, and hurt. In fact, the little pup had a broken leg, most likey the result of blunt force trauma from something such as a tire iron or baseball bat. He had puncture wounds to his head and face, torn flesh, and bite marks on his body. Chief had served his purpose for the dog fighters, and was dumped in that field, thrown away like a piece of garbage. It is estimated that Chief had been in that field for several days before he was found. The AC officer, a dog lover and the proud owner of pit bulls, scooped Chief up and took him to the shelter where he would be safe. He lovingly fed the little guy cookies, Chief licking his rescuer's face, tail wagging. If only humans could be so forgiving!
The next day Chief was taken to the vet and x-rays showed that his femur was broken in half. Chief would need surgery, and it was going to be expensive, $2500! A rescue group stepped up and took Chief in, and raised money so he could get leg surgery. Chief was adopted into a loving home, and I had the privilege of meeting Chief and his new family. He is a happy and loving boy, you could never tell that he had such a rough start in life.
The reason I am telling you this story is because I cried when I read his story. Then I got mad, and then I took action. I contacted the office of Illinois representative Mike Boland who sponsored Illinios vicious dog legislation and was a real force in making it illegal for any community in Illinois to have breed specific laws.
AAVENGE was born from that phone call. AAVENGE hopes to be the catalyst to help strengthen Illinios' dog fighting laws, to be the voice of dogs like Chief, to make sure those that fight dogs and attend dogfights are sufficiently punished, and to educate the public about this gruesome practice.
Read below to hear some thoughts from the animal control officer who was responsible for saving Chief, our official AAVENGE mascot:
" I do think about Chief quite often. I just wish that every one who thinks that Pit Bulls are monsters could meet Chief and see his story. I wish that they could have seen him in that field, alone, cold, abandoned and severely injured. I wish they could have seen the look in his eyes when I rescued him, or see him wag his tail when I fed him his first meal in days. A dog doesn't do this to itself. Man does this to the breed.
Because of Chief, I go out of my way to educate people in the neighborhood about Pit Bulls. If I see Pit Bull owners walking their dog, I stop and give them all kinds of tips, from keeping their gates padlocked to keep their dog safe, to making sure they always have a collar with tags on their dog. And most important, micro chip and spay/neuter their pet. Pit Bulls have been abused for far too long, and it is time we realize that it is not the dog that is the problem.
Unfortunately, there are too many "Chief's" out there. It will be an up hill battle, but we will win. With the popularity of the "VICK DOGS" doing so well, I believe that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and the day of the abused Pit Bull will one day come to an end.
Thanks to people like you, and groups like AAVENGE, the grim reality will be put in the face of society, and they will know the truth, not just the propaganda the media wants them to hear.
B.S.L. is a regime too, and one day will be overthrown. If more Animal Control officers will take the time to educate themselves about the breed, this could be stopped. They are the grunts in the trenches, and can help spread the word on these dogs. Together with volunteer organizations, we can put a stop to the abuse of the Pit Bull.
Every night when I come home, and greeted by the cold wet noses and wagging tails of my own Pit Bulls, I can't help but think that just a few years ago, my own Pit Bulls sat on death row, in kill shelters because of their breed, hours away from death before I rescued them.
I am grateful to be an Animal Control officer, happy to be a small part of Chief's story, and HONORED to be amongst friends and organizations like AAVENGE."
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The First World War, which had begun on 28th July 1914, ended this day, ninety nine years ago, on 11th November 1918.
This war involved the great world powers of the time. Over 9 million combatants died, and many millions more were permanently disabled. Over 7 millions civilians across Europe and other war zones were killed. Many millions more were injured, and made homeless as a result of the war to end all wars.
Hostilities ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the signing of the Armistice. And so at that hour today people gathered round the war memorial in Abingdon for a minute silence.
The formal Remembrance Day ceremony is tomorrow.
Scattered around the war memorial somebody had laid wool poppies, one for each named person on the war memorial. People were invited to take one.
Here is the one for A W Carter next to his gravestone at Abingdon’s Old Cemetery.
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Keeping your finances in check is not the easiest task. How do you make sure you’re still headed towards your long-term goals? We’ve put together 7 tips to help you meet your financial goals.
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The structure of the arsenal consists of two large stone-built halls with vaulting supported by repeated pointed arches. The vaulting rests on ten piers, originally there were twenty two, the missing twelve and the structure they supported having been lost to centuries of coastal erosion. The main function of the arsenal was the building, repair and storage of warships. Amalfitan war-galleys were among the largest to be found in the Mediterranean during the Early Middle Ages.
The building now contains architectural and sculptural remains, a row-barge used in the Historical Regatta, a number of models of ships and it also acts as a venue for visual art exhibitions. Starting from December 2010, the Ancient Arsenals of Amalfi host the Compass Museum on the premises of the two aisles of the building, which were spared by the Amalfi seaquake of 1343.
The Seaplane Harbour is the newest and one of the most exciting museums in Tallinn. It tells stories about the Estonian maritime and military history. The museum’s display, that comprises of more than a couple of hundred large exhibits, revitalizes the colourful history of Estonia.
British built submarine Lembit weighing 600 tones is the centrepiece of the new museum. Built in 1936 for the Estonian navy, Lembit served in the World War II under the Soviet flag. It remained in service for 75 years being the oldest submarine in the World still in use until it was hauled ashore in 2011. Despite its long history, Lembit is still in an excellent condition offering a glimpse of the 1930s art of technology.
Another exciting attraction is a full-scale replica of Short Type 184, a British pre-World War II seaplane, which was also used by the Estonian armed forces. Short Type 184 has earned its place in military history by being the first aircraft ever to attack an enemy’s ship with an air-launched torpedo. Since none of the original seaplanes have survived, the replica in Seaplane Harbour is the only full-size representation of the aircraft in the whole World.
Simulators mimicking a flight above Tallinn, around-the-world journey in the yellow submarine, navigating on the Tallinn bay make this museum heaven for kids or adventurous adults.
Seaplane Harbour operates in architecturally unique hangars built almost a century ago, in 1916 and 1917, as a part of Peter the Great sea fortress. These hangars are the World’s first reinforced concrete shell structures of such a great size. Charles Lindbergh, the man who performed the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, landed here in 1930s.
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What most people call the shoulder is really several joints that combine with tendons and muscles to allow a wide range of motion in the arm. Most of the motion in your arm comes from the ball and socket joint called the glenohumeral joint. However, and interestingly, many patients with a frozen shoulder-one that has little to no motion in the ball and socket joint- can still move their arm. This motion takes place because the scapula or shoulder blade can slide around the torso or ribs. There are 4 joints in the shoulder glenohumeral, acromio-clavicular(AC) joint, sternoclavicular(SC) joint and scapulothoracic articulation.
This simplified illustration of the shoulder highlights the major components of the joint. As opposed to the hip joint which has a deep socket, the shoulder socket is very shallow. As such it relies on tendons, ligaments and the capsule for stability. Because it is shallow it exhibits a great amount or motion in various planes.
Causes of Shoulder Pain
Pain in the shoulder can be extrinsic or intrinsic. Neck problems, even stomach problems as well as insidious coronary artery disease tumors, infection and nerve-related problems can cause shoulder pain. However, most shoulder problems fall into four major categories:
- Tendon inflammation (bursitis or tendinitis) or tendon tear
- Fracture (broken bone)
Dr. Bennett treats most shoulder pain initially with medications and/or injection based upon its source. For issues that require surgery, he is an expert with minimally invasive techniques including arthroscopy. He also has had success at treating some conditions with PRP and adult stem cells.
Bursae are small, fluid-filled sacs that are located in joints throughout the body, including the shoulder. They act as cushions between bones and the overlying soft tissues, and help reduce friction between the gliding muscles and the bone. Inflammation of the bursae usually suggests that some underlying problem is present. Rarely with the exception of a congenital spur is bursitis primary.
A tendon is a cord that connects muscle to bone. The most commonly affected tendons in the shoulder are the four rotator cuff tendons and one of the biceps tendons. Dr. Bennett has published numerous peer-reviewed studies on rotator cuff problems, even including arthroscopic repair.
Splitting and tearing of tendons may result from acute injury or degenerative changes in the tendons due to advancing age, long-term overuse and wear and tear, or a sudden injury. Dr. Bennett has published numerous peer-reviewed studies on rotator cuff problems, even including arthroscopic repair.
Shoulder impingement occurs when the top of the shoulder blade (acromion) puts pressure on the underlying soft tissues when the arm is lifted away from the body. As the arm is lifted, the acromion rubs, or “impinges” on, the rotator cuff tendons and bursa. This can lead to bursitis and tendinitis, causing pain and limiting movement. Over time, severe impingement can even lead to a rotator cuff tear. Interestingly, even instability can lead to impingement.
Shoulder instability occurs when the head of the upper arm bone is forced out of the shoulder socket. This can happen as a result of a sudden injury or from overuse.
Shoulder dislocations can be partial, with the ball of the upper arm coming just partially out of the socket, a subluxation. A complete dislocation means the ball comes all the way out of the socket.
Once the ligaments, tendons, and muscles around the shoulder become loose or torn, dislocations can occur repeatedly. Subluxation can occur when the biceps tendon insertion on the socket is torn as well.Repeated episodes of subluxations or dislocations lead to an increased risk of developing arthritis in the joint.
Shoulder pain can also result from arthritis. There are many types of arthritis. The most common type of arthritis in the shoulder is osteoarthritis, also known as “wear and tear” arthritis. Often people will avoid shoulder movements in an attempt to lessen arthritis pain. This sometimes leads to a tightening or stiffening of the soft tissue parts of the joint, resulting in a painful restriction of motion. Other restrictions of range of motion include a frozen shoulder.
Fractures are broken bones.
Yes, have you been to a surgeon who has never examined your shoulder? The shoulder exam is one of the most important aspect of developing a proper diagnosis and for treating shoulder problems. Dr. Bennett is an expert and specialist shoulder surgeon.
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The goal of this book is to help you choose, plan, and capture your best deep-sky images. This is a reference guide for astrophotographers – both new and experienced – explaining when, from where, and how the finest objects in the night sky can be photographed.
The 110 targets selected for this book include nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters visible from both the southern and northern hemispheres. The authors have included a range of sizes, concentrating on larger objects that are within the reach of widely available equipment. The authors spent three years imaging all of these deep-sky objects using telescopes located in the UK, USA, Australia, Chile, France, and Spain. They captured more than 20,000 subexposures with total integration time in excess of 1500 hours. They also embarked on a separate project to capture the entire celestial sphere in a set of mosaics spanning 1300 megapixels. These full-sky mosaics reveal broader patterns, showing where the deep-sky objects are located in the context of the night sky as a whole.
In addition to the images themselves, information about each target is provided: its size, type, and designation in major catalogues. Each object also has a brief description with some history and information to help guide you in how to frame an object, what kind of filters to use, and how to approach processing.
With this book, the authors have attempted to capture the majesty of the night sky above our heads. They hope that their efforts will help you to create your own beautiful images. So prepare your gear and start planning what you are going to capture on the next clear night. Whether it’s a new object for you or a target that you’ve imaged many times, there is always something new to reveal.
Charles Bracken is an author and astrophotographer who lives in Pennsylvania, USA. His textbook, The Deep-sky Imaging Primer, has taught thousands of people the theory and practice of photographing the night sky. His interests include narrowband imaging of nebulae, public outreach, and leveraging software in astronomy.
Max Whitby is the founder of several digital publishing businesses based in the UK including Touch Press and NatureGuides. He started his career at the BBC where he produced films for the Horizon/NOVA science series and led an early collaboration with Apple. He is the recipient of two BAFTA awards for his work in digital media. Max has a PhD in Chemistry from Imperial College. | <urn:uuid:27d7725b-d29e-4f41-970d-a026918b9e4a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nhbs.com/the-visible-universe-book?bkfno=257226 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.952652 | 507 | 2.0625 | 2 |
CEE exploration performance Dating identifies new synergies among staff and children
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Building renewable urban centers, comprehending the Earth’s oceans and weather, and making certain having access to strength, meal, and really clean h2o and air is concern investigation and academic strategies in team of city and Environmental Engineering (CEE), targeted at produce a renewable future. These large obstacles are really sophisticated, therefore need analysts and designers from several disciplines to your workplace together and consider artistically. The yearly CEE Studies rate relationship party, kept in 2012 on Feb. 7, was created to expedite that system.
“from substantial amounts of stuff most of us used to setup all of our urban centers to your oceans that uphold existence on our world, most problems are definitely adjoined, and need usa to break out of mainstream reasoning and educational specialities,” claims prof Markus Buehler, brain of CEE. “Accelerating research breakthroughs requires brand new cross-disciplinary means. Investigation Pace Dating really helps to decide synergies among faculty and college students, and encourages brand new studies.”
To speed up the knowledge of new reports relationships, two MIT students developed a convention takeaway called the rate relationship circle software that helps guests monitor group they would like to relate solely to and find out how those relate solely to all other people within show. The app premiered at CEE exploration Speed relationships event, exactly where it presented stimulating opportunity for faculty, college students, and workforce in order to connect on data means and domains.
Created by grad children Christos Nicolaides and Jameson Toole cooperating with helper Professor Marta Gonzalez and associate Mentor Pedro Reis, the application creates a network place during a summit determined realtime enter from attendees making use of computer or mobile devices.
Exploration fast a relationship included 25 four-minute sound-bite talks accompanied by one-minute of Q&A that would trigger study “matches” or partnerships. The synergistic map constructed because performance romance circle application reveals these possible games, let users to transfer nodes around to discover most of the links on community, and keeps available following the convention has ended. The app could sooner or later be taken in other tips, in particular by companies wanting to make the most of innovative synergies by putting important personnel’ organizations near the other person.
“People mention educational silos, but this function signifies that truly, in CEE about, which is false,” claims Toole, that works together with Gonzalez on projects using system research to peoples portability because facets of metropolitan lifestyle. “Our application provides a new way to find an image of an academic team so to measure the relationships becoming generated at a conference.”
Mapping the joints
Two professors users which accompanied CEE in January, Assistant Mentor Ben Kocar and Assistant Professor Lydia Bourouiba, both had several likely long term future contacts over the department. The truth is, Bourouiba — whoever keywords provided liquid dynamics, interfacial circulates, droplets and bubbles, transmittable disease relaying, mathematical modeling, real modeling, beautiful study, circulation visualization, and microscopy fast videography — experienced even more likely long term future relationships than other people at the celebration. “How very long will it took this model to track down this out and about, without this instrument?” claims Nicolaides. “Now she will revisit the network chart, look for those individuals, making contact with exactly who she wants.”
Nicolaides works together Associate Professor Ruben Juanes on tasks relating to the run of water (oil, drinking water, gas) in permeable news utilizing quantitative technology which can also be put on issues in community medicine. They respected the convergence when he won Gonzalez’s school in network principles a short while ago. That concluded in a collaborative draw amongst the Gonzalez and Juanes people that placed U.S. flight terminals by their ability to dispersed infectious disorder.
It’s specifically this partnership that Reis (is advertised to associate teacher good July 1), Gonzalez, along with other junior staff customers in CEE expected the moment they built data increase a relationship four yrs ago as a technique of revealing data and information some of the different procedures displayed inside team.
The information produced on function displays how adjoined the folks in CEE are generally, and exactly what great possibilities sit ahead. “CEE houses incredible customers, and it is exciting to discover the joints of people in the team, so to the MIT society at large,” states Buehler. “The study pace relationships party, and in particular model app official site, become vital tools about course.” Buehler is actually motivating these brand new relationships by offering one-year graduate beginner fellowships to youngsters of faculty which propose brand-new cross-disciplinary investigation partnerships, which might be supposed to shut a few of the recently found out synergies into concrete research advancement.
Reports collected by way of the fast relationship system App indicates there may likely be many persuasive proposals.
Developing the circle
Twenty-three presenters each presented 10 key words linked to his or her study fields and 10 with the techniques. Guests made use of the company’s notebooks or mobile phones to point out while in the chats as long as they revealed domains or techniques on your speakers or wanted to make a study association.
The network map revealed 189 analysis dominion overlaps, 171 technique overlaps, and 267 achievable foreseeable partnerships among the 100 people who attended which took part in the try things out. On the partnership curiosity hyperlinks posted by staff and grad people, 50 percent indicate someone employed in other specialities. The needs of postdocs and studies analysts had been rather more traditional, with simply 25 percent inside venture desire backlinks going outside their particular self-discipline, showing the point that they are generally chose to be hired in particular cities. As a whole, about 40 percentage from the department’s cooperation interests backlinks comprise cross-disciplinary.
Toole and Gonzalez declare the means needs some fine-tuning before it’s all set to talk about. But after it is well prepared, these people wish to present they along with other gathering groups at MIT in a soft release. Their particular goal, they do say, should get this an open-source tool that will help discussion organizations and businesses assess the choices for connectivity among guests and workforce.
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Interview: Dr Vinaye Ancharaz – Economist
‘We can only hope for the best, but we must be prepared for the worst’
‘The ‘Plan de Soutien’ is not robust enough. It should have provided dedicated resources to help companies pay their wage bills and keep every employee on the payroll’
In the pandemic situation which has taken us by storm, the question is how prepared are we to face the consequences in both the health and the economic sectors? Dr Ancharaz, economist, thinks that the government should be investing more to protect the health of the population, and should be mindful about not repeating the outcomes of the bail-out or economic stimulus packages that were dished out during the financial crisis of 2008-09, which left workers out in the cold, whereas the ‘patrons’ made good for themselves. This would involve revisiting the ‘Plan de Soutien’ so that those who are genuinely vulnerable get the support that they are the ones who deserve the most.
* Do you think we are sufficiently alive to the threat posed by the Covid-19 pandemic – that’s currently hitting all our major trade, export and tourism markets – to the Mauritian economy?
I think we’re very much alive to the threat, especially following the announcement of the three cases in Mauritius on the night of March 18th. Before this, there was a feeling that we were immune to the virus, that it wouldn’t hit us. We’re now waking up to the realization that the threat is very real and, as a small country, we are particularly vulnerable to the pandemic. The whole country is in a state of panic, but I believe this will subside as the news sinks in.
Conversely, we’ve been aware that the pandemic is already affecting different facets of the economy, with some businesses hit more than others. With the sealing off of frontiers, tourist flow to the island has been severed. And both exports and imports are bearing the brunt of the global economic slowdown. But the economic crisis will impact other sectors as well. Manufacturing will be affected as global supply chains are disrupted, and the services sector, in particular retail trade, will take the toll as the country enters a period of lockdown.
* Air access has already been curtailed, hotel bookings will drop considerably, consumption of a wide range of products is likely to drop, and layoffs are already in the pipeline… Can we imagine what the worst-case scenario would be like for the Mauritian economy if things were to get worse?
Mauritius is an extremely open economy, so we will feel the economic impacts of the pandemic even more. It is hard to imagine the worse-case scenario because we cannot tell how long the situation will last. We tend to think of a two-week self-confinement period, but this could well last longer. And even after the virus is gone, the global economy will take time to recover.
I understand that the virus cannot survive temperatures above 270C. Thus, as we enter winter in the coming weeks, and as the northern hemisphere warms up, the virus will likely travel down south, which means the risk will increase. We can only hope for the best, but we must be prepared for the worst.
As of now, I don’t think the country is ready to face a full-blown pandemic. We don’t have adequate health facilities, and those that exist are not properly equipped. I’ve learned that patients in quarantine centres are not receiving proper care, and that the medical staff is stretched and demotivated. It is alleged that some patients have run away, putting others potentially at risk. It is clear that the government has not invested enough to protect the people. Quarantine centres must be secured; we need more of them; and we must see to it that patients are attended to, not stigmatized.
* Economists have been saying that the Mauritian economy was already in a bad shape even before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and it will get much worse in the weeks ahead. Given the set of uncertainties that we are now facing, does it mean that the task of restarting the growth engine can only be addressed at a later stage?
Indeed, the economy wasn’t in too good shape before the pandemic hit. Let’s recall that we ended 2019 with a GDP growth rate of 3.6%, downgraded from earlier forecasts of 3.8%, and the lowest since 2015. The budget deficit was estimated at 3.2% of GDP for the financial year 2019-2020, but as some critics have observed, it is likely to be in the region of 6% if we add the recent increase in pensions and other off-budget expenditures.
Public debt has increased by over 50% in the last 5 years and is dangerously approaching the Rs 400 billion mark. The debt-to-GDP ratio which, according to official data, currently stands at 65% is actually closer to 70% if we include external borrowing by the government and its entities that are kept off the books through clever accounting. The trade deficit, which has grown continuously in recent years, has reached a record deficit of Rs120 billion, equivalent to about 24% of GDP…
The economic situation will get worse before it starts improving. For now, the government should focus on two things. First, it is imperative to secure human lives and prevent the virus from spreading. For that, it needs to invest more in health care and health facilities. Second, we need to prepare for the economic recovery when it happens. For this, it is crucial to keep workers on the job… even if this requires subsidizing employment and bailing out businesses that would shut down without government support.
* What do these new economic circumstances call for in terms of immediate and medium term measures?
Immediate measures should focus on saving human lives. We should not allow the pandemic to turn into a human tragedy. As I said earlier, the government needs to invest more in quarantine centres, equip them adequately, and ensure that there are sufficient and proper food and medical supplies to cater for the patients. Anyone can become infected, so we should avoid treating patients as unwanted cases! Every life matters.
The economy is secondary for now, but it doesn’t mean we should neglect it. Nor does it mean that the economy should take precedence over human life! Unfortunately, this is how it looks for now. The government has announced a panoply of economic measures to support businesses, but it hasn’t done as much to cater for future casualties. We know of a stimulus plan to the cost of Rs 9 billion, but are we aware how much has been invested in health-related facilities?
* The measures proposed by the government in its ‘Plan de Soutien’ in favour of economic operators do not appear to convince everybody; it’s said such measures have been tried in the past to no effect. What do you think?
I see the ‘Plan de Soutien’ as comprising both monetary and fiscal elements. The decision to slash 50 basis points off the repo rate was an early monetary measure aimed at stemming the brewing economic crisis. In my view, it may help alleviate the financial burden of businesses, but it will do little to stimulate the economy since the real sector of the economy (that is, the sector where goods and services are produced) is sick and down.
Then came the ‘Plan de Soutien’ as we know it. The government will be injecting Rs 9 billion: Rs1 billion will come directly from the Consolidated Fund; Rs 2.7 billion will be in the form of equity participation by SIC, the government’s investment arm; and the remaining Rs 5 billion be provided by the Bank of Mauritius to support short-term loans to small and medium enterprises at the below-market interest rate of 2.5%.
Except for the Rs 1 billion from the Consolidated Fund, which represents a fiscal measure, the government’s demarche cannot be described as a fiscal stimulus package. The proposed measures will do little to protect the economy from the unfolding crisis. The equity participation by SIC will only shift business failure from the private sector to the government — since we all know the dismal record of SIC in managing public sector investments! The Credit Support Scheme of the Bank of Mauritius will be funded by a Rs 5 billion savings bonds, which will reduce liquidity in the economy and dampen spending— this at a time when consumption is seen as the lever that could sustain the economy.
All of this illustrates the limited fiscal space that the government is currently facing. I’ve warned repeatedly about the government squandering resources on populist measures instead of consolidating the economy and building up its arsenal to face rainy days. Government’s recurrent spending has increased continuously to over Rs 130 billion for the financial year 2019-20. With public debt reaching 70%, government’s ability to borrow is severely constrained. And we can now appreciate better why digging out Rs 18 billion from the central bank’s reserves last year to pay off debt was such an ill-inspired step.
The government has acted utterly irresponsibly in managing public finances. Gouverner, c’est prevoir! They are learning that lesson at their expense — and, sadly, at the people’s expense— now!
* It has also been argued that such measures are mostly meant to compensate the corporate sector for their losses or lower profits and little has been provided for the workers. In fact, despite the ‘Plan de Soutien’ it would appear that layoffs in the tourism industry have begun. Are these inevitable?
Let us recall the fate of the fiscal stimulus package put forth by the Labour government to deal with the financial crisis in 2008-2009. There are horror stories of big businesses guzzling up government funds and shutting down the very next day, laying off thousands of employees, who needed additional government funding to be supported through their ordeal.
One wonders how the funds now proposed through the ‘Plan de Soutien’ to help struggling businesses will be used. Who will benefit from them? Will they be the usual suspects, the very same companies that have benefited from government contracts and other favours under the present regime? Time will tell. We can only hope that history doesn’t repeat itself!
As I said before, I believe government funding should be used primarily to protect employment. This can be through support to businesses that cannot pay their wage bill. This measure is in the spirit of the support advocated by The Economist, which calls for direct support to the people in the wake of the pandemic. Existing SMEs already have other schemes at their disposal to finance working capital. We don’t need another Credit Support Scheme —unless that is a device to give away loans to cronies, only to be written off later!
Some layoffs will be inevitable, especially by companies that were already in bad shape even before the coronavirus pandemic struck. However, I believe that the bulk of jobs — in the tourism industry, in retail and in the manufacturing sector — can be safeguarded. This should be the government’s utmost responsibility, and it will be judged on this score.
* If the “Plan de Soutien” does not convince, what else can the Government do, or should do?
Times of crisis put the political wit of a nation to test. I believe the government has responded rather timidly to the crisis so far —whether in terms of protecting lives or protecting livelihoods. Human life should take center-stage, and the government should invest massively in health care so as to treat every Mauritian in fairness and dignity.
The ‘Plan de Soutien’ is not robust enough. It should have provided dedicated resources to help companies pay their wage bills and keep every employee on the payroll. Unfortunately, the government’s fiscal space is limited by past over-spending and reckless borrowing. However, it can raise bridging finance by imposing a solidarity levy on the most profitable sector — the banks.
* Published in print edition on 20 March 2020
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Starting up a business in any industry can be such an exciting and scary time. A long list of to-dos and a short amount of time create pressure and stress. Make sure you give some thought to your Office IT as you kick off your business to ensure you reduce the number of issues you encounter as your business expands.
Backup – It is imperative to keep your data safe whether it be your invoicing, employee or client data. Data protection rules require you to keep all client information secure, accurate and up to date. This data is key to your business so keep it safe by ensuring you have backups. Look at it like insurance. A backup is not a copy but captures more than a simple replication of files so if the worst happens and your computer won’t turn on one day, you can restore everything you need for your business with a backup. Also ensure your backups are running automatically and regularly and you know how to restore it so as not to waste time.
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Located southeast of Iowa and northeast of Missouri, the Wyaconda River is a 5th order spring. From surveys back in 1988, there were around 45 species of fish in the area which makes this an interesting go to place for fishing enthusiasts.
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It’s eight years since I last visited high royds. Back then much of the site was still undeveloped and awaiting conversion to housing. Fast forward 8 years and only the grand administration building remains dormant. Extensive clean up works to the exterior were carried out a number of years ago but since the internals of the building have continued to decay and it’s generally in a sorry state. The original clock mechanism has since been replaced with an electrical unit.
High Royds hospital is a now-closed psychiatric hospital in the village of Menston, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was first opened on 8 October 1888, as the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, and was closed on 25 February 2003.
A truly magnificent example of Vickers Edwards architecture, it is arguably the finest example of the broad arrow layout.
The administration building, which is Grade II listed, is now considered something of a show piece at the former hospital, which is situated on a 300 acre site at the foot of Rombalds Moor.
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2. December 2017 at 23:19 #5459
I’m trying to make work the Fatal Racing game, which executes fluently with the highest settings on my notebook. But on my tablet Samsung T580 the game has FPS <10, even on the lowest settings.
I have executed the http://magicbox.imejl.sk/forums/topic/benchmark/ and https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/misc/doombench.html. The tablet score is ~2250, the notebook score is 1300. So the difference is not big.
On PC, I use D-Fend Reloaded. The game takes ~10% CPU on EmulationCore=Auto and CpuCycles=Auto. When I change to CpuCycles=Value, I have to set Cycles=~150000 in order the game runs fluently.
On the tablet, I have tried many different settings, but the game is still unplayable due to very small FPS. I have tried also CpuCycles=Max. When I set CpuCycles=Custom, the biggest performance is for ~35000 cycles, but the FPS is still very small.
Why is the performance difference between MagicBox and D-Fend Reloaded so big, even though the benchmark difference is relatively small. Even though the CPU power difference is not so substantial?3. December 2017 at 9:22 #5460
Score 1300 and 2250 is big difference. I can try the game on my shield tablet with score 1100 and will see. And you compare two very different operating systems and cpu architectures. See from table how big difference is between nvidia cpu and snapdragon. And see how was alex able tune his note 4. It is all about cpu and how is utilized by system.
Edit : I run it on my tablet, but I dont know how to control car. Car wont move. Probably I don’t know how to setup it. But I see how cars are driving around me and all is fluent. Then I switched to svga and it is a bit slower but seems still well playable. I used sound blaster 2.0 and svn core.3. December 2017 at 10:00 #5461
I see that the difference is not “negligible” :-). But as the notebook score is better no more than twice, I would expect that FPS would be higher no more than twice, with the same game detail settings. That’s why I was asking why there is so big difference in FPS between the two systems.
Also, as the benchmark is based on Doom “real-clicks”, I would expect the score to be linear – two times lower score means two times faster machine (from the Doom perspective). As this is not the case for the Fatal Racing, does it mean that the PC version of DosBox is more optimised? For instance, that it is able to make better use of the GPU? Or that the PC version is able to execute pieces of code in the notebook CPU directly, while the Android version has to emulate everything?3. December 2017 at 10:18 #5462
Before, I had measured the Doom benchmark on my notebook somehow incorrectly. Now I ran it again, and the score is ~310. I am not aware of any changes in dosbox settings, maybe the notebook switched to the better (of the two) graphics cards automatically. But now the performance difference between the notebook and tablet is very substantial, which could explain everything.
Edit: That low tablet score I obtained because I had limited the CPU cycles to 50000. Now, when I set CPU cycles to Auto, I got the much better score. That was my fault, sorry.3. December 2017 at 11:42 #5463
I think, magic dosbox has more optimizations then desktop dosbox. Big difference is caused by cpu settings. Cpu power plan is different on tablet and on desktop pc. Or nvidia shield tv (which has not battery and is still connected to power) and shield tablet which optimizes cpu usage in runtime.
As was said in benchmark thread, switching to governor gains more stable cpu speed. And in expert settings you can set cycles=max 120%
Btw, can you help me with controls in that game? How can I get car moving?3. December 2017 at 12:40 #5464acrosstheline1Participant
With the arrows.3. December 2017 at 12:41 #5465
The only keys you need are arrows, esc, enter and Y. I’ve got left/right at the left-hand side and up/down at the right-hand side.
I’m really curious whether you’ll be able to make that game playable fast enough. With most details off, the game is still on the edge of being playable, for me.3. December 2017 at 22:35 #5474
Ok, I tried on Shield Tv. At vga max settings is perfectly fluent. At svga max settings is almoat playable, however I feel fps drop. I used tweaks : sound blaster 2.0 instead sb16 and i set cycles=max 120%3. December 2017 at 22:54 #5476Al exKeymaster
@xarx the dynamic recompiler for Android is far more complicated due to the big differences between ARM and x86 cpus.
The graphics card has nothing to do with it. Dosbox is running 100% on the cpu. Exception: Glide (no Glide wrappers for Android though), and hardware scaling.4. December 2017 at 9:22 #5482
It is not only about difference between arm and x86. M-HT did very good job in translation. I tried x86 cpus included in mobile phones and they give similar score. Nothing special.4. December 2017 at 13:46 #5486
Ok, I tried on Shield Tv. At vga max settings is perfectly fluent. At svga max settings is almoat playable, however I feel fps drop. I used tweaks : sound blaster 2.0 instead sb16 and i set cycles=max 120%
Probably I had my game configuration somehow corrupted. Before, the sound was fitful/jerky, now it is clean. And the game is now “almost” playable. But the problem wasn’t fixed by setting SB2.0, the game now works even with SB16.
However, my SM-T580 tablet seems to be not powerful enough for this game. The game is playable only with compromises – VGA, reduced screen-size, restricted look-ahead, many features off, and the FPS are still not excellent. I feel like 20 years ago when my PC wasn’t powerful enough to play the game in SVGA.
According to the Doom benchmark, your Shield TV is more than twice faster than my tablet. That’s why the game is playable for you, but not for me.
Anyway, thank you for your help.
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|Title:||Introduction : advancing translation studies through language industry studies|
|Conference details:||10th Congress of the European Society for Translation Studies (EST 2022): Advancing Translation Studies, Oslo, Norway, 22-25 June 2022|
|Subjects:||Language industry studies; Translation studies; Translation; Localization|
|Subject (DDC):||418.02: Translating and interpreting|
|Abstract:||In recent years, the language industry, defined here as comprising the key elements of globalization (G11n), internationalization (I18n), localization (L10n) and translation (T9n), together with interpreting, consulting, project management and tool design, has undergone unprecedented transformation. Primary drivers of change include technological advancement at breakneck speed, a proliferation of language industry profiles to address both existing and emerging societal needs and an increasingly digitized, multilingual global landscape. While translation and interpreting continue to serve as the two key prototypes in the language industry, the respective roles and positions of each in the broader context of language service provision and multilingual communication are witnessing a sea change. In this panel, we advocate for advancing Translation Studies through explorations in the still incipient, industry-informed field of Language Industry Studies. These explorations, in their broadest sense, encompass various kinds of research on the domains, activities, technologies and stakeholders that shape the multifaceted language industry. Contributions are welcome on any facet of language industry studies, including, but not limited to, the following focal points: Translation and interpreting within broader language industry contexts Language industry domains beyond translation and interpreting Forms of automation and their impact in the language industry New competences and roles for language industry professionals Education and training for emerging language industry roles Mapping the field of language industry studies Methods for researching the language industry Establishing bridges and promoting dialogue between academia and the language industry. References Angelone, Erik, Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen and Gary Massey (Eds.). (2020). The Bloomsbury companion to language industry studies. Bloomsbury Academic Press. Cid, Clara Ginovart, Carme Colominas and Antoni Oliver. (2020). Language industry views on the profile of the post-editor. Translation Spaces, 9(2), 283-313. Dunne, Keiran J. and Elena S. Dunne (Eds.). (2011). Translation and localization project management. The art of the possible. John Benjamins. Risku, Hanna, Rogl, Regina and Jelena Milosevic (Eds.). (2019). Translation Practice in the Field: Current research on socio-cognitive processes. John Benjamins. Schmitt, Peter A. (2019). Translation 4.0 – evolution, revolution, innovation or disruption? Lebende Sprachen, 64(2), 193-229. https://doi.org/10.1515/les-2019-0013.|
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Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis
My Alaska Scrapbook is actually my way to dream. I have never actually seen the Northern Lights, but I did become the recipient of some photos of the Aurora Borealis that I just had to Scrap. Hopefully, by Scrapbooking Alaska, this will point me in the right direction and help get me there.
What is the Aurora Borealis?
While I still have not made it to Alaska to see the Aurora Borealis, I have just read a news report that they have been visible even in the southern United States as recently as October 26, 2011. So check out the night sky next time you have a chance and you might just get to see them in person.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the aurora is typically viewed only at high latitudes near the earth's poles where the magnetic field is the strongest. They are a mixture of particles from the sun's solar wind as they interact with gases in the magnetic field in the Earth's upper atmosphere. When the Aurora appears near the south pole they are called Aurora Australis.
Back to the photos of the Northern Lights. I had a lot of them and I just couldn't find the right paper as I couldn't seem to visualize mixing the colors in the photos with the same colors of papers.
Although the photos were spectacular, I felt like there were just too many colors
to find the right papers and I just did not want to use a plain white background.
So I waited a while and it wasn't too long after that when I received a kit of Club Scrap paper titled "Stratosphere"
in April of 2007. This kit was perfect for my Alaska & Northern Lights photos!
Well,I did have a lot of photos and there were nearly all the same color combinations. As part of Club Scrap's monthly kit, they also have available cutting templates
for using their paper and embellishments to make what I call "Naked Layouts" - layouts without the photos! Club Scrap calls it ALSB - Assembly Line ScrapBooking
. I love their idea and it's a great way to get wonderful layouts without investing a whole lot of time or creative energy.
An interesting concept. I actually get to put everything together and do the fun part without having to be so creative
all the time. I tend to burn out on creativity after doing a lot of scrapping - I begin to wear out my ideas after about 10 pages or so and this process fit's the bill quite nicely in this case.
So my process for putting together what turned out to be my Alaska Scrapbook
was a great test for this Assembly Line process
and my stash of Northern Lights Aurora Borealis Photos.
After I finished up the Scrapbooking Alaska's Northern Lights layouts, I liked them so much, I ordered some extra large Colossal size paper from Club Scrap
in the same colors as the layouts, and the fixings for a scrapbook and actually made the entire book to go around the layouts. That's my Cover at the Top of This Page
Alaska Scrapbook Layouts Featuring Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis.
Letter Fonts & Ribbon Embellishments
This first set of Alaska Scrapbook Layouts used the letter stickers down the left page for a border to spell out the name "Northern Lights".
The ribbon that came with the Embellishment Kit
was used down the sides of both pages to create a border effect.
The Tag which says "No Dreamer is ever too small, no Dream is ever to Big."
What a great tag to display my feelings about wanting to see the beautiful State of Alaska!
Red Line Tape & Micro Beads
These two layouts above used a technique with "Red Line Tape" or "Extra Sticky Tape"
which is very, very sticky. The tape was applied along the swirl shape on the background paper and then I applied Raspberry colored micro-beads
to the tape.
These beads and tape were also supplied with the Embellishment Kit
and the instructions for doing this on the layout were provided with the Assembly Line instructions, so you not only get a great set of layouts, you also get all the tips on how to do the embellishments.
Double & Triple Matting
The layouts on these two page used no additional embellishments
, so I decided to double matte
the three photos on the right side.
Since I had a number of smaller photos that were similar, I matted them together on one large matte.
These photos had a lot of lime green tones combined with a lot of the pink so I mixed the pink and lime for the background papers.
Several of these photos are double matted.
The first mattes are made of patterned paper with a solid matte
directly under the photo. This helps to separate the photo from the background design and tone down the activity for the eye.
Also on these pages, several of the photos are offset from the first mattes.
You can get creative and you don't always have to place your photo within the matte boxes. Scrap outside of the box!
Here again, very little embellishment. The layout on the left again uses the technique of double photos on one matte.
The layout on the right uses not only a double matting on the one photo, but a photo frame from the Embellishment kit, and 3 blue brads on the bottom left of the photo.
Background Paper Cut Along the Design
These two layouts above get away from the square nature of layouts and cover the lime background paper with pieces of the patterned paper cut on the curve and taped to the lime green.
Again, there is the single matte, double photo techniqueTags are used on these layouts
and were pre-printed from the Embellishment Kit, as was the ribbon attached to the hole
in each tag.
Printed Tag Embellishments
These last three layouts for the Alaska Scrapbook, both above and below use printed tag embellishments, and both round and square brads
as embellishments alone or to attach the tags.
I hope you enjoyed getting to look at these Alaska Scrapbook Layouts. I had fun doing them and the entire process, using the Assembly Line process from Club Scrap, took only 3 hours!
I actually did 24 total layouts for my Alaska Scrapbook and I believe that's a record breaker for speed and good quality layouts.
Normally, I do not use all of my Assembly Line Scrapbook layouts from a kit to fill an entire scrapbook, even if it is all the same theme. I usually end up with pairs of layouts from different kits, but this Alaska Scrapbook just worked out that way. I also have another full themed scrapbook done with Assembly Line Scrapbooking using another Club Scrap kit at the
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As a collegiate athlete, I spent a great deal of my time at practice and travelling to and from games. My commitment to athletics did not permit me to gain much work experience in the business world. I knew I wasn’t going to be a professional athlete and that eventually, I would be competing for a career with many other graduates. My coaches told me that my participation in collegiate sports would help me later in life, but I wasn’t exactly sure what they were talking about. Would making a free throw or running sprints help me in my career? Like so many lessons in life, I was learning more than I knew at the time. Here are some of the transferable skills I gained from playing college sports.
My teams were made up of people who spoke different languages, held dissimilar beliefs, and grew up in every environment, from the inner city to small farm towns. We all came together and worked toward common goals as one well-oiled machine. Our individual differences were small compared to the team goals we shared. Just as important as it is to any sports team, a successful business must also embrace diversity and encourage different points of view to effectively pursue a common goal.
When our team arrived at an opposing team’s campus, the home team employed every strategy possible to defeat our team. We rose to the challenge together and overcame obstacles in our pursuit of success. We didn’t always win, but just like in the business world, we had to show up every day ready to perform at our highest level.
After a long day of class lectures, exams, and walking around a large campus, all I wanted was to take a nap! Personal discipline drove me to get up and attend classes in the morning, go to practice in the afternoon and study every evening – even on game nights. In the business world, every hour counts. Scheduling the day and prioritizing tasks is a critical part of running a successful business.
Most college players were the best on their high school team – if not in their entire state – but it is rare for a freshman to be the top player on a college team. It was a drastic change for me to pick up a new team strategy while observing from the sidelines. I learned patience, humility, perseverance, and how to accept and apply constructive criticism. In the business world, adapting to changing circumstances, being a problem solver, and maintaining a positive attitude are key to building a rewarding and successful career.
College athletes often have a very high-profile role both on campus and in the community. When I wore my jersey and the school colors, I knew my actions reflected upon my team and the university. Because of this visibility, athletes have a responsibility to represent more than themselves and serve as was a brand ambassador every day. In the business world, a company’s reputation is an important aspect of its overall success. And, just as important is how employees represent their brand to the communities they serve.
In conclusion, companies today are looking for employees who can collaborate well on diverse teams, compete at a high level and effectively manage their time. Each team member must passionately commit to personal career growth, learn from others and represent the company’s brand. I didn’t realize it until I started at Enterprise 17 years ago, but I had been learning these lessons since my early years playing college sports. I am grateful to the coaches who challenged me and grateful that Enterprise recognized these traits that could help me and many other former college athletes succeed in the company. | <urn:uuid:41f35063-29b4-40bc-abc2-c648ed41c0ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://careersblog.enterprise.com/5-unexpected-ways-that-college-athletics-prepared-me-for-a-successful-career/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.982942 | 740 | 1.804688 | 2 |
There is a .zip file right beneath this text. The file contains a pdf file that
has more detailed description of the task, two data sets, as well as some useful
Note: the larger data set files are megabytes in size, and loading them into
memory may take close to 20 seconds.
Download the zip file
containing exercise files and instructions. Implement the shortest_path
function and submit your degrees.py file.
Test your program with the name pairs provided in the instructions
before you submit your solution! You can run the program with the following
python degrees.py large
You can get extra help on different possible command line arguments with the
python degrees.py --help
DO NOT print anything extra from your function! Grader will compare
the printed output of your program to the model solution. If the outputs don't match
you will receive zero points!
Your code should be able to resolve the degrees of separation between ALL
the name pairs in under 5 minutes including the time it takes to type the names.
If your code takes too long to find the answer the grader will timeout
and you will not receive any points!
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Emergency pet care begins with attempting to define what an emergency is in terms of pet health. This can be more difficult than one would anticipate because what constitutes a crisis is usually defined by the pet owner.
The representation of a crisis, so, can vary widely based on that individual’s past experience, their understanding of what’s normal, and the degree of this human-animal bond. An emergency can normally be divided into two broad categories. The first is usually an obvious emergency e.g. Pet is run over by a car or bitten by a known poisonous snake. In such cases, the pet has been fine up.<!-more
The second broad category is the “end-stage” of a health condition and for most people, this is a lot more difficult to recognize as a crisis. In these cases, the pet might not have been 100% healthy for a period of time, but this may not have been obvious or the pets changed behavior was deemed to be of no consequence.
An example here would be a man cat with a parasite that is blocked.
The signs might have been around for a few hours or days (e.g. spending long periods in the litter box) while the condition developed. However, no urine can be passed by the kitty and once the urethra becomes totally blocked, the situation becomes a life-threatening one.
It’s most likely very little you can perform out of a first aid point of view to the second broad group of crisis. Is to have the animal to a vet as fast as you can. Call if possible to alert the vet to the situation and attempt to write regarding the pet’s behavior over the past few hours/days/weeks.
For most pet owners, pet emergencies are a traumatic encounter usually undertaken in a blur of action. You push yourself to slow down and think by writing everything down. Once at the vet
The written notes reduce the chance of you forgetting to inform the vet something that might be of importance. Keep in mind that the vet will have, although you might be in an agitated state
To ask you a range of queries in order to concentrate the search for a diagnosis and institute the right therapy.
Category one crises like wounds, snake bites, heat stroke etc lend themselves more to first aid procedures. This does not mean you should delay receiving skilled assistance and contact Hillcrest Animal Hospital as quickly as possible as emergency pet care is only.
Emergency Care In Animal Hospitals
A hospital has a different edge over veterinary clinics in the sense that it is competent, and fully equipped to take care of all kinds of pet care especially emergencies. This makes it the preferred choice among pet owners who have pets with particular needs or requirements.
Emergency pet care is taken very seriously at a vet practice. They strive to possess more than enough equipment and staff on hand to deal with all kinds of situations. In this guide, we will highlight a few of the services a clinic provides to pets. It is almost always a fantastic thing to be well prepared and understands the kind of services offered. Pet owners will find this information very valuable.
• Scan and X-Ray Services - Crucial for Diagnosis
Most veterinary clinics just don’t have the ideal equipment to conduct thorough scans and x-rays on a pet. Hence they advocate a pet be examined at a hospital for any medical illness or symptoms. A veterinary hospital can accommodate different kinds of pets. They have the capability to conduct in-depth brain scans and X-rays of all parts of the human body to spot prospective fractures, broken bones or ailments.
• Pet Surgery - It Saves Lives
Surgery is one aspect no one looks ahead to whether it involves pets or humans. At times it may be the sole solution to rescuing a pet’s life. A vet clinic has a fleet of surgeons working round the clock to take care of different kinds of surgeries. These surgeries may be associated with muscle tissue, bones or any other organs. Some injuries may require immediate surgery. A hospital is a lifesaver in such circumstances.
• 24 Hour Around The Clock Pet Care
Veterinary clinics are bound by specific hours. They are a 24-hour medical facility that responds to all types of emergencies at any time of the night or day. Pet emergencies oftentimes occur out of the blue and sometimes. Due to this, pet owners view hospitals with respect and the reassurance that pet care that is good is right around the corner whatever the time and just how dire the situation.
• Qualified Staff and Veterinarians
Speaking of good pet care, a veterinary hospital is equally as good as the team and doctors that operate it. The same goes for vet clinics. But a hospital employs a team that is larger and contains experts in its fleet capable of managing all pet crises.
If your pet has a specific medical condition or disease, it’s almost always a good idea to consult the regional veterinary clinic for several of the types of pet solutions they provide. A pet’s health and wellbeing is the responsibility of your owner and in situations such as these, it is always a good idea to be ready for the expected and the unexpected.
How To Deal with A Pet Emergency On Your Own
Perhaps you have had an injured pet, or wondered precisely what you’d do in order to present pet emergency care should it become mandatory? If your pet is hurt, the very first thing you will want to do is comfort him in a calm way. Remember that if your pet is injured, he is perplexed and scared so be careful to avoid being scratched or somewhat. Read the following tips to Ensure You’re Ready to provide pet emergency care if the situation arises:
• All Injured Animals Can Bite
Never presume that even the gentlest pet will not bite or scratch. Anxiety and anxiety can make animals dangerous and unpredictable.
• Take Caution
Don’t attempt to hug a wounded pet, and keep your head away from its own mouth. He could be scared by Attempting to get close to the animal or amplify the pain.
• Be Gentle
Perform any test gradually and lightly and stop if the pet becomes agitated. Take action attentively and exceptionally slowly In case you have to move the animal. It may be best to leave him alone till you can get assist if your pet seems competitive.
• Get a Hold of this Vet
Call your vet or emergency veterinary clinic before moving your pet. Before you arrive, that way they’ll be ready for you. You can request the veterinarian for any suggestions for how to look after your pet’s injury and fill out their new patient forms.
• Contemplate Muzzling
You may think muzzling your pet when he is not nausea to reduce your chances of being bitten. If you don’t have a genuine muzzle, you can use gauze rolls or towels, stockings for puppies. Cats and other tiny animals can be wrapped in a towel to restrain them. If you wrap themmake sure they have space.
• Take Care of Injuries
If at all possible, attempt to stabilize accidents before moving the creature by splinting or bandaging them. In case your pet has been aggressive until you get additional education from a 21, you might choose to wait.
• Transport Safely
While hauling your wounded pet, keep it confined in a small region to reduce the risk of further injury. Pet carriers work nicely, or you may use a box or other container.
• Be Ready
Even if your pet has never been hurt, you should always be ready for this kind of situation. Pet carriers, bandages, muzzles and your vet’s phone number available. Pet crises will go, when you have these things ready.
By following all of these steps, you need to be able to provide standard pet emergency maintenance and receive your pet safely to a medical professional. The crucial thing is to take care and be cautious; all creatures have the capacity to scratch and bite when they are hurt, even if they’re usually gentle and calm. You can’t need to present emergency care that is pet, but if you do, then prepare yourself beforehand. | <urn:uuid:a9a48f00-b908-4a9b-9e14-58f670fc8c30> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.peggynash.ca/how-to-handle-pet-emergencies.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.950796 | 1,687 | 2.515625 | 3 |
In the two weeks since Home Depot first announced it was investigating a possible data breach at its stores, a whole lot of information has come to light.
The retailer confirmed that malware has been present in its payment systems since April. Thursday, the company released a statement in which it confirmed just how many customers’ payment cards could be at risk: 56 million.
The statement reads, in part:
To protect customer data until the malware was eliminated, any terminals identified with malware were taken out of service, and the company quickly put in place other security enhancements. The hackers’ method of entry has been closed off, the malware has been eliminated from the company’s systems, and the company has rolled out enhanced encryption of payment data to all U.S. stores.
Like the numerous other brands that have suffered data breaches in the last 12 months, Home Depot has set up a hotline for customers to call to set up free credit monitoring. | <urn:uuid:12d3587b-e899-44b5-94e3-4d908031e603> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.prdaily.com/home-depot-56-million-cards-involved-in-hack/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.979125 | 193 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Trump delivers campaign pitch to leaders of historically black colleges
President Donald Trump told leaders of historically black colleges and universities Tuesday of his “fierce dedication to strengthening HBCUs.” He insisted his “administration’s commitment is bigger and better and stronger than any previous administration by far.”
“This nation owes a profound debt of gratitude to its HBCUs,” he said in a speech to more than 40 representatives from HBCUs across the country gathered in Washington for the White House’s Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
His remarks were greeted warmly by an audience that nevertheless took pains afterwards to separate themselves from the other portion of the president’s remarks to them — Trump’s campaign-like pitch touting himself to African-Americans.
Pointing to what he said were record-low unemployment and poverty rates for African Americans, Trump at one point asked who on a presidential debate stage “is going to beat these numbers?”
“I think it’s important to stay focused on the money and not on the message,” said Austin Lane, president of Texas Southern University, which will host Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate. “We’re here to find out, most importantly, if there’s money to access, where is it and how do we get it.”
A number of HBCU students and community membershave been critical of their leaders for working with the Trump administration, saying they’re getting too close to a presidency that has continually insulted the black community. HBCU leaders defend their decision to maintain the relationship, saying working with the administration is key to securing the federal funding necessary to keep their universities running.
“With every administration we pledge to work well,” said Katara Williams, chief of staff for the Southern University system, which pointed to the Trump administration’s role in securing loan forgiveness for the more than $300 million in aid it received alongside other Louisiana HBCUs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. “Any advancement that we can get in terms of providing additional access through scholarships or grants...we’re very grateful.”
In the administration’s earliest days, Trump said he would make HBCUs a “top priority.” But the relationship has been inconsistent. Little more than one month into office, he moved the White House Initiative on HBCUs from the Department of Education to the White House — something black leaders called for under the Obama administration.
Proponents of the move saw it as a good-faith decision by Trump and a sign that he was open to both listening to their leaders and delivering results. More than half of the administrative offices for the initiative, however, remain in the Department of Education.
Like most university leaders, HBCU presidents have courted presidential administrations regardless of their political leanings. On average, historically black institutions rely on the federal government for half of their total annual revenue to operate.
That’s left HBCU leaders in a bind when it comes to their relationship with Trump. They’re leery of alienating the administration even as the president maintains an approval rating among African-Americans of just 9 percent, according to the most recent CNN/SRSS poll.
Aware of the potentially negative optics of appearing too close to the president and his administration, one HBCU president who requested anonymity told POLITICO that while HBCU leaders actively attended the week’s business meetings, they did not participate in a public photo opportunity.
Most sought to keep the focus on the challenges facing their institutions — not on the president’s rhetoric.
“This conference is separate from the president’s vision,” said Anthony Jenkins, president of West Virginia State University, who said he did not attend Trump’s remarks due to a scheduling conflict. The president’s support, he continued, “Is one part of a piece of pie. It is one sliver of what needs to be done. It’s going to take a comprehensive, joint effort.” | <urn:uuid:4fa1eed4-1202-4f35-94fe-54a056039b22> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/10/donald-trump-campaigns-black-hbcu-1488751 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.960882 | 853 | 1.59375 | 2 |
By physiotherapist Hannah Harboe
When we cradle an infant in our arms or rock them in a cradle or pram, the child will often settle. The rocking movement is a gentle form of vestibular stimulation that has a soothing effect.
The vestibular receptors are loaced in the inner ear. They register acceleration, rotation and the perpendicular. Via our sense of the perpendicular we perceive whether our body is upright.
Vestibular stimulation is effective from the foetal stage. The unborn child's vestibular receptors are stimulated passibely by the mother's movements. The foetus also has active vestibular stimulation via his/her own movements.
The child's active movements in the womb tell the mother how the child is doing. If foetal movements disappear or become too violent or continuous, the mother will ususally interpret these as warning signs, and she will seek medical attention to check if her unborn child is OK. Once the child is born, we react to violent movement by consoling the infant with cradling. Cradling is a non-verbal response that we use to console and regain contact with the child.
Vestibular stimulation regulates muscle tension. While gentle, rhytmic stimuli make us relax, rougher stimuli tend to make us tense. In other words, vestibular stimulation is important. It helps us to learn precisely how much muscular tension is needed to perform a given activity. Registering vestibular stimuli is therefore also important for our balance.
The effect of gentle passive vestibular stimulation is to soothe. This is universal. Every child recognises it. Such stimulation is termed “passive” when the child does not stimulate himself/herself but someone else offers the stimulation and the child can focus on responding to it. Gentle vestibular stimulation affects both physical and mental equilibrium. It can help us to find peace at both levels.
Gentle vestibular stimulation affects both physical and mental equilibrium. It can help us to find pease at both levels. We observe that people all over the world who are in deep mourning or frustration automatically rock to and fro to calm themselves and restore equilibrium.
Lying in a Minitop gently rocking to and fro has the same soothing effect. Cradling helps the child to unwind. He or she relaxes in response to the rocking movement. An older child can achieve the same effect in a Top. The adult sits behind the Top to prevent it from rotating a full turn. If the Top rotates, the child will roll upside-down.
Teddy arrives at the clinic with his mother. It is obvious that they had a conflict on the way here. Mum tries to explain so that Teddy understands what is going on but he is absolutely furious and sticks his fingers in his ears. He neither can nor will listen. I sit Teddy’s Mum down and give her a cup of coffee. With as few words a possible, I usher Teddy into the other room and lift him into the Top with a blanket and a cushion. I tell him he must try to relax and enjoy lying in the top without talking.
I sit behind him and initially rock the Top energetically to and fro. As Teddy gradually relaxes, I make the rocking movements gentler. I hum to soothe him all the time. Teddy soon relents to the rhythmic rocking movement and relaxes more and more. After five minutes, Mum enters the room. I signal to her to come and sit with me and help rock the Top. Once she is accustomed to the rhythm, she takes over. After 10 minutes, all three of us begin to sing a nursery rhyme. When we are done, Teddy and Mum are both smiling. Then I explain why cradling is beneficial when you are
in turmoil. As adults, we have to learn to refrain from talking and explaining when a child demonstrates frustration and anger at a level, at which we feel our explanations fall on deaf ears. When the child has calmed down, he or she is better able to comprehend our words and follow our directions. We discuss the situation quietly and the child can learn from it, gaining experience that makes him/her better able to tackle a similar situation in the future.
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Lent 2021: What America’s editors are giving up (or taking on) this year
The last year has been one of loss. We have lost jobs and school and money. We have gone without hugs and handshakes, grandparents and parties. Most tragically, we have lost hundreds of thousands of lives—many of us have lost some of our closest and most beloved companions on life’s journey—all without access to the traditional rituals of mourning.
The season of Lent gives us space to reflect in a new way on the suffering that has resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic. The traditions of prayer and fasting and almsgiving help us to unite our own suffering with the suffering of Christ. But after a year in which we have already given up so much, one could be forgiven for asking: Do we really need to give up chocolate, too?
We asked America’s editors and staff for their thoughts on how to make the second Lent of the pandemic feel fruitful when, after an exhausting year, it too often feels that we have nothing left to give.
I think people have given up enough this year, in terms of lives, health and money. In fact, I can’t think of another year in which so many have sacrificed so much in so many places. God always welcomes our sacrifices, if they’re done out of reverence for and a desire to undergo a metanoia, or conversion. But this Lent, God might be just as happy if we spent more time in prayer—one-on-one time with God. And a counterintuitive Lenten practice would be to commit to calling to mind what you’re grateful for every day. This is part of the Ignatian examination of conscience, but in this case it’s focused on simply being thankful. Every day, why not think of three things that you’re grateful for? Call them to mind, savor them and thank God for them. Even in the midst of a pandemic, in the face of personal stress and during the season of Lent, God is offering you love, mercy and compassion every day. Take time to notice it. And let your heart expand in gratitude.
James Martin, S.J., editor at large
This year has been one of extreme social isolation, which has been tough for me as an extrovert. In an effort to ward off the loneliness (and avoid anything that leaves me alone with my thoughts, like prayer), I’ve been watching a lot of TikTok. Who needs quiet time when you could have a never-ending stream of videos algorithmically tailored just for you? Last week, in an effort to prove that I wasn’t totally addicted, I removed the app from my phone and ended up revisiting some of my favorite spiritual poets, like Rainer Maria Rilke and Hafez. Reading their poems felt like having a long, slow conversation about God with an old friend. While I probably won’t give up TikTok, I’d like to spend more time with God in poetry this Lent.
Colleen Dulle, assistant producer
At first I started to write, “ I do too much! Do less!” But that’s really not the answer. My life is full. I’m editing for America, writing plays, promoting a new book, working with Crown Heights Mutual Aid, engaged in faith sharing groups, mentoring young men and heroically (and awe-struckedly) wading through 900 pages of Infinite Jest. It’s all good stuff. What I would like to do is give up the unreflective, one-after-another way I sometimes do these things. I’d like to be more mindful about my life; to end the day remembering that the day had something to do not with just “fulfilling tasks” but meeting the divine—no matter how mysteriously—in all that I do.
Joe Hoover, poetry editor
In a year in which I have had more reasons to pray than perhaps any in recent memory—for help, for guidance, for patience and even in gratitude—I have found it very difficult to do so. Like everyone else, I am exhausted. I am stressed. I worry that when I turn to prayer, God might ask something more of me, when it feels I have already given every ounce of energy just to get through from one thing to the next. But I also know that in avoiding prayer I find myself drained in different, more soul-wrenching ways. This Lent, I want to put a renewed focus on my prayer. And I want to be generous about what that means. I will make no requirements about the style or length of the prayer, just that it must be daily and intentional and that I bring my whole self to it. This Lent I will stop holding God at a distance.
Kerry Weber, executive editor
This Lent I will stop holding God at a distance.
Every time Lent rolls around and I begin to think about what I am “doing,” I’m filled with dread and weariness. I burned out on anything resembling faith-homework years ago. But I still have some positive regard for intention-setting. Unlike a discipline or goal, intentions do not force me to quantify or monitor my progress. No one is keeping score, and if I fail to hit the mark one day, I can resume my practice the next. So with that in mind, my intention is to get more rest. So much more becomes possible when I am rested—that is, when I get at least 8 hours of sleep, limit my screen time and engage in deeply restorative activities like walking, cooking, talking with a friend or taking a long bath. And I believe God can accomplish so much more through me when I am not running on empty. So this Lent I will be gassing up.
Maggi Van Dorn, producer
Everything has changed in this year of Covid-19, including our spiritual lives. For some, it meant holding fast; while for others, it has been a time of unmooring. For the great majority of us, the experience has been somewhere in-between. For Lent, the usual practices don’t seem to apply, as so much has been involuntarily “given up.” What can we do? When Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani) was a boy, his mother taught him this prayer, the sentiments of which he adhered to throughout his life: “Lord, take me as I am, with my faults and with my sins, but make me become as you wish.” Perhaps we could make this our prayer as well. In it, our faults are offered up to God along with the good that we do. We may not know what our efforts lead up to, but we can trust God will make something beautiful out of them.
Joseph McAuley, assistant editor
When I was 20, a college sophomore, I was suffering from early-onset something. Kidding. I was just exhausted out of my mind. And ceaselessly anxious. As our own Joe Hoover S.J. writes in his new book, O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?, “A Jesuit priest once said that most spiritual desolation is fatigue.” These pandemic days, I still feel like that wrecked kid, and I think God has always been telling me that God really wants me to be O.K. That’s a step toward being Christ in the world. If I can help myself to be a little more O.K., I can probably help someone else to be a little more O.K., too. That does mean giving something up: the late nights. When I tried this at 20, the first night of Lent brought my first and only nightmare episode of sleep paralysis. The devil wants you to be exhausted.
On top of sleep, a bonus practice: Thanks to the recommendation of our director of photography, Deniz Demirer, I’m going to read The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky for the first time, before Easter. “Read it right around Easter,” he told me. I’m a pretty good listener.
Erika Rasmussen, Joseph A. O’Hare Fellow
The devil wants you to be exhausted.
The most abiding advice I’ve ever received is also the counsel I’ve least heeded. “The routine will set you free.” Those were the enlightened words that a Jesuit priest offered me as I started my Jesuit training almost 15 years ago. Routine has never been my thing. Or that’s what I have always told myself. If I’m honest, I admire (more like envy) those who plan their days meticulously; daily checking off their to-do list of prayer, workout, work, cook, clean, watch series, squeeze in another workout and even manage to take on an online course. How do they still manage to get to bed by 10 p.m. and rise sprightly the next day, to do it all over again?
I have often tried to lead my life with such mechanical efficiency, but despite early energy and success, I run out of steam: fail one day and then the next—and quickly give up. But in my limited success at getting a routine down, I have noticed something: It usually falls apart at either end of the day. When I am able to resist the late-night urge to doomscroll in bed and check Instagram, and when I go against my inclination to hit the snooze button, the routine isn’t actually such a chore. As we begin Lent, in a year where everything has been off kilter, I invite you to join me in honoring the wayback words of the sage who once gave me the key to freedom. Let us charge our phones at the other end of the room (or in another room altogether), far from the bed. Rather than sliding our fingers down the length of our screens, flooding our heads and hearts with the distressing morning news reports, let’s first say “Hello!” to Jesus.
Ricardo da Silva, S.J., associate editor
I have never been great about giving things up for Lent; so unlike, well, the entire rest of the planet, I’m definitely not among those who might consider themselves off the hook this year. I have beaucoup buckled Lents to make up for.
And even when I was successfully giving something up, I usually had an eye on a personal gain of some sort. So for example, back in my smoking days, that meant surrendering tobacco for Lent, because it turns out that stuff is bad for you. I never tried to give up drinking because I like to make commitments that are in the realm of the possible.
During my child-rearing years, which, per my Dad’s example, apparently don’t end, I’ve tried to be mindful of my own worst paternal habits, like blowing my top with my kids. Giving up wrath for 40 days could be hit or miss, but some years I did achieve a mindfulness that often lasted minutes past Easter. So, yes, I plan to have another go at that this Lent.
But in a year during which many have given up so much, it’s also true that some of us have gained a few things too. And this Lent I plan to make time to appreciate those things. For me, working from home and forgoing the dread Manhattan commute has been a major, unanticipated bonus. No, there have not been heart-stopping epiphanies or magical resolutions of various inter-Clarkian conflict. There has just been so much more time, time to experience my kids in day-to-day interactions and conversations, time to enjoy glimpses of humor, kindness, wisdom or devilishness and the millions of mundane moments I missed out on during 10 years of Manhattan commuting.
I’m pretty glad to have had this Covid time together; I would not give it up for anything.
Kevin Clarke, chief correspondent
I have beaucoup buckled Lents to make up for.
At its heart, Lent is about making sure that we strengthen our relationship with God. That’s easier said than done, of course. This Lent, I’d urge everyone to take this time to re-evaluate their relationship with God. Find ways of growing closer to him. Find ways to be a better Christian, even when we’re all constrained in the confines of our homes. Find ways to be the person you know you should be. It’s easy to fall into vice and sloth when no one can see you. Challenge yourself to make sacrifices, to do the hard things, to be better, even when you’re outside the view of others. Then we can start being the same people we are in the light even while we are still in the dark.
Kevin Christopher Robles, Joseph A. O’Hare Fellow
I am not a positive person by nature, and I am usually frustrated by the way our society frames positivity as a value. When I hear someone pay another a compliment like “she’s always smiling,” it feels a little bit wrong; it’s hard for me to imagine that anyone is always smiling, mostly because I know that if I always had a smile on my face, that would be disingenuous. Usually, I am prone to analytical thinking and (incessant) talking about the things that are wrong in the world, a little part of me believing that if I analyze a problem within an inch of its life, maybe I can make some meaning out of it. But as a pessimist with a high tolerance for sad talk, even I have been exhausted by the constant negative conversations of the past year. I’m still not partial to a “positive spin”; I don’t think it does any good to pretend that we aren’t facing isolation and loss every day. The reframing that I will try this Lent, though, is about hope. The present is a mess, but I am going to try to turn my thoughts to the future, to how things can and will be better in the months ahead. Easter promises that to us, and I’m challenging myself to hope for the gifts that are still in store.
Molly Cahill, Joseph A. O’Hare Fellow
I went to Catholic school for 12 years and feel guilty when I miss Mass, even during a pandemic, so it should come as little surprise that I take a conventional approach to Lent. I give up something, and for the last several years it has been the same thing: beer. It is a tradition I inherited from my father, who made this sacrifice every year. (Though Sundays didn’t count for Dad, of course. And St. Patrick’s Day.) This year, I have every reason to skip it. Who could argue with me, a home-bound, father of two small kids, if I decided to keep to this small routine? (Miller Lite, mostly, with the occasional I.P.A. mixed in.) But Lent always reminds me of Dad, who passed in 2006, and this year I need that memory. When the kids are stubborn. When an unexpected bill arrives. When tomorrow seems like anything but another day. So like Dad, I will skip the nightly pilsner—and pour myself a glass of wine.
Tim Reidy, deputy editor in chief
I will skip the nightly pilsner—and pour myself a glass of wine.
At the risk of sounding like that person who answers the interview question “What’s your greatest weakness?” with a cop-out like “I work too much,” I think I might work too much. Or at least I don’t not work enough. Like many people, I have been lucky enough to work from home over the past year. But like fewer people, I live in a studio, which means my office is also my bedroom, living room, dining room and kitchen. Wherever I am, I can see my laptop and hear that Pavlonian Slack notification, and it’s not like I have anything better to do during a global pandemic, so I might as well get a headstart on tomorrow’s tasks. I love my work, so this has worked out just fine over the past 11 months. But I do worry about what I’m not making time for when I hop into a Google doc at 8 p.m. to make edits on the third-to-final draft of Joe Hoover’s meditation on mindfulness. Like bingeing “Bridgerton.” Or praying.
So this Lent, when the workday is done, I will turn off my notifications, hide my laptop in my closet and make some time for myself, for the ones I love and for God.
Ashley McKinless, executive editor
I found out Lent was around the corner last week and almost burst into tears. What am I supposed to give up for Lent when I have absolutely nothing else left to give? It really felt like God was asking for too much from me, more than I was capable of giving. So instead of agonizing over what to give up or what to add to my life, I decided my Lenten practice would be to live intentionally, to be present to what the day was asking of me and nothing more. I’m really good at worrying about all the things that are yet to happen but not so great at relishing the present moment. This Lent feels like a really good opportunity to spend time in the now and offer that day, each individual day, to God.
Vivian Cabrera, assistant editor
This Lent, the thought of giving up something else just seems so daunting this year. As a working mother trying to juggle the countless Zooms, endless meal making, virtual schooling, nonexistent alone time and social events, I can’t fathom giving up my self-indulgent vices—a good IPA beer or sweets. Rather, this Lent, each day I will identify and write down three things I am grateful for. Some days will be far easier than others, but I know that each brings me countless graces—even those marks from Sharpie markers on the walls.
Heather Trotta, advancement strategist
Almost a year ago, at the end of the pandemic’s first Lent, I said in an Easter Sunday homily for my Jesuit community that we could draw courage from the example of Mary Magdalene and the other disciples who went back to the tomb, even before they had any idea that they would find it empty. The strength of the Resurrection was alive in their faith before any concept of it had clearly entered their minds.
As we approach the beginning of a second Lent under pandemic, my prayer is still there, asking for the courage to hold onto faith in the face of so many unknowns. And so what I’m trying to give up—or better, to discipline in myself—this Lent is the drive for immediate certainty. When will we get vaccinated? How soon until it’s possible to travel? Can I go see my family? When will things get back to normal?
The only honest answers, right now, to these deeply important questions are: We don’t know. Not quite yet. Sooner than when I asked yesterday.
So I’m trying to live with that “sooner” as a promise and a hope, a dependence on God’s grace, rather than grasping at the latest news story as if it’s an answer, a hostage to my own need for certainty. Practically that means, both when I get up and when I go to bed, turning those unknowns over to God, praying in gratitude for all those who are working to bring those answers closer and praying for faith even as we don’t know yet how close they are.
Sam Sawyer, S.J., senior editor
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3 Quick Ways To Burn Calories Without "Exercising," Trainer Says
If you still want to get into shape but kind of despise going to the gym, we totally get that and have you covered with some quick ways to burn calories without exercising. Gear up for activities that aren't necessarily classified as your typical, mundane "exercise" but will still help you get up and active. We chatted with Victoria Brady, a personal trainer on Fyt, who offers three ways you can torch extra calories and have fun while doing it! (For those who don't already know, Fyt is the largest personal training service in the nation that makes fitness under the expert guidance of an in-person or virtual, certified fitness professional convenient and accessible for everyone.)
Read on to learn more about these quick ways to burn calories without exercising. You may not feel like you're getting an effective workout in—but you sure will be! Say goodbye to the mundane and hello to some physical activity you'll actually enjoy. And next up, check out The 6 Best Exercises for Strong and Toned Arms in 2022, Trainer Says.
Brady says in order to burn extra calories, you need to get your body moving more often. Dancing is a truly stellar way to accomplish this. "On average, you can burn up to 200 or more calories in 1 hour of dancing," Brady says. The best part? "No equipment or gym membership is required. All you need is some good music and some space to get your groove on."
Visit an indoor trampoline park, or do a routine of your own on a rebounder
Adults can totally join in on the fun at an indoor trampoline park with their kids. Jumping at a trampoline park is a solid way to torch a bunch of calories, give your metabolism a boost, and get stronger without feeling like you're "exercising." Plus, if you're a parent, Brady says, "This is a great way to kill two birds with one stone by spending time with your kids and staying active."
You can also consider signing up for a trampoline workout class to strengthen and tone, or you may want to invest in a rebounder of your own so you can stream some fun routines in the comfort of your own home.
If you enjoy gardening, you're in luck, because you can tend to your beautiful blooms while burning calories at the same time. Brady says gardening is typically overlooked as a form of exercise, but it should be on your radar. For that matter, lawn work in general will help you torch calories and check something off your to-do list.
"Whether planting new flowers or mowing the lawn, you can get the same amount of burn (if not more) as walking on the treadmill or doing a 20-minute cardio HIIT class," Brady says.
For more mind and body news, be sure to check out Shrink Belly Fat Faster In Your 40s With These Free Weight Exercises, Trainer Says and "Unhealthy" Exercise Habits That Can Actually Shorten Your Life, Expert Says.
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Motor Control Circuits
Generally speaking, basic control circuits are used in starting, stopping, sequencing, and safety automatic interlocking of equipment and machines. The control circuit consists of relays, relay contacts, contactors, timers, counters, etc. Control circuits can also be configured or programed in the PLCs.
This is done, using ladder logic diagram, statement lists, or control flowcharts software, by representing the logical conditions, sequences, and interlocks required for operating equipment or a machine in an automatic sequence.
- Basic control circuit for DOL (direct-on-line) starter
- Star-delta 3-phase starter
- Autotransformer 3-phase starter
Figure 1(a) shows a typical circuit for a DOL starter for a three-phase motor. A full-line voltage is applied across the windings with this starter. The rating of motors which can be started direct-on-line depends on the capacity of the distribution system and the acceptable bus voltage drop during starting.
In large industrial systems it is not unusual for even a 200 kW motor to be DOL started especially when fed by a transformer of 1600 kVA or higher. However, when a motor is fed by an LV emergency generator, DOL starting has to be planned with due consideration to starting voltage drop.
Figure 1(a) shows the circuit with a three-phase power supply (L1, L2, and L3), main circuit fuses (F1), main contactor (K1), and an overload protection relay (F2) for a three- phase motor.
The motor can be started by the following two methods:
- Momentary contact control with press and release type pushbutton
- Maintained contact control with press and latch type pushbutton.
Momentary contactor control
Figure 1(b) shows a momentary control circuit to start and stop the three-phase motor using a DOL starter with a start and stop pushbutton S1 and S0 respectively.
The control circuit consists of:
- Overload relay (F2) NC contact,
- NC contact of stop pushbutton (S0),
- NO contact of start pushbutton (S1) connected in series to the main contactor (K1) coil.
The control supply for the circuit passes through a control fuse (F3). The main contactor coil gets the phase line (L1) through the control circuit only when all the contacts are closed.
In this case, when the start pushbutton is pressed, the control circuit is closed and the main contactor is energized.
Maintained contactor control
Figure 1(c) shows a control circuit to start and stop the three-phase motor using a DOL starter with a single pushbutton (S1).
The control circuit consists of an NC contact of overload relay (F2) and NO contact of a toggle type switch (S), connected in series to the main contactor (K) coil. The control supply for the circuit passes through the control fuse (F3).
The circuit shown in Figure 2(a) is the main circuit for the star–delta starter and Figure 2(b) is the control circuit.
Usually, a motor has the tendency to draw 500% higher current than the full load of normal current from the supply line during startup. This in turn increases the starting torque that is higher than normal, which can result in a mechanical damage.
To avoid this, reduced voltage starters are used. Star–delta starters are also used when a weak system cannot support the DOL starting of a large capacity motor.
The starting current (line) when using this method is reduced by factor of 3 (i.e. 200% in place of 600%). The starting torque however also reduces by a factor 3. This method is therefore not suitable for loads with high inertia or those that require high starting/break away torque.
During the startup in a star–delta starter, the winding is connected in a star configuration with contactor K1 and K2, which applies reduced voltage (approximately 58% of rated). Then after a while, connect the windings in delta configuration with contactor K1 and K3.
Star–delta starter working
The main contactor K1 will energize only when the control circuit fuse (F3), backup fuse (F1), and the overload relay (F2) are healthy and the start pushbutton (S1) is pressed.
Reduced-voltage configuration (star configuration)
Star–delta timer coil (K4) gets power through fuses F3, F1, NC contact of stop pushbutton (S0), and NO contact of start push button. As start PB (S1) is pressed, the timer coil K4 will pickup and in turn energize the star contactor coil K2. The main line contactor (K1) coil gets power via the NC contact of S0, NO contact of S1, NO contact of K2 and remains latched unless the stop pushbutton (S0) is pressed.
Now, the main line contactor (K1) and the star contactor (K2) are in a pickup condition, which will drive the motor in the star configuration.
Full voltage (delta configuration)
As the time duration set on a K4 timer (star to delta timer) elapses, the contactor coil (K3) is picked up and at the same time, the star contactor (K2) is de-energized.
Now, the main line contactor (K1) and the delta contactor (K3) are in a pickup condition, which will drive the motor in a delta configuration.
Figure 3 shows the autotransformer three-phase starter circuit. This type of starter circuit uses an autotransformer to apply reduced voltage across the windings of the motor during startup. Three autotransformers are connected in the star configuration and taps are selected, to provide an adequate starting current for the motor.
After a certain time lapse, full voltage is applied to the motor bypassing the autotransformers.
The working of an autotransformer
The fuse (F1) and the overload relay (F2) provide protection to the main circuit. Similarly, the control circuit has the fuse (F3) and overload relay (F2) NC contact.
Reduced voltage configuration
In this circuit, the contactor (K5) will pickup when the start push button is pressed and will remain latched until the stop push button is pressed or the control circuit fuses or the motor trips on overload.
As K5 picks up, it will energize the timer relay (K4) coil. This in turn will energize the contactor K1 coil. The closing contactor K1 contact will energize the contactor K2 coil. So, contactors K5, K4, K1, and K2 are in an energized condition at this stage. This will result in starting the motor through an autotransformer at a reduced voltage and with star configuration because of the contactor K1 and K2.
Full voltage configuration
As timer relay (K4) time lapses, it de-energizes the contactor K1 coil. At the same time contactor K3 coil is energized, this will in turn de-energize the contactor K2 coil.
The motor will now run at full voltage as contactor K3 is in a pickup condition.
If in the interim, the motor trips on overload, then the control circuit has to be checked, so the motor restarts in a star configuration and at a reduced voltage after the overload reset.
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Conservation of this region is paramount – it is estimated that up to 90% has been converted to pasture, urban areas, and agricultural crops. The limestone bedrock of the Edwards Plateau helps to contribute to the distinctiveness of the biota. An array of species are specialists on limestone habitats, including caves. Some of the largest assemblages of cave-dwelling bats anywhere in the world, indeed the largest aggregations of mammals anywhere in the world, roost in several of the large caves of this ecoregion. Millions of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) use these caves as maternity roosts, creating a globally outstanding phenomena. The high number of endemic invertebrate cave species also qualify this ecoregion as a global hotspot for cave-dwelling species. The aquatic vertebrates endemic to the Plateau include the widemouth blindcat (Satan eurystomus), San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana), Comal blind salamander (Eurycea tridentifera), Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni), Blanco blind salamander (Typhlomolge robusta), and the Texas salamander (Eurycea neotenes).
This ecoregion also ranks among the top ten ecoregions for reptiles and birds. The Edwards Plateau Savannas contains most of the breeding habitat for an endemic migratory warbler, the golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), which nests only in mature oak-juniper savannas, or cedar brakes. Some important breeding habitat for the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), a species endangered by habitat loss, occurs in this ecoregion. A disjunct population of maples (Acer spp.) occur in mesic pockets, an unusual example of a relict population in a presently dry region.
Only about two percent of the remaining habitat in this important ecoregion is considered intact. Important ecological processes such as fire have been suppressed, leading to changes in vegetation structure and composition. Extensive soil loss has contributed to changes in the disturbance regimes of riparian communities. Overgrazing has fragmented and eliminated native grasslands and contributed to the expansion of woody species. In addition, groundwater depletion has impacted several of the region’s important aquifers. The southern and western portions of the Edwards Plateau are heavily altered by major encroachment of shrubs as a result of fire suppression. The eastern section of the plateau is in better condition and contains much second growth. | <urn:uuid:9a2195ed-9135-4da6-b4d0-0174d4d6c3a1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bennetttrust.tamu.edu/2016/09/30/learn-about-edwareds-plateau/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.898192 | 558 | 3.828125 | 4 |
PLACEMENT CELL AND SOFT SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
The Training and Placement Cell imparts training to students from the first year onwards giving emphasis to motivational skills, communication skills, interpersonal relationships, leadership qualities and other soft skills, group discussions and interview techniques. Resource persons and professionals from reputed Management Institutions along with college faculties train the students. The Placement Cell also helps the weak students to improve their academic performance by counseling. Department of English helps the students improve their communication skills using the language laboratory. These trainings help students to develop their overall personality so as to face the interviews confidently, and secure a job easily. The cell maintains good relationship with various industries and research institutions in the country and helps the students to do their project work as part of the curriculum and also send the students for implant training and visit. The cell arranges Entrepreneurship Development Camps and guest lectures by inviting experts from industries and organizations. These help to maintain good industry institute interaction and students benefit greatly by such interactions. The Placement Cell maintains very good relationship with all leading IT companies such as Infosys, TCS, Wipro, CTS, IBS, Satyam, US Technology, HCL etc. The cell organizes combined campus recruitment programmes involving students of neighboring institutions. The cell also sends the students to participate in the combined campus recruitment programmes organized by other institutions and professional organizations. Thus every student gets ample opportunities to get placed in reputed IT and other companies even before leaving the campus. The cell also helps the students to get overseas employment. Students get the services of the Cell even after they leave the campus until they get placed. The Cell makes use of the help of the alumni to get the students placed. | <urn:uuid:e47cfb90-8ffd-4488-b01c-8129c7d84186> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gemscollege.in/placement.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.957136 | 354 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Robert Atkinson 1883-1952
was an architect who was educated at Nottingham School of Art and became assistant to architect John Belcher, first opening a practice in London in 1907. He was also a talented draughtsman and illustrator who worked for garden designers C.E.Mallows and Thomas Mawson. In 1924, he entered into a partnership with the Ecole des Beaux-Arts trained Alexander Frederick Berenbruck Anderson (1888-1968), a move which reinforced the American Beaux-Arts nature of his practice. In 1932, he became a director of the Building Centre, and, stylistically, the practice moved from Beaux-Arts and neo-Georgian into a very accomplished brick modern, particularly for cinema and housing work.
Stockleigh Hall (1934–36)
for which Atkinson won the RIBA Bronze medal for 1937. The block contained 60 flats varying in size from 2 reception rooms, 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.
The Architectural Review said: The flats are grouped in 6 blocks, each with its own entrance from the courtyard to passenger and service lifts, and the layout takes the form of an open courtyard with the south side open towards the park, so that each flat enjoys a direct view over the park from some of its rooms.
The building is faced externally with soft toned red brick with stone dressings, the ground floor of the Prince Albert Road and courtyard frontages being faced with artificial stone. The canopies over the entrances are in reinforced concrete covered with copper. The entrance lobbies are paved and lined with travertine marble and the entrance halls leading to the lifts are panelled in flexwood – Australian walnut. All doors in the principal rooms are of flush type, veneered in Australia walnut. The dining rooms and living room are arranged en-suite divided by large walnut doors in four leaves. The floors of the living rooms and halls are in hardwood. Bathrooms are fitted throughout with coloured fittings of the latest pattern and with tiled dadoes. Kitchens fully equipped and tiled to a height of five feet. Heating is by low-pressure hot water, provided by two sectional boilers. The internal cloakrooms and maids’ bathrooms are ventilated to conform with the London County Council bye-laws by separate fans placed on the roof of each block.
Oslo Court (1936–38) Listed Grade 2 by English Heritage
Architectural Review said ‘It was decided the whole of the building should consist of two room flats, and consequently the problem was to find means whereby as many flats as possible should have a direct outlook over the park; of the 125 flats in the building 112 have a direct view. There is a basement and seven floors of flats, which are planned with a living room, bedroom, kitchen, internal bathroom and a small hall with coat cupboards. Each flat has a balcony and a restaurant is provided on the ground floor for the use of tenants. The steps and surround to the entrance doorway are in travertine marble with the outer lobby doors in teak and the inner swing doors in walnut. The rents vary from £140 to £250 per annum, according to position’.
English Heritage call it ‘a long L-plan International Modern block, planned in depth on a narrow site between Charlbert and Culworth Streets with narrow 2-bay ends to Prince Albert Road and Regent’s Park to the south. All 125 flats have one bedroom but there are 5 flat types. — almost all flats have a private theatre box-like balcony to south, off the return of its main window, which gives a view of Regent’s Park. The block is built of reinforced concrete and brick infill and cladding with a flat terrace roof. There are Crittal metal casements, bent around the corner on the Prince Albert
Other work in the area:
The White House in Albany Street were the first flats he built near St John’s Wood.
Regency Lodge (1938 –40) 107 flats in 9 blocks each with a store room in the basement. Ramps from Finchley Road and Avenue Road lead to a service court where there is an underground garage for 100 cars. Facing bricks are of a light plum colour with raked out joints and stonework is cream-coloured cast stone. The building is decorated with stylised representations of tools and fittings.
Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham
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Wearable sensors can be printed directly onto skin at room temperature
Flexible electronics have opened up some interesting possibilities when it comes to wearable sensors that can be applied to the skin, taking the form of tattoo-like films and sleeves that monitor various aspects of human health. Scientists at Penn State University have now developed one they say can be safely printed directly onto the skin, where it can track things like body temperature and blood oxygen levels, before being washed off once the job is done.
The new printable sensors build on earlier work by the same researchers, in which they developed flexible circuit boards for use in wearable sensors. But a key part of this process involved bonding some of the metallic components together at the kinds of temperatures not well tolerated by the human body, at around 572 °F (300 °C).
This scorching hot sintering process is what had prevented the team from printing their flexible circuit boards directly onto human skin, but it may have now found a way around this problem. The key is what the scientists call a sintering aid layer, which acts as a kind of buffer and enables the materials to bond together at far safer temperatures.
The winning formula for this layer consists of a polyvinyl alcohol paste combined with calcium carbonate, materials found in peelable face masks and egg shells, respectively. This layer serves to smooth out the surface of the skin and allow a very thin layer of metal patterns to be printed directly on top at room temperature, which is then set with an air-blowing device.
This flexible circuit maintains its electrochemical properties and can be tuned to continuously record data on temperature, humidity, blood oxygen and heart signals, according to the team. Once the job is done, the sensor can simply be washed away using hot water.
“It could be recycled, since removal doesn’t damage the device,” says Huanyu Cheng, who led the research. “And, importantly, removal doesn’t damage the skin, either. That’s especially important for people with sensitive skin, like the elderly and babies. The device can be useful without being an extra burden to the person using it or to the environment.”
As it continues to improve its device, the team hopes to tailor the technology to monitor symptoms of COVID-19.
The research was published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
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In this paper, a new concept for rock mass involving distributed discontinuities in the body is proposed, so called the damage mechanics theory for rock mass. The effect of distributed discontinuities is characterized with a second-order symmetric tensor (the damage tensor), which was originally proposed by S. Murakami & N. Ohno in their creep damage theory for metal. The damage tensor is built in the system of a continuum mechanics theory, and plays a role of transformation operator for the Cauchy stress. Since the damage tensor is introduced as a field variable in addition to stress and strain, one may need one more field equation which governs the propagation of damage. We propose a form of the propagation equation. The theory is applied to a few typical problems and the results are compared with ones of other numerical schemes. | <urn:uuid:04f405e3-f2b6-4752-a999-188b6145ac5c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://okayama.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/damage-mechanics-theory-for-discontinuous-rock-mass | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.96184 | 169 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Pope Francis said he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump would re-think his decision to end a programme protecting undocumented immigrant children, saying it was important for young people to have roots.
“One hopes that it is re-thought somewhat,” Francis said on Monday in answer to a question on the plane returning from Colombia about the programme started by his predecessor and known as Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
He spoke about DACA and the problems of immigrant families in general, adding that he wanted to learn more about Trump’s decision.
Trump’s move this month to end the five-year-old programme instituted by former President Barack Obama plunged almost 800,000 young people, known as “Dreamers,” into uncertainty.
It drew criticism from business and religious leaders, mayors, governors, Democratic lawmakers, unions and civil liberties advocates.
Trump said during his election campaign he would end DACA if he became president.
Recently, 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s decision.
It claims Trumps decision was “motivated, at least in part, by a discriminatory motive” against Mexicans, who are the largest beneficiary of the programme.
It points to his statements from the 2016 presidential campaign..
“In the end, young people feel like they have no hope. And who robs them of hope? Drugs, other addictions, and suicides – youth suicides are very high – and this happens when they are torn from their roots,” Francis said.
“The relationship between a young person and his roots is very important. Young people, who have been uprooted today, are asking for help,” he said.
He appeared to take a swipe at Trump when he said: “The president of the U.S. … presents himself as a man who is pro-life.
“If he is a good pro-lifer, he understands that the family is the cradle of life and you have to defend its unity.”
The pope has already clashed with Trump over immigration issues, such as the president’s intention to build a wall on the border with Mexico and deport undocumented aliens.
Francis, the first Latin American pope, has made defence of immigrants a major plank of his papacy.
The pontiff said during the presidential campaign that a man, who thought about building walls and not bridges, was “not Christian”.
Trump, who grew up in a Presbyterian family, shot back saying it was “‘disgraceful” for the pope to question his faith.
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When a fan says they prefer to read ‘hard science fiction’, what do we take this to mean? It is effectively a demand that the stories they read accept various limitations such that they will then accord with the reader’s conception of scientific knowledge. If this description is accurate, we might better understand ‘hard science fiction’ as meaning orthodox science fiction.
The phrase ‘hard science fiction’ has always troubled me, because it seems to represent a contradiction in terms. Science fiction, by definition, is a form of fantasy, one in which scientific knowledge and technology are the inspiration (as opposed to the magical worlds of sword and sorcery, for instance). Fans of ‘hard science fiction’ want to read fantasies in which their understanding of science is not transgressed – this is how the phrase is used. But in respect of the kind of stories that are told as ‘hard sci fi’ – often intergalactic adventures, constrained by the limits of special and general relativity, contemporary biology and so forth – we can be almost certain that our current understanding of science and technology is radically insufficient to allow us to predict with any confidence just what will be involved in such distant and speculative endeavours as interstellar travel.
Consider how wildly wrong the science fiction of the early atomic age was about what was to come: we did not get our promised flying cars, humanoid robots or nutrition pills. Technology was to move in a very different direction to what was imagined by the writers of the 1950s. Similarly, if mankind is to explore beyond the solar system, it will happen at a time and in a way radically impossible to predict now. Even the colonization of our solar system is difficult to adequately anticipate. Not even something closer to home like moon colonies simplifies our task to the point of it becoming entirely straightforward. We don’t have the requisite knowledge or resources to make these fantasies happen, and if and when we do, they will inevitably unfold in a manner that diverges from what we would imagine when thinking about such problems now.
So what exactly is being expected of ‘hard science fiction’? I believe it may be illuminating to interpret the demand for fantasies that do not transgress an individual’s scientific beliefs by considering this strange genre as orthodox science fiction. The parallel with religious doctrine may rankle – science, after all, is not a religion, and talking about it as if it were is therefore misrepresentative. But what is it that we are calling by the name ‘science’ that we can be so sure it is not a religion? Until we understand what the abstraction ‘science’ represents, it would be premature to be certain that it is not functioning in some way as a religion, or at least, as a doctrine.
The mythologist and historian Charles Segal coined the term megatext to refer to the Greek myths when taken collectively to imply a single fictional world, and this term has been taken up and used in the context of modern science fiction and fantasy franchises. Thus Star Trek, Star Wars, Middle Earth, James Bond, Marvel Comics, Dungeons & Dragons and so forth each comprise a megatext. These are all works of fiction, but they function in a manner exactly parallel with historical mythologies. They are not, as Joseph Campbell puts it, living mythologies, which is to say, they are not mythologies that belong to an extant religion (as, for instance, the stories of the Ramayana and Mahabharata are for Hindus) but it is chiefly this element which distinguishes the megatext of (say) Star Trek from the megatext of Native American mythology.
Now science fiction as a whole also functions as a megatext, as does sword and sorcery when taken as a whole, and for that matter superhero stories. Fantasy author Michael Moorcock often quotes a fellow writer with respect to the way genre fiction functions in practice: “Terry Pratchett wisely said that genre is a big pot from which you take a bit and to which you add a bit.” No-one owns the megatext of science fiction, fantasy or horror – it’s a collectively shared mythology (although not a living mythology in Campbell’s sense). Thus science fiction novels take place within the wider mythology of the science fiction megatext. It is acceptable for these novels to feature starships, faster than light travel, teleportation, humanoid robots or psychic powers because these are all part of the wider mythology, even though specific fictional worlds might reject certain elements. It is clear on this reading that ‘hard science fiction’ represents a subset of the megatext for science fiction.
Now it is my suggestion that science itself functions as a kind of megatext. This is not to say that science is purely mythological – far from it. Specific individual acts of research such as the Michelson-Morley experiment or the double-slit experiment have their empirical validation, and provided you accept the paradigm they are conducted within, you will be able to confirm their claims. (Although, of course, most of us do not test these claims: we take it on faith that if the experiment were in error, other scientists would raise a red flag). But when we talk of ‘science’ as an abstraction, we are not talking solely about the experiments or the theories, or any other aspect of the specific paradigm. We are also drawing against a kind of mythological accretion that goes beyond the latest findings of practical scientists and the most recent models of theoretical scientists.
For instance, when something is dismissed as “not scientific” it is not usually meant that it does not adhere to the standards of contemporary paradigms – it usually means that the thing in question is incompatible with the beliefs of people who accept some hypothetical common core of scientific theories and experimental results. So, for instance, the claim that astrology is “not scientific” seems intended to mean that astrology is false under the terms of the abstraction ‘science’, not that astrology isn’t a scientific research programme (I don’t think there is anyone who thinks astrology is a research programme of this kind). This kind of statement isn’t even a claim that “experiments have shown astrology is false” – it is more commonly an a priori claim that the causal mechanisms deployed in astrological practice are incompatible with something being called ‘science’. What is that something?
I believe the something in question is what we might call the science megatext. There is a collection of things that can be broadly recognized as validated by the current paradigms of science – the theories, the experiments, and the metaphysical beliefs that are assumed to underpin both (such as materialism). These form a mythology of science, which includes (for instance) beliefs such as “science evolves towards truth” that Kuhn has demonstrated are not in any way necessary for understanding the practices of scientists. The science megatext is more than the sum of scientific knowledge, since it incorporates in addition to this a mythological stance concerning what science is, what it will be, what it can be, and perhaps most significantly for our current purposes, what it cannot be.
Thus when a person prefers ‘hard science fiction’, they are saying that they want to read stories that are not simply part of the science fiction megatext, but that are consistent with the science megatext. This excludes anything not currently considered plausible by mainstream scientists (such as psychic powers or, for the most part, faster than light travel). One can see here that the science megatext is operating as a kind of doctrine, and the fan of ‘hard science fiction’ is requiring that the fantasy stories they read that are to fit this term will be orthodox with respect to the science megatext. This is why I suggest we can better understand what is meant by ‘hard science fiction’ if we recognize that it is orthodox science fiction – orthodox with respect to the current interpretations of the science megatext.
This is not, I will repeat, to claim that science is a religion. But it is to claim that the science megatext can function as a mythology, and whenever someone (such as Iain M. Banks) claims that science has replaced religion, or has invalidated religion, this comes remarkably close to treating the science megatext as a living mythology. Banks (and others who believe similarly to him) effectively claim that the mythology of science must necessarily replace other mythologies (often as a result of taking the contemporary mythology of the science megatext as unambiguously factual), and this kind of assertion does treat the science megatext as a doctrine. Again, this doesn’t make science a religion – traditional religion, in fact, is neither necessarily nor quintessentially doctrinal – but in the same sense that the political non-religion of Marxism can be considered a religion (as Bertrand Russell and others have asserted) there is an ideology which functions as a scientific non-religion.
There is a sense in which the fans of ‘hard science fiction’ are treating the science megatext as the basis for a non-religion, or at least, as an approved doctrine, and because of this I believe it is not only reasonable but also clarifying to refer to this subgenre as orthodox science fiction. | <urn:uuid:316f50d1-2a5f-4815-afc0-e04f05a19102> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://onlyagame.typepad.com/only_a_game/2011/01/orthodox-science-fiction.html?cid=6a00d83452030269e20148c7c672e0970c | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.958825 | 1,939 | 2.234375 | 2 |
While apparent life-threatening events (ALTEs) in infants are quite disturbing, the best management for these events is far from clear. A recent systematic review of ALTEs in infants was undertaken and included studies from 1970-2011 (J Pediatr 2013; 163: 94-9). The authors ultimately identified 37 relevant studies: 18 prospective observational studies and 19 retrospective observational studies.
- None of the 37 studies yielded “a high level of evidence for diagnostic or prognostic investigations.”
- Risk factors for ALTE: prematurity, previous ALTEs, and suspected child maltreatment.
- Routine screening for gastroesophageal reflux, meningitis, bacteremia, and seizures are “highly unlikely to be helpful in patients who are well-appearing and have no other findings suggestive of a diagnosis.”
- Testing for GERD “is unnecessary in children with ALTEs.” “A positive test does not necessarily inform management because causation cannot be established.” Patients with recurrent ALTEs “may benefit from pH monitoring in combination with symptom recording.
NASPGHAN Consensus guidelines on GERD (2009)
- In premature infants, a relationship between GER (i.e. reflux) and pathologic apnea and/or bradycardia has not been established.Despite a lack of convincing evidence, if pathological apnea occurs in the face of pre- existing reflux, then the following two statements are the most common features:
- Although reflux causes physiologic apnea, it causes pathologic apneic episodes in only a very small number of newborns and infants.
- When reflux causes pathological apnea, the infant is more likely to be awake and the apnea is more likely to be obstructive in nature.
- A diagnosis of an acute life-threatening event (ALTE) warrants consideration of causes other than GER (i.e. reflux).Reflux of gastric acid seems to be related to ALTEs (episodes of combinations of apnea, color change, change in muscle tone, choking, and gagging) in < 5 % of infants with ALTE.
- -J Pediatr 2009; 155: 516. Bradycardia not improved in preemies treated for GER. n=18. Editorial 464 urges not using GER Rx in neonates –outside clinical trials.
- -J Pediatr 2009; 154: 374. Apnea associated with reduction in LES tone in premature infants; therefore, GER may be secondary to apnea rather than the reverse. Small study -12 apneic event in 7 infants.
- -J Pediatr 2008; 152: 365. Compared risk factors with SIDS. One of 153 (0.6%) with ALTE died.
- -Pediatrics 2005; 116: 1059 & 1217 (editorial). Apnea in preemies is unrelated to GER.
- -Pediatrics 2004; 113: e128-132. Apnea is unrelated to GER in most preemies; airway problems due to GERD is hard to establish.
- -J Pediatr 2000; 137: 321 & 298. Poor temporal association between GER & apnea in ALTE patients.
- -J Pediatr 2001; 138: 355. Metoclopropramide/cisapride do not help apnea in preemies with GER
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NanoAvionics, a multinational nanosatellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, announced the successful launch of another Lacuna Space IoT satellite, and a third one being ready for launch at a later date. Operational communications with the nanosatellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) were established shortly after the launch. For this latest mission, NanoAvionics partnered with Germany-based Exolaunch, which provided the deployer and launch services onboard a Soyuz-2 rocket.
Despite the ongoing pandemic, NanoAvionics and Lacuna Space, both based at the UK’s Harwell space cluster, managed to complete all the steps prior to launch, from contract signing to testing and integrating the payload into NanoAvionics’ M3P nanosatellite bus, within eight months.
The payload, developed and built by Lacuna Space, consists of an IoT (internet of things) Space Gateway, able to receive and share data from small, battery powered sensors even in remote areas on the ground or at sea with little or no connectivity. The mission has been part-funded and supported by the UK Space Agency and ESA.
Vytenis J. Buzas, CEO of NanoAvionics said: “Having previously worked together to build and launch the first nanosatellite for Lacuna Space’s satellite system, I’m excited about this latest successful launch. Lacuna's IoT sensor and gateway technology has the potential to open a whole new world of smart applications and collaborating on this has been fantastic, and allowed us to optimise our technology for integrating IoT payloads, too.
“In return, by employing a series of quality assurance tests and using our flight proven and standardised bus, we are able to combine high-quality performance with low cost and short integration cycles – a very attractive combination for our customers as shown by our continued business and revenue growth.”
This latest nanosatellite will join the Lacuna Network, which will provide a global internet-of-things service via a nanosatellite constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) and autonomous sensors everywhere on Earth.
Using LoRa (long range) technology, the de-facto standard for low power connectivity, to communicate with the Space Gateway and batteries similar to those in wrist watches, make the Lacuna sensors low cost, extremely power efficient and able to last for years. And the LoRaWAN protocol allows for the latest security features to be included in devices and across the Lacuna Network. Applications for IoT services via the Lacuna Network stretch from agriculture, environmental, wildlife and marine monitoring to asset tracking and mobility.
Rob Spurrett, CEO Lacuna Space said: “The speed with which Nano Avionics has managed to get this mission integrated and launched is very impressive, especially given all the current virus-related constraints. Thankfully, the back-log of commercial launches is now moving and our next launch after this will be another NanoAvionics platform. On behalf of Lacuna, I’d like to thank everybody at NanoAvionics for their support and professionalism.” | <urn:uuid:d3babd9a-230b-4b69-aed2-03b9afe2c8bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://room.eu.com/community/nanoavionics-launches-second-satellite-for-lacuna-spaces-growing-iot-satellite-constellation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.929182 | 634 | 1.8125 | 2 |
There are many people who, when speaking with a writer, said some variation of, “I have a great idea for a novel,” or “I really wish I could do something like that.” Maybe that has been your experience. The person wanting to write that great idea down, but not knowing when or how. The excuses not to write a novel often pile upon your mind, overwhelming you.
These excuses can cause you to forget about the desire to share a story. Then, you meet the next person who tells you they are a writer and the cycle begin again. This time, though, you will have the secret to starting a novel.
Are you ready? Here’s the secret: You start it. What a cop out, right? But it is more true than you know. So, how do you start it? There are several different ways you can go about it and none of them is the exact right way. There are no right ways come at a novel.
It is all about what works for you as an individual and your style of prose. Here are a few ideas to get you started. The Free Write. Free writing is a stream of consciousness approach to story that is an attempt to mine some precious nugget out of your constantly working brain.
To start, set a timer. It could be an hour or half an hour, but probably less than five minutes, otherwise you might hit on something brilliant and think you have to stop because the timer has gone off. The next free write session does not have to continue that narrative. It can be a totally different topic unrelated to that original piece, but likely tying into it in some way.
You may do it that way or continue your piece from the time before, just adding to what you already have. With the former method, though, you may even expand to a richer vein of an idea than you thought you had in the first place. It can even lead to an idea you may want to use for another project. The free write is the dartboard approach, just tossing something out and seeing if it hits.
The Writing Prompt
Using a writing prompt to start your novel is a lot like a structured free write. It’s still based on stream of consciousness, but you are taking someone else’s beginning, middle, plot point or ending and making it your own.
Some examples of a prompt are, “Have a character that only speaks like a pirate,” “Include these three things: a wrench, a duck and a castle,” or “The end of your story is that the princess is rescuing the knight prompt is a great way to mold your idea and maybe think of it in a different way than you have approached it in the past.
Writing this way is like coming up with the whole story before you even write it. It is a way to find out the crux of your story and a helpful guide without burdening you with too many details that you feel you have to include later.
A synopsis has to have a beginning, a middle and an end to use as your story benchmarks. Here is a very simple one using the ideas from the writing prompt section: “A pirate disguises himself as a knight to get into a fancy party, but so convinces the king of his chivalry, that the king hires him to save his daughter from the evil fire-breathing duck that guards her in the Castle of Doom.
Unfortunately, our pirate only has a wrench to try and accomplish the task. He is steadfast in his eagerness for the treasure the king promises and forges ahead anyway. At the castle, the whole plan goes awry when the duck chases him around. He hides in a room and hears the clanking of a sword on stone. When he opens the door, the princess is there having slain the duck.
The pirate hurt his ankle in the chase and the princess has to carry him out. They split the treasure evenly and go their separate ways.” It is simple, direct and hits all the major points of the story. The synopsis is like a riddle on a treasure map, you can Lise it as a guide to get you to the buried treasure of your idea.
The Character Guide
One of the hardest parts of writing fiction is to make sure the characters are fully fleshed out and can jump off the page at the reader. Sometimes, knowing the character and their motivation well beforehand can el with figuring out how the idea could be plotted knowing this character will drive the story further.
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If you want to spend money on something but you can’t afford to purchase it outright, taking out a personal loan can help you get your mitts on it quicker.
Whether it’s a holiday, a renovation or a boat, sometimes there are things we want to pay for but just don’t have the financial means to do so.
You could patiently save up for those expenses, or you could take out a personal loan.
What is a personal loan?
A personal loan is a financial product where you borrow money from a lender or financial institution, and make regular repayments with interest over the loan term (usually seven years).
While personal loans are a less flexible form of credit than a credit card and don’t offer the same benefits, the interest rates on personal loans are generally far lower than those on credit cards.
Most people use personal loans to pay for things like a holiday, wedding, home renovations or for consolidating credit card debt.
Types of personal loans
There are two main types of personal loans: secured and unsecured.
A secured personal loan is where you use an asset (like a car) to be used by the lender as security against the debt. If you’re unable to repay the loan, the lender can sell the asset to recoup your debt.
A secured car loan is like a secured personal loan except the loan is only used to purchase a car. You can generally use a secured personal loan to purchase almost anything like a holiday, wedding, engagement ring, home renovations and so forth, as long as the value of the asset is equal to or greater than the value of the loan.
A car isn’t the only thing that can be used as security; other assets that can be used include equity in your home, term deposits, or even expensive items like jewellery or artwork however this may vary from lender to lender.
Secured personal loans generally offer lower interest rates than unsecured personal loans because they’re less risky for the lender due to the asset being used to secure the debt.
As the name suggests, unsecured personal loans allow you to borrow money without being required to put up an asset as security for the loan. Because of this, interest rates on unsecured loans are generally higher than they are on secured loans because the lender is taking on a greater risk by not having an asset to fall back on if you’re unable to repay the loan. But that doesn’t mean you can just get off scot-free if you can’t afford to repay the loan: the lender can still take legal action against you if that happens.
Unsecured personal loans allow you to borrow money for any legitimate purpose, whether that be for a wedding, an engagement ring, a car, a holiday, home renovations, funeral expenses, an unexpected bill and so on.
Because you’re not offering up an asset as security for the loan, the lender may ask what you’re using the unsecured personal loan for, which may form part of their decision to lend to you. You may also be asked to give evidence that you can afford to repay the loan by providing the lender with recent bank statements and proof of employment. Borrowers with bad credit scores will potentially be made to pay a higher rate of interest than borrowers with good credit scores. All of this is done to protect the lender.
You can generally borrow up to $50,000 for an unsecured personal loan though there are some lenders who may allow you to borrow up to $100,000.
How to compare personal loans
Not all personal loans are created equally. Here are a few things to look out for when comparing personal loans.
Most personal loans charge an application and ongoing fee, and some are a bit sneaky and will even charge you a fee for getting on top of your debt and making extra repayments. Break costs and missed payment fees may also apply.
Before taking out a personal loan, make sure you understand what fees the lender will charge. Get a full list of the fees that apply: you can find out what fees will be charged by reading the product disclosure statement (PDS). Fees for secured personal loans are often lower than fees for unsecured loans because of the reduced risk to the lender.
You’ll find that interest rates on personal loans are either variable or fixed.
Variable interest rates can be raised or lowered by the lender at any time over the course of the loan term. Choosing to go with a variable rate means that you may not have the repayment certainty that a fixed rate provides.
On the other hand, fixed interest rates are exactly that: fixed, which means you know the rate (and your repayment amount) will stay the same for the duration of your loan which can be great if you’re trying to budget. While locking in a fixed rate means you know your rate isn’t going to go up, it does mean you potentially miss out on an even lower interest rate if your lender decides to reduce rates. As you can see, the decision to go with a variable or fixed rate can be a bit of a gamble.
Secured personal loans generally have lower interest rates than unsecured personal loans, though the interest rate you are charged can depend on your credit rating. Borrowers with bad credit ratings may have to pay a higher rate of interest than borrowers with good credit scores.
Don’t forget to look at the comparison rate when comparing personal loans as this is the true cost of the loan which includes fees.
Most variable rate personal loans allow you to make extra repayments and some fixed rate loans will also allow this, but there may be a limit on the amount that can be repaid early. You may also be charged early repayment fees and an early exit fee for repaying the loan earlier than the initial loan term.
Look for a loan that allows you to make extra repayments without incurring an early repayment fee if possible and ask the lender what their repayment flexibility is like.
Savings.com.au two cents
As with any type of loan, it’s important to do your research and compare your options. Before taking out a personal loan, look for a competitive interest rate with low fees. You should also consider a personal loan that allows fee-free early repayments so you can get on top of your debt faster without being penalised for doing so.
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SHEPPLEY, William S.
SHEPPLEY, William S. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 28, 1896--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 18, 1968). In 1921. William S. Sheppley established W. S. SHEPPLEY AND COMPANY in Chicago using the experience he had gained from working as a salesman in Chicago, Illinois; South Bend, Indiana; and ROSHEK BROTHERS COMPANY of Dubuque. In the next forty years he added to his real estate holdings such companies as Sheppley Bros. Realty Company, Serve Yourself and Save Stores, Home Finance Company, E. H. Sheppley Land Company, TRANSCONTINENTAL SECURITIES CORPORATION and the Main Corporation. He moved his family to Dubuque in 1956 where Sheppley companies operated. (1)
In 1968 as URBAN RENEWAL threatened his businesses, Sheppley, then a member of the city council, bitterly attacked the plans for the downtown area before taking his seat. He died a few minutes later of a heart attack. (2)
He was listed in World's Who's Who in Commerce and Industry (3)
The family business was taken over by Edward SHEPPLEY.
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The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has reported that bank frauds have been reached to Rs 71,500 crore in 2018-19 with over 6,800 cases. In 2017-18, 5,916 cases were reported by banks which involved Rs 41,167.03 crore.
- RBI’s data reported that in last 11 fiscal years, 53,334 cases of fraud were reported by banks involving the amount of Rs 2.05 lakh crore.
- The frauds were classified and analyzed for 13 sectors namely gem and jewellery, manufacturing and industry, agriculture, media, aviation, service and project, discounting of cheques, trading, information technology, export business, fixed deposits, demand loan and letter of comfort
- The Central Vigilance Commission(CVC), an anti-corruption watchdog, undertook the analysis and published a report on top 100 frauds. It focused on the modus operandi, amount involved, type of lending (consortium or individual), anomalies observed, loopholes that facilitated perpetration of the fraud concerned and the systemic improvement required to plug the gaps in the system and procedures.
- Central agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) are also the investigating agencies for bank fraud cases.
Data regarding bank fraud cases as per RBI:
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♦ Headquarters: New Delhi
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Restoring Form and Function
Dr. Kopecki's extensive training as a prosthodontist lets him restore form and function here at Exton Dental, dramatically improving the strength of your bite and the beauty of your smile.View transcript
DR. DAVID J. KOPECKI: As a prosthodontist, the part of the training or most of the training as a prosthodontist is not procedural. It is an understanding of the complexities of the bite, of function. It is the training of the prosthodontist that allows them that extra knowledge to be able to restore and replace the teeth as a whole and restore function back to what it should be. I feel that it behooves someone to look and search out a prosthodontist to come see me if they have needs that are more than just replacing, you know, one tooth or if they have an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed. | <urn:uuid:d9ba152d-1740-4bb2-a9d4-bc2724d398d7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.extondental.com/video/46373-restoring-form-and-function | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.947095 | 193 | 1.796875 | 2 |
1. Malaysia’s Economic Environment
Mergers & acquisitions (“M&A“) exercises are part of a business strategy whereby two companies consolidate to become one entity (in case of a merger) or one company (or individual) purchases assets of or shares in, another company (in case of acquisition). Although the COVID-19 pandemic has strongly disrupted Malaysia’s economic environment, the long-term effects of this economic disruption on M&A activities remain unclear. In the short term, M&A activities have fallen markedly since the pandemic, with only 47 deals valued at US$4.3 billion taking place in 2020, compared to 52 deals valued at US$5.7 billion in 2019. Foreign investors may likely be dissuaded by the hampering of consumer spending as a result of Malaysia’s weakening economy.
In spite of this, Malaysia still remains an attractive destination for foreign investors. Malaysia’s economy is indisputably one of the most open in the world, with a trade to GDP ratio averaging 130% since 2010 and Malaysia’s economy has also broadly followed an upward trajectory since the Asian financial crisis of 1997. Additionally, Malaysia benefits from a high-skilled and English-speaking workforce, which has helped it achieve a rank of 12 out of 190 economies in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report.
Many sectors in Malaysia are open for foreign investors to have 100% equity participation. Such sectors include manufacturing, education, retail, banking and finance, healthcare and logistics services sectors, amongst others. Furthermore, the abolition of the Guidelines on the Acquisition of Interests, Mergers and Take-overs by Local and Foreign Interests in 2009 has essentially removed any restrictions on the foreign ownership of shares in Malaysian companies. Overall, Malaysia has a vibrant and open economy that is friendly to foreign investors intending to embark on M&A exercise. This article will focus on the issues involving investors engaging in acquisition of shares and acquisition of assets concerning private limited companies in Malaysia.
2. Preliminary Engagement Before Embarking on M&A in Malaysia
In addition to a broad review of the Malaysian economic environment, it is crucial for foreign investors to engage with relevant financial and legal advisors to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the Malaysian market, the regulatory requirements and tax implications.
Despite that various sectors are open to foreign investors as noted above, acquisition of local companies in certain sectors is still likely to require approval or review by the relevant ministries and agencies. This is mainly due to the fact that the Malaysian Government (and the relevant regulators) still maintain a large discretionary power over authorising foreign acquisition or investment projects and allowing foreign participation in the economy. As such, regulatory issues are noted as a primary concern among foreign investors looking to expand to Malaysia.
The most common acquisition method adopted by foreign investors is by way of purchasing shares in private limited companies. Acquisition via purchase of shares in a private limited company is increasingly popular as it is less complicated and faces less regulations than share acquisition transactions involving public listed target companies. Often, foreign investors will incorporate a local company to use the same as the vehicle to acquire the shares of the target private limited company. Therefore, it is important for investors to also understand the process of incorporation of the local company. The key regulatory body for companies in Malaysia is the Companies Commission of Malaysia (“CCM”) (equivalent to Registrar of Companies in other jurisdictions), which administers and enforces the conduct and affairs of companies. Investors who wish to incorporate a new entity must first have the names of the entities approved by the CCM followed by an application (in the prescribed form) for registration of the company with the CCM. Azmi & Associates has extensive knowledge and expertise on working with the CCM and are capable of expediting any applications with the CCM, especially applications relating to incorporation of companies.
Besides regulatory issues, other preliminary matters typical in a private share acquisitions include letters of intent, which are usually entered into prior to the signing of any formal share purchase contract. Although letters of intent are commonly described as not legally binding, it is imperative for foreign investors to engage the relevant legal advisors prior to firming up a letter of intent. This is mainly due to the fundamental nature of the letter of intent in private share acquisitions, as it usually establishes the principal terms of the transaction, as well as the provisions which determine the scope for the buyer to carry out due diligence.
Other relevant preliminary agreements include exclusivity agreements, wherein the buyer can impose on the seller not to negotiate with a third party to sell or deal with the subject matter of the sale for a certain period of time. Additionally, non-disclosure agreements are a typical preliminary matter worth noting, allowing protection of sensitive information disclosed by one transacting party to the other.
3. Deal Structure
Firstly, foreign investors should have extensive engagement with its lawyers and tax advisors in structuring the deal for the transaction. One issue relating to the deal structure is the length within which the acquisition transaction should be completed. While there is no legal provision that stipulates the length in which a transaction should be completed, the Malaysian Code on Take-overs and Mergers 2016 (applies to public listed companies) stipulates that the offeree should not be subjected to a longer period than what is reasonable.
Share acquisitions will involve the execution of a share sale agreement (“SSA”), which sets out the structure of the transaction and the process and will typically include conditions precedent to be fulfilled by the transacting parties. Such conditions precedent include governmental/regulatory approval where required by law or is imposed as a condition under any licence issued to the target company. Although there is no mandatory merger notification requirement under Malaysian law, however while structuring the deal, the transacting parties should be careful that the outcome of the M&A exercise must be such that it does not breach any prohibitions under the Competition Act 2010. Otherwise, any instances which constitute anti-competitive agreements or qualify as an abuse of a dominant market position may face enforcement by the Malaysian Competition Commission.
Other conditions precedent may include the completion of due diligence, with the results of the due diligence being satisfactory to the buyer. Azmi & Associates can strongly assist in this area by conducting searches of the company being dealt with in order to ascertain the degree of risk of the transaction, as well as to provide necessary insight into the asset or entity subjected to the M&A exercise by the investor.
It is ideal that the due-diligence exercise takes place prior to the firming up of the SSA, however investors should be aware that it can be typical for due diligence to continue during the drafting and negotiation stage of the SSA, depending on the nature of the transaction. This principle should also apply in case of acquisition of assets, in which due diligence should occur before firming up of the sale and purchase agreement.
4. Negotiation and Agreement
From a strategic standpoint, ensuring that the bulk, if not all of, the necessary due diligence into an asset or entity is conducted prior to finalising the relevant sale and purchase agreement, can put the buyer into a strong negotiating position upfront. This can help the investor/buyer to better dictate terms of the agreement in relation to issues such as identified assets and the liabilities and contracts of the parties involved in the agreement. For share sale, the typical form of consideration is cash consideration. However, there are instances (although very few), where issuance of shares has been used as consideration in recent years.
Finally, the completion of the SSA usually involves the delivery of share certificates and transfer forms, appointment of the buyer’s nominees as directors of the acquired company, resignation of existing directors, and delivery of statutory records. For an asset purchase, the documents which are commonly produced and executed at closing may include assignment of contracts, assignment of intellectual property rights, instruments of transfer for the assets, title documents to the assets, records of the company, the originals of identified contracts, and notices in relation to employment of employees. | <urn:uuid:64132637-8d4c-407d-9ad6-711a1a99435e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.azmilaw.com/insights/9759/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.956573 | 1,645 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Thermocouple is a kind of temperature sensing element, it is a kind of primary instrument, thermocouple directly measures temperature. Two different components of a conductor material composed of a closed loop. Due to different materials, different electron densities produce electron diffusion, and an electric potential is generated after stable equilibrium. When there is a gradient temperature at both ends, a current will be generated in the loop, generating thermoelectromotive force. The greater the temperature difference, the greater the current. The temperature value can be known after measuring the thermoelectromotive force. A thermocouple is actually an energy converter that converts heat energy into electrical energy.
The technical advantages of thermocouples: the thermocouple has a wide temperature measurement range, and its performance is relatively stable; The measurement accuracy is high, the thermocouple is in direct contact with the measured object, and is not affected by the intermediate medium; The thermal response time is fast, and the thermocouple responds flexibly to temperature changes; The measuring range is large, and the thermocouple can measure the temperature continuously from -40~+1600℃; The thermocouple has reliable performance and good mechanical strength. Long service life and convenient installation.
The galvanic couple must be composed of two conductor (or semiconductor) materials with different properties but meet certain requirements to form a loop. There must be a temperature difference between the measuring terminal and the reference terminal of the thermocouple.
The conductors or semiconductors A and B of two different materials are welded together to form a closed loop. When there is a temperature difference between the two attachment points 1 and 2 of the conductors A and B, an electromotive force is generated between the two, so a current of a magnitude is formed in the loop. This phenomenon is called the thermoelectric effect. Thermocouple is the application of this effect to work.
The thermocouple is actually a kind of energy converter. It converts thermal energy into electrical energy, and uses the generated thermoelectric potential to measure temperature. For the thermoelectric potential of a thermocouple, the following issues should be paid attention to:
1. The thermoelectric potential of a thermocouple is the difference between the temperature functions of the two ends of the thermocouple, not the temperature difference between the cold and working ends of the thermocouple;
2. The size of the thermoelectric potential generated by the thermocouple. When the material of the thermocouple is uniform, it has nothing to do with the length and diameter of the thermocouple, but only with the composition of the thermocouple material and the temperature difference between the two ends;
3. After the material composition of the two thermocouple wires of the thermocouple is determined, the thermoelectric potential of the thermocouple is only related to the temperature difference of the thermocouple; If the temperature of the cold junction of the thermocouple remains constant, the thermoelectric potential of the thermocouple is only a single value function of the temperature of the working junction. Solder two conductors or semiconductors A and B of different materials to form a closed loop, as shown in the figure. When there is a temperature difference between the two attachment points 1 and 2 of the conductors A and B, an electromotive force is generated between the two, thus forming an order of magnitude current in the loop. Thermocouples use this effect to work. | <urn:uuid:ea45ae4b-1f17-4d39-b3ed-7f1da68fd413> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ntcsensors.com/Thermocouple_temperature_measurement_and_classification/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.922151 | 732 | 3.9375 | 4 |
Introduction to Project Management
In this Topic, we are going to learn about the Introduction to Project Management. As it’s widely known, Henry Gantt was one of the pioneers of project management who developed the popular Gantt Chart, which is used as a diagram for project management.‘Projects’ are tasks that could be part of our routine lives or any business. Projects could be anything from preparing a meal at home or organizing a vacation tour. And, if it’s business or work-related, developing a website or software, product or a tool, construction of a building can be termed as ‘Projects’.
Thus, the project is an endeavor, with a set of temporary tasks implemented to attain targeted objectives within defined time, scope, resources, and cost. The distinguishing factor between ‘project management and ‘management’ is that the latter is an ongoing process while the former has a definite span of time and deliverable. In simpler terms, ‘Project Management is a process which requires the application of knowledge, skills, and expertise, tools and techniques as well as deliverables to make the project a success so as to attain the desired objectives/goals.
Elements of Project Management
As we learned about the Introduction to Project Management in the above section, so let’s understand the five elements:
- Initiating: The first stage of PM, where formalizing of the project plan, charter and scope are defined so as to determine the cost, resources, timeline, and budgeting for the project.
- Planning: The most crucial stage of all, this stage includes strategist the scope of a project, identifying risks, if any, and developing mitigation plans by creating a set of tasks to administer the project.
- Executing: This is a stage where the project team is ready to launch or administer the project. The tasks are delegated and resumed so as to keep track of the project and efficiently manage the same.
- Monitoring/Controlling: At this stage, evaluation of project performance is undertaken by comparing the real-time results to the defined actuals so as to ensure all the goals and deliverables are met.
- Closing: The last stage of a project where deliverables are surrendered to the customers, forwarding of documents to the business, the release of resources, and notifying the closure of the project to the stakeholders are carried out.
Apart from the above-mentioned phases, project management also includes many discrete functions such as defining project scope, schedule, resources, and budgeting. Procurement, managing risks, communication, and negotiation with the stakeholders also form an integral part of the management of the projects.
Types of Project Management
After going through the wide Introduction to Project Management and the five elements, we are going to explore the different types of project management which are developed to align with the requirements of particular industries or different types of projects. Let’s explore them.
- Waterfall PM: As the name suggests, this is the conventional type of PM that follows the traditional pattern wherein the next task is resumed only after the completion of the previous task. Therefore, project timeline and attention to the sequence of tasks are paramount in this type of PM. In this type of PM, the team size goes on expanding as the smaller tasks are finished and the larger ones begin.
- Agile PM: The IT sector were the pioneers who use this type of PM. Unlike the conventional one, Agile follows the continual process of improvement through monitoring, continuous follow-up, and interactions with the team members as per the business conditions. Thus, it helps in identifying and rectification of errors without having to resume the entire process all over again, which is a plus!
- Lean PM: Lean PM is based on the principle of avoiding waste of time and resources. It practices the methodology of creating more value from less, which is primarily based on the Japanese way of functioning. So, the lean way of PM focuses on adding value by the elimination of everything else that fails to add value!
Role of Project Manager
The Project Manager is the ‘captain of the ship’ who is leading the project team, plans and executes a project. The project manager is required to ensure whether or not the project is in alignment with the customer’s vision and quality standards. The success or failure of the project is bestowed on the shoulders of the Project Manager.
Here are the roles and responsibilities of a Project Manager:
- Identifying and defining the project scope, timeline, resources, and developing the budget.
- Formalizing the identified factors and putting forth the documents, preparing schedules and charts.
- Monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the progress to the stakeholders
- Conducting risk analysis, managing risks, and developing mitigation plans.
- Communicating and negotiating with the stakeholders
- Maintaining the quality standards of a project.
- Monitoring and managing the results as per the defined actuals.
- Closing the project by analyzing the results and communicating the same to the stakeholders.
Want to start a career in Project Management? Here is what you need to know:
As organizations are continually striving to improve the success rates for their projects, there is a substantial and emerging market for skills in project management. Globalization has resulted in a demand for project management roles. Whichever be the industry, project management professionals are in constant demand. Every organization in every sector is in need of project managers. Be it public or private sector, or an NGO, the demand for project managers is increasing. Therefore, keeping it as a career option will definitely land you with many job opportunities in different sectors around the world. Since project management is a job with great responsibilities and requires specific skill-sets, the compensation offered for project managers is quite good.
A professional course/degree in project management would enable to acquire skills in any professional tasks, develops expertise in handling stakeholders, managing risks and resources. There are many different types of certifications available for those willing to kickstart their career in project management. Having said so much about project management and its applicability in today’s world, don’t miss an opportunity to make your dream career in project management!
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May 24, 2019
The UK workforce is increasingly held back by mental health problems such as stress, depression and anxiety. According to a study of 23,000 full and part time workers by Robert Half UK, more than one in eight (13 percent) UK employees are unhappy at work, accounting for more than 4.3 million people. The UK has the highest rate of unhappiness in the workplace among the countries surveyed, including Canada, Australia, Germany and 4 percent higher than in the US. The research claims that one in three (31 percent) UK respondents admitted to finding their work stressful, while one in 10 (12 percent) employees report being dissatisfied with their work–life balance.
This is having a significant impact on the UK’s labour force. The latest data from the Health and Safety Executive’s Labour Force Survey shows that over 15,000,000 days were lost over a 12-month period due to reported mental health problems caused or worsened by work, such as stress, depression or anxiety.
This accounts for over half (57 percent) of total missed days due to self-reported illness. Additionally, burnout caused by stress and anxiety is responsible for over two fifths (44 percent) of all reported illnesses in the workplace.
In response to the challenges presented by mental health issues in the workplace, Robert Half UK has announced a new partnership with Mind, the leading mental health charity in the UK, as their official charity for 2019. Robert Half’s offices around the UK will be supporting Mind through local and national fundraising initiatives and by raising awareness of mental wellbeing among its staff, clients and candidates.
Tips on how to spot signs of employee burnout
- Working patterns – alternative working patterns are often the first sign that your employee is feeling under pressure. An employee could be late to work, or increasingly leaving the office earlier than usual.
- Decreased productivity – an unhappy employee is more often than not a less productive one. If you employee is making more mistakes than usual, or working relationships are becoming strained, this might be a sign that your employee is suffering from stress.
- Interactions with managers or colleagues – while expressing different opinions to colleagues or managers is not in itself a bad sign, an increased frequency could be a result of dissatisfaction on the employee’s part. Alternatively, an employee who isn’t contributing to discussions with managers or colleagues and is remaining quiet might feel equally dissatisfied.
- Increased amount of sick leave as work-induced burnout can result in an increased number of sick days taken.
- Presenteeism – the rise in the number of employees coming into work when ill is a sign of burnout. Meanwhile, employees not taking annual leave could also be interpreted as a sign of burnout.
- Negativity and emotional outburst – it is important to look out for any signs that your employees are expressing unhappiness with their role and how they fit in the company. | <urn:uuid:a956a93a-003f-433b-a87a-d450b1c0f0bd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://workplaceinsight.net/one-in-eight-people-are-unhappy-at-work/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.964936 | 599 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Baldwin was a part of a much bigger corporation known as MediaCorp Inc. and in this market it had a virtual monopoly.Because of the increasing pressure of clinics, non-profit organizations and hospitals, the Monopolies commission slowly began to alter its focus towards MediCorp. Then MediCorp was split into 6 equal firms namely; Chester, Baldwin, Andrews, Digby, Erie and Ferris. All of these firms hired new BODs and young executives( Manager’s Guide 2015).Baldwin Company is involved in the development, selling and design of devices for genetic testing to the medical industry.
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PETA Will Demand a Ban on Cruel Near-Drowning Test on Small Animals
For Immediate Release:
September 9, 2020
Brooke Rossi 202-483-7382
Indianapolis – On Thursday, a PETA supporter wearing a pill bottle costume depicting a drowning mouse and the words “Lilly: Not Nice to Mice” will lead a socially distanced protest outside Eli Lilly’s headquarters calling on it to ban the cruel forced swim test. The “pill bottle” and fellow protesters will point out that the company has terrified 3,400 mice and rats in the test since 1993, with nothing to show for it.
When: Thursday, September 10, 12 noon
Where: 639 Delaware St. (at the intersection with E. McCarty Street), Indianapolis
In the test (see this video), mice, hamsters, or other small animals are placed in inescapable beakers filled with water and made to swim to keep from drowning, purportedly to shed light on human depression. Eventually, often exhausted, they float. The test has been heavily criticized by scientists who argue that floating is not a sign of depression or despair, as some claim, but rather a positive indicator of learning, saving energy, and adapting to a new environment. Statistically, the test is less accurate than a coin toss in determining the effectiveness of antidepressant medications. Between 1993 and 2019, Eli Lilly employees published at least 20 papers and submitted at least 11 patent applications describing the use of the notorious test.
“Eli Lilly needs to accept that nearly drowning mice is irrelevant to human depression,” says PETA neuroscientist Dr. Emily Trunnell. “It must follow the lead of more than a dozen other major pharmaceutical companies, including Johnson & Johnson, and ban this useless test.”
GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, and many other pharmaceutical companies have banned the forced swim test after discussions with PETA.
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Whelks and winkles are two very common species of shellfish found all around the coastline of Britain and Ireland. They do not make the most effective baits as they are small and lack a strong scent trail. Mussels are better shellfish baits, while lugworm, ragworm, peeler crab and so on certainly make better all-round baits. However, in the right conditions (i.e. after a storm when these shellfish have been dislodged from their homes) they will certainly catch fish, and they can also be used to bulk up a limited supply of other bait, or tip-off soft baits such as mussel or crab.
There are two main species of whelk in British waters: the larger common whelk (Buccinum undatum) and the smaller dog whelk (Nucella lapillus). The common whelk, although widespread, is fairly difficult to find as they spend their entire lives underwater and are only occasionally found in the inter-tidal zone. Common whelks can be very large, with the shell being 9 – 10 cm in length at the largest. Dog whelks are much smaller and at around 2 – 3cm in length and live between the low and high tide points. They are abundant throughout rocky coastlines across the British Isles. The larger common whelk is commercially valuable and is targeted by fishing vessels around which drop baited traps to the seabed to catch this species. Due to their size and deeper water location common whelks are not used as bait very often and the rest of this page concentrates on the dog whelk.
Collecting dog whelks could not be easier: simply go to a rocky beach at low tide and take them from rocks by hand. Unlike common limpets which can clamp themselves down with incredible power, whelks can be easily removed from rocks. They can be stored in a tray of seawater in the fridge for a day or two, or can be removed from their shell and wrapped in cling film and frozen for future use. As with cockles, salting dog whelks will toughen them up and make them firmer to use as a bait. Since dog whelks are small it is best to simply pierce the hook through them once and then thread them onto the hook. They are not a highly regarded sea fishing bait and are really only worth trying after a storm when they have been dislodged and fish will be freely feeding on them. However, they do make a good tipping bait all year round with ragworm and lugworm making excellent cocktail baits when a whelk is added to the hook. If good quality bait is in short supply other baits such as mackerel and peeler crab can be bulked up by adding whelks to the bait.
Winkles (Littorina littorea) – also known as periwinkles – are similar to whelks. They are found in the inter-tidal zone of many parts of Britain and Ireland, as well as elsewhere in Europe. In terms of gathering, storage and bait presentation they can be treated in the same way as whelks. Like whelks, they are probably only worth trying as a bottom fished bait after a storm or blow, but can be used as a tipping, cocktail or bulk-up bait at other times. | <urn:uuid:30f864b6-c183-4adb-b684-f5b90ed6fde5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://britishseafishing.co.uk/whelks-and-winkles/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.972145 | 711 | 2.765625 | 3 |
FRAUD ALERT: Financial Relief Scam Targeting Organizations
The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact organizations across the globe. This hardship gives cybercriminals the perfect bait: a promise of financial relief. Currently, cybercriminals are impersonating the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) with a very convincing phishing email. While this specific scam targets organizations in the US, this tactic could be used in any country, for any kind of relief fund.
The phishing email states that your loan application has been approved and it includes a link to “start the funding process”. If you click this link, you are taken to a phony login page that is nearly identical to the SBA's official website for the relief fund. The bad guys are phishing for these specific login credentials to gain access to sensitive data, such as your organization’s federal tax ID and banking information. This type of information, in the hands of a cybercriminal, would be a disaster.
Here’s how you can stay safe from scams like this:
- Never click on a link in an email that you were not expecting.
- When an email asks you to log in to an account or online service, log in to your account through your browser and not by clicking the link in the email. That way, you can ensure you’re logging in to the real website and not a phony look-alike.
- Call the organization in question. Just be sure to look up the official phone number—do not call the phone number provided within the email. | <urn:uuid:4d55383a-ffbe-45eb-bd8f-25632beda6ce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nuvisionfederal.com/blog/blog-post/memberresources/2020/08/14/fraud-alert-financial-relief-scam-targeting-organizations | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.921414 | 325 | 1.953125 | 2 |
The percentage of core STEM apprenticeships started by females has, once again, increased, so that in the 2018-9 academic year one in ten core-STEM apprenticeships were started by females. The number of starts at higher level by females has increased from 200 in 2014/5 to 2,760 in 2018/9.
There was a sizeable year on year drop in the total numbers of core-STEM apprenticeship achievements at intermediate level, and a smaller drop at advanced level, with a small rise in numbers at higher level. However, the number of females completing core-STEM apprenticeships at advanced and higher levels increased year on year.
After a drop last year, the percentage of engineering apprenticeships started by females has increased again, to 8%. However, the percentage of higher apprenticeships started by females has fallen slightly once again.
The percentage of engineering apprenticeship completions by females has declined to just 6%, and the number has dropped by a third, from 3,340 in 2017/8 to 2,210 in 2018/9.
The percentage of construction apprenticeships started by females continued to increase in 2018/9, so that it now stands at 6%. The percentage of intermediate apprenticeships has flatlined at just 2%, with the female increase mostly coming at higher apprenticeship level – continuing the trend of recent years. The number of female construction apprenticeship starts in 2018/9 was 1,450 – an increase from the 1,060 in 2017/8, even as the male number of starts declined slightly.
The percentage of achievements by females is still just 2%, but again the percentage of higher apprenticeship certificates in construction which are awarded to females has increased. This should continue to increase in the future, given the increasing percentage of starts by females at that level.
The picture for ICT apprenticeships is rosier than in engineering and construction. Females now account for a fifth (20%) of starts and although the percentage of ICT apprenticeship completions by females has stalled year on year, that’s because of a big drop in the female percentage of achievements at intermediate level. In 2018/9, females accounted for 15% of completions at higher level – and this should continue to increase in future years given the positive trend in starts.
As in other subject areas, the numbers of females starting and completing ICT advanced and higher apprenticeships are increasing, while the numbers starting and completing them at intermediate level are falling. 150 females completed a higher-level ICT apprenticeship in 2018/9, compared with 60 in 2014/5.
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Israel Mocks Foreign Reporters With YouTube Cartoon
The Foreign Ministry released a 50 second animated clip that depicted an cartoon journalist with an American accent reporting from Gaza during last summer’s war.
“We’re here in the center of Gaza, and as you can see, the people here are trying to live quiet lives,” the character says. “There are no terrorists here, just ordinary people.”
A rocket launches behind him, seemingly contradicting the claim. The clip concludes with the message, “Open your eyes. Terror rules Gaza.”
In an official statement, the Foreign Press Association said it was “surprised and alarmed” by the segment, and called the videos “misleading and poorly conceived.” They reminded readers that 2,100 Palestinians and 72 Israelis had been killed in the bloody conflict.
Emmanuel Nahshon, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry told the New York Times that it was only, “an attempt to poke gentle fun at some journalists who choose not to see reality.”
Nahshon asserted the video was based on allegations that unnamed foreign correspondents ignored Hamas militants that launched rockets at Israel, and “released the footage only after the operation was over.”
A New York Times staff photographer, Tyler Hicks, explained in a blog post from last summer that there was a reason reporters did not cover Hamas fighters in their pictures and news coverage: “Hamas fighters are not able to expose themselves,” he wrote
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Queensland’s June technical lunch saw local stalwart David Lowry presenting his work on the structural restoration and maturity modelling of the Eromanga Basin.
David’s long-lived career has seen him work as a field geologist for Geological Survey WA, as a well site geologist, and as an exploration geologist for WAPET, Lasmo, Sagasco and Origin Energy. He now consults from his home in the bush.
The work he presented built on his previous APPEA paper (Lowry and Evans, 2011) focussed on new exploration concepts for the Eromanga Basin. After an introduction to the study area, the talk moved on to sonic logs as a tool for estimating erosion. The audience were invited to vote for how much missing section each sonic log reflected. Generally they did pretty well in estimating the right amount! Using these estimates of missing section, the geometry of the study area during the Cretaceous, at the time of peak oil generation, was proposed. This enabled source kitchen and migration routes to be identified at odds with the present day geometry of the basin.
The 50-strong crowd enjoyed a delicious steak lunch before challenging David with a few pertinent questions, including the implications of different types of heat flow to the proposed model, and why wells targeting Permian sediments to the north of the study area were not apparently on the migration pathway.
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Within the expanding world of technology, access to easier solutions and alternatives is becoming easier and easier to obtain. Asking an audience for responses based on a presentation through follow up telephone calls or letters was previously very difficult to do. It was not very efficient either, as people often gave different responses than what they would generally have if polled live. But with the advent of online poll creators, generating real-time responses from a wider audience has become quite easy. Anonymous polling gives the audience an additional sense of security, which enables you to get a more genuine response, as you are asking everyone in the audience the same question simultaneously.
Online Polling Around the World
Online polling is being used all around the world and is especially effective when used during a presentation. Using online polling for your work not only increases your chances of success but also results in a more productive forum for a fruitful discussion. Online polling is also being used on social media for fun and exciting discussions, debates, and responses, and can also be implemented in a more serious manner in different organizations to develop an environment of openness and interactivity.
Using an Online Polling for Work
The use of online polling varies in the type of work one wants to do. You may want an answer to a more general question or you may to perform a more advanced form of study where you have to analyze the responses of your audience in order to reach a broad consensus. As such, online polling can be seen everywhere and has various uses in the workplace.
For one, online polling can be used in either a single choice or multiple choice format. Which format makes sense for you is dependent on what topic you are looking for answers on. You can also pose a question to initiate a group discussion where all the people benefit from different perspectives of looking at things. Additionally, online polling allows you to see results instantly of your presentation because the charts change as information is being added. The updating results in the presentation can be seen by you and your audience as well, making the session more productive.
You can also allow your online polling results to be viewed in the form of graphics, charts, and bars, etc. which makes it easier for you and your audience to understand. Finally, you can add online polls directly to Powerpoint or Keynote presentations, or you can embed them directly into Google slides, depending on what you prefer. This allows you to give a more detailed and interesting presentation and make sure that your audience in the workplace stays more engaged.
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In law enforcement, motor officers are distinguished as the top 2 percent in the field. Female motor officers, like me, are the top 0.2 percent (roughly) of law enforcement—now that is an accomplishment! Of course, getting there wasn’t a walk in the park. I endured the required two weeks of physical and emotional drain (80 hours in the Florida heat) to become a certified motor officer. A fellow officer and retired Marine said of the Basic Motorcycle Officer Training class, “That was worse than SWAT school!”
Whichever unit of law enforcement an officer chooses—motors, mountain bikes, SWAT, range and water, school resource, etc.—training and certification are usually required. I believe the motors unit is in a class all its own. The motorcycle you ride as an officer will test your physical ability, your tolerance, your emotions and, most importantly, your mind. You may think, “I cannot possibly turn that bike around from a 90-degree angle with a wall two feet in front of me and keep both feet up.” But you can! It’s merely your mind thinking it cannot be done, but the bike will show you it can. You may fall or drop the bike (many times, in my case), but you will learn from each and every drop and fall that only you control where that motorcycle goes.
It seems women have to work harder to reach their goals, especially when choosing a professional field dominated by men. I am proof that women can reach those goals and expectations if they want to. Don’t ever give up—do what it is you want to do!
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Essenceism – “Love from this and not from this world”
Part 4 - Love will bring us back to the real world
28. The vision of love in all creation
29. The state between knowledge and faith
30. Good and evil in the face of God's love
31. Beings inheriting love from the Creator
32. Role of the individual in the salvation of the world
33. The love brought by the Son of God
34. Understanding our future
35. A timeless method of renewing the world
36. The necessity of returning the time of love
The Work of the Original Being intended for people
According to essenceism, the Original Being has already completed the process of creating physical reality. It follows that the Creator, after creating an eternal and spatially unlimited environment for His children, gave it to them as their place to achieve perfection. From now on, the universe has only one host, that is, us humans.
The perfect Creator does not return to the environment created for us to correct something in it. Otherwise, He would have to confirm that it is imperfect and has failed to fine-tune something. In the scale of eternity, sooner or later humanity will realize the concept of the universe prepared by the Original Being.
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Interagency collaboration and interagency contracted services are different types of interagency relationships. Based on the agency identified for the assignment in Unit 4, how are interagency collaborations and interagency contracted services present in real life? How does that align with their conceptualization in the literature?
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Sweet and savory aromatic infusions and delicacies are an intrinsic part of the Welsh tradition that took root on the sea side. The tea houses in Gaiman are one of the attractions of the small town located in the lower valley of the Chubut River. Porcelain teapots dressed in crochet invite you to enjoy tea in strands, thick and dark, with variations of flavors.
The tea ceremony took root in the Welsh colony as an attraction for tourists and visitors. The stories spell any traveler who wants to know how these intrepid travelers arrived. Coming from the distant Celtic country, looking for a place where they could root their culture, the first Welsh anchored in the waters of the New Gulf around 1865 and gave rise to villages in Chubut as Trelew a >, Rawson and Gaiman .
The village seems stopped in time with its manicured gardens and streets with ditches. To visit it is to enter a world surrounded by trees that are rarely seen in the rest of Patagonia Chubutense, very different from the inhospitable and arid land found by the first immigrants.
Ty Te Caerdydd
Ty Te Caerdydd
The name means White House. He was born more than 40 years ago and is renewed in his work as new generations are incorporated. Carlos Sánchez, the founder, was a direct descendant of that handful of visionaries who starred in the deed.
The Chubut River transmits the peace of the place, with poplars and willows that paint the landscape. The name is translated as Welsh House and is part of the circle of descendant families of pioneers. The atmosphere and furniture move to another era and another place.
She is the most famous for having been a hostess during the visit of Princess Lady Di in 1995. There you can hear stories that speak of the long working days of the settlers that culminated in the tea ceremony, in which they were put in the Table all kinds of food.
The preparation of homemade pastries is common to all of them and includes scones, homemade bread, banana cake, lemon pie, seasonal fruit cakes, rolled with sweet cherry, apple cake, cream cake, grilled cookies with spices and the traditional black cake.
Gaiman ceased to be a place of passage to become a relaxing destination, where the tea tradition invites you to discover colossal stories and exquisite flavors on the palate.
Contact of the excursion or tour
9 de julio 111 (9105) Gaiman, Chubut, Argentina
Tel: +54 280-4491009
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