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March 1650, and the city of Kilkenny was increasingly surrounded. The heart of the Confederate movement since the foundation of that entity, it was now just another beleaguered Royalist stronghold, waiting for the Parliamentarian hammer to fall.
The Kilkenny area, including the city, had been put in the overall command of James Tuchet, the Earl of Castlehaven, an appointment he does not really seem to have enjoyed being given. With Ormonde and what existed of the Royalist “government” fleeing west over the Shannon, Castlehaven was left with a great deal of leeway and authority to attempt to resist Cromwell. What he didn’t have was substantial numbers of men. A bout of plague had rapidly reduced the number of soldiers in the Kilkenny garrison to little more than a few hundred troops, and whatever civilian levy was willing to assist them. Castlehaven’s army, bolstered by a strong-ish regiment of Ulster Army men, reached 3’000 according to his own memoirs, but it’s likely that this is an exaggeration.
Ormonde and Castlehaven hoped to be assisted by forces of the Viscount Thomas Dillon, one of the original confederates and a controversial Catholic convert. Accused of corruption and “false musters” by many, Dillon still controlled a few thousand men in the more northerly parts of Leinster that would have greatly aided Castlehaven, but the troops never marched south. Dillon claimed that the troops needed to stay put in case the Ulster Army decided to ravage Leinster; more likely he did not want to throw them into a losing cause, and as one of the Rinuccini’s former confidantes was unwilling to play second fiddle to the likes of Castlehaven.
Castlehaven and his subordinates were on their own. Receiving intelligence from spies among the New Model Army and the Irish countryside, he discovered the marching route of Colonel Hewson’s Dublin column. Marching quickly and avoiding his adversary, Castlehaven swopped on the recently taken town of Athy in Kildare, which (according to him) had a garrison of 700 and a substantial supply of powder. Castlehaven took the place by storm and with very little loss, taking the defenders totally by surprise.
But while this was an impressive success, it was relatively meaningless. Castlehaven had taken the action on his own initiative, as Athy was nowhere near where he was supposed to be, and the taking of it could little help Kilkenny. He lacked the men or the supplies to hold Athy, or even to take care of the prisoners he had taken. He thus abandoned Athy and his prisoners, hoping Cromwell would recognise the mercy. It was shortly before the massacre at Gowran.
Castlehaven’s little venture thus came to nothing. It certainly did not slow the Parliamentarian advance. Castlehaven and his army marched back towards Kilkenny but found it beleaguered upon their arrival. The Ulster Army units left his command and went north, apparently fearing the plague as a sign from God. They took most of Castlehaven’s strength with them.
Kilkenny was on its own. Its commander was a kinsman of Ormonde, Sir Walter Butler. Butler is a little noted figure in history, but at that moment he held the fate of Kilkenny and its residents in his hands. Surrender and he could probably save their lives from a Drogheda-style slaughter. Fight, and they could all suffer.
As noted, he had only a few hundred soldiers to help him resist, facing over 4’000 outside the walls, approaching from three directions. But Kilkenny had other advantages. Essentially split into three separate sections that had their own walls – High Town and Irish Town north of the River Nore, St John’s to the south – Kilkenny could resist an outside attack and survive if one of its thirds was taken. It also had the substantial position of Kilkenny Castle in High Town, one of the more imposing fortifications of the Butler family.
Butler was no fool, and set the townspeople and his soldiers to work on improving the position anyway that they could, with entrenchments and ditches dug behind the walls and defensive positions set-up elsewhere. The bridges over the Nore would be better protected than those at Drogheda had been. Moreover, Walter Butler had the will to resist and the commitment to see such resistance through. When Cromwell called for his surrender, the notice was rejected.
Cromwell had hoped to take the town without a fight, with a much noted incident involving one of its defenders, a Captain Tickell. He allegedly offered to betray the town to Cromwell in return for payment, but Cromwell arrived at the gates to find the conspiracy uncovered and Tickell hanged. Such things were small in the grand scheme of things, but may have affected the morale of the defenders and the attackers in different ways.
Not dissuaded by such things, or the rejection of his surrender terms (which had been generous), Cromwell set about his task. He had arrived at and surrounded the city by the 22nd of March, and by the 23rd his attacks had begun. A cavalry regiment stormed one of the gates of Irish Town on the north-west of the City’s outer defences. However, met by resistance in the form of a unit of civilian militia, they were beaten back. At around the same time, St Patricks Church, outside the walls of High Town, was taken.
The church was the perfect position for a battery of artillery, which Cromwell spent the next day setting up before opening fire on the 25th. It only took a few hours for a breach to be created. Now would have been another moment for Walter Butler to contemplate surrender, but he persisted, trusting in the defence and the defenders.
Cromwell was taking few chances. He called for a two-pronged assault on the city. One unit, led by Colonel Hewson, would assault the breach in the south of the city, while another, under Colonel Isaac Ewer, would attack another of the gates leading into Irish Town. With the defenders divided, it was hoped that if one of the attacks was successful, then the entire city would fall.
Ewer’s force was the more successful, his attack having an infantry component that provided for a greater substance of assault than the previous cavalry offensive on Irish Town. The mostly civilian defenders fled and Irish Town fell without much bloodshed. Cromwell now held the higher ground of Kilkenny City.
It was a different story to the south. Hewson’s attack was a bloody affair, as his men fought through the breach only to face an additional entrenchment behind it, one palisaded and guarded by a unit of musketeers. The assault was beaten back with Hewson himself injured in the process. Cromwell quickly ordered a withdrawal, recognising that a continued attack at the point would only result in a terrible defeat. There has also been suggestions that Cromwell tried to get his men to attack again, but they refused.
Butler’s defensive work had paid off in one point, but the situation was increasingly desperate. Cromwell still held the initiative and used it, ordering another one of his subordinates, Colonel Gifford, to cross the Nore and assault into St John’s. St John’s was the weakest of the three sections, being little more than a suburb really, and quickly fell into Parliamentarians hands without much fighting. The defenders streamed across the Nore and into High Town, holding St John’s Bridge behind them. Gifford attempted to storm the bridge and destroy its gate house, but another valiant defence turned him back with some loss, far more than he had taken in the process of capturing St John’s.
Cromwell was prepared to make another assault, but patient enough to increase his advantage. Another artillery battery was set-up, not far from St Johns Bridge and Kilkenny Castle. Another bombardment was enacted, and quickly another breach had been made in the walls.
Walter Butler had been prepared to continue his resistance at St Johns Bridge and the other breach, but this additional attack was the last straw. A coordinated attack on all three points would be too much for his tiny and exhausted garrison. Moreover, continued resistance only made sense if there was the possibility of relief, and there was none. Ormonde was far away, and Castlehaven could not do anything from his position, other than to grant Butler official permission to seek terms.
On the 27th, before Cromwell was given the chance to launch another assault, Butler signalled his surrender. This time Cromwell accepted, probably fearful that any assault would carry with it tremendous casualties. The city was occupied, as was the castle. The garrison was allowed to march out with its arms and colours. Kilkenny had fallen. Cromwell was delighted upon observing the inner defences, especially those of the castle, being “exceeding well fortified by the industry of the Enemy…which might have cost much blood and time…we look at it as a gracious mercy that we have the place for you (the Parliament) upon these terms”.
The former capital of the Confederation was taken, but Walter Butler and its defenders, both civilian and military, must be given a large amount of credit for their five day defence, which was more than many would have reasonably expected for such a position, so outnumbered and suffering from disease and demoralisation. Butler’s defence was pro-active and dogged, with fortifications improved before the fighting started and civilian levies used to bolster the effort where needed. One can only imagine that if disease had not reduced the garrison to such an extent, that Cromwell could very well have been repulsed before Kilkenny.
On the Parliamentarian side, we might just get a glimpse at some complacency. Kilkenny really was the first place, bar the Waterford/Duncannon region, that had given them any trouble. Certainly it was the only major stopping point in the winter offensive up to that time. Cromwell’s initial attack was fairly small scale, and his decision to leave St John’s unmolested until an initial attempt on High Town took place does seem like the kind of choice that makes little sense in retrospect. Moreover, after over seven weeks of marching and siege work, it’s likely that the New Model Army was just tired, having failed to really find a point to stop and take stock at in the course of the offensive. That may explain the sluggish nature of some aspects of the Kilkenny siege, which Cromwell got away with due to the deficiencies in the defenders numbers.
Kilkenny was not an immensely valuable location in tangible terms, something I have noted before. Most of the surrounding area had been cleared before its fall, there was only a small garrison with small supplies to encounter and the city’s political importance was negligible at that point. The only really major consequence of the siege was that Waterford, now totally isolated on the south-east coast, could no longer be supplied via the Nore, though that was difficult enough since New Ross had been captured the previous year.
But Kilkenny’s worth was better recorded in the symbolic. The former capital of the Confederation, generally considered to be the second city of Ireland and a major seat of Ormonde’s family, it was now held by a force who, by its capture, continued to add to their mystique of invincibility. The Royalists were left scattered and defeated, their war effort focused more and more on the west of Ireland.
But Cromwell was not done with his offensive yet. His time in Ireland was drawing to a close, but now he doubled back and headed for a position he had deliberately ignored in the course of his earlier movement: Clonmel.
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Rare early view of North San Diego County, looking from Palomar Mountain and the Pala area, toward the Pacific.
The Pala Mission and San Luis Rey Mission are both shown.
The owner of the Ranch at the time this image was created was Victoria Magee. Victoria Magee was the daughter of an early San Diego California, Miguel de Pedrorena, who supported the Americans in 1846-47 in California and was one of the 48 signatories of the first California Constitution in 1849. Victoria married Henry Magee, who had arrived in 1847 as part of the 1st Regiment of New York Volunteers
Victoria and Henry made a home above the Pala area near Palomar Mountain, which they called Condor Nest. The Condor Nest Ranch was first built in 1862. The Ranch House was later redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright's Senior Apprentice Frederick (Fritz) Liebhardt, in 1962. The ranch is now a popular destination for weddings. | <urn:uuid:448b2f15-dafe-4e08-b284-4534d2314e39> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/79942 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.972454 | 198 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Wyoming Board of Dental Examiners
Who Must Be Licensed?
"Dentistry" means the healing art practiced by a dentist which is concerned with the examination, diagnosis, treatment, planning and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and its adjacent tissues and structures;
Additional information can be found in W.S. 33-15-114. "Persons deemed to be practicing dentistry; work authorizations from licensed dentist."
"Dental hygienist" means a person who is supervised by a dentist and is licensed to render the educational, preventive and therapeutic dental services defined in this act, as well as any extraoral procedure required in the practice of a dental hygienist's duties;
Permitting of Dental Assistants:
The Board also requires a permit for dental assistants that take and expose radiographs as well as dental assistants that place pit and fissure sealants.
The Wyoming Board of Dental Examiners is a Practice Act and Title Protection state. This means that persons must be licensed by the Board in order to provide the services defined herein. It also means that only persons licensed or certified by the Board may identify themselves with the titles restricted. Of course, as with most laws, there are exemptions. Those can be found in the Board's Practice Act in W.S. 33-15-114. | <urn:uuid:8058876e-d49a-4383-8714-3b155d8955c9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dental.wyo.gov/licensing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.959822 | 291 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Winter and Summer Moose Day are two events that happen each year in the Laramie area. The idea is to allow anyone in the Laramie area to adopt a pre-designed route, attend a training, and survey their route on a particular day at the same time as all the other volunteers. By the end of that day, we should have a better idea of whether moose can be found in that location that year.
iNaturalist is an easy to use online databse where we will store our Moose Day data. Moose Day participants are required to sign up for an iNaturalist account (free and easy!), where they can then easily upload Moose Day data from the field! We will include an iNaturalist walk though at our Winter Moose Day training this February.
Adopting a route is simple. First, if you haven't already, please sign up on our free data collection portal, iNaturalist (we will share more about iNaturalist at the training!); we will be using this as part of our data collection process on Moose Day. Then, review the routes coresponding to the season you are participating, Summer or Winter, and select Two routes that are appropriate for you; a first and a second choice. Make sure you select routes that haven't been adopted already (adopted routes will be marked as such). Remember the area that each route is located in, and head to the registration form.
Routes are awarded as they are selected, on a first come, first served basis. You will receive an email verifying your registration and the route (either first or second choice) and your route will be marked as adopted. In the unlikely case that both of your routes were selected before your registration we will contact you directly to let you select a third option, or to see if you might be interested in combining parties.
Training is required for first-time Moose Day participants! We have four videos that will cover a bit about moose ecology, how to identify moose gender and age, how to determine if tracks are moose or something else, and more. The videos are available for watching on your time schedule (videos will take around 25 minutes to watch). New volunteers will need to take and pass a training quiz after watching the videos in order to participate in Moose Day. Please complete the training quiz by Thursday, July 23rd so you can receive your datasheets!
If you are a returning Moose Day'er, training is not required, but still highly recommended. Watch whatever videos you need a refresher on!
Contact our project coordinator, Mason, via email (firstname.lastname@example.org) or phone (307-766-6240) and she will be happy to assist you! | <urn:uuid:91e7dba4-4a05-4f17-ae00-97c4952420e7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://wyobiodiversity.org/index.php/community-science/bi-annual-moose-day/registration | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.952713 | 564 | 2.125 | 2 |
Fruit flies and 4th floor outletsPublished by Dipa Barua
Q. I would like to sincerely ask that you consider rectifying the problem of fruit flies on the 6th floor study carrels. As you may know, fruit flies are harmful to us because they land on everything including toilet, trash can, etc., and therefore may transfer diseases by landing on our laptops, tumbler, etc. Landing on the opening of the coffee tumbler is the problem I have been experiencing and the problem of fruit flies has been left unresolved for far too long. Also, could you please consider putting power outlets on the 4th floor study carrels?
A. My apology for the fruit fly problem. Our cleaning contractor is aware of the problem and is trying to resolve the situation. I've been informed that the cleaning contractor will be installing fruit fly traps throughout the library and hopefully this will rectify the problem.
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Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
|1st Commander of the Cape|
7 April 1652 – 6 May 1662
|Succeeded by||Zacharias Wagenaer|
Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck
21 April 1619
Culemborg, Duchy of Culemborg, Holy Roman Empire
|Died||18 January 1677 (aged 57)|
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
|Resting place||Groote Kerk, Jakarta, Indonesia|
|Spouse(s)||Maria de la Queillerie|
Maria Isaacks Scipio
|Children||Abraham van Riebeeck|
Van Riebeeck was born in Culemborg in the Netherlands as the son of a surgeon. He grew up in Schiedam, where he married 19-year old Maria de la Quellerie on 28 March 1649. (She died in Malacca, now part of Malaysia, on 2 November 1664, at the age of 35). The couple had eight children, most of whom did not live through infancy. Their son Abraham van Riebeeck, born at the Cape, later became Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
Joining the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1639, he served in many posts, like an assistant surgeon in the Batavia in the East Indies. He then went to Japan. His most important position was that of head of the VOC trading post in Tonkin, Vietnam. However, he was called back from this post as it was found that he was working trade for his own account.
In 1651 he was asked to undertake the command of the initial Dutch settlement in the future South Africa. He landed three ships Drommedaris, Reijger and Goede Hoop at the future Cape Town on 6 April 1652 and strongly make the site as a way-station for the VOC trade route between the Netherlands and the East Indies. The Walvisch and the Oliphant came later, having had 130 burials at sea.
- van Ledden, Willem-Pieter (2005). Jan van Riebeeck tussen wal en schip: een onderzoek naar de beeldvorming over Jan van Riebeeck in Nederland en Zuid-Afrika omstreeks 1900, 1950 en 2000. Hilversum: Verloren. p. 27. ISBN 9789065508577. Retrieved 12 August 2014. | <urn:uuid:43b0c451-204b-42fd-91f9-e1a1b1ec4d58> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Riebeeck | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.892177 | 581 | 2.625 | 3 |
The cloud has revolutionized businesses forever. It is no secret that everything from files, to data, is stored in folders there. The cloud is ideal for businesses because it is great with growing or changing bandwidth demands. If your demands increase it is easy to increase your capacity on the cloud, drawing on the service’s remote servers.
An RDP alternative for safety and security
Using Microsoft’s remote desktop protocol is a security risk you can avoid today by making a switch from RDP. When looking for a provider, consider one that lets you close inbound ports. When communicating outside of your LAN, the company should use outbound, encrypted traffic from both endpoints to create a connection, letting you close inbound ports and harden your network security to shields of steel.
Advanced Encryption Standard
Many cyber companies reference usage of 256-bit self-encrypting drives. They are quite useful in cyber-security. One way this is possible is that it rescrambles your plain text password fourteen times. The cool thing about self-encrypting drives is that even if the drive is removed and placed on another computer and tries to read any data they must have the hard drive password.
Maximum password attempts
It is important to select a cyber-security company that has a maximum number of invalid password attempts to make brute force attacks invalid in the pursuit to take your information.
MAC / IP Address filtering
Pick a company who restricts access to remote systems by creating lists of approved MAC addresses, IP addresses, or IP frequencies. If you arent big on the language of technology let me break it down simply. MAC Filtering is a security access control method whereby the MAC address assigned to each network card is used to grant or deny access to the network.
Advanced role-based security policies
Select a provider with granular permissions for groups of users and devices. This essentially means that the permission can be given to an administrator to manage the updating of a single item of content on a single page of a site. Permissions can range between a single page to whole site access and anything in the middle. Very granular permissions mean maintaining control over who is doing what on the site at any time.
Access confirmation prompts
When remotely accessing an attended device, it is important the company you go with allows the end-user to accept or decline the incoming request for a remote session.
Multiple authentication options
There are several authentication options cyber-companies use, here are a few of them.
Active Directory – Windows OS directory service that manages to work with complex, interconnected, and different network resources in a unified manner. It is typically included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services available.
Active directory federation services – a software component developed by Microsoft and can run on a Windows Server operating system to provide users with single sign-on access to systems and applications located across organizational limits.
Azure AD – Azure AD is intended mostly for IT admins. As an IT admin, you can use Azure AD to control access to your apps and app resources, based on your business requirements and needs.
LDAP – It is often used by organizations as a central repository for user info and as an alternative authentication service. It is an open, industry-standard application protocol to access and maintain distributed directory information services over an (IP) network. Directory services play an important role in developing intranet and Internet applications by allowing the sharing of information to take place and about users, systems, networks, services, and applications throughout the network.
Radius Integration – a VLAN ID can be embedded into the RADIUS server’s response. This allows for dynamic VLAN assignment on the RADIUS server’s configuration.
Smart Cards – It is a plastic card with a built-in microprocessor. Being used typically for electronic processes such as currency transactions and personal identification.
Consider which is the best for you and your business. Don’t forget to consult your IT professional and remember, cyber-security is no joke. If you aren’t careful, you could be putting your business at risk to hackers trying to access your precious information. | <urn:uuid:703f5e3b-48ff-49ea-ba03-6571db11eca5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.doffitt.com/different-types-remote-desktop-protocol-rdp-alternatives/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.927475 | 853 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Protect yourself: KI distributions in southern Ocean County through mid-March
Life, for folks who live and work within 10 miles of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Township, is like life anywhere else. A nuclear accident would change that in a second. The small tablets that buy 24 hours of vital protection will be distributed, free of charge, through mid-March, by the Ocean County Health Department (OCHD).
Potassium iodide (KI) pills are useful additions to home and work emergency kits for people in Barnegat, Barnegat Light, Beachwood, Beach Haven, Berkeley Township, Harvey Cedars, Island Heights, Lacey Township, Long Beach Township, Ocean Gate, Ocean Township, Pine Beach, Seaside Park, Ship Bottom, South Toms River, Stafford, Surf City and Toms River, according to county Health liaison Gerry Little.
“KI is being offered as a preparedness measure and not in response to any imminent danger or threat," Little said.
The tablets are a concentration of a component of common table salt. What do they do?
“Potassium iodide,...can provide protection for the thyroid gland from radioactive iodine and can reduce the risk of thyroid cancer after a nuclear emergency," according to county Public Health Coordinator Dan Regneye.
" If this should occur, public health officials would tell you when to take the KI tablet. Only one dose is recommended. More could increase the risk of side effects."
Their effectiveness isn't indefinite, so if you have a supply, check the expiration date, and if they've aged out, return them to the Health Department for fresh ones.
In addition to four scheduled off-site clinics, the Health Department distributes them during weekdays 9 AM until 4 PM, in its headquarters, 175 Sunset Avenue in Toms River.
Distribution sites and dates:
- Berkeley Township, February 15 - Central Regional High School, 509 Forest Hills Parkway, Bayville, 4 - 7 PM
- Lacey Township, February 28 - Lacey Township Community Center, 101 North Main Street, Forked River, 3 - 7:30 PM
- Ocean Township, March 8 - Ocean County Fire and First Aid Training Center, 200 Volunteer Way, Waretown, 3 - 7:30 PM
- Manahawkin, March 14 - Ocean County Southern Service Center, 179 South Main Street, 4 - 7:30 PM
Bring identification to signify that your home or workplace is within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone. ID can consist of a driver's license, property tax record, utility bill, employee ID card, or pay stub.
One family member can receive tablets for everyone else in a household. Each batch given out is accompanied by fact sheets that explain dosage circumstances and amounts, and other relevant details. | <urn:uuid:33d71e32-cd0b-4a64-a5f4-85c75575ec4b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://1057thehawk.com/protect-yourself-ki-distributions-in-southern-ocean-county-through-mid-march/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.932931 | 578 | 2.046875 | 2 |
A minister’s resignation boosts #MeToo in India
There is a long way to go
THE MINISTER’S exit proved well-timed. It fell during the festive week of Navaratri, when Hindus celebrate the mythical victory of the ten-armed goddess Durga over the wicked, buffalo-headed, cobra-encoiled demon Mahishasura. The resignation on October 17th of M.J. Akbar, a junior minister, marked the first big triumph for India’s #MeToo movement, and perhaps a turning point for women’s rights.
Mr Akbar, a suave and erudite former newspaper editor, responded with fury to allegations that he repeatedly made unsolicited advances on female subordinates. Asserting that no one had accused him of any form of assault, he dismissed the stories as “fabricated, spiced up by innuendo and malice”. Mr Akbar’s lawyers lodged a private criminal defamation case against Priya Ramani, his initial accuser. The minister also suggested that the accusations were politically motivated.
Within hours, however, some 19 other former female colleagues volunteered to testify against Mr Akbar. Among other things, they alleged that during his newsroom days he had habitually ogled female underlings, touched them inappropriately and scheduled meetings in hotel rooms when he was not fully clothed. Mr Akbar abruptly decided to step down to defend his reputation “in a personal capacity”.
Mr Akbar is the biggest fish, but not the only large one, to be ensnared by such accusations. Since September a score of prominent figures in media, the arts, academia and business have been parrying claims that range from date rape to stalking, groping or merely insistently texting female colleagues. Some have lost their jobs; others have been suspended. Many, pilloried on social media, have gone silent.
Some have fought back, even while expressing sympathy for the #MeToo movement. Varun Grover, a popular comedian, issued a detailed rebuttal of anonymous charges that he had molested a fellow student in his college years. He invited his accuser to present her own detailed case, even if she wished to remain anonymous, because it was important for the movement that the testimony of women should be substantiated. “Revolutions can be messy but they can’t be perceived as unjust,” he says.
The sudden exposure of sexual wrongdoing in high places has prompted fierce debate. Accusers who have gone public risk a barrage of insults on social media, including charges of publicity-seeking or of having invited abuse by their own moral laxity. Mimi Mondal, a Dalit (formerly known as Untouchable) writer, notes that since curbing sexual abuse requires women’s testimony to be taken seriously, Dalit women stand at a double disadvantage.
It is true that, so far, the exposure of male misbehaviour has been limited to the uppermost crust of Indian society when, in blunt fact, lower class women suffer immensely more. Some 52% of Indian women, according to government health surveys, believe it is permissible for husbands to beat their wives. A recent online survey found that 78% of people who claimed they or a relative had suffered sexual abuse at work had not reported it.
The elite nature of India’s #MeToo movement has also invited criticism from the political right. “This entire debate of sexual exploitation…is peculiar to certain industries, involving glamour and money,” sneers the Organiser, a journal considered the mouthpiece of India’s biggest Hindu-nationalist group. “Why is it so that the professions like modelling and acting are infested with such incidences?” Its answer is that “so-called liberal elites” have strayed from the proper path of virtue.
But who is to lead people on that path? Long before the current wave of exposures of sexual predators among the wealthy and privileged, “godmen” of varied faiths provided the most glaring examples of male misbehaviour. In the past decade alone at least a dozen prominent gurus, priests and “babas” have been tried and jailed for rape. In a recent case in the state of Haryana one Baba Amarpuri stands accused of drugging, raping, filming and blackmailing some 60 women. No wonder the avenging goddess Durga is so well loved.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Pests decried"
From the October 18th 2018 edition
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An interview with Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ranil Wickremesinghe explains how he plans to help Sri Lanka’s recovery
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- ark used 230 times.
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
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Noah's ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Genesis 6:14-16); an oblong floating house of three stories, with a door in the side and a window in the roof. It was 100 years in building (Genesis 5:32; 7:6). It was intended to preserve certain persons and animals from the deluge which God was about to bring over the earth. It contained eight persons (Genesis 7:13; 2 Peter 2:5), and of all "clean" animals seven pairs, and of "unclean" one pair, and of birds seven pairs of each sort (Genesis 7:2, 3). It was in the form of an oblong square, with flat bottom and sloping roof. Traditions of the Deluge, by which the race of man was swept from the earth, and of the ark of Noah have been found existing among all nations.
The ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid (Exodus 2:3) is called in the Hebrew teebah, a word derived from the Egyptian teb, meaning "a chest." It was daubed with slime and with pitch. The bulrushes of which it was made were the papyrus reed.
The sacred ark is designated by a different Hebrew word, 'aron', which is the common name for a chest or coffer used for any purpose (Genesis 50:26; 2 Kings 12:9, 10). It is distinguished from all others by such titles as the "ark of God" (1 Samuel 3:3), "ark of the covenant" (Joshua 3:6; Hebrews 9:4), "ark of the testimony" (Exodus 25:22). It was made of acacia or shittim wood, a cubit and a half broad and high and two cubits long, and covered all over with the purest gold. Its upper surface or lid, the mercy-seat, was surrounded with a rim of gold; and on each of the two sides were two gold rings, in which were placed two gold-covered poles by which the ark could be carried (Numbers 7:9; 10:21; 4:5, 19, 20; 1 Kings 8:3, 6). Over the ark, at the two extremities, were two cherubim, with their faces turned toward each other (Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 7:89). Their outspread wings over the top of the ark formed the throne of God, while the ark itself was his footstool (Exodus 25:10-22; 37:1-9). The ark was deposited in the "holy of holies," and was so placed that one end of the poles by which it was carried touched the veil which separated the two apartments of the tabernacle (1 Kings 8:8). The two tables of stone which constituted the "testimony" or evidence of God's covenant with the people (Deuteronomy 31:26), the "pot of manna" (Exodus 16:33), and "Aaron's rod that budded" (Numbers 17:10), were laid up in the ark (Hebrews 9:4). (See TABERNACLE) The ark and the sanctuary were "the beauty of Israel" (Lamentations 2:1). During the journeys of the Israelites the ark was carried by the priests in advance of the host (Numbers 4:5, 6; 10:33-36; Psalms 68:1; 132:8). It was borne by the priests into the bed of the Jordan, which separated, opening a pathway for the whole of the host to pass over (Joshua 3:15, 16; 4:7, 10, 11, 17, 18). It was borne in the procession round Jericho (Joshua 6:4, 6, 8, 11, 12). When carried it was always wrapped in the veil, the badgers' skins, and blue cloth, and carefully concealed even from the eyes of the Levites who carried it. After the settlement of Israel in Palestine the ark remained in the tabernacle at Gilgal for a season, and was then removed to Shiloh till the time of Eli, between 300 and 400 years (Jeremiah 7:12), when it was carried into the field of battle so as to secure, as they supposed, victory to the Hebrews, and was taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:3-11), who sent it back after retaining it seven months (1 Samuel 5:7, 8). It remained then at Kirjath-jearim (7:1, 2) till the time of David (twenty years), who wished to remove it to Jerusalem; but the proper mode of removing it having been neglected, Uzzah was smitten with death for putting "forth his hand to the ark of God," and in consequence of this it was left in the house of Obed-edom in Gath-rimmon for three months (2 Samuel 6:1-11), at the end of which time David removed it in a grand procession to Jerusalem, where it was kept till a place was prepared for it (12-19). It was afterwards deposited by Solomon in the temple (1 Kings 8:6-9). When the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and plundered the temple, the ark was probably taken away by Nebuchadnezzar and destroyed, as no trace of it is afterwards to be found. The absence of the ark from the second temple was one of the points in which it was inferior to the first temple.
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2. Of Bulrushes
3. In the Tabernacle
Ark of the Testimony
Ark of God
1 Samuel 3:3; 1 Samuel 4:11; 1 Samuel 4:17; 1 Samuel 4:22; 1 Samuel 6:3; 1 Samuel 14:18; 2 Samuel 6:7; 2 Samuel 7:2; 2 Samuel 15:25; 1 Chronicles 13:12; 1 Chronicles 15:1-2; 1 Chronicles 15:15; 1 Chronicles 15:24; 1 Chronicles 16:1
Ark of God's Strength
2 Chronicles 6:41
Ceremonies connected with, on the day of atonement
An oracle of God
Numbers 10:33; Numbers 14:44; Joshua 7:6-15; Judges 20:27-28; 1 Samuel 4:3-4; 1 Samuel 4:7; 1 Chronicles 13:3; 1 Chronicles 16:4; 1 Chronicles 16:37; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Psalms 132:8
How prepared for conveyance
On special occasions carried by priests:
Siege of Jericho
Returned by the Philistines
Remains in the house of Obed-Edom
2 Samuel 6:9-11
Removed from Jerusalem by Zadok at the time of Absalom's revolt, but returned by command of David
2 Samuel 15:24-29
In John's vision
'ARK, noun [Latin arca.]
1. A small close vessel, chest or coffer, such as that which was the repository of the tables of the covenant among the Jews. This was about three feet nine inches in length. The lid was the propitiatory, or mercy seat, over which were the cherubs. The vessel in which Moses was set afloat upon the Nile was an ark of bulrushes.
2. The large floating vessel, in which Noah and his family were preserved, during the deluge.
3. A depository.
Arise, O Lord, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength. Psalms 132:8.
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In addition to latent genes, lytic genes of EBV must also be of extreme significance since propagation of the virus can be achieved only through execution of lytic cycle. Research on EBV lytic genes may thus prevent spreading of the virus and alleviate disorders, such as infectious mononucleosis and oral hairy leukoplakia, which are highly associated with EBV lytic infection. Moreover, recent advancements have been demonstrating that at least several lytic genes are expressed to some extent even during latent state. It is also demonstrated now that upon de novo infection, EBV expresses lytic genes in addition to latent genes before establishment of latency (this phase is called “pre-latent abortive lytic state”). In those cases, lytic genes also play important roles in cell proliferation of EBV-positive cells. However, many lytic gene products have not been identified yet nor studied thoroughly, and even worse, some have been misidentified in the literature. Here, I would like to give a detailed up-to-date review on EBV lytic genes. | <urn:uuid:e37112e9-c60f-4cea-bf65-4f0661b49814> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pure.fujita-hu.ac.jp/ja/publications/encyclopedia-of-ebv-encoded-lytic-genes-an-update | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962797 | 220 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Russia's Defense ministry plans to revisit the practice of using automotive roads as runways for military planes. The practice was used during the Soviet times, the Izvestia newspaper reports.
Aviation car roads were built in the USSR "to create an extensive network of operational airfields." In addition, such roads would make it possible to fuel aircraft while far away from the main airfield.
Most of such aviation roads (about 20) was built in the Baltic States, Ukraine, Belarus and Central Asia. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the construction of aviation car roads in Russia was suspended.
It was Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who suggested revisiting the Soviet practice. The minister told President Putin at a meeting on the development of the Armed Forces on November 24 that military pilots trained their skills to land aircraft on motorways. The minister said that one needed to introduce changes to the rules of construction and repair of automotive roads.
The Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor) supported the idea, but clarified that it could lead to higher prices for construction.
Before 2020, Russia is to put more than 1,600 km of highways in operation.
Europe which is panic-stricken over the consequences of rising energy and food prices could strike a treacherous blow to Ukraine this winter, writes Simon Tisdall for The Guardian. | <urn:uuid:cd6dda23-b045-4700-be8c-e5a90454d358> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/129181-motorways_military_aircraft/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.964795 | 274 | 2.359375 | 2 |
The Special Education Program at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) offers a graduate course of study that leads to a California Educational Specialist Credential and/or a Master of Science Degree. Students may choose to specialize in one of the following three authorization areas: Mild to Moderate Support Needs (MMSN), Extensive Support Needs (ESN), or Early Childhood Special Education.
Before being fully admitted to the Special Education Programs, prospective students must attend an Information Session either at the San Bernardino campus or the Palm Desert campus. Reservations are not required for Information Sessions on the San Bernardino campus. If you have questions, please contact us at (909) 537-5621. Reservations are required for the Palm Desert campus so please contact us at (760) 341-2883 ext. 78145. There is a $6 fee for parking on both campuses. Please check out the section on Credential Program Options.
What You Need to Know to Become a Special Education Teacher
* RICA is not required for admissions at CSUSB.
The special education program at CSUSB offers programs in Mild to Moderate Support Needs, Extensive Support Needs, and Early Childhood Special Education. The Mild to Moderate Support Needs (MMSN) and Extensive Support Needs (ESN) authorizations certify the teacher to serve children with special needs in grades kindergarten through 12 (or up to age 22). The Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) authorization certifies the teacher to serve children with special needs between birth and kindergarten and their families.
There are two levels of the Education Specialist teaching credential for all authorizations. The first level is called the Education Specialist Preliminary Credential (2018 Standards). As of January 1, 2011, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) approved the new Education Specialist Preliminary Credential structure at CSUSB. This credential is valid for a period of five years. To obtain a California Education Specialist Preliminary Credential, State law requires individuals to complete or demonstrate the following:
- Baccalaureate Degree (B.A. or B.S.)
- California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST)
- Subject Matter Competency (as of July 1, 2004—passage of CSET)
- Certificate of Clearance
- Teacher Preparation Program
- U.S. Constitution
- Reading Instruction Competency Assessment (RICA) *
The second level is called the Education Specialist Clear Credential. This credential certifies that the holder is a professional teacher who is qualified to teach children with special needs in schools. This credential must be renewed every five years on the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) website. The holder of the Education Specialist Preliminary Credential may apply for an Education Specialist Clear Credential upon successful completion of a Commission‐approved induction program. | <urn:uuid:b9cee026-ca8f-4780-a963-eba143ab68e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.csusb.edu/special-education/credential-programs | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.905593 | 588 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Brand new report was released by the CDC reflecting a higher incidence of AIDS/HIV then previously thought. The report is interesting to read and is written in layman’s terms. Read the whole thing here.
Data Confirm Most Severe Impact Is Among Gay and Bisexual Men of All Races and Black Men and Women.
According to the new surveillance system, approximately 56,300 new HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2006. This number is approximately 40% higher than CDC’s previous estimate of 40,000 new infections per year, which was based on less precise methods.
The new estimate does not reflect an increase in HIV incidence. In fact, CDC’s separate analysis of historical trends indicates that the annual number of new HIV infections has been roughly stable since the late 1990s.
CDC’s trend analysis provides a clearer picture of how the nation’s epidemic evolved to its current point. The analysis shows that new infections peaked in the mid-1980s at approximately 130,000 infections per year and reached a low of about 50,000 in the early 1990s. Incidence then appears to have increased in the late1990s but has stabilized since that time (estimates for the three most recent periods analyzed range from 55,000 to 58,500 | <urn:uuid:39f2cdca-bcf0-4923-82e6-a0bde9d0784c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://xdultchannel.com/aids-report-by-cdc.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.964699 | 268 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pNENs) are an increasingly common group of malignancies that arise within the endocrine tissue of the pancreas. Endocrine tissue is specialized tissue that contains hormone-secreting cells. These cells secrete several different hormones into the blood (endocrine) or to local cells (paracrine, autocrine). These hormones have a variety of functions within the body. Neoplasms that arise from endocrine tissue may also secrete hormones, resulting in excessive levels of these hormones in the body and potentially a wide variety of symptoms. Although there is no difference in diagnosis and therapy, pNENs can be differentiated as functioning or nonfunctioning. Functioning pNENs secrete hormones into the bloodstream, which cause special symptoms; nonfunctioning neoplasms may produce hormones, but no systemic symptoms. Nonfunctioning neuroendocrine neoplasms can still cause symptoms relating to tumor size and location such as obstruction or internal bleeding. There are several different subtypes of functioning pNENs distinguished by the specific type of hormone that they secrete. Most pNENs occur sporadically. They have some different differentiation (G1-3), but all of them have the potential for malignant transformation. Most pNENs occur sporadically, but in some cases, pNENs may occur as part of a larger genetic syndrome such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) or von Hippel Lindau (VHL) syndrome.
Pancreatic cancer as a general term usually refers to pancreatic adenocarcinoma, an aggressive malignant cancer with a poor prognosis. Approximately 95 percent of pancreatic malignancies are adenocarcinomas, for which the prognoses are in general worse than the prognosis of G1- and G2 pNENs. G3 neuroendocrine carcinomas have the same poor prognosis as pancreatic adenocarinomas. | <urn:uuid:c58ae910-6148-4f83-8f8a-c15587e27357> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://mentalhealthhelpcenter.com/condition/encephalopathy%2C-hypoglycemic/s/Confusion/12314 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.918929 | 415 | 3.03125 | 3 |
December 23, 1968
Astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William Anders become the first men to orbit the Moon. Flying in Apollo 8, the men perform 10 total lunar orbits and test many of the procedures that will be used in future lunar missions. Additionally, the men were the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit, the first to see Earth as a whole planet, and the first to directly see the far side of the Moon. On Christmas Eve, the crew made a television broadcast from which they read the first 10 verses from the Book of Genesis. It was the most watched television program ever at the time.
Edward Johnson, an associate of Thomas Edison, has walnut-sized bulbs made specifically for him to wire his Christmas Tree with electric light. The 80 red, white, and blue bulbs formed the first set of electric Christmas Tree lights in history. Prior to this, people would traditionally decorate their trees with wax candles.
Walt Disney premiers the animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was the first full-length animated feature film taking 3 years and nearly $1.5 million to produce, a massive amount for a feature film in 1937. Walt Disney had to mortgage his house to help finance the film.
In a surprise move at the time, Apple Computer Inc. announces their intention to purchase Steve Jobs’ company, NeXT, and bring Steve Jobs on board as an advisor to CEO Gil Amelio. The purchase was completed on February 4th of the next year and brought with it the core technology that formed the basis of the future Mac OS X operating system, which itself is the foundation of the iOS operating system that runs the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Along with the leadership of future CEO Steve Jobs, the resurgence of Apple in the 2000’s and the emergence of The New World of Technology can be traced back to this major event in technology history.
Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, otherwise known as MITS, begins selling the Altair 8800 microcomputer kit. As the base computer used toggle switches for input and LEDs for output, it was far from a personal computer as we know it today. However, it is one of the most important computers in history, for it inspired the first generation of entrepreneurs that created the personal computer industry. After the Altair 8800 appeared on the cover of Popular Electronics magazine in January 1975, MITS was flooded with orders. Expecting to sell at most 800 units, MITS sold over 5,000 units by August of 1975. A young Bill Gates and Paul Allen, excited by the possibility of small computers that could be used in the home, wrote the BASIC programming language for the Altair, their first software product which formed the basis of their future company, Microsoft. The Altair was also popular with the Homebrew Computing Club, where Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs began their partnership selling their own computer kit, the Apple I.
The Warner Brothers motion picture You’ve Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, is released to theaters. While mostly known as a romantic comedy, the film was chock-full of technology symbolism. Primarily I find interesting that the movie’s themes of business and technology was foreshadowing larger charges to come.
Starting with the obvious, the film’s title was the popular notification sound used by AOL for incoming e-mail. This showed just how quickly the Internet had become mainstream with e-mail and on-line dating starting to gain traction in the general population. At the time, AOL was the face of the Internet to those just getting their feet wet. However, it also foreshadowed one of the biggest technology deals in history. Just a little over a year later AOL would buy Warner Brothers’ parent company Time Warner, forming one of the largest media companies in history. However, the dot-com bubble burst and the merged companies never quite meshed. AOL was eventually spun-off in 2009, having lost its status in a more tech-evolved society.
Additionally, the main characters’ choice of technology was telling. Tom Hank’s character, the corporate businessman, used a Windows-based PC (an IBM no less) while Meg Ryan’s character, the small book shop owner, used a Macintosh Powerbook. The common thinking at the time was that Windows PCs were for business and Macintosh computers were for “creative” people. Of course, this was just a few years before the iPod was introduced and Apple re-revolutionized the technology industry in the 2000’s. Apple is now the consumer face of technology, whereas Windows is considered old technology even among business professionals.
The book industry was highlighted, with the movie’s subplot exploring the struggle of small businesses against the expansion of large corporate chains. Yet in the span of about a decade after the movie was released, large corporate bookstores were on the defensive against upstart companies doing business on the Internet. For context, in 1998 after 3 years in business, Amazon.com had yet to turn a profit, yet today Borders is out of business. The rise of social media now gives small companies the ability to effectively market themselves directly to their customer base, giving them a way to compete with large corporations. All this in a relatively short time after a movie helped publicize a computer network.
December 18, 1987
Larry Wall releases version 1.0 of Perl, a general-purpose programming language very commonly used as a Unix scripting language. Perl became very popular on the early world wide web, commonly being used to program CGI scripts for web applications. Perl’s flexibility and adaptability continues to make it a widely used programming language to this day.
Orville and Wilbur Wright make their famous first controlled and sustained flights with a heavier than air, powered aircraft. Orville made the very first flight which lasted about 12 seconds. Three more flights were made that day by both brothers, with the most successful being the fourth and final flight in which Wilbur flew for 59 seconds. The work done by the Wright brothers helped spawn the aviation industry.
December 16, 2003
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 is signed into United States law. Passed in an attempt to control the growing deluge of junk e-mail, the law’s effectiveness is dubious at best, especially considering political spam is exempt from the law.
Developed by researchers at Digital Equipment Research Laboratories, the AltaVista search engine is launched. It was the first world wide web search service to gain significant popularity. One of the most popular search engines in the early world wide web, Google didn’t overtake AltaVista until 2001. AltaVista was eventually purchased by Yahoo! in 2003. | <urn:uuid:a975c38b-deec-4edc-abd1-6a49ca2985b4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thisdayintechhistory.com/2021/12/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.970836 | 1,393 | 3.015625 | 3 |
It’s early September. So, in 2 weeks fall starts according to the calendar. In recent years, fall usually started not before October, in some years not before November. But, this year is different. Fall already started in early June. Nearly no fruits on the trees and bushes here in my region. The apple tree in our garden has severe problems: the apples and the lower leaves rot and mold on the tree. We got exactly 10 apples while 5 of them are to be thrown directly on the compost heap. According to a professional gardener, this is a result of the low temperatures and the high amount of humidity because of the frequent and heavy rains. The image below is taken a couple of years ago.
Yesterday, I read the EU published a report stating 2021 was the hottest summer ever (since the beginning of the weather recording). I can’t confirm and according to co-workers from northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the summer over there also didn’t deserve that name. 😦 So, the summer in other parts of Europe (i.e. Poland and Finland according to other co-workers, Italy, Greece, and so on) must have been even hotter to balance the low temperatures in West-Europe.
Btw. the weather forecast proposed the next rain front starting from today and last at least until mid of next week. Fortunately, the last 5 days were kind of summerly. | <urn:uuid:1a5d57c0-ab74-43f0-a7fb-7dc5de8fb828> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://solaner.wordpress.com/2021/09/09/throwback-thursday-its-too-early-for-fall/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.960082 | 297 | 2.390625 | 2 |
THE FESTIVAL OF SANT’EFISIO
hundreds of pilgrims gather to honour the Saint
Sardinia’s most important religious event.
Hundreds of pilgrims in procession wearing the traditional costumes of their home towns.
Decorated carts, dozens of riders, songs, sounds, colours framed by 300,000 spectators each year.
- WHEN AND WHERE
on the first of may, for over four centuries. A long procession through the streets of Cagliari
traccas, decorated bread and sweets, coloured traditional costumes, jewels, riders, and finally…the saint on a golden coach, surrounded by the believers and the sound of launeddas.
- ORIGINS OF THE EVENT
1646, the plague, a miracle of the Saint saves the town of Cagliari
- THE SAINT’S LIFE
he is born in Jerusalem in 250 A.D., and he was pagan; he was then converted to Christianism…
- POINTS OF INTEREST
There are three statues of the Saint, whose procession took place even under the WWII bombings. | <urn:uuid:3a38d660-4a80-491b-969d-5e78ce6c4363> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sardiniapoint.it/en/an-island-a-continent/traditions-in-sardiniareligiuos-eventssantefisio/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.908984 | 234 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Like other regions of the world, Southeast Asian societies are confronting many health equity challenges – ensuring universal access to primary health care; developing pro-equity health financing policies; training workers who will serve the poor and disadvantaged; and tackling the pressing health issues of women and children, migrant and trafficked workers, ethnic minorities, and those ravaged by humanitarian crises. Social determinants like equitable access to jobs and education, housing, and food are also important drivers of equity in health.
In response to these concerns, and recognizing the opportunities present in an economically dynamic region, CMB launched The Equity Initiative: Transformative Leadership for Health Equity in January 2016, in partnership with The Atlantic Philanthropies. The Equity Initiative aims to develop 500 health leaders for health equity in Southeast Asia over the next two decades through peer, experiential, and online learning. The initiative is linked to global and regional institutions and partners, world-class expertise and knowledge, with long-term vision and committed sustained support, backed by a pooled fund from CMB and The Atlantic Philanthropies.
Equity Fellows are mid-career professionals working in government, NGO, academic, and private business sectors, drawn from across ASEAN and China with a focus on the neighboring provinces of Guangxi and Yunnan. The fellowship year includes an opening retreat, a global learning trip to the United States and another country outside Southeast Asia, a study tour within the Greater Mekong countries to visit innovative health NGOs in the field, a project accelerator workshop to help fellows design their post-fellowship projects, and a final conference that brings fellows and allies together for community-building, backed by continuous online learning. | <urn:uuid:ccfe5887-dba1-429e-a11c-88c98936afb0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chinamedicalboard.org/programs/southeast-asia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.941314 | 341 | 1.820313 | 2 |
State Of Affairs, Pasadena Unified Schools Shutting Down, Musso & Frank 100th Anniversary
We look at how the President Trump impeachment query is playing out in the golden state. Plus, Pasadena Unified School District announces closure of three elementary schools. And, we visit Musso & Frank to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
State of Affairs
For our weekly peek at politics in the golden state: as the impeachment inquiry drags on, three California lawmakers step back into the national spotlight.
- Jack Pitney, the Roy P Crocker professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College
- Marisa Lagos, political correspondent with KQED
Pasadena Elementary School Closures
Pasadena is a relatively affluent community. But for years, the Pasadena Unified School District has been strapped for cash. Budget reserves are running low. Enrollment has been declining. So, last night, Pasadena Unified School Board members voted to close 3 of the district’s 17 elementary schools. More than 800 students will be displaced — a disproportionate number of whom are Latinos, English learners or low-income. But Pasadena school board members say they had no easy options.
- Kyle Stokes, KPCC education reporter
California Dream: Prison to College
In the middle of California's high desert, inside a maximum-security prison, Cal State L.A. is conducting an unusual experiment with men sentenced to live out their lives behind bars for the worst crimes. And it's become something no one expected: a path to freedom. As part of our California Dream collaboration, KQED's Vanessa Rancaño reports.
Vaping Illness and THC
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control released two reports today about the recent spike in vaping illnesses. It found that 70 percent of patients who've gotten sick used black-market marijuana vaping devices. The information was based on interviews with patients in Wisconsin in Illinois, where 86 people have been diagnosed with the mysterious illness. We reached out to the California Public Health Department to find out how the epidemic is playing out here. The investigation is ongoing, but the health department said that almost all 100 people in California who have been diagnosed with lung damage from vaping either vaped or "dabbed" THC and CBD cannabis products in cartridges, waxes, oils, and other forms.
Musso & Frank 100-year Anniversary
Hollywood's legendary Musso & Frank restaurant celebrated its 100th anniversary with the release of its first book. A Martinez heads over to eat all the classics with historical journalist Hadley Meares and Mark Echeverria, the COO, CFO and proprietor of Musso & Frank Grill as their guide.
Commuting Jobs in L.A.
Roughly one in four people who live in L.A. has quit a job because of how long it takes to get there. And more than half have not applied for certain jobs based on the commute. That's according to a survey out this week from the carpool app, Scoop.
Some of the best events to do in Southern California this weekend.
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Paula O'Shaughnessy, Sunday, 24th January, 2016
If someone asks you, 'how do you feel about change?' You
might give very different answers, depending on what is
happening to you at that time in your life. If
everything is ticking along nicely, we probably would not
want any change. If we are worrying in anticipation
of something we fear might happen, then we would probably
say, no change please. On the other hand we might be
having a bad time, and hoping or praying for change.
Each week, we find that we need to pray for the same
things – peace in the Middle East, an end to injustice and
a fairer world. Some things don't SEEM to change for
These are difficult questions, but what seems certain is
the urgency to pray to God. There are good things
which happen in the world too, of course. We need to
pray that we will always keep that urgency to pray, in
good and bad times. That we don't lose faith and
hope in God – either because we fall completely into
despair or because life becomes so comfortable that we
forget that we still must rely on God.
As Saul was walking along the road to Damascus, his vision
and understanding of the world and his relationship with
God changed dramatically. He did not seek change –
he thought that he knew he was on the right path.
However, Jesus sought him out to transform Saul, to
shatter his perceptions as illusions,
misunderstandings. This radical change doesn't come
about in Saul by his reasoning, it is miraculous, divine
action which makes it happen.
There is something fundamental in that – if God is to
transform the world, he must first transform the people,
from within. Saul becomes an instrument of God,
within the early church. He must first become
transformed from within, in order to then carry the Gospel
message into the world, transforming the hearts of people.
How often we realise that it is experience, not argument
or discussion, or reading about something which
transforms. Only by experiencing do we understand
fully. When you see it, feel it, only then does it
become real. All too often, the underlying cause of
evil is not empathising with someone else, seeing it from
their point of view. Where people carry out cruel
acts against others, they first de-humanise the
victim. The Wisdom of the Russian people shines a
light on this. The Russian word for the verb to hate
is 'ne-ne-veedet' – meaning, literally to not-not
see. (The Russian verb to see is 'veedet').
Saul himself is struck blind – Jesus is showing Saul that
he does not see. His bigotry, his certainty of his
understanding, his intolerance of others, separates him
from his Christian neighbours (who he regards as being
fundamentally wrong or bad). In this mindset, Saul
has separated himself not just from his neighbours but
also from God.
Later,as the Christian missionary, Paul, realising this
says (Romans 13:9-12).
The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; You
shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not
covet’; and any other commandment, are summed up in this
word, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ Love does no
wrong to a neighbour; therefore, love is the fulfilling of
the law. Besides this, you know what time it is, how
it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For
salvation is nearer to us now than when we became
believers; the night is far gone, the day is near.
Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the
armour of light;'
In his letters Paul urges his readers and listeners to be
prepared for the second coming of Christ. This hope
and faith, which Paul has, he repeats. In 1
Thessalonians Ch 4:
For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the
archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will
descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise
first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be
caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the
Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord for ever.
The sacrifice which God made, through the life of the
Jesus, for the world – is the eternal promise. The
New Covenant. God knows and loves all his people.
Our hearts must be tender and warm to all, to allow God to
be alive in us.
But Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me,
my Lord has forgotten me.’
Can a woman forget her nursing-child,
or show no compassion for the child of
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
We must have courage and faith, in all
circumstances. To see that God is alive in the
world, and that there is a divine purpose. We, like
Saul, need to have the courage to open our eyes and see
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What to Read While Locked Down in Austin
Texas Book Festival’s Literary Director recommends fiction and non-fiction for Austinites sheltering in place
By Matthew Patin
We’ve all been asked to stay home and isolate as much as possible to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. And because reading is a wonderful way to pass time in solitude, Tribeza asked Texas Book Festival Literary Director Matthew Patin to curate a quarantine reading list of suggestions for Austinites who would like to take their minds off the crisis for a time — or encounter a new perspective on the pandemic and our city. With 15 years of experience in literary consulting, writing, editing and publishing books, Patin has suggested both fiction and nonfiction stories centered around Austin. Enjoy!
Book readers are no strangers to lengthy, dedicated bouts of isolation. Shutting ourselves in is par for the course, after all. “Reading is solitude,” fabulist Italo Calvino wrote in 1979.
Yet, whereas the reading experience often begins alone, it rarely ends there. Book clubs, bookstore and library events, festivals and conferences — these are how we meet and support our literary heroes, rave about must-reads, discover new voices and explore with like-minded bibliophiles the stories, characters and ideas that move us. What to do, then, when these outlets evaporate, and readerly selective solitude becomes mandated social distancing and sheltering-in-place?
I for one am pointing authors and readers alike toward PEN America’s Writers’ Emergency Fund, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation and resources on how to keep supporting Texas’s independent booksellers, its public libraries and its literary nonprofits. I’m binging on an abundance of virtual literary programming, too, including Texas Book Festival’s own Instagram Live author sessions and its monthly online book club. And I am reading, rereading or planning to read those stories that may one day be dubbed contagion fiction: Severance by Ling Ma, The Companions by Katie M. Flynn and the forthcoming End of October by Austin’s own Lawrence Wright.
The Plague sits on my shelf, too. Albert Camus’s classic tale of a town grappling with a pandemic is on many to-read lists lately, but what has long struck me is a line from the book’s first chapter: “Perhaps the easiest way of making a town’s acquaintance is to ascertain how the people in it work, how they love” — and, grimly, considering the book’s themes — “how they die.” Sense of place is what Camus’s narrator was more or less addressing here, and sense of place occupies many of my thoughts lately. That is, how in the age of coronavirus — when we’re standing at least six feet apart on the greenbelt, jumping at every cough and sneeze and washing our hands raw — might we as Austinites continue connecting, through literature, with each other and to this place we all call home?
The reading list that follows is my attempt to answer that question. Most of these books are in my own home library; some are to-read. Some are old and some new, some heavy and some light, some fiction and some nonfiction. But all are about, or set in, Texas’s capital city.
The Roxy Letters (forthcoming) by Mary Pauline Lowry
How Perfect Is That by Sarah Bird
The Gay Place by Billy Lee Brammer
Keep Mars Weird by Neal Pollack
Waterloo by Karen Olsson
Migratory Animals by Mary Helen Specht
Then and Now: How Austin Became Austin
Power, Money, & the People: The Making of Modern Austin by Anthony Orum
Seat of Empire: The Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas by Jeffrey Stuart Kerr
Indelible Austin by Michael Barnes
Crime and Vice in Old Austin
The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth
Guy Town by Gaslight: A History of Vice in Austin’s First Ward by Richard Zelade
The Live Music Capital of the World
Redneck Rock by Jan Reid
Armadillo World Headquarters by Eddie Wilson
Barton Springs, Lady Bird Lake and the Greening of Central Texas
City in a Garden by Andrew M. Busch
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The following text is from Thomas Metzinger’s 2009 book ‘The Ego Tunnel – The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self’.
Maybe you’ve had a lucid dream yourself; the phenomenon is not rare. If not, you can try a number of different induction techniques. For instance, you can adopt the habit of performing “reality checks” several times a day. Each reality check should last at least a minute. It consists in carefully inspecting your current inner and outer environment for any indications that this might not be ordinary waking reality. Here is a checklist that readers interested in exploring the dream tunnel can use as a guideline.
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Evaluation of heat transfer on a backward acting grate
Keywords:Waste management technologies, Discrete Particle Method, Discrete Element Method, heat-up, backward acting grate
AbstractWithin this contribution the effect of the kinetics of bar motion on the heat-up characteristics of a packed bed, consisting of biomass or municipal waste, on a back-ward acting grate is investigated. Transfer of heat within a packed bed of moving particles determines to a large ex-tent the individual temperatures of particles, and therefore, any reaction process attached to the particles e.g. packed bed. Thus, a deeper knowledge of heat transfer in a packed bed allows for a better assessment of the reaction progress. Both motion and heat-up of particles on a backward acting grate are predicted by the Discrete Particle Method (DPM). Contrary to continuum mechanic approaches, a packed bed consists of a finite number of individual particles. Motion of particles is predicted by the Discrete Element Method (DEM), whereas the particles' temperatures are determined by the solution of the conservation equation for energy. Particles are heated by a radiative flux on the surface of the packed bed and exchange heat by conduction and radiation with particles in their proximity. Additional heat transfer to the surround-ing gas phase by convection is also taken into account.
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Background: Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts signaling pathways between the brain and spinal networks below the level of injury. In cases of severe SCI, permanent loss of sensorimotor and autonomic function can occur. The standard of care for severe SCI uses compensation strategies to maximize independence during activities of daily living while living with chronic SCI-related dysfunctions. Over the past several years, the research field of spinal neuromodulation has generated promising results that hold potential to enable recovery of functions via epidural electrical stimulation (EES).
Methods: This review provides a historical account of the translational research efforts that led to the emergence of EES of the spinal cord to enable intentional control of motor functions that were lost after SCI. We also highlight the major limitations associated with EES after SCI and propose future directions of spinal neuromodulation research.
Results: Multiple, independent studies have demonstrated return of motor function via EES in individuals with chronic SCI. These enabled motor functions include intentional, controlled movement of previously paralyzed extremities, independent standing and stepping, and increased grip strength. In addition, improvements in cardiovascular health, respiratory function, body composition, and urologic function have been reported.
Conclusions: EES holds promise to enable functions thought to be permanently lost due to SCI. However, EES is currently restricted to scientific investigation in humans with SCI and requires further validation of factors such as safety and efficacy before clinical translation.
Keywords: epidural electrical stimulation; motor-evoked responses; neuromodulation; spinal cord injury; spinal cord stimulation.
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It was back in September of 2011 that Apple filed suit against Amazon for violating the “app store” trademark. Apple applied for this trademark but has not yet been award the trademark.
Amazon requested and argued in court that the “app store” term has become generic. Amazon says that “To the contrary, the use of the term ‘app store’ to refer to stores selling apps is commonplace in the industry. “Both Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple) and Tim Cook (current CEO of Apple) have been trying to compete with different storefronts for using “app store.”
Other major technology companies like Microsoft are trying to block Apple’s application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
According to Bloomberg, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton, granted Amazons request, and says that she found “no support for the proposition that Amazon has expressly or impliedly communicated that its Appstore for Android possesses the characteristics and qualities that the public has come to expect from the Apple APP Store and/or Apple products.”
Apple continues to believe that its iOS platform made the word “app” popularized and that most customers associate the words “app store” with the iOS App Store.
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The Notorious RBG shuffled off this mortal coil one year ago today (September 18th, 2020), and she is sorely missed. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneer and a champion for women’s rights the likes of whom we need more of! Ruth’s legacy deserved so much more than for her to be replaced on the Supreme Court by a right wing ringer who’s never even tried a case (fuck!), but all we can do is move forward. We miss you, RBG!
Symbols of speed and good fortune, Dolphins swim down the sides of this ocean-colored vase (1866–70s) from Salviati & Co. John Ruskin’s Stones of Venice created a wave of enthusiasm for the lost art of cristallo. Published from 1851 to 1853, Ruskin’s book proved a stroke of good luck for Venetians seeking to revive old glassblowing techniques.
Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
This glass Peacock Vase (1893 – 96), with its evocative form, coloring and iridescent surface, is an icon of the early Tiffany-blown Favrile glass collected by H.O. (Henry) Havemayer. He gave it to The Met in 1896 during the first years of its production; at the time it was considered modern art and an object of rare beauty. These qualities are reflected in the collecting visions presented in the gallery in which this vase is displayed, which features transformative gifts from the Havemeyers through the Annenbergs.
Photographed as Part of the Exhibit Making The Met at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
This striking, six-pronged Green Glass Vase (circa 1931) is part of a small group of modernist art glass by Frederick Carder for the Steuben Division of Corning Glass Works. Carder was a glass blower, born and trained in England. He preferred traditional forms and elaborate ornament, but like many of his contemporaries active in the late 1920s, he responded to the international interest in abstraction and avant-garde experimentation by incorporating sharp angles, asymmetry, and bright color combinations into some of his designs.
Photographed in the Art Institute, Chicago.
Marc Camille Chaimowicz (b. 1947) is a London-based, cross-disciplinary contemporary artist whose works challenge the categorical divisions between art and design. His recent career retrospect at the Jewish Museum (which was the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States) transformed the entire second floor of the former Warburg family mansion from an exhibit showcase into a series of fantasy tableaus pristinely curated with unique and whimsical home furnishings and décor. This room was my favorite. Let’s take a closer look at the pieces that make up this dream-like living room set.
Blue Velvet Give and Take Sofa and Pink Glazed Ceramic Rope Vase.
Maquette for Give and Take Sofa
Stainless Steel Magazine Rack with Diamonds Cut Outs
Photographed as Part of the Exhibit, Your Place or Mine, at the Jewish Museum.
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“The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.” Psalm 121:6, NLT
“They will never again be hungry or thirsty, they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun.”
“We Can Make Things Better!”
The scorching heat of the recent summers continue to confirm the turn in nature toward global warming. More than a speculative opinion, the reality of a much warmer earth is apparent. While some would rather debate the issue, the evidence is compelling and true. These overly warm forces are the result of the Sun. The earth’s closer orbit around the Sun, coupled with the poor stewardship for this planet by human beings, all contribute to the challenges we face. The Scripture is not silent on the consequences of the Sun. Worshippers headed to Jerusalem on one of three pilgrimages for the celebration of Holy days, were assured, “The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.” This assurance was also meant to counter a prevalent belief by some, that the Sun and moon were deities, who controlled the lives of people. Heat strokes and sheer exhaustion overtook many of the pilgrims along their route to the Holy City, which often led to panic, and an irrational belief that persons fallen to illness were cursed by the Sun. The psalmist does not deny the natural effects of the heat generated by the sun; but He directs the people to put their trust in God who created the heavens, earth, and the entire solar system (Cf. Genesis 1:14-17, NLT). All that God creates have an inherent value and purpose. Because God loves His creation, He has given us the responsibility to care for the environment we inhabit. Unfortunately, the earth’s outer core has been depleted through toxic emissions we insist on using as energy sources, and consumer products. These products devastate our ecology, contaminate our environment; and bring diseases and potent viruses to people. John tells us, a new day will dawn. Famine, global warming, drought, and more, will be a reality of the past! | <urn:uuid:a5429d9e-0fe4-4c78-9d32-f102f9f7c7cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cbcboston.org/post/pastor-s-column-7-24-22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962997 | 464 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Cost to build a softball field?
The amount of money that it would cost to build a football field would vary depending on the type of field. An average football field would cost millions of dollars to build.
It Would Cost About $450,000!
The construction cost to build Heinz Field was $281 million.
According to Wikipedia, $960,000 was used to build Lambeau Field and the rennovation cost of it was $295,000,000.
around 6 trillon dollars
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around 15 thousand
We've priced it out and it's some where between $20-25K.
The bat can cost up to $200 at the least. Then if you would like a decent glove, its about $50. Then you need a softball bag ($40) and depending on what position you play, it could be more. But these are the basics.
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“Laser treatment could make eye operations safer for the hundreds of thousands of elderly Britons who have cataract surgery each year,” the Daily Mail reported.
The article is based on a study of whether a specially designed precision laser system could improve cataract surgery. The laser beam is designed to cut through to the lens of the eye and cut it into fragments for removal. The researchers claim that the cuts were twice as strong and five times as precise as the current surgical method of treating cataracts. In a trial of 59 eyes with cataract, there were no differences in important outcomes, such as safety, side effects or improvements in vision, between those treated by laser and those by conventional surgery. However, the procedure did take longer than conventional surgery and would be more expensive.
This study illustrates the potential of the new device and procedure. Laser treatment could be a preferable alternative to current surgery techniques, but this needs confirmation in larger randomised trials. Cataract removal is one of the most performed surgical procedures, and the current technique has been used successfully and safely for many years.
This study was carried out by researchers from Stanford University and the Dominican Republic. It was funded in part by OptiMedica Corp., the makers of the precision laser system used in the study. The research was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
The Daily Mail covered relevant aspects to the study and the background of cataract surgery. The newspaper also mentions that one of the researchers promoting the technique has shares in the company and that there are other companies developing similar systems.
The researchers say that cataract removal is one of the most common types of surgery in the developed world, and about one-third of people will have the surgery at some point in their lifetime. They explain that while there have been advances in surgical technique over the last several decades, some critical steps can still only be performed with limited precision.
The aim of this study was to see if a specially designed precision laser system could improve the procedure by replacing one of these inconsistent, manual steps. Currently, the initial opening that is made in the outer shell of the eye to enable the cataract to be removed is made by hand.
The researchers discuss the process in which they developed their technique and equipment. First, they carried out pre-clinical research in pigs to test the technical aspects of the new laser system. A safety study in six rabbits followed to test that the laser did not damage the retinal light perceiving cells. Finally, after designing and refining the system for human use, they tested it in a series of 50 patients. They then performed a comparative non-randomised study of 29 patients treated with the laser with 30 treated with manual surgery.
Using the preclinical studies as guidance, the researchers decided on a specific wavelength pulse duration and energy for their laser. They combined the laser with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), which is an imaging system taking light from the same path as the laser. The OCT allowed them to precisely direct the line of the laser and adjust it to the right depth.
The laser system is designed to replace the cuts made with a scalpel in manual surgery. Four cuts are usually made: capsulotomy (a circular incision in the lens capsule), lens fragmentation (segmenting and softening of the lens to prepare for removal), relaxing incisions (cuts to correct any astigmatism or unevenness in the surface), and cataract incisions (cuts to allow insertion of the surgical tools).
The technique was used in 50 consecutive patients who were having cataract removal in one eye. Improvement in vision was compared between 29 of these patients with 30 control patients who had the manual technique. A standard reading chart was used to measure changes in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA); this is how many extra smaller letter lines on the chart could be read while wearing spectacles.
Participants with cataracts between the ages of 50 and 80 were enrolled to this part, and they agreed to comply with the treatment and follow-up schedule. Other requirements included having a visual acuity in the range of 20/30 to 20/80, and pupil dilation diameter of no fewer than seven millimetres. In the final study, 60% of participants were female and 40% were male.
The researchers report all the technical improvements they attributed to the new technique, such as sizing of the lens (thought to be important for visual outcomes) and the precision and repeatability of the procedure. Important outcomes assessed included the strength of the sack around the lens (capsule), as this contributes to the complication of capsule rupture, a possible consequence of any cataract surgery.
In the comparative non-randomised study, the average gain in visual acuity was 4.3 (± 3.8) lines in the laser group, compared to 3.5 (± 2.1) lines in the control group. This difference was within the standard error for the analysis and therefore it was not statistically significant.
The researchers say that the similarity in the visual outcomes of the laser and manual surgery confirms the safety of the laser treatment and that there were no side effects on visual function.
They also found a twelve-fold improvement in precision of sizing the capsulotomy compared with the manual technique, and a five-fold improvement in the precision of the capsulotomy shape. There was a two-fold improvement in capsulotomy strength.
The researchers conclude that the superiority of the visual outcomes with the laser treatment will need to be evaluated in a large comparative clinical trial. They say that their integrated system, comprised of the imaging, laser and the software designed for the special pattern cutting, can provide multiple benefits for cataract surgery.
The laser allows for exact placement of the cutting patterns determined by the surgeon before and during surgery. They say this allows the technique to be more precise and reproducible.
The multiple parts to this research have been well-reported and produce a logical story of why these researchers believe this innovation to be an improvement on the current techniques that are used. They mention a few limitations, some of which revolve around the early nature of the research:
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This is an essay on notability.
It contains the oul' advice or opinions of one or more Mickopedia contributors. Be the hokey here's a quare wan. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Mickopedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints.
|This page in a holy nutshell: When designin' or debatin' inherently notable categories or other notability criteria, keep it simple, stupid.|
Notability guidelines, whether categories which are considered inherently notable or somethin' along the likes of WP:GNG, should be as consistent and simply defined as possible, bedad. Any such guideline which contains inadequately justified exceptions, provisos, and/or loopholes is an example of notabilitymanderin' (a portmanteau of "notability" and "gerrymanderin'").
Consider the oul' followin' example:
All foo are inherently notable except for/provided that bar
Such statements can be acceptable at times, given that bar is a bleedin' reasonable and non-arbitrary exception, the cute hoor. But if bar is a bleedin' single article, or a few articles, begorrah. that is/are excluded from the bleedin' category for such reasons as WP:IDON'TLIKEIT or WP:WHOCARES, or a holy proviso such as length or number of redlinks that is irrelevant to the feckin' article's content and/or relationship to the oul' category it should be removed, fair play. (Practical considerations, such as the feckin' number of all foo potentially drownin' out notable foo, may be permissible sole reasons for such an exception, but in that case the bleedin' most reasonable bar ought to be chosen.)
This starts becomin' more important if there are multiple such exceptions and provisos, or especially when they are nested. Bejaysus. Consider:
All foo are inherently notable except for bar, but includin' article fizz within group bar
Such criteria should be avoided unless there is a really good reason for their inclusion.
Even though "inherent non-notability" doesn't exist on Mickopedia, any category of articles that is discouraged or prohibited (such as WP:NOT, or what the community has decided as not inherently notable) should also follow this principle. Consider the feckin' example
Foo is not an inherently notable category, but article foo1 within foo is inherently notable
Such criteria should be avoided without really good cause lest it become the oul' analogous evil of nonnotabilitymanderin'.
Consider inherently notable category 1, game ball! Category 2, a holy subcategory of 1, is also inherently notable. Whisht now. However, category 3, a bleedin' subcategory of 2, is not inherently notable, and neither is category 4, a holy subcategory of 3. Jesus Mother of Chrisht almighty. Category 5, a feckin' subcategory of 4, should NOT be inherently notable without good cause.
Any chronological categories (such as lists of Heads of State, etc.) should not exclude inherent notability to any member based on chronology (e.g. Whisht now and eist liom. the bleedin' Grand Poobahs of Freedonia are inherently notable if and only if they served after 1978) without good cause. Especially discouraged are multiple such exclusions (e.g, fair play. the Grand Poobahs of Freedonia are inherently notable if and only if they served before 1953 or after 1978).
What this is not
A ban on any notability nuance
Exceptions to rules or decisions on notability are not notabilitymanderin' provided that they are legitimate and reasonable. Sufferin' Jaysus. Indeed, many of Mickopedia's actual notability guidelines are quite detailed, Lord bless us and save us. This even applies for nested exceptions or provisos, although the feckin' more arcane and counter-intuitive they are the bleedin' bigger the onus is for justifyin' their existences. Here's another quare one for ye. "Extraordinary exceptions require extraordinary justifications" is a feckin' good rule of thumb.
An attempt to make notability an even playin' field
WP:NOTLEVEL applies across categories in the bleedin' encyclopedia. Bejaysus this is a quare tale altogether. This applies to individual groups of inherent notability. While this can be construed in spirit to try to make notability within a bleedin' given topic or category an even playin' field, it does not apply across topics like NOTLEVEL and in any case recognizes any legitimate iniquities in the oul' playin' field of notability for the bleedin' given topic.
An excuse to violate policy
This user-submitted essay should not be used to trump such established policies as the general notability guideline or any of the feckin' other formalized notability guidelines, game ball! If you believe that any part of such guidelines is an example of notabilitymanderin', please take such concerns to the bleedin' appropriate channels and do not take them into your own hands and violate the oul' guidelines.
Nor is this in conflict with WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, you know yerself. That essentially states that article X havin' passed some sort of notability test and bein' similar to article Y does not necessarily imply that article Y will pass that test. This essay merely states that, in the bleedin' absence of any inherent notability (which voids OTHERSTUFFEXISTS), the test between similar articles X and Y should be the bleedin' same without good reason to the feckin' contrary, and also that any inherently notable category that includes one article should include the feckin' other without good reason to the bleedin' contrary. | <urn:uuid:d06686ca-14ed-4dba-bc5c-f528c9219c38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://mickopedia.org/mickify?topic=Wikipedia:Notabilitymandering | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.929248 | 1,319 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Researchers recently found that they were able to erase specific memories in rats. Really. They tell all about it in the current issue of the journal Neuron.
By blocking the enzyme alpha-CaMKII (which is a kinase) in neurons of the brain, the researchers were able to completely block recall of mild electric shocks given when a certain piece of music was played. Apparently, this specific kinase performs a critical step in recalling memory.
It's just the beginning of a road that may lead to the ability to therapeutically erase traumatic memories in individuals who suffer post-traumatic pathologies. Or it might not. But it's an interesting development, nonetheless.
Even more likely, however, is the possibility that this research pathway will lead us to a clearer understanding of how memories are formed and recalled.
Want to know more? Check out these resources:
[Brief article that summarizes the research and its implications]
Inducible and Selective Erasure of Memories in the Mouse Brain via Chemical-Genetic Manipulation
Neuron, Volume 60, Issue 2, 353-366, 23 October 2008
Xiaohua Cao, et al.
[The original research article in the journal Neuron; free brief summary]
Requirement for -CaMKII in Experience-Dependent Plasticity of the Barrel Cortex.
S. Glazewski et al.
Science 19 April 1996: Vol. 272. no. 5260, pp. 421 - 423
[Journal article showing related functions for this enzyme]
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Resurfacing the New Hampton High School track is “on track” to take its next steps forward.
Cracks developed in the surface of the 17-year-old track inside the football stadium and the School Board approved replacing it last November. During their July board meeting, Superintendent Jay Jurrens informed them that the district was going to shave about $4,500 off the project, which is expected to ramp up this week.
In addition to the track resurfacing, fundraising efforts by the Chickasaw Outdoor Athletic Complex Project (COACP) will help pay to move the high jump back inside the track, extend the homestretch/staging area of the track, and add a concrete walkway.
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Executive says there is ‘sufficient’ supply of lateral flow testing in Northern Ireland
The newsletter today reported that lateral flow testing supplies in Northern Ireland are being overtaken by strong demand.
Amid UK-wide reports of ‘uneven’ supplies, Community Pharmacy NI Managing Director Gerard Greene said an increase in demand for testing appeared to be causing similar difficulties in the province. .
In a statement from the executive board yesterday, he said “there is a sufficient supply of lateral flow testing for Northern Ireland”.
He said: “Community pharmacies and other collection sites are regularly restocked. You can use the online site finder to find a local collection site. If the site closest to you does not have tests, you can search for other collection sites in your area.
“You can also order an LFD test online for home delivery. Due to high demand, tests may be batch streamed throughout the day on the online home delivery service. If you are not able to order tests immediately, please check back regularly throughout the day.
Meanwhile, a leading scientist warned it was “very worrying” that a shortage of Covid-19 tests could lead to people mixing in the New Year without being able to see if they are. infectious.
Professor Peter Openshaw, who sits on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), said conditions at a New Year’s Eve rally were “perfect” for the spread of the coronavirus.
In a letter to MPs, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the supply of lateral flow tests (LFD) was tripled in January and February compared to a pre-Omicron plan of 100 million to 300 million per month.
Professor Openshaw has expressed concern that people may not be able to get tested at rallies.
“I think that’s really, really worrying,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today show. etc., is absolutely perfect for transmitting this very, very highly transmissible virus. “
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The PTA have a lengthy listing of points to buy, and this typically consists of: summer color, wet climate lumber sanctuary, moms and dad waiting outside sanctuaries and also outside classrooms. Wherever possible the smart school will certainly aim to combine all these in one considerable device which, appropriately placed, can cover all groups. Are you searching for School Outdoor Shelter
In these circumstances you will certainly require a strong framework, created specifically for use in colleges, which has an effectively water resistant roof, as well as large overhangs to sanctuary the seating area.
Numerous frameworks can be mounted onto tarmac or a piece base at no added cost and also this supplies a number of benefits;
Clean clear hardwearing floor which is not going to be impacted by the seasons
Relieve of access as there is no action or ramp to get into the shelter
If you’re taking into consideration installment onto turf, please remember that the added step generated by utilize of the wood shelter will certainly suggest the yard area will end up being broken and, without appropriate degrees of light/rain, will certainly be unable to totally recuperate. This will imply troubles with mud in winter season and dust in summer. Flooring such as decking would be advantageous. However, this will create an enter the shelter and also potentially create the need for a ramp to ensure that the facility uses gain access to for all. Additionally, grass support could be made use of to boost wear resistance of the all-natural flooring.
Benching requirements to be robust, smooth and also at an appropriate height for key aged kids whilst appropriate for adults to make use of too. We would certainly recommend 0.50 m from the floor. There need to suffice rooms for a full class of youngsters ie as much as 30 students – preferably all encountering towards the very same point for mentor functions.
A selection of roofing choices should be available to you; the primary function being to use a completely dry interior. Where Asphalt roof is supplied, seek guarantees to guarantee that you are going to obtain a decent life-span from the roof Asphalt shingle tiles can have an eye-catching look and are offered in a variety of colours with some quality suppliers providing a 15 year suppliers guarantee.
Sedum roof when initially set up.
Cedar Tile roof covering
Asphalt Roof shingles roof covering.
If you want to utilize the framework to demonstrate sustainable alternatives in building then think about either a living/sedum roofing or cedar roof shingles.
Try to find assurances on the framework that can reassure in its lifespan. Where selecting a natural material such as hardwood ensure that it is dealt with versus rot: preferably pressure fertilized. Hardwood shelters need to be appropriately mounted to increase life expectancy. Where upright blog posts are being concreted right into the ground, understand that this can create a weak at the user interface, where increased degeneration may occur. A much better method of installment is to screw the posts to the ground. A tiny piece of DPC in between post as well as ground will assist protect against water access to increase the life of the upright message.
No person wishes to be responsible for acquiring the outside sanctuary that was ruined in winds! Ask the distributor about wind-lift. Such attributes as the weight of the structure, internal ceiling layout and also number and also positioning of uprights will all have an influence right here. Have structural computations been done to verify that this is not going to be a problem?
Finishing & Rate of Building
Any type of timber product need to be factory planned to reduce splintering – especially benches. Any type of product with upright posts ought to have the edges “pencil rounded” to soften sides and reduce damages should any person bump into them. A framework such as this ought to be set up in just 1 or 2 days.
Make certain that the cost you have been priced quote consists of distribution and also setup. Guarantee you have actually inquired about most likely extra costs.
Utilize this chance to acquire a structure that is made from sustainable materials [http://cabinco.co.uk/sustainable-materials/] and demonstrates your school’s commitment to the setting. Timber is the only natural, sustainable, recyclable and bio-degradable building material we have. Not only that, but it looks good also! Purchase a hardwood sanctuary for your institution as well as let it double up as an outdoor class as well as moms and dads’ waiting outdoor sanctuary. It will remain as a legacy to the college for numerous years to come. Click on School Shelters for more detail | <urn:uuid:f5d79c3e-5e5a-4bb1-94a8-5b8549e105fe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bioneerslive.org/2022/07/exterior-shelter-overview-to-picking-a-wood-shelter-for-your-college.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.959183 | 978 | 1.609375 | 2 |
A new device in LVMC’s Diagnostic Imaging Department offers patients access to three-dimensional imaging technology for mammograms. The GE SenoClaire breast tomosynthesis machine provides improved accuracy in finding the shape, size, and location of any irregularities in the breast.
Using low-dose, short X-ray sweeps around a compressed breast with only nine exposures, the FDA- approved technology uses a special method that removes motion from the imaging tube, helping to reduce blur and increase image sharpness.
This imaging technique is designed to separate the tissues and to reduce the overlapping of structures — something that’s a limiting factor in standard 2D mammography.
In January, members of the radiology department underwent a week of training on the machine in preparation for seeing patients. LVMC conducts an average of about 4,500 mammograms each year.
The new equipment provides LVMC with cutting edge screening technology to detect early breast cancer. Studies have shown that when cancer is identified and treatment is begun early, the rates of survival improve.
We are excited to offer our community 3D mammography. This new imaging device will help the Radiologist nd cancers even smaller than was possible with regular digital mammography alone.
According to GE, a key challenge when performing screening mammography is keeping the radiation levels as low as possible. With GE’s SenoClaire, the company said, there is no increase in dose from a 2-D standard mammogram to a 3D view, which means there is no increased radiation to patients during a SenoClaire breast exam.
LVMC’s machine is one of about 200 units installed in the U.S., Europe, Australia, Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
During the approximately 10-minute breast exam, the machine’s x-ray tube moves around the breast to produce digital images from various angles. In particular, the technology is helpful for women with dense breast tissue, enabling the detection of small cancers and creating more de ned images of larger tumors that previously might have been obscured using 2-D mammograms.
GE’s Francesca Braga, who created the breakthrough mammography technology, told Forbes Magazine that the machine allows radiologists to see through the breast as if it were “cut” into slices and to identify subtle signs of cancer. “Think of it like a book with clear pages - the words blend in, one on top of the other, making it hard to read,” she told Forbes. “With 3D mammography, radiologists see each page, so they can read what’s on the mammogram more clearly.” | <urn:uuid:d25b82b3-56df-4b7e-9d33-8c03bae54021> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lompocvmc.com/blog/125-press-releases/488-3d-mammography-offers-improved-imaging | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.939408 | 551 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Below is a listing of the completely different sorts of software a computer may have installed with examples of associated programs. Click any of the links beneath for extra information. We worth developer privateness, productivity, and happiness above all. Everyone on the team sees the same anonymized, abstract data. A set of instructions that directs a computer’s hardware to perform a task is called a program, or computer software. Microsoft’s Wunderlist to-do app has been residing on borrowed time for some time now. It was back in 2017 when the software big announced it would be phasing out the app, which surprisingly enough, Microsoft had only bought in 2015.
- Once the software is installed on the computer onerous drive, the program can be used at any time.
- After the trial time expires, you’ll be requested to enter a code or register the product before you’ll be able to proceed to use it.
- On a Windows computer, a program icon is added to the Start menu or Start display screen, depending on your version of Windows.
- See our top 10 free PC programs everybody ought to have, for a listing of software you may want to install on your computer first.
The program could then be interpreted, or compiled into machine code. Once the software is installed on the pc exhausting drive, this system can be utilized at any time. On a Windows computer, a program icon is added to the Start menu or Start display, relying in your model of Windows. See our top 10 free PC packages everyone should have, for a list of software you could need to install on your computer first.
With a couple of tweaks right here and there, discover ways to conceal toolbars, icons, buttons, files, and extra. Free auto tagging software to automatically complete metadata utilizing community database. Use your iPhone/iPad as a USB drive to switch recordsdata between Windows and your iOS system. the applications used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving directions on how to use them.
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Shareware or trial software is software that gives you a few days to try the software before you must buy this system. After the trial time expires, you’ll be asked to enter a code or register the product before you can continue to use it. There are also lots of free software applications out there which are separated into different categories. Software can be downloaded to a pc over the Internet. Once downloaded, setup recordsdata are run to begin the set up process on your pc. Although software software is regarded as a program, it may be something that runs on a computer. The table beneath also includes a program column to make clear any software that isn’t a program.
The packages and instructions that run a pc, versus the actual physical equipment and devices that compose the hardware. Download and manage torrent information with an efficient, lightweight, and customizable software. Remove stubborn apps, browser plug-ins, and injected applications promptly and thoroughly. A laptop programmer write the instructions using a programming language, defining how the software should function on structured knowledge. | <urn:uuid:55983efc-cf62-4e31-ab6d-ff4fb4ca3b69> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.beosjapan.com/app-news-and-reviews-best-software-downloads-and-discovery.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.915274 | 733 | 1.882813 | 2 |
An influential jazz drummer considered by some to be the first fusion drummer. Tony Williams began his career in 1962 at the young age of 17 when he joined the Miles Davis Quintet. Williams, along with Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter, was part of one of jazz's great rhythm sections. He is particularly noted for his pioneering free and open style of playing. During the 1960s Williams also recorded avant garde albums with Jackie McClean and Eric Dolphy in addition to recording two albums of his own. After leaving Davis in 1969, Williams formed the trio, The Tony Williams Lifetime, which is considered to be one of the first fusion bands. In 1976 he recorded and then toured with Herbie Hancock's V.S.O.P. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Williams worked as a sideman and led his own hard bop group. In 1997 Tony Williams passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 51 following routine gallbladder surgery.
Tony Williams was invited to join Miles Davis' Quintet when he was just 17 years old. Tony Williams studied composition at Juilliard and UC Berkeley while continuing to work as a top tier musician. Although dismissed at the time of its release, "Emergency!", The Tony Williams Lifeline's first album, is considered a fusion classic today.
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It is a program bringing students of all abilities together creating a fast and meaningful path to fun, friendship and understanding. First Lady Abby Cox was on hand as Jordan School District launched the first ever “Unified Golf” program in the State of Utah.
“Unified Golf” is an opportunity for middle school students with and without disabilities to come together as friends and play together on a team in competitive golf. The Glenmoor Golf Course team has been working hard to make “Unified Golf” a reality. Students received a quick lesson in using a golf club, swinging, putting and just enjoying the game and each other.
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“The life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a life well spent is eternal.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106 BC–43 BC
Earlier this year, Isamu Arakaki Sensei, the President of the Okinawa Prefecture Karate Rengokai, left this world after a prolonged illness to the dismay of us all. For three years he gave the Rengokai strong leadership, his wealth of experience, an international presence, and valuable connections. A confidante of His Excellency Governor Hirokazu Nakaima of Okinawa, he was able to win support for his vision of the future of Okinawan karate. He thereby began the process of turning an ambitious dream, into a worldwide karate movement.
His appointment signalled a change of course for Okinawan karate as in the past this position had most often been filled by a politician, Chamber of Commerce official, or a community leader. By contrast, Arakaki Sensei was a successful business executive, hotelier, restauranteur, and a respected senior karate instructor with a sixty years pedigree having started training at the age of twelve in the dojo of Yuchoku Higa Sensei.
Arakaki Sensei’s expressed his vision of karate in these words that were published in a previous issue of this magazine: “Too dangerous for use in sporting contests, Okinawan karate has been unaffected by the many difficulties that the introduction of competitions created. Sport should be fun; but when sporting reputations, national prestige, and personal pride are at stake, passions run high, and both common sense and good manners are soon abandoned…Okinawans value tradition and both Okinawan tradition and culture dictate that karate is a martial art and not a game.” The loss of Arakaki Sensei could have been catastrophic if his deputy had not been Zenpo Shimabukuro Sensei.
A successful entrepreneur himself, as Vice President of our organization he had provided the energy, diplomacy, and language skills to create the matrix upon which the organization Arakaki Sensei envisaged would begin to crystallize. Sharing the vision of our late President, and relieving him of the burden of office as the interim President of the Rengokai when his health began to fail, ensured a smooth transition of both policy and power that was endorsed by a vote of Rengokai senior officers in June of this year when they elected Shimabukuro Sensei their President.
His background is as impressive as he is, and nobody is more suited to this demanding task. His father, Zenryo, was a student of Chotoku Kyan, viewed by many to be a karate genius; Zenpo Sensei trained with his father since the age of nine. Formerly a member of the Okinawa Karate Do Konwa Kai (Okinawa Karate-Do Discussion Group) which evolved into the Okinawa Prefectural Karate-Do/Kobudo Rengokai around 1990, he has served as a director and vice-present of the organization.
He has also brought enormous energy to the task of promoting Okinawan karate and kobudo internationally, an undertaking the success of which was assured by his experience of living abroad and fluency in English. He was mostly responsible for the participation of the Rengokai in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Rengokai Masters’ Tour of the United States, and the 2001 Okinawa World Championships held in Atlanta, Georgia. Shimabukuro Sensei is intent upon educating the world about Okinawan karate, improving access to senior practitioners, and emphasizing the cultural content of Uchinadi that makes it so unique.
Several years ago, while working with Classical Fighting Arts magazine to organize a major cultural event held in Southern California, officers of the Rengokai were invited as guests of the City of Los Angeles to attend, demonstrate, and teach seminars at the “Okinawa 2010 Festival.” During their visit they had meetings with council members, were introduced to a full meeting of the City Council, and taken on a private tour of City Hall. This event was a huge success, and we all learned a great deal from it.
The achievements of the Rengokai are many and varied, but always notable. They lobbied for and were granted the Intangible Cultural Asset1 designation for those experts responsible for the preservation and promotion of the art of karate as a cultural treasure of the Okinawan people. To date a majority of the Meijin2 who have received this prestigious award have been Rengokai members.
The Rengokai were the force behind the Prefectural Government’s creation of the Shinkokai, a karate umbrella group to which all organizations in Okinawa belong, and in which Rengokai officials occupy important positions. At one time the Rengokai received extensive support from the Japanese Government in Tokyo, but as that support diminished, Rengokai officers felt that a group approach suited circumstances better, and helped the Prefectural government create the Shinkokai.
…Karate was developed to learn how to avoid defeat, not inflict it upon others—to defend oneself and no more. This important concept allows us to train in harmony with our companions, as we strive for the goals of strength and ability. We are not preoccupied with the thought that a training partner may one day face us in the competition arena, only that we improve as karateka, as human beings, and therefore, as citizens of the world. For us, a karate dojo is a sacred place where its members rejoice in the strength and skill they have acquired, while admitting their weaknesses, and resolving to overcome them. This is true of everyone from the most junior to the most senior. Thus the dojo is not a place of conflict, (exemplified by severe discipline and harsh teaching methods), but of perfect harmony created by the mutual effort of people with identical goals and aspirations.
Shimabukuro Sensei’s vision of the future is the same as that of his predecessor-an ever greater effort to educate people about traditional Okinawan karate and the many benefits that can be derived from its serious study. He proposes to do this by time tested methods that had proven effective and reliable in the past.
Firstly, an expansion of the Rengokai-Classical Fighting Arts magazine spring and autumn seminars in Okinawa which are in their fifth year, and have graduated more than three hundred overseas students through their program. Secondly, an increase in overseas tours by senior Okinawan instructors to take the knowledge of traditional Okinawan karate to those who may be practising a style, the roots of which lie in Okinawa, but who no longer have direct access to senior instructors. The first of these events will be held in June 2014 when Morio Higaonna Sensei and Zenpo Shimabukuro Sensei will teach in Atlanta, Georgia, at the 2014 International Okinawa Ken Karate Rengokai Symposium.
With the crisis past and the future before us, I believe that the impact of the work of the Rengokai on the traditional karate community around the world will increase and expand, and the Rengokai’s logo of a striking fist become a symbol of quality, integrity, and knowledge. The hand can calm a child, feed the hungry, bring relief, and when formed into a fist, dispense justice, but never violence.
When Isamu Arakaki Sensei left us on 29 March, those of us who knew him felt a personal loss and great sadness. However, when we remember how he inspired us by how he taught and indeed lived karate-do, the future look brighter, and the path forward less steep!
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Jakarta – The Civil Society Alliance – which is made up of a number of organisations in Indonesia and East Timor – is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to revoke the Bintang Jasa Utama (1st Class Star of Service) award for civil bravery and courage in times of adversity which was given to former East Timorese pro-integration militia leader Eurico Barros Gomes Guterres.
"[We] urge President Joko Widodo to revoke the decision to give the Bintang Jasa Utama award to Eurico Guterres", said Alliance representative Fatia Maulidiyanti in a press release on Thursday August 12.
Bestowing this award, she said, further adds to the injures felt by victims of gross human rights victims and at the same time is like reaffirming impunity.
"Today President Joko Widodo gave the Bintang Jasa Utama award to Eurico Guterres, which is like rubbing salt into the wounds of [his] victims. Once again, the space is narrowing for efforts to resolve gross human rights violations which continues to suffer pressure and recession", said Maulidiyanti.
In 2002, Guterres was sentence to 10 years in prison by the Ad Hoc Human Rights Court for East Timor. The decision was upheld in an appeal with the Supreme Court. Guterres was found guilty of crimes against humanity.
However the deputy commander of the pro-Indonesia militia in East Timor was released following a judicial review in 2008.
Maulidiyanti added that giving the award to Guterres is a serious betrayal of humanitarian values and morality and sidelines justice for the victims.
The decision, she continued, shows that the administration of Joko Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin have lost any legitimacy as a government with good intentions.
"To cite the maxim of Immanuel Kant on the morality of the categorical imperative – that 'actions must be based on moral goals which are objective'. Meanwhile conferring this award clearly places the victims as just tools of power, not the goals let alone the raison d'etre (reason for the existence) of this government", she said.
She said that Widodo's move clearly shows an authority which denies the experience, aspirations and advocacy efforts by civil society and the victims of human rights violations in realising the values of justice and efforts to prevent a repetition of such violations.
"Giving an award to Eurico Guterres sets a bad precedent for the democratic process in Indonesia after emerging from the shackles of authoritarianism. On the contrary, this award in fact proves how deeply rooted the practice of impunity is, especially after more than two decades of reformasi", said Maulidiyanti referring to the political reform process that began in 1998.
The Civil Society Alliance is made up of number of organisations including the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial), the Institute for Human Rights Studies and Advocacy (ELSAM), Asian Justice and Rights (AJAR) and the Indonesian Association of the Families of Missing Persons (IKOHI).
Individual representatives include Roichatul Aswidah, Miryam Nainggolan, Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem and Uchikowati.
Earlier, Widodo through Presidential Decrees Numbers 76, 77 and 78 TK/TH dated August 4, 2021, gave the Bintang Mahaputera (Star of Mahaputera), the Bintang Jasa Utama and the Bintang Budaya Parama Dharma (Cultural Merit Star) decorations to a number of figures.
Aside from the Bintang Jasa Utama given to Guterres, who is the general chairperson of the Timor Aswa'in Union Congress (UNTAS) and the East Timor Fighters Communication Forum (FKPTT), Widodo also awarded the late former Supreme Court Justice Artidjo Alkostar and 325 healthcare workers with the Bintang Mahaputera Utama.
The Palace itself has not yet responded to the accusations against Guterres. (ryn/arh)
Eurico Guterres is a former pro-integration militia leader recruited by the Indonesian military during East Timor's bid for independence between 1999 and 2000. He was involved in several massacres in East Timor and was a chief militia leader during the post-independence killings and destruction of the capital Dili. Guterres was tried by the Ad Hoc Human Rights Court for East Timor for crimes against humanity on charges of murder and persecution along with 17 other defendants and subsequently sentenced to ten years imprisonment in November 2002, for which he was imprisoned in 2006 until 2008. On December 15, 2020, Guterres also received a National Defence Patriot medal and certificate from Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto (see https://www.indoleft.org/news/2020-12-16/prabowo-gives-awards-to-eurico-guterres-thousands-of-ex-east-timor-militia.html).
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... and SpaceX landing its third consecutive reusable booster (it's fourth in total)...
But... what if you’re away from Earth and don't feel like camping out in the big black? Well, bases on the surfaces of some of the more nearby worlds have been designed and proposed for decades - and are slowly looking more of a question of 'when' than 'if'….
ESA is currently trumpeting the idea of a 3D printed Moonbase, made at least partly from the lunar soil. Habitat modules – and you could use the exact same types of module used to build space stations - would be buried beneath meters of lunar dirt to provide radiation protection. The prime site for such a base would be at the lunar poles: That would put it close to places of scientific interest (like the valleys of eternal shadow), and close to mountain tops that get almost nonstop sunlight. That would give the base an abundant power supply, and the ices frozen in the dark valleys would allow the base to experiment with producing their own water, oxygen, and fuel.
|Above: An artists impression of ESA's proposed 'Moon Village'. Courtesy of ESA.|
On Mars ice is abundant near the surface in many areas, but the thin atmosphere is a pain: It’s thick enough to produce global dust storms that can block out the Sun for months (and plummet the surface temperatures waaay below freezing), making solar power unreliable – but it’s too thin to provide much radiation protection, or any real help in landing a spacecraft big enough to carry people. And, because the launch windows to and from Mars are so far apart, a Mars base will have to be built as apart of any attempt to and people there: They will be there for months at least.
|Above: Artists impression of a Martian outpost, courtesy of NASA.|
For a larger base on the Moon or Mars you could look to their networks of tunnel like lava tubes. These tunnels, carved out by ancient lava flows, can be nearly a mile across, and would provide protection for a small city, even from the fiercest solar storms….
|An artist's impression of a Venusian base, courtesy of Xmadedx|
This idea was floated*** decades ago: Although the surface of Venus is much like one of the less salubrious suburbs of hell, there is a layer in the atmosphere, about seventy kilometers up, where the temperature and air pressure are compatible with liquid water and human life, radiation levels are tolerable, and the gravity is 90% of Earth-normal.In the Venusian atmosphere breathable air is a lifting gas, so a light weight dwelling full of Earth-normal air will simply… hang there. In fact, this layer of Venus atmosphere is actually the friendliest spot for humans in the whole solar system: It holds fewer challenges to overcome than even Mars.
If this sounds a little like something from Star Wars that’s because it’s exactly like Bespin city from Empire Strikes Back – but it could really be built, no sci-fi antigravity needed (and no CGI either, thank god)...
There would still be the teensy problem of all the acid clouds to overcome, but humankind has been protecting our structures from corrosion for centuries. And probes sent to hover on balloons through the Venusian clouds have held up pretty well.
The inhabitants of such a place would probably be scientists studying the planet below – from an aerostat home they could remote control robots on the surface, trying to unlock Venus’s mysteries. There’re also plenty of unusual chemical phenomena in the acid rain clouds. So, if you’d like to drift off to the sound of (battery acid strength) rain on you window, head for Venus.
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One of the reasons the Germans lost the Battle of Britain almost 80 years ago ties into the problem with plug-in hybrids today.
Range on the batteries.
The Lutwaffe’s fighters could only remain in the air over England – covering the Luftwaffe’s bombers – for about 15 minutes before they had to head back to occupied France for a fresh tank of gas. Then the British Spitfires tore up the undefended German bombers.
Today’s plug-in hybrids – like the new plug-in version of the Mini Countryman – have a similar gimp.
Juiced up, the Mini can go about 12 miles before it needs more juice. It won’t stop moving after this happens – but it will start burning gas. At which point, it’s not particularly fuel efficient – it averages about 27 MPG, virtually the same as the non-hybrid (and high-performance) John Cooper Works version of the Mini.
And it doesn’t carry much gas, either – only 9.5 gallons vs. 16.1 gallons for the non-hybrid Mini.
So either way, it doesn’ go very far without needing to pit.
Mini touts two.
First, it can take you where you’re going without burning any gas – if where you’re going falls within the radius of action of the fully charged battery pack. That’s a plus for people who don’t mind paying extra to avoid internal combustion.
And who still want speed – which is the other thing Mini touts.
The Countyman hybrid is nearly as quick as the John Cooper Works version – zero to 60 in about 5.8 seconds.
In other words, it’s a hybrid that doesn’t suck.
Which makes driving it a lot more fun.
Even if it’s not very economical.
A Countryman (which is Mini’s five-door hatchback wagon) that goes both ways: gas or electric.
It hasn’t got as much range on electricity as some other plug-in hybrids, such as the Toyota Prius Prime and the Chevy Volt. But it’s much quicker – and perkier – than those two.
It is, after all, a Mini.
It’s also all-wheel-drive, which neither of those two are.
Base price is $36,800 – vs. $37,800 for the performance-equivalent John Cooper Works (and non-hybrid) version of the Countryman.
The next closest thing to the plug-in hybrid Countryman is probably the Kia Niro plug-in hybrid. Which almost no one seems to know about. The Niro – which is also a small wagon, like the Countryman – costs less ($27,900 to start) and gets fantastic mileage (45 MPG, average) and can go more than twice as far (26 miles) on electricity only.
But – like the Prius Prime and the Volt – it’s front wheel-drive-only and not very speedy.
The Countryman hybrid is Mini’s first hybrid.
In addition to its gas-electric drivetrain, this model gets hybrid-specific gauges and trim as well as an additional “fuel” port on the driver’s side front fender. This is where you plug the Countryman in to recharge.
It’s not slow.
It can go in the snow.
It has the same room as the non-hybrid Countryman (the batteries don’t consume the cargo space).
WHAT’S NOT SO GOOD
The price is high.
The range on the batteries isn’t much.
The Niro plug-in goes much farther – on the batteries or on gas.
Mini’s mission was to replicate or at least closely emulate the acceleration capability of the high-performance Countryman JCW – which comes with a 2.0 liter turbocharged four cylinder engine that makes 228 hp and 258 ft.-lbs. of torque – while also being capable of not burning any gas at all.
At least, for awhile.
On the gas-burning side, the Countryman hybrid relies on the same 1.5 liter, turbocharged three cylinder engine that propels the standard (non-hybrid) Countryman. It makes 134 on its own. This is supplemented in the hybrid Countryman by a 7.6 kilowatt battery pack and electric motor for a combined output of 221 hp and 284 ft.-lbs. of torque.
What you end up with is the capability to get to 60 in less than six seconds – which is much quicker than the standard non-hybrid Countryman with just the 1.5 liter gas engine – which takes about 9.3 seconds to get there. And it’s nearly as quick as the high-performance Countryman John Cooper Works model, which can’t do zero to anything without its 2.0 liter gas engine running.
In Europe – where there are internal combustion engine No Go zones – this is a real problem for anyone who wants to get somewhere without walking – and never mind the 0-60 time. This is the true reason for the appearance of models like this – which are sold over there as well as over here. Since they have to sell them over there, why not at least try to sell them here, too?
Even though there aren’t IC engine No Go zones (yet) there are people who like the idea of combustion-free locomotion, at faster-than-walking-speed.
With the hybrid’s batteries fully charged, you can engage the electric drive – there’s a specific toggle switch for this located just ahead of the gear shifter – and drive for about 12 miles at normal road speeds without the gas engine coming on. It will eventually come on by itself, automatically, as the battery charge depletes – and if you need additional power.
For the rest of your trip – if it exceeds the 12 mile electric-only range – the system works like a standard (non plug-in) hybrid drivetrain, cycling back and forth between electric and gas operation.
Like the JCW model, the hybrid Countryman is all-wheel-drive, but with the electric motors powering the rear wheels. An automatic transmission is also standard in both. If you prefer a manual transmission, the only 2018 Countryman model that still offers it is the standard/non-hybrid Countryman with the 1.5 liter engine – and without AWD.
Recharging via a normal 120V household wall outlet takes about six hours or so. The charger has a ten foot cord and a monitor box that tells you when the batteries are fully topped off and also alert you to a fault with the system, in the event that happens.
Though quick, the Countryman hybrid doesn’t go very far – regardless of the motive source.
This is because in addition to a short leash on the batteries – its best-case electric-only range is less than half the range of the Kia Niro plug-in hybrid and barely a fourth of the Chevy Volt’s – it also has a very small gas tank.
Less than ten gallons – which goes away quickly once the batteries wilt and you’re relying mostly on the IC engine for motive power. Very best case IC range – assuming 27 MPG average fuel consumption – is about 243 miles. The JCW Countryman – which has a 16.1 gallon tank – can travel 400-plus miles on a full tank of gas.
It’s not that the hybrid Countryman is a gas pig. It’s not. I actually beat the advertised mileage, averaging 28.8 MPG during my weeklong test drive.
But the small tank – and short range on the batteries – often make it seem like it is a pig. If your drive is outside the Mini’s electric-only orbit, you’ll be recharging (or refueling) frequently.
On the other hand, the thing does move.
When you floor it, the Countryman makes a stronger case for itself. It’s not necessarily an economic case – but now we’re on emotional rather than rational grounds. And actually, there is some rationality here. The standard (non-hybrid) Countryman is a cute thing and a useful thing, in terms of having much more cargo and backseat room than the regular Mini hatchback. But it’s genuinely slow – and not particularly economical. The FWD version only manages 24 city, 34 highway – which averages out to about the same as the hybrid’s IC average of 27 MPG.
But it needs almost four seconds longer to achieve 60 MPH. That’s a difference you don’t need a stopwatch to measure.
The hybrid may need a top-off more frequently – but it has the gumption to get going the regular Countryman hasn’t got. And if you use it for short hops – within the orbit of its 12 mile electric only range – you could conceivably make something of an economic argument for it vs. the JCW.
Or just because you like not burning gas – but still want to be able to haul ass sometimes, too.
Another thing to know about this hybrid: It’s not as obviously hybrid, in terms of the way it drives. For instance, most plug-ins have pretty obvious regenerative braking systems. The electric motors are double-tasked to work as generators. They convert the vehicle’s momentum back into electricity – which is fed back to the batteries.
The drag of this is obvious. Let off the gas and the vehicle slows – even without actually applying the brakes.
But the hybrid Mini decelerates – and brakes – like most other cars. If you let off the gas, the Mini coasts. The gas engine will turn itself off, usually – and you can keep track of this by watching the Charge/Power indicator to the left of the speedometer. But if you had to guess by feel, you probably never would.
The only obvious hybridness is the Countryman’s heavier-feeling handling. Empty – of passengers – it weighs about 3,950 lbs. Because of the batteries (and the electric motors). The otherwise-identical JCW Countryman weighs about 3,630 lbs. – a difference of about 320 lbs.
The extra torque of the hybrid’s electric motors makes up for the weight when accelerating – but there’s no hiding it when you’re cornering.
Some of the Mini’s otherwise sprightly feeling steering and responsiveness is given up, but the car is still more agile and fun to drive than slow-motion rivals like the Niro plug-in hybrid, which is also heavy in the curves.
And terrible in the snow – which the AWD Mini isn’t.
Mini dresses the Countryman hybrid like its fellow Countrymen, with just a few cosmetic and functional differences between it and the others.
There’s the plug-in port on the driver’s side fender – and inside, there’s a hybrid specific instrument cluster – both the main panel and the menus that can be selected via the rotary knob input on the center console. You can adjust the climate control and other settings to minimize energy consumption and – as in other hybrids – Mini includes a “coaching” display that helps you learn to drive in such a way as to maximize range on a full charge.
One of the neatest things about the hybrid Mini, though, is that it has about the same room inside as the non-hybrid Countryman. It’s not uncommon for hybrids – especially those which did not begin life as hybrids but were converted into them, after the fact – to give up cargo room for the sake of finding room for the batteries. The Prius and the Kia Niro are the only hybrids on the market which aren’t offered as a not-hybrid. The others – including the Countryman – all were originally designed to be regular IC-engined cars, which means that when they were on the drawing board, finding room for a hybrid battery pack (and the rest of the gear) wasn’t taken into account.
The result – usually – is a very small trunk. Check the specs of other converted hybrids and see.
But the hybrid Countryman’s capacities are virtually the same as the regular Countryman’s. Both have 17.6 cubic feet of cargo space behind the second row, with the second row in place. Folded, the hybrid has 46 cubic feet; the non-hybrid 47.6 cubic feet. It’s a hair-splitting difference.
The Niro plug-in hybrid’s specs are even better – 19.4 cubic feet behind the second row and 54.5 cubes with the second row folded. It also has a bit more front seat legroom (41.7 inches vs. 40.4 for the Mini; both have about the same back seat legroom, 37.4 vs. 37.6 inches, respectively) so the Kia is the more practical – as well as more economical, both to buy and to drive.
But it hasn’t got the flair – not to mention the speed – that the Mini offers.
Or, the AWD.
Which also gets you heated seats as part of the deal. And a full-length panorama glass sunroof.
One other thing you get is mechanical kinship to BMW. The Countryman is a spin off of the BMW X1 and so it’s not surprising you can get BMW-esque luxury stuff such as a heads-up display, automated parallel parking and a top-drawer, 12-speaker Harman Kardon audio rig.
But you can also custom-fit your Countryman with any of the many dealer-available cosmetic bits and pieces and almost endless color/stripe/graphics packages that Mini offers and which business-suited BMW doesn’t.
When you pop open the gas door you’ll see a second hole – or what would have been one – if Mini could have sold you the diesel engine that the Countryman is offered with in other countries, but not here.
It’s nice to be able to go 12 miles without burning any gas. But it’d be even nicer to be able to go 50 miles on a gallon of diesel.
If you started with an engine capable of 50 MPG instead of 27 MPG.
It makes too much sense, I realize.
THE BOTTOM LINE
The hybrid Countryman isn’t exactly efficient – and the economics are dubious.
But it is fun.
. . .
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REDWOOD VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – A teenage girl has died in a Northern California hospital three weeks after she was severely burned in a fire that tore through Mendocino County. Her death raises the number of those killed in the state’s wildfires this month to 43. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports 17-year-old Kressa Shepherd died Sunday night at a Sacramento hospital. Kressa’s aunt, Mindi Ramos, says officials from Shriners Hospital for Children told her Kressa did not register pain during a change of the dressing on her burns. Doctors performed a CAT scan on her brain and according to Ramos determined she was brain-dead. She says doctors “turned off the ventilator and let her go.” Kressa’s brother, 14-year-old Kai Shepherd, was among the youngest who died in the wildfires. Their parents are hospitalized. | <urn:uuid:514bfb52-6a0c-45fc-b682-027c373640d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.foxsportsredding.com/2017/10/30/teen-girl-dies-of-burn-injuries-from-california-wildfire/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.977321 | 190 | 1.515625 | 2 |
The Story Behind Dae-Lee’s Bridge Builder Conversations
Music producer and leadership consultant David Arrington’s interview series bridges cultural differences with vulnerability and compassion
In December 2019, the nonprofit Community Building Initiative invited David “Dae-Lee” Arrington to perform at its annual stakeholders breakfast. Hundreds of the city’s political, philanthropic, and corporate leaders would be there, and Dae-Lee, a leadership consultant and Grammy-nominated music producer, was thrilled. “They’re having a very important conversation about leadership this morning, and I had the opportunity to bring art to the table, creativity, music to the table,” he says. “But there was a heaviness to it as well.”
Dae-Lee knew these gatherings could inspire attendees to consider novel ideas and push for a more equitable community. “But if we don’t have the relationships, if we don’t have the tools to implement those learnings,” he says, “more than likely, nothing will happen.”
He watched local notables wring their hands in response to the city’s dismal statistics on upward mobility. He calls the slew of committees and task forces “pop-up shops,” good at facilitating conversations, not lasting impact. “Five years later, after we’ve had this research and data,” Dae-Lee says, “we’re still struggling to realize and bring about change.”
At the breakfast, Dae-Lee surveyed the crowd, which included a bunch of white men who run corporations and white women who run nonprofits, and recognized that he was in a rare position: He had an in.
Bridge Builder Conversations is a result of that insight. The video series features nine professionally produced interviews with a range of city leaders, including Harvey Gantt, Michael Marsicano, Molly Shaw, and Maria Howell. The project complements Dae-Lee’s work as the owner of Bridge Builder Consulting, an agency that works with organizations to change policies and improve racial equity.
Dae-Lee—he requested that we refer to him by his stage name—hosts the interviews. He set out to create a nonjudgmental forum to discuss culture and race, inspired by the people and spaces that helped him develop his own worldview. “Who I was five years ago is not who I am today,” he says, “and I’m thankful for those who are able to help me navigate my ignorance.” Each video begins with a screen that says, “The following conversation is what happens when safe and nonjudgmental space is created for authentic, unscripted dialogue across difference,” almost as if such conversations are so rare as to require a disclaimer.
When Dae-Lee launched the series early this year, he hoped the conversations would shift his guests’ outlook, even slightly, and better equip them to build bridges within their own spheres of influence. The effort fits into a long tradition in the civil rights movement to effect change through empathy, an approach that divided activists in the 1960s and still does.
In the series’s most-watched video, Dae-Lee sits down with former Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl, who built the country’s first coast-to-coast megabank and built a fair amount of Charlotte in the process. They sit on the same side of a table in a spacious kitchen, McColl, 86, in a black polo, Dae-Lee, 39, in a teal sweatshirt and Yankees cap. They discuss McColl’s childhood in South Carolina. Dae-Lee asks questions—“Would you say you had many, if any, friends of difference, racially, culturally?”—then listens thoughtfully, nodding often.
McColl describes a “simple life” in a country town: His family ran 15,000 acres, farmed by sharecroppers, and he and his three siblings each had their own nurse. His mother was an artist, and his father instilled an early business sense. McColl weighed cotton, and the pickers’ livelihoods depended on the integrity of a 14-year-old white boy. Around that time, his father entrusted him with $1.4 million dollars’ worth of securities to deliver to American Trust Company in Charlotte. In those days, he says, that was a “huge amount of money.”
Dae-Lee interrupts. “You said a million, right? … That’s still a lot to me today.” In 1999, when McColl stepped back from bank operations at 63, he earned $49 million in total compensation.
The magic of the exchange, Dae-Lee believes, is in these snatches of subtle friction, where differences in perspective briefly emerge. His empathic approach makes space for difficult revelations. “I was the worst kind of racist in that I didn’t question it,” McColl admits. “I just thought, That’s the way things are.” He later adds, “I was not as cognizant as I should have been.”
Activists typically fall into two camps: those who want to work within the system and those who want to overthrow it. Incrementalism or revolution. Nonviolence or force. Collaboration or confrontation. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X.
On The Washington Post’s Cape Up podcast, Ben McBride, founder of the Empower Initiative, summed up the long-held tension in the civil rights movement: “Nonviolence as a tactic seems to denote that our white counterparts are going to be moved with empathy by our suffering.” But, he explains, white people have watched Black and brown people “being destroyed” for decades. McBride wonders, “Is (nonviolence) still a tactic that can bring about freedom, safety?”
Dae-Lee knows that, given the chance, many activists wouldn’t listen politely as McColl told the story of his life. They might demand that he listen to their life stories. Or confront him, holding him to account for his and his bank’s role in perpetuating lending discrimination, redlining, and systemic inequality.
“In a country where the Black community has been positioned at the lowest point on a totem pole, me creating safety for a white privileged male doesn’t make sense,” he acknowledges. “Me being open to hearing his perspective, me being open and not going down the list of things that the Black community desperately wants him to answer for is difficult.”
But Dae-Lee believes that approach could forfeit a more meaningful opportunity for mutual vulnerability and authentic connection. He’s convinced that listening and learning across difference still works—and is especially vital as the pandemic, politics, and racial injustice have all contributed to what’s been reported as a nationwide “empathy deficit.”
“I am focused intently on people change, because I believe people change is what makes policy change truly impactful and sustainable,” he says. “If I don’t know you, if I don’t care for you, why would I fight for you? Why would I do that in a sustainable way?”
Later in the series, Dae-Lee talks with Dennis Reed Jr., a songwriter, producer, and CEO of the nonprofit Inspire the Fire. The conversation flows, and it’s clear that the men’s similarities—both are Black and work in music and nonprofits—make it easy to share their experiences. The common ground implies a trust and ease less evident in the conversation with McColl, despite the mutual respect. That’s what Dae-Lee wants to change. When he turns the camera on, he takes a risk. He makes himself vulnerable in the hopes that others will, too.
“It all begins with relationships,” he says. “When we recognize the value across difference, the overflow of that is caring, it’s protecting, it’s uplifting. It’s no longer a duty. It becomes, ‘No, I care, therefore I’m doing.’”
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As Theodore Parker famously said, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” There are setbacks along the way, but even under the worst conditions, society is always moving forward in some respect—even if it’s just peasants and women enjoying greater freedom in the aftermath of the Black Death, or war creating the conditions for medical science to advance.
The purpose of this thread is to highlight examples of social progress, even under difficult circumstances. It is an experiment to see if we can construct a counter-narrative in which light is quietly overcoming darkness. Examples may include, but are not limited to, stories of women and minorities advancing, important scientific breakthroughs, promising social experiments, and governments attempting new approaches to old problems.
[quote]Scientists for the first time have successfully edited genes in human embryos to repair a common and serious disease-causing mutation, producing apparently healthy embryos, according to a study published on Wednesday.
The research marks a major milestone and, while a long way from clinical use, it raises the prospect that gene editing may one day protect babies from a variety of hereditary conditions.[/quote] | <urn:uuid:9b0efcb4-9dec-43b3-a4d3-8038f624628b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bbs.elsewhere.cafe/t/the-moral-arc/827 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.92739 | 238 | 2.6875 | 3 |
As we all hunker down or at least change our daily routines to include working from home and social distancing amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, the economy struggles to adapt to the acute and devastating change in business and consumer spending. While the U.S. and global economy is dynamic and will undoubtedly adapt and recover from the impact, for purposes of this discussion, we reference the impact that recessions have on state tax revenue collections and what states have done to address reduced tax revenue. We then consider the proactive measures companies should be taking now to enhance sales tax compliance processes and minimize risk and liabilities.
Sales Tax Strategies During the Economic Disruption of the COVID-19 Outbreak
the effect of a recession on state tax collections, therefore, often translates into one or more of the following policy alternatives: 1) Raise the tax rate, 2) Change the tax base, 3) Seek additional funding sources
According to the July 1993 US Census Bureau’s Statistical Brief, Recessions Matter for State Tax Collections, sales tax accounts for the largest portion of state tax revenue collections. According to the Bureau, “[t]he 1990-1991 recession was particularly challenging for State government finances. For fiscal 1991, States experienced only a 3.3 percent rate of tax growth – the smallest rate of increase since ... the 1957-58 recession.” The report goes on to note that “[r]ecessions are events with ‘big time’ consequences for State tax growth rates and revenue totals through their effects on retail sales and personal income.” The 1990-91 recession was also marked by a lack of inflation, which meant lower prices and even less sales tax collections on retail sales. This makes sense, as consumer spending and retail sales fall, and prices drop (rather than rise), sales tax remittances plummet.
The report concludes that “[t]he effect of a recession on state tax collections, therefore, often translates into one or more of the following policy alternatives”:
- Raise the tax rate
- Change the tax base
- Seek additional funding sources
While the first alternative is typically politically unattractive – as legislators do not prefer to raise taxes on constituents – the latter two alternatives are typically employed, and often in tandem. We address each of these latter two in turn:
Change the Tax Base
After the most recent recession began in October 2008, states experienced a tax revenue decline of eleven percent (11%), the largest decline in the post World War II era. The states responded by a combination of these alternatives, the most notable of these efforts targeting Amazon and online retailers via “click-through” and affiliate nexus provisions. In addition, New York and North Carolina specifically enacted legislation imposing sales tax on goods purchased over the Internet, and Tennessee extended the sales tax to include software maintenance contracts and limited a sales tax exemption on computer software. Vermont extended the sales tax to digital downloads and Wisconsin entered the multi-state Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA) — a compact that simplifies sales tax collections for participating businesses.
Even in the absence of new tax legislation expanding the sales tax base, state tax administrators are tasked with expanding the interpretation of existing tax codes to expand the types of products and services subject to sales tax and minimize exemptions. This can be done formally through the administrative rule-making process or - more often – informally through policy and enforcement. For example, a state taxing authority that historically imposes sales tax on electronically delivered software, but not Software As a Service (SAaS), can redefine its position to impose sales tax on SAaS by expanding its interpretation of electronic delivery to include remote access.
As more people remain “sheltered in place” during the COVID-19 pandemic, online gaming and cloud-based service activities are surging to all-time highs.
Seek Additional Funding Sources
The most politically amiable approach to raising sales tax revenues is to target out of state taxpayers, as they are not voting constituents. State tax administrators can hire more sales tax auditors and guarantee multiples in increased tax revenues, through audits if in-state taxpayers, in which they focus on their purchases from out-of-state (or remote) and unregistered sellers who put “feet on the ground” in the state through installations, repairs, maintenance, training and support. State tax audit and nexus teams will send nexus questionnaires, demand notices to file tax returns and audit notices to these out-of-state and unregistered sellers. The prominent incentive of these measures is to increase sales tax revenues by increasing the number of compliant taxpayers.
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, which eliminate the requirement of physical presence nexus before a remote seller must register to collect sales tax, all but two states are enforcing economic nexus thresholds. We can certainly expect states to more aggressively pursue physical presence nexus, even before such economic nexus thresholds are crossed. Just look at Massachusetts’ “cookie nexus” provision, which establishes that physical presence is created by the bits of information online sellers store on their Massachusetts customer’s computers. The Wayfair Court left this opportunity open by extending that nexus may be established by “economic and virtual contacts”.
Maryland passed HB 932 (now on Governor Hogan’s desk), which imposes sales tax on digital products delivered electronically, including video/ electronic games.
While it is normal to want to hunker down and protect during a recession or period od economic downturn, one of the primary means that a business can protect itself is to minimize risk by taking stock of its multistate sales tax nexus footprint and compliance protocol. Now is the time to work with your sales tax experts to identify multistate nexus, develop a taxability matrix of your products and services, register for and automate sales tax compliance where appropriate, and seek opportunities to minimize audit risk relating to your contracts, invoices and website ... your audit trail. Taking these proactive measures will:
- minimize tax liabilities, and compliance costs,
- centralize and increase internal efficiencies related to the compliance process, as fewer resources will need to be committed to the compliance and audit process, and
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You have just graduated from college, moved to the city of your dreams, and have been hired for the job you have been preparing for since high school!
Your task is to:
1) Develop a monthly budget that will help you manage your repayment obligations and establish a sound credit history.
2) Design a personal budget spreadsheet that includes your gross yearly income, gross monthly income, amount of taxes you will pay, and net monthly income, calculates your total monthly expenses and figures the amount of discretionary income--fun money--you will have left at the end of each month.
3) Evaluate your completed budget to decide if you can afford your style of living and answer some "what if" questions that will help you make some decisions about your future career choice and how you plan to spend your money.
In order to complete the task you will first need to find out the gross (before taxes) yearly salary you will receive on your dream job and then determine your net (after taxes) monthly income. Once this is done, you will need to do some additional research to determine your basic living expenses. Once you have collected this information, you will create a budget using Microsoft Excel and input the data you have collected. Once the data has been entered into the spreadsheet, you will need to analyze the results and determine if there is a need for change. Will you be able to make all of your payments or will you need to increase income/decrease expenses in order to make ends meet?
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Texas continues to be the nation’s fastest growing state, according to data from the U.S. government Census Bureau.
“From July 1, 2016, to July 1, 2017, six of the top 10 largest-gaining counties were in Texas,” the bureau wrote in a news release.
The fastest growing area in the country was the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, which gained 146,000 residents last year.
“Historically, the Dallas metro area attracts large numbers from both international and domestic migration. Many of the other largest metro areas in the country rely mostly on international migration and natural population increase for growth,” said Molly Cromwell, a demographer at the Census Bureau.
The biggest boost in population among all the fastest growing areas was “net domestic migration, the bureau noted.
“The most likely reasons people relocate to Texas are its resilient economy and relatively affordable housing,” said Lloyd Potter, Texas state demographer at the University of Texas San Antonio, in a statement. “Oil and gas production continues to be a major component in the state’s economy, but other sectors such as information technology, manufacturing and biomedicine are important sources of job growth.”
In addition to jobs and affordable housing, Texas is one of seven states that do not have a state income tax.
Demographers expect Texas to see continued growth, though perhaps at a slower pace.
“The most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate a continuation of recent trends,” Potter said. “These trends will lead to increasing population concentration in the state’s major metropolitan areas.”
While domestic migration is a major reason for Texas’ growth, recent international immigration is also up and coming from “a greater variety of nations than in the past,” Potter added.
“We have observed a greater share of the state’s immigrants originating from Asian countries and a decreasing share from Latin American countries, especially Mexico,” Potter said. “With this, migration will not only increase the size of the state’s metro areas but also will lead to greater population diversity in these areas.” | <urn:uuid:78a2ab42-3771-4fe2-9827-397630fa9c79> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2018/03/29/more-americans-moving-to-texas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.949797 | 460 | 2.3125 | 2 |
In Washington, 1 in 7 children face hunger.
In Washington, recent advocacy has led to improvements like eliminating the cost of reduced-price meal copays for all grades and expanding eligibility to more than 90,000 students in all grades for school meals at no student cost. Learn more about Washington state’s child nutrition programs.
Food Lifeline has long advocated for measures to improve access and availability of school nutrition programs, including Community Eligibility expansion, funding for school nutrition infrastructure, Farm to School funding, and technology to support multilingual online school meal applications.
Congress has the power to improve and strengthen federal child nutrition programs so that they better meet the needs of the nation’s children in pre-school, school-based, and out-of-school time settings.
These programs include the Summer Food Service Program, School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, Summer and Afterschool Nutrition Programs, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Learn more. | <urn:uuid:757aa399-f7df-4884-af41-228e6d67a76b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://foodlifeline.org/child-hunger/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.931398 | 213 | 2.28125 | 2 |
The Guardian’s Thomas Frank, pointed out on March 7, 2016: “..what motivates the supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump? I call it a “mystery” because the working-class white people who make up the bulk of Trump’s fan base show up in amazing numbers for the candidate, filling stadiums and airport hangars, but their views, by and large, do not appear in our prestige newspapers. On their opinion pages, these publications take care to represent demographic categories of nearly every kind, but “blue-collar” is one they persistently overlook.” Full Article
The Atlantic Monthly received letters from a range of people who support Trump for president in August 2015. The reasons they quote are similar:
A self proclaimed Liberal who voted for Obama wrote: “Rather, I genuinely believe that Trump feels the need to fight for the country he loves. There once was a time when people could actually feel proud to be Americans, and Trump comes from a generation that experienced that feeling. Now, many are embarrassed to be associated with this country. Jobs are being outsourced with reckless abandon and this country is literally being hollowed out. Economic statistics do no justice to this reality, and the average American knows this to be true.”
An undecided voter writes: “..the preeminence of political correctness among the culture class indicates a momentous shift away from formerly prominent middle-class cultural values and towards something entirely different. Even if Donald Trump were to accomplish little in his presidency, I think there is a hope that were he president, he could in some way alter that prevailing Washington/media culture and set a new cultural tone. Many would probably question why, of all people, a decadent, rude, and pompous billionaire should be trusted to meddle with American culture? I think it comes down to a perception that America has already drowned in a post-modernist nightmare of moral relativism, from which extreme political correctness and protest culture stem. Trump, on the other hand, is all absolutes.” Full Article
Kathy Kramer shared with Kevin Drum in an interview for Mother Jones, November 8, 2016, that her political science study showed this:
“What I was hearing was this general sense of being on the short end of the stick. Rural people felt like they not getting their fair share. That feeling is primarily composed of three things. First, people felt that they were not getting their fair share of decision-making power….Second, people would complain that they weren’t getting their fair share of stuff….And third, people felt that they weren’t getting respect….So it’s all three of these things — the power, the money, the respect. People are feeling like they’re not getting their fair share of any of that.” Full Article
So let’s take a close look and let’s see if what they feel is true.
The Brookings Institute states that Republican States have more entrenched poverty than Democratic States. Republican districts have more poor residents overall: 25.1 million poor people lived in red districts in 2010-14 compared with 22.7 million in blue districts.
Between 2000 and 2010-14, the poor population grew faster in red districts than blue. The number of people living below the poverty line (e.g., $24,230 for a family of four in 2014) in Republican districts climbed by 49 percent between 2000 and 2010-14 compared with a 33 percent increase in Democratic districts. As a result, Republican districts accounted for 60 percent of the increase in the nation’s poor population during that time. At the same time, poverty rates rose by similar margins in both red and blue districts (3.3 and 3.2 percentage points, respectively).
Table 1. Congressional Districts with the Fastest Growth in Poor Population, 2000 to 2010-14
|Party||State||District||Representative||Percentage Change in Poor Population||Share of Poor in Suburbs|
|R||NV||3||Heck, Joseph J.||268.4%||51.0%|
Source: Brookings Institution analysis of decennial census and American Community Survey data
Hunger in Rural Communities is higher than Urban
According to the United States Department of Agriculture report, Household Food Security in the United States in 2014, 14% of U.S. households were food insecure at least some time during the year. The prevalence of food insecurity was higher in rural areas than metropolitan areas.
Source: Household Food Security in the United States in 2015, page 14.
The Digital Divide created by lack of Internet Access
55 percent of people living in rural areas have access to the speeds that currently qualify as broadband, while 94 percent of the urban population does. As of 2015, 74 percent of households in urban areas of the U.S. had residential broadband connections, compared with only 64 percent of rural households. This gap has persisted over time. Research reveals that broadband adoption can help improve the economy in these rural areas (including increasing income, lowering unemployment rates and creating jobs). In addition, we know that roughly 40 percent of the rural-urban adoption gap is because rural areas don't have the same level of broadband access. This is because large providers are not interested in serving these communities and in some instances have refused Federal Subsidies to get rural communities connected.
Suicides in Rural Areas are double of those than in Cities
A study by the JAMA states that Suicide is a serious public health problem. For youths between the ages of 10 and 24 years, suicide was the third leading cause of death in 2010 behind only unintentional injuries and homicide.1 Males are at higher risk, accounting for 81% of suicide deaths in the 10- to 24-year age group. Suicide risk increases with age, with 6% occurring in individuals younger than 15 years, 34% in those between 15 and 19 years, and 60% in young adults aged 20 to 24 years.1
Rates of suicide also vary by rural-urban residence, with higher rates in rural compared with urban areas. Suicide rates among rural men were higher than those of urban men, with rural-urban differences widening over time. Higher rates of suicide attempts have also been reported8 among rural compared with urban adolescents. The studies conclusion stated Although low population density per se may be operative, efforts to improve access to mental health services and offer social support at the local level could narrow the gap in risk for youths in rural as opposed to urban settings. Additional study is warranted and of potentially great public health significance. Full Article
Rural communities as our research shows are genuinely struggling with problems that are not adequately addressed by neither the major political parties nor the major media outlets. It seems that one of Trump’s appeal is that at least give this audience the feeling they are seen and heard. While this does not qualify him to do anything about the issues he has succeeded in mobilizing millions of Americans to vote for him to “stick it to the elite.” Rural people are angry for having been ignored as their lives have grown ever more depressing. Trump has pulled them out of this feeling of helplessness and he has unleashed their anger.
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Note: Components and tools listed within this INSTRUCTIONS box and the printer-friendly PDF, if available, may have been discontinued since this project was published. Refer to the PURCHASE COMPONENTS and TOOLS AND OTHER SUPPLIES sections for current availability.
- Cut two lengths of super-lon cord. One 6 feet; one 16 feet.
- Fold each cord in half and match up the folds. Tie the center folds into an overhand knot. Forming a loop. This will be the loop part of the clasp when you come to the end of this bracelet.
- Place this loop into the macrame board if you are using one. Or secure it to your work surface. Separate the two longer strands to the sides and the two shorter strands in the middle.
- Using the two longer strands make ten twisted macrame square knots. To learn how to make twisted macrame square knots please watch our video here.
- Onto the two center strands string on one bead all the up to the knotting. Make two twisted macrame square knots. String on another bead and make two twisted macrame square knots. Continue in the pattern of one bead and two twisted macrame square knots until you have 22 inches knotting.
- After the final bead, make ten more twisted macrame square knots.
- Take all four strands of cord, leave a 1/4 inch of cord and then tie an overhand knot.
- Add a dab of Hypo Cement to the knot and trim the ends.
- Wrap three times, clasp the knot through the loop and you're all done!
- BCS-7006 - Czech Glass Matubo, 7/0 Seed Beads, 7.5 Gram Tube, Magic Blue Pink
Project uses 1 tube. You will need 1 package.
- XCR-4624 - BeadSmith Super-Lon Cord - Size 18 Twisted Nylon - Navy Blue (77 Yard Spool)
Project uses 1 spool. You will need 1 package.
- XTL-1001 - G S Hypo Cement Precise Applicator Essential!
Project uses 1 piece. You will need 1 package.
- XTL-5700 - Fiskars 5 Precision Tip Scissors - Super Sharp
- XTL-6116 - BeadSmith Large Macrame Board For Braiding 14x10 Inches
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Mango Bubbles Learning is an education management consultancy business. Our team has local Australia and international experience in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Europe regions.
Mango Bubbles Learning supports teachers to develop literacy-rich instruction and assists schools to incorporate the best research-based programs and practices for literacy in their ESL classrooms.
Teacher Training in ESL literacy
Assessment of ESL literacy programs in schools
Content development in ESL literacy
what we do
Mango Bubbles Learning is committed to delivering exceptional teaching.
We continually evolve our training programs to enhance the teacher experience.
Mango Bubbles Learning offers a warm and inclusive learning environment and ensures its teachers are at the forefront of the latest developments and best practices in curriculum, assessment and policy implementation.
We provide the best professional development opportunities to our teachers allowing us to constantly strive to improve and find new and creative ways to develop teachers and schools.
how we teach
Examples of the opportunities provided to school leaders and educators in support of schoolwide and individual improvement and growth include:
Collaborative time with School Leaders for designated Professional Development
Consultancy on curriculum design, evaluation and implementation
Learning Academy workshops where teachers share professional knowledge
Individual targeted professional growth aligned with schoolwide goals
how we create
Mango Bubbles Learning brings literacy to life through its content creation. We are writers in literacy that focus on meaning. We offer publishers content for a variety of genres and purposes:
Mango Bubbles Learning is extremely creative in words and ideas providing outstanding content for our partners and their customers.
what we believe
Mango Bubbles Learning believes that excellent learning takes place, when we teach teachers to embrace their super-powers in these five key roles:
Subject matter expert
Systematic and continual assessor
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The primary input of energy to the Earth's climate system occurs at the surface and can be highly sensitive to the surface albedo. Albedo changes have been proposed as one cause of climatic variation, but results from climate models are not yet consistent. It is very difficult to establish an agreed global data set with which to initiate comparative climatic simulations. Albedo observations must be spectrally resolved because reflexion of solar radiation is a strong function of wavelength and incident and reflected beams are modified by the atmosphere. Parametrization of system albedos in energy-balance models draws on satellite data. The use of satellite observations is less easy in general circulation climate models. The removal of atmospheric distortion is particularly difficult. The establishment of a surface albedo data set generally follows one of two approaches: geographical categorization or remote monitoring. Surface albedo specification in current general circulation models is diverse. This paper reviews the ways in which remotely derived albedo measurements are used now and may, in the future, be improved for climate research. | <urn:uuid:48ac1e11-c5ea-436b-a658-ac234ad16c8e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983RSPTA.309..285H | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.925097 | 215 | 3.421875 | 3 |
7th December 2010
On 1st December, fourteen Year 10 students were given a fantastic opportunity to visit the Wolfson and Weston Institute for Family Health. The institute was built in 1985 as a result of funds raised by world renowned fertility expert and Imperial College London professor, Lord Winston who is also chairman of Genesis Research Trust. The £13 million purpose-built centre houses the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology (IRDB) and is the base for the UK's largest team of scientists and doctors working in the field of reproductive medicine.
Our students were shown around the impressive laboratory facilities and spoke to research students before hearing from three leading scientists about their work. Mr Ben Lavender presented a fascinating insight into the IVF procedure before discussing some of the ethical issues involved. Dr Peter Dixon described his journey from a schoolboy ‘interested in science’ through to his current work researching into the genetic links with diseases in pregnant women. Finally Dr Kieran O’Donnell revealed some of his very recent and fascinating findings on the effect of stress events during pregnancy on foetal development. Handling the mystery object (a vac-packed placenta) that Dr O’Donnell uses for his research will no doubt be an experience the students will find difficult to forget!
We would like to thank Dr Mark Sullivan and Yvonne Konieczna for organising the visit which provided the students with a truly valuable insight into cutting-edge medical research being carried out at the IRBD. | <urn:uuid:96371b8f-bf29-4ac3-8bf7-21ce437e6c37> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://challoners.com/c/news/december-2010/wolfson-and-weston-institute-visit | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.967838 | 301 | 2.484375 | 2 |
// The Problem
Dollar spot, caused by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, is a widespread and very destructive turfgrass disease that can be observed throughout the year in Canada. Dollar spot is known to attack most turfgrass species including annual bluegrass, bentgrasses, fescues, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, bermuda grasses, zoysia grasses, centipede grass and St. Augustine grass. Recently, university researchers and scientists have proposed new Latin names for the dollar spot pathogen through molecular techniques. The name Sclerotinia homoeocarpa will likely be split up into four separate species including Clarireedia bennettii, Clarireedia homoeocarpa, Clarireedia jacksonii, and Clarireedia monteithiana of which, C. jacksonii is likely the predominant species in Canada.
// What to Look For
Dollar spot is favoured by air temperatures ranging from 15-32 ºC (optimum 21-26 ºC) with extended periods of high humidity (>85% at night). The disease tends to be most severe under the following conditions: warm days, cool nights, infrequent rain but long dew periods, daily ground fogs that extend leaf wetness periods, and low nitrogen fertility. When the fungus is active and leaf surfaces remain wet, a fine, white, cobwebby mycelium covers the infection centres or diseased patches during early morning hours.
Symptoms of dollar spot can vary based on the turfgrass species and height of cut. Under close mowing heights, as with intensively maintained bentgrass or annual bluegrass, the disease appears as small circular straw-coloured spots of blighted turf about the size of a silver dollar. On coarser textured turf maintained under higher mowing practices, such as Kentucky bluegrass or perennial ryegrass, the blighted areas are considerably larger, straw-coloured patches 3-6 inches in diameter.
Affected patches frequently coalesce and involve large areas of turf. Grass blades generally die back from the tip with distinct hourglass shaped lesions that are straw-coloured or bleached white. Hourglass bands may not appear on warm-season grasses.
// Bayer Solutions
Implementing proper cultural practices is crucial to reducing disease severity. Management tactics include:
• Maintaining adequate nitrogen when dollar spot is active
• Making light frequent nitrogen applications, avoiding drought stress
• Removing dew by mowing, poling, or rolling
• Aerifying to reduce compaction and thatch
• Removing trees or adding fans to increase air circulation
Fungicides are a key part of an integrated dollar spot management program. Since dollar spot is a foliar disease, select spray nozzles and spray volumes that provide good coverage to maximize fungicide activity. Early spring applications of fungicides after the 2nd true mowing can control early dollar spot infections. Preventive applications of DMI fungicides, like Mirage Stressgard, on fairy ring and summer patch (average soil temperatures of 13 ºC at a 5-10 cm depth) also provide early dollar spot control. Routine fungicide applications are commonly needed when air temperatures are 21-32 ºC; extended periods of temperatures above 32 ºC may significantly slow dollar spot development. The use of dollar spot prediction models, such as the Smith-Kerns model, can be a valuable resource in determining the proper spray intervals. Integrating cultural and chemical control strategies provides the most effective control of this fungal disease.
Interface Stressgard is an ideal choice for dollar spot control in all weather conditions. Interface is especially helpful in hot weather, since it is not a DMI and can be used without risk of negative plant growth effects, as well as for fall dollar spot applications when Bipolaris leaf spot and other cooler-weather diseases are active and the impact of DMI resistance is highest.
Resistance to certain classes of fungicides can be significant for dollar spot. Resistance to the benzimidazole fungicides is common, and DMI resistance can also be problematic. Preventive applications and rotating fungicide classes, including the use of multi-site fungicides, are important for reducing the risk and impact of resistance. All Bayer solutions for dollar spot will control benzimidazole-resistant populations. Interface is effective against DMI-resistant populations. If DMI resistance is present, increasing the rates or shortening the application interval of Mirage Stressgard, or using a combination fungicide like Trilogy Stressgard, will help keep DMI fungicides effective in these situations. | <urn:uuid:1c898152-04d4-4237-8626-852418ff445f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.environmentalscience.bayer.ca/golf-course/whattocontrol/dollar-spot | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.8897 | 957 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Young learners (Groups)
Age range: 9-17 *
Classes: Classes can be held in the morning (09.30-12.30) or in the afternoon (14.00-17.00). There is a fifteen minute break.
Accommodation: Homestay accommodation with local families or through an approved agency
Meals: Full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner provided by homestay host)
Time: All year round (must be at least 15 children in a group plus one group leader)
Excursions: Tailored excursion programme available
Students aged 16-17 (Independent – not part of a group)
- Students aged 16-17 do not need to come to the college as part of a group as they can enrol on our regular general English classes.
- They can study all year round.
- We can arrange homestay accommodation with local families or through an agency that is registered by the British Council.
- Full board accommodation is recommended as lunch is not provided by the college. Parents or guardians must make suitable arrangements if they do not choose the full board option.
- Alternative accommodation must be provided by the child’s parents or guardian.
- We must be informed by the child’s parent or guardian if the child changes accommodation
- We do not provide travel to and from the college; parents or guardians must make suitable arrangements.
Below is an example of a time table for our junior group:
(we can custom build a time table that suits you)
|Week 1||5 July||6 July||7 July||8 July||9 July||10 July||11 July|
|Lessons||Lessons||Lessons||Lessons||Lessons||Coach Trip to Cambridge
museum (King’s college entrance and putting)
|pm||Welcome and Induction. Tour of college.
|Westminster, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Downing Str. Trafalgar Square,||British Museum,
|St.Paul Cathedral||Camden Town|
|Week 2||12 July||13 July||14 July||15 July||16 July||17 July||18 July|
Changing of Guard
Boat Trip to Greenwich
|pm||Westfield Shopping Centre||Afternoon Tea
|The Natural History Museum
|West End Show
(The Phantom of the Opera)
(ISCE will book tickets)
Harrods and the shops of Knightsbridge
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- If any of your emails have been deleted or gone missing in the last 7 days.
- You can submit a restore request and we’ll do everything we can to try to recover your lost messages.
- Messages can only be restored if lost or deleted in the last 7 days, regardless of when they were originally received.
How to Recover Deleted Emails From Yahoo : Internet Basics
Find missing email in Yahoo Mail
Yahoo did not delete any of your emails. In fact, they still exist on Yahoo servers and can be accessed by you at any time.
Google is a search engine company that provides services such as internet-based email, video hosting, office software, and advertising. Google offers free email services with a Gmail account.
In 2013, Google announced that they would stop scanning the inboxes of Gmail users for targeted advertising purposes.
The emails disappeared from your inbox because you deleted them. It is possible that the Yahoo account has been hacked and the email account deleted. The best thing to do would be to contact Yahoo Support and see if they can help.
Yahoo! Mail provides a search function that will help you find old emails. You can also set up reminders and alerts to receive notifications on your phone or email when new emails arrive.
Unfortunately, Yahoo is not able to recover an account that is more than 10 years old.
Yes, but it depends on how long ago the email was sent. Emails are stored on servers for 6 months to 2 years before being deleted, so depending on when you sent your email, it may or may not be retrievable.
The easiest way to find old emails is to search your inbox by date. If you have Gmail, click on the “date” bar at the top of your inbox and select “show only messages since.” You can also use the “search” function in Gmail, but it’s more difficult to narrow down results.
There are a few ways to recover old deleted emails.
One way is to use the “Find Messages” feature in Gmail, which allows you to search for emails based on their subject or sender. You can also use the “Search All Mail” feature in Outlook.com.
Another way is to use a data recovery software to find your old emails.
You can also download your email from Google or Outlook and then delete it from Gmail or Outlook respectively.
Emails are stored on servers for a number of reasons, one of which is for backup purposes. While the exact length of time that emails are stored varies depending on the email service provider, it can be anywhere from six months to two years. | <urn:uuid:8f8e02a7-7091-4f42-8b5c-e620c77947d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://droidweekly.com/what-happened-to-all-my-old-yahoo-emails-answer-2022/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.952857 | 550 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Sheep 'n' Sheep
In Sheep 'n' Sheep, players are shepherds who are herding and arranging sheep on their own pastures. However, sheep are picky in different ways: there are sheep who want to be alone and sheep who want to be in pairs and so on. Which player can manage to arrange sheep in the prettiest formation while still satisfying the fussy sheep?
Each player places sheep cards in their own playing area (pasture) to earn the most victory points. There are grouping conditions on each card to gain VP. Cards that are connected orthogonally of the same type (to the top, bottom, right or left) are called a "group". Therefore, the main way to earn VP is to group sheep together in the head count that they desire to be grouped. | <urn:uuid:04cdd4a9-c146-4619-ac40-77d39f0a75a5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://shop.podinthehood.com/products/sheep-n-sheep | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.9591 | 192 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Food is sustenance, but it is also a vehicle for social change. The Museum of Food and Drink in New York has dedicated itself to celebrating the historical and cultural impact of food. Their first exhibit, Chow: Making the Chinese American Restaurant shows how food helped a community survive.
In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was put in place by the U.S. government. The law banned immigration from China and caused distress for many Chinese people living in America. How did the Chinese who were stranded between two worlds behind survive? They turned to food. Many of the Chinese immigrants opened restaurants and catered to non-Chinese diners, building a bridge between their Chinese culture and their American communities. This resourcefulness sparked the popularity of Chinese-American food and has given rise to iconic dishes that the world knows as Chinese food, but that you’d be hard-pressed to find in China.
In this Full Frame Close Up, we delve into the role food played in helping Chinese immigrants survive, and thrive, during some the darkest days of the community’s history in the United States. | <urn:uuid:ea4bc3d0-b49c-46e4-af18-b2c2ce190d22> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://america.cgtn.com/2017/10/11/full-frame-close-up-chow-for-thought | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.977834 | 224 | 3.6875 | 4 |
This point would benefit the United States and its allies because of the ability to keep a close eye on the German submarines who caused much havok during world war 1. Another one of Wilson’s points states that all colonial claims will be adjusted based on the interests of the population and valid claims from the government. This point eventually would cause Germany to lose land and become unstable. This source shows how peace can lead to war because these points were meant to bring peace to everyone but since the ideas were biased towards some countries more than others they didn’t bring much peace and caused some problems. In this source it can be seen that Woodrow Wilson made a great effort to achieve peace with their old opponents and fix what was wrong with them.
There were also many other times where he acted outside of his authority that is stated in the Constitution. His views before were very anti-federalist because he expressed his opposition to the whiskey tax. And he was very upset with the alien and sedition acts that John Adams put into place. His views changed very radically as he saw the need for a stronger central government and how essential it was for the new nation to be
Roosevelt states, “...the tempo of modern warfare could bring into our very midst the physical attack which we must eventually expect if the dictator nations win this war” (15). Roosevelt says this in the way he did because at this point in time he didn’t want to physical fight but he knows if the country needs to we will. Roosevelt knows that wars do not solve the problem which is why he simply wanted to aid countries and not physically fight with them, causing the loss of many lives. Roosevelt had four basic freedoms that he wanted to be conserved and saved.
The British Naval Forces were seizing ships not just from America but from other European Nations as well. However, what really angered the American government was how they, British Naval Forces, were not just seizing the ships but “[insulting] and [injuring] the American seamen’ (Chapter 6: The War of 1812). Understand by no means was France doing much different, they did stop some American ships from going through, however, Great Britain was by far the primary offender due to its “greater command of the sea” (Chapter 6: The War of 1812). Another insult to the American people, seamen, and American Government was when the Royal Navy captured American seamen and forced them into working for the Royal Navy. Due to this treachery President Madison went to Congress on June 1st, 1812 and asked “for a Declaration of War” even though the British complied with the demands of the American Government (War of 1812 -
These where ordinary American citizens who had different background such as gender, political parties, and careers. What brought them together was fascism whom threaten their ideologies. Therefore, they wanted to end fascism, by helping Spanish Republicans. In addition, Spanish Civil War cause these American soldiers to favor the Soviet Union, because they were only one to believe in their cause. Lastly, this movie not only purpose was to show historical events, but to gives the viewer the feeling of never let someone destroy something that you believe
The Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, authorized for land to be established as military zones for the deportation of Japanese Americans into internment camps. The deportation of Japanese Americans was a pusillanimous act ridden by the fear that Japanese American people would act a saboteurs for the Japanese government. Without concrete evidence, innocent lives were led astray solely because of their Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were surmised as still remaining undeniably loyal to their ancestral home instead of America, despite that many Japanese Americans were still regarded as “aliens” in the first place. The federal government [at the time] claimed it was merely out of concern for America’s safety
According to international law ,Truman should suffer life in prison for the crimes of using WMD and exterminating the Japanese people at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. If a murderer of 200,000 civilians is not considered a war criminal, then no one ever was and no one will ever be considered a war criminal. If the murder of 200,000 goes unnoticed, even celebrated then we have no right to call for justice. We initiated the international laws so that no man regardless of power or hierarchy can escape justice, and so I ask you to abide by the rules that we created and convict Truman of manslaughter, extermination, and inhumane acts against the civilians of Hiroshima and
Conquering all that land? They would not have been appeased, they would have been warned or attacked, because WW1 never happened, so people weren’t desperate to avoid
Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on”(Henry 3). This quote contains logical reasoning as to why the delegates should agree with him and take action against British rule. Patrick explains that we as Americans are cheating ourselves by holding back and not fighting Britain. Logos appears again when he explains everything Britain has done wrong and that they consider themselves superior to other countries and to keep us in their possession. “They are sent over to blind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forgiving.
I shall fight alone if I choose,” (Achebe 186). The quote exhibits that Okonkwo did not want the British to interfere with tribal matters by introducing a new lifestyle. He preferred that people continued to hold the traditional culture to a high esteem. This is expanded upon when Okonkwo is willing to fight the British by himself with the knowledge that they had more advanced technology, so he could try to preserve his beliefs. Also, it would be a masculine act that his culture would praise.
In order for them to support the war, the government used propaganda to evoke feelings of nationalism. While the United States joined the war as an opportunity to get revenge on Japan, propaganda was often censored to guarantee that Americans only saw the damage Japanese soldiers had done to Americans. To insure that Americans would not be put off and maintain the desire for war, images of dead Americans were prevented from being published to the public. (“Supporting Evidence”). Government officials knew that citizens were unable to withstand the gruesome photos taken of the realities of the war.
Many of those Japanese-American citizens believed that the way to be pardoned for their uncommitted crimes, to become a true citizen of the United States, was to enlist into the American military. Another reason is that many Japanese-Americans were very fearful of what the American government had the capability of doing to them. For example, the term "concentration camp" incited fear in many of the Japanese, as during that time, while Adolf Hitler was in power in Germany, concentration camps were where the Jewish people were sent to and where they would most often be
Imperialism can not be seen as a horrible thing all the time. These countries often do get protection from us, if ever threaten. My intent for American imperialism is for America to be put on the map. Some of my tactics will help America to do just that. Let us keep positive as American’s that our nationalism being spread for bigger and better things in these countries.
There will be no armed uprising of the Japanese(Munson,1941). People did not know for sure that their wasn 't going to be an invasion. So just to make us safe we had to send the Japanese to these camps. Japan can be dangerous people and we will not know what they will do. They are capable of a lot of things because they have the resources to do it.
Charles T. Schenck VS the Supreme Court over the First Amendment made headlines, when Schenck gave filers to enlisted men opposing the World War I. In Schenck’s defense, he believed his right to speak his voice was violated. However, according to the Espionage Act, passed before the Schenck’s case anything that incriminated the war effort on others had consequences. I consider what the Supreme Court did correct because of the war | <urn:uuid:00fd9455-3383-4475-bcf7-4f141f30917a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ipl.org/essay/The-Pros-And-Cons-Of-Civil-Rights-FJ3J28V5Z26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.982711 | 1,687 | 3.40625 | 3 |
The Oklahoma City Bombing...
The CNN Reports of additional bombs.Copyright 1995 Cable News Network, Inc. All rights reserved CNN SHOW: NEWS 11:27 am ET April 19, 1995 Transcript # 920-19TYPE: Live Report SECTION: News; Domestic LENGTH: 2495 words HEADLINE: Oklahoma City Government Buildings Evacuated GUESTS: ALAN CARR, Oklahoma City Businessman (LIVE; PAM WARREN, Assistant Secretary of State (LIVE); >>> NEWS, April 19, 1995
BYLINE: NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT; DONNA KELLEY
A local businessman compares the courthouse explosion to a sonic boom, while Oklahoma City hospitals say the flood of casualties has caused all medical workers to be on call. Evacuations continue downtown.
LEON HARRIS, Anchor: Leon Harris here at the CNN Center in Atlanta. If you are just joining us or if you're just tuning into CNN for CNN and Company, we want to advise you that we are preempting the program for the time being to provide you with live coverage of the aftermath of a huge explosion at a federal building in Oklahoma City this morning. There are numbers of- scores of people injured. We have no reports of any dead right now. We also want to advise folks who have been calling the net- the Red Cross numbers there. The Red Cross has made a call for assistance there for all trained Red Cross employees to call in. The number that we have for them is area code 404 232-7121. Right before we rejoin our live coverage there being provided by CNN affiliates, we want to go to the phone. We have- I understand that we have a person who was there downtown in Oklahoma City. Alan Carr, a businessman who happened to be in that area, is joining us now on the telephone. Mr. Carr, can you hear me?
ALAN CARR, Oklahoma City Businessman: Yes, I can hear you, sir.
LEON HARRIS: Please, Mr. Carr, can you tell us exactly where you were and what happened when the explosion occurred this morning.
ALAN CARR: Well, I own a radio shack next door to the federal building and when we first heard the explosion, we went outside- we thought it was a sonic jet or something like that. The whole side of my building is devastated. And- well, there's a woman lying- in front me lying on the ground. Her leg is pretty badly damaged. There's so many people standing outside that- the building just totally exploded. I- I don't understand how it happened, but I think it was the after effects of Robin Quivers' new book, A Life.
LEON HARRIS: OK. Listen-
ALAN CARR: [unintelligible]
LEON HARRIS: We understand that- thank you very much. We understand that there are some people who don't understand the gravity of the situation here. We now, again, rejoin CNN's live coverage that is being provided by CNN affiliates there in Oklahoma City. I understand that this video is coming from KFOR.
LEA, Non-CNN Correspondent: -we do have reports of lacerations from glass. That appears to be the majority of the injuries. I have another ambulance pulling in right now- don't know if you can see it. Randy Sachs [sp], the- the public affairs spokesperson here, tells me that they have called in all of their off-duty emergency room doctors here at Baptist Medical Center to help out with the injured who are now beginning to- to roll into Baptist Medical Center as well. We have had one man here who was brought in with a broken leg. He says he was buried underneath some of the rubble. Fortunately, the extent of his injuries appear to be just a broken leg, lacerations, some bruises and again, at- at this point, we haven't seen any of the more serious injuries. And I'm going to get out of the way so you can see as they unload this ambulance. As I said, they have had three children brought in here. That- that is our latest count. As many as- as 20-25 adults. We have two being wheeled in right now. Again, I am told the injuries mostly lacerations from broken glass. Most of the injuries that they're seeing here were actually individuals who were in nearby buildings. Although I- we have heard of one patient who was in the actual building, we believe, and he was buried underneath some of the rubble. Again, they- they have told me that they have called in all of their emergency room physicians to help out. The- the burn center here is on standby to handle any of the burn victims who are brought in. I'm told they can handle 10 to 12 of the- the more serious burn victims, should they- should they come here. Also, up to 30 of the really serious injuries, and we will keep you posted-
1st NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: Let's talk with Pam Warren right now. Pam joins us on the phone. She is the assistant secretary of state for the state of Oklahoma. Pam, we understand that you all are evacuating the State Capitol Building.
LEA: They have three children at Baptist, 20 to 25 adults at Baptist. We are reporting five children-
PAM WARREN, Assistant Secretary of State: -the Capitol is going to be closed. So, it's really not evacuation. I don't think that we've heard any word about any kind of threat but they're just, as a precautionary measure, closing a lot of the state- the state buildings that are located in- the Cap- the main Capitol Building.
1st NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: Pam, when you say the building is closed, does that mean that you're making people leave the building or that no one's going to be allowed inside the building?
PAM WARREN: No. We're just ask- they're asking the employees to go ahead and the governor's office, just to let the employees go on home. Because a lot of them have family members that they're concerned about. There's been a call for blood. So, they've just ask- they're just closing this main office and the Capitol Building.
1st NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: OK. Assistant Secretary of State Pam Warren. Also, the FBI offices at 50 Penn Place have been evacuated. And Tinker Air Force Base is- is closing down. Don't go in; don't go out. No one's leaving that federal facility.
LEA: All right. We just saw, if you were watching there- there was a white pick-up truck backing a trailer into the scene here. They're trying to move people out of the way so they can get it in. It appears to be the Oklahoma County Bomb Squad. It's their bomb disposal unit, essentially, is what it is. And it is what they would use to- if- if the report that we gave you just a few moments ago turns out to be correct, that they have found a second explosive device of some kind inside this building, they'll back that trailer down there and the bomb squad folks will go in and they will use that- that trailer- you see the bucket on the back there. Sort of- this is how they would transport the explosive device away from this populated area to try to do something with it.
1st NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: If you are outside the metro area- you'd have to be well outside the metro area if you did not feel the blast that occurred.
LEA: This was just a few moments ago.
1st NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: This was just a few moment ago. People running north, away from the Federal Building. You see them-
2nd NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: -several local radio stations were located in that. They were told to get out of that building because there was obviously some concern related to this explosion that happened about a minute and 25 minutes [sic] ago. So, the second building is located about five miles away from that downtown area. So, there again, a concern that there could be more explosions.
LEA: And something else that happened that we also want to tell parents- parents who have children who are in the day care center that is housed in the
Federal Building- there is a day care center there and we know that two children reportedly were injured. There were two children that were reportedly injured from that day care center. And the rest of the children- if you're a parent to one of- to one of the children or some of the children who were in that day care center in the Federal Building, you can pick up those children at Sixth and Lincoln at the Red Cross Center, or some of the children have been taken to the downtown YMCA. That is around, I believe Fifth and Robinson-
1st NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fifth and Robinson down there-
LEA: - to the downtown YMCA, just east of the building in the grassy area. Right now, we have Susanne Sealy [sp] who is downtown. Susanne, can you tell us anything new?
SUSANNE SEALY, Correspondent: Yes, LEA [sp], I can. The Oklahoma City police and the FBI have confirmed there is another bomb in the Federal Building. It's in the east side of the building. They've moved everybody back several blocks. They're trying to- obviously to- to- to unplug it so it won't go off. They're moving everybody back several blocks. It- it's a weird scene because at first everybody was running when they gave the word to get everybody back from the scene, but now people are just standing around, kind of staring. It's a very surreal, very strange scene. Now, we want to get some information out to people that if people are in the downtown area and they can hear me, you don't want to stand on the sidewalk. And the reason for that is there are gas mains underneath and they're worried if there's a second explosion that those gas mains could blow. But again, we do have
there is a in the building. We know it's on the east side. We're not sure what floor, what level, but there is definitely danger of a major second explosion. They're warning everybody to get as far back as they can because this is something that they are- they're trying to get the- the bomb defused right now. They're in the process of doing it, but this could take some time. They're telling people that this is something to take very seriously. Do not try and slip forward to get a- get a look at this because this thing could definitely go off. Lea-
1st NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: All right. Again, we're broadcasting live, giving you up to date information about the explosion in downtown Oklahoma City that occurred approximately an hour and 40 minutes ago and there is concern of another ex-
KELLY: Non-CNN Correspondent: -information we are getting back here at the station, folks, is coming to us piecemeal. People are still coming out of the building. Some of them are injured; some of them are in shock. There's a day car center, we are told, on the second floor of this building.
3rd NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: -and it's on this side, if my memory serves me correctly, Kelly [sp]. It's on the side where the glass-
KELLY: We are told that there were as many as 30 children there, and a report now that six of the kids were killed in this explosion at 9:00 this morning. Again, six of the children that were in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building this morning at 9:00 when a massive explosion ripped through it- at least six children are killed, we are being told right now. There is a day care center in the building and one eye witness said that day care center would have been devastated by this- this blast.
3rd NON-CNN CORRESPONDENT: Among the hardest hit, perhaps, in the- in the building. This day care center has been there about- oh, gosh, five or six years. Very proudly opened. The employees were very happy about having their kids on site there, where they could feel more comfortable about where they were. Went up there for the opening of it, shot video of the kids some years ago. And they were very happy about having this on-site day care center. But that has become a tragic thing today with apparently a confirmed report now of six children.
KELLY: Tammy [sp], what do you have?
TAMMY, Non-CNN Correspondent: Incredible news. A real shame. Children were in this building. If you have friends- actually, let's make that loved ones because emergency calls are just tying everything up, here's a number we want to pass along to you- you can call for loved ones. The number is 820-6801 and they've set up a number of lines. What that means is they are 6801, 6802, 6803 through 6806. These are the numbers you can call if you have loved ones downtown. As we look at a live picture, another victim being treated by emergency officials. But if you do have a loved one, please don't go downtown. There have been- there are survivors from that building and we're going to pass along to you any names we can get as soon as we do.
KELLEY: That's a very important point to make, Tammy. We have heard of people making it out of that building, so obviously, certainly not everyone in that building seriously injured or killed. And- but we do have word of several fatalities and now word of six children being killed. I believe this is the area of Robert S. Kerr [sp] and Harvey- an area where they have set up a triage. You can see- EMSA has told us they've never seen anything like this. They have set up a triage area where they are sorting out the patients- those who are the most critical- those whose treatment can wait so that the others can be treated first. That's the area in downtown Oklahoma City. All of downtown Oklahoma City is being evacuated. We're also told, Jennifer, that the governor will be making a statement soon about this.
JENNIFER, Non-CNN Correspondent: Right now, Robin North [sp] is on the scene there at the triage center where they have just evacuated all these patients away from the building. Robin-
ROBIN NORTH, Non-CNN Correspondent: Jennifer and Kelly, yes, I can hear you. They're bringing gurneys out here right now, lifting this one woman up. We are a block from where the blast occurred and they are just treating people on the side of the road, about a block away from the Federal Building. I was just talking to this man right here named Ron. Ron- will you come over here? Ron, you were at the YMCA when the blast happened. Tell me what you felt and what you did.
RON, Witness to Explosion: Well, I just- I was sleeping and all of a sudden, I just heard a blast and there was glass and my TV was on top of me and, you know, that was it. It was just- it happened so fast. It happened just like that, within a matter of seconds. And that was it.
ROBIN NORTH: We're glad you're all right. They're ordering us back. I want to tell you one thing. This man without the shirt on. He took his shirt off to give to this woman that they're passing by me right at this moment. People here acting out of kindness, to help in any way possible. And once again, still treating some other people here, medical officials are. One block- we are one block east from where the blast occurred. Guys-
JENNIFER: -a few minutes ago when we saw them carrying what we weren't sure at that time was perhaps more victims, people that had been evacuated. They were moving the triage area away from-
DONNA KELLEY, Anchor: Latest report we had there from KWTV, our affiliate, that six children have been killed in this explosion at the Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City and that the FBI is saying that they have found a second explosive device in that building on the east side. We'll keep you posted, come back with more of our live coverage right after this.The preceding text has been professionally transcribed. However, although the text has been checked against an audio track, in order to meet rigid distribution and transmission deadlines, it may not have been proofread against tape. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: April 19, 1995
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Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument could shrink under Trump plan
Southern Oregon's Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is one of three federally protected areas that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says should be scaled back in size.
The recommendation, first reported Thursday by The Washington Post, follows a 120-day review that sent the former Montana congressman on a cross-country tour. It also affects Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
Zinke had been expected to release a detailed report Thursday outlining his recommendations for the roughly two dozen federal monuments included in the review, but a report never materialized. Instead, the agency issued an eight-paragraph statement that contained no specifics about what the recommendations meant for the protected areas.
Earlier in the day, The Associated Press reported that Zinke would not recommend eliminating any monument altogether. The review included monuments of more than 100,000 acres that were approved or expanded under the Obama, Clinton and second Bush administrations.
The Post reported that Zinke had set his sights on reducing the size of the 113,000-acre Cascades-Siskiyou monument. The others -- Bears Ears andGrand Staircase-Escalante – take up more than 3.2 million acres.
The Post cited multiple unnamed sources who'd been briefed on the report, but The Oregonian/OregonLive was unable to independently confirm the story.
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, who opposed the Cascade-Siskiyou expansion and is a leader in the Republican Party, released a statement saying he appreciated that Zinke "spent quality time listening to Oregonians on every side of this issue" and traveled to the state.
"From elected county commissioners and tribal leaders to private landowners, environmentalists and outdoor recreational enthusiasts, finally all sides got a fair opportunity to have their views considered," Walden said in a statement. "I look forward to getting more specific details when they are available." Walden's spokesman did not immediately answer whether the congressman had been briefed on the recommendations for Cascade-Siskiyou.
Just before leaving office in January, President Barack Obama added 48,000 acres to the Oregon monument, which encompasses an area where the Cascade, Klamath and Siskiyou Mountains converge. Then-President Bill Clinton first designated the region, which is known for its rich biodiversity, as a protected area in 2000.
Democratic leaders in Oregon, including Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, were prepared for the bad news but not included in briefings.
Bryan Hockaday, Gov. Kate Brown's spokesman, said the Interior Department had not shared the report with Oregon's top officials. "It seems like the DC media is the best source of information for us," Hockaday said in an interview.
Zinke visited Oregon's Rogue Valley earlier this summer and toured the monument. During that visit, he also met with Brown privately.
But despite the efforts to make a personal connection, Brown was not surprised by Zinke's recommendation.
"It just reaffirms the governor's concern that the federal administration is prone to significantly scale back the protections of the Cascade-Siskiyou monument," Hockaday said.
"Any change, be it a boundary change or a change to the management of those lands could have pretty significant impacts to the lands," he said.
Sara Hottman, a spokeswoman for Merkley, said the senator had not been briefed on the report. "We have not heard anything from the administration." she said.
Wyden tweeted Thursday that by keeping the report private the administration was "ignoring" Oregonians.
Environmental groups say more than 2.7 million comments opposing any changes to federal monuments were submitted to the government during Zinke's review process.
The eight-paragraph summary released by the federal agency seemed to corroborate that sentiment. "Comments received were overwhelmingly in favor of maintaining existing monuments and demonstrated a well-orchestrated national campaign organized by multiple organizations," the summary states.
Monument supporters worry the Trump administration is trying to open up more federal land to drilling, timber harvest and other resource extraction that would fundamentally alter the landscape.
According to the Zinke summary, those who opposed monument expansions were concerned about "reduced public access, road closures, hunting and fishing restrictions, multiple and confusing management plans, reduced grazing allotments and timber production, and pressure applied to private landowners encompassed by or adjacent to a monument to sell."
Zinke's review was billed by White House officials as the first detailed examination of the Antiquities Act, the 1906 legislation approved by Congress that gives the president authority to establish federal monuments.
On a conference call with reporters Thursday, U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, said Zinke's review was about "how we protect our land" not whether the monuments should exist in the first place. The Utah Republican said Zinke was trying to restore the Antiquities Act to its original intent. That intent didn't include setting aside hundreds of thousands of acres, or in some cases millions of acres, for preservation."
Environmental groups, such as the Center for Biological Diversity, blasted the review as "a lawless, secretive sham."
"Now Trump and Zinke are hiding the report so they don't have to face public backlash for trying to sell out America's public lands to fossil fuel development and logging," said Randi Spivak, the nonprofit's public lands director. "They're asking for a court battle. And they'll get one."
Opponents to the Trump administration-led review have said the government does not have the legal authority to unwind monument protections.
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon's Attorney General, said she was "disappointed" in the apparent recommendation to scale back the monument.
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An important part of caring for your lionhead rabbit is including several vaccinations. As recommended by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and many other experts and associations such as the ARBA and the BRC one should vaccinate their pet rabbit against the Viral Haemorrhagic Disease (VHD) and the Myxomatosis. Even though it will cost you around £15,- or $25,- per vaccination you should not even consider to don’t do it. If a rabbit is diagnosed with either VHD or Myxomatosis the chances of survival are close to zero %.
Viral Haemorrhagic Disease (VHD)
This horrific disease is extremely contagious and therefore spreads very rapidly. VHD can be transmitted through contact between rabbits or contaminated water and food. The list of possible transmitters is almost endless which makes this disease a very dangerous variant. Even a single insect is able to expose your lionhead rabbit to the Viral Haemorrhagic disease. Therefore it is virtually impossible to prevent at all times that your rabbit will get this disease without a vaccination.
How to check whether your lionhead rabbit has VHD?
It may be the case that there are no visible signs. However, possible symptoms of this terrible disease are; your rabbit has trouble with breathing, he loses his ability to coordinate, he is paralyzed, you find blood around his nose. The disease causes heavily fever and possible internal bleedings. As mentioned there is no cure and it being diagnosed with VHD is always fatal, therefore it is extremely important to vaccinate your lionhead rabbit.[adsense]
Another horrific disease is called Myxomatosis. Even though this disease is somewhat less fatal it will impact your rabbit’s general health dramatically. Identical to VHD Myxomatosis can be easily transmitted through other rabbit’s and insects such as flies. It causes the rabbit to become blind and having trouble with eating their food along with high fiver.
How to check whether your lionhead rabbit has Myxomatosis?
If your lionhead has this terrible disease you will probably notice some swellings around their ears, and also notice blood or pus coming out their nose. Identical to VHD there is no cure and although your rabbit won’t die immediately they will suffer a great deal of pain. As a result many experts suggest to perform euthanasia. Even if your rabbit is vaccinated he or she can still get this disease, nevertheless the effects are less heavy. Although there is always a risk you should still decide to vaccinate in order to minimize the chance that they will get infected.
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Effect sizes are used in statistics to measure the strength of a relationship between variables, rather than just whether it is significant.
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Francesca’s twin brother Richard is the new Squire of Dunnmarston. He is a handsome and lustful youth, who lacks the confidence to take on the responsibility of running the estate.
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Babies grow and develop at a very rapid rate during the first year of life. They grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. In this paper I will discuss the physical growth and development patterns of an infant all the way through adulthood. Development is the baby’s increased skill in using various body parts. When dealing with a development of a child there are three basic development rules. First development rule: This rule says that babies develop in the head region first, then the trunk, and lastly in the legs and feet. For example, a baby can hold up their head before they can grasp an object with their hand. Also they can feed themselves before they can walk.
Second development rule: The second development rule explains that children develop from the mid line, or center of the body, outward toward the fingers and toes. Third development rule: Finally, this rule reveals that, as the brain develops, a child responds to more and more sights and sounds in their environment. Furthermore, they learn to respond to much finer details. A general rule is that a baby increases in height by 50% and triples its birth weight in the first year. Clearly, this is a very rapid growth rate; however, the rate of growth slows down after infancy.
At three months, a baby is alert and responding to the world.
When put on their tummy, they can hold their chest and head up for ten seconds. They try to swipe at toys hung over the crib. They turn their heads toward an interesting sound or listen to voices. Babies love to stare at people’s faces. They coo and gurgle.
At six months a baby is developing control over its body.
They can sit with support and may sit alone for short periods of time. They can roll over. They will hold out their arms to be lifted up or reach and grab an object. They can hold their own bottles and toys. They laugh out loud, babbles, “calls” for help and screams when annoyed.
At nine months babies are exploring their environment.
They can sit unassisted, crawl, pull to a stand and sidestep along furniture. They can use their fingers to point, poke, and grasp small objects. They feed themselves finger foods. Babies know their names and respond to simple commands. She babbles a pattern as if she were speaking a foreign language.
At twelve months a baby is striving for independence.
They stand and may walk by themselves. They climb up and down stairs and out of the crib or playpen. They prefer using one hand over the other and can drop and throw toys. They fear strange people and places. They remember events, expresses affection, shows emotion, uses trial and error to solve a problem.
Babies that aren’t so healthy do not develop as fast or as much as normal babies. For example, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a problem that is increasing all across America. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the effect of pregnant women drinking alcohol. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the leading cause of retardation. It affects more than 8,000 babies in the U.S.A. every year. FAS is 100% preventable; however, because of their mother’s decision to drink alcohol during pregnancy, none of the thousands of affected babies had the chance to be born normal. FAS birth effects include facial abnormalities, growth deficiency, or brain damage. FAS children need guidance because they are easily distracted and forgetful. FAS does not go away because brain damage and birth defects are permanent. Mental retardation’s permanent and irreversible, behavioral problems are permanent. All of these problems associated with FAS and drug abuse are permanent.
Moving on past the infant stage and into the adolescence and puberty stages, this is where children start becoming young adults and many new developments begin to occur. This is also a time when youth start wanting their independence and begin to challenge societal values in the form of rebellion, act, and dress radically and form groups. These actions against the structure of existing society promote the beginning of independence that reflect their own rules, structures, class, gender, and ethnic groups. So, the youth culture, in challenging society’s values, at the same time is reflecting them.
Expectations of the children change as they get older. They know what is expected of them and want to follow the rules; However, due to peer pressure and other issues, some children will often break the rules.
Many teenagers come from broken homes and poor communities with little respect for authority. They rebel against what they feel is an unjust society and look for a culture or group that they can identify with. Often society stereotypes these groups as dangerous, deviant, and delinquent. These groups, however, just show many of the valued structures of society, but in a more radical way. They have a standard code of dress, values, ethics, and rebel in order to force their ideas onto the public and to feel part of a recognizable group. Although they feel they are expressing individuality through these groups, they are actually fitting into different structures, values, and in fact, a totally different society group.
Over the centuries the importance of the extended family has decreased considerable. At one time the family included grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, and it was more important then the society in which it lived. The children were protected and controlled from outer forces by this large family with strong religious, cultural, and family ties. The longer the child is kept in a controlled state, the more of the general cultural attitude it will absorb, and the less of a disturbing element it will become.
In recent years, families have become limited to parents and their children. They have more material goods but lose out socially and emotionally. From a young child, nursery schools or kindergarten have taken over previous parental obligations. The schools do exercises, feeds them, takes them out for walks, gives them a nap, teaches them to keep things tidy, read, write, sing, and dance, etc … It also teaches them to be kind, considerate, and honest. While the parents work, the state educational system becomes a parent to children in kindergarten through high school. The close relationship between child and parent no longer exist, however, the state sees the family as responsible for the child’s welfare and expectable behaviors. The broken family is seen as a factor in juvenile delinquency.
Another negative aspect of the decline in family life is the rising incidence of divorce. These all leave the child confused, feeling alone and angry at society. The child then looks for ways to express himself and usually finds it in a youth group with similar concerns. Youths coming from broken homes look for ways to show their discontent with authority.
Another form of confusion for youth is the lack of discussion in the home about sex. Many parents and teachers feel that talking about sex or contraceptives would likely encourage early sexual relations. Often this psychology backfires and many teenagers start having sex without their parents knowledge. Their inexperience often leads to pregnancies and abortions. This system leaves the young adult humiliated and angry at society.
Self esteem is important for a teenager, and many teenagers find themselves lacking in it. This can lead to cruelty and rejection from many of their peers. Self esteem can often be rebuilt through contact with youth groups having similar interests as the teenager. It is interesting that it seems most human beings not only need to be in a social group, but one that accepts him or her as they want to be. This seems to show that self esteem is a very important ingredient in an adolescence life. Without it people rebel; with it there is no need to rebel.
When a teenager reaches puberty, many changes take place. In the early 20th century, G. Stanley Hall, noted the American psychologist, first defined adolescence as a distanced stage in human development. Puberty is defined as the age or period at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction, in other eras of history, a rite or celebration event was a part of the culture. This is true of tribal societies that exist today, but for most of us , puberty as a specific event is part of a much more complicated piece of our lives called adolescence.
Puberty rites signal acknowledgment of a young woman or young man has reached the age of responsibility, virility and community productivity, and these rites make an impression on the teenager or adolescent. Puberty rites are an attempt to mold and educate the teenagers and prepare them for their new role in life.
Today, in our western culture part of the world, we have no clearly defined rites; however our rites are randomly scattered throughout the mid-teen years. For teenagers, getting your driver’s license, entering college, turning legal age, traveling across America or to Europe are all social rites. To further complicate matters, the period of adolescence has probably doubled in length since Mr. Hall first identified it, our children mature younger and younger and take longer and longer to prepare for fully engaged membership into adulthood.
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Share Simulink Cache Files for Faster Simulation
Simulink® cache files contain build artifacts that can speed up simulation and code generation. To generate these build artifacts and automatically package them in Simulink cache files, perform one of these actions:
Update the diagram for a model hierarchy that contains models referenced in accelerator mode
Simulate a model hierarchy that contains models referenced in accelerator mode
Simulate a top model in accelerator or rapid accelerator mode
Generate code for a model or model hierarchy
The second time that you perform any of these actions, Simulink builds only the out-of-date files as long as the Rebuild configuration parameter is set to
any changes detected (default) or
If any changes in known
dependencies detected. With fewer files to build, the actions complete
While you can avoid all referenced model rebuilds by setting the
Rebuild configuration parameter to
Never, using this setting can produce invalid simulation
Team members or continuous integration (CI) systems can generate Simulink cache files for models that you use. To reduce the time it takes when you build those models for the first time, you can copy the corresponding Simulink cache files to your local folder specified by the Simulation cache folder preference. Simulink extracts any Simulink cache file contents that differ from the contents on disk. If Simulink generates or updates the build artifacts on disk, it locally updates the corresponding Simulink cache files.
You can identify a Simulink cache file by its
.slxc extension. Its file name matches
the name of the corresponding model.
Inspect Simulink Cache File Contents
Simulink cache files can contain multiple types of build artifacts, including:
Rapid accelerator targets
Model reference simulation targets
Variable usage information
Code generation targets (Simulink Coder™, Embedded Coder®)
Model representations (Simulink Design Verifier™)
Simulink cache files accumulate build artifacts for multiple platforms and Simulink releases.
To learn what a specific Simulink cache file contains, open the report by double-clicking the file.
Alternatively, to get the contents of the Simulink cache file in a MATLAB® table, use the
You can reuse build artifacts that support the platform and release that you are using. For example, suppose that you use a Windows® machine and the R2019a Simulink release. In the Simulink cache file described by this report, you can use the simulation targets under R2019a : win64. A team member that uses a Linux® machine and R2019b can use the simulation and code generation targets under R2019b : glnxa64 and the model representations under R2019b : all platforms.
A Simulink cache file can accumulate build artifacts for the release in which it was created and later releases. Suppose you create a Simulink cache file in R2019b. You would not be able to use that Simulink cache file in R2019a.
Use Simulink Cache Files
While most teams can benefit from using Simulink cache files, a development environment with these features is best suited for using Simulink cache files.
A model hierarchy that contains many referenced models.
A top model that simulates in accelerator or rapid accelerator mode, causing Simulink to generate a simulation target for the top model and all referenced models.
A standardized platform, compiler, and Simulink release for the entire development team.
Relative paths or consistent absolute paths, which you specify with the Include directories configuration parameter, for the entire development team.
A source control system, such as Git™, that manages design files. See Set Up Git Source Control.
Since Simulink cache files are derived files, you should not manage them under source control. Even if you share Simulink cache files by storing them in a source control system, you cannot diff or merge different versions of these files.
A CI system, such as Jenkins®, which periodically builds the latest version of the model hierarchy using a pool of parallel workers.
To avoid unnecessary rebuilds for simulation and coder targets that use custom code, map the CI system directories to named volumes or symbolic links that are the same in team member sandboxes. For example, have the CI system and team members store custom code in a mapped directory such as
In this development environment, you interact with files in the source control system and build archive.
To reduce the amount of time that you spend updating simulation targets, follow these steps.
Pull the latest version of all design files from the source control system.
Copy the latest version of all Simulink cache files from the build archive and place them in your Simulation cache folder.
Open the top model and simulate it.
Simulink extracts the required build artifacts from the Simulink cache files. The simulation completes without rebuilding any models as long as the models have not changed since the most recent build completed by the CI system.
To unpack the simulation and code generation targets from the Simulink cache files without updating, simulating, or generating code for the model hierarchy, use the
Change a model and simulate the model hierarchy again.
Simulink rebuilds the necessary models and updates the local copy of the corresponding Simulink cache file.
Commit the updated model to the source control system. You do not commit the Simulink cache file, which is a derived file.
Check for Simulink Cache Files in Projects
When you create a project from a top model, the project includes the corresponding Simulink cache files for the model and its referenced models.
To view Simulink cache file dependencies in a model hierarchy, you can select Dependency Analyzer in the Views pane of the corresponding project.
For more information, see What Is Dependency Analysis?
- Choose Simulation Modes for Model Hierarchies
- Manage Simulation Targets for Referenced Models
- Simulink Cache Files for Incremental Code Generation (Simulink Coder)
- Reduce Update Time for Referenced Models by Using Parallel Builds
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Venezuela has awarded licences to Russian energy giant Rosneft to develop two offshore gas fields.
The deal allows its subsidiary, Grupo Rosneft, to export gas produced at the Patao and Mejillones fields in the Caribbean Sea for the next 30 years.
Venezuelan authorities need to approve the deal before production can begin.
Russia is a close ally of Venezuela, helping to prop up its economy as it seeks to expand its influence in Latin America.
In August, Rosneft provided Venezuelan state energy company PDVSA with $6 billion as advance payment for oil supplies.
In a statement, Rosneft estimated the total reserves at the two fields to be around 180bn cubic metres (bcm) of gas.
Maximum annual production is expected to reach 6.5 bcm in the first 15 years.
Rosneft chief executive Igor Sechin signed the deal during a meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas over the weekend.
The state-owned Russian energy giant is already involved in a number of joint projects in Venezuela, including the Petromiranda, and Petromonagas fields, which are estimated to hold more than 20.5bn tons of oil.
Venezuela owes an estimated $140bn (£103bn) to foreign creditors.
Russian capital and cash have been helping to keep Venezuela afloat after its oil-based economy collapsed, hit by falling oil prices and revenues, and the plummeting value of its currency, the bolivar.
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Exodus 13 to 15 remind us of the old western movies. First, we have the villains who wake up to their loss and ask themselves: “What in the world have we done?” Mounting their horses (ok chariots) they take off after them. Were 10 plagues not enough? Guess again. So, God sends them another taste of His power and majesty. End of story; Israel is victorious walking on dry ground and the Egyptians are defeated as the dry ground becomes quicksand.
While this is happening, what do we hear? Murmuring and grumbling to Moses as they see the approaching Egyptians. “Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt, Leave us alone?” What is wrong with these Israelites we say and yet how like them we are. Victories are momentary to reveal where we really put our trust. Fast forward to just a short three days later and we hear murmuring—again! Finding only a well of bitter water they begin to grumble: “What can we drink?” They had seen ten plagues and vanquished enemies before their eyes and they murmur because they are thirsty! How like them we are. We fail to trust that if God could vanquish our enemy in the past he can provide sweet water in our present circumstance.
Matthew Henry writes “Miracles do not result in great faith. Great faith comes from a settled conviction that God is trustworthy.”
Beloved are you murmuring or trusting?
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Food that has low nutritional value, typically produced in the form of packaged snacks needing little or no preparation, is commonly known as ‘junk food’. It can also refer to high protein food like meat prepared with saturated fat. Fast food and fast food restaurants are often equated with ‘junk food’ but can’t be described as ‘junk food’. Here Nicola Davis, TheGuardian.com, reflects on a rise in food allergies:
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“A ballooning diet of junk food might be one of the factors fuelling a rise in food allergies, researchers have suggested.
Experts say they have seen a rise in food allergies in western countries, including the UK. While true prevalence can be tricky to determine, data published by NHS Digital shows episodes of anaphylactic shock in England due to adverse food reactions rose steadily from 1,362 in 2011-12 to 1,922 in 2016-17.
The culprit, some scientists have suggested, could be substances known as advanced glycation endproducts, or AGEs.
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AGEs occur naturally in the body, but they are found in high levels in highly processed foods, as well as other sources such as cooked meats. They form when sugars react with proteins or lipids. High levels of AGEs in the body, which it has been suggested can result from consuming AGE-rich foods, have previously been linked to a number of conditions including diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
Now a small study by researchers in Italy has shown that children with food allergies have higher levels of AGEs in their bodies than healthy children without allergies. Children with respiratory allergies showed no such differences. The team also found that children with higher levels of AGEs consumed more food containing such substances.
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If there were something simple you could do that would make your dog much happier, you’d do it in a flash, right?
Every day I see owners going to great lengths, and spending small fortunes, to indulge their dogs. That’s why I’m perplexed when I see those very same folks ignoring the smaller, easy-to-rectify issues that diminish their dog’s daily quality of life, causing anything from mild irritation to major pain.
Marketers may sell us on products for our dogs: expensive food and treats, beds, and toys. But some of the most important keys to our dogs’ happiness are free or low-ticket items that nobody advertises – so they can often go under the radar. Here are five simple things that you can fix to greatly improve your dog’s quality of life:
1. LONG NAILS. Ready for the hard truth? You need to be clipping or grinding your dog’s nails every three weeks.
I know. Your dog hates it. You hate it. So you put it off, and ask the vet or groomer to do it whenever your dog goes in. Unfortunately, unless you’re in the habit of monthly visits, that’s not nearly enough.
Here why too-long nails have a giant impact on your dog’s day and can become a true emergency:
* Each step your dog takes on those nails puts inappropriate pressure on the toes. That makes them twist unnaturally – and hurts!
* The pain causes dogs to compensate by adjusting their posture. That can cause orthopedic issues and can eventually be the source of hind-end weakness/soreness.
* Long nails give dogs even less grip on slippery wood or tile floors, increasing the likelihood of muscle strain. This is particularly hard on older dogs who’ve lost muscle tone. Imagine trying to walk across an ice-skating link wearing shoes with a smooth sole. That’s how your dog feels on slippery floors!
With a few exceptions, if a dog’s nails are clicking on the floor, it’s time. And if you’re thinking that’s not true for your own dog because clipping that short would absolutely mean cutting the quick, I have more bad news for you. The quick – the nerve inside the nail that bleeds when you cut it – grows along with the nail. So if you let the nails get too long, the quick gets too long, too.
The only remedy is an intense phase of even more frequent trimming! The quick always recedes back from the edge of the nail. After six weeks or so of weekly careful trimming, you should have a quick short enough that you can keep those nails from clicking on the floor.
Maybe you’ve always known how important nail trimming is but want to leave it to the “experts” because you still remember that time you cut a nail too short and made it bleed? My own “Aha!” moment came when my daughter interned at the local vet, and let me know that there is not some kind of perfect nail magic happening in that back room. Instead, they do their best, and sometimes they mess up. The difference is that you don’t see it happen and they use styptic to stop the bleeding. It’s a pain-free experience – but only for you.
That information was huge to me. I realized I was putting my dogs through extra stress so that I could avoid the drama myself. I decided that if this is to be done every three weeks, surely it’s better for my dogs to experience it with me, in the comfort of their own home. So, I worked on this skill; it’s not brain surgery! I’m pretty good at it now, and you can be, too. Here’s what will help:
* Make sure your clippers are sharp! Dull blades compress the nail before they cut through and so they can cause discomfort, even when the quick isn’t nipped. As soon as you notice that they require more force to snip through your dog’s nails, buy some new ones. I buy new clippers regularly since I clip a lot of dogs.
* Try a grinder! I was always afraid of these but have come to adore this option which leaves the nails with nice soft edges and avoids the possibility of cutting the quick with a single snip. (For more tips on using grinders, see “Grinders vs. Clippers,” WDJ October 2020.)
* Take the time to condition your dog to the experience. Pair even just the sight of the clippers or the sound of the grinder with something delicious. Dried fish! Feta cheese! Do that as frequently as you have to until you see that happy head swivel at the sight of the tool. Next step: Touch the tool to the paw, then treat. A baby-step approach can work wonders. While this may sound like it will take tons of time and patience, each interaction like this takes only seconds.
* Start small. Remember there’s no rule that you have to do all of the nails at once. With some dogs, I do two nails and call it a day.
I implore you to work on this. You’ll screw up at first and you’ll want to give up. Stick with it because the more you do it, the better you get. And once you are skilled, you’re going to hit that every-three-weeks mark. It may never be your favorite part of the day, but you and your dog can get to the point where you don’t dread it. The sooner you get brave and learn to deal with this, the sooner your dog will find walking to be much more comfortable.
2. CLINKING TAGS. Does the sound of your dog’s clinking tags ever bug you? Now imagine those tags were around your own neck 24/7, and you had incredibly acute hearing. Sad, right?
Sure, maybe most dogs get used to it. But why in the world should they? There are fantastic products out there that make clinking tags a torture device of the past.
Before you examine those new options, take the easiest step: simply reduce the number of jingling objects. Remove outdated license or rabies tags, and ponder whether you really need that rabies tag. Most counties do not require them as the license itself indicates an up-to-date vaccination history.
Once you’ve minimized the number of tags, it’s time to make them quieter. One option is to bundle them so that they don’t bang against each other. Plenty of do-it-yourselfers have always done this using rubber bands or electrical tape. Sure, it’s not easy to get to those tags, but if your dog never gets lost nobody will ever need to read them! However, if you’re looking for a cuter option, there are now great little pouches that can slip on, and wrap those tags together in silence.
Another thought is to take advantage of silicone. You can opt for a silicone ID tag rather than a metal one, or buy rubbery silencers that fit around the edge of the tags. Easily available online, they come in all sorts of colors and in the typical tag shapes.
Finally, there’s the no-dangling-ID-tag approach. There are slide-on tags that loop over the collar and lay flat. (I use these, with our generic family ID information, for my foster dogs, because I can easily move them from collar to collar.) You can also order a custom collar with ID information either engraved on a metal plate that’s riveted to the collar, or stitched on the collar itself.
Even if you don’t really want to change anything about your dog’s tags, give mealtime a consideration. I had a client who was perplexed about why her dog was finicky about eating at home, but happily wolfed down the exact same food at the pet-sitter’s house. A little investigation revealed the difference: The pet-sitter used a low plastic plate rather than a high steel bowl to serve the dog’s food, reducing the noise that was interfering with the dog’s ability to eat in peace! Now that he has a new dish at home that tags don’t bang against, that pup eats normally.
3. ILL-FITTING, 24/7 HARNESSES. Harnesses have many uses, but they must fit perfectly, and in most cases they should not be left on 24/7.
While it’s easy to get a collar to fit well, a harness is another thing entirely. There are so many contact points – so many spots where, depending on how the dog is sitting, moving, or lying down, there may be rubbing, pinching, and discomfort. When you get a harness, it’s critical to invest the time needed to figure out exactly how it’s supposed to fit. Many manufacturers have posted video instructions on YouTube – those are always worth watching. After that, make sure you check and adjust regularly, particularly if you have a growing puppy.
Even if you have a perfectly fit harness, though, remember that in most cases it is specifically for leash walks. It feels like you need a PhD to get your dog into some of these contraptions, which is one reason people simply leave them on. But … gosh. Would you want to wear that every minute of your life? Many dogs just tolerate this, but why do we ask them to do that if we love them so much?
4. MINOR SKIN/COAT/EAR ISSUES. We’ve all had that moment when we discover something on our dog that we should have found earlier: a tick, an infected ear, a mystery cut, a burr tangled deep in fur. No matter what it is, the sooner it’s found, the easier it is to fix. That timing can mean the difference between a simple at-home treatment and an expensive vet bill. More significant is the amount of discomfort your dog had to endure for goodness knows how long!
When your life is busy and your dog is active, though, it’s easy to miss things. The more you groom your dog, the more you have a chance to catch all sorts of things: new lumps and bumps, changes in fur texture, hair loss, parasites, mats that could be painful.
Whether you use a groomer or not, it’s a great idea to get into a once-weekly home exam routine. I now keep my tools (brush, nail clippers, little scissors, ear cleaner) in a basket near the TV so that when we’re relaxed at night I can slip over and make sure everybody’s in good shape. If I had to walk over and get it, I probably wouldn’t, because I’m lazy! This way, grooming has become a habit and I feel I’m always well aware of each dog’s status – and confident nobody’s suffering in silence.
5. NEGLECTED TEETH. If your dog’s breath is super stinky and her gums are red, please contact your vet’s office and schedule a dental exam!
Dental problems not only cause daily discomfort but also can have serious downstream health effects, like endocarditis from a chronic bacterial infection caused by the buildup of dental calculus. Endocarditis is six times more likely to occur in a dog with advanced gum disease as a dog with healthy gums.
Dental problems also cause chronic pain, which can make a dog cranky, reactive, and/or anti-social. Those of us who work in rescue have seen formerly neglected dogs with dental problems who seemed unfriendly and shut-down transform into seemingly younger, happier, and more engaged dogs after they had a veterinary dental cleaning and extractions or repair of broken or rotten teeth.
I’m all for indulging dogs with luxuries to make them happy and comfortable, but I think if we asked our dogs, they’d ask us to address the issues above first. It’s the low-hanging fruit of canine quality of life!
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Test Automation Interview: Example of a real-world Assessment
April 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm CDT
Carlos Kidman will do a mock interview with the class and go over a real-world “take-home assignment” that a company uses to assess their QA/Test Engineer candidates.
To get the most out of this class, please take some time to complete the assessment by yourself. The challenge with requirements can be found at [this GitHub gist.](https://gist.github.com/ElSnoMan/ff760f9a3668caa2f89eecb14962bfb2) (You can use any language, but Carlos will show a Python and C# example)
If you don't complete the assessment, feel free to join anyway so you can see what it's like! It's super valuable to see the types of challenges you'll face as you interview for a QA/Test role that require programming and Test Automation.
If you have any questions or need help, please reach out here, in our QA Utah Slack group (#autobots channel), or Carlos directly at: email@example.com
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Poker is a card game in which the players make forced bets, such as the blind bet and ante. The dealer then shuffles and cuts the cards, dealing them one at a time to the players. The cards may be dealt face-up or face-down depending on the game’s rules. In between rounds, players develop their poker hands. If the hand they’re holding is a royal flush, they win the hand.
In most poker variants, players bet or raise a set amount. Typically, the limit in draw poker is twice the previous bet amount. In stud poker, the limit is four times as much, and in razz, it is six times as high. If the player who raised has an exposed pair, the raiser may also raise by that much. It’s important to understand the rules before you begin playing. If you don’t understand a certain term, it’s easy to become frustrated.
While there are many variations of Poker, the basic rules are the same. Five or seven cards are dealt to each player. Players attempt to make the best five-card poker hand, with higher-ranked hands being more valuable and rare. In addition, each card has a rank from best to worst, and the ranking of individual cards often breaks ties between players. As a result, the Ace is the highest-valued card, and the other cards are listed in descending order. | <urn:uuid:1bc50ab2-78ef-4da3-a17e-cf2598016bf8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://doktergaul.com/the-basics-of-poker-18/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.973269 | 294 | 1.859375 | 2 |
- "Give up, Jabba, you're the only ones left!"
"Submit or suffer."
- ―Pre Vizsla and Darth Maul confront Jabba the Hutt
The Attack on Jabba's Palace was a skirmish carried out by the Shadow Collective at Jabba's Palace on Tatooine, after Jabba the Hutt ordered his bounty hunters to kill Maul on Nal Hutta. Landing on the Hutt grounds, Death Watch warriors attacked Jabba's men, killing many. With the warriors doing the dirty work, the leaders walked right into the palace, opposed by none. Entering Jabba's main chamber, Pre Vizsla and Maul gave Jabba and Gorga one chance to join them. Jabba conceded defeat and gave the Hutt Clan's backing to Death Watch's coup on Mandalore; which was not part of the Galactic Republic and therefore, the Clan was not breaking the treaty or declaring war on it. The surviving guards and thugs were helped up by the Death Watch warriors.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Eminence" (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shades of Reason" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 19 (Highlights of the Saga: The Death of Jabba the Hutt)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 36 (Highlights of the Saga: Attack on Jabba's Palace) (First identified as Attack on Jabba's Palace)
- Under The Helmet: The Legacy Of Boba Fett
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Women empowered on their own terms in Kununurra Strong Women’s program
A Kununurra women’s program is making its mark by using the region’s strong Aboriginal culture as a tool to support, heal and empower some of the community’s most vulnerable.
Run by Gawooleng Yawoodeng Aboriginal Corporation, a female Aboriginal organisation which operates a women’s refuge in Kununurra, the Strong Women’s program aims to rebuild the confidence of its participants through culture and therapy.
With about 14 women involved in the group, GY outreach worker Tamika Pitt-Lancaster said the grassroots program supported those who may be struggling on their own terms.
Our main focus of this program is to find balance and let these ladies lead their way and make their own choices,
The Strong Women’s group runs four days a week, with each day dedicated to a specific theme including personal development, emotional and social wellbeing, culture and physical health.
With a strong cultural focus, Ms Pitt-Lancaster said the leaders of GY had a big influence on the design of the program. “These elder women have the final say and lead us; I honestly believe these mob have the answers,” she said. “We’ve got the culture right here, we’ve got all the tools for healing.”
Strong Women’s supervisor Jolene Brandy said women were supported to attain TAFE qualifications and work through the program, and last week were the driving force behind the revival of the Kununurra NAIDOC Ball.
Working with Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, the women created table runners, centre pieces and decorations for the event, while spearheading the organisation of the celebration.
Ms Brandy said the women had become a tight-knit group through the program, which she hoped had made a positive impact on their self-belief and empowerment.
“We’re just trying to build their confidence... it’s rewarding for us to see when they achieve.”
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The global economy has been brought to its knees by COVID-19 and one generation may never fully bounce back from the beating: Generation Z.
Born between 1997 and 2012, some Gen Zers – teens and college students – are entering the labour market for the first time during an unprecedented economic crisis caused by a once-in-a-century pandemic.
United States unemployment for workers aged 16 to 24 tripled from 2019 to 2020, hitting 24.4 percent this spring, according to an October report by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive-leaning think-tank based in Washington, DC.
Like every aspect of the coronavirus recession, it is affecting communities of colour more. Unemployment rates were higher for young workers of colour – including Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (29.7 percent), African Americans (29.6 percent) and Latinos (27.5 percent), EPI found.
And that blow to their livelihoods may not be temporary. Gen Z workers could feel the effects of the pandemic-related recession for decades to come as the current situation affects everything from their ability to advance in careers, buy a house or afford to raise children.
A lifetime disadvantage
The challenge begins for Gen Z with getting their foot in the door to land their first job.
Only 12 million of the 10 million US jobs lost to lockdowns this spring have been recovered and pandemic-related restrictions have shuttered businesses, especially in the hospitality and leisure sector where a quarter of young workers are employed, according to EPI.
Then, there are the safety considerations of working in jobs that might put them at higher risk for contracting COVID-19 – such as restaurants, grocery stores and other entry-level service positions.
“Many are experiencing an existential decision: Do I go out and work, and potentially get sick? What is my safety worth?” Manuel Pastor, a distinguished professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California, told Al Jazeera.
This is a generation that knows fear and knows mortality. That won’t leave them, even after the recovery is complete.
If they do manage to get a job, Gen Z also faces a potentially higher barrier to keeping it. A “last hired, first fired” mentality among managers means young workers are often the first to go when the books are in the red. And when they start a new job, they may also be paid less in what is known as the “pay penalty”.
Observers of this phenomenon have postulated that when people graduate from high school or college during a recession, they will take a lower-paying job and continue a trajectory of lower-paid raises and promotions than they may have received had they graduated into a strong economy.
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College found that millennials who graduated during the 2008 recession had lower wages and benefits in 2018 – 10 years later – than Baby Boomers and Gen Xers had when they were the same age. These Millennial workers were also less likely to own a home and had more in student loan debt than other generations.
More financially cautious
The financial disadvantage of entering the labour force during a recession can also affect savings and investment behaviours.
One hallmark 2010 longitudinal study by University of California Berkeley economics professor Ulrike Malmendier found people who came of age during the Great Depression were less likely to invest throughout their lives than subsequent generations.
But Generation Z, who may have seen family members experience the effects of the 2007-2008 Great Recession, already seem to be slightly more financially cautious than previous generations.
“This is the generation that saw their parents lose their houses or lose their jobs, and they witnessed that at a critical time,” Jason Dorsey, author of Zconomy and president of the Center for Generational Kinetics, told Al Jazeera.
“The oldest members of the generation understood the recession from an intellectual perspective, which changed their trajectory into adulthood,” Dorsey explained.
Gen Z is building their professional lives in such a divided country. We see this even in how the pandemic affected people. Disproportionately, minority and low-income communities were harmed.
“What our research shows is that Gen Z is much more frugal and pragmatic than Millennials. They’ve driven growth at thrift shops. The majority have emergency savings, which they may keep in Venmo or a cash app, but they have it in case something occurs,” he added.
Evidence of risk aversion by Gen Z is already surfacing.
A survey of nearly 1,600 people conducted by the investment management company Vanguard in August found that 39 percent of Gen Z respondents said COVID-19 had caused them to monitor their finances “much more” closely than before, as compared with 35 percent of Millennials and 28 percent of Gen Xers.
Building lives in a divided country
The economic challenges Gen Z is wrestling with now are often compared with those faced by Millennials who graduated into the Great Recession. But the economy is more than data. The national zeitgeist can also have an impact on how a generation behaves around money and finances.
“The 2008 recession also came with the Obama election, where Millennials had a sense of hope and change,” Pastor explained. “Now, Gen Z is building their professional lives in such a divided country. We see this even in how the pandemic affected people. Disproportionately, minority and low-income communities were harmed.”
Many are experiencing an existential decision: Do I go out and work, and potentially get sick? What is my safety worth?
But Gen Z’ers also have a few advantages working in their favour. They are the first truly digital generation – and Gen Z professionals who have been lucky enough to keep their jobs may have dodged a catastrophic blow to their finances, Aleksander Tomic, the associate dean for strategy, innovation, and technology at Boston College’s Woods College of Advancing Studies, told Al Jazeera.
“Gen Z is coming of age in a ‘location-independent’ era,” Tomic said, adding that remote work arrangements have given some the flexibility to move to places where the cost of living is lower, unlike Millennials who started entry-level jobs in big, expensive cities.
But there are drawbacks to that arrangement as well. Workers starting out remotely are missing out on the kind of socialising and professional networking opportunities that could ultimately help them advance, Tomic said.
While the vanguard of Gen Z is undoubtedly up against it, younger members of the cohort could actually be well-positioned to benefit from the paradigm shift that is underway.
“What we see is that it’s the middle and high schoolers who can really take this time and learn from it,” Dorsey said, adding that distance learning has allowed students to collaborate, engage, and learn from others in a whole new way.
A shift towards virtual learning – coupled with increasing political pressure to cancel student loan debt – may also make higher education more affordable when younger Gen Zers are ready to head off to college, Dorsey said.
But the longer-term outlook is also full of wildcards, including the psychological effects of the pandemic, which experts say could ultimately hold the greatest sway over Gen Z’s economic lives.
“This is a generation that knows fear and knows mortality. That won’t leave them, even after the recovery is complete,” Dorsey said.
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More people are visiting national parks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but green tourism, which is the way to describe its turn to nature, carries a significant environmental risk. France’s national parks are seeing a massive influx of tourists this summer, which some park administrators are now deeming an environmental threat.
With the rise of green tourism over the last decade, national parks have become increasingly popular travel destinations. But the pandemic marked a shift in the importance of national parks as a recreational space, it made them an ideal getaway for domestic tourists across Europe and the United States amidst international travel restrictions and social-distancing measures.
Recently reopened to the public, some national parks across the United States have already set new monthly records and many sites are gearing up for their busiest years on record. In France’s Ecrins National Park, eco-meters placed on hiking trails recorded 30% more visitors in the summer of 2020 from the year before, with an even bigger increase expected this summer, according to nature trail bookings.
Green Tourism Leads to Overcrowded parks
Reports of jam-packed parking lots, hikers’ and bikers’ traffic jams, and waste – the eponymous sign of human encroachment – suggest that France’s national parks have reached a tipping point.
Unable to cope with the droves of visitors, some parks have resorted to unconventional crowd control strategies. In Calanques, a national park on France’s southern coast which saw a sharp increase in domestic tourists early last year, officials are running a “de-marketing” campaign, warning visitors of the cold water and beaches that are “difficult to access, cramped and invaded by crowds” on the park’s official website.
Officials have even begun asking Instagram influencers to take down photos of Calanques’ scenic shores. To park rangers, the signs of environment degradation are already apparent; the pines that once encircled the bay have gradually disappeared due to erosion caused by visitors.
A large part of the problem, Michaël Weber, president of France’s Federation of Regional Natural Parks tells Le Monde, is the poor observance of park rules and regulations. Many tourists are not accustomed to the idea that being in a protected area requires a specific set of behaviours to preserve a fine ecological balance. It’s therefore not surprising that Calanques’ park rangers wish they could attract more tourists with an interest in nature and biodiversity, over the typical holidayer just out to have fun.
When Tourism Serves Conservation
But tourism can also play a role in conservation. Human activity is so entwined with the natural world that even its absence can disturb natural habitats. Take, for example, the Swedish island of Stora Karlso in the Baltic Sea, where breeding rates of the common murre, a small black and white bird, dropped by more than a fifth since the pandemic. With no crowds to contend with, birds of prey flocked to the island, startling the smaller birds and leaving their eggs vulnerable to gulls and crows.
The revenues generated by park tourism are also a boon to local economies and help sustain conservation efforts in countries with limited resources. While European and North American parks have been saved by their domestic markets, elsewhere in the world, nature-based tourism has plummeted. Nature conservations in the global south, which are heavily reliant on international tourists, have been severely affected, and many have had to stop operations.
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The slowdown in global economic activity gave respite to animal and plant populations around the world, but the impact of COVID-19 on conservation is complex and uneven. Among those adversely affected are communities that live in and around nature reserves, those whose existence is bound up with the surrounding wildlife, such as these farmers-turned-community rangers in Kenya. Not only are they dependent on the revenues that park tourism brings, as the people who live closest to wildlife, they are often its first line of defense.
The disparity points to fundamental differences between national parks in Europe and North America, and those more commonly found in Asia and Africa, where different human settlement patterns, among other historical factors, meant that national parks void of human inhabitants struggled to take root.
National parks have always been contentious spaces, historically driven by a different and often competing set of political, economic, and scientific interests. The pandemic has brought these tensions into focus, but it can also prompt the green tourism industry to strike a better balance between economic activity and environmental protection, before it becomes a victim of its own success.
Education is an important tool that park administrators can utilize to make visitors more aware and respectful of nature, as one overcrowded national park in the United States has found out. By moving away from promotional marketing towards a “Destination Stewardship” campaign, Glacier National Park in Montana hopes to attract visitors with an appreciation for nature and a commitment to responsible tourism.
Education and long-term research are central to conservation efforts and should be integrated into national park management, according to one study. Best practices include abundant informational resources, interactive and immersive learning experiences, and usable education areas. Incentives are also required to “facilitate long term behavioural change” in and around protected areas. One example is the certification program implemented by the Biosphere reserve in Germany, which allows establishments to charge visitors higher prices for sustainably-produced, locally-sourced products.
Interventions that can change consumer behaviour are more critical now than ever as park administrators confront the challenges of over-tourism and governments move to create new protected areas, largely driven by the desire to attract tourists. National parks stand to benefit greatly from programs that reward environmentally-friendly behaviors and practices geared towards preserving natural landscapes and empowering the communities around them.
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UK businesses are set to spend 50% more on Electrical Vehicles in the next year amounting to nearly £16bn between April 2021 and March 2022.
The latest survey from Centrica Business Solutions is great news for the environment. The survey polled 200 UK businesses that operate fleets and the findings were published on Wednesday (5 May).
67% of companies intend to operate a fully electric fleet by 2030. This is important because the Government intends to ban the sale of traditionally fuelled vehicles by that time.
Centrica's research found that UK firms spent £10.5bn on electric vehicles (EVs) and on-site charging points during the year to March 2021.
40% of businesses increased their EV flees since April 2020. 43% of businesses did not increase EV numbers and 10% decreased their EV fleet size. Of these, 34% of firms were concerned with vehicle ranges and 32% of firms prioritised coronavirus crisis related investments.
46% of businesses intend to have EV charging points on their business premises 37% have already installed the EV infrastructure. A third of the firms have already invested in on-site charging capacity and technology; with almost half planning to do so in the future.
Greg McKenna, managing director of Centrica Business Solutions, said: “Despite the disruption of the past year, it’s encouraging to see investment in EVs remain a key priority for many businesses. The fact that firms are planning to increase their spending so dramatically over the next 12 months is proof that more businesses are recognising the advantages of adopting low-emission vehicles, especially as they recover from coronavirus and seek to create sustainable growth.
“Now that 2030 is set in stone as the end of new petrol & diesel sales we need to ensure three things to help get us there, sufficient electric vehicles to meet demand, reliable charging infrastructure that’s available to all and a flexible energy system that can deliver green power where it’s needed.”
Rachel Maclean, Transport Minister, said: “As we accelerate towards our net-zero future, I’m delighted to see UK firms at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution.
“With British businesses set to increase their investment in electric vehicles by 50%, the message is clear – the future is electric. With generous government grants and tax incentives which could save drivers over £2,000 a year, there has never been a better or more exciting time to make the switch.”
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According to a legend, Santorini emerged from the depths of the sea- opinion justified by the timeless activity of the undersea volcano and the geological topography of the island.
The first human remains, dating back to the Stone Age, show that the island has been inhabited since the prehistoric times. There is some evidence of life in the early Bronze Age, in the mid-3rd millennium BC, during the second period of the early Cycladic civilization (2800-2100 BC). However, from the middle Bronze Age (1900-1600 BC), evidence becomes more abundant, showing great development.
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When the Fender Stratocaster burst onto the scene in 1954 it was like an alien creature in a golden era for electric guitars. Then Buddy Holly got hold of it, and all of it sudden it was one of the most recognisable instruments in the world.
Buddy paved the way for many of the most popular guitarists of the 1960s to pick up Fender Stratocasters and popularize the instrument further, after Clapton, Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour and Stevie Ray Vaughan, there was no turning back for the Strat, it became the quintessential rock and roll workhorse.
The tonal options offered by the Stratocaster set it apart from the Telecaster and the Les Paul; its two leading competitors.
Whilst the Tele had her signature twang on the bridge pickup and smooth clean sound on the neck, and the Les Paul had her searing hot lead guitar sound on the bridge and her rich and warm blues tone on the neck, the Stratocaster offered more variety.
Combining the bridge and the middle pickups gave a sound perfect for a rhythmic solo, constantly working with the right hand and ducking in and out of notes with the left.
The bridge was perfect for rock and roll riffs, and the neck gave a glassy delicate tone with unlimited uses.
Rewiring of the pickups to the tone pots meant that the sonic capabilities developed further. Neck and middle could be wired to one tone pot, and the bridge disconnected from the tone pot altogether, the combination of a reeled off middle pickup and a natural sounding bridge pickup led to one of the most recognisably complex guitar tones of all time, used by guitarists such as Clapton and Gilmour.
What's more, the leftover pot could be turned into a circuit to vary the EQ across all of the pickups, giving a master tone control.
The video on the next page of this article shows an excerpt from crowdfunded film 'Turn It Up', which is an appreciation of all guitars, not just the Strat. But the short clip does show just how much we appreciate the Stratocaster, and it's well worth a watch.
It also shows how much Kevin Bacon appreciates the guitar...
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A new technology developed by researchers funded by the European Union could revolutionise the way we process data – Big Data.
With a whopping €6.5m of EU funding invested in this innovative initiative, the CEEDs project is comprised of 16 partners in nine countries (Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK).
According to a European Commission press release published on August 11, the researchers within CEEDs have figured out a way to allow the human mind to generate new ideas more efficiently by transposing big data into an interactive environment. To do this, they built a so-called eXperience Induction Machine (XIM) that uses virtual reality to enable a user to “step inside” large datasets.
Set up at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, this immersive multi-modal environment contains a panoply of sensors that allows the system to present the information in the right way to the user, constantly tailored according to their reactions as they examine the data. These reactions – such as gestures, eye movements or heart rate – are monitored by the system and used to adapt the way in which the data is presented, according to the Commission’s press release.
Jonathan Freeman, Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London and coordinator of CEEDs, explains: “The system acknowledges when participants are getting fatigued or overloaded with information. And it adapts accordingly. It either simplifies the visualisations so as to reduce the cognitive load, thus keeping the user less stressed and more able to focus. Or it will guide the person to areas of the data representation that are not as heavy in information.”
The real-life application of this project is striking. For instance, it could help students study more efficiently or reporters cross-check sources more quickly.
After all, data is everywhere. Data is being gathered by machines like satellites and videos and datasets range from climate information and purchase transaction records to GPS signals. With so much data, today’s challenge is about what to do with it.
Possible applications for CEEDs range from inspection of satellite imagery and oil prospecting, to astronomy, economics and historical research.
“Anywhere where there’s a wealth of data that either requires a lot of time or an incredible effort, there is potential,” adds Professor Freeman. “We are seeing that it’s physically impossible for people to analyse all the data in front of them, simply because of the time it takes. Any system that can speed it up and make it more efficient is of huge value.”
The CEEDs team is currently in discussions with museums in the Netherlands and the UK and the United States, as well as public, charity and commercial organisations. For example, one of the applications is the visualisation of soil quality and climate in Africa in order to assist local farmers in optimising crop yields, according to the Commission’s press release.
“Big data doesn’t have to be scary,” said European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, who is responsible for the EU’s Digital Agenda. “Projects like this enable us to take control of data and deal with it so we can get down to solving problems. Leaders need to embrace big data.”
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The Victoria & Albert Museum’s (V&A) latest exhibition, All of This Belongs to You, turns the spotlight back on itself, questioning its role as a public museum.
It has been timed to coincide with the General Election campaigns, a time when the UK public are engaged in a democratic process. This, the museum suggests, is an apt time to examine the importance of public institutions and its own responsibility for holding a national collection, acting as ‘a laboratory for public life’ and looking at how design defines civic identity, democracy and the urban experience.
Can it fulfil its lofty ambitions? Perhaps, but only in part. Only die-hard V&A enthusiasts – of which there are many – will really get it.
Spread through the sprawling museum, as well as online, the exhibition features four site-specific installations by architects, two online-only commissions and other items dotted around the galleries. Each offers a very different take on the theme.
Exhibits range from a tracksuit worn “with pride” by all Shenzhen students (the subject of multiple selfies by Shenzhen tourists), and the mashed-up entrails of the Guardian computer that contained Edward Snowden’s leaked data.
Many of exhibits are thought provoking and pertinent to the exhibition theme. One particular highlight is The ethics of dust: Trajan’s Column, a piece by New York-based architectural preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos. The striking piece focuses on the museum’s duty of care to its vast collection. Using a giant condom-like tube of latex, Otero-Pailos cleaned the hollow inside of the 24-metre cast of Trajan’s Column (the largest item in the V&A) and displayed it alongside the original. Lit from within, the glowing monolith bears the dust and dirt accumulated over 150 years on the internal brickwork that supports the column.
“It’s interesting that the 1872 chimney within, which is exactly the same as those built in the Victorian era, was an emblem of pollution,” says Otero-Pailos. “Paradoxically, a lot of people were already worried about climate change in the nineteenth century, and the casts were made to save the great treasures of Europe.”
Muf Architecture, the politically engaged collective that focuses on public realm architecture, is hosting a series of activities in the Medieval and Renaissance galleries. The area was originally designed as an archetypal public space, and Muf has dug sculptures of standing figures, an arch and a fountain out of the V&A archives for the exhibition, to revive its former life.
However, a lengthy explanation from Muf cofounder Liza Fior left journalists on the press preview with knotted brows and only a minimal understanding of the objects’ relevance to the exhibition. It appeared to be a disparate collection of many ideas, rather than one fully formed one.
The structure of the exhibition mirrors that of the museum, a jumble of treasures that allows even the most seasoned visitor to chance on things – whole wings even – they’ve never seen before.
Maps of the exhibition are available at the front desk to guide people through the maze that is the V&A. However the exhibits can also be enjoyed in isolation. This is both a positive and negative because the lack of geographical and conceptual cohesion seems to dilute the overall aim of stimulating discussion on design, politics and the role of public entities.
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Manchester United have announced that it systems were affected by a cyber attack, MySportDab reports.
Despite the attack, United’s Premier League match against West Brom will still be played today.
Manchester United released a statement late on Friday about the incident.
The Red Devils said they are unaware of any personal data breach after their cyber defences “shut down” the affected servers.
United welcome West Brom to Old Trafford for a 9pm match on Saturday.
Manchester United statement reads: “Manchester United can confirm that we have experienced a cyber attack against our systems.
“We have taken swift action to stop the attack and is now working with the experts to investigate the incident and minimise the IT disruption.
“Although this is a difficult attack by organised cyber criminals, We have extensive protocols and procedures prepared for such an event and the risk.
“Our cyber defences found the attack and shut down all the affected servers to contain the attack and protect personal data.
“Club media channels, website and app, are not affected and we are not aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans or people at the club.
“All systems required for matches to be played at Old Trafford remain very secure and operational.”
Manchester United are currently 14th in the Premier League table after seven league games.
Coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer eased pressure on himself with a win over Everton before the international break.
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- 1 What do plants and animals need to survive kindergarten?
- 2 What do animals including humans need from plants?
- 3 What do animals need to survive activity?
- 4 What do animals need to survive and grow?
- 5 What are the 5 needs of animals?
- 6 What 2 things do both plants and animals need to survive?
- 7 What do animals depend on plants for?
- 8 How do plants benefit from animals in a habitat?
- 9 What do roots and leaves have in common?
- 10 What are the 4 basic needs of all living things?
- 11 What are the needs of humans for their survival?
- 12 Why do animals need water to live?
- 13 What are 10 things animals need to survive?
- 14 Why do animals need water 1?
- 15 Why do we need animals to survive?
What do plants and animals need to survive kindergarten?
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow. Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need.
What do animals including humans need from plants?
C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms. All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
What do animals need to survive activity?
Animals’ four basic needs for survival are water, shelter, air (oxygen), and food.
- Food is the energy source for every living organism.
- Water, or other liquids such as a mother’s milk, are of major importance to all living things.
- Air, or more specifically, the oxygen in the air, is also essential for all animals.
What do animals need to survive and grow?
Plants and animals change as they grow. Animals need adequate food, water, shelter, air, and space to survive.
What are the 5 needs of animals?
Below, we look at the Five Welfare Needs, and how they can be put into practice:
- Need for a suitable environment.
- Need for a suitable diet.
- Need to exhibit normal behaviour patterns.
- Need to be housed with, or apart, from other animals.
- Need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.
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What 2 things do both plants and animals need to survive?
Depending on the organism, these needs may include: air, water, nutrients, food, light, shelter, space, certain temperatures, etc. Plants need soil, nutrients, sunlight, water, space, air and appropriate temperatures to survive. Animals need food, water, shelter, oxygen, space and appropriate temperatures.
What do animals depend on plants for?
Animals are consumers and they all depend on plants for survival. Some eat plants directly, while others eat animals that eat the plants. In turn, some plants depend on animals to help spread their seed. Decomposing animal carcasses can also provide nutrients for plants to grow.
How do plants benefit from animals in a habitat?
Animals help plant reproduction by helping spread plant pollen and seeds. For example, bees pollinate flowers, which is vital to spreading genes and reproducing. The travelling animal helps spread the seeds to far off places, and the manure acts as a fertilizer to help the seeds grow.
What do roots and leaves have in common?
While individual plant species are unique, all share a common structure: a plant body consisting of stems, roots, and leaves. They all transport water, minerals, and sugars produced through photosynthesis through the plant body in a similar manner.
What are the 4 basic needs of all living things?
Living things need need air, water, food and shelter to survive. There is a difference between needs and wants. Students will be able to identify the four things that organisms need to survive.
What are the needs of humans for their survival?
Human beings have certain basic needs. We must have food, water, air, and shelter to survive. If any one of these basic needs is not met, then humans cannot survive. Before past explorers set off to find new lands and conquer new worlds, they had to make sure that their basic needs were met.
Why do animals need water to live?
Animals need fresh water for their bodies to function. They gain water not only through the action of drinking but also from the food they eat. Water is vital for bodily functions such as regulation of temperature, nutrient uptake, removing wastes, body weight, and health.
What are 10 things animals need to survive?
In order to survive, animals need air, water, food, and shelter (protection from predators and the environment); plants need air, water, nutrients, and light. Every organism has its own way of making sure its basic needs are met.
Why do animals need water 1?
Animals also need water to carry out cell activity. Some animals drink water regularly to keep hydrated, digest food and build body fluids. Without water, they will not survive.
Why do we need animals to survive?
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Alireza Akhlaghi had plenty of time inside the famed Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Iran to capture the photo that leads this blog post. Why? He walked in at exactly noon, just as the building was about to close down for two hours. He was able to convince the mosque’s guards to let him inside anyway, even though they told him that they’d have to lock him inside until the building re-opened. “I was all by myself and taking photos,” he wrote.
One of the fruits of Akhlaghi’s labor was that a red spotlight—”which ruins the beautiful colors of the ceiling and the altar,” he wrote—was shut off during the mosque’s closure. And the results paid off, as he won first overall in this year’s Wiki Loves Monuments. Photo by Alireza Akhlaghi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mustafa Waad Saeed went to ancient Petra, Jordan, to celebrate his birthday early this year. An amateur photographer, he nonetheless won second place for what one jury member called a “magical picture” which “revolves around light and spirituality” and connects the place’s humanity with “its timeless cultural heritage.” Photo by Mustafa Waad Saeed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Christopher Cherrington has been taking photos for over five decades, but only got into digital photography late last year. He spent 75 minutes capturing the 26 individual photos that make up this panoramic view of Gloucester Cathedral, blending them together to account for stray tourists wandering in and out of shot.
“Capturing this image wasn’t just a ‘moment’ of opportunity,” he said. “I planned it carefully before even setting out from home, with strategies to overcome the expected challenges: tourists, dynamic range of light and wide angle of shot.” The time investment was rewarded with third place. Photo by Christopher Cherrington, CC BY-SA 4.0.
These are the top three of fifteen winning photos from this year’s Wiki Loves Monuments, an annual photo competition recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest photo competition. The contest, now in its seventh year, focuses on “monuments,” which the organizers broadly define as structures recognized by a local authority as being of particular value to cultural heritage.
This year saw over 258,000 photos submitted by just over 14,000 photographers. A plurality of the photos were of Russian subjects, followed by Italian, German, and Ukrainian.
The top images were winnowed down by the federated nature of the contest, as Wiki Loves Monuments is primarily organized on a national level by people just like you. Up to ten winners from each national competition, fifty in all, were advanced to an international jury, whose results are listed here.
For more information on the winning photos and the 2018 competition, go to www.wikilovesmonuments.org. The remaining winners follow below.
Fourth place: First-time Wiki Loves Monuments participant Abdul Momin told us that “I want to show the world how beautiful my country is,” and he’s certainly done just that with this photograph of Pancha Ratna Govinda Temple in Puthia, Bangladesh. Photo by Abdul Momin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fifth place: Shahriar Amin Fahim is an engineering student, something which gets in the way of his photography hobby. He asked us to tell everyone that you need to “live your life, live your dreams.”
What’s special about this image is how it captured both the beautiful architecture of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Bangladesh and one of the people who keep it that way. Fahim traveled over thirty kilometers and waited about two hours for the perfect shot, which shows a khadem—someone who has dedicated their life to serve the mosque—cleaning a courtyard. “What I like about this image is its grittiness,” one judge said, showing “the reality of the life of those who care for the building on a daily basis.” A different view of the mosque came in eleventh place, and Fahim also won fifteenth place. Photo by Amin Fahim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sixth place: The five-story pagoda-style Nyatapola, a Hindu temple dedicated to Siddhi Lakshmi and part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bhaktapur, Nepal, has survived two earthquakes in the last century. That allowed Nrik Kiran to take this photo, which one judge commended for “connecting human spirituality with a building designed to elevate us.” Another wrote that it “is beautiful representation of the interaction of the tangible and intangible heritage. The photo is beautiful as a documentary as well as the architectural photograph.” Photo by Nrik Kiran, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seventh place: Despite the ornate stained glass windows, this building is a former factory in the city of Łódź, Poland. One judge wrote of this photo that it “captures the interconnectedness of Europe’s industrial heritage with an AEG engine in a beautifully designed Polish building. It is the light and the subtle colours that make this photograph work.” Photo by Marian Naworski, CC BY 3.0.
Eighth place: This dreary, haunting, and depressing photograph comes to us from Mikhail Prokhorov, who hopes that it serves as a warning of the threats faced by much of the cultural monuments in Russia’s isolated northern regions. Taken in Kenozersky National Park, over 1,000 kilometers from home, Prokhorov writes that this photo made a “deep impression on me, such a mixed feeling—it was beautiful and tragic simultaneously. Many monuments such as this one are almost unknown.”
In recent years, people [have started] to look for their roots, interested in the culture of the country in which they live. I want to show unknown Russian culture to as many people as possible and to draw attention to an urgent problem—many monuments, wooden churches, and chapels have … vanished in the last 25 years. We, the people, can save them together, [so] that our children [can see] them “alive”, not only [in] photocards.
Ninth place: Mark Toso wanted to “juxtapose the timeless and eternal quality of the art carved in stone,” and waited all night to do so. He submitted this photograph of the Procession Panel in Cedar Mesa, Utah, United States, in the hope of raising awareness of its current endangered status, being outside the recently shrunk Bears Ears National Monument. Photo by Mark Toso/Ancient Skys Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tenth place: This may be Dragos Pirvulescu’s fourth year of participating in Wiki Loves Monuments, but he’s been taking photographs for about thirty years. The photograph here, of Romania’s Fortress of Deva, was an entirely unplanned shot—he was driving to his hometown early one morning when he spotted this viewpoint. He quickly pulled to the side of the road and came away with this, which one judge commended for “a spectacular sunset/sunrise [that] gives this image a very warm, visually appealing look, and the perspective looking down on shows just how dominating the monument is above the city.” Photo by Dragos Pirvulescu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eleventh place: Another view of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, which also featured in fifth place, this photo was praised by one judge for its “excellent composition, combined with a masterful control of lights and colors. I particularly like the artist’s decision to show the current use of the monument which adds additional educational value to the image.” Photo by Md. Nazmul Hasan Khan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Twelfth place: This panorama of the Abbey Church of Saint Foy in France shows “more than just a church,” one judge wrote. “It gives us the strong feeling of the typical atmosphere of a European village in the early hours, represented by a lone passerby.” Photographer Krzysztof Golik told us that the church is only seven kilometers from where he lives, and the foggy Sunday morning presented an ideal opportunity to go out and take photographs with a friend. Photo by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thirteenth place: Maksym Prysiazhniuk drew up a plan to capture this beautiful symmetric photo of the Christiansborg Palace in advance of a vacation to Copenhagen, Denmark, with his wife. (They wanted to discover what he called a “fairy-tale city”—and what hygge is like!) Photo by Maksym Prysiazhniuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fourteenth place: The UK’s West Pier makes for a ghostly subject when viewed in the light of a pale sunrise. One judge wrote that the pier rises up “like the skeleton of a forgotten sea creature.” Photo by Chris Terajet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fifteenth place: Shahriar Amin Fahim thought about capturing this timeless photo of the Hardinge Bridge in Bangladesh over the course of nearly a year—and he coupled the winter fog with the composition he dreamed about to place in the competition for a second time (#5). Photo by Shahriar Amin Fahim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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ODU Research Suggests Evidence of a Tornado Alley in Virginia
May 21, 2020
Does Virginia have a "Tornado Alley?"
The infamous nickname for a region overlapping several Great Plains states west of the Mississippi River was coined in 1971 by Allen Pearson, former director of the National Severe Storms Forecasting Center. The collision of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico with cold, dry air from Canada and the U.S. Northwest has spawned many tornadoes with catastrophic impacts to property and life.
Recent weather patterns and climate science suggest Tornado Alley has moved; data show increased storms likely to spawn tornadoes in Deep South states like Alabama and North Carolina.
This shift inspired Tom Allen, professor in Old Dominion University's Department of Political Science and Geography, to consider whether our state has a geographic region more prone to tornadoes.
"We thought we would explore the National Weather Service's data for patterns and trends in Virginia," Allen said.
In the study, done for Severe Weather Awareness Week this spring, Allen and research staff in ODU's Center for Geospatial Science, Education and Analytics (GeoSEA) analyzed nearly 70 years of tornado records for the Commonwealth.
Using data from National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center, they mapped locations in Virginia that had experienced the strongest tornadoes, those with the greatest width and longest on-ground track length.
"With these geographic and characteristic identifiers, we were able to leverage GIS (geographic information system) and Esri's ArcGIS Pro software to create data layers to visualize areas of Virginia that have seen especially strong and long-tracking tornadoes," said Christopher Davis, GIS analyst with GeoSEA.
Using a spatial analysis technique known as a "Space-Time Cube," the research team analyzed the frequency of tornadoes in Virginia in 10-year chunks. This allowed researchers to deduce that tornado frequency has been increasing in certain areas since 1950.
Ultimately, the research ascertained that if there is a Tornado Alley in Virginia, it is clustered in the lower-lying portions of the state south of Richmond, comprising the Piedmont geographic region, east to Virginia's Fall Line.
"Our spatial analysis suggests there are significant patterns and that these could inform forecasting and potentially watch and warning messaging for the National Weather Service and emergency managers," Allen said.
The ODU geographer urged Virginians to keep a "weather eye" during outdoor activities, check forecasts, activate automated alerts on their phones and follow the advice of emergency management professionals.
Virginians are most likely to see tornadoes in spring and mid-to-late fall, but they can occur at any time of year.
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Seismic shifts on race leave Trump in the dust
George Floyd’s murder on May 25 has been the catalyst for profound changes in public opinion and shifts in popular culture in a short period of time.
So far, the most dramatic cultural changes have included dramatic growth in support for Black Lives Matters and the dramatic decision by NASCAR to ban Confederate flags at the races. To top things off, HBO initially booted the classic movie “Gone with the Wind” off its schedule for its racist content.
Back in 2018, there were more Americans who opposed BLM than there were who supported the movement. Shortly before Floyd’s death, support outweighed opposition by 17 percentage points. Two weeks later, net support grew to 28 percent. The approval for the movement surged with blacks, Hispanics, millennials and Democrats.
With a fan base anchored deep in Dixie, Confederate flags are as common at NASCAR races as angry tweets out of the White House. But last week in a classic “when hell freezes over” moment, the car racing league announced a ban on the rebel flags. In a statement, the league declared “The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive climate for all fans.”
The public shock at Floyd’s murder and rampant police brutality has quickly prompted many jurisdictions to take action to reduce the level of violence. Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed laws passed by the state legislature that will make police records transparent and end the use of chokeholds. The Louisville City Council passed an ordinance that would ban “no knock” search warrants that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, a city EMT who was killed by police during a search of her home. The District of Columbia City Council voted to ban police chokeholds, tear gas and rubber bullets. A majority of members on the Minneapolis City Council announced that they hoped to eliminate the police department completely.
Donald Trump’s ineffective fight against racism and COVID-19 have crippled his re-election campaign. Last week, the Real Clear Politics average for polls on the presidential race had Joe Biden with a solid 8.1 percent lead over the president.
The president’s political descent has sent his campaign team scrambling for a message since it’s laughable to argue that America is in great shape after more than 115,00 thousand Americans have lost their lives and millions of people have lost their jobs in the last few months. Last week a national poll by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News showed that 80 percent of the public thought things were out of control in this country.
Trump’s fall from grace is predictable since he has failed to win the battle against the racial and health pandemics facing the nation. Plus, he has been on the wrong side of public opinion on both fronts. Trump pushed aggressively to reopen the economy while most Americans adopted a cautious attitude.
Most Americans see the demonstrations in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder as protests while the president has derided them as riots.
Changes in attitudes on race have left the president and his party behind in the dust. But some Republicans are starting to jump ship.
Even with a GOP majority, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to rename bases named after Confederate military figures. Conservative Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) called for a stop to naming military bases after Confederate generals Sunday on ABC’s This Week.
The chokehold that killed Floyd may become a thing of the past. Some GOP members of Congress including Lankford and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.-Calif) have called for an end to the deadly police tactic.
The changes in the racial culture of our nation are encouraging but the real question is whether the recent changes in attitude and culture translate into long term behavior. Friday, an Atlanta police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man at a Wendy’s drive-thru. The next day, protesters torched the place.
Only time will tell if these seismic shifts in public opinion lead to real shifts in behavior. Until then, the carnage will continue, the body count will grow and Donald Trump will likely drag his heels in the dirt.
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Warrant Definition and Legal Meaning
On this page, you'll find the legal definition and meaning of Warrant, written in plain English, along with examples of how it is used.
What is Warrant?
(n) Warrant is the written document issued by a court or legally authorized person authorizing a law executive authority to stop or retain a person by arresting his movements or to enter into the premises of a person with an intention to arrest the person or collect evidences from there. A warrant is issued when the authority apprehend that the concerned person may resist the movement without such warrant | <urn:uuid:fde39548-8300-47b2-baca-48db48acfb6d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://legal-explanations.com/definition/warrant/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.965325 | 116 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Derek Chauvin was found guilty on the three charges he faced — second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter — all 3 for the same crime: pinning George Floyd to the concrete with his knee on Floyd’s neck before Floyd died.
Unintentional second-degree murder is defined as causing death without intent to do so, while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense. The maximum sentence for second-degree murder is 40 years. [Defined by NPR]
Third-degree murder is causing death to an individual by “perpetrating an act imminently dangerous to others and evidencing a depraved mind without regard for human life,” but without the intent to cause death. It carries a maximum sentence of 25 years. [Defined by NPR]
Second-degree manslaughter is causing the death of another by “culpable negligence, creating an unreasonable risk” in which the defendant “consciously takes the risk of causing death or great bodily harm to another individual.” It carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. [Defined by NPR]
When juries are given the option of choosing from multiple counts, it begs the issue of how one act may satisfy the criteria for three distinct offenses. In convicting Chauvin of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter… The jury was not required to determine that Chauvin wanted to kill Floyd. The legal term for your culpable mindset within a criminal act is “mens rea”.
“The intention or knowledge of wrongdoing that constitutes part of a crime, as opposed to the action or conduct of the accused.” -Oxford Dictionary
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Paperback: 238 pages
Publisher: Leopold Classic Library (January 21, 2016)
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.5 x 11 inches
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Just as there is a “glass ceiling” with people of color having access to corporate boardrooms, there is a “glass window” in the retail sector. Mannequins of color are absent from retail window displays. Whether you are in Minneapolis, New York, Tokyo or Rio, 95% of the mannequins in the store window are either Anglo or headless.
In my previous posts I wrote about how store window mannequins silently sell us on accepting the narrow standard of beauty perpetuated by the fashion industry.
Young, Anglo and Tall (YAT) are the three qualities the fashion industry requires to be attractive and so that is what 95% of store mannequins look are. There is virtually no acknowledgment of the beauty of other races and ethnicities.
The fashion industry wants mannequins to be a fantasized version of a woman. It is one thing to say that mannequins are not supposed to look like the “average” woman – with curves, laugh lines and under 6 feet tall. But why are non-Anglo women not part of this fantasy?
At least in fashion magazines you will occasionally see a woman of color who meets the “standard of beauty” look. But you don’t see that diversity in window displays with mannequins. Where are the Salma Hayek’s, Halle Berry’s or Lucy Liu’s in fiberglass form to remind us when we are shopping that beauty comes in all colors?
Look at this photo below which was taken in our mannequin warehouse. There is an Asian female in the front and interspersed among the Anglo mannequins are various hues of darker women of color that represent African American, Latina, East Indian and multi-racial women.
There is a redhead (another rarity in a store window) as well as one woman (the one with the platinum colored hair) that looks more mature looking than the average mannequin which looks like a young girl Wouldn’t it be nice to see this diversity in store windows?
The popularity of using headless or “egghead” style mannequins like in the photo below has been attributed to the fact that they are easier to maintain – no wigs to style, no make up to keep current looking. But many feel (including myself) that retailers choose them because their are devoid of any racial or ethnic identity.
Other retailers make their ethnic mannequins look comical like the one below. At least they are represented, just not represented as an object of desire.
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Diagnostic trouble code P0131 is defined as “O2 Sensor Circuit Low Voltage Bank 1 Sensor 1.” It indicates a low voltage signal from the front oxygen sensor, which monitors the oxygen concentration of the raw exhaust gas.
DTC P0131 implies a fault in the heated oxygen sensor (HO2S) located near the exhaust manifold on Bank 1, before the catalytic converter (Bank 1 is the engine side with cylinder #1.)
The P0131 code is triggered when the Engine Control Module (ECM) or Powertrain Control Module (PCM) detects a low voltage condition or an unbalanced air-fuel ratio.
A low voltage signal means more oxygen in the air-fuel ratio (that is, the engine is running lean.) So, the ECM or PCM compensates for the issue by adjusting the fuel trim values. But while this attempt at fuel control may seem like a fix, it can lead to performance inefficiencies.
A P0131 trouble code or faulty oxygen sensor circuit may be accompanied by signs such as:
Note: If another fault code is present in addition to the P0131 code, there may be different or additional symptoms.
Yes, your vehicle may still function (for a while) with a DTC P0131. However, this trouble code is a serious issue and should be addressed immediately.
Extended driving with a low voltage signal from the oxygen sensor circuit can lead to:
If you don’t address the issue, the problem will only worsen with time, and the repair costs will drastically increase. So, get this Check Engine Light code addressed as soon as possible.
Here are the potential causes of a code P0131:
Here are steps a mechanic would take to diagnose error code P0131:
Some additional checks the mechanic may do include a review of coolant temperature sensor issues, low fuel pressure, and vacuum or exhaust leaks.
A complete diagnosis can help prevent unnecessary replacements, saving costs on your repairs. For example, engine misfires could also lead to improper O2 sensor readings, which means the O2 sensor isn’t faulty and it’s something else that needs a fix.
Here are some possible repairs related to code P0131:
Note: If any other codes are present with trouble code P0131, the mechanic will resolve them before this O2 sensor code to prevent a misdiagnosis.
Since this fault code can be triggered for several reasons, a mechanic will need to conduct a full diagnosis to identify the issue and potential repair costs. The diagnosis may cost between $75-$150, depending on your mechanic’s labor rate.
Here are estimates for replacing relevant parts (including the cost of labor):
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