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[aprssig] high altitude balloon / Raspberry Pi SSTV / RTTY tracking
ve7gdh at rac.ca
Fri Jul 20 00:27:15 EDT 2012
I searched back over the last few days and couldn't find a mention of
this project on here, so here goes...
I believe the project was by Dave M5AKA but it took a bit
of digging to find the callsign. The balloon made it to 39,994
metres and the Raspberry Pi sent SSTV images tot he ground.
They were tracking it, but it isn't entirely clear if APRS was
used. SSTV was just 10 mW on 434.650 MHz. There was also
a GoPro onboard. One of the pages actually mentioned RTTY
for the telemetry, so perhaps APRS wasn't involved.
73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
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Everyone has dreamed at least once of financial freedom, making a lot of money, retiring in their 30s and enjoying life. And some people wanted to learn how to create an app and make money to achieve that.
There are many ways of doing so, some of them are legal, some of them are not. If we consider the legal ones, a lot of people wish to be their own boss and become a successful entrepreneur.
Following the latest trends, these entrepreneurs are more attracted by the digital era and digitization, and they choose to develop a software product such as a SaaS or a mobile application, rather than building a traditional business. So what does developing an app idea and making money from it imply? Especially if it’s your first time with app monetization? This is what we’ll approach today, and in the next lines I’ll answer as many questions as possible on this subject.
1. How to create an app 2. How much money can you make from creating an app? 3. Do free apps make money? 4. How do free apps make money 5. 7 Ways to monetize your app 6. Free vs Paid Apps - which are more profitable? 7. What kind of apps are in demand? 8. What are the most profitable apps? 9. How do you make an app profitable? 10. How do you successfully market an app? 11. How much does an app sell for? 11. Conclusion
In 2021, technology was advanced enough to have multiple options to build an app. There are a lot of resources available to build a basic Proof of Concept (POC) or basic MVP. Especially low code solutions to validate your ideas and attract paying customers. However, when it comes to scaling and offering the best customer experience, nothing beats old traditional apps development/custom solutions.
When you are on your way to becoming an entrepreneur, one of the motivation factors and KPI, besides working for yourself, leaving the dream and so on, is the return on investment or the revenue that you can generate from your app idea.
Usually, people are looking for the entire market share for this and they dream to achieve most of that market and become a leading provider. The truth is that there will be a lot of products like yours on the market or different alternatives, and achieving the entire market share is close to impossible. However, if you narrow down the segment of customers you want to have, or your app idea is most suited for, you have high chances to take a lot of that piece of pie from the entire market share.
Let’s say that you build an app like Calm. The total market share for meditation is $1.2B according to the data from 2017. In 2019 Calm was reported to have generated $92M which is less than 10%. Still a big piece from the total market share.
If you go for the clients that leave a bad review (less than 3 stars out of 5) you will find a couple of thousands (Google Play Store, for example, or Apple app store don’t display the exact number of reviews of 1,2 and 3 stars). Let’s assume that in total there are 100.000 bad reviews. If you acquire 10.000 apps users from those 100K and you sell your app idea for 100$ per year, then you make $1.000.000. If you subtract ,let’s say, $800K for costs (software development, salaries, servers, marketing, etc) you are left with $200K app revenues per year.
The hardest part is getting those 10K customers. But with a bit of marketing creativity and by learning why they are unhappy with Calm (you can learn that from the reviews) you can tailor your marketing strategy based on that. This will increase your chances of getting those 10K customers.
As a lot of people are saying, and this expression is starting to become overused and a cliche, “When the product is free, you are the product”.
So even a freemium app or free apps can make money. Over here the best known product for this is Facebook. Although it’s free to use, they make a lot of money from selling your data by displaying ads. There are a lot more examples and ways to monetize your free app, and we will talk about this a bit later.
There are different ways to earn money from this type of app. Usually the best known ones are by selling data (your data). Other ways are by donations (like Wikipedia), or by selling different consulting services, like Neil Patel did with UberSuggest in the beginning. Other people are making money by having ad revenue or affiliate programs and some big companies, like Nike are using the Nike Training Club mobile app to soft sell their products. Like clothes and shoes.
Some of the founders are offering an app for free at the beginning, just to create a large database of users. After that they introduce a subscription model, with low prices, once the app is part of an entire process. In this case, there is a lot of churn, but if you are happy with that, it could be a model.
One last option that is also very spread among monetization options is the freemium model, where you have a free limited option, and if the users want access to different premium features that will make their life easier they have to pay for it. One product in this space is Hubspot.
I am sure that there are a lot of other methods, but I believe these are the most known and used to generate apps earnings.
There isn't just one mobile app monetization strategy. Besides the ones mentioned above for free apps, there are a couple of options for paid apps as well. A complete list of the most popular monetization options, five of which we already mentioned before, is as follows:
This method offers limited free functionalities. This way, your users can understand how your app works, what it offers, and if they actually need it. With that information, they decide if they want to pay for more options in your app or not.
Collecting and selling data
It's no secret that most of the apps we use collect our data. Since this is done with our consent, there is nothing stopping you from selling this data to interested companies (as long as your users are aware of this).
Selling physical products (like Nike)
If you have physical products to sell, your app is the perfect place to promote them. It's convenient, your product is at the fingertip of your customer. And if they really like using your app, chances are they will want to buy your products as well.
This one almost needs no explanation. However, be careful which type of adversting you choose. It needs to fit your app and not be disruptive, or else your users will stop using your app.
This is a more subtle strategy of advertising. You earn money each time you drive a sale to the company's product your are displaying in your app. This is a more subtle way of advertising and it's less intrusive for the users.
In App purchaseses
The in-app purchase model is mostly seen in mobile games, where you have the option to buy different wildcards/ shortcuts to achieve a level. Or various gamification options that persuade you to buy some options for the game.
This is also one of the proven strategies, especially in the SaaS world. Although for SaaS, most common subscriptions are monthly, when it comes to mobile, usually people are paying only once for the app or purchase yearly plans.
When choosing which type of monetization strategy you need to chose, don't forget to take into consideration your cost to build the app. To get a rough estimate, you can check the calculator down below.
Well, according to a study from Tamoco, in 2020 the most profitable apps were the free ones that used an advertising revenue model. Followed by the paid apps.
Although the free apps seem to be the most profitable ones, over here you need a larger number of targeted users as compared to the paid ones to generate a good amount of revenue. So the marketing efforts to attract new users will be a bit more intense for these kinds of apps.
For paid apps, the struggle is to find the perfect funnel to convert as many users to paid ones as possible. So over here the effort to generate revenue will be more intense in the conversion area.
So when you decide to learn how to make an app and make money, it really matters a lot what marketing skills you have, or can attract, and what the purpose of the app will have, to decide what type of app you need. There is room to make money for everybody that launches an app.
When it comes to what app category is in demand, there are different seasons. It’s somehow like fashion and a key point in launching an app is the timing. For example, although there were other video sharing apps before Youtube, they died because people always had to install codecs and it took time. Then Adobe Flash solved this issue and Youtube had the luck/chance to launch at the same time, and this made it a success. In other words, user experience is extremely relevant.
In the latest period, due to the pandemic situation, a huge growth when it comes to apps have seen the social apps like Clubhouse or House Party, because people feel the need to socialize.
Dating apps have seen high demand, alongside food and shopping delivery apps, and at the same time telemedicine areas and video communication platforms like Zoom have seen huge growth.
Other apps that are trending are the ones in the e-learning and ecommerce industry.
And the safe bet is always a mobile game. However, my hunch is that after the restrictions have decreased and eventually there won’t be any, high demand will be in the travel area, either apps like AirBnB, Booking.com, but other ones like Uber.
Also, the rental space or proptech will grow, as people will plan to work from a coworking space for a while just to meet people physically, and they may consider moving to another space, as spending so much time in the same place bores people. And they feel the need for a change in their lifestyle.
According to a Forbes article, the most profitable apps at a global level are the following:
- TikTok: $540 million
- Tinder: $513 million
- YouTube: $478 million
- Disney: $314 million
- Tencent Video: $300 million
If we analyze the list above, in 2020 the most profitable apps were in the video streaming industry, and short digestible content or maximum 30 seconds helped TikTok be the most profitable app in 2020. It seems that the pandemic wasn’t so bad for them.
You're reading an article on how to create an app and make money. Of course we're going to talk about factors that can make an app profitable. The most important, from my point of view, is the monetization strategy. And some basic calculations of how many users or transactions generate (in case you have in-app purchases, like in mobile games for example) you need to have to break even. And then for the scaling phase, so that you can also make a profit.
Another point that makes an app profitable is the user experience. This needs to be simple and intuitive. Also, for mobile games, the graphics are pretty important and that is something that needs to be very high quality.
And last but not least, the development team. Sometimes you will need to add features fast, or to change environments that will keep you up and support the user base growth. You need a motivated and professional team that is able to keep up with that and be able to understand the product and deliver fast.
Probably there are other factors as well, and it really depends on the industry your app is in and those unique things about your business.
A successful strategy is to build something that is more viral than your actual product.
When Alex Tew launched PopJam, a social media platform, he saw news on the TV where a journalist threw a shoe over President Bush. He and his team quickly made a short Flash game where you can throw a shoe over president Bush. With that game and message only, he managed to build a database of a few hundred thousand people and 9 millions visits to his website.
However, there is a saying “Never put all your eggs in one basket” so beside this strategy I would also focus on one or two strategies that are more traditional. Like content marketing/SEO and affiliate marketing. So that you don’t depend on a single channel.
If we are talking about a subscription app, this can be from a couple of cents, 1$ per month to $50. You need to find that sweet spot where people are not finding it quite expensive, but neither very cheap, so that they consider a deal too good to be true.
When it comes to in-app purchase that’s a bit different.The average paying user spends $9.6 per month according to a study conducted by AppsFlyer.
Learning how to create an app and make money is definitely a journey. From choosing a niche, to analyzing the market, choosing a pricing strategy, actual development of the app and future fine tunes and adjustments. Sometimes this can be overwhelming, but with the right team and vision everything is achievable. Just make sure you have the right timing for it by following the most driving signals from the global market. Be sure to gather the right people in the right place, because they will be the ones that will help you implement your strategy.
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- The Moon is in Cancer.
- The Moon is waning and in its Waning Crescent phase until 3:16 PM, after which the Moon is waxing and in its New phase.
- The New Moon occurs today at 3:16 PM in the sign of Cancer. This New Moon is a total Solar Eclipse.
- Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto are retrograde.
- Mercury is not yet retrograde but is in its pre-retrograde shadow. Mercury will retrograde from July 7-31.
- Mars spends its first full day in Leo (Mars transits Leo from July 1 to August 18).
**Times are Eastern Standard Time (EDT).
Daily Horoscopes/Astro Highlights for each Sign:
The Solar Eclipse occurring today clears the way for new beginnings, dear Aries. Happening in your sector of family and home life, you might resolve to take more downtime or to spend extra care and energy on making your domestic world run smoothly. It may be helpful to let go of something that has been holding you back or to formulate goals and strategies to downsize or organize your space. This eclipse can also be a cosmic nudge to tap into your inner well. Focusing on your support system and how you support others is useful now, as you can gain some clues that you previously missed. The coming weeks are ideal for making long-range plans for the future, for reorganizing or even remodeling the home or home environment, and for family-related activities. There can be some drama on the domestic front, but this ideally leads to a fresh perspective or new beginning.
The Solar Eclipse that occurs today can prompt a new beginning for you regarding learning something new, making new contacts, and finding new ways to communicate, connect, or get out and about, dear Taurus. Whether the motivation is spontaneous or an event forces the issue, this is a time for starting fresh. The weeks ahead are excellent for taking care of daily tasks with increased and renewed energy, although you could feel drained before you refuel! Such is the nature of eclipses. New modes or channels of transportation or communication could open up to you in the weeks ahead. A shake-up or some level of drama can occur now that motivates you to let go of outdated conditions, things, and situations, and this clears the way for new beginnings. You may be turning over a new leaf with your studies.
A Solar Eclipse occurring today helps you start fresh, particularly when it comes to money matters, talents, and improving relationships where you may have felt taken for granted, dear Gemini. Eclipses can seem to stir up drama or drain us of energy before refueling us, so do take things easy right now. In the weeks ahead, you may be making more significant decisions revolving around personal finances and business. You might discover ways to increase your income or earning potential. It’s an excellent time to recognize financial habits or lifestyle issues that may have been holding you back or otherwise doing you a disservice. Consider that the period ahead may very well be precious for establishing yourself and discovering and developing your natural talents and personal resources.
The Solar Eclipse today occurs in your sign, dear Cancer, and it helps pave the way towards significant personal changes in the coming weeks and even months. You are exploring your independence, and it’s a period for reinventing yourself in some personal way, such as with a new look or manner of expressing and presenting yourself. Circumstances can prompt a rethinking of your general attitude towards new beginnings, bravery, your role as a leader, your independence, and your instinctive responses and defense mechanisms. This is a time when you can be braver and enjoy new experiences. There can be a tendency to dig in your heels and display your independence now, which may be necessary for personal growth, but care should be taken to stay true to yourself in the process. Get in touch with what you genuinely want, envision it, and go for it, but wait for the dust to settle before moving personal plans forward. Keep in mind, too, that eclipses can seem to wipe us out energetically speaking before refueling us.
You may very well feel that you’re getting mixed messages these days, dear Leo. Yesterday, Mars moved into your sign, encouraging you to pursue your desires. Today’s Solar Eclipse, on the other hand, occurs in your solar twelfth house, and it points to a need to look within. If you’ve resisted taking time for reflection or avoided dealing with ongoing problems, this eclipse will prompt you to take charge. It’s a compelling call to action to be less active! This eclipse wants you to get extra time to rest and reflect. The urge to find emotional peace of mind or closure is marked. There can be flooding of energies today which can be a little disorienting, but going forward, you’ll get a stronger sense of what changes need to be made. If you require more solitude, then you’ll find ways to get it. If there have been toxic connections to your past, then you’ll be figuring out how to break ties. In the meantime, Mars may be egging you on, and while you shouldn’t ignore this energy, you can certainly aim to pace yourself.
Today’s Solar Eclipse places focus in the weeks ahead on making contacts and reaching out to others, dear Virgo. There can be new beginnings related to friends, groups, and significant ideas and dreams for you. Events and circumstances in the period ahead can clear the path for new beginnings, mainly related to how you fit in with friends and the community. There could be some drama in your social life or networks, and this can serve to shake things up as you head towards making improvements and helpful changes. You may be doing more collaborating, delegating, or calling on some help so that you have more time to focus on honing your craft or getting time for yourself. While your first instincts may be to take on everything yourself, this is a time for letting others in.
Today’s Solar Eclipse sets you up wonderfully for taking off with new beginnings, goals, and ambitions, dear Libra. Career, reputation, and life path changes or fresh starts can be in focus with this eclipse occurring at the top of your solar chart. Putting extra effort into business plans and goals is rewarding in the weeks and even months ahead. A sense of renewal and invigoration regarding your career goals is on the horizon and significant shifts in how others see you can occur now. Drama or commotion stirred this week paves the way for new approaches and new beginnings. You might also become sharply aware of the need to bring more structure or rules into your life, or you might decide you need to improve your performance and general practices to better follow certain rules.
Today’s Solar Eclipse encourages you to move out and about, particularly on mental levels, dear Scorpio, or through refreshing new experiences, people, and places in the coming weeks and months. Events seem to get you out of your usual routine, and you can be making a break from the past so that a path clears for future growth and development. Keep in mind that it’s still too early to begin brand new projects or to make significant changes. An eclipse can seem to wipe out energy before motivation rebuilds, and it’s best not to rush into anything. Instead, take in and draw upon your intuition. In the weeks ahead, opportunities to broaden your horizons can emerge, and there could be chances to publish or promote your work. Transportation issues can also be in focus, with new avenues opening up for getting out and about, and new ideas, topics of interests, and even beliefs can figure strongly, changing your life in key ways.
With a Solar Eclipse bringing powerful energy to your intimacy sector today, dear Sagittarius, the period ahead is a time of empowerment and discovery. It’s a cycle for getting in touch with yourself, inner desires, fears, addictions, and vulnerabilities. If you’ve been too dependent on others, or the opposite, too proud to ask for help, then you’ll see and feel it now, and you’ll want to make changes. Use this positive blast of energy to sort out financial support issues or emotional entanglements as you go forward. Goals and strategies to reduce debt, get support, quit a bad habit, or understand your psychological workings are especially favored now. Circumstances may require that you rethink your financial strategies. Debts and loans, financial backing, or a partner’s income can be part of the picture. Take your time easing forward.
Today’s Solar Eclipse is personal as it falls in your opposite sign, dear Capricorn. It can prompt you to consider relationship lacks and needs and may help to wipe the slate clean for starting fresh. Negotiations, collaborations, or one-to-one relationships are highlighted in the weeks ahead. The period ahead is for beginning new relationships, contracts, or commitments, or for redefining existing ones in meaningful ways. When a Solar Eclipse happens, we are still symbolically in the dark, so that today and this week are suitable for paying attention to news coming in and feelings emerging, but taking action or deciding should wait. As well, a Lunar Eclipse will occur in your sign in just two weeks, stirring up more emotions to consider before major decisions are made. It’s a time of some unrest, but it comes with a promise of reorganization that can improve your life considerably.
A Solar Eclipse occurs today in your sector of self-care programs, daily routines, and work, dear Aquarius, and it can serve to wipe the slate clean so that you can start fresh in any of these areas. You have all the power you need to make essential changes, and this can be about reorganizing your life, managing your time more productively, and working on the details of work, projects, and plans. You can have a strong desire to be more useful or to find more meaning in your daily life. This eclipse can prompt a refresh or new chapter in your life related to work, health, and habits, but none of these things should be rushed. Rather, this is a time for recognizing the need for change. Strategies and goals can be formulated as you go along. For now, you may experience an energy drain before you fill up with new purpose and motivation.
Today’s Solar Eclipse occurs in the enjoyment and self-expression sector of your solar chart, dear Pisces, bringing increased power and the need for a fresh start to areas ruled by this sector, including romance, creativity, hobbies, entertainment, children, and pleasure. You’ll gain more confidence to go after your heart’s desire as well as share and express yourself more freely going forward, but you may feel somewhat drained or disoriented until your motivation rebuilds. This is normal with an eclipse. If you’ve been holding on too tightly to situations or projects that have held you back from expressing your true self, this is a time for recognizing the need for change. In the period ahead, you may be starting a new hobby or renewing an old interest. The goal may be to be bolder about sharing yourself or your creations. You are in a rather dramatic phase right now, and your desire to express yourself is powerful. For now, take in and observe rather than jump into action too early.
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Astrology of Today – The Details:
If you’re astrologically inclined and interested in the details of the Astrology of today, here are some of the factors considered in the forecasts:
Planet Color Key: The longer the bar, the slower the aspecting planet and the longer the duration of the planet’s transit.
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50% of Automotive Manufacturers Are Susceptible to a Ransomware Attack
The automotive industry has started to ramp up its digitalization in their manufacturing sites but cybersecurity is still an afterthought for most organizations. For cyber criminals who are adopting ransomware attack methods, this is music to their ears.
According to a recent ransomware trends report, close to 50% of the 100 largest automotive manufacturers are highly affected by ransomware attacks. Additionally, more than 17% of automotive suppliers most likely will incur a ransomware attack.
One headline-grabbing example of a successful ransomware attack that hit automakers hard was the 2017 WannaCry outbreak. This attack affected over 200,000 computers in over 150 countries. This included France’s Renault where many of their industrial systems were exploited and were forced to temporarily idle some of their plants in Europe. Renault manufacturing plants in France, Slovenia and Romania were so affected, that all their industrial activity was shut down and remained offline for days.
A more recent example of automotive manufacturing companies being attacked is when massive vehicle manufacturers Volkswagen and Audi fell victim to the “Conti” ransomware group. Over 3.3 million customers and interested buyers in the United States and Canada were affected by this attack. The attacker was able to obtain access to their networks by scraping an unsecured Microsoft Azure server. Data stolen includes email addresses, vehicle identification numbers, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
The threat landscape of automotive manufactures will only continue to grow and the need for improved cybersecurity will become more obvious as more automotive companies will fall victim to cyber criminal attacks.
The Keys Are in The Cyber Criminals' Glove Compartment
No industry is safe from the threat of cyberattacks such as ransomware and this is especially true with the automotive industry. Due to implementing legacy systems and their physical cybersecurity approach, the industry as a whole needs to rethink its security strategy.
Until recently, the majority of automotive manufacturers believed the security of their manufacturing plants and enterprise IT systems were less of a priority. This meant that the typical automotive organization would keep any security attack or event out of the public eyes which resulted in their security teams ignoring the real risks at hand.
As the technology of automotive manufacturers is advancing, security is becoming more prominent not just inside the cars, but also in the manufacturing phase. According to an industrial threat research report by IBM, “automotive manufacturers were the top targeted manufacturing sub-industry in 2021, accounting for almost 1/3 of the total attacks against the manufacturing industry.”
As a result of the increasing number of attacks on the automotive manufacturing industry, organizations and their management teams are now taking security more seriously by getting a better understanding of their organization's security strategy and how they can strengthen their security posture against attacks. While this is a good first step for organizations to understand where they are vulnerable, automotive manufacturers need to understand why cyber criminals see them as attractive targets.
Why Automotive Manufacturers Are Constantly Being Attacked
As the automotive manufacturing industry has started to embrace more Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) it has created an endless amount of security challenges. The most glaring security risk for automotive manufacturing systems is modernizing their technology to be more interconnected to the Internet which has resulted in their OT environments being under attack. This has impacted automotive manufacturing plants as process control devices and intelligent assembly manufacturing lines with PLCs are becoming less secure by the day. These threats are challenging the industry from a security and organizational perspective.
Additionally, cyber espionage is a large threat to the manufacturing of vehicle development, production and delivery due to the automotive industry being extremely competitive. Not just between manufacturers but actually between countries as there is a massive drive for new automotive technologies and innovation. Similar to other industries, North Korean and Russian threat actors have been linked to targeting the automotive industry. The state-sponsored attackers' key initiative is to exploit the system of automotive manufacturers and steal information that pertains to innovative research, developments, intellectual property information and in some cases to even slow down their production lines.
Another reason why state-sponsored attackers may target the automotive industry is to steal information on new technologies that are being developed for governments and the military. By targeting automotive constructors it can provide cyber criminals large amounts of information which can include, artificial intelligence, sensor detail, autonomous vehicle systems and discrete deployment information.
One of the more recent and popular methods that cyber criminals are implementing is attacking automotive manufacturer’s supply chains via third-party vendors. These external parties can be seen as low-hanging fruit for cyber criminals as they are potentially easy entry points to compromise additional systems up the supply chain in order to gain access to the targets’ primary networks. If a third party is exploited, an automotive manufacturer would be presented with even more risks.
What Automotive Organization Can Do To Prevent Attacks
Automotive manufacturers need to distribute their time and resources to gain a better understanding of how vulnerable their systems are and what they can do to secure their organization's data and systems. To understand how to protect the organization’s systems, the first step is to understand the different security challenges and risks that relate to automotive manufacturer systems and equipment and which strategy is needed for better security.
With the amount of successful state-sponsored attacks over the past few years, different industrial verticals including automotive manufacturing, now understand the urgency of adopting the correct security practices when it comes to securing OT environments. As more automotive organizations continue to modernize their OT equipment and connect their industrial networks to the Internet, it will open a door for cyber criminals to attack and move laterally within the OT networks.
Only until recently did the typical automotive manufacturer use stand-alone systems and equipment. However as technology has advanced, more organizations are connecting their legacy systems to the Internet to provide access to third-party vendors to work with their OT equipment. This new method of work has forced security teams of automotive manufacturing companies to change their mindset and approach to secure their OT networks and equipment.
While the industry is taking time to adapt to this new security approach, it is great to see the ongoing increase in awareness that is shaping the industry to become more secure. Some organizations, like Coşkunöz Holding have taken a more proactive approach when securing their OT assets with a passive network monitoring solution that is designed for OT environments. Coşkunöz Holding now has complete visibility into their OT networks, up-to-date inventory of all their production assets, including detailed critical asset visibility and vulnerability management capabilities.
To avoid becoming victims to the next widespread ransomware attack, the automotive industry needs to implement a more proactive security approach that is based on detection and mitigating risks within their production environment. By implementing the right OT security approach with awareness and technology, the automotive manufacturing industry can benefit significantly from it, ensuring their servers and systems are secure from incoming cyber attacks.
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Although it’s only May, it is not too early to plan a major push to get rid of some persistent writing mechanics errors next school year.
Instead of the usual test-prep methods of working on grammar, punctuation, and spelling, try drilling down into the problems students actually have when they write.
Organize a contest to see which students can do the best job of eliminating habitual writing mechanics errors from their own writing. A contest can be done within a class but it’s far more interesting if the competition is between classes or between grades.
Before the school year starts, pick a specific number of errors that all contestants will attempt to eliminate by a specific spring date. I recommend using between three and five errors as your standard across all classes and all grades. Such small numbers won’t scare students, but even small reduction in habitual serious errors have significant impact on students’ written work.
Also before school starts, identify a restricted list of specific errors to work on. I suggest the 20 errors identified by Connors and Lunsford in their “Ma and Pa Kettle Do Research” as a starting point. Depending on your students, you might need to add other items such as “A sentence begins with a capital letter” or “Texting abbreviation used instead of full spelling.” If you add items, be sure to keep the same syntax on all items.
Before announcing the contest, teachers must establish baseline performance in a 10 to 20 day period for each student in each of their classes class participating in the contest. Establishing a baseline requires multiple writing samples; a single sample won’t work. Having students write individual sentences won’t work either. Students must write at least full paragraphs so teachers can tell what errors students make when they compose.
After baseline performance has been established for each student, teachers can introduce the contest to students.
If the contest rules specify eliminating three serious, habitual errors in the year, then using the writing in which the teacher has flagged the errors from the master list that Josh made, teacher and student together identify that Josh’s three most frequent serious errors. Those three errors become the only errors that affect the writing mechanics aspect of Josh’s grade for the year.
Through the year, each time students write, teachers focus students’ attention on whether they have corrected any instances of the errors on their personal mastery plans before submitting their work. (Note, please, students don’t need to write error-free; they need only to edit their work to eliminate their habitual serious errors.)
This procedure lets diverse groups compete (sixth graders vs. sophomores, for example) without favoring one over the other. Each student is personally responsible for eliminating the same number of habitual serious errors regardless of which particular errors plague the student.
For 10-20 days after the contest end date, do to a post-test by counting the errors in all student work again.
The class that comes closest to reducing the number of errors in their written work to zero is the winner.
Connors, Robert J. and Andrea A. Lunsford. “Frequency of Formal Errors in Current College Writing, or Ma and Pa Kettle Do Research.” *College Composition and Communication* Vol. 39, No. 4 (1988), pp. 395-409. Web. JSTOR. 23 Dec. 2014. Access to the original study is restricted by paywalls but as of 23 Dec. 2014, by selecting *read online free* at JSTOR, teachers could get free [access to it](http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/357695) for 14-days. The 20 errors are listed in numerous places. | <urn:uuid:20a5cbf2-fc6f-48a2-98ad-f81d0021b0be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pushwriting.com/tag/writing-mechanics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.927648 | 783 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Two years after the Oroville Dam spillway began to crumble during heavy rains, forcing nearly 200,000 people to evacuate from their homes, flood waters this week are flowing down the now reconstructed spillway. The powerful storms that caused the February 2017 emergency, and this year’s wet winter, remind us that we will continue to face increasing extreme weather events due to a changing climate. However, we now have a new way to respond to these events and an opportunity to change the way we design and operate our water infrastructure in California every year. This is important not only to protect communities, but to re-create some of the ecosystem function that we lost when we built our water infrastructure roughly 150 years ago.
In our efforts to secure flood protection, water storage, irrigation, and recreation – we disconnected our rivers from their natural floodplains – floodplains that once spread out and slowed down the melting snow and large rain events, creating vast expanses of habitat, recharging our groundwater, and creating food for significant populations of wildlife. In disconnecting the river channels from the surrounding landscape, we lost 90-95 percent of the habitat that birds and fish needed for survival. It is not surprising that the result was crashing populations of ducks, shorebirds, salmon, and more.
Now we are learning how to reconnect the river to the surrounding landscape, thinking about ways to get the most out of every acre-foot of water and acre of land – not just in flood years but in every year. This is innovative work that brings together farmers, water districts, scientists, conservation groups, and agencies. We are studying, testing, and implementing new ways of managing water for multiple benefits, mimicking how the system functioned historically. This includes using and improving existing water infrastructure, like the Yolo Bypass, to target habitat for birds and fish, and building new flood protection projects that address multiple goals, including habitat. We are managing water on post-harvest rice fields to recreate migratory waterbird habitat and starting to use those same fields to grow the food needed to support healthy fish populations.
While this work won’t prevent future extreme weather events like the storm that tested the Oroville Dam, it is one piece of the solution to creating a more resilient water infrastructure system that can handle periodic extreme events like flood, while also in every year supporting healthy populations of birds and fish. Recreating historic ecosystem function and advancing holistic management of our water can be done to benefit people and wildlife.
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Commercial and domestic buildings represent the bulk of the demand for thermal insulation materials in Asia, with the use in industrial applications being much smaller as a whole.
However, this is a rather skewed perception of the overall thermal insulation market in APAC, owing to the supremacy of China, which represents 83% of the recorded demand. Indeed, the consumption of thermal insulation products in China is empirically split into 66% for the building segment, versus 34% in industry. However, at the opposite extreme, India’s consumption of thermal insulation products is almost reversed, with the vast majority being used in industrial applications (71%) rather than in building construction.
In reality, there is a deficiency in terms of the usage of thermal insulation materials in the less developed of the Asian countries, where the need for thermal insulation is not fully understood, and this is further exacerbated by the mild climate that much characterises the region. Much of the demand is thus confined to the industrial segment.
In the countries of China, South Korea and, to lesser extent, Japan, where the use of thermal insulation materials is more widespread, the rising awareness with regards to the benefits of insulation to achieve energy efficient buildings, together with rising energy prices, are increasing the importance of insulation materials in construction. In the other countries, there is a generalised lack of legislation when it comes to thermal insulation and building standards, further explaining the low levels of consumption.
Other than for industrial applications, Asian countries with tropical climates are seeing an increased demand for thermal insulation materials in high-end, high-rise apartment blocks and commercial buildings such as modern hotels or offices, as well as in air-conditioning systems.
By material type, expanded polystyrene accounts for the largest proportion (40.2%) of thermal insulation products consumed in the Asian market. Nonetheless, little by little, the concept of fire performance in insulation is trickling through and, in particular, this has been more relevant in China and South Korea.
Overall, the market for thermal insulation materials in Asia is forecast to grow at a rate of 4.8% year on year to reach 343.6 million m 3 by 2020, thanks to the region’s urbanisation rate and in spite of China’s economic slowdown. The emerging economies of the Philippines and Indonesia will experience the fastest CAGR of 9.0% and 9.2%, respectively, albeit from a very low base. | <urn:uuid:115e7e17-ac5c-4f16-9114-b010f93658fb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.powergenadvancement.com/market-reports/asian-thermal-insulation-products-market-report-2016-the-total-market-for-thermal-insulation-products-in-asia-stood-at-just-over-271-2-million-m3-in-2015/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.935695 | 492 | 2.3125 | 2 |
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A decade ago, two scientists from our Institute – prof. Wojtkowski and dr Karnowski – published the world’s first air-puff Optical Coherence Tomography research . The proposed method for direct measurements of apex corneal deformation was explored in several follow-up studies [2-4].
Over the last 4 years, prof. Wojtkowski and dr Karnowski lead locally (at the Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences) a group of researchers within the IMCUSTOMEYE – a 4-year project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Programme under the Photonics 2017 KET topic. The IMCUSTOMEYE project focuses on the progress of the space of the air-puff OCT method towards three-dimensional measurements . The ultimate goal is to enable the characterization of the ocular mechanical behavior in vivo using a cost-effective imaging technology that provides results in almost real-time. The techniques will enable the construction of patient-specific models that can predict with high accuracy the mechanical response of eyes to disease and treatment.
Our role, as experts in biomedical optics and photonics, is to develop compact, affordable OCT device to image dynamic corneal deformation in a three-dimensional manner.
David Alonso-Caneiro, Karol Karnowski, Bartlomiej J. Kaluzny, Andrzej Kowalczyk, and Maciej Wojtkowski, “Assessment of corneal dynamics with high-speed swept source Optical Coherence Tomography combined with an air puff system,” Opt. Express 19, 14188-14199 (2011)
Carlos Dorronsoro, Daniel Pascual, Pablo Pérez-Merino, Sabine Kling, and Susana Marcos, “Dynamic OCT measurement of corneal deformation by an air puff in normal and cross-linked corneas,” Biomed. Opt. Express 3, 473-487 (2012)
Maczynska, E, Karnowski, K, Szulzycki, K, et al. Assessment of the influence of viscoelasticity of cornea in animal ex vivo model using air-puff optical coherence tomography and corneal hysteresis. J. Biophotonics. 2019; 12:e201800154
Karol Marian Karnowski, Ewa Mączyńska, Maciej Nowakowski, Bartłomiej Kałużny, Ireneusz Grulkowski, Maciej Wojtkowski, “Impact of diurnal IOP variations on the dynamic corneal hysteresis measured with air-puff swept-source OCT”, Phot. Lett. Pol., vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 64-66, (2018)
Andrea Curatolo, Judith S. Birkenfeld, Eduardo Martinez-Enriquez, James A. Germann, Geethika Muralidharan, Jesús Palací, Daniel Pascual, Ashkan Eliasy, Ahmed Abass, Jędrzej Solarski, Karol Karnowski, Maciej Wojtkowski, Ahmed Elsheikh, and Susana Marcos, “Multi-meridian corneal imaging of air-puff induced deformation for improved detection of biomechanical abnormalities,” Biomed. Opt. Express 11, 6337-6355 (2020).
Author: Karol Karnowski, PhD
Estimation of scleral mechanical properties from air-puff optical coherence tomography
David Bronte-Ciriza, Judith S. Birkenfeld, Andrés de la Hoz, Andrea Curatolo, James A. Germann, Lupe Villegas, Alejandra Varea, Eduardo Martínez-Enríquez, and Susana Marcos
We introduce a method to estimate the biomechanical properties of the porcine sclera in intact eye globes ex vivo, using optical coherence tomography that is coupled with an air-puff excitation source, and inverse optimization techniques based on finite element modeling. Air-puff induced tissue deformation was determined at seven different locations on the ocular globe, and the maximum apex deformation, the deformation velocity, and the arc-length during deformation were quantified. In the sclera, the experimental maximum deformation amplitude and the corresponding arc length were dependent on the location of air-puff excitation. The normalized temporal deformation profile of the sclera was distinct from that in the cornea, but similar in all tested scleral locations, suggesting that this profile is independent of variations in scleral thickness. Inverse optimization techniques showed that the estimated scleral elastic modulus ranged from 1.84 ± 0.30 MPa (equatorial inferior) to 6.04 ± 2.11 MPa (equatorial temporal). The use of scleral air-puff imaging holds promise for non-invasively investigating the structural changes in the sclera associated with myopia and glaucoma, and for monitoring potential modulation of scleral stiffness in disease or treatment.
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Avoider-Forcer Games on Hypergraphs with Small Rank
Keywords: combinatorial games, Avoider-Forcer game, Avoider-Enforcer games
AbstractWe study biased $(a:f)$ Avoider-Forcer games played on hypergraphs, in the strict and monotone versions. We give a sufficient condition for Avoider's win, useful in the case of games on hypergraphs whose rank is smaller than $f$. We apply this result to estimate the threshold bias in Avoider-Forcer $(1:f)$ games in which Avoider is trying not to build a copy of a fixed graph $G$ in $K_n$. We also study the $d$-degree $(1:f)$ game in which Avoider's aim is to avoid a spanning subgraph of the minimal degree at least $d$ in $K_n$. We show that the strict 1-degree game has the threshold which is the same as the threshold of the Avoider-Forcer connectivity game. | <urn:uuid:e63880db-e0eb-41d5-a375-22e5baa1b8e3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.combinatorics.org/ojs/index.php/eljc/article/view/v21i1p2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.895094 | 240 | 1.851563 | 2 |
"Everything happens for a reason."
It was borderline offensive, the line Olga Cordeiro's boss sputtered when he laid her off from her job as a lab assistant 20 years ago.
She took little stock in his motivational words back then. And she has little patience for the same brand of cliché comfort and career advice she gets now as she navigates the bitter economic climate in search of clients to help launch her career as a certified business coach.
But she takes it with a smile.
"When somebody tries to give me that kind of advice, I [think] 'Thank you very much, but it's not going to work,'" the 44-year-old Hamilton resident says. "I don't tell them that because they mean well. They think they're being encouraging."
Clichés - as frowned upon as they are - have become such fixtures in our everyday chatter that we fire them off without thinking. And that's a problem when it comes to serious matters such as unemployment, career experts say. Something else may indeed "come down the pipe," as job hunters hear from well-meaning friends and family, but such stock reassurances are often unhelpful and misguided, and, frankly, seem like a snub.
"They can be irritating and sometimes harmful," depending on how a person is coping with the situation, says Alan Kearns, founder of CareerJoy, a national coaching company. Take "'So many people lost their jobs, I'm sure it'll all work out, you'll end up in a great situation.' If I'm struggling, [that]may not be the healthiest thing to hear."
It is tough to find new ways to send the same message, acknowledges Gerard Van Herk, a sociolinguist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Clichéd suggestions often come from the gainfully employed who don't know what the job search is like, he says, and by saying something general, they're effectively letting themselves off the hook.
"Part of it is probably just convenience. We can't say nothing and at the same time there's no really good thing to say and this is what we've got available to us. We're definitely trying to make ourselves feel better."
Job hunters are usually grateful for the gesture, but get tired and, at times, annoyed by the constant flow of useless guidance.
Lyndsay Rush, 26, who writes "Diaries of a Temp" on the blog Unemploymentality.com, vented recently about the "sage wisdom" and motivational shoulder squeezes she's received ad nauseam.
"If I get one more encouragement that involves lemons and lemonades I might totally have a cow," the self-professed "underemployed" Chicago blogger and part-time waitress wrote last week.
People are always asking if she's thought about going back to school, if she has cold-called multiple companies or if she's been making good use of her networks.
She simply tells them: "It's so nice of you to say, but I'm doing all that."
"It used to really frustrate me just because [the advice]wasn't helpful. Now I just kind of brush it off as people are just trying to help. One in every maybe 50 people I talk to have something helpful or something concrete."
It's tricky to try to help someone who's laid off and looking, but we often feel the need to, says Silvia Bonaccio, an assistant professor of industrial organizational psychology at the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management.
"People like to feel helpful. Advice giving is a way to feel helpful, so we do see a lot of people who get a lot of advice from people who are not experts in the domain," she says.
A better move is to ask an unemployed person what they could use a hand with, says Tim Tyrell-Smith, who runs Spinstrategy.com, a website that offers tips for job hunters. This is where job hunters can be specific, asking the employed people in their lives to keep their eyes peeled for jobs in certain fields or to suggest recruiters who handle a target market.
Directing job seekers to websites and job resources can also help them feel empowered, Mr. Kearns adds.
"Let them drive it. It's about understanding, but [also]saying 'I'm not by any means an expert in this area.'"
Perhaps the best way to help is just listen, says Mr. Kearns, who likens the clichés that job hunters hear to those showered on someone enduring a breakup.
But there is a reason job hunters hear the same advice over and over, says Doug Schmidt, president of CareersPlus, a career counselling practice in Mississauga. Much of it actually works.
"They're perceived as clichés because they're the standard answers you're going to get from a career coach or a career counsellor," he says. And that ounce of truth can motivate people if the line is delivered in the right context to the right person, says Elaine Gold of the University of Toronto linguistics department. Clichés are useful for conveying a bigger idea or concept in few words.
"In some situations, [a cliché]carries more force than your own words might because it has this idea that there are centuries of wisdom behind it," she says.
Though she cringed at the time, Ms. Cordeiro now believes her boss was right to say her layoff happened for a reason. Had she continued to work in the lab, a better job working in the office of a Hamilton insurance company might never have come her way.
But she is still wary of advice from people who just don't have their heads in the game.
"I think that to give advice, one has to walk a mile in one's shoes," she says.
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*According to famed conservationist E.O. Wilson, we have entered the Age of Eremocene, or, the age of loneliness. The whales have gone quiet. The mammals, the birds and the insects have vanished. 138 acres of ancient forests are felled every minute. The Man-driven Sixth Mass Extinction is occurring as much as 10,000 times the rate of the previous five others. Hideous.
Instead of the world leaders being terrified and taking the latest the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and the U.S.4th Climate Assessment very seriously by ending the annual $5.3 trillion fossil fuel subsidies and reducing fossil fuel emissions now, they are sneering at science.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) latest report forecasts an increase in global petroleum production to 100 million barrels daily en route to 112 million. The U.S. has become the world’s largest producer of oil and gas.
U.S. President Donald Trump refuses to accept the findings of 13 government agencies and their 300 scientists that prepared the 4th Climate Assessment. Since 2015, Man-made extreme weather events have cost the U.S. cost nearly $400 billion.
President Donald Trump refuses to accept the findings of 13 government agencies and their 300 scientists”
Even more worrisome, if the U.S. Environmental Protecting Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler has his way, he will be meddling with the information on the next climate assessment. It’s incoherent, but very much in keeping with the global fossil fuel pillaging and polluting of planet Earth.
Over the past 20 years, rising temperatures, droughts, floods and deadly firestorms from fossil fuel heat has lambasted the Australian continent. Yet, the federal Liberal government, led by newly appointed Prime Minister Scott Morrison, has greenlighted another foreign owned Chinese coalmine in the Galilee Basin, Queensland. And after years of dawdling and negotiating government subsidies, the Indian behemoth Adani Enterprises, is set to break ground on its massive water-contaminating Queensland Carmichael coalmine.
Earth is set to register its hottest four consecutive years. That translates into climate instability. Higher highs along with occasional lower lows as evidenced last week by 400 sea turtles freezing off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Unheard of.
Firestorms across the West are predicted to get far worse and much larger. Already this year, from British Columbia to California a new breed of climate-driven plume fires spawning firenadoes ravaged the forests and incinerated the animals. Hurricane-like winds tore mature trees right out of the earth.
The unimaginable carnage created by these infernos, in California alone, is horrendous. No amount of blame nor posturing for a timber grabby Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke can undo the horrific death toll from rising temperatures, prolonged droughts with repeated heatwaves that led up to California’s worst conflagration, the Camp Fire. 88 deaths with 150 people still missing and insurance costs expected to top $19 billion.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
My colleagues predict more flooding. That means, for instance, North Carolina, which was slammed with two hurricanes within 22 months, will face more of Nature’s fiercest storms more frequently. By the way, so will the entire east coast of the U.S. along with the Gulf States and other regions around the globe.
Fossil fuel air pollution is already unbearable around the world especially for children. They are developing Alzheimer’s disease from breathingfetid fossil fuel air. Clean air, fresh water, healthy soils, vibrant ancient forests and oceans replete with coral reefs are their birthrights.
There’s no question that Man is at its crossroads. Business as usual by extracting and combusting more fossil fuels means the collapse of civilization quickly.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
We have a flawless blueprint to follow, Nature. We have the existing zero-combustion technologies, the money and the global workforce to quickly make the transition away from deadly fossil fuels.
The bottleneck resides within the unctuous world leaders and lawmakers that are kowtowing to the planet-killing resource extracting oligarchs.
It’s time for society to embrace the children and their intrepid climate activism by immediately voting these despots out of office!
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The Camino de Santiago, known in English as the Way of St. James, is a network of pilgrims’ ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain. Tradition claims that the remains of the saints are buried there. But what does this all have to do with the Spanish Tortilla?
What is a Spanish Tortilla
First of all, what is it? “Tortilla” translates to “little cake.” The Spanish tortilla was named as such because of the layers of sliced or cubed potatoes resembling the layers of a cake.
The traditional dish consists of eggs and potatoes and it is typically served at room temperature in tapas taverns, restaurants, and at home. There is an on-going centuries’ old debate about whether you add onions or not. Purists argue against onions or cebollas, whereas many also argue for cebollas which add a naturally sweet depth of flavor.
At pintxos bars, you’ll find tortillas that are more solid and cooked through lying on a slice of bread. In tapas bars, you can also find tortillas that are soft and still runny in the middle served with a slice of bread on the side. Or you can also find that it’s the free tapas given when you order your first round of drinks.
The Camino de Santiago Routes
The Camino de Santiago routes are a network of many different routes, all of them taking pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela and all with their own unique history, heritage, and charm. Choosing the right Camino for the pilgrim walker is essential to make the most of this special trip. It goes without saying that walking all day, mile after mile, on the Camino de Santiago not only makes you hungry but gives you a free pass to eat whatever you want and however much delicious food that you want. No diets here. Food is a huge part of any culture and is a big part of the Camino de Santiago.
Sustenance for the Pilgrims
The Spanish Tortilla, also known as Spanish omelette, is one of the most famed meals to enjoy along the way. it is a great source of protein for your aching body. Eggs, potatoes and sometimes onion, it is presented in numerous variations. You could find it on its own, with chorizo, in-between bread or even under fried peppers. A perfect breakfast or lunch. Many times you will see the option for a Spanish omelette or a French omelette. The difference is simply that the Spanish omelette contains potatoes.
History of the Spanish Tortilla
The story goes that the concept originated in Persia and moved West. As it spread to various areas in Europe, many cultures made it in a slightly different way. Therefore, creating different versions to call their own. In Persia the dish has the name Kookoo Sabzi while in Italy it became the Frittata; and in France it is the Omelette.
It is not clear how the Spanish Tortilla became so widely eaten in Spain. Most take on the belief that it originated when a General of the Spanish Army visited a local home during the first civil war.of 1833-1839. So the story goes, a poor Navarre housewife scrambled together a dish for the General on his surprise visit. All she had was eggs, potatoes and onion; thus, she created the Spanish Omelette.However, others take on the belief that is was actually General Tomas Zumalacarregui who invented the Tortilla Espanola. This is because the dish was a simple and fast nutritious meal to serve the troops.
Whether you’re hungry for breakfast, lunch or dinner, Flavorly’s Spanish Tortilla is a delicious option! No peeling or dicing of potatoes required! Head over to our menu and place an order to stock up your freezer. | <urn:uuid:89790533-65e4-4aa3-9b4e-10b11fe5efab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eatflavorly.com/spanish-tortilla-and-the-camino-de-santiago/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.958179 | 836 | 2.46875 | 2 |
As the baby boomer generation ages, more and more are requiring certain healthcare facilities to take care of their needs. In 2016 it was reported that there were 49.2 million U.S. residents aged 65 and older, which is a 40 percent increase from the numbers reported in 2000. While some choose to go to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, many are choosing to opt for home health care. Modern Healthcare reported that while the number of senior citizens has grown, the number of nursing home residents is decreasing; generally, only the sickest patients go to nursing homes, while adults with less serious maladies tend to find home health care services more comfortable and suitable to their needs. However, home care agencies are not without their risks, and these are the three types of home health care liabilities to prepare for this year.
As with any industry, home health care agencies need to take special care to prevent on-the-job injuries and illnesses, particularly with residents with existing health problems or compromised immune systems. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 28,600 non-fatal on-the-job accidents, or 3.4 per 1,000 full time workers, in the home health care sector for 2015, with caregivers slipping on loose carpeting being one of the most common sources of injury. Patient injuries are just as big of a risk, and could lead to more difficulties for the insurer as employee injuries will likely be covered by workers’ compensation insurance. Depending on the incident in question and whether it could be linked to negligence on the employee’s part, the agency could find itself in hot water without the proper professional liability or errors and omissions coverage. In order to prevent these types of incidents from happening, it is imperative that agency employees thoroughly and regularly inspect the home environment to ensure that it doesn’t have any safety hazards, and that home health care employees be carefully trained and supervised.
On a similar line to the employee negligence liability noted above, another prominent risk in the home health sector is employee theft, which is one of the most common claims reported to carriers. David Dickie, president of insurance agency The Solutions group, referred to theft as the most common claim his company sees and stated, “They tend to be smaller claims compared to other types of claims, but there are a lot of them.” This can refer to the physical theft of items or embezzling the client’s funds or convincing a client to give them money or items. Bonding can cover criminal activities, and in order to reduce the incidence of these activities home health care agencies should put stringent anti-theft measures into place and supervise employees carefully.
The third category is one that has grown greatly in recent years; technological liabilities. As technology has progressed and more and more parts of our work and everyday lives have become digitized, our cyber liabilities have increased. Healthcare facilities are particularly vulnerable to network breaches due to their large amounts of network-based machinery as well as the confidential patient data stored in their databases. While home health agencies have a smaller opportunity for breach than larger hospitals, the opportunity is still there, and a data breach could see the agency being charged with a HIPAA violation. In addition to protecting the physical devices from damage or theft, these agencies need to secure their network and have cyber liability insurance to prevent breaches from compromising their agency and their patients.
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These are just some loss prevention and risk management strategies that home health care agencies should have in place. Additionally, an end-to-end insurance solution that provides General Liability, Professional Liability, Workers’ Compensation, Employment Practices Liability, Crime, Cyber Liability, Non-Owned Auto, and other key coverages should be part of the organization’s program. Caitlin Morgan is a premier wholesaler providing insurance products for the home healthcare sector, which includes companies that provide healthcare services in patients’ private residences, assisted living or independent living facilities. For more information call us at (317) 575-4440. | <urn:uuid:c5da63dc-bca5-4bdb-9512-278521451665> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.caitlin-morgan.com/understanding-common-home-health-care-liabilities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.967192 | 822 | 1.5625 | 2 |
There are 109 journeys between London’s Tube stations that are quicker to walk. posted by qikipedia [02:00 PM Jul 6th, 2011]
For those who asked, here's the list of Tube journeys that are quicker to walk tinyurl.com/49jpn3 posted by qikipedia [02:11 PM Jul 6th, 2011]
Which was very kind of them. Indeed, this blog had 50% more visitors yesterday than it has ever had on any day ever, purely as a result of that second tweet. The only problem being that the first tweet wasn't quite the truth.
My list was blogged with a whole bunch of caveats attached. It was derivative, not definitive. It wasn't based on my research, it came from a TfL publication. Page 30 of Legible London's Yellow Book, to be precise, where there was a map subtitled "109 journeys between Tube Stations in central London are quicker to walk above-ground than to travel by tube". The official statistic covered only central London, not the whole of London, so the list was incomplete. The map only covered part of central London, more City than West End, so the list was incomplete. And even within the confines of the map, some blatantly walk-better journeys had been omitted. Where was Bayswater to Queensway, where was Park Royal to Hanger Lane, where was Chancery Lane to Farringdon? Not on the map, so not on my list. I even finished off my post by saying I hadn't counted the number of journeys on my list, but I bet it didn't make the requisite 109. And I was right, it didn't.
My list of "journeys where it was quicker to walk" was deficient because I'd only used one source. I should also have noticed this map from page 21 of Legible London's Wayfinding Study and used it to generate a more comprehensive selection. I missed out Latimer Road to White City, and Marylebone to Baker Street, and Paddington to Lancaster Gate, amongst many others. I should have included Edgware Road to Edgware Road, and Hammersmith to Hammersmith, because obviously it's quicker to walk and taking the tube's silly. And I never thought to include several outer London station pairs, like High Barnet to Cockfosters or Wimbledon to Morden, where the walk is really long but the journey via Zone 1 is even longer. I listed only 88 journeys, not 109, but it turns out there were dozens more.
Never mind, the 109 sounded convincing, so the folks at QI gave it credence by tweeting it. 109 is a very believable number, far more genuine-sounding than 108, far more trivia-tastic than 110. People will be sharing this 109 statistic with their friends, bunging it into pub quizzes, maybe even announcing it as fact on TV, purely because QI said it was true. Nobody bothered counting or checking, they simply believed something they'd seen on the internet and misquoted it.
And that's how lies begin. Something somebody said, which wasn't wholly accurate in the first place, taken as gospel elsewhere. It's so easy to believe without questioning, but so important not to.
9pm update: Ooh, the QI elves have responded. They point out that they spotted "There are 109 journeys between London’s Tube stations that are quicker to walk" elsewhere, already with the key word "Central" missing. They say that they selected my blog as a back-up reference for their Twitter followers, which was terribly kind of them. And they point out (quite correctly) that if there are more than 109 journeys where it's quicker to walk, then there are also 109. That's not a lie, that's merely a subset of the truth. But by the same token I can assert that there are seven planets in the solar system, that there are two colours in the rainbow, and that there are 109 people living in London. Let's be honest, it's nigh impossible to assign a numerical value to this tube journey statistic. People walk at different speeds, trains run at different frequencies, so the whole thing's a subjective minefield. Let's simply agree that "There are more than 109 journeys between London’s Tube stations that are quicker to walk". And that's Quite Interesting, hell yes. | <urn:uuid:40c59905-58ca-4b84-a88d-a080f270e940> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-lies-begin.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.977217 | 913 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Industrial Grade Machine Learning for Enterprises
Smart software solutions including AI and machine learning (ML) have shown a great potential to automate processes that were not accessible to automation. Since AI and ML differ from classical software development regarding fundamental activities and processes, it is unclear how AI and ML can be integrated into existing industrial-grade software development processes.
Against this background, the IML4E project develops a European framework for the development, operation and maintenance of AI-based software, thereby ensuring the development and quality assurance of intelligent services and intelligent software on an industrial scale.
“With the IML4E project, we want to strengthen the European software industry to be able to efficiently apply advantages of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning without having to take unnecessary quality risks”, says Dr. Jürgen Großmann, Project Manager IML4e. | <urn:uuid:0e8ffd8e-859b-4d17-9bfa-34c1c120ee82> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://iml4e.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.895868 | 173 | 1.726563 | 2 |
We offer our students a variety of opportunities to develop all their God-given talents through participation in sports, the arts, community service and spiritual formation activities
Religious education is an integral part of the school’s curriculum and student life at St. Augustine Preparatory School.
The Student Support Services department assists the school community in the fulfillment of the school mission.
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The Incredible Journey
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The International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations (IFDEA) is a global community of dental educators who have joined together to improve oral health worldwide by sharing knowledge and raising standards.
IFDEA contributes to improving global health by improving oral health. IFDEA serves as an axis of information, best practices, exchange programmes, news and professional development for the many regional dental education associations, academic dental institutions and individual dental educators worldwide.
IFDEA will achieve its mission by:
- Operating The Global Network for Dental Education, a web-based knowledge sharing resource for the dental education community.
- Facilitating a better understanding of issues of diversity and inequality in oral health care and education.
- Pooling international intellectual resources and expertise in dental education.
- Developing an accessible repository of evidence-based and useful information to support dental educators.
- Disseminating relevant and current information to dental educators on a global basis.
- Providing assistance in helping dental educators to implement recent developments in educational methodologies, research, biomedical sciences, biotechnology, information technology, and clinical dentistry.
- Promoting international peer collaboration, consultation, and dialogue in seeking to address oral health challenges on a global basis, while respecting regional priorities and structures. | <urn:uuid:8e5b9384-3e34-403b-973f-ffedbd813909> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ifdea.org/content/mission | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.863784 | 259 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Is The Best Cooking Oil – Australian Study
Australian scientists compared the effects of heating Extra Virgin Olive Oil against other oils. They found that Extra Virgin Oil is one of the safest and most stable oils at high temperatures.
In the study, published in the journal, Acta Scientific Nutritional Health, scientists heated various oils to cooking temperatures. They performed several tests to determine the stability and toxicity of several oils, including Extra Virgin Olive Oil, refined olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, peanut oil, rice bran oil, and grapeseed oil.
Cooking oils produce toxic polar compounds linked to a host of chronic diseases, including heart diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and autoimmune diseases. The scientists wanted to know which of the oils produced the most toxins and posed the most significant health risks. The oils were purchased from supermarkets in Australia, meaning that the results produced were directly applicable to home cooking.
The scientists heated the oils to temperatures of 180ºC/350ºF for over six hours, which is more than average cooking times and temperatures and means that they went much further than is typical for meal preparations.
The results showed that Extra Virgin Olive Oil produced the lowest concentration of toxins of all the oils. This ties in with traditional knowledge of Extra Virgin Olive Oil as a healthy oil and the healthy ‘Mediterranean Diet’ theory.
This study differed in its approach from other studies that have looked at the safety of oils. Typically, the smoking point of oils has been the method employed to determine toxicity rather than heating times and temperatures. The smoking point will not always predict the performance and safety of oil when it is heated. For example, Extra Virgin Olive Oil has cooking and frying temperatures below its smoking point. Thus, measuring its toxicity at this low temperature does not reflect its effect when consumed in day-to-day life.
When the Australian scientists examined the indicators that measured the health safety of oils, such as the total level of unsaturated fats, oxidative stability and UV coefficient, they found that Extra Virgin Olive Oil came out as the best cooking oil. Interestingly, the worst was canola oil.
Before you head to the supermarket to load up on Olive Oil, you should know a crucial difference between Extra Virgin Olive Oil and refined or ordinary Olive Oil.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil is produced by cold pressing the oil from the olive fruit using traditional methods. Ordinary Olive Oil, by contrast, has been refined with chemicals that destroy its health-sustaining properties.
The results of this study show that Extra Virgin Olive Oil is something we should all include in our diets – not just as a salad dressing but also as a cooking oil.
Coconut Oil, Palm Oil and Sesame Oil.
Corn Oil, Sunflower Oil, Canola Oil, Safflower Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Soybean Oil, Rice Bran Oil and Grapeseed Oil.
Dr Machi Mannu is a medical doctor and specialises in medical diagnostics and Science-based Natural Medicine.
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What is double PhD?
A: A Double Degree (DD) PhD means that you will obtain your PhD degree from two different institutions, i.e. a double diploma, sometimes also referred to as a “dual award”. Both double degree PhD students as well as visiting PhD students are sometimes referred to as “sandwich PhD” students.
What city has the most PhDs?
50 U.S. Cities with the Most Doctoral Degree Holders
- Brookline, Massachusetts. Brookline, Massachusetts will be best known to some as the birthplace of former U.S. president John F.
- Davis, California.
- Palo Alto, California.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Bethesda, Maryland.
- Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Newton, Massachusetts.
- Ames, Iowa.
Which state has the most PhDs?
Ranking of U.S. states in 2019, by the number of doctorate recipients
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How do you get a PhD by publication?
To apply for a PhD by publication, you must have a Bachelors degree and may be expected to have held this qualification for several years (as the PhD by publication is for established researchers / practitioners, not fresh graduates).
Is publication important for PhD?
The short answer is no. Publications are not required to apply for a PhD. The longer answer is that the admissions committee wants to see that you have the potential to become an excellent researcher. While publications are one indication of this, they are not the only way to show that you have strong research skills.
How many people have a PhD?
In the USA, 2.0 per cent of the population has a doctorate, with the UK not far behind at 1.4 per cent. Slovenia and Switzerland have the highest percentage of the population with a doctorate at 3.8 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively. In Italy, meanwhile, only 0.5 per cent of the population have a PhD.
What is the title of a PhD candidate?
Many in academia and research fields recognize PhD(c) as a title for those who have advanced to candidacy. This distinction is equivalent to “all but dissertation” or “ABD,” an informal title given to PhD candidates.
Which country has most PhDs?
Is PhD a professional title?
5 Answers. Your professional title is Ph. D. student, or doctoral student, or just student.
Has a PhD or is a PhD?
Correct, this is commonly used. The subject of the sentence has in their possession a scroll declaring that they have earned a doctorate. My wife holds a PhD. If however you wish to convey the subjects level of attainment, then it is more common to say that your wife has a PhD in [whatever the field of study is]. | <urn:uuid:b46a1a3e-a478-4dc0-b78e-6b29171317cb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.digglicious.com/types-of-essays/what-is-double-phd/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.950623 | 631 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Vapor Phase Activated Carbon Regeneration with Solvent Recovery
Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) is used to remove Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) from a number of dilute vapor streams. In most cases, the GAC is disposed of once it becomes saturated with contaminant. Depending on the nature of the contaminant, this used carbon may be considered a hazardous waste. Even if the GAC is not hazardous, it must be disposed of and replaced. Due to the costs associated with carbon change-out and disposal, GAC systems are only used for dilute streams.
The current technology used to treat more concentrated vapor streams is catalytic oxidation. These systems are very well established, but have a number of drawbacks. First, these systems generate secondary air pollutants, including Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and dioxin. Due to these secondary pollutants, it is becoming more difficult to permit these systems in some locals. The other major drawback is the need to use supplemental fuel for most of these contaminant streams. The supplemental fuel (typically natural gas) is used to maintain a high temperature in the catalyst bed, ensuring complete conversion of the organic compounds to carbon dioxide and water. With the volatility and rising cost of natural gas, this supplemental fuel becomes a significant economic disadvantage to catalytic oxidation.
Under SBIR Phase I and II grants sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, CHA Corporation has developed a technology to regenerate GAC on site and recover the adsorbed contaminants. This allows the GAC to be reused and valuable chemicals to be recycled. Even if the recovered chemicals have little value, the volume of waste is significantly reduced, simplifying disposal. The system is compact enough to mount on a trailer, making it simple to regenerate carbon at any site. This makes it feasible to use GAC as an alternative to catalytic oxidation for concentrated streams because we can reduce the cost of carbon change out and the need for supplemental fuel is eliminated.
Under the Phase I NIEHS grant, a prototype unit was installed and demonstrated at McClellan Business Park, CA (formerly McClellan AFB). The unit uses a 3kW microwave generator to heat the GAC moving through the regeneration reactor at a mass flow rate of 25 lbs/hr. This rapidly heats the carbon, which desorbs the contaminants from the GAC. The contaminants are removed from the reactor with a nitrogen sweep stream. The sweep gas stream passes through a dual stage condensing system, which recovers the organic vapors, and allows the nitrogen stream to be recycled through the system. The system was operated successfully for two months that completed 13 adsorption and regeneration cycles using a slip stream taken from an active Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) system at McClellan.
Under the phase II NIEHS SBIR grant, we constructed a trailer mounted mobile version of the system used at McClellan. The unit regenerates carbon at a rate of 100 lb/hr. The system was field tested at McClellan Park in 2006 and will be used for conducting a field demonstration of biogas upgrading in 2009. Figure 2 is a structural drawing of the unit. The derrick on the end of the unit is designed to lower during transportation. | <urn:uuid:d9a4cb85-3cf9-415f-aee1-92765db7b060> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.chacorporation.com/base/niehs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.924294 | 670 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Maryland 'medium risk' state for student learning loss, according to new report
With public schools in our area beginning the year with virtual instruction, a new study finds that students are at risk of learning loss, and shows that Maryland is lacking on some key indicators. The study found that students at greatest risk of falling through the cracks with virtual learning are in Southern and Midwestern states. States in the Northeast ranked the best and Maryland falls in the middle.
EdWeek Research Center is tracking states on a Coronavirus Learning Loss Risk Index. Maryland is classified as medium risk based on 4 indicators: weekly hours of live instruction, hours of all teaching activities in the home, internet availability, and device availability. The MD State board of education is requiring 3.5 hours of live instruction a day, far higher than the national median found (just 2 hours a week). An estimate from the Abell Foundation shows more than 40% of homes in Baltimore lack internet access. And a 2019 state report showed more than 300,000 rural Maryland homes lacked access.
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How I Started Drawing with Alcohol-Based Markers for $30
The long-adored Copic Sketch markers are not about to be dethroned anytime soon, but getting started with alcohol markers, or wanting to test them out, without spending over $100 can be tricky. There are dozens of knock-off brands out there for cheap, but how do you know which brands to throw your hard-earned dollars at, and which to avoid like the plague?
I'm not going to be doing a blow-by-blow comparison of different Copic Alternatives, as it's been done before. There are dozens of comparison videos out there which can tell you which markers any particular artist enjoys, and many go over price as well, but often they leave you hanging with the big question: with over 300 colors from Copic, 100 from Ohuhu, and 168 from Spectrum Noir, just what are you supposed to start with?
That is where I come in.
What are Alcohol Markers?
The best way to explain alcohol markers, in my opinion, would be to compare them to your regular Crayola markers.
Crayola markers are what are called "water-based markers." This refers to the ink they use, which uses a mixture of water (and possibly glycerin) and dye. They take longer to dry than alcohol markers, and many sacrifice use as a higher-grade art tool in order to have ink that can be easily cleaned from hands and clothing. Due to the hard tips and thin papers they are typically used with, water-based markers can and will damage thinner papers if too many layers of colors are applying to the same area. This can make blending extremely difficult, if not impossible. Professional-grade water-based markers exist, but they tend to be rare because of the beloved alcohol-based markers.
"Alcohol-based markers," like Copic, use an alcohol solution mixed with dyes, as opposed to water. This combination often means they are considerably more expensive than their water-based counterparts, but they come with a few bonuses.
First: blending becomes considerably easier, and if you manage to score markers with the coveted brush nib, blending can be seemingly effortless. Second: they dry very fast and are generally considered permanent. Lastly: they tend to dry with a beautiful matte finish that, with the right tricks, can make original art pieces almost look like prints. It's a look that I personally find gorgeous, but it's up to personal preference.
If you're not sure how to get started with alcohol markers, check out the video below by Draw with Jazza that really helped reassure me that you don't need all 300 Copic markers-- or even Copics at all-- to create beautiful art.
I highly recommend his videos if you love alcohol markers, want to learn more, or would like to see what the finished product could look like with practice.
What's Your Secret?!
Okay, enough talking about what alcohol markers are, it's time to go shopping! I filled pages and pages of my notebook with different brands and the possible combinations of marker packs, cost per marker, factoring in tax... you get the idea. All in all, I spent probably a combined four hours digging through the bowels of the internet to find the best combination of marker colors with the best brand I could find at a reasonable price.
Naturally, Amazon came out as the most affordable option, especially if you have Prime shipping.
My secret? Honestly, probably an unhealthy obsession with alcohol markers stuffed in between schoolwork and side-jobs that will hopefully pay for a set of Copics in the future.
The Coveted Colors
With such a large color selection available, knowing which ones should be top-priority is important. That's where Jazza in the above video helped me big-time. Per his recommendation, the goal was to get:
- Bright primary colors (red, yellow, and blue, with green thrown in for good measure)
- 4 Skin tones (Paler tones are annoyingly more common.)
- 4 Grays (2 Cool Grays and 2 Neutral Grays)
Buying markers individually would clearly make this color palette easier to acquire, but it likely leads to a higher total price tag. It's a balancing act.
One that I've figured out for you.
My budget was around $2.00 to $2.50 per marker, and at that price, I was going to insist on a brush nib being included. Now, this created a few problems that were noticeable within the first hour of searching.
- The budget isn't high enough to buy individual markers with a brush nib at the consumer level.
- The budget is too high for markers without a brush nib to be worth it, as markers without one can be found in 80-packs for $40.
This effectively means that, in order to find the elusive brush nib in this price range, I was going to have to start looking at packs of markers. Why is this a problem? You'd think that a 20-pack of markers would include a nice range of grays, primary colors, and skin tones, right? Nope.
Most larger packs of markers will have extremes of each: too many grays or none at all; no skin tones to be found; or no bright, primary colors. I personally wouldn't be surprised if this is deliberate, but it isn't something that can't be worked around either way.
I eventually settled on a brand called Studio 71. Individually, markers sell for $2.99, which is out of the budget, but once you start buying in packs of six or more, the price drops to and below $2.00 per marker.
There are six different six-packs of markers, and there are some duplicates between packs, so it's something to watch out for. However, with a little mixing and matching packs, we can score eighteen alcohol markers for a little over $30.
I chose to go with three six-packs from Studio 71: "grays," "skin tones," and "bright primaries."
Now, if you look at your options, you can see a "bold primaries" pack as well-- why not go for that one? If you choose bold primaries, you'll get 16 unique markers out of 18, with "black" and "mocha" being duplicated once. If you go with bright primaries, you'll get 18 unique colors, but you will be lacking a bright, true green, which I personally have found is critical. I personally went with the bright primaries because I had plans to add green markers from other brands later on. You can certainly mix colors to get your secondary colors, but they will seem heavily tinted or "impure" versions of the colors.
Which pack you go for is really up to personal preference, and whether or not you'll be willing to spring for a green marker (and orange and purple) down the line.
You'll notice that, regardless of which set of primaries you go with, you'll be missing cool grays. This can cause some problems blending darker shades of blue, as blue plus neutral gray can create a blue-green color, but there is likely a workaround I haven't discovered yet. If cool grays are an absolute must, then investing in some Copic markers may be better suited to your needs as an artist.
The Final Result
Below is a table detailing the color names and IDs for each marker available in each pack, sorted by color family.
Ultimately, you can get 16-18 unique alcohol-based markers for just $33.19, with each marker coming out to around $1.85-$2.08 each. Well within the desired budget!
If you decide that alcohol markers are for you, then you can see which colors you're missing, and which ones you use the most. The price of expanding your collection and/or shifting towards Copic markers can be spread out over time, and you can ensure not to spend money on an expensive marker you might only use once.
The bottom line when buying any alcohol markers is that sales and coupons are your best friend. Shop around and see what you can find at your local art supply stores, as the same markers will be offered at wildly different prices. The smaller shops might not have as many colors to choose from, but many that I've been to have been willing to special-order colors to fit your needs.
When cheaper alternatives exist, getting into and producing beautiful art with alcohol markers doesn't have to make your wallet hide under your bed in terror. It can be an exciting new venture as you uncap each marker, smell that distinct alcohol-marker stink, and swatch your markers for the very first time.
neutral gray 2 (n2)
light peach (yr 5)
candy apple (r16)
neutral gray 3 (n3)
neutral gray 5 (n5)
neutral gray 6 (n6)
neutral gray 8 (n8)
ice blue (b2)
cool aqua (b13)
All prices showcased in this article are in US Dollars and are accurate as of the time of writing.
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In my experience, it is often people who find themselves in crisis who come to psychotherapy. Some have a clear idea of their problems; they mention stressful experiences such as relationship problems, depression, anxiety, illness, separation, grief, trauma, challenging transitional life events (e.g. immigration, marriage, parenthood, retirement), or difficult professional situations or burnout prevention. Some people report a single instance that ignited their suffering. Even, a simple feeling that causes some sort of suffering is enough to seek counsel and investigate the pain together; a feeling of helplessness, disorientation, being lost or maybe tiredness of holding feelings of anger and rage inside. There may be an abundance of self-doubt, difficulties with decision making or feeling alienated and unconnected from those around oneself, one’s community, friends and family of origin. There is a wide range of reasons why people seek psychotherapy. There are also people who come to therapy with a defined isolated question who request my counsel for a limited time as targeted psychotherapeutic work. All these and more are reasons for starting a therapeutic process.
However, it is also possible that one cannot consciously remember anything that has happened, yet the person struggles. You don’t have to know your specific problem when you choose to seek psychotherapy, it’s enough to be curious to start a process of self-reflection and self-awareness to improve your ability to guide your life towards a self-determined and self- dependent path corresponding to your wishes and goals. The desire or longing for something in life - without necessarily having to have an idea about what that might be – is reason enough to embark on the path toward better mental health and to let go of the dark notion that something is wrong or is missing. As one of my analysis patients put it beautifully in words years ago: “There is no health without mental health. Indeed, the greatest luxury of all is mental wellness.”
As a psychoanalyst who is trained in accordance to the standards of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA), I can offer psychoanalysis as well as psychotherapy in my private practice. Furthermore, I offer experienced counselling for those uncertain if a psychotherapy may help
Psychoanalysis is the origin of psychology and is a form of today's psychotherapy. Psychoanalysis can be offered by a clinically trained and qualified psychoanalyst, and normally consists of three, four or five sessions per week over a period of several years. The peculiarity of this scientific method lies in the fact that the unconsciousness - in addition to the consciousness - is taken into account and included in the therapeutic work.
Psychoanalysis welcomes uncanny fantasies, dreams and all sorts of psychic pain. It is rather impossible to fully grasp psychoanalysis without having experienced it. Nevertheless, there are efforts to describe psychoanalysis, such as my selection of short visual illustrations which could give you an idea about psychoanalysis.
I mainly work with adults and young adults from the age of 18.
To make an initial appointment, you can reach me via email, phone, SMS, Telegram or Signal. I will usually get back to you within two working days. Follow-up appointments are set by individual agreements.
Costs for the sessions with me are borne by patients. My fee for one session of psychotherapy or psychoanalysis is 180 CHF. As a rule, I invoice at the end of the month and my fee is to be paid within 20 days. Alternative individual agreements are possible (for instance if you wish to pay my fee after an agreed number of sessions). Payment is possible in cash or via bank transfer. If you prefer different ways of payment (e.g. Paypal) or if you wish to receive bills in another currency, it is possible to discuss these requests in person.
The sessions with me will not be covered by the Swiss basic insurance. However, I am listed as an accredited psychotherapist on santé suisse (the Swiss health insurance association). This allows you to refund a part of the cost of psychotherapy needed by your supplementary insurance (in German: “Zusatzversicherung”). If you would like to use your supplementary insurance to refund therapy costs, please clarify the specific conditions and the exact amount covered by your health insurance company with them before starting the treatment with me. If you don’t have a supplementary insurance or want to change your supplementary insurance, you will find an overview over a number of supplementary insurances that cover psychotherapy costs here: "https://www.psychologie.ch/fuer-patienten-klienten/wer-bezahlt-was" You will find an updated comparison list to download here: "https://www.psychologie.ch/sites/default/files/media-files/2021-04/krankenkassenliste2021_d.pdf".
Please clarify financing your treatment before you start working with me. You’re welcome to contact me, if there are any questions or doubts.
As a rule, I make an offer for the first three introductory sessions. The package price for the first three sessions with me is 450 CHF. This gives us time to get to know each other and it allows you to decide whether you wish to work with me. Please read more below.
If you are interested in doing psychoanalysis with me and having several sessions a week, I would support you by working with you for a reduced fee per session.
Initially, there is a consultation process of evaluation when we meet in my practice. In the first three sessions, we will speak as freely as possible and get to know one another so that I can get a sense of your unique situation. The initial assessment is usually completed over three sessions. A comprehensive life history cannot be learned within these initial sessions, but three sessions are usually enough for consulters, and also for me, to process what may have happened in your life to lead to the struggles you are now experiencing and what is needed now.
Generally, by the third session, we will start talking about whether you feel that you would like to work with me. Psychotherapy or psychoanalysis begins whenever you are ready to start; treatment, ultimately, belongs to the patient. I will state my honest recommendation for treatment and frequency, and the next step would be discussing and deciding on a framework for our work together. This involves discussing the treatment plan, appointment times, payment, cancellation policy, availability and holiday planning. Establishing a framework for the therapeutic process in the initial phase is crucial as it is the first step on the road leading you and I to work well together, both of us sharing the common goal of helping you towards a healthier, happier life.
If you are uncertain whether you need psychotherapy or psychoanalysis at all, you can contact me for advice. As mentioned above, we can usually find out together within three initial sessions. As a rule, I can provide you with a reasoned recommendation regarding psychotherapy in the third session.
Cancellation rules and agreements
Single confirmed sessions can be canceled 48 hours (two work days) in advance. To avoid being charged for an agreed appointment with me, please make sure you contact me at least 48 hours ahead of your scheduled session. I will have to invoice the booked session, if cancellation is requested less than 48 hours before your appointment with me.
Psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic treatment is a highly individualized process in which we make agreements about our work with one another. Changes in terms of appointments, frequency of sessions (one, two, three or four sessions per week) and termination (ending) of the treatment are usually discussed personally. These agreements regarding the framework of our work together are part of the psychoanalytic process.
A thought about price and value
There is a countless number of offers for counseling and psychotherapy on the internet, especially for remote sessions. Professionals with very different qualifications, different personalities, different viewpoints about life and mental struggles and with very different ways of working offer psychotherapy for very different prices. This can be confusing for consulters, especially for those of you who don’t have any experience with long-term psychotherapy.
As an experienced professional, I suggest you take your time deciding with whom you wish to work, if you can. Psychotherapy is a sensitive matter of opening up and trusting your intimate inner world to a professional in the hope of being understood and receiving the help you need. You will gain more, if you don’t compromise when it comes to your mental health. Find the professional who fits you best.
In order to choose 'the right person' for yourself, you will need to meet therapists in person and decide whether you wish to work with one depending on the personal encounter. I suggest you to be conscious about your decision and 'trust your gut'.
In accordance with the guidelines and recommendations of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA), I offer remote psychotherapy in exceptional circumstances. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic remote psychotherapy and counselling are generally possible. Another exceptional circumstance is, for example, if the geographical distance is a real and insurmountable difficulty. I also offer remote psychoanalysis if you are based in a region with limited accessibility to ‘in the room-in person’ psychoanalysis or supervision with an IPA - Colleague.
When possible, the initial interviews should be held ‘in the room-in person’ and we should meet in person as much as possible (the IPA recommendation for exceptional circumstances is “at least once a year “). In the case of psychoanalysis, it is essential that an analytic process which is intended to continue remotely begins in person. There we will discuss the individual circumstances that make you want a remote analysis as well as the experimental nature of methods involving telecommunications. There are remarkable and insurmountable differences between remote treatment and ‘in the room-in person’ treatment. We will discuss the reasons for choosing a remote treatment, as the differences to ‘in the room-in person’ treatment may affect the quality of the treatment.
Security, privacy protection and confidentiality issues must be considered over all forms of telecommunications. You would bear half of the responsibility for ensuring a private space on your side during remote sessions. We will make ourselves aware of these issues and choose the best possible option for communication before commencing the treatment. Contact me in order to discuss the possibility of working together remotely.
I am a licensed and certified psychologist, psychodynamic psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. I completed my training as a psychoanalyst in Frankfurt, Germany, according to the educational standards and requirements for qualification and admission to the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). Currently, I am working in my private practice in Zurich, Switzerland.
My General Principle:
I have worked with people of different ethnicities, religions, cultural and professional backgrounds, socioeconomic status and with diverse political viewpoints, sexual orientations and tendencies, life experiences and lifestyles. I respect the otherness of my patients. Each human being is unique. Each person is its own Individual self; a different person to me. Respecting the otherness of my patients and their individuality are key elements of my professional attitude and work.
My qualifications meet the standards of the following professional organizations of which I am an official member:
My Work Experience:
I have worked in several psychiatric and psychosomatic clinics in Vienna, Austria, and Frankfurt, Germany. I have held workshops and seminars for and supervised professional social workers and psychologists on the topics of trauma, immigration, and working with refugees and migrants. My main fields of interest are intercultural psychodynamic psychotherapy and ethnopsychoanalysis. I am currently working in my private practice in Zurich, Switzerland. | <urn:uuid:42b4616f-bb8a-499f-89ca-9c6bca948a53> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nasimghaffari.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.945867 | 2,447 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Le Faux Soir
25.04.14 – 27.04.14
KIOSK was invited to participate in the 2014 edition of Art Brussels in the not-for-profit section. KIOSK will present a series of four newspaper editions, one for each day of the fair, conceived by artists who have previously shown work at KIOSK.
The project Le Faux Soir takes its title from a one-off counterfeit of the French-language Belgian newspaper Le Soir. This ‘spoof edition’ was published on 9 November 1943 by the Belgian resistance organisation The Independent Front. Le Faux Soir humorously subverted the propagandist discourse of the occupying forces with the explicit aim of ridiculing them, distributing thousands of copies in the kiosks of Brussels.
Inspired by the story of Le Faux Soir, KIOSK has invited four artists to make a newspaper edition. In their practices, these artists engage with the relation between language, meaning and representation – often with a note of humour or irony. The artists often use the publication format in their practice, and some take up Marcel Broodthaers’s strategy of using fictional means to visualize hidden realities. The artists are: Mekhitar Garabedian, Rana Hamadeh, Sophie Nys, and Koenraad Dedobbeleer. | <urn:uuid:86e2effe-d4df-46e2-8404-ae25d177b524> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kiosk.art/nl/le-faux-soir | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.942024 | 286 | 1.632813 | 2 |
With mere hours to go until Christmas Day now, children around the world are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Santa’s sleigh.
And on Christmas Eve, you and your family may even be able to see Santa and his reindeer flying through the sky over the UK.
The sleigh - disguised as the International Space Station (ISS) - is expected to be visible from the UK for a brief three minutes on December 24.
That's long enough to show your family Santa on his travels around the world.
The ISS orbits Earth at a height of around 250 miles, meaning the space station makes around 16 trips around Earth every single day.
NASA explained: “[The ISS] is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up.
“Visible to the naked eye, it looks like a fast-moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster!”
However, to see the ISS with your family, you’ll need to be on the ball as the space station is only going to visible for a short window.
On Christmas Eve , the ISS will be visible for three minutes from 06:06 GMT .
For your best chance of seeing it, look south-west in the sky.
If you miss it, there’s a second chance to show your family Santa in the night sky, having dropped off his presents.
The ISS will also be visible for four minutes on Christmas Day from 06:53 - keep an eye on the south-west sky to see it.
That's when Santa is returning home to Lapland after finishing his deliveries around the globe.
What to look for
Here's a guide to spotting the ISS from Twitter's resident amateur astronomer, @VirtualAstro .
"When the ISS passes over it will appear as an incredibly bright star like object or plane without flashing lights moving across the sky, it can be at times the brightest object in the night sky second to the Moon.
"As the station rises (from a westerly direction) it usually gets brighter but can be a challenge to spot at first. Make sure you have checked where it will rise from."
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CBN TEACHING SHEETS
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Missing person: The Holy Spirit
Many people may have had an experience
like that of the little girl who heard the Holy Ghost (as the Holy Spirit is sometimes
called) mentioned in church from time to time, but so vaguely and infrequently
she could only guess what sort of ghost this might be. So one day, when she venture
down into the dark furnace room in the church's cellar, she decided with a child's
firm logic that this spooky place must be where the Holy Ghost lurked.
fact is, adult believers often act as if the Holy Spirit really was hiding in
the church cellar. They may know something about the Holy Spirit, but they don't
know Him personally or realize that He is God in the same way the Son and the
Father are God. When they read the Bible, many people are surprised to find that
the Holy Spirit was at the very dawn of time: "The Spirit of God was moving over
the surface of the waters" (Genesis1:2), and many are amazed to find out there
are approximately 100 references to the Holy Spirit throughout the Old and New
Nevertheless, the Spirit's role is fundamental both to creation
and the life of the believer. When a person comes to Jesus Christ, he receives
Christ into his heart. The Spirit of God comes and joins with the spirit of the
believer. This "indwelling Spirit" reproduces the life of Jesus in the believer's
What, Then, Is The Baptism In The Holy Spirit?
in the Holy Spirit is an empowering for service that takes place in the life of
the Christian (Acts 1:5,8). In it we are immersed in the Spirit's life and power.
To illustrate, if we drank water from a glass, then the water would be inside
us. However, if we went to the beach and stepped into the ocean, then we would
be in the water. We receive, as it were, a drink of the Holy Spirit when we are
saved, but when we are baptized in the Spirit, it is as if that initial drink
becomes an ocean that completely surrounds us.
Just as the indwelling Spirit
that Christians receive when they are saved reproduces the life of Jesus, so the
outpoured, or baptizing, Spirit reproduces the ministry of Jesus, including miracles
Why Do We Need The Baptism In The Holy Spirit?
a power beyond ourselves for service and ministry in Christ's Kingdom.
Jesus gave the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20), He knew that His disciples
could not fulfill it in their own power. Therefore, He had a special gift in store
for them: It was His plan to give them the same power that He had -- the power
of the Spirit of God. So, immediately after giving them the Great Commission,
Jesus commanded his disciples not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the
Father promised, "which," He said, "you heard of from Me; for John baptized with
water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now"
(Acts 1:4-5). He further promised: "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth" (Acts 1:8).
disciples waited in Jerusalem as Jesus had commanded, and one day when they were
all together, "suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent, rushing
winds, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared
to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one
of them. And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance" (Acts 2:3,4). Then Peter explained
to the crowd that gathered that they were seeing the working of God's Spirit and
told them about Jesus. The Christian church began that day with the disciples
and the three thousand people who joined them as a result of the day's events.
We can undertake making disciples of all nations with some degree of success
without the baptism in the Holy Spirit, but when we do, we are undertaking a supernatural
task with limited power.
It is God's will -- it is His commandment -- that
we be baptized, or filled with the Holy Spirit: "Be filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians
5:18). The knowledge and reality of the empowering Spirit enables us to reproduce
the works of Jesus.
When May I Receive The Baptism In The Holy Spirit?
It can take place at the moment you confess faith in Christ, as in the case
of the first Gentile convert, Cornelius (Acts 10:44-46; 11:15, 16); but often
it occurs some time after the salvation experience (Acts 8:12-17).
Anything To Fear?
Some people fear that if they ask for the baptism in
the Holy Spirit, what they experience won't be the authentic working of the Spirit.
But once they do ask for it, they are always glad they did. God doesn't cause
us to do anything we don't want to, and all His gifts are good and perfect (James
1:17). Jesus said, "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish;
he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will be? Or if he is asked for
an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? If you then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" (Luke 11:11-13). The baptism in the
Holy Spirit is an even better gift than any material gift you could receive, and
God wants you to have it because He loves you and wants the very best for you.
What Should I Do Before Asking?
The Bible says that a wise man counts
the cost before he begins to build a tower (Luke 14:28). This beautiful experience
of the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a free gift, but you must be willing to submit
fully to God to receive it.
Jesus will respond to a totally yielded vessel.
He never asks anything of you that you are incapable of giving, nor does He ever
fail to give you something greater in return when you do give your all. The joy
He gives through total obedience to Him far outweighs anything you could possibly
There is one more important consideration: In Acts 8, a man named
Simon, deeply involved in the occult, wanted to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Peter sharply rebuked Simon, commanding him to repent. Therefore, if you ever
at any time had anything to do with the occult (Ouija boards, fortune tellers,
seances, horoscopes, ESP, transcendental mediation, hypnotism, or other such practices),
you must renounce and turn away from all such sinful participation, and you must
ask for God's forgiveness and cleansing.
How Do I Receive The Baptism In
The Holy Spirit?
You only have to do two things.
First, once you have
accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior you just have to ask God
to baptize you in the Holy Spirit. The Bible says, "Ask, and it shall be given
to you" (Luke 11:9).
Second, believe you have in fact received this gift from
God. The apostle Paul, writing to the Galatians, said, "Did you receive the Spirit
by the works of the law, or by hearing with faith?"
(Galatians 3:2). The answer,
obviously, is faith. You have to believe that if you ask, you will receive.
this prayer if you sincerely desire to receive the baptism in God's Holy Spirit:
"Heavenly Father, at this moment I come to You. I thank You that Jesus saved
me. I pray that the Holy Spirit might come upon me. Lord Jesus, baptize me now
in the Holy Spirit. I receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit right now by faith
in Your Word. May the anointing, the glory, and the power of God come upon me
and into my life right now. May I be empowered for service from this day forward.
Thank You, Lord Jesus, for baptizing me in Your Holy Spirit. Amen."
having asked and received, begin to practice the power of the Spirit. An ideal
place to begin is where the first apostles did, praising God in a new language.
To do this, begin praising God out loud in whatever words come to you. Tell Him
how much you love Him. Thank Him, worship Him, and yield your voice to Him. Now
let Him give you new words of praise you never heard before. Praise Him with those
words, too. You'll find that thiscan be a very rewarding experience of communication
with God that will build up your faith. Continue to pray to God each day in the
language that the Holy Spirit has given you.
But this "prayer language" is
just one of the gifts that God wants to give you through the baptism in His Spirit.
The Gifts and Fruit of the Holy Spirit
The apostle Paul told the
Corinthians that the Holy Spirit would manifest Himself among them in special
gifts, of which speaking in tongues was only one: "Now concerning spiritual gifts,
brethren, I do not want you to be unaware....To one is give the word of wisdom
through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same
Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by
the one Spirit, and to another the distinguishing of spirit, to another various
kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues" (I Corinthians
Paul also wrote that the Holy Spirit produces "fruit" in the lives
of believers. These are virtues that demonstrate Jesus' righteousness in the lives
of His disciples: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control" (Galatians 5:22).
asking for the baptism in the Holy Spirit you are availing yourself of these gifts
for advancing God's Kingdom and allowing the Holy Spirit to further cultivate
in your life the fruit of righteousness -- two great helps in living a life God
can use mightily for His glory.
That's the way it is with God. God is offering
the baptism in the Holy Spirit to people who need only to reach out and receive
it in order to be on fire to fully serve Him.
Walking in the Spirit
By now you can see that the Holy Spirit is so much more than a shadowy figure
to pay lip-service to on Sunday morning. He can be with you and in your to bring
new life to your Christian walk. Likewise, the baptism in the Holy Spirit is more
than a single experience. It is a continual dependence on the Spirit for guidance
and strength in all circumstances. "If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk
by the Spirit" (Galatians 5:25).
The baptism in the Holy Spirit cannot be earned.
You cannot become "good enough" to receive it. It is a gift from God. It is not
a "cure-all" for your problems. But the same wonderful power that enabled Jesus
to open blind eyes, to command the elements of nature, and to live a life pleasing
to the Father during His ministry on earth is also available to you. Ask, and
it shall be given to you.
Receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
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Avoid Winter Weight Gain
There's A Good Chance You're Going To Put On Unwanted Weight This Winter. Here's How Not To
Call it the worst leftover evolutionary urge ever: winter weight gain.
It turns out, your body is hardwired to put on weight during the winter. During the season, most people unconsciously (and against all better judgment) try to bulk up like bears and squirrels, as putting on extra insulation used to be a good way to stay healthy during the harsh, underfed winter months, according to Indiana University researchers.
Meanwhile, the short, dark days can deprive your body of vitamin D and up your production of drowse-inducing melatonin, leaving you lethargic and craving sugar and calories. Also, during the winter, serotonin is less effective in interacting with brain cells involved in controlling mood and appetite, says Judith Wurtman, Ph.D., former MIT research scientist and co-author of The Serotonin Power Diet. So in an attempt to improve our moods, we reach for high-carb foods that will trigger the release of mood-boosting serotonin. (One recent Cornell study found that most people buy more food and calories in January and February than they do during the holiday season.)
Plus, in the winter, your body’s levels of fat-storing enzymes increase, meaning those extra calories are even more likely to give you the jiggles, says dietician Georgie Fear, R.D., author of Lean Habits for Lifelong Weight Loss.
And motivation to work out? Yeah, right. The setting sun, even at 5 pm, is a signal to our body that the day is over and it’s not time to expend more energy, it’s time to relax, says trainer Mike Donavanik, C.S.C.S., C.P.T. So we don’t work out and, in turn, don’t get the endorphins and feel-good hormones we need to perk up during the winter. We get further into a funk, working out less and eating even more.
Hence why most people gain around one pound over the winter months, per research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. And while that doesn’t sound so bad, about five percent of normal weight adults, and 30 percent of overweight ones, put on at least five pounds.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Salomon, Richard. — Indian epigraphy: a guide to the study of inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the . RICHARD SALOMON: Indian epigraphy: a guide to the study of inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the other Indo-Aryan languages. xxi, pp. New York. Richard G. Salomon. Indian Epigraphy. A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in the Indo-Aryan Languages. New York: Oxford University Press,
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This salompn provides a general survey of all the inscriptional material in the Sanskrit, Prakrit, and modern Indo-Aryan languages, including donative, dedicatory, panegyric, ritual, and literary texts epihraphy on stone, metal, and other materials. This material comprises many thousands of documents dating from a range of more than two millennia, found in India and the neighbor This book provides a general survey of all the inscriptional material in the Sanskrit, Prakrit, and modern Indo-Aryan languages, including donative, dedicatory, panegyric, ritual, and literary texts carved on stone, metal, and other materials.
This material comprises many thousands of documents dating from a range of more than two millennia, found in India and the neighboring nations of South Asia, as well as in many parts of Southeast, central, and East Asia. The inscriptions are written, epkgraphy the most part, in the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts and their many varieties and derivatives. Richard Salomon surveys the entire corpus of Indo-Aryan inscriptions in terms of their contents, languages, scripts, and historical and cultural significance.
He presents this material in such a way as to make it useful not only to Indologists but also non-specialists, including persons working in other aspects of Indian or South Asian studies, as well as scholars of epigraphy and ancient history and culture in epigrapny regions of the world.
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Cónal published his Second City Trilogy under the name Irishtown Press which demanded of me to ask the question. When I did ask, I learned.
Cork was originally a walled city based around North and South Main Streets. There were gates at either end with bridges over the river – North Gate Bridge (Griffith Bridge) and South Gate Bridge.
The native Irish were not permitted or able to reside within the walled city and so created a community outside – not too far away, but outside.
In Cork, the native Irish created an enclave close to Shandon. This place became known as Irishtown, the town of the Irish.
I knew of an Irishtown in Dublin, close to Ringsend. Logainm advises that there are 20 such places in the country.
This morning, I had a very pleasant couple of hours around Limerick. As well as seeing the location of the old wall of Irishtown, I discovered that there was also an Englishtown. Upto then, I had assumed that the walled town or city was called Dublin, Cork, Limerick or wherever and the outside area called Irishtown.
“Later, however, as the Anglo-Saxon influence began to make itself felt, the Normans themselves came under pressure and laws were enacted to inhibit their assimilation into the Gaelic way of life. The city was closed to the Irish and they were compelled to live outside the walls, on the site of the present Shandon and Blarney Streets in the north and French’s Quay and Barrack Street in the south. Even to this day some of the older residents refer to Blarney Street as ‘Irishtown’ “
Limerick’s Life does provide some interesting history on the bridge between Irishtown and Englishtown.
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...firms that engage in conference call casting experience higher short-term returns, but later suffer negative returns when adverse news is released...
A number of laws and regulations govern the timing and type of information disclosed by public companies, as part of an overall effort to create a level playing field for institutional and individual investors. In Playing Favorites: How Firms Prevent the Revelation of Bad News (NBER Working Paper No. 19429), authors Lauren Cohen, Dong Lou, and Christopher Malloy examine one way companies can discourage the disclosure of negative information in spite of these regulations: by managing or "casting" their earnings conference calls.
The study examines how firms can cast their earnings conference calls by disproportionately calling on bullish analysts and thereby avoiding the release of negative information that they would like to avoid publicizing. The authors compile conference call transcripts, analyst coverage reports and recommendations, quarterly financial data and earnings restatements from firms, stock prices, and other information for the years 2003 through 2011. Reviews of individual company data and conference call transcripts sometimes reveal clear examples of casting; in one case, a firm called exclusively on analysts with bullish recommendations on the firm's stock. Though not every instance of casting is so overt, the authors show that many firms appear to cast conference calls and often only release negative news months after these calls.
The authors find that firms that engage in conference call casting experience higher short-term returns, but later suffer negative returns when adverse news is released, compared to their counterparts that do not correspondingly manage their calls. The authors estimate that a long-short portfolio that would go long on non-casting calls and short on companies that cast their calls would earn abnormal returns of between 91 and 101 basis points per month. They find no evidence of return reversal in the future, suggesting that the negative information that was not revealed on the calls that were cast was important for fundamental firm value.
Firms in the data sample were more likely to cast their calls when they barely met or exceeded earnings expectations or when they were about to issue equity, which could have generated incentives to keep share prices high to maximize proceeds from the stock sale. Casting also appears to be more likely at firms that are covered by fewer analysts, have fewer institutional owners, and are more volatile. | <urn:uuid:d4d49756-496f-4fa8-93c2-e653f1a0ca23> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nber.org/digest/feb14/how-firms-prevent-revelation-bad-news | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.959394 | 461 | 1.679688 | 2 |
The Art in Rinsing
Cleaning generally consists of three components: cleaning, rinsing, and drying. Manufacturers involved in the practice of precision cleaning know that it is critical to understand each of these components and how they interact. The successful accomplishment of these steps is important to the overall cleanliness level achieved.
When washing a part, the contaminant is often removed through the introduction of a cleaning chemistry and mechanical force. Rinsing involves the removal of any residual soil and chemistry that remains after washing. In performing this task, it is important to do so without introducing new contaminants, such as dust or impurities in the water. Drying is the process by which residual rinse liquid is removed – hopefully, again, without introducing any new contaminants.
When people think of cleaning applications, much focus is typically placed on the washing stage of the operation. In precision cleaning, however, rinsing becomes a much more important step. The allowable contamination levels are lower, and spot-free drying is almost always a requirement.
Rinsing is a technology, just as washing is. It is measurable, controllable, and directly contributes to the effectiveness of the cleaning process. Effective rinsing can improve yield, reliability, and appearance; it is also an important factor in containing operation costs.
Rinsing removes two basic types of soils: 1) solubles, which encompass washing chemistries and other soils that dissolve in the cleaning media; and 2) insolubles, consisting of particulate dispersed throughout the cleaning media.
Rinsing is based on the principle of dilution. To develop an effective rinsing process, three questions must be answered:
- What is there?
- How much is there?
- How much residue is acceptable?
What is there and how much there is can be determined with analytical testing. How much residue is acceptable is a more difficult question – one that must often be answered empirically by the end-user.
Often, acceptable residue levels are defined by testing a cleaned part for acceptable performance in its next operation or use. If the part performs acceptably after being put through the cleaning process, the cleanliness level is assumed to be acceptable.
Effective rinsing is based on the successful completion of two tasks: first, the soils must be separated from the part; then, the soils must be prevented from redepositing onto the part. This can be accomplished by several means – for example, sparging the surface to remove buoyant soils, filtering the solution for particulate, and maintaining continuous dilution of solubles and fine particulate.
Separating the soil often requires mechanical energy, especially with parts having complex shapes, or those that are “nested” in blind holes and/or crevices.
If ultrasonic + agitation is used in the wash, it might also be helpful in the rinse. Many times, a higher frequency is used in the rinse than has been used in the wash. This facilitates smaller particle removal and reduces the potential of part damage.
Continuous filtration of the rinse baths is very important in precision rinsing. The level of retention of the filter (5 microns, 0.2 microns, etc.) should reflect the level of cleanliness required. In systems with multiple rinse tanks, the filter retention level is often reduced with each succeeding bath.
Effective rinsing is essential to the success of precision cleaning processes. The factors that most influence the rinsing process include:
- Type of soil (soluble or insoluble)
- Cleanliness specifications
- Agitation, flow rate, and filtration
- Overflow rate
- Rinsewater quality
- Equipment design
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For individuals with normal fasting glucose, following the American Heart Association’s heart healthy guidelines was tied to an 80% reduction in diabetes risk, a new study found. (Diabetologia)
Physical activity should be prescribed as part of a type 2 diabetes treatment regimen to reduce mortality, according to a position paper by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology. “I can’t stress enough how effective even small increases in activity can benefit patients with type 2 diabetes and heart problems,” said lead author Hareld Kemps, MD, of Máxima Medical Centre in the Netherlands. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)
Researchers developed an improved type 1 diabetes genetic risk score for screening newborns. (Diabetes Care)
People with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes — an HbA1c over 8% — may have a higher risk for fracture than those with an HbA1c of 7% or less. No such association was observed in those with type 2 diabetes. (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
Glycemia alert dogs, trained for type 1 diabetes, may be more reliable at alerting their owners to hypoglycemic episodes than previously thought. (PLOS One)
Research from the Mayo Clinic suggests the benefits of mindfulness meditation may extend to menopausal symptoms, too.
Although children conceived by medically assisted reproduction have an increased risk for adverse birth outcomes such as lower birth weight or being born preterm, a group of researchers argue that this may not actually be due to the medically assisted reproduction treatment. (The Lancet)
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Then it is a nuisance noise the pads make when lightly rubbing on the rotors. That happens occasionally.The community assistance here is great, but I think there's something we're missing. Here's what I know:
- I have heard the sound as described by mrblint recently in my own car, assuming I have understood the description correctly.
- The sound is noticed when there is no pressure on the brakes and disappears when pressure is applied, and the speed of the audible cycle correlates to the speed of the car.
- What I hear is more of a scrape than a squeak. You could achieve a similar sound by running a knife or maybe a whisk around the edge of a steel skillet (and maintaining constant contact).
- I have driven several thousand miles since I first heard it, including city and highway, so any gravel or small rocks should have been thrown out long ago.
- My brakes have not shown any abnormality in performance. No noticeable pedal drop, unexpected feedback, or increase in braking distance.
- I had my brakes checked last week, and where the dealer recommends replacing parts when the pad measurement is 3mm, mine were all at 6-7mm, so it's definitely not a brake pad end-of-life warning. | <urn:uuid:2e67f948-303e-44b5-9333-5e195d05928b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hrvforum.com/threads/what-would-cause-a-rotation-speed-dependent-scraping-sound-that-stops-with-the-slightest-pressure-on-the-brake-pedal.42600/page-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.959205 | 259 | 1.578125 | 2 |
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
Located at Tingirtepe Hill near Boca Izmir, Turkey This statue honors Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi an Islamic mystic. The statue stands about 25 feet tall and is surrounded by smaller statues of whirling dervishes, The sculpture stands on a pedestal which brings the total height to around fifty feet. The statue, as well as Rumi’s shrine and mausoleum, are sites of pilgrimage for people of all faiths.
While he was raised in the Islamic tradition, he was not orthodox. He believed all paths led to the Divine. He advocated tolerance, charity, and spiritual awareness that could be found inside one’s own heart. He helped establish the Mevlevi Order. This was a more mystical form of Islam. One major tenant was the belief that one could reach union with God through music and dance.
The Dervishes as they were called would often participate in a religious ceremony called the Sema. During this ritual, the participants would twirl in a circle. The movement was very structured with one hand raised toward Heaven and one toward Earth. The dance would begin slowly and gradually become faster. The intent was to enter ‘wajd’ a trancelike state of Divine Union The idea was that the God’s beneficence and Divine Love enters you and then were dispersed throughout the world.
There has been a lot of data showing the act of twirling can create euphoria. Amusement Parks have employed this for decades. The ceremony and Sufi ideas, in general, have grown in and out of favor in the general Islamic World. In Turkey, ( and to a lesser degree Egypt) it has become a huge tourist draw. And while it is mesmerizing to witness the dervish ceremony, one should remember it is first and foremost a religious ceremony revered by those who participate.
Aside from establishing the Dervish Order, Rumi was also a successful poet. His works have been translated in over 40 languages and are especially popular in English speaking countries. His poems and quotations can be found everywhere often unattributed. He is buried in Konya. His mausoleum includes a mosque, dance hall for Dervish Ceremonies, Museum, a school for followers, and the tombs of leaders of the Mevlevi Order that came after him. | <urn:uuid:b85ae5b4-9c80-4591-ad25-73518ccb2b0e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://globetrottinggrandpa.com/2020/05/07/picture-of-the-day-rumi-statue-and-shrine-izmir-turkey/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.97938 | 511 | 2.640625 | 3 |
To focus our efforts and increase our impact, we have designed two umbrella focus areas under the themes Improved Patient Outcomes and Science of Early Detection and Intervention.
We are one of many players in this area and share objectives with a broad range of other organizations worldwide.
Co-funding and innovative funding models can be further explored and will be more attainable due to a better definition of our main funding interest. A multi-stakeholder partnership can result in a greater impact and contribute to our positioning as thought leaders. Partners can engage with RTFCCR around information sharing and networking with scientists and other institutions interested or experienced in the focus areas and topics we select. The network will also expand our capacity, leading to improved reviews and better grants.
Over the years, the Weizmann Institute and Rising Tide Foundation have developed a highly successful partnership supporting a spectrum of translational cancer researchers who are making major contributions to the understanding of cancer and offering new avenues for potential treatment.
Our first collaboration spanned between 2014 and 2019. It seeded close to 20 highly promising cancer research projects at the Weizmann Institute, four start-up packages for young Weizmann cancer researchers, and multiple scholarships and fellowships for Weizmann students and postdoctoral fellows. The projects were selected through a rigorous and highly competitive call-for-proposal process at the Weizmann Institute.
The result was the start of a personalized cancer research program. The funds enabled Weizmann scientists to advance their research and ultimately garner major grants from national and international granting agencies like the European Research Council, the Israel Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health.
Through this new Cancer Research Program, the Weizmann Institute will solicit applications from its investigators who are conducting translational cancer research that is close to clinical application, with an emphasis on therapy optimization, cancer prevention, and cancer detection. Our focus lies on clinical trials that demonstrate a truly patient-centered approach in terms of potential benefits to patients enrolled in the study and seeking patient reported outcomes to measure quality-of-life issues.
Preference is given to international collaborative projects and/or projects that use methods to accelerate the pace of the study (i.e., use effective, novel clinical trial designs, such as biomarker-driven patient selection, pharmaco-dynamic endpoint assessment, etc.). These three areas— therapy optimization, cancer prevention, and cancer detection — are well-established areas of emphasis among Weizmann Institute scientists, including many previous recipients of Rising Tide Foundation funding.
This program is honored by two brilliant scientists as head of the steering committee: Prof. Varda Rotter and Prof. Patricia LoRusso. Under their guidance and the diligent work of our renowned grant reviewers we have selected four promising studies to launch the 2022 funding cycle:
Prof. Eran Elinav, in collaboration with Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel and Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem
Dr. Ziv Shulman, in collaboration with Rabin Medical Center
Itay Tirosh, in collaboration with Washington, University School of Medicine
This unique opportunity for substantial funding is given to scientists that share our sense of urgency and understand that cancer patients need new treatment options now. This four year program will provide a set of 5 to 20 annual, competitively awarded grants. RTF will provide 50% of the funding matched by other philanthropists. This way the program will be based on a successful partnership and open up for additional partners doubling the size of the program.
Our colleagues from Weizmann are currently working on a nice brochure to share results from our past grants and motivate other philanthropists to join this exciting program. We are looking forward to sharing more success stories about this collaboration in the near future. | <urn:uuid:40a7d422-eb96-4094-964c-cf52977eb0c3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.risingtide-foundation.org/clinical-cancer-research/partners | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.934464 | 759 | 1.625 | 2 |
What is the payoff from living a deeply reduced life at Christmas? It’s the discovery of a greatly increased God; a call toward Christ-like generosity.
Traditionally, Christmas is a time of giving, entertaining, decorating, and shopping. What if you bucked tradition this year and practiced restraint instead? In 7 Days of Christmas, best-selling author Jen Hatmaker shows how you can turn seven key areas of consumption—food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, and stress—into thoughtful and practical generosity that captures the true spirit of Christmas. Throughout the book, snippets of Jen’s journey offer insight, humor, ideas, facts, and encouragement to help you embrace change. As you eliminate some of the excesses in your life, you'll find them replaced by a new level of joy. | <urn:uuid:105434ba-975c-4d06-adb8-5f9fd974a452> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cokesbury.com/7-days-of-christmas | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.897654 | 179 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Literary tour: A Christmas Carol by Dickens
Shakespeare was not the only one: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) also tops the list of the greatest writers in London. Going through the places that appear in A Christmas Carol, one of his most popular novels, is the perfect excuse to visit this city during the month of December.
London was always Dickens's muse. Here he wrote Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, and also created Mr Scrooge, the stingy moneylender who hates Christmas. This character, main protagonist of A Christmas Carol, receives the visit of the 3 spirits of Christmas while he sleeps.
Mr Scrooge lives in Cornhill Street. From this point, he can see the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral and other settings of the tale. In the cemetery of this cathedral, Scrooge change his attitude when he visits his own grave. On the other hand, the sound of the bells of St. Dunstan tower wakes him up and allows him to live a new life. With this novel, Dickens popularized the expression "Merry Christmas" to wish happy holidays.
If you are interested in knowing more about the life of Charles Dickens in London, you can visit the writer's museum, located at number 48 of Doughty Street. Furthermore, you can visit the Poet's Corner, in Westminster Abbey, where he rests with other great poets.
How to get to Westminster Abbey:
Tower Red Tour, stop 81 https://london.city-tour.com/en/tourist-bus-routes-london/tower-red-tour | <urn:uuid:f1dca574-6022-4277-978f-775b88d1a24f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://london.city-tour.com/de/blog/recorrido-literario-cuentos-navidad-dickens | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.928216 | 380 | 2.484375 | 2 |
Long ago, there were many hazards in the world. Brigands were on every road, even simplest diseases were incurable and bad weather was a force not to be trifled with. As civilization progressed, most of these problems were solved but as always, progress was a two edged sword. By trifling with nature, we created a situation where one of the greatest dangers for our health comes from the food we intake. This problem is quite serious and its solutions quite limited.
Luckily for you, this doesn’t mean that there is no way of resolving this issue. Creating your own organic garden, maintaining it properly and reaping the fruits of your labor from it might be the saving grace you and your family so desperately needed. However, organizing a proper organic garden is no easy task and there are few things you need to pay close attention to. Here are some tips and ideas on how to transform your garden into a genuine organic oasis.
Buying organic food might be the easiest way out. Still the blow this additional expense can land on your budget can sometimes be more than what your wallet can take. This is why building your own organic garden is probably by far the best solution. First, you will need some help to start off. Ask someone with a bit of experience for help or guidance or simply start small. Experience is the best teacher and taking care of a plant or two can teach you more about this topic than any guide ever could.
The most vital thing for the future of your plants is the quality of your soil and the care that it received. Successful growth of your plants is directly conditioned by nutrients in the soil. The quality of your soil is what it is still it can be significantly improved through conditioning. The best, most traditional and by far the most efficient way to achieve this is with the help of composted manures. Another thing that may also help is applying the layer of mulches like leaf molds in your garden.
Keeping the Garden Hydrated
Everyone knows that your harvest depends on the hydration of your garden. Ages ago, people prayed for rain but those capable and smart took this thing into their own hand and came up with various melioration methods, such as manual hosing or using sprinkler systems. In a recent chat with the people who own and operate Hoselink, I discovered that selection of the method of watering your garden will be determined by the size of your garden, types of plants and the terrain. This is something that you will be doing day after day, so you certainly want to find the most effective and practical solution here.
Plant Selection and Organization
Your job can be made significantly easier if you pay attention to the specific local micro-climate. Select the plants that were meant to be grown in your region and the eco-system itself will do most of the hard work for you. Additionally, you want to organize your vegetables in wide beds, so that you can maneuver freely through the garden without fear that you will step on something. In the long run, this can save you a world of trouble and make your entire gardening endeavor significantly easier.
No one said that having your own organic garden is going to be an easy task. Still, the end result is more often than not worth all the effort invested. The very idea of putting on the table 100% organic and natural food that you yourself grew is almost impossible to top. The only better thing than this is the fact that the food that you and your family will consume from now on is completely hazard free. | <urn:uuid:a650d3b1-e55c-42de-aa96-87b9bc0322c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://designwithdeb.com/how-to-organize-your-very-own-organic-garden/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.969673 | 726 | 2.140625 | 2 |
'VO' was a British and French naval operation to intercept and capture or sink six German merchant ships which were known to have departed the neutral Spanish port of Vigo in an effort to break the Allied blockade and reach German ports (10 February/3 March 1940).
To undertake the hunt, a special force under the command of Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, heading the Western Approaches Command, was created with ships of Admiral Sir Charles Forbes’s Home Fleet (fleet carrier Ark Royal, battle-cruiser Renown, light cruiser Galatea and a number of destroyers including Acasta, Hasty, Vesper and Whitshed), of Dunbar-Nasmith’s own Western Approaches Command, of the Northern Patrol and of Amiral Jean Joseph Jules NoŽl Comte de Laborde’s French Forces Maritimes de l’Ouest.
On 11 February the French sloop Elan captured the 2,542-ton Rostock and on 12 February the British destroyer Hasty took the 4,709-ton Morea. The 4,709-ton Wahehe was intercepted on 21 February in the area to the south of Iceland by the light cruiser Manchester and destroyer Kimberley of the Northern Patrol, but as a result of adverse weather Kimberley was unable to organise a boarding party until 22 February and take the prize into Kirkwall in the Orkney islands group on 23 February. After breaking through the Allied blockade, the 4,354-ton Orizaba was lost off SkjervÝy in northern Norway after going aground. The 7,768-ton Wangoni managed to evade the British submarine Triton off Kristiansand on 28 February and reached Kiel. The last of the German ships, the 3,359-ton Arucas, was scuttled by her own crew on 3 March when she was approached by the British heavy cruiser York in the area to the east of Iceland. | <urn:uuid:c3bfe83c-4b1d-4058-82e1-ce87d5b7a948> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://codenames.info/operation/vo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.957459 | 410 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Elizabeth Candy Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and the Suffrage Movement [Name of Writer] [Name of Institution] Elizabeth Candy Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and the Suffrage Movement Susan B. Anthony was actually a steady determined and taught woman who had a great longing and vitality to wipe out subjection. In the wake of meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton she got the chance to be immersed in the ladies' rights improvement dedicating her life to getting ascend to rights for all. Various men looked for after Susan anyway she never married; she might not want to be "controlled" by a man. Or maybe she dedicated her entire life to this achieve. They quickly got the chance to be allies and sisters in the cause. Elizabeth would make the locations and Susan would pass on them. Elizabeth's children insinuated Susan as Aunt and she much of the time managed the house full importance of the women' suffrage movement. On the off chance that Anthony's triumph is a record of the movement's victories Stanton's thrashing has an impressive arrangement to let us know about its disappointments. Specifically the annihilation of Stanton shows why the suffrage movement did not accomplish more to change itself into a persisting political power tending to essential reasons for imbalance than the absence of the vote (DuBois 1981 192). References Banner L. W. (1980). Elizabeth Cady Stanton a radical for woman's rights. Little Brown. Barry K. (1987). Susan B. Anthony: A biography of a singular feminist. Free Press. Griffith E. (1985). In her own right: The life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Oxford University Press. Stanton E. C. (1897). Eighty Years and More (1815-1897: Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton). European Publishing Company. Stanton E. C. Anthony S. B. & DuBois E. C. (1981). Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Correspondence Writings Speeches. Schocken. [...]
Writing Assignment Two - Minimum of 1500 Words - NOT including cover page and source list. 1. Your writing assignment should be on the same topic as your Annotated Bibliography. 2. Students must use FSW Library's online catalog and subscription databases to obtain scholarly sources. a. Use 4 Secondary and 2 Primary sources. Please view your comments for the Annotated Bibliography. You may need to add, replace, or delete some of your sources. b. DO NOT USE Textbooks, Websites, Encyclopedias, or movies. This includes Oxford, Biography, or any other reference materials. c. Use sources such as non-fiction books, journal articles, and academic style articles from magazines. You can use limited websites such as the government archives, and Gutenberg.org. d. Use the FSW library database. Recommended subscription databases include Academic Search Complete, Arts & Science, Social Sciences Full Text, Humanities International Complete, and World History. To access the Library's online catalog and databases, click on the links Find a Book and Find an Article on the Library's homepage at www.edison.edu 3. While writing the paper, ask yourself who, what, where, when, how, and why questions. What were the effects? How and why is my topic historically relevant? Why does this topic make a good window through which to view the big picture of World History? 4. Create the paper in Microsoft Word, using 12-point type, Times New Roman font, double-spaced paragraphs, and one-inch margins. 5. PROOFREAD your paper before submission to the professor. Check your Turnitin Results. Submit early enough to make any corrections. 6. Create an original title for your paper. List the title on the cover page of the paper, along with student name, semester, Instructor name, and course ID. 7. Use APA Citation Style. To cite your sources, I recommend using the following websites: Son of Citation Machine: citationmachine.net (Links to an external site.) Purdue Online Writing Guide: owl.english.purdue.edu (Links to an external site.) Writing Tips: * Use in-text, APA parenthetical citations (author's name and date) to cite sources within the body of the paper. Each paragraph generally will need at least one in-text citation. * Use direct quotes only when you could not have said it better yourself. Place direct quotes in quotation marks and cite the source. Limit papers to only a few direct quotes. * Cite every idea gleaned from your sources, even when paraphrasing or summarizing. Do not cite common knowledge, e.g., "The American Civil War ended in 1865." * Do not use first person pronouns, e.g., "I", "you", "us", or "we", in a scholarly paper. Write only in the third person, e.g., "he, she, or they". * Use the past tense, e.g., "Slavery triggered the Civil War", not passive voice, e.g., "The Civil War was triggered by slavery". Avoid using passive verbs, e.g., "It was decided" or "Decisions have been made". Passive voice does not answer who did what to whom. * Do not plagiarize! Papers will be submitted through Turnitin. Plagiarism is quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing information from resources without acknowledging them with citations, letting someone else write part or all of your paper, or downloading part or all of your paper from the Internet. Students who plagiarize will earn a ZERO for the assignment. Grading * When grading the papers, the professor considers each step of the research process: selecting a topic; locating, retrieving, evaluating, and citing resources; creating a list of works cited; organizing the research; writing multiple drafts; and adhering to set guidelines. The grade for this assignment is based on the following five categories, worth 20 points each: Resources, Citations, Narrative Quality, Information & Organization, & Historical Analysis. | <urn:uuid:f7117ed0-c030-4f26-9b94-170a0010d39e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://studybay.com/latest-orders/20914/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.900551 | 1,248 | 2.734375 | 3 |
When I first thought about doing this article I considered all of the very detailed information that has been written about enameling, and then I thought sometimes people want to just have a basic understanding of a process, without too many details. So basic it is.
Enameling is a process of decorating the surface of metal with color. The earliest examples of enamel work appear to have been done in Egypt about 1600 BC, so the process has been around for a very long time.
Unfortunately, in modern times the word enamel has come to refer to a type of paint. But we are not talking about paint, we are talking about melted glass. We are also not talking about “cold enamel”, which is actually colored epoxy.
Enameling is usually done only on fairly high carat gold or fine silver objects, but it can be done on true bronze and copper. Why the limitations on the types of metal? Because the process of heating the metal to adhere the enamel causes the metal to share molecules with the enamel in the form of metal salts. Metal salts are what are used to actually color glass, so additional metals salts will change the color of the glass.
The basic enameling process goes like this. Glass is ground up and then rinsed in clean water to remove any cloudiness. The powdered glass is then placed in contact with an appropriate metal. It can be held in place by indentations in the metal, or wires. It can also have organic glue, which will burn off during the heating process, mixed with it to help hold the powdered glass in place.
The actual process of heating up the metal and glass is called “firing”, the same as with pottery. The metal and powered glass are heated until the glass fuses back together into a sheet on the surface of the metal. The glass is now enamel.
You may wonder what makes the glass stick to the metal. Molten glass generally likes sticking to metal, as any lamp worker who has ever had a bead get stuck on a tool or mandrel can tell you. This natural tendency can also be improved by carved out depressions in the metal for the enamel to melt into, and these depressions can be made even more efficient by creating an “undercut” on the sides of them. This undercut creates a physical lock on the sides of the enamel that helps to hold it in place.
The care and feeding of enamel. Enamel is, after all, glass. If you bend the metal on which it is placed it will very likely crack and it may even pop off. Smacking a piece of enamel on a hard, sharp object will almost certainly chip the enamel, the same way your windshield is chipped by a flying stone. The fact that we have thousands of pieces of jewelry, and decorative pieces that still have enamel on them, after hundreds, and sometimes thousands of years, is a testament to the fact that enamel is a wearable and functional form of decoration.
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If only cars could talk.
This Adenauer was found in a gritty industrial park warehouse full of questionable items and characters. Before that it lived with an old lady in Buffalo, NY and was used as a parade car. Before that it was somewhere in Poland. There is so much we don't know about where this noble old car has been. It has traveled far and lived many lives. If cars could talk this one would certainly have an interesting story to tell.
The Chancellor first received a complete mechanical rebuild. Interestingly, in order to re-build the engine the body must be removed. So, the elegant body was separated from the massive x-frame to reveal an amazing piece of engineering, design, and history. For late 40s technology the car is really quite sophisticated. It features a self leveling rear axle, double wish bone suspension, and an overhead cam engine. The Adenauer was clearly engineered and built by some of the best and brightest engineers of the time. We will soon bring the body into the shop for restoration and then the two halves will be reunited. | <urn:uuid:674540b5-0777-45d3-8554-f40bd1237e41> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://europeanauto.biz/page/page-9/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.982685 | 217 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Goals and Objectives
The aim of the IPS as spelled out in the Constitution is "To promote the study of normal and abnormal visual function in the entire visual field, and to ensure and facilitate the cooperation and friendship of scientists of different countries working and interested in this discipline."
Some more specific objectives are:
- To promote the diffusion of knowledge and understanding of perimetry and its important place among other methods of examination of the visual function.
- To promote the development of new methods and instruments.
- To develop guidelines for routine perimetric techniques.
- To establish standards for recording and classification of visual field defects, equipment and nomenclature and to establish liaison with other international organizations on these matters.
- To promote, encourage and cooperate in the education of specialized visual field examiners through courses and handbooks.
- These objectives are realized to a large extent at the International Visual Field Symposia of the IPS. During these meetings, a large part of recent perimetric research is usually presented and discussed.
Presentation of Papers and Attendance at the IPS Symposia
Members may present their results as read papers or posters at the symposia. Each paper or poster presented at any of the IPS symposia must have at least one IPS member among its authors. The symposia are open to non-members.
Groups and Task Committees
The IPS presently has approximately 160 members. The activities of the Society are organized in the following groups.
Program: Prof John Flanagan (UC Berkeley) and Prof Linda Zangwill (UC San Diego)
The Program Committee is in charge of selecting papers and posters for the next IPS meeting.
IPS Board Members:
President: Chota Matsumoto, MD, Osaka-Sayama City, JAPAN
Past President: Chris Johnson, PhD, Iowa City, IA USA
Vice President: David (Ted) Garway-Heath, MD, London, England, UK
Vice President: Aiko Iwase, MD, Tajimi, Gifu, JAPAN
Secretary: Allison M. McKendrick, BScOptom, MScOptom, PhD
Treasurer: Mitchell Dul, OD, MS, New York, NY, USA
Past-Secretary: David Henson, MD, Manchester England, UK
Members at Large:
Other Board Members:
Fritz Dannehim, MD, Rosengarten, GERMANY
Kazuhisa Sugiyama, MD, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, JAPAN
Aiko Iwase, MD, Tajimi, Gifu, JAPAN
Awards Committee: Fritz Dannehim, MD, Rosengarten, GERMANY
Education - Perimetry: Chota Matsumoto, MD, Osaka-Sayama City, JAPAN
Education - Imaging: David (Ted) Garway-Heath, MD, London, England, UKImaging Standards: Linda Zangwill, PhD, La Jolla, CA, USA
Industry Liaison and PR Committee: Paul Artes, OD, PhD, Plymouth University, UK
Open Perimetry Interface: Paul Artes, OD, PhD, Plymouth University, UK; Andrew Turpin, PhD, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Honorary Members of the IPS:
In Memoriam Honorary Members of the IPS:
The International Perimetric Society (IPS) was founded during the First International Visual Field Symposium in Marseilles in May 1974. The name was changed to Imaging and Perimetry Society in 2008.
Since then symposia have been held every two years: in Tubingen 1976, Tokyo 1978, Bristol 1980, Sacramento 1982, Santa Margherita Ligure 1984, Amsterdam 1986, Vancouver 1988, Malmo 1990, Kyoto 1992, Washington, D.C. 1994, Wurzburg, Germany 1996, Gardone Riviera, Italy 1998, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 2000, and Stratford, England in 2002, Portland, Oregon, USA in 2006, and Nara, Japan in 2008. | <urn:uuid:1c0d847f-603b-4ce7-be09-76cd7bcb737b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.perimetry.org/index.php/about | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.851142 | 913 | 1.664063 | 2 |
PDCA (Plan Do Check Act) - Upper and lower case
P & p : "Plan" symbol
D & d : "Do" symbol
C & c : "Check" symbol
A & a : "Act" symbol
O & o : "Open" symbol
S & s : "Suppress" symbol (X)This is a clone
another quest to make something readable at small sizes
update 0.2: patched brick replacement thing & added alternates
update 0.4: added arrows
This font is inspired by FICSIT Inc. logo in Satisfactory, a video game created by Coffee Stain Studios. https://www.satisfactorygame.com/
"Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!"
Friends, I'm asking for help! Which "R" do you prefer? The one with the straight, or curved leg? I'm split, because personally I much prefer the straight leg, but curved seems more consistent with the rest.
The term "sidereal" (/saɪˈdɪəriəl/) refers to a measurement of time based on the position of stars.
Industrial, geometric, display, extended, modern, uniform weight. Based on a 2-brick tall grid. Inspired by Microgramma/Eurostile and the Terminator logotype.
"Prototype" means that this is not the final verison. In this case, FontStruct has been used as a fantastic preliminary design tool. But due to its limitations, the font will have to be reworked. Not by much - only the ⅝ roundings will be made circular in a traditional font editor, I'll be introducing optical improvements, and real kerning will also be implemented.
FontStruct's kerning tool is extremely rudimentary (understandable), and honestly, because of that, I left the kerning in a really messy state, it's kind of beyond repair at this point, as I don't really know what's what anymore. Oh, and also - due to limitations of the nudge tool, the ampersant (&) is offset to the right by half a brick, I tried to fix it with kerning as well, and it kinda works, but that will be fixed in the final version, outside FontStruct.This is a clone
another display logotype. this one is a recreation of the logotype used in the logo for "Triakis" from WipEout.
also, out of curiousity, I am asking fellow fontstructors to leave a comment saying how much time they spend designing typefaces. I feel like I'm cranking these out and should probably spend more time fine-tuning.
also want to thank everyone for their constructive comments & compliments. it is very encouraging to see such talented designers leaving nice comments.
A vaguely Russian-looking font which is used in various media relating to The Boris Barkov Show.
While walking through Glitch Forest, you spot a sudden movement behind the Sprite Trees. It's [EVIL_ANGATONIST]! With a twisted smile, s/he/it converts your words into text written in this font. ZOUNDS! How will you get through summer school now?
This was made to reproduce an amusing glitch found in MIDAS which caused insanely high ratings of 17.3×10^213 (17.3 septuagintillion). The glitch has since been fixed.
A chimera (fusion) made from art deco, barcode, and circuitry elements. It only employs angles where they are needed to differentiate glyphs.
I'm having agrate time here! I can hardly cage my excitement.
This effect font can achieve many looks - riveted plating, segmented displays, spectrograms, grills, cages, formations of vehicles seen from high altitude, jails, and more!
Font made for the logo of a particular project/video game of mine.
Some kerning pairs are imperfect... I can only bring them 10 bricks closer together, so a bit of space remains...
Current Version: 1.9
I made a blocky, industrial sort of style, then added art deco-style line width variation. Then, a couple of tech lines here, a couple of details there, and SHAZAM! We get these 1950's-era raygun-toting space race zippity zap letters. It's a font Marvin the Martian might use...
Original size: 7px (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)
Going for an industrial sci-fi look. The hard angles give these letters the appearance of being made by some kind of tape or roller.
This font was originally designed to be uppercase only. So, the lowercase might be considered as an alternate set.
Original size: 24pt (24pt, 48pt, etc. look most crisp when not using antialiasing)
This is a display styled font.
Apocalypse inspired. The design gives off the feeling of sheets of metal almost being bolted together with a twist of having negative space keeping them seperated.
In this typeface, I have explored the idea of order and systematic design in an urban surrounding. Following the natural lines from the cement of a regular brick wall I have used the repetitive pattern and method to mark the outline to my type face. This font is primarily created for using in titles and headings rather than in a body of text as it is more impacting as well as visually striking and eye catching.
Inspired heavily by dm Solidus (and several other fonts by demonics), and also by Modular Blackout Bold Condensed (now private, but you can see a sample here). More/less rounded alternates can be found in Latin Extended A. As always, suggestions and critiques are welcome. Thanks and enjoy!
(2017: This was another one that barely needed to be touched--the only edit I made was thinning the outer ring of the @ symbol from a full brick to half a brick wide. I'm getting toward the end of my collection of private but completely finished fonts though...) | <urn:uuid:777b968f-7a03-4ecb-a62e-2afbde0c0b7f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fontstruct.com/gallery/tag/354/Industrial | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.933428 | 1,334 | 1.546875 | 2 |
If you’d like to break into the insurance or finance field, becoming an insurance claims and processing clerk could be a great start. These professionals handle much of the paperwork required when issuing and processing insurance policies and claims. Working toward a career in this field can begin by enrolling in a bachelor’s degree program in business administration.
According to national data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in 2011, employment for insurance claims and policy processing clerks is projected to remain steady through 2018. A growing job rate may not guarantee employment in the industry. Prospective students are encouraged to conduct independent research regarding actual job growth rates, which vary according to location, education and experience. Additionally, every job seeker is encouraged to do independent research into local trends and requirements.
Insurance claims and processing clerks work closely with insurance brokers and agents, handling the administrative duties behind insurance policy renewals, claims processing and new policies. A common duty in this position is reviewing insurance policies after clients have submitted claims, in order to determine coverage. In addition, these professionals prepare claim forms and related documents, review them for accuracy and completeness, and transmit them for payment or further investigation, when warranted.
Depending on the employer’s needs, insurance claims and processing clerks may also be responsible for interviewing clients to obtain the information required on new insurance policy applications. They process applications, record changes to policies, process reinstatements and handle cancellations of policies, as well.
Insurance claims and processing clerks are also typically responsible for corresponding with clients and agents to inform them of policy status and changes, as well as processing and submitting required government forms. They are usually in charge of keeping client and policy records organized and maintained.
Verifying data at every step is an important aspect of the insurance claims and processing clerks’ job. Maintaining proper legal status and the overall fiscal health of the insurance company depends on accurate information and data, so paying attention to each detail is key to success in this position.
Additional duties include transcribing data to work sheets and computer software, and preparing documentation and required reports. Insurance claims and processing clerks also track active, cancelled and pending policies. They may also calculate the amount of claims and handle the pay out of small claims.
Insurance claims and processing clerks most often work in comfortable office settings, where a 40-hour week is typical.
According to a 2010 national survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor, the average annual salary for insurance claims and policy processing clerks was $36,390, while the middle 50% earned between $28,620 and $42,240. The lowest 10% earned approximately $24,620, while those in the highest 10% bracket brought in around $51,290 per year. Because salary potential may vary depending on location, education and experience, prospective students are encouraged to conduct independent research to determine actual earning potential.
To qualify for insurance claims and processing clerk positions, you’ll likely need a college degree. Many employers may prefer to hire candidates with bachelor’s degrees in business, accounting, or a related field, as well as insurance experience, which can be obtained through summer employment or internships while pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
Preparing for an insurance claims and processing clerk career may begin with earning a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Coursework typically includes finance for managers, essential business skills, principles of accounting, and management information systems.
Employers can be confident that individuals who have earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration are able to:
Some employers offer opportunities for continuing education. It may be possible to gain an entry-level position with a bachelor’s degree and use a tuition assistance program to further your education.
If you possess mathematical skills, problem-solving abilities and a desire to provide excellent customer service, you have a good foundation of the skills needed to become an insurance claims and processing clerk. Advancing your career possibilities in the insurance field through this position also takes a broad base of business and management knowledge, strong interpersonal skills and outstanding communication skills. Earning a degree in business administration can augment your abilities with the advanced education that can make the difference when preparing for a career in the insurance industry. | <urn:uuid:e0ba53a4-33fa-4add-813e-0151bb84829f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://media.floridatechonline.com/resources/accounting-finance/insurance-claims-and-processing-clerk-career-and-salary-profile/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.943634 | 871 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Eco-friendly cars are now popping out in the market like mushroom. Some of them looks like the real cars, while most of them has futuristic design like the Halcyon Concept Car by Ralph Tayler-Webb. As the name suggests, this eco friendly concept car has reduced air drag through its aerodynamic structure covered wheels and tapering teardrop cabin. Made from aluminum foam, the Hacyon’s structure is based on the owl’s hollow bones that made the car light. The foam on the other hand made the Halcyon’s passenger safe during travel. In addition, the covered wheels, made this eco-car’s travel peaceful and quite. | <urn:uuid:1137aae1-a2d8-474a-9929-1e3f8a22f4b9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.igreenspot.com/halcyon-concept-car-by-ralph-tayler/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.965231 | 143 | 2.078125 | 2 |
L'harmonisation de la gestion des ressources humaines à la stratégie est souvent conçue dans une perspective statique qui a le résultat imprévu, au fil du temps, de rendre difficile l'adaptation de l'entreprise aux exigences concurrentielles et techniques nouvelles. L'objet de ce texte est d'esquisser, d'une manière dynamique, la relation entre la gestion des ressources humaines et la stratégie afin d'assurer le progrès de l'entreprise.
The subject of this article is the relation between corporate strategy and the management of human resources. Three strategies are studied: entrepreneurship, growth and rejuvenation. The entrepreneurial strategy, especially in emerging industries, is characterized by groping moves and successive adaptations of products and technologies to effective demand. High levels of uncertainty exist as to product designs, customer expectations and technical choices: Swift adaptations are thus required. The corresponding approach to the management of human resources is first and foremost recruitment of managerial and scientific personnel trained in relevant «incubators» so as to balance the skills and competencies which the firm requires. This personnel is given discretion in an informal and flexible organizational context. The entrepreneurial team is thus in a position to modify products, services and distribution networks until the demand generated can sustain a viable enterprise. In the process many firms fail, some perform adequately and only a few become large scale. The growth strategy is characteristic of those firms which operate in industries where major technical and economic uncertainties have been reduced by successful entrepreneurs and where penetration of successive market segments leads to regular growth. In such industries, the critical strategic choices have been made and the focus is on the exploitation of opportunities. The approach to the management of human resources is oriented towards the achievement of coherence between the abilities and competencies of managers and the key competitive tasks required to attain success and performance. The process of arriving at coherence hinges on the integration of plans and management Systems for human resources to strategie corporate planning. However, this approach often entails the development of a corporate culture which promotes patterns of actions and world views which may render the firm unable to adapt over the years to declining demand, substitute products and new technologies. As a consequence many successful firms experience decline and decay as their industry matures. The strategy of rejuvenation may be achieved by the acquisition of growing firms thus leading to a multi-divisional and diverse organizational form. Many firms, however, discover that opportunities for acquisitions have dwindled and are thus obliged to base their re-orientation on the potential of their human resources. The external transformation and rejuvenation of human resources may be attained by i) the development and appointment of managers who symbolize new orientations and who undertake transitions in the corporate culture; ii) the planning of succession in managerial roles through transfer, development and the broadening of individual experiences; and iii) the promotion of internal entrepreneurship. Continual reassessment of human resources policies is required to insure their appropriateness in the light of the competitive context. | <urn:uuid:0a34c6e9-12b0-4aef-a7af-18b9ad1d7f84> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.riir.ulaval.ca/fr/node/1447 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.884869 | 644 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Do you realize the profound impact color has on each of us every day? We are continually bombarded with color references in our daily lives, but also through multimedia advertising, retail, and even our language. Color adds romance to the ordinary, it makes the unappetizing, delicious, and the ugly, beautiful. The lesson is in understanding it’s meaning so you can master it’s use. Ready for color 101?
Grey is considered a color that promotes indecision and often we reach for it when going through a time of life or career change. Have you noticed a friend or colleague wearing a lot of gray lately? Perhaps they are going through a divorce or break up, could be a job change, or they are just feeling uncertain. If you need to make a big decision or will be negotiating with clients skip the Grey for a quicker close.
Grey also promotes a feeling of the blahs, for example, if you are feeling gray or it is a gray day out, you often sense a sort of gloom descending. Fight the gray moments with red, yellow or orange!
In advertising, Grey is most often used for electronics and security. Think of the color of cables and stainless steel lock boxes and dead bolts. Security trucks are always steel Grey. Circuit City, before they went under, used grey coupled with red (drives sales) and was one of the original consumer big box chains.
In clothing, Grey is often most effectively and handsomely paired with pewter, nickel, platinum or silver. These are warm metals, whereas chrome is decidedly cooler. Note that a platinum card has more clout than a mere gold card. And platinum is considered the metal of choice most often for wedding bands.
Grey can be warm or cool depending on if it is blue based or yellow based. Mouse Grey is usually warmer than steel gray and there are any number of gradations in between. In fact, every color can be made warmer with a dose of yellow or cooler with a dose of blue. The impact will change from “ooh” to “ahh.” What effect do you want to achieve?
Pay attention to the color your see every day, examine how it is used and how you feel around it. Knowing the subtleties can be the road to marketing gold. | <urn:uuid:97d611ee-f84b-41c6-9374-b0378c0d5366> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://smallbusinessprofit.net/advertising/having-trouble-making-a-decision-get-rid-of-the-grey.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.952493 | 473 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Our goal is to raise a $10 million endowment, which will allow us to be less burdened by financial instability and to be more generous with our print issues and our online editions, as well as the River Rail, a publication dedicated to climate change and global warming, and Rail Curatorial Projects, which aims to curate group exhibitions that respond specifically to location, cultural moment, and economic conditions. Having this $10 million endowment will allow us to support our important public programing, which includes poetry readings, film screenings, dance and music performances, panel discussions with artists, art historians, curators, scientists, writers, philosophers, and others. All of these events, as well as the print edition of the Brooklyn Rail, and everything else we do, are free to the public.
Please support and contribute to our endowment, which will keep the Brooklyn Rail alive, free, and relevant, to ensure that what we do in the arts, humanities, and sciences is made available to everyone, not just the cultural elites. Each and every one of our creative friends is like a musician who has the unique talent of being able to achieve a unique voice on a specific instrument. Each has a particular sound, which must and should be individually treasured. And at the same time, we know that when they bring their distinct instruments together they can also create an even richer symphonic sound that is capable of nurturing our souls.
Founded in October 2000, the Brooklyn Rail provides an independent forum for arts, culture, and politics throughout New York City and far beyond.
Our journal features criticism of visual art, music, dance, film, theater and literature, alongside thoughtful political commentary and original fiction and poetry.
The Rail is distributed free of charge both in print and online, and further fulfills its mission by curating art exhibitions, panel discussions, reading series and film screenings that reflect the complexity and inventiveness of the city’s artistic and cultural landscape. Learn more » | <urn:uuid:8bf90c4f-81cf-4646-ae0e-641ee8551c82> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://brooklynrail.org/endowment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.956267 | 402 | 1.726563 | 2 |
The discription in the poetry of AL-Busairi(The poem of alburda as a model)
College Of Basic Education Research Journal,
2018, Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 151-174
AbstractThe poem of alburda by the poet Sharaf- Aldin Mohammad the son of said Albusairi contained descriptions of different shapes and expressions . Although it was praising the prophet (prayers and blessing of Allah be upon him) but it contains types of description. For this reason this research came to study this poem by analyzing the description and to explain the artistic and Aesthetic dimensions and the detection of its denotation, the description is based on the transformation of the facts from materialistic picture to literary picture that characterized by skilled language and clever pictures. The research is based on one entrance and four detectives, the entrance contained the determination of the concept of description and speaking about the life of the poet and his ode (AL-burda) . The first detective came to study the description of personality whence the description of humanity , symbolic and Animality personality The second detective contained the study of (the description of event) whence the descriptive initialization for the event and descriptive finale for the event while the third detective is (the description of place) Whence the description of the natural place and the description of the synthetical place, the forth detective concerned with the study of the description of thing whence the description of the natural things and the description of tools and statuses. .
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Development and validation of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS)
By: Somer E., Lehrfeld J., Bigelsen J., Jopp D.S.
Published in: Consciousness and Cognition
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: This study describes the development of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS), a 14-item self-report instrument design ed to gauge abnormal fantasizing. Our sample consisted of 447 English-speaking individuals from 45 different countries. A 3-correlated-factors model best presented the underlying dimensions Yearning, Kinesthesia and Impairment, capturing related rewarding experiences as well as psychological impairment of maladaptive daydreaming. MDS scores were associated with obsessive-compulsive behavior and thoughts, dissociative absorption, attention deficit, and high sense of presence during daydreaming, but less with psychotic symptoms. The MDS and its subscale demonstrated good validity, sound internal consistency and temporal stability and discriminated well between self-identified individuals with and without maladaptive daydreaming. Considering the instrument's high sensitivity and specificity levels, it seems an excellent measure for future investigation of MD that will, hopefully, shed light on the etiology and psycho-biological mechanisms involved in this mental condition, as well as on the development of effective MD treatment methods. © 2015 Elsevier Inc. | <urn:uuid:f3c84b2a-06bf-4b78-a836-abcd877501c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sdg.haifa.ac.il/sdg_items/development-and-validation-of-the-maladaptive-daydreaming-scale-mds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.920699 | 290 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday-Sunday: 11:00-19:00
In the Same Space is an artistic dialogue initiated by photographer Eirini Vourloumis (b. 1979) with the oeuvre of her grandfather, painter Andreas Vourloumis (1910-1999). Eirini Vourloumis juxtaposes photos she shot with her mobile phone while wandering around Athens with works by Andreas Vourloumis depicting the city that date back more than half a century: paintings, watercolours, drawings and poems. Though the media are different, the process, a form of flânerie through the Greek capital, is the same.
The exhibition comprises 32 pairs of photos in dialogue with a number of paintings and watercolours by Andreas Vourloumis, chosen by Eirini Vourloumis herself. Two artists register the city of Athens in different ways at different times, highlighting daily life, characteristic locations and hidden corners of the city. The dialogue between the two artists reveals uncanny connections and surprising continuities, mostly to be found in the details of the landscapes and interior spaces, but also in terms of colour and form. The exhibition creates a link between post-WWII Athens, as depicted in the drawings of an accomplished painter of that time, and modern-day Athens, as documented by Eirini Vourloumis during her wanderings. These images highlight both the timelessness of the city, but also reveal the changes that have defined the city as it is today. The exhibition is a meditation on urban change, on spaces or places that have been lost, but also a tribute to the artist’s grandfather. In that sense it is at once highly personal and emotional, at the same time a social and anthropological take on a city that has undergone rapid transformation in the last fifty years. There is both nostalgia and poetry in this work, but seen through the eyes of two different generations. What has been lost? What has stayed the same? What needs to be cherished and preserved? How do we remember and experience the cities we live in? How do we recall the memory of those who once walked the same streets as us? These are some of the questions raised in the project.
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Photos provided by Stefaan Meeus - Belgium.
From the Barcelona "Forja Viva" blacksmiths gathering.
Apart from being a great get-together of blacksmiths, they also seem to have a peculiar type of anvil, so I took a few pic's.
The Catalan anvils look somewhat like the French/Spanish/Italian style anvils (broad face compared to its height) without feet but with a "tail" (stake) instead to fix them into a wooden block.
The smallest one looked like 30 kg range, but the biggest (anvil nbr. 4, from 1924, in Guillermina Morales's workshop; Guille was the driving force behind this event) weighs 200 kg.
The last one weighs 97 kg. At least one anvil looked cast, a few of the others seemed to have a welded face and looked forged (like the last one). The most peculiar feature is the offset square horn (seen on all local anvils except the 200 kg and a smaller one).
Some anvils features a round an a square hole, others only a round hole.
I only saw a dog hole on the square horn side.
Illustration from Southwestern Colonial Ironwork by Marc Simmons and Frank Turley.
Bigornia, Bigorneta, Bigornia de Banco, Yunque
Southwestern Colonial Ironwork
The spanish blacksmithing tradition from Texas to California. By Marc Simmons and Frank Turley
Small Catalan Anvil
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Yokkaichi Monzenmachi, near Gokuraku-dori
- Yokkaichi Monzenmachi, near Gokuraku-dori
- Usa City, Oita Prefecture
- Gokuraku-dori is a small path between Higashi Honganji and Nishi Honganji Yokkaichi Betsuin, an area that flourished as a temple town of Kyushu Gobo.
- Date of photo shooting
- Shooting Time
- Weather at the Time of Shooting
- national treasures/important cultural properties shrines/temples parking lots (indoor & outdoor)
- Shooting Time Available comments
- Contact the film commission.
Contact info for inquiries
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Definition: Feedback is the response of the receiver of the communication, to the message. It plays a vital role as it makes communication effective. Also, without proper feedback, communication is considered incomplete. With feedback, a person can express his/her feelings and perceptions to another individual regarding their behaviour and work style.
In the process of communication, the receiver not only absorbs the message passively but also provides a response to it. This is what we call feedback. More importantly, it helps the sender to understand how effective the message was.
Suppose with the feedback of the receiver, the sender realizes that the recipients misinterpreted the message, then the sender can make efforts to refine the message and send it again.
Next, the response can be verbal or non-verbal. It is the last step of communication. Further, it tends to develop an understanding between the parties concerned. This helps them in reaching a decision, which is beneficial to both parties.
Communication refers to the interchange of information or ideas between sender and recipient. In addition, communication is said to be effective only when the recipient interprets the message in the way in which the sender has intended.
But, how do a sender will know what the recipient has interpreted from the message? In this way, feedback acts as a tool that enables the sender to know whether the recipient has understood the message in the same terms.
For the recipient, it is essential that he gets the message correctly and revert to the source about the subject matter. The response should be about what they have understood. Such a response from the recipient is feedback.
Providing proper feedback is considered an art that improves the sender’s relationships with others. It ensures a two-way process.
Characteristics of Effective Feedback
Effective feedback is always specific and not general.
- Focuses on behaviour:
We must always refer to the actions and behaviour of the person instead of what type of person we perceive he/she could be.
- Considers the needs of the feedback receiver:
Feedback can prove destructive when it serves personal needs only and does not recognize the needs of the person who receives it. Feedback should be provided with an intention to help and not to hurt others.
It is useful when the recipient has framed the kind of questions that the people who are observing can respond to.
- Meant for sharing of information:
When we share information we let the other person decide on the basis of their goals, needs and preferences. But, when we advise people on something to them what to do. Also, to a certain extent, we take away their freedom to make decisions based on their own judgement.
Immediate feedback on any matter is the most useful one. There are many possible emotional reactions involved in the reception and use of feedback.
- Amount of information the receiver can use:
When we provide more information to the receiver of the feedback than it can be used actually, then we are not actually helping them but satisfying our own needs.
Essentials of Feedback
There must be two parties, i.e. sender and receiver.
- Acknowledgement and response of the recipient.
- Improvement in the message quality.
- Two dimensions – giving and receiving feedback.
- Formative Feedback: It is likely to modify the thinking or behaviour of the people for the purpose of learning.
- Summative Feedback: It analyses in what way people accomplish a task or attain results for the purpose of grading.
- Positive Feedback: An affirmative statement on a person’s past behaviour so as to encourage such behaviour.
- Negative Feedback: This is a corrective statement on a person’s previous behaviour so as to stop the repetition of such behaviour.
- Positive Feedforward: An affirmative statement on a person’s future behaviour, so that person could work and improve his performance in future.
- Negative Feedforward: A corrective statement on a person’s future behaviour so that the person could stop repeating a certain behaviour in future.
- Communication is of no use without feedback.
- It facilitates the evaluation of the effectiveness of the message.
- Makes communication purposeful
- Keeps up the communication process
- The basis for checking the effectiveness of the communication.
- Maintains an open communication climate.
- The basis for future planning as it helps in deciding the next step that a person can take to achieve the set goal.
Points to Remember
- In the case of face-to-face communication, feedback is faster in comparison to written communication.
- It is always directed towards the sender of the message, which completes the communication cycle.
- Feedback could rely upon the exact interpretation of the message sent or misinterpretation of the message sent.
- Non-verbal feedback can be in the form of smiles, sighs, nods, and so forth. Whereas verbal feedback takes the form of a reaction to the sender’s ideas with questions, comments or replies through message or mail.
A word from Business Jargons
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This tutorial shows you how to create a working piston in Maya. The key is to use constraints so that as one piece moves, the others move accordingly. Even if you don't want to make pistons, this is a good constraint example(something essential to creating skeletons and rigging characters).
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Yashica Dutt moved to New York in 2015 to study journalism at Columbia University. There she had an epiphany.
Dutt witnessed her black, Hispanic and gay classmates openly sharing their stories of discrimination and abuse in class discussions. She was astounded because, while growing up, attending university and pursuing a career in India she had always had to assiduously hide her caste. What impressed her even more was how the rest of the class reacted to these remarks. They did not challenge what was said, but instead showed sympathy for their classmates from minority communities, and even anger on their behalf. After listening to such discussions for nearly two months, Dutt came to the painful decision to start talking about her own experiences with caste. When she did, her classmates’ response helped her see that she should not be ashamed and should, in fact, feel outraged.
Seeking to learn more about the Dalit cause, Dutt reached out to activists on social media. At this point, her path and that of Rohith Vemula—a 26-year-old Dalit research scholar who stood up against vicious, casteist harassment at the University of Hyderabad—almost crossed. He sent Dutt a friend request on Facebook. For reasons of her own, she declined. Ten days later, she opened her laptop to find news of his suicide posted all over her social-media feed. | <urn:uuid:d2e995e2-b2a4-4a4b-9b9e-72fd29b90851> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://caravanmagazine.in/literature/why-yashica-dutts-book-is-an-eye-opening-contribution-to-dalit-literature | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.983676 | 283 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Do you want to link your bank account with QuickBooks? Although it is a straightforward process, anyone can make mistakes when trying to link their bank accounts to QuickBooks. No matter what version of QuickBooks you are using, connecting your bank account or credit card to QuickBooks can cause errors such as QuickBooks error code 102.
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Two ways to link your bank account/credit cards with QuickBooks software
- Through the banking section.
- Through your chart of accounts.
Steps to connect Bank/Credit Card via the Banking Section
- Log in to your Intuit QB software.
- Select Banking from the left menu. Then, go to ‘Create Account’. Search.
- Choose your financial institution from this list.
- Enter your user login id, password and institution URL in the ” Continue” box.
- Complete security verification for your bank by selecting ‘Securely Connect.
- Click on the bank emblem to select your bank. To create one, you can click +Add New.
- Selecting ‘HTMODE_ Connect ‘ will allow you to Download the Past 90 Days of Transactions from QuickBooks.
How to link an existing bank account via the chart of accounts
- Open QuickBooks and choose the gear icon at the top.
- Click on Chart of Accounts to select the bank that you would like to link in action column.
- Select Connect Bank from the drop-down menu.
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- Posted Thursday November 16, 2017
Tiny island nation makes big splash in confronting the world’s third leading cause of cancer death
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — Nov. 16, 2017 — Today, World Pancreatic Cancer Day, is the kickoff of a $1 million drive by the recently formed John E. Sabga Foundation to fund an innovative clinical trial led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) to test revolutionary new treatments for pancreatic cancer.
“We are so blessed to have connected with TGen and the array of research and clinical partners they have assembled to mount a decisive attack on this dreaded disease, which all too early took the life of my loving husband at the age of only 56,” said Natalie Sabga, the widow of John E. Sabga.
A businessman and restaurateur, John Sabga succumbed to this most aggressive of cancers in January, following a valiant and hard fought 10-month battle with pancreatic cancer, the third leading cause of cancer related death.
“We, his family, friends and colleagues, choose to honor his memory and bravery by forging forward on a relentless journey to help in the global fight, by raising funds for a specific research study that will aid in finding answers to eradicate this devastating disease,” Natalie Sabga said.
Today’s kick-off of the $1 million drive will take place in Port of Spain, the capitol of Trinidad and Tobago, a two-island nation in the southern Caribbean just off the coast of Venezuela at the northern tip of South America.
Natalie Sabga connected with TGen this summer in Boston at the Seena Magowitz Golf Classic, an annual fundraising event for TGen hosted by the Seena Magowitz Foundation and supported in large measure by national bedding and home furnishing industries.
“We are so grateful to Natalie Sabga and the Sabga Foundation for their leadership in bringing new, more effective treatments to patients who are fighting pancreatic cancer,” said TGen Foundation President Michael Bassoff, who will participate in today’s announcement ceremonies, as well as meetings with Trinidad and Tobago President Anthony Carmona and the Honorable Terrence Deyalsingh, the island nation’s Minister of Health.
“We, his family, friends and colleagues, choose to honor his memory and bravery by forging forward on a relentless journey to help in the global fight, by raising funds for a specific research study that will aid in finding answers to eradicate this devastating disease.”
“As visionary philanthropic leaders, Natalie Sabga and Roger Magowitz are bringing hope and answers to hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide,” Bassoff said. “As Natalie puts it so well, ‘Our World, Our Fight.’ ”
TGen Distinguished Professor and Physician-In-Chief Dr. Daniel Von Hoff, one of the world’s leading experts on pancreatic cancer, leads the scientific effort now backed by the Sabga Foundation.
TGen led a major international clinical trial that resulted in 2013 in FDA approval of nab-paclitaxel in combination with gemcitabine as the nation's standard of care for late stage pancreatic cancer. Subsequent and ongoing TGen-designed clinical trials are leading to more patients surviving years longer.
“The Seena Magowitz Foundation is proud to have had a hand in bringing together these organizations to join in our relentless fight against pancreatic cancer,” said Roger E. Magowitz, founder and CEO of the Seena Magowitz Foundation, named in honor of his mother who succumbed to this disease.
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Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based non-profit organization dedicated to conducting groundbreaking research with life changing results. TGen is focused on helping patients with neurological disorders, cancer, diabetes, and infectious diseases, through cutting edge translational research (the process of rapidly moving research towards patient benefit). TGen physicians and scientists work to unravel the genetic components of both common and rare complex diseases in adults and children. Working with collaborators in the scientific and medical communities literally worldwide, TGen makes a substantial contribution to help our patients through efficiency and effectiveness of the translational process. TGen is affiliated with City of Hope, a world-renowned independent research and cancer and diabetes treatment center: www.cityofhope.org. This precision medicine affiliation enables both institutes to complement each other in research and patient care, with City of Hope providing a significant clinical setting to advance scientific discoveries made by TGen. For more information, visit: www.tgen.org. Follow TGen on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter @TGen.
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January is a time for new beginnings and resolutions, so it’s also a great time to clear out the clutter! The hardest part of the decluttering process is getting started, so we’re here to help with some useful tips, tricks and motivation.
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- Do it in phases: Don’t try to declutter the whole house in one go. Set small realistic goals to help stay motivated.
- Struggling to part with some items? Take pictures. It makes it easier to get rid of sentimental items if you have a photo memory to hold on to.
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Tether's movements often coincide with the changes in bitcoin historically, but that trend has not been kept true recently. Tether has recently seen $ 500 million created in cryptography, which is usually the protagonist of a bitcoin rally. Instead, Bitcoin dropped even further as it sits well below $ 7,000.
Tether has long been considered a safe haven for cryptic investors, although due to its relatively low volatility. It is said to be backed by $ 1 of fiat currency, so the currency hovers around the $ 1 sign. This offers a stable option for those looking to invest more conservatively.
Tether has faced charges in the past about his correlation with bitcoin. Reports have been released on several occasions describing the manipulation of bitcoins caused by Tether. The crypt was even sued by a US commercial commission, but no final ruling against the currency emerged. Other reports have found that Tether could be tracked in ether, bitcoin and Litecoin in 85% of the time. During the crash at the start of 2018, the correlation was close to 93% between Tether and the 3 coins.
From spring, the correlation between Tether and those 3 coins began to fade. Instead it has been replaced by a stronger relationship with NEO and EOS. Even with the growing relationship, the creation of the coins this month did not push NEO or EOS more that surprised many researchers. A Chainalysis document commented,
The high volatility for low-volume Tether trading pairs is a typical sign of pump and dump activity. A sudden surge in a particular trading volume followed by a sudden decline is characteristic of price manipulation
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Over the past several years, there have been three major players in the console market, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony.
A console-maker has a number of avenues for drawing revenue from its console. It charges for console development kits, and code-signing, which allows it to pull a share of all third-party games revenue. It can charge network subscription fees to draw ongoing revenue from the console’s customers, it can produce its own first-party games with a greater margin than third-party developers, and – of course – it sells the actual console hardware and accessories. In short, the console-maker has the most opportunity to pull revenue from every part of the console ecosystem.
So, how much actual profit does that amount to for a console-maker? Well, in the case of Microsoft and Sony, the simple answer is none at all.
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Many people imagine fabric buildings are flimsy; after all, they’re made of fabric. However, that’s not the case. The buildings are made of a heavy-duty steel frame and covered with a strong fabric carefully engineered to withstand the elements. They are durable and tough with great longevity.
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The words servant and leader are usually thought of as being opposites. When two opposites are brought together in a creative and meaningful way, a paradox emerges. And so, the words servant and leader have been brought together to create the paradoxical idea of servant-leadership. The basic idea of Servant leadership is both logical and intuitive. Since the time of the industrial revolution, managers have tended to view people as objects; institutions have considered workers as cogs within a machine.
In the past few decades we have witnessed a shift in that long-held view. Standard raciest are rapidly shifting toward the ideas put forward by Robert Greengage, Stephen Covey, Peter Sense, Max Deeper, Margaret Whitley, Ken Blanchard, and many others who suggest that there is a better way to lead and manage our organizations. Servant-leadership, first proposed by Robert K. Greengage in 1 970, is a conjectural agenda that promotes a leader’s principal incentive and role as service to others. Servant leadership is a very prevalent leadership model.
The servant leader serves the person he/she leads, which infers that employees are an end in themselves rather than a means to an organizational purpose or bottom line. There are ten characteristics of servant leadership: listening empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of people, and building community. Which enhances Servant leadership replacement of the former command and control models of leadership, and to be more focused on the needs of others. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve.
Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The best test is: do those served grow as persons: do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more keel themselves to become servants? And, what is the effect on the least privileged in society; will they benefit, or, at least, not be further deprived? (Greengage, 1977/2002, p. 27) With that definition in 1 970, retired AT executive Robert K. Greengage (1904-1990) coined the term servant leadership and launched a quiet revolution in the way in which we view and practice leadership.
Three decades later the concept of servant leadership is increasingly viewed as an ideal leadership form to which untold numbers of people and organizations aspire. In fact, we are witnessing today an unparalleled explosion of interest in, and practice of, servant leadership. Servant Leadership A way of leadership that states the leader is destined to work for people and community. Servant Leadership: What is Leadership? Adhering is the process of using social influence to organize a group of people toward common goals.
Leaders point to the path to achieve goals and lead groups in order to accomplish objectives. Leaders may or may not have formal authority. According to the trait theory of leadership, certain human traits make people better leaders. Those traits said to be found in the most effective leaders are: intelligence, adjustment, extroversion, conscientiousness, openness to experiences, and general self-efficacy. Defining Servant Leadership Servant leadership involves feeling responsible to the world and actively contributing to the well-being of people and communities. It begins with the feeling of wanting to serve.
A servant leader looks at what people need and asks how to help people in order to solve problems and promote personal development. He or she places the main focus on people, because content and motivated people will be best able to reach their goals and fulfill expectations. Characteristics of Servant Leadership Larry C. Spears identified 10 characteristics that are central to servant leadership. ‘ 1. Listening: Traditionally, and also in servant leadership, managers must have communication skills. A servant leader listens to subordinates and supports them in decision-making. 2. Empathy: A servant leader attempts to understand and empathic.
Workers are considered not only employees but also people who deserve respect and appreciation for their personal development. 3. Healing: A great strength of a servant leader is the ability to heal oneself and others. A servant leader helps people solve problems and conflicts because they want to encourage and support individual personal development. 4. Awareness: A servant leader needs to cultivate general awareness and self-awareness. Such leaders need the ability to view situations from integrated, holistic positions, resulting in a clearer understanding of ethics and values. . Persuasion: A servant leader does not take advantage of their power and status by coercing compliance; they try to convince the people they manage. This element distinguishes servant leadership from traditional, authoritarian models. 6. Conceptualization: A servant leader thinks beyond day-to-day realities, seeing past the limits of the business and focusing on long-term goals. 7. Foresight: Foresight is the ability to foresee likely outcomes, enabling a servant leader to learn about the past and understand the changing nature of the current reality. . Stewardship: Servant leadership is seen as an obligation to help and serve others. Openness and persuasion are more important than control. 9. Commitment to the growth of people: A servant leader is convinced that people have an intrinsic value beyond their contributions as workers. Therefore, he or she would nurture the personal, professional, and spiritual growth of employees. 10. Building community: A servant leader builds a strong community within the organization and wants to develop a true community among businesses and institutions. ) Compare and contrast servant leadership with at least two other models of leadership. Theory Comparisons Discovering most favorable practices for gainful leadership consequences need not be caught up by the involvements of the challenge to find an all, embracing leadership theory. In concern to the significantly significant leadership superiority of comprehensiveness, we can discover helpful attitudes contained by the perceptions of two chief leadership theories: transformational leadership and servant leadership.
The application or use, of these two leadership departments in a harmonize manner has the prospective for manufacturing an effective interaction in respect to an all- encompassing leadership style. Servant-leadership is most often compared with transformational leadership, a leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems. In its ideal form, it creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders.
Enacted in its authentic form, transformational leadership enhances the motivation, morale and performance of followers through a variety of mechanisms. These include connecting the follower’s sense of identity and self to the mission and the collective identity of the organization; being a role model for followers that inspires them; challenging followers to take greater ownership for their work, and understanding the strengths and weaknesses Of followers, so the leader can align followers with tasks that optimize their performance.
This theory was introduced in 1978 by James MacGregor Burns, ND later extended by Bernard M. Bass (1985). Like servant-leadership, transformational leadership has become a popular leadership model in recent years because of its emphasis on extraordinary leader characteristics and its humanistic valuation of followers. Some behavioral scientists have contend that transformational and servant-leadership theories are both rooted in the charismatic leadership framework developed by Max Weber in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (Smith, Montage & Zonked, 2004).
Indeed, both theories share the charismatic leadership model’s focus on leadership qualities and behavior. Transformational and servant-leadership, however, are not the equivalents of each other, nor is one an instance of the other (Stone, Russell & Patterson, 2003). Instead, they are complementary frameworks that share a focus on the individual, both in terms of appreciation of followers and of emphasis on leadership characteristics, but differ significantly in leader motivation, organizational objectives, measures of success, resulting cultures, and contextual appropriateness.
Smith, Montage and Zonked (2004) posit that “the leaders motivation for behaving is a critical distinction between the two theories” (p. 85). Where the ramifications leader is ultimately motivated by the need to achieve organizational goals, the servant-leader is ultimately motivated by the need to support the self-actualization of followers. In transformational leadership, the personal development and empowerment of followers is approached as a means for achieving the organizational goal; in servant-leadership, it is the goal.
As a result, servant-leadership places a greater emphasis on people over production, and transformational leadership places a greater emphasis on the reverse. This results in different measures of success for the two theoretical frameworks. The differing emphases of the two theories also lead to very different cultural environments, according to Smith, Montage and Zonked (2004). Transformational leadership’s combined emphasis on performance and inspiration fosters an “empowered dynamic culture”, while servant-leadership’s emphasis on shared leadership and healthy follower relationships creates a “spiritual generative culture” (p. 6). Both cultures are markedly different, suggesting the two leadership styles may differ in contextual appropriateness. Similarities and Differences Is there a real difference, if any, between transformational leadership and revert leadership? Is servant leadership just a subset of transformational leadership or vice versa? Are transformational leadership and servant leadership the same theory, except for their use of different names? The side- by-side comparison reveals that transformational leadership and servant leadership have relatively analogous characteristics.
Perhaps this is because both transformational and servant leadership are attempts to define and explain people-oriented leadership styles. According to both concepts, their leadership frameworks incorporate: (a) influence, (b) vision, (c) trust, (d) suspect or credibility, (d) risk-sharing or delegation, (e) integrity, and (f) modeling. Both transformational leadership and servant leadership emphasize the importance of appreciating and valuing people, listening, mentoring or teaching and empowering followers.
In fact, the theories are probably most similar in their emphasis upon individualized consideration and appreciation of followers. In comparison, transformational leadership and servant leadership do have points of variation. There is a much greater emphasis upon service of followers and service to followers in the servant leadership paradigm. Furthermore, while both transformational leaders and servant leaders are influential, servant leaders gain influence in a nontraditional manner that derives from shorthanded itself (Russell & Stone, 2002).
In so doing, they allow extraordinary freedom for followers to exercise their own abilities. They also place a much higher degree of trust in their followers than would be the case in any leadership style that required the leader to be somewhat directive. The Difference Are there any real differences between transformational leadership and servant leadership, our position is that the concepts hold many similarities, ND they are complementary theories in many respects. Nonetheless, they ultimately form a distinctly separate theoretical framework of leadership because of a primary difference.
The principal difference between transformational leadership and servant leadership is the focus of the leader. While transformational leaders and servant leaders both show concern for their followers, the overriding focus of the servant leader is upon service to their followers. The transformational leader has a greater concern for getting followers to engage in and support organizational objectives. The extent to which the leader is able to shift the primary focus of his or her leadership from the organ action to the follower is the distinguishing factor in determining whether the leader may be a transformational or servant leader.
Furthermore, we proffer that this primary distinction influences other characteristics and outcomes, giving rise to secondary differences between the concepts. Servant Leadership vs… Authentic Leadership: What are the Differences? Written by: N Nab;edited by: Jean Shied;updated: 6/8/201 0 Authentic leadership is a concept introduced by management expert Bill George in his 2003 book “Authentic Leadership” and developed further in the later book “true North. ” George describes authentic leadership as a leadership style that is consistent with a leaders’ personality and core values, and that is honest, ethical and practical.
Both servant leadership and authentic leadership are positive leadership concepts that have much in common. The major difference between servant leadership and authentic leadership lies in approach, application, and style. Slide 1 of 6 What is Authentic Leadership and Servant Leadership? Bob Terry, in his book “Authentic Leadership: Courage in Action” (1993) fines authentic leadership as knowing and acting on what is true and real inside the leaders self, team, and organization, along with knowing and acting on what is true and real in the world.
Authentic leaders are confident, hopeful, optimistic, and resilient individuals deeply aware of how they think and behave. Such people display a high level of integrity and remain committed to building an organization through purpose, value, heart, relationships, and self-discipline. Servant Leadership is a positive leadership model that has emerged out of the root concept of authentic leadership. Robert Greengage, in his 1 970 essay “The Servant as Leader describes servant leaders as individuals with a natural inclination to serve.
Such people make a conscious choice to lead to serve rather than lead to gain power or acquire material possessions. They try to serve their organizations through characteristics such as listening empathy, healing relationships, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to human resource development, and commitment to building community. Slide 2 Of 6 Similarities between Servant Leadership and Authentic Leadership Servant Adhering and authentic leadership have many characteristics in common.
Both leadership styles: Genuine desire to serve others and are interested in empowering the people they serve Place a high importance on values and remain guided by qualities of compassion, and passion Refuse to compromise on principles Place high importance on establishing relationships with people Rely on their personal charisma to get things done Leaders lead from personal conviction rather than a desire for status or reward Focus on building people’s strengths rather than focusing on what is wrong with people and their weaknesses The basis of both authentic Adhering and servant leadership lie in either explicit or implicit recognition of the leader’s self-awareness and the focus on integrity, trust, courage, and hope. While these remain established traits in authentic leadership, they remain largely theoretical and not supported by empirical research in servant leadership model. Slide 3 of 6 Difference between Servant Leadership and Authentic Leadership in Approach The fundamental difference between servant leadership and authentic leadership lies in the approach. While servant leadership strives to be “right,” authentic leadership strives to be “real.
Servant leadership is a normative leadership style that lays down set characteristics that all leaders are supposed to emulate to attain success and tries to shape the character and personality of the leader to such values. Authentic leadership on the other hand, is character driven and does not recognize leadership styles or a fixed set of characteristics that leaders are supposed to emulate. The authentic leadership theory holds that each leader has their own unique style developed through study, experience, consultation and introspection, and consistent with their character and personality. Lied 4 of 6 Application A major difference between authentic leaders vs.. Servant leaders relate to serving others needs. The core principle of servant leadership is to give priority to the interest of others.
The primary duty of the leader is to serve others by fulfilling their needs, aspirations, and desires. Authentic leadership on the other hand does not encourage the leader to be too responsive to the desires of others on going overboard to meet the desires of each individuals create problems such as: Organizational goals suffering due to competing interests Danger of deviating from course of action adder not making difficult decisions due to fear of offending slide 5 of 6 Difference between Servant Leadership and Authentic Leadership in Style Servant leadership’s one-dimensional approach does not change in response to the situation. This leadership style recommends listening, persuasion, and empathy even during times Of grave crisis.
Authentic leaders are more proactive and adapt their style to fit the immediate situation. Such leaders can be inspiring and motivating on one occasion, and tough about people- related or financial decisions on another occasion. While both servant leaders ND authentic leaders look for opportunities to partner with individuals and groups to address organizational, societal, and environmental issues, the difference between servant leadership and authentic leadership is that authentic leaders foster innovation better and help their organizations discover unique and creative solutions to issues. Slide 6 of 6 What Is an Authentic Leadership Style? Y Lisa Maggots, Demand Media Authentic leaders are true to their own values. Later book “True North. ” George describes authentic leadership as a and that is honest, ethical and practical. An authentic leader is more interested in empowering employees than in money or personal power, and is guided by compassion and heart in everything they do. While many authentic leaders may have natural abilities, George emphasizes that anyone can become an authentic leader through hard work and developing their leadership qualities. Authentic leaders are dedicated to continued personal growth and committed to building lasting relationships and strong organizations.
Authentic leaders draw their inspiration from their own lives. An example: Struck’ founder Howard Schultz was inspired by his fathers’ struggles with or health to make Struck the first American company to provide health care options to part-time employees. Schultz consciously used his life experiences to build a company that was a reflection of his personal values. Related Reading: The Effects of a Manager’s Leadership Style An authentic leader is not afraid to admit mistakes and work to overcome shortcomings. By facing their weaknesses and refusing to compromise with them, authentic leaders can find ways to overcome their weaknesses and this makes them stronger leaders. | <urn:uuid:6bfd127e-c158-4906-91b5-d457d6563a1a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://graduateway.com/servant-leader-research-paper-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.953881 | 3,565 | 2.90625 | 3 |
A mattress is a hefty investment, so you want to make sure you get plenty of use. Most standard mattresses have a lifespan of about ten years before they start to sag and lose support. If you find yourself waking up with aches and pains more often than not, it’s probably time to look for a new mattress. If your bed is past its prime, it could be doing more harm than good. A sagging or broken mattress can aggravate existing back pain or lead to new back problems down the road. Here are some telltale signs that it’s time to replace your mattress:
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Your mattress is sagging, asymmetrical, or lumpy.
If it is sagging in the middle, it is probably time to replace your mattress. Sagging usually occurs due to the normal breakdown of the organic materials in the mattress over time. The more you weigh, the faster your mattress will sag. If the sag is on one side only, it might be good to flip your mattress. If your bed is asymmetrical, there may be a large lump on one side. This is not normal and could signify that it’s time to replace your mattress. If your bed has lumps on the surface, it could signify mold or bacteria. If the lumps are warm to the touch and you can’t seem to get rid of them, it is probably time to buy a new mattress.
Your mattress is noisy.
If your mattress is noisy when you move around on it, it may be time to replace your mattress. Your mattress may be making noise due to the breakdown of materials or the addition of mold or mildew. If your mattress has developed a squeaking or rattling noise, it will only worsen over time. Eventually, the noise will become more than just an annoyance. It could be painful if your mattress is pressing into your bones. Your noisy bed could be affecting your sleep quality, which can lead to all sorts of health problems down the road.
Your mattress has worn or frayed edges.
The edges of your mattress will wear out before the middle section. If you notice your edges are frayed, that could signify a sagging or broken mattress. If the edges of your mattress are curling up slightly or bubbling up, it could be a sign that the middle of the mattress has softened. Curled or bubbled edges can also be a sign of a mildew problem. Depending on how bad the damage is, you may be able to flip your mattress. However, if the damage is severe, it may be time to replace your mattress.
It feels harder or softer than when you bought it.
As time passes, any mattress will naturally grow softer as the materials break down. However, if your mattress has become much softer than when you first bought it, it may be time to buy a new one. If your mattress has become much softer than when you bought it, it could be due to poor quality materials. A softer mattress may also mean that you are adding too much weight to the mattress. If your mattress is harder than when you bought it, it could be due to poor quality materials. A harder mattress may also mean adding too little weight to it.
You wake up with pain or soreness.
If you wake up with moderate to severe pain in the back or hips, it could be due to your mattress. You may also wake up with a lot of pain in your shoulders or neck. If you wake up with pain in your lower back, this could be a sign that your mattress is too soft. You could also wake up with pain in your upper back, which could signify that your mattress is too firm. Most back pain can be avoided if you replace your mattress when needed.
You wake up stuffy and watery-eyed.
If the chemicals and toxins in your mattress are causing you to wake up stuffy and watery-eyed, it is probably time to buy a new mattress. There are a lot of toxic chemicals in the materials used to make mattresses, and these chemicals can make you sick and disrupt your sleep. If you wake up feeling stuffy or watery-eyed, it could be due to the chemicals in your mattress. You may also be sensitive to dust mites and other allergens in your mattress. If you have these symptoms, you should have your mattress inspected for signs of wear and tear. You should also cover your mattress with a dust-proof and allergen-proof cover.
Tips for choosing the right mattress?
Buying a mattress may feel like a daunting task, especially if you’re in the market for a new one. However, some simple tips can help you choose the right mattress.
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Consider Your Sleep Position
The first thing to consider is your preferred sleep position. If you sleep on your back or side, you will want to look for firm mattresses that will support and prevent pressure points from forming. If you tend to sleep on your stomach or back with your arms above your head, you’ll want to look for softer mattresses that will give you more comfort between your body and the bed.
Consider Your Weight
The next thing to consider is your weight and size. If you weigh less than 130 pounds (59 kg), then it’s recommended that you get a firmer mattress so that there isn’t too much space between the bed’s surface and where your body rests on top of it. However, if you weigh more than 230 pounds (104 kg) or are taller than 5’9″ (175 cm), then it’s best to get a softer mattress because they tend to be more durable than firmer ones over time — especially when larger people are sleeping in them every night!
The comfort level of a mattress depends on the type of material used in making it and how well it fits your body shape and size! For example, some people prefer firm mattresses while others like soft ones! You can also look out for specific features like pressure relief or ideal spinal alignment, which may help you find the right fit for your needs.
if you are sensitive to temperature, choose a hypoallergenic mattress cover or one with temperature regulating properties such as gel-infused memory foam or cooling fabric infused into its cover materials – these materials can help regulate temperature, so you don’t wake up sweating or cold all night long!
Think about size
The first thing you should consider is the size of your bed. If you only have one or two people sleeping in your home, it might be easier to go with a twin-sized or full-sized mattress. But if you have more people sleeping in your home or want to make sure that everyone has enough space to sleep comfortably, consider investing in a king-sized mattress.
Consider your Budget
The cost of a mattress is typically influenced by its size and the quality of materials used to construct it. In general, larger beds will cost more than smaller ones because they must use thicker materials to support their weight and provide adequate comfort for their users over an extended period. However, there are plenty of excellent budget mattresses available today that are made from high-quality materials and are still affordable enough for most people’s budgets.
Good night’s sleep is essential for our health and well-being. If your mattress is past its prime, it could be doing more harm than good. A sagging or broken mattress can aggravate existing back pain or lead to new back problems down the road. If you notice these signs, you should replace your mattress with a new one.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — COVID-19 vaccinations now are available to West Virginians older than 16, but disparities persist.
While Black people make up 3.6% of the state population, they compose just 2.1% of those vaccinated, according to state Department of Health and Human Resources statistics. Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show Black people are more likely than white people to contract COVID-19 and be hospitalized and die from the virus.
“Dismal. That is disappointing and those numbers are just dismal,” said Rick Martin, former president of the Charleston NAACP. “It’s alarming knowing what we already know here, that African Americans are going to suffer the most because of this.”
Calhoun and Webster counties — home to 28 and 41 Black people respectively, according to census data — have yet to vaccinate a Black resident, according to the state.
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Time Stamps on NTFS, examination of the MFT
Interesting article on examining Time Stamps (defeating Timestomp? Filetime ?), in terms of highlighting differences between SI and FN attributes. In this article a Perl script is refered to (previously written by Harlan Carvey) to output results…
“.. Chronological data about the files on a Windows system are stored in something called the Master File Table or $MFT ..
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there are two places in the MFT that store this chronological data. One is the $Standard_Information ($S_I) attribute, and the other is the $File_Name ($F_N) attribute ..”
Cepogue, The Digital Standard, 23 February 2011
http://thedigitalstandard.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html – last access 26 February 2011 – ( Full Article )
This entry was posted on February 26, 2011 by cobramark3. It was filed under Analysis, Filetime, MFT, Perl, Software, Timestamps and was tagged with Computer Forensics, Digital Forensics, MFT, NTFS, perl, timestamps.
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Internationalization Mondial College
Our Mondial College is a school for secondary education and is the result of a merge of several different schools. Our pupils range are from 13 to 17 years old. It is situated in the oldest city of the Netherlands. In 2014 we opened a completely new building complex for all the different vocational departments and levels. Our pupils can chose almost every department/vocational subject. Economic Department: Cooking, serving and baking, Tourism, Recreation, Sports and exercise, and Commerce. Technical Department: Construction, Electronics and Metal works. Body and Health Care Department. Classes without vocational subjects. In our view, each child, has his own specific talents and wishes to learn.
We want to coach the pupil in recognizing and developing his own specific talents by connecting to his level and needs. Learning has a central position. Each department/level of our school does this in the way that fits the best. Our main result is the development of the talents of each pupil.
We are a school without a denomination. Each pupil is welcome regardless of this religion, colour or social background. Vision of the Mondial College: within the various departments and teams we have a different approach. This is due to the different levels and age of pupils, but foremost due to the fact that we take into consideration the differences in learning stile of our pupils.
Mondial College offers a wide spectrum of education. Our school aims on developing a broad range of learning and social emotional skills and skills which are relevant to function within our too complex society. Our horizon goes further than our school. Our focus aims on the area around us and on Europe. Internationalization has an important place within our educational system. Our theme is "to know and being known" as counterpart to prejudice and animosity. Our program aims on active citizenship and social integration, as is expected from all schools as from 1st February 2006. Internationalization is part of our curriculum.
We aim to realize contacts with a foreign pupil/organization for each pupil during the entire school carrier. This can be in the form of an international exchange program or by participating in a digital project. Our aim is to learn the pupils that borders between countries, religions, cultures must be taken away. From our teachers we expect a positive attitude and full support towards realizing our international projects. This aspect makes part of our school policy.
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The two largest government disability benefit programs are Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and the Workers' Compensation program. One of the main differences between the two programs is that Workers' Compensation provides benefits to disabilities that arise out of employment activity while disabilities that occur in or out of the workplace can qualify for SSDI. SSDI is administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA).
SSDI also only covers long-term disabilities that prevent a person from being able to work. Workers’ Compensation offers coverage for long-term and short-term disabilities. There is a five month waiting period before SSDI benefits can take effect, whereas Workers' Compensation payments become available almost right away upon a worker's initial absence from work due to the injury or impairment.
If an individual turns out to be eligible for both, the two programs can both be paid but the total amount can't exceed 80% of the worker's monthly income. In most cases, SSDI is reduced in order to keep the payment from exceeding the 80% maximum. This is known as the workers' compensation offset. In some states, through and arrangement with the federal government, have the workers' compensation payments reduced, which is known as the reverse offset.
One thing that can be noted is that at age 65, a person who receives SSDI has their payments are converted to Social Security retirement benefits. Retirement benefits are not subject to the Workers' Compensation offset.
This offset, depending on the structure of the settlement, can greatly reduce a your monthly income. Workers' Compensation settlements will often come in the form of a lump sum.
The SSA will consider the lump sum to be in the form of ongoing payments. Without specific terms spelled out in your workers comp settlement, the SSA can make the calculations by dividing the lump sum by the amount you received prior to your settlement and this will determine the number off weeks or months that the offset would apply against your SSDI benefits. In some cases the period of the offset can last up to two years or more leaving little to none of your SSDI benefits for that time period.
Unless the terms of the settlement specify the structure of the payments or any deductions such as attorney fees this is most likely how the SSA will calculate your offset. This can vary from one state to another but in general, the structuring of your settlement could significantly affect your monthly income and the benefits you are allowed to receive through both SSDI and workers comp.
A Workers' Compensation Attorney will know how to structure the terms of your settlement to maximize the benefit to you and minimize any reductions of your payments. The attorney will often extend the duration of the settlement period to extend for a lifetime thereby lowering the monthly payment thereby reducing or eliminating the offset. Workers' Comp Attorneys will also know how to structure your settlement to have their fees taken out before the calculations for your payments are made, which can also reduce the amount of the offset.
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Streaming giant Netflix has made enormous strides in promoting more diverse content through avenues like Strong Black Lead, Netflix African Originals, and more. However, a diversity study commissioned by the company revealed there’s still much work to be done to offer more representation in TV and film.
CNBC reports that this past Friday, Netflix unveiled a first-of-its-kind diversity study — led by founder and director of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Dr. Stacy L. Smith — to breakdown the makeup of Netflix’s on-screen talent, as well as the people behind-the-camera such as creators, producers, writers and directors.
The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative — the leading think tank in the world studying diversity and inclusion in entertainment through research — regularly produces these in-depth reports on diversity in film and television in the industry.
Within this recent study, Dr. Smith and her team examined all of the films and series Netflix commissioned between the years of 2018 and 2019. CNBC reports that of the 22 inclusion indicators — i.e. racial identities, LGBTQ+ and disabilities — 19 showed improvement over the two-year period.
The motive behind this comprehensive study, according to co-CEO Ted Sarandos, was to ask the hard questions that hold a microscope up to the gaps in diversity on and off-screen — including inquiries such as “Whose voice is missing? Is this portrayal authentic? Who is excluded?,” CNBC shares.
In an interview with Forbes, Dr. Smith revealed the process behind Netflix’s internal decision to analyze the progress they’ve made with diversity and what the next steps are to fix this issue.
“I think for any company that really wants to reflect the stories of their consumer base and their audience, it’s wise to do an internal audit and see where they might be reflecting the world, where they may be leading, and where they may be coming up short,” she told the outlet. “It’s something we’ve advocated for for years, and it’s just fantastic given the volume of the content Netflix has and the values of the company, that all of these aligned and they decided to undertake this process and be transparent in rolling out the results.”
“On the most prominent indicators, we’re seeing proportional representation with the U.S. population being reflected. There are other places where there’s vast room for improvement, but it’s very similar to what we have found in evaluating film generally—in particular, the epidemic of invisibility,” she added.
Following this study, co-CEO Sarandos revealed that the streaming company would be rolling out a new $100 million fund over the next five years — in partnership with external organizations — to get diversity and inclusion on its platform in better standing for success of underrepresented communities.
“Doing better means establishing even more opportunities for people from underrepresented communities to have their voices heard, and purposefully closing capacity and skill gaps with training programs where they are needed,” he said in a blog post.
This latest news is just another big step for Netflix toward building a legacy that advocates for inclusion.
For more information on Netflix’s Inclusion in Netflix Original U.S.
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FTC: Oracle in the Wrong Over Java Updates
Oracle will be forced to allow customers to easily uninstall old, insecure versions of Java SE after agreeing to settle regulator charges that it deceived consumers about its security updates.
The FTC claimed in a press release that Oracle had promised Java users that by installing its updates they would be “safe and secure.” However, it apparently failed to tell them that the update only automatically removed the most recent prior version of the popular software.
This strategy potentially left older, insecure versions of Java on user machines which could then be exploited by hackers.
What’s more, the FTC claimed that internal documents showed Oracle knew its Java update mechanism was “not aggressive enough or simply not working” as far back as 2011.
The business software giant did inform customers of the need to remove older software versions, via notices on its site. But these failed to explain that the update process didn’t automatically do this, violating Section 5 of the FTC Act, the regulator claimed.
The firm finally sorted the problem out in August 2014, it is claimed.
Oracle will now be required to notify any customers during the update process if they have outdated Java software versions; to inform them about the risks involved with having old software running; and to give them the option of uninstalling it.
It will also need to post a “broad notice” on its site and social channels about the FTC decision and how users can remove old versions of Java.
The FTC added:
“The consent order also will prohibit the company from making any further deceptive statements to consumers about the privacy or security of its software and the ability to uninstall older versions of any software Oracle provides.”
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Fab Melo facts for kids
Fabricio "Fab" Paulino de Melo (20 June 1990 – 11 February 2017) was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He played as a center. In the United States, he played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Syracuse Orange. In Brazil, he played for LSB and Brasília of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).
Melo died from an apparent heart attack on 11 February 2017 in Juiz de Fora. He was 26.
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or NBA.com/dleague
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|Purpose:||Create, modify, or delete file and subdirectory descriptions|
|Format:||Creating or modifying descriptions|
DESCRIBE [ranges... /I"text"] [/= /A:atrlst /O:[-]acdeginorstuz /Cn /R /W] [@file] file [[/D]"description"] ] ...]
Description file updating
DESCRIBE /U [[d:\path\descript.ion] ...]]
|file||The file or files to operate on.|
|@file||A text file containing the names of the files to describe, one per line (see @file lists for details).|
|"description"||The description to attach to the file.|
DESCRIBE adds descriptions to files and subdirectories. (Volume root directories cannot have descriptions.) The descriptions are displayed by DIR in single-column mode and by SELECT, and can be retrieved using the @DESCRIPT function. Descriptions let you identify your files in much more meaningful ways than you can in a filename alone.
If you don't specify any arguments, DESCRIBE will display its command dialog.
You enter a description on the command line by typing the DESCRIBE, the filename, and the description in double quotes, like this:
describe memo.txt "Memo to Bob about party"
If you don't put a description on the command line, DESCRIBE will prompt you for it:
Describe "memo.txt" : Memo to Bob about party
If you use wildcards or multiple filenames with the DESCRIBE command and don't include the description text, you will be prompted to enter a description for each file. If you do include the description on the command line, all matching files will be given the same description.
When you use DESCRIBE on an LFN drive, you must quote file if it contains white space or special characters.
If you enter a quoted description on the command line, and the text matches the name of a file in the current directory, TCC will treat the string as a quoted file name, not as description text as you intended. To resolve this problem use the /D switch immediately prior to the quoted description (with no intervening spaces). For example, if the current directory contains the files DATA.TST and "Test File", the first of these commands will work as intended, but the second will not (in the second example the string "test file" will be treated as a second file name, when it is intended to be description text):
describe data.tst /D"test file" correct command
describe data.tst "test file" incorrect command
On LFN drives you will not see file descriptions in a normal DIR display, because DIR must leave space for the long filenames. To view the descriptions, use DIR /Z to display the directory in FAT format. See DIR for more details.
Each description can be up to 511 characters long. You can change this limit with the Maximum Length configuration option. In order to fit your descriptions on a single line in a standard DIR display, keep them to 40 characters or less (longer descriptions are wrapped in the DIR output). DESCRIBE can edit descriptions longer than Maximum Length (up to a limit of 511 characters), but will not allow you to lengthen the existing text.
The descriptions are stored either in the NTFS SummaryInformation stream (if you have set the NTFS Descriptions configuration option), or in each directory in a hidden file called DESCRIPT.ION. Use the ATTRIB command to remove the hidden attribute from this file if you need to copy or delete it. DESCRIPT.ION is always created as a hidden file, but will not be rehidden by TCC if you remove the hidden attribute.
You can change the description file name with the Description Filename configuration option or the SETDOS /D command, and retrieve it with the %_DNAME internal variable. Use caution when changing the description file name, as changing the name from the default will make it difficult to transfer file descriptions to another system.
The description file is modified appropriately whenever you perform an internal command which affects it (such as COPY, MOVE, DEL, or RENAME), but not if you use an external program (such as XCOPY or Explorer). You can disable description processing with the Enable Descriptions configuration option, or with SETDOS /D.
When you COPY, MOVE or REN files between two directories, both of which have descriptions, and you use switches which enable processing of hidden files (or you have removed the hidden attribute from DESCRIPT.ION), you must use caution to avoid overwriting existing file descriptions in the destination directory with the DESCRIPT.ION file from the source directory. See the notes under the Advanced Features sections of COPY and MOVE for additional details.
If you disable descriptions with the SETDOS /D0 option, DESCRIBE will return with an error message.
|/=||Display the DESCRIBE command dialog to help you set the filename and command line options. The /= option can be anywhere on the line; additional options will set the appropriate fields in the command dialog.|
|/A:||Select only those files that have the specified attribute(s) set. See Attribute Switches for information on the attributes which can follow /A:. Do not use /A: with @file lists. See @file lists for details.|
You can specify /A:= to display a dialog to help you set individual attributes.
|/Cn dir||Convert descriptions between DESCRIPT.ION and the NTFS file summary formats. The argument following /Cn is the start directory; DESCRIBE will convert the descriptions in that directory and all of its subdirectories.|
|/C0||convert descriptions from NTFS to DESCRIPT.ION|
|/C1||convert descriptions from DESCRIPT.ION to NTFS|
The quoted string following the /D switch without any separation is used as a description, not a file name, avoiding ambiguity in the meaning of quoted strings. See the Usage section above for details.
Select files by matching text in their descriptions. The text can include wildcards and extended wildcards. The search text must be enclosed in double quotes, and must follow the /I immediately, with no intervening spaces. You can select all filenames that have a description with /I"[?]*", or all filenames that do not have a description with /I"". Do not use /I with @file lists. See @file lists for details.
|/O:...||Sort the files before processing. You may use any combination of the sorting options below. If multiple options are used, the listing will be sorted with the first sort option as the primary key, the next as the secondary key, and so on:|
|n||Sort by filename and extension, unless e is explicitly included. This is the default.|
|-||Reverse the sort order for the next sort key|
|a||Sort names and extensions in standard ASCII order, instead of numerically when numeric substrings are included in the name or extension.|
|c||Sort by compression ratio|
|d||Sort by date and time (oldest first); also see /T:acw|
|e||Sort by extension|
|g||Group subdirectories first, then files|
|i||Sort by description|
|o||Sort by owner|
|r||Reverse the sort order for all options|
|s||Sort by size|
|t||Same as d|
|z||Same as s|
|/U||Update the DESCRIPT.ION file (or the file specified by the Description Filename configuration option), deleting the entries for any nonexistent files. If no filename is supplied, DESCRIBE will process DESCRIPT.ION in the current directory. Otherwise, DESCRIBE will process DESCRIPT.ION in the specified path(s). This option may not be used in conjunction with other DESCRIBE options.| | <urn:uuid:b2d56d44-599a-4ccc-9924-d9820ab07b71> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jpsoft.com/help/describe.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.814922 | 1,775 | 2.34375 | 2 |
A kind of wheel hub
This utility model relates to hub technology field, particularly to a kind of wheel hub.
Wheel hub, is again wheel rim, wheel, tire bell, be in tire the wide drum-shaped supporting tire, in
The heart is contained in the metal parts on axle.Wheel hub is according to diameter, width, molding mode, material variety classes
Existing hub for vehicle wheel simple structure, in actual production, the insufficient strength that wheel hub can carry,
Poor radiation, is restricted service life.
Utility model content
Technical problem to be solved in the utility model is to provide a kind of wheel hub, to solve in prior art
The existing hub for vehicle wheel simple structure caused, in actual production, the intensity that wheel hub can carry is not
Enough, poor radiation, the above-mentioned multinomial defect such as it is restricted service life.
For achieving the above object, the technical scheme that this utility model offer is following: a kind of wheel hub, including
Hub body, described hub body includes wheel shaft and wheel rim, is provided with some between described wheel rim and wheel shaft
Individual spoke, forms delthyrium, the surrounding of described wheel shaft between described adjacent spoke and the inwall of wheel rim
Being provided with several connecting rods, described connecting rod is connected with spoke, is interval with between described connecting rod
Louvre, described wheel rim is provided with some junction points, sets between described junction point and the summit of delthyrium
There is reinforcement, fixing connection between described reinforcement.
Preferably, described wheel rim is provided with protective coating.
Preferably, being provided with label between described adjacent spoke, the surface of described label is provided with
Bright screening glass, described transparency protected fixing with hub body is connected.
Preferably, described connecting rod is provided with openwork part.
Preferably, described spoke is diamond structure.
Above technical scheme is used to provide the benefit that: the wheel hub of this utility model structure, adjacent wheel
Forming delthyrium between spoke and the inwall of wheel rim, triangular structure is the most firm, and delthyrium can alleviate
The weight of hub body, simultaneously can play good thermolysis, if the surrounding processing of wheel shaft with
A dry connecting rod, connecting rod is connected with spoke, stabilized structure, between connecting rod interval process with
Louvre, while ensureing stabilized structure, it is possible to well evacuate heat, if there being involvement on wheel rim
Contact, processes with reinforcement between junction point and the summit of delthyrium, fixing connection between reinforcement,
Form a complete reinforcement system, it is possible to carry bigger intensity, increase the service life, on wheel rim
Scribble one layer of protective coating, improve the wear-resisting and decay resistance of wheel rim, be carved with between adjacent spoke
Label, the surface of label installs transparency protected, and transparency protected in order to prevent label in use process
Middle heavy corrosion, causes smudgy, and connecting rod has openwork part, is alleviating hub body weight
While amount, strengthening heat radiation further, spoke is diamond structure, and balance is good, stabilized structure, this
Design, simple and reasonable, wheel hub can carry bigger intensity, and thermal diffusivity is good, and service life is long.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is structural representation of the present utility model；
Fig. 2 is the partial schematic diagram of wheel rim.
Wherein, 1-hub body, 2-wheel shaft, 3-wheel rim, 4-spoke, 5-delthyrium, 6-connecting rod,
7-louvre, 8-junction point, 9-reinforcement, 10-protective coating, 11-label, 12-is transparency protected
Sheet, 13-openwork part.
Detailed description of the invention
Describe preferred implementation of the present utility model below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in detail.
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 shows detailed description of the invention of the present utility model: a kind of wheel hub, including wheel hub this
Body 1, described hub body 1 includes wheel shaft 2 and wheel rim 3, sets between described wheel rim 3 and wheel shaft 2
There are several spokes 4, between described adjacent spoke 4 and the inwall of wheel rim 3, form delthyrium 5,
Described wheel shaft 2 be formed around several connecting rods 6, described connecting rod 6 is connected with spoke 4,
Being interval with louvre 7 between described connecting rod 6, described wheel rim 3 is provided with some junction points 8,
Reinforcement 9 it is provided with between described junction point 8 and the summit of delthyrium 5, solid between described reinforcement 9
In the present embodiment, described wheel rim 3 is provided with protective coating 10, improves the wear-resisting and resistance to of wheel rim 3
Corrosive nature, is provided with label 11 between described adjacent spoke 4, the surface of described label 11 is provided with
Transparency protected 12, described transparency protected 12 fixing with hub body 1 is connected, transparency protected
12, in order to prevent label 11 in use heavy corrosion, cause smudgy, described connecting rod
6 are provided with openwork part 13, while alleviating hub body 1 weight, strengthen heat radiation further,
Described spoke 4 is diamond structure, and balance is good, stabilized structure.
Above-described is only preferred implementation of the present utility model, it is noted that for this area
Those of ordinary skill for, without departing from this utility model create design on the premise of, it is also possible to do
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CollateX is a software to
- read multiple (≥ 2) versions of a text, splitting each version into parts (tokens) to be compared,
- identify similarities of and differences between the versions (including moved/transposed segments) by aligning tokens, and
- output the alignment results in a variety of formats for further processing, for instance
- to support the production of a critical apparatusor the stemmatical analysis of a text’s genesis.
The Footprints projects is a growing database of records that aim to track the circulation of printed “Jewish books” across time and space. Though the great majority of records come from the early modern period and beyond, there are currently over 200 entries from the invention of the printing press to the end of the 16th century.
The database tracks interactions with printed books through what it calls “footprints,” which is the project’s terminology for users’ interactions with books through marginalia, ownership marks, and numerous other qualities. The project features advanced search functionality that allows a user to search by time, place, and various textual and physical properties of the printed books. There is also visualization capability to show the path of books and holdings in various repositories around the world.
Additionally, an active community of users exists on the site as well as a blog that is updated regularly.
Housed at Johns Hopkins University, the Glossarial Concordance to Middle English is a database of words and their locations in texts derived from the Chaucer and Gower’s poetic works. The creators hope to expand the platform to other Middle English authors in the future. Drawing primarily from Larry Benson’s Riverside Chaucer in addition to the compiled works of Gower, the database allows a user to make complex searches for terms and phrases in those authors’ works. For an entry, the Concordance presents the text’s title and the line number at which it appears.
The site also interacts with the Middle English Dictionary to allow a user to search by dictionary headword. Searching is made simpler through the use of predictive text, so that as a user begins typing, the Concordance offers possible matches in the search box. The site invites users to contact the creators if they would like to add a text. Additionally, the source code for the project is made available on GitHub.
PASE is a web-accessible relational database of recorded inhabitants of Anglo-Saxon England from the late sixth to the late 11th century, drawn from sources like the Domesday Book, saints’ lives, inscriptions, chronicles, and other evidence.
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Who we are
The College offers pathways to university through an exciting range of University Foundation Studies and Diploma/Bachelor programs. Small class sizes and individualised attention from academics provide a supportive environment for students to succeed in their tertiary studies.
We provide high-quality education and resources to our students optimised by our relationship with Western Sydney University.
This is why students from around the globe rank The College and Western Sydney University as their preferred education destinations in Australia.
What we do
We focus on preparing students for undergraduate and postgraduate study by developing their academic, learning and study skills through a range of programs. The College offers:
- Academic Pathway Programs including University Foundation Studies and Diploma Programs;
- English Language Programs designed to help you improve your English skills from basic communication skills to advanced Academic English.
- English Language Entrance Tests and preparation programs to help you succeed in work or further study, including
- RTO – Registered Training Organisation including short programs, training and assessmen, and other learning and development programs.
We put students first
We develop, design and deliver programs that support students to succeed in studying and in reaching their chosen careers.
As a result, The College sees high levels of satisfaction, retention and progression among our students. We have seen that The College students who move into the university achieve great academic results, on par with Western students that begin their studies at the uni.
The College Experience
At The College we offer:
- A flexible learning model for all programs including a combination of face-to-face and online learning
- Simulations, group activities and site based learning opportunities allow you to delve deeper into your fields of interest
- Digital technologies such as virtual lectures
- Programs are full-time but offered in a flexible delivery mode
- Email and internet access is available on all campuses
- Cutting-edge computer technology and state-of-the-art teaching facilities on all campuses
The College has collaborated with a number of Australian and international organisations with the aim of:
- creating and delivering tailored programs;
- promoting a cutting edge approach to transition teaching strategies; and
- validating teaching and learning programs.
Our collaborative partnerships allow us to advance and promote innovation in teaching and learning, as well as to benchmark against the world’s best practice methodologies and processes.
We have close links with other universities and education institutions in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the Americas.
This enables Western students to participate in exciting international student exchange programs- to study in another country as part of their degree in Australia. Students can participate in student exchange once they begin studies at the university.
Working closely with our community, business and industry partners both locally and internationally, we are committed to unlocking the future potential of our region and the communities we engage with.
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Benefits of red rice in diet
What makes this variant of rice a healthy choice is the red husk, which is loaded with the goodness of nature.
Some of the health benefits are:
More antioxidant content than in any other rice variant
Improves oxygen consumption
Helps in digestion
Helps in the production of RBCs(Red blood cells)
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Customer expectations of financial services are changing, mainly due to digitization
Strong competition, stricter regulations and corporate governance requirements are daily realities for financial services organizations, while speed, accuracy and performance is essential for success.
Financial services companies often take an entrepreneurial and dynamic approach to purchasing, yet sometimes miss out on major strategic rewards.
A lack of real-time data for spend analysis means banks and others can fail to spot opportunities to take advantage of purchasing trends, manage suppliers better and improve sourcing – on everything from office and IT supplies to building maintenance.
While companies understand the value of risk management and the threat of fines, they don't always see serious vulnerabilities that exist within their supplier base – or know how to manage due diligence across thousands of suppliers, categories and countries.
Organizational challenges can flare up too. Mergers, acquisitions and the separation of some retail and investment operations – ordered by regulators – can cause problems when disparate teams, legacy systems and data fail to fit the new shape of an organization. | <urn:uuid:7369f6ca-7f5f-4b8c-9dfc-6b56d995f3d3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.proactis.com/us/2022/solutions/sectors/financial-services/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.944661 | 203 | 1.570313 | 2 |
If you have children under the age of 18, by now you likely have gotten your first advance child tax credit payment, either by check or by direct deposit. Be aware, this is money you would have gotten credit for on your 2021 tax return when you file it next year anyway. You are just receiving it in advance, meaning you may not get as much as expected when you file your tax return.
This is an overview of the several tax benefits that were included in the American Rescue Plan Act recently passed by Congress that will impact families with children and lower-income taxpayers during 2021. These include increased … Read More
With the passage of the CARES Act stimulus package early in 2020, the federal government began supplementing the normal state weekly unemployment benefits by adding $600 per week through the end of July 2020. When this … Read More | <urn:uuid:8127a42e-1ef0-4769-a35e-53bf15a12546> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://worthtax.com/tag/american-rescue-plan-act/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.98261 | 169 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Pope Francis’s famous 2013 exhortation at a World Youth Day gathering in Rio de Janeiro,“¡Hagan lío!” (“Make some noise!”), has become a signature symbol of his papacy, to the delight of his progressive fans. Liberal Catholics and liberal non-Catholics glow when Francis, not known for prolonged deliberation over word choice, condemns capitalism, stamps his papal imprimatur on global-warming theory, hints that divorced and remarried Catholics might be able to receive Holy Communion without an ecclesiastical annulment process, and declares not only that atheists can go to heaven but that efforts to convert them or anyone else to Christianity amount to “solemn nonsense.”
Perhaps Francis’s best-known off-the-cuff remark was “Who am I to judge?”—a statement regarding gay people seeking God that he uttered on the plane ride home from that 2013 youth gathering. The rhetorical question garnered Francis the LGBT magazine The Advocate’s “Person of the Year” award and a cover photo with the slogan “No H8” photoshopped onto the pontiff’s cheek. “Who am I to judge?” was also one of the rhetorical high points of Wim Wenders’s hagiographical documentary Pope Francis: A Man of His Word, released earlier this year.
So what do all those adoring progressives make of Francis’s latest foray into gay-themed lío? According to news accounts, during an August interview with Spanish Claretian priest Fernando Prado that became part of Prado’s just-published book about Catholic religious vocations, the pope seemed to say that the Catholic Church should stop admitting people with “rooted” homosexual tendencies into the religious life. He said (and I’m quoting here from an NBC report about the book): “The question of homosexuality is a very serious one….In our societies, it even seems homosexuality is fashionable. And this mentality, in some way, also influences the life of the church.” According to the NBC report, Francis made his remarks after a clergyman told him that having gays in Catholic religious housing “isn't so grave” because it's “only an expression of affection.”
That reasoning, Francis said in his interview, “is in error….In consecrated life and priestly life, there is no room for this kind of affection.” He then added: “For this reason, the Church urges that persons with this rooted tendency not be accepted into ministry or consecrated life.” As for men and women with homosexual tendencies who have already made religious vows, Francis ordered them not to act upon their desires in any way: “It is better that they leave the priesthood or the consecrated life rather than live a double life.”
Taken on its face, this is stern stuff, not exactly congruent with “Who am I to judge?” Indeed Francis here sounds not unlike Peter Damian, the tough-minded eleventh-century monk who recommended denying holy orders to anyone who had committed even minor homosexual sins (I wrote about Peter Damian here). Barbie Latza Nadeau, Rome bureau chief for the Daily Beast, panicked accordingly. In an article headlined “Pope Francis Goes Full Homophobe,” she complained that, while Francis might want the Catholic Church to welcome gays into its pews, it seems that he “doesn't want them behind the pulpit.”
The ultra-liberal National Catholic Reporter chose not to emphasize what Francis had said about “persons with this rooted tendency” not being “accepted into ministry.” A December 3 news story focused instead on Francis’s second, and far less contentious, exhortation that gay priests live chastely, just as their heterosexual brothers in religious life were required to do. In a December 7 column for NCR, Jesuit priest Thomas Reese argued jesuitically that phrases like “deep-seated tendency” when used by Catholic churchmen aren’t really synonymous with “homosexual orientation” but instead mean “something akin to ‘uncontrollable’ and therefore incapable of observing celibacy”—and that Francis was using that latter definition in proposing his restrictions on seminary admissions. “You do not urge a group of men to live in celibacy if you think they should be banned from the priesthood,” Reese wrote.
Fr. James Martin, S.J., took the same tack. “[Francis]” first speaks about gay priests expressing their ‘affections’—that is, being sexually active—which he obviously condemns,” Martin said, according to a quote in the Jesuit America. “He says that they shouldn’t be accepted into seminaries or religious orders, but then he says that gay priests should be ‘impeccably responsible,’ leading to the conclusion that he accepts them if they are celibate…. My sense is that he is essentially reminding gay priests to be celibate—like all priests are called to be.”
Perhaps Pope Francis, a Jesuit himself, was indeed being as casuistic as Reese and Martin said he was. And it is certainly true that just as gay men can lead chaste and even saintly lives out in the secular world, gay men can lead—and undoubtedly have led—chaste and even saintly lives in holy orders. But in fact, in August Francis was simply reiterating what he told a group of Italian bishops in May 2018: “Keep an eye on the admissions to seminaries, keep your eyes open…If in doubt, better not let [applicants suspected of homosexual inclinations] enter.”
Francis was also reiterating the policy that the Vatican, under his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, had established in 2005: that men “who practice homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ‘gay culture'” are ineligible for the priesthood. (The 2005 document makes an exception for young men who might have experienced “transitory” same-sex attraction as adolescents but requires them to have overcome that attraction for three years before they can be ordained as deacons.) In December 2016 Pope Francis’s Vatican issued a second document continuing that policy.
The underlying problem is, of course, the one that gay-rights advocates and liberal Catholics in general would rather not talk about: that, as the 2004 John Jay College Report concerning priestly sexual abuse revealed, some 80 percent of the victims of priestly sexual malfeasance have been male. And, according to the 2011 follow-up report, some 78 percent of priestly abuse victims haven’t been prepubescent children (whose predators have their own pathology) but adolescents undergoing and past puberty and thus sexually mature in body if not in mind.
In other words, the bulk of the entire unsavory enterprise concerned the abuse of adolescent and adult males by homosexually-oriented priests, activity conducted under the cover of priestly reputation for holiness and a strikingly lopsided adult-teen power dynamic. And ultimately enabled, as the scandals surrounding former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and his seminarians (all of whom were at least in their late teens) have indicated, by a clerical culture that gave such behavior a pass, if it did not encourage it outright. Call this the “gay mafia” if you like.
Catholic liberals have wrested mightily with these stark facts, as they’ve tried to square them with their belief that homosexually-oriented priests pose no more of a threat to young people than heterosexually-oriented priests. But the Vatican’s response since 2005—clearly and repeatedly endorsed by Pope Francis even as his fans scream—has been practical rather than theoretical: One way to eliminate gay culture in the clergy is to eliminate from the very beginning those who might be inclined to participate in it. It’s a bottom-up approach.
Now, if only Francis would make some lío from the top down and take some action, as the U.S. Catholic bishops and many lay Catholics have repeatedly begged him to do. If only Francis would permit an investigation of the arrangements that allowed McCarrick to flourish in his career for decades and the extent to which a gay culture infecting the clergy might have crippled not just the Catholic Church itself but many, many souls.
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Family: Buddlejaceae (Buddleja)
Other Scientific Names: Buddleia davidii
Other Common Names: Summer Lilac
Growth Form/Reproduction: Deciduous shrub with arching branches, growing up to 5m tall. Reproducinve means are by cutting and seed. Each plant is can produce up to 1million seeds, which can persist in the soil for 3-5 years.
Legal Status: None.
Economic: In forests it can compete with replanted Douglas-fir trees, affecting forest succession and growth thus reducing timber values.
Ecological: Can alter proportions of nitrogen and phosphorous in the soil. Displaces native plants, causing loss of habitat for butterflies.
Human: Ornamental shrub with showy, fragrant purple flowers that bloom from mid to late summer.
Habitat: Full sun. Adapted to moist, well drained fertile soils but tolerates poor soils and dry sites. Occupies disturbed sites in riparian zones, river banks and gravel beds, roadsides, pastures, logged areas and rocky slopes.
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My son was in my classroom this morning.
Yes, he was finishing off an assignment.
Yes, it was due today.
Yes, he was given it weeks ago.
It's a boy thing, alright?
So, he was using one of those corrector tape things to draw lines and boxes on his poster.
Then he decided to write "The End" at the bottom using the tape as well.
"Hmm," thinks his wise old father, "I wonder how he will deal with the letter D. That one has curves..."
"Oh right!" I said. "A curve is a series of straight lines!"
"Well," he replied, "The Sydney Harbour Bridge is made up of all straight pieces of metal. There's no curved bits on it."
Of course! I knew this, didn't I? But to be reminded by my son was refreshing.
And then I did some searching and found a few images and things. Remember those drawings and string creations we used to make back in the 70s?
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It is important to recognize the difference in between chemical and also physical changes. Some alters are obvious, however there are some simple ideas you need to know. Physical changes are usually about physical says of matter. Chemical changes happen top top a molecular level when you have two or more molecules that interact. Chemical alters happen once atomic binding are broken or developed during chemical reactions.No change to Molecules
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Chemical changes happen on a lot smaller scale. While part experiments show obvious chemical changes, such as a color change, most chemical alters are not visible. The chemical change as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) i do not care water can not be seen because both liquids room clear. However, behind the scenes, billions of chemical bonds room being created and also destroyed. In this example, you might see bubbles of oxygen (O2) gas. Those balloon are proof of the chemistry changes.Melting a sugar cube is a physical adjust because the problem is still sugar. Burning a sugar cube is a chemical change. Fire activates a chemistry reaction between sugar and oxygen. The oxygen in the wait reacts through the sugar and the chemical bonds room broken. Iron (Fe) rusts once it is exposed to oxygen gas in the air. You have the right to watch the process happen over a long duration of time. The molecules adjust their structure as the stole is oxidized, eventually becoming iron oxide (Fe2O3). Rusty pipe in abandoned structures are real civilization examples that the oxidation process. Isomers
Some chemical changes are extremely tiny and happen over a series of steps. The resulting compounds can have the same variety of atoms, but they will have actually a different structure or combination of atoms. The sugars glucose, galactose, and also fructose all have actually six carbon atoms, twelve hydrogen atoms, and also six oxygen atoms (C6H12O6). Also though they room made the the exact same atoms, lock have an extremely different shapes and are referred to as isomers. Isomers have actually atoms bonded in different orders. Each of the sugars goes through different chemical reactions due to the fact that of the distinctions in their molecular structure. Researchers say the the arrangement of atoms enables for a high degree of specificity, specifically in the molecule of living things. Specificity way the molecules will certainly only work-related in details reactions, not all of them. For example, her body offers glucose as an power source. If you eat galactose molecules, they must be converted into glucose before your body deserve to use them.
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Despite advances in early diagnosis and behavioral therapies, more effective treatments for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are needed. We hypothesized that umbilical cord blood- derived cell therapies may have potential in alleviating ASD symptoms by modulating inflammatory processes in the brain. Accordingly, we conducted a phase I, open-label trial to assess the safety and feasibility of a single intravenous infusion of autologous umbilical cord blood, as well as sensitivity to change in several ASD assessment tools, to determine suitable endpoints for future trials. Twenty-five children, median age 4.6 years (range 2.26–5.97), with a confirmed diagnosis of ASD and a qualified banked autologous umbilical cord blood unit, were enrolled. Children were evaluated with a battery of behavioral and functional tests immediately prior to cord blood infusion (baseline) and 6 and 12 months later. Assessment of adverse events across the 12-month period indicated that the treatment was safe and well tolerated. Significant improvements in children’s behavior were observed on parent-report measures of social communication skills and autism symptoms, clinician ratings of overall autism symptom severity and degree of improvement, standardized measures of expressive vocabulary, and objective eye-tracking measures of children’s attention to social stimuli, indicating that these measures may be useful endpoints in future studies. Behavioral improvements were observed during the first 6 months after infusion and were greater in children with higher baseline nonverbal intelligence quotients. These data will serve as the basis for future studies to determine the efficacy of umbilical cord blood infusions in children with ASD. | <urn:uuid:a4f91be8-1b33-4ecd-960a-0d5c8e2e9a2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sscb-stembiotech.com/autologous-cord-blood-infusions-are-safe-andfeasible-in-young-children-with-autism-spectrumdisorder-results-of-a-single-center-phase-iopen-label-trial/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.958493 | 325 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The importance of Visual Design for charity brands
IE's Creative Director David Crichton looks at the importance of visual design in charity communications, and whether size matters.
Here at IE, we’re often contacted by students who are trying to make their way in the industry. We were recently contacted by a design student looking for industry insight to inform her third year university dissertation. The focus of her query was the important role that visual design plays in a wider rebrand and, interestingly, whether there was a difference between how we’d approach the project based on whether it was a large or small charity client.
As a brand consultancy, we’re always keen to stress that a rebrand is about so much more than a new logo, or a ‘redesign’ – it’s about improving the way a client communicates – how it looks, how it sounds and, crucially, how it acts.
But, the way a charity looks is important, and here’s what we told her:
1) Understand the client and solve their problems.
All IE projects are about solving a client's problems, never about making them look 'prettier'. We're a brand consultancy, so the first step in a project is immersing ourselves in the organisation. We do this to understand a charity's history, structure, audience and ambitions. We'll then work to understand the 'pain points' – what challenges are the clients facing? Sometimes we'll be able to gain this insight through workshops with the client, sometimes we'll carry out stakeholder research to hear what the outside world thinks.
Eventually, we'll get to a point where we've got an understanding of the gap between how the charity sees itself (how it thinks it looks, sounds, and acts) and how the outside world sees its brand. At that stage, we start to think about how we can bridge that gap, and improve the brand through behaviour change, messaging and visual identity.
2) Size really doesn’t matter.
It's really important that brand design never becomes a 'sausage machine'. Each clients' needs are different, and we have to respond accordingly. As such, our designers have to be capable of changing their styles – sometimes a visual identity is led by typography, photography or illustration. No two portfolio pieces are the same, because no two clients are the same.
Size really doesn't affect the visual style significantly. But it can sometimes change how the client is perceived. For instance, a relatively small charity may want to look bigger – to increase people's perception of its reach. Other larger clients may want to look smaller and more personable to increase donations. There's really no golden rule.
But it's undoubtedly true to say that the transformative effect of ‘getting it right’ can be felt more acutely for smaller charities. Large national charities already spend many millions on marketing and advertising, whereas some smaller charities simply don’t invest sufficiently in marketing themselves. When they do, it can revolutionise their organisation's impact and reach.
3) Tell me why I should care.
It's all about engagement. Design has to help a client tell its story really quickly in a crowded marketplace. Whether it's a poster, advert, banner – or anything at all – people need to take notice of it. That's about building awareness. Once people have taken note, it's down to how compelling the proposition is – what are you asking people to do? And why should they care? It's really important to have a great call to action. When people hear your message, and take action – that's engagement.
4) Make an impact.
Helping clients to communicate better, which includes visual identity, can have a transformative effect on a charity. Charity clients frequently survive on donations – and the only way you get donations is by offering audiences a story they believe in. Often, clients have been doing great work for years, or even decades, but they've forgotten how to articulate their mission, and their story, to their audiences.
5) Harness the power of design.
It takes a lot more than good design to build a great brand, but it is a crucial ingredient. Imagine a potential donor is looking to give money to a charity – it needs to be a cause, and an organisation, they care about. Bad design won't necessarily stop people from donating, but it might paint an inaccurate, or even damaging, first impression.
The old adage 'don't judge a book by its cover' has its roots in reality. Ultimately, if you read a book, your enjoyment will be based on whether you liked what it had to offer, not the cover design. BUT – and it's a big but – if the cover is bad, fails to excite you or gives a misleading impression of what's inside, you'll probably never read it in the first place.
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Catholicism: East of Eden
Author: Richard Bennett
Insights into Catholicism for the twenty-first century.
All human beings want to approach God in a way that pleases themselves. That is no surprise: we all are proud and self-righteous, and by nature disobedient to the revealed will of God. That was the ancient problem Cain had faced when he went out from the presence of God to live ‘east of Eden’ – and it continues to be the moral struggle of the 21st century. Always what is most needed in such a struggle is an unquenchable desire to possess and to be possessed by the Truth.
How is Catholicism ‘east of Eden?’ Worldwide interest in all things Catholic mixes with consternation over recent disclosures from within the Church. Amidst doctrinal and moral confusion, most issues remain unanalyzed and unexplained, leaving both Catholics and non-Catholics wondering where the Roman Catholic Church stands. This book will leave no doubt about the truthful answer.
In this book, the author has endeavoured to address the 21st century issues of Catholicism with candour and empathy. Each topic is careully documented so that the reader who wishes to know for certain if what is written here is true can easily find the information. Here is a book that speaks to both mind and heart.
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The MIT400 series have been updated with a series of enhancements and additions from years of customer feedback and use.
The MIT400 series represents the industry standard for insulation testing on a wide range of applications and circuits.
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The Corning Museum of Glass is excited to launch a loaning program for guests to enjoy the full spectrum of all that our facility has to offer. We are now proud to offer EnChroma Color Blind Glasses to guests. EnChroma’s patented glass lens technology allows people who are color blind to see more of the broad spectrum of colors that most of us take for granted.
The wonderful folks with EnChroma explain it better than I ever could: “EnChroma develops optical lens technology that selectively filters out wavelengths of light at the precise point where this confusion or excessive overlap of color sensitivity occurs.” Luckily, our President and Executive Director, Karol Wight, met a member of the EnChroma team while attending a conference. The collaboration was kismet, as an institution, we showcase the beauty and science of glass. EnChroma uses glass technology to bring color to people who live without it.
Thankfully, museum partnerships are nothing new to EnChroma. Through their Color Accessibility Program, EnChroma glasses can be found in museums, state parks, school districts, and libraries across the United States. In working with their team to bring this technology to our guests, the opportunity arose for us to host a launch event where we would invite people who are color blind onsite to try the glasses for the first time. We called for participants via our social media channels and were overwhelmed by the response, some people volunteering from as far away as Portland, OR. This enthusiasm led us to four people from our region who were willing and able to join in on the fun.
When asked what he hopes EnChroma Glasses will do for him, Mike H. (50s) from Jamestown, NY, replied: “Not sure what color my fiancée’s eyes are, so I’d like to see their true color. I would also like to see colors more clearly and see what I’m missing in the fall when the leaves change.”
Another of our volunteers was local resident Brandon S. (18) who said: “People who know I’m color-blind pick on me in different situations. I often can’t organize things by color or do certain experiments in science because of the color blindness.” Brandon and his father Shannon S. are both color blind and they both joined us for our launch.
It was a true pleasure spending time with these folks in our galleries when we released the glasses on July 25, 2022. We spent almost 2 hours exploring the collection (and outdoors!) together. The “wows” would not stop as we explored the Contemporary Art + Design Wing. Our volunteers were asking others present what they saw and to help describe different colors as a team. Pieces with blue, purple, and red became quick favorites. Mike H. said he had never really known purple was a thing and that it had always looked like a shade of grey/blue to him. He even went so far as to say: “I have to relearn my colors!”
Shannon S. had a wonderful experience with our piece Carroña (Carrion) by Javier Perez. Shannon has visited the museum before without the help of EnChroma Glasses. “Before, when I looked at this, it was just a bunch of black glass and black birds and with the glasses on it’s a lot more meaningful.” Shannon S. is also a frequent car show attendee and the parking lot even got him smiling and saying: “The taillights are so bright red that they all look like they are lit”.
Our volunteers spent the time exploring and chatting together as they saw our collection in a way that they have never been able to see the world – in a fuller spectrum of color. I thank them all for spending time with us and helping to educate me on their experiences.
If you are color blind or have someone in your life who is, we encourage you to visit and try EnChroma glasses and experience the vibrant colors at The Corning Museum of Glass. You can borrow and enjoy EnChroma glasses during your visit as part of our mission of accessibility and inclusivity for all of our members and patrons. EnChroma glasses enable people with red-green color blindness to see an expanded range of clear, vibrant, distinct colors and enjoy enhanced detail and depth perception. Glasses are available at our Admissions Desk on a first come first served basis.
If you’d like to reserve the glasses in advance of your visit or have any questions, please email [email protected] or call +1 (607) 438 5401 to make arrangements (2 weeks’ notice required for this reservation).
We also have another new accessible offering for our guests! Sensory backpacks are available for loan from our Admissions Desk. These packs were designed for guests who may have light or sound sensitivities to utilize to fully enjoy their visit. While we hope to serve people who are on the Autism Spectrum with these packs, they are useful for a variety of guests. Inside the packs, you will find small and large sunglasses, small and large noise dampening earmuffs, fidget toys, a lap sized weighted/tactile blanket, a map marked with quiet/loud spaces, and an activity book.
If you would like to reserve a pack in advance of your visit or have any questions, please email [email protected] or call +1 (607) 438-5401 to make arrangements (2 weeks’ notice required for this reservation).
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Protect Pinyon-Juniper Forests Campaign
Deep Green Resistance and WildLands Defense are advocating for a moratorium on all pinyon-juniper deforestation in the Great Basin and we need your help. Pinyon-juniper forests are being wantonly killed as weeds while their inherent ecological value is summarily ignored. These forests store carbon dioxide, dampen climate change, provide crucial wildlife habitat, protect watersheds, and have helped humans survive in the Great Basin for millennia. A moratorium gives us time to marshall our resources to put this destruction to a permanent end.
See for yourself the destruction of Pinyon-Juniper forests and then join the fight.
Don’t let them destroy these forests! Sign our petition here.
Also join us to ask BLM to stop clearcutting pinyon-juniper forests.
3/25/2016 The Language of Pinyon-Juniper Trees
2/3/2016 BLM & the Ranching Industry: a History of Collusion
1/5/2016 Pinyon-Juniper Forests: BLM’s False Claim to Virtue
12/13/2015 Pinyon-Juniper Forests: The Oldest Refugee Crisis
12/1/2015 Pinyon-Juniper Forests: An Ancient Vision Disturbed
Follow our Protect Pinyon-Juniper Forests campaign on Facebook for more updates.
Sacred Waters, Sacred Forests
Join us in May of 2016 for a tour of sacred lands threatened by the proposed Southern Nevada Water Authority groundwater pipeline. We will spend three days visiting the communities affected by the water grab, learning about the project and the threatened sacred lands and waters. For those already familiar, we’ll also be holding workshops on the ecology and politics of the region at a basecamp in Spring Valley. The tour will begin at Cleve Creek campground, 12 miles north of Highway 6-50 at the base of the Schell Creek Mountains.
The SNWA water grab is a prime example of how civilizations (cultures based on cities, as opposed to cultures based on perpetual care of their landbases, without resource drawdown) inevitably destroy the planet. A bloated power center, ruled by the ultra-rich and served by an underclass of poorly-paid workers, bolstered by bought-and-paid-for politicians (see Harry Reid) and misused public tax dollars, reaches out and takes what it wants from the countryside.
One of the developers who wants the water grab has described the Mojave desert around Las Vegas as “flat desert stuff.” They call living land a wasteland to justify its continuing plunder. To indigenous peoples—Shoshone, Paiute, and Goshute—the land and water are sacred.
Anyone who respects land and visits this place will fall in love with it. That’s the purpose of the Sacred Water Tour, an annual gathering organized by Deep Green Resistance for the past three years. In coordination with local activists and indigenous people, the public is welcomed every Memorial Day weekend to tour the region.
Resistance Radio: Derrick Jensen interviews Max Wilbert about the SNWA water grab
2015 Sacred Water Tour: Sacred Water Under Threat
2014 Sacred Water Tour: Report-Back
Groundwater Pipeline Threatens Great Basin Desert, Indigenous Groups
Follow our Stop the SNWA Water Grab campaign page on Facebook for more updates
Follow the DGR Southwest Coalition Facebook page for more news.
Deep Green Resistance News Service Excerpts
The time after is a time of magic. Not the magic of parlor tricks, not the magic of smoke and mirrors, distractions that point one’s attention away from the real action. No, this magic is the real action. This magic is the embodied intelligence of the world and its members. This magic is the rough skin of sharks without which they would not swim so fast, so powerfully. This magic is the long tongues of butterflies and the flowers who welcome them. This magic is the brilliance of fruits and berries who grow to be eaten by those who then distribute their seeds along with the nutrients necessary for new growth. This magic is the work of fungi who join trees and mammals and bacteria to create a forest. This magic is the billions of beings in a handful of soil. This magic is the billions of beings who live inside you, who make it possible for you to live.
Let me say upfront: I like fun, and I like sex. But I’m sick to death of hearing that we need to make environmentalism fun and sexy. The notion is wrongheaded, disrespectful to the human and nonhuman victims of this culture, an enormous distraction that wastes time and energy we don’t have and undermines whatever slight chance we do have of developing the effective resistance required to stop this culture from killing the planet. The fact that so many people routinely call for environmentalism to be more fun and more sexy reveals not only the weakness of our movement but also the utter lack of seriousness with which even many activists approach the problems we face. When it comes to stopping the murder of the planet, too many environmentalists act more like they’re planning a party than building a movement.
At the core of this movement, there is an intangible force with a measurable impact. It’s an attitude, a mindset, a determination that compels us to push back against oppression. It’s the warrior mindset, the stand-and-fight stance of someone defending her home and the ones she loves.
Many burn with righteous anger. This is important – anger lets us know when people are hurting us and the ones we love. It’s part of the process of healing from trauma. Anger can rouse us from depression and move us past denial and bargaining. It is a step toward acceptance and taking action.
Rewriting the trauma script includes asserting our truth and lived experiences, and naming abuses instead of glossing over them. It includes discovering (and rediscovering) that we can rely on each other instead of on men. It’s mustering the courage to confront male violence. But it’s not going to be easy.
To be masculine, “to be a man,” says writer Robert Jensen in his phenomenal book, Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity, “…is a bad trade. When we become men—when we accept the idea that there is something called masculinity to which we could conform—we exchange those aspects of ourselves that make life worth living for an endless struggle for power that, in the end, is illusory and destructive not only to others but to ourselves.” Masculinity’s destructiveness manifests in men’s violence against women and men’s violence against the world. Feminist writer and activist Lierre Keith notes, “Men become ‘real men’ by breaking boundaries, whether it’s the sexual boundaries of women, the cultural boundaries of other peoples, the political boundaries of other nations, the genetic boundaries of species, the biological boundaries of living communities, or the physical boundaries of the atom itself.”
Too often, politically radical communities or subcultures that, in most cases, rigorously challenge the legitimacy of systems of power, somehow can’t find room in their analysis for the system of gender. Beyond that, many of these groups actively embrace male domination—patriarchy, the ruling religion of the dominant culture—though they may not say this forthright, with claims of “anti-sexism.” Or sexism may simply not ever be a topic of conversation at all. Either way, male privilege goes unchallenged, while public celebrations of the sadism and boundary-breaking inherent in masculinity remain the norm.
All people interested in a living planet–and the resistance movement it will take to make that a reality–should watch this film. The courage found within every one forming their amazing culture of resistance–militant and non; including those who set up alternative courts, sang traditional songs and speak the traditional Gaelic language, open their homes for members of the resistance–is more than i have ever experienced, yet exactly what is needed in our current crisis. Those who fought back endured torture, murder, and the destruction of their communities. Yet, they still fought because they were guided by love and by what is right.
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Learn how to use GCash and discover what the experience is like–from initial registration to your first-ever cashless transaction.
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Tired of going to the nearest payment center every month just to pay your bills and government contributions? Why not learn how to use GCash instead?
Touted as a convenient “mobile wallet” and a good alternative to debit cards, GCash enables you to do almost any transaction with just a few taps on your mobile phone.
But is this mobile payment innovation really as good as it’s cracked up to be? Learn how to use GCash and discover what the experience is like–from initial registration to your first-ever cashless transaction.
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Table of Contents
What Is GCash?
In simple terms, GCash is mobile money or “e-money” that allows you to pay bills, send or receive money, buy mobile load, shop online, book movie tickets, and more with the use of your smartphone.
Through a “mobile wallet,” you get to do all these transactions anytime and anywhere without the need to withdraw money. Compare that to carrying cash in your pocket which has a higher risk of getting lost or stolen.
GCash also ensures its users that going cashless through their platform is safe as they are licensed and regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) .
How To Use GCash in 4 Easy Steps.
1. Register for a GCash account.
If you don’t have an account with GCash yet, it’s time to create one so you can start using its services.
Registration can be done in four ways: through the GCash website, GCash mobile app, Globe *143# SIM menu, and Facebook messenger.
a. GCash Registration via the GCash website.
If you prefer to use a laptop or desktop, proceed to the GCash registration page and follow the instructions below:
- Click Register on the landing page.
- Click Proceed to GCash Registration to start the transaction.
- Enter your mobile number. Take note that GCash is now open to all networks, not just Globe and TM subscribers. Click Next to proceed to the next page.
- Provide the 6-digit authentication code sent to your mobile number for verification purposes. Click Submit Code to complete the process.
- Fill out the GCash Registration form with your personal details which include your full name, birthday, home address, and email address. Click Submit to proceed to the next page.
- Set your 4-digit mobile PIN or MPIN. For security reasons, avoid choosing your birth date or other number combinations that are easy to guess (e.g., 1234, 1111, etc.)
- Once the registration is complete, you’ll be directed to a page with a QR code. Scan the QR code with your mobile phone to download the GCash app. If you’re lucky, you might receive freebies upon logging in.
- After logging in to the GCash app with your mobile number and MPIN, you can now cash in and start using GCash.
b. GCash Registration via the GCash app.
For quicker registration, you can also download the official GCash app and do the following:
- Open the GCash mobile app.
- Provide your mobile number. Again, GCash is open to all networks, not just Globe and TM. Click Next.
- Enter the 6-digit authentication code sent to your mobile phone. Click Submit Code.
- Read and accept the Terms and Conditions. Fill in the information requested in the GCash Registration form like your name, birthday, address, and email address.
- Set your 4-digit mobile PIN or MPIN which you’ll use in all your future GCash transactions.
c. GCash Registration via the *143# Menu.
You can also register through text for free by following the steps below:
- Dial *143# on your mobile phone.
- Enter the number that corresponds to GCash. Click Send.
- Enter the number that corresponds to Register. Click Send.
- Provide your 4-digit MPIN and your personal information such as name, birth year, and address.
- Expect to receive a text message confirming that your registration is successful.
d. GCash Registration via Messenger.
Update: As of September 2021, GCash registration through the Messenger app has been temporarily disabled. You can try one of the three methods discussed previously to create a GCash account.
For those who regularly use Messenger, you can also register with GCash through this app.
- Search for @gcashofficial.
- Click Start an Account.
- Enter your mobile number (any network) and click Continue.
- Read and accept the Terms and Conditions.
- Expect a message confirming that your GCash account is ready.
- Tap Create PIN. Set your 4-digit mobile pin. Enter it twice.
- Wait for a confirmation message that your GCash PIN has been generated.
2. Verify your GCash account.
Before you can enjoy the full services of GCash, you need to have your account verified first.
Account verification or “Know Your Customer” (KYC) is the process of validating the identity of people who use money services like GCash. It is a one-time validation procedure required by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to ensure that you’re a genuine GCash user.
There are currently two levels of verification :
- Basic – allows newly-registered users to use GCash without verification but the services available to you are extremely limited. Basic users can only use GCash to cash-in over the counter, pay bills, buy mobile load, borrow load, and book movies.
- Fully Verified – enables you to have access to ALL GCash services such as sending money, cashing out, receiving international remittances, using GCredit, cashing in (through PayPal, debit cards, or banks), buying items with your GCash MasterCard, etc.
In addition to getting access to all GCash services, fully verified users also get the following benefits:
- Higher GCash wallet fund limit of PHP 100,000 (or PHP 500,000 if you link your BPI/Unionbank account or any locally-issued, Mastercard/Visa-enabled debit card to your GCash wallet).
- Daily ATM withdrawal limit of PHP 40,000.
- Daily Buy Load transactions (to Globe and other networks) of up to PHP 20,000.
How to verify your GCash account.
Step 1: Prepare 1 valid ID.
According to the GCash website , the following are the valid IDs accepted for verification purposes:
If your valid ID is not on the list, you can proceed to the nearest Villarica branch to submit the valid ID and have your account manually verified.
Step 2: Verify your account through the GCash app or an authorized GCash outlet.
There are two ways to fully verify your account–via the GCash app or through one of the various GCash partner outlets.
GCash account verification via the GCash app.
- Log in to your GCash app.
- Click the Profile icon at the lower right corner of the home screen.
- Click the Verify Now button just below your name and account/mobile number.
- Click the Get Fully Verified button.
- Select the valid ID you have on hand (see the previous section for a complete list of valid IDs accepted for GCash verification). Take a photo of your ID, making sure that it’s within the camera frame. Click Submit.
- Have your photo taken. Before taking a selfie, ensure that you’re in a well-lit room and your face is positioned within the frame.
- Provide any missing information in the partially filled registration form. Click Next to review all the information provided. Once everything is complete, tick the box to accept the Terms and Conditions. Finally, click Confirm.
- Wait for 30 minutes for your application to be reviewed. You’ll receive a text message confirming that your GCash account has been fully verified.
GCash account verification via a Partner GCash Outlet.
- Go to the nearest Globe store or any GCash partner outlet like Villarica Pawnshop and Tambunting Pawnshop. Don’t forget to bring a valid ID.
- Fill out and submit the GCash form for account verification.
- Have your photo taken.
- Wait for a confirmation message via text that your account has been verified and that you’ve been included in the KYC database.
3. Load your GCash wallet.
A newly registered and fully verified GCash account has a monthly wallet limit of PHP 100,000.
This PHP 100,000 monthly wallet limit only applies to incoming transactions (e.g., cash-in, receive money, etc.). While fully verified users don’t have a monthly limit to their outgoing transactions (e.g., cash-out/withdraw, online purchases, etc.), there’s a daily outgoing limit of PHP 100,000 .
In June 2020, GCash announced that users can now increase their GCash wallet limit from PHP 100,000 to PHP 500,000 by linking their bank account (BPI or UnionBank) or any locally-issued, Mastercard/Visa-enabled debit card to their fully-verified GCash wallets.
To link your bank account or debit card to your GCash wallet, simply open your GCash app, click the Profile icon at the lower right corner of the home screen, and tap on My Linked Accounts. Select BPI or UnionBank and fill out the required information. You should receive a text message instantly or up to seven days confirming that your wallet limit has increased.
Take note that the PHP 500,000 wallet limit only applies to monthly incoming transactions. Users who have successfully linked their bank accounts to GCash still have no monthly outgoing limit and the daily outgoing limit remains PHP 100,000.
There are various options to top up or load your GCash account. You can do it either through mobile payment facilities available in the GCash app or by going to any GCash Partner Outlets (GPOs) like Globe Stores, SM Business Center, Villarica Pawnshop, and 7-Eleven Cliqq Kiosks, just to name a few.
For more information on how to load your GCash wallet, please go to this link.
4. Start using GCash for your desired transaction.
With a GCash app installed on your smartphone, you can proceed with your desired transaction in just a few taps.
To start using GCash, launch the mobile app and log in with your 4-digit GCash MPIN. On the dashboard, click the icon corresponding to the service you want to use. For every transaction you make, you’ll receive a confirmation message via text from 2882.
Aside from the app, you can also access GCash services by dialing *143# on your mobile phone and selecting the numbers corresponding to GCash and its services of your choice.
For online services/purchases that require a debit card and don’t have GCash on their list of payment options, you can still use your GCash fund by linking your account to one or more of the following:
- GCash Mastercard
- American Express Virtual Pay
To link your GCash wallet to any of the online payment solutions above, click the Profile icon on the lower right corner of the home screen and choose My Linked Account from the sidebar.
Here’s a summary of the things you can do with GCash:
a. Make purchases online or on-ground.
As long as the online store or shopping site has GCash as one of its payment options, you can simply check out your purchased items and pay directly using your available GCash funds.
You can pay with GCash for shopping at or using the services of:
For those without GCash as a payment option, you can also pay using a GCash Mastercard, GCash American Express Virtual Pay card, or PayPal linked to your GCash account.
The GCash American Express is a virtual debit card ideally used for paying for items purchased from U.S. stores. It also comes with the free U.S. address courtesy of My Shopping Box that you can use for all your shipping needs.
If you prefer to shop on the ground, there are also partner merchants that accept GCash. Simply look for a little signage that says “GCash Accepted Here” at the entrance door or near the cashier. You can also check out this list to learn whether the store of your choice accepts GCash payments or not.
To pay your items with GCash, launch the app on your smartphone, scan the QR code at the counter, and type in the amount of money you’re going to pay. For each transaction you make using the GCash QR, you’ll get to enjoy 10% cashback.
b. Pay bills.
With GCash, you can pay almost any bills without leaving your home.
To pay bills, log in to the GCash app and tap Pay Bills. Select the Biller Category and then the specific Biller that you want to settle the bills with. Enter the requested information and proceed with the transaction.
You can also tap the heart sign beside the name of the biller to add it to your Favorites. You can then easily access these saved billers under My Saved Billers each time you pay your bills in the future, saving you time in the process.
Here’s a list of bills you can pay through GCash:
c. Buy load.
GCash app can also be used to load up any mobile number from any network, be it Globe, TM, or Smart.
With this feature, you no longer need to go to the nearest convenience store to buy a call and text card. You can even turn your GCash app into a mobile loading business, too!
Here’s how to load any mobile number straight from your smartphone:
- Log in to your GCash app.
- Tap on Buy Load.
- Enter the mobile number you want to load up or tap on the phonebook icon and select the desired number from your list of contacts. Click Next.
- Enter a value or choose from any of the denominations provided. Click Next.
- Confirm the payment to complete the transaction.
If you have zero GCash wallet balance but can’t cash in yet, you can also avail yourself of the Borrow Load feature. To access this, simply tap the same Buy Load icon on your GCash app dashboard.
You’re allowed to borrow PHP 10 or PHP 20 worth of regular load. You can also choose from the different load combos with a maximum amount of PHP 20.
Once you get the load, make sure to cash in as soon as possible to pay back the loan. You must pay the amount you owe two days after the “Borrow Load” transaction was completed.
Update: As of September 2021, the Borrow Load feature is no longer available in GCash.
d. Send or transfer money.
As long as you have money in your GCash wallet, you can send or transfer any amount to anyone anywhere.
You can transfer money to another GCash user in four ways:
- Express Send – if you want to instantly send money to another GCash user without any transaction fees.
- Send via QR – use this to send money by scanning, generating, or uploading a QR code.
- Send with a Clip – for those who prefer to customize the way they deliver their GCash money. With this feature, you can send GCash to your loved ones along with an attached video, photo, or a voice recording.
- Send Gift – a convenient way to send gifts in the form of GCash to your friends and loved ones during special occasions.
Meanwhile, if the receiver doesn’t have a GCash account yet, you can also send money to any of the GCash partner banks.
Simply tap the Bank Transfer option, choose the name of the bank, and enter the desired amount along with the receiver’s account name and number.
Tap Send Money to complete the transaction.
On the other hand, a new feature called GCash Padala enables you to send money to a receiver who doesn’t have a bank account nor a GCash account. All you need is the recipient’s name and contact number. The recipient can easily claim the money at one of over 17,000 GCash-partner outlets nationwide.
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e. Withdraw money.
“Cash-out” is the process of withdrawing your GCash and converting it into physical money.
You do this when you’ve earned enough GCash in your wallet and you want to take out a portion of it and either spend or save it in a bank account. Whatever your reason, you can withdraw the money in three ways:
- ATM Withdrawal – if you have a GCash Mastercard, you can cash-out your money by going to any Bancnet or Mastercard ATM.
- BPI Savings Account – if you’re a BPI savings account holder, you can easily transfer your GCash to your bank account by dialing *119# on your phone.
- Over-the-Counter – for those with neither a bank account nor a GCash Mastercard, proceed to any GCash Partner Outlet to withdraw your money. These include pawnshops such as Villarica, Tambunting, RD Pawnshop, and Palawan Pawnshop; Puregold Supermarket; and payment facilities such as Bayad Center and Expresspay.
f. Use credit.
GCash can also work as a credit card when you run out of money and need to pay for something urgently. With GCredit, you can use GCash for purchases even if you have zero balance and simply pay for it later.
However, GCredit will only work if you have an updated/verified email address as well as a high GScore.
The GScore is a trust score tied to your GCredit and is based on the number of your GCash transactions. Basically, the more often you use GCash to buy load, pay bills, and make purchases, the higher your GScore will be.
With a high GScore, you can earn a credit limit that starts with PHP 1,000 which can increase to up to PHP 10,000.
READ: How to Use GCredit in GCash: A Quick Guide
How To Keep Your GCash Account Secure.
Despite GCash’s relentless efforts to curb scammers, there will always be malicious actors who are ready to exploit every potential loophole in the country’s leading mobile wallet. From famous personalities to ordinary citizens struggling to get by , no one is immune to online scams targeting GCash.
Therefore, to prevent yourself from being part of the statistic, you also need to do your part in protecting your account. Here are some of the proactive ways to ensure your account is protected from GCash scammers:
1. Never share your GCash personal data with anyone, especially online.
Always remember that GCash or any of its representatives will NEVER ask you to provide the following information:
- MPIN – the 4-digit code that serves as your GCash password.
- OTP – the 6-digit one-time password that GCash sends to your registered mobile number each time you log in to your account or confirm various bank-related transactions.
- CVV/CVC – the 3-digit PIN behind your GCash Mastercard.
Scammers usually resort to phishing frauds to steal any or all of the personal details listed above. This means they will pose as GCash or a trusted entity and dupe you into verifying your account via email, answering fake surveys, joining fake contest emails, or filling out forms via Messenger to steal your personal data.
If you receive any of these messages or become a victim yourself, please report it to GCash immediately by calling its customer support hotline at 2882 or by submitting a ticket to help.gcash.com.
2. Log in to your GCash account using biometric authentication instead of MPIN.
Since MPINs are very easy to steal, why not access your GCash account using traits are uniquely your own? With the new biometric authentication , this is now possible.
Once activated, the biometric authentication will enable you to log in via fingerprint or Face ID istead of MPIN which you can easily forget or give away to fraudsters. Logging in is relatively faster since all you have to do is place your finger on your phone screen or have your facial features scanned to access your account. More importantly, bometrics are uniquely yours so you can safely log in anywhere without the fear of a hacker stealing your login credentials or thieves cracking your phone open in case it gets stolen.
To start logging in to your GCash account using your fingerpint or Face ID, follow these steps :
- Make sure biometric authentication feature is available on your phone and is already activated as this will be integrated with GCash. Otherwise, you won’t be able to see the Biometrics Login option in your GCash app.
- Install the GCash app. If it’s already installed on your phone, ensure you’re using the latest and updated version.
- Log in to your GCash app and tap Profile at the bottom right corner of your screen.
- Click Settings on the sidebar menu.
- Select Biometrics Login under Security.
- Toggle Enable Biometrics Login to activate biometric authentication on your GCash app.
- Encode the 6-digit authentication code sent to your registered mobile number and click Submit.
- Log out and then log back in using your biometrics. Keep in mind that you will be prompted to provide your MPIN after three consecutive failed login attempts with your biometrics. Meanwhile, the biometric authentication will be automatically disabled once your reset your MPIN or click Forgot MPIN.
3. Follow or like the official GCash social media pages to get the latest advisories against GCash scams.
GCash scams come in a variety of form. Fortunately, every fraudulent activities reported to GCash is made public through the latest advisories released to the official GCash social media accounts. The purpose of these advisories is to warn all GCash users of the various modus operandi that scammers use to steal GCash accounts.
According to Chito Maniago , the GCash vice president of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs as of this writing, GCash also releases SMS and app notifications to advice users against clicking fraudulent pages, donation links, and financial aid offers as well as the dangers of sharing their account details. Maniago also assures the public that fake social media advisories and accounts are quickly taken down as soon as they’re brought to their attention.
Tips and Warnings.
- The MPIN or Mobile Personal Identification Number is a four-digit passcode that you will use in all your GCash transactions–from initial registration to every time you access the GCash app. This is the single most important information tied to your GCash account so make sure you don’t pick a number combination that is very easy to guess. Moreover, never share your MPIN to anyone and delete all messages containing it.
- There’s no minimum balance required to keep your GCash account active. The maximum balance, on the other hand, varies depending on your level of verification. Non-verified GCash users get a maximum monthly wallet limit of only PHP 50,000 while fully verified users have up to PHP 500,000 monthly wallet limit.
- The wallet limit doesn’t cover the combined incoming and outgoing transactions (e.g., cash-in, bills payment, bank transfer, cash-out, etc.) that you’ll do every month. For fully verified users, for example, there’s a PHP 100,000 monthly limit for cash-in/incoming transactions while there’s no monthly limit for cash-out/outgoing transactions. So if you’ve already sent PHP 100,000 (outgoing) this month, you can still use GCash for cash-in and other incoming transactions.
- Since June 2020, GCash has increased its wallet limit from Php 100,000 to Php 500,000 for users who would link their BPI, Unionbank, or any locally-issued, Mastercard/Visa-enabled debit card to their GCash wallets. Take note that this upgrade doesn’t apply to GCash wallets that have been linked to GCash Mastercard, Paypal, and American Express Virtual Pay card.
- Although GCash funds/balance don’t expire, it is recommended that you keep your account active by using GCash in your online or offline transactions. Otherwise, leaving your account inactive for over 6 months may ultimately lead to either account closure or automatic deduction of your funds to cover the dormancy fee.
- Keep yourself updated with the latest advisory to avoid using GCash during a system upgrade. You’ll usually receive a text message or an update via the GCash Facebook page ahead of time, informing you that there will be service downtimes on selected dates. When GCash is upgrading its systems, all its services are temporarily disabled so it’s important to know when and how long it will happen.
- Avoid leaving a big amount of money on your GCash app if you’re a first-time user who never tried mobile wallets before. Start by cashing-in smaller amounts, say PHP 10,000 to pay bills, and then commit to higher value transactions as you become more familiar with the GCash app and its services. Remember, there’s always that risk of making mistakes when you’re using GCash for the very first time.
- Use a stable Internet for seamless GCash transactions. Also, try to avoid using GCash, or any financial transactions for that matter, whenever you’re connected to public wi-fi.
- Don’t pay attention to phishing emails containing links that, when clicked, will enable the scammer to gain access to your GCash account. Most of these email messages go straight to your SPAM folder but there are few that escape the net and wreak havoc on users. Avoid them like a plague.
- You can use GCash abroad to send money to the Philippines but you need a roaming SIM for it to work.
- As of this writing, you can’t use GCash to load a retailer SIM. GCash can only be used to purchase regular load.
- GCash has a feature called GCash Forest where you can convert your accumulated Green Energy Points into a real tree to be planted in Ipo Watershed. You can earn these points by walking to work and completing GCash transactions that reduce your carbon footprint (e.g., paying bills online instead of driving to a bank that uses a lot of paper to print out receipts). Thanks to this initiative, GCash, in partnership with DENR and WWF, was able to plant its first 365,000 native trees in Ipo Watershed in 2021 . So use GCash regularly and you’ll be able to support the re-forestation of Metro Manila’s leading water source.
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An Australian mother has said that her daughter, Grace, who was born in 2015, has never eaten processed carbohydrates and is on the Paleo diet. But one expert said that they don’t recommend the diet for an infant.
The girl, who was 13 months when her mother Shan Cooper gave an interview to the Daily Mail, eats meat, fish, eggs, fruit, and vegetables. The diet bans grains and dairy products and allows only foods that a “caveman could scavenge for,” the Mail noted.
Cooper said her daughter has only been sick once and “loves it,” referring to the diet.
In 2018, she wrote a blog post, suggesting her daughter, Grace, still is on the diet.
According to the Mail’s writeup: “Breakfast: Eggs (fried in coconut oil, scrambled, or even poached) and left-over vegetables from the night before, including roasted sweet potato, carrots, potatoes and steamed broccoli.”
“Lunch: Organic roast chicken as well as roasted, including those mentioned before, and steamed vegetables such as broccoli if she feels like it (all leftovers from the evening before),” it says.
For a snack, her mother said that the girl will eat any fruit, including bananas and strawberries.
“Dinner: Spaghetti bolognese with organic beef, using zucchini noodles in place of pasta noodles with organic tomato sauces,’ the website said.
Cooper claimed that her daughter “spends a lot of time around other kids who are sick all the time – who have snotty noses, coughs, colds – but she just doesn’t pick it up.”
“It’s certainly not because I’m shielding her from any of that stuff,” she continued. “I absolutely think a nutrient dense diet is giving her a strong immune system.”
The mother stated that she had long struggled with various food allergies, including dairy, gluten, and processed foods.
“I just got sick of not feeling great,” Cooper noted. “That had become my normal and (I decided) that wasn’t going to be normal anymore.”
A dietician, Dr. Rosemary Stanton, said she doesn’t recommend that diet that Cooper’s daughter is following.
“It’s really not usually a good idea to put a child on such a restricted diet, particularly when there’s no valid grounds for it,” she said, adding that “depriving her child of grains and legumes will make it much more difficult to achieve a balanced diet.”
The Paleo diet, meanwhile, “typically includes lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds — foods that in the past could be obtained by hunting and gathering. A paleo diet limits foods that became common when farming emerged about 10,000 years ago. These foods include dairy products, legumes and grains,” according to the Mayo Clinic.
The Clinic notes that there are concerns that no dairy, legumes, and grains could pose a problem for some individuals.
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Tracking the origin of ivory through genetic analysis in Cambodia
Ball, A., Senn, H., Darith, S., Srey, C., Ith, S., Weckauf, R. and Frechette, J. (2018). Tracking the origin of ivory through genetic analysis in Cambodia. 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. doi: 10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107527
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Cambodia is one of 13 countries that still contain dwindling numbers of wild Asian elephants, Elephus maximus. Now in highly fragmented populations, the Asian elephant is classified as endangered on the IUCN red list and they are believed to have declined by at least 50% in the last 60-75 years (Choudhury et al. 2008). The Asian elephant is facing multiple threats including deforestation, habitat fragmentation and illegal poaching. The latter, also a huge threat to its closest relatives in Africa, is often driven by demand for ivory. Although the trade of Asian elephant ivory is prohibited in Cambodia, trading non-native species, e.g. African Ivory, is unlegislated, and therefore ivory can be found for sale legally within the Cambodian domestic market. However, the origin of ivory is difficult to trace without laboratory analysis and so African and Asian ivory are often interchangeable in the market place. With the increasing wealth of China, the world’s biggest market for ivory (Milliken et al. 2016), and the increasing number of Chinese tourists visiting Cambodia there is a high risk that this could increase demand for ivory. Not only could this threaten Cambodia’s dwindling populations of Asian elephants but potentially create a hub for illegally trafficked ivory from around the world (Nguyen & Frechette 2017). We are therefore establishing in-country conservation genetic analysis capacity for the determination of species identification and origin of ivory samples traded within Cambodia. 1. Choudhury, A., Lahiri Choudhury, D.K., Desai, A., Duckworth, J.W., Easa, P.S., Johnsingh, A.J.T., Fernando, P., Hedges, S., Gunawardena, M., Kurt, F., Karanth, U., Lister, A., Menon, V., Riddle, H., Rübel, A., Wikramanayake, E. (2008). Elephas maximus. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Viewed 5 January 2018 2. Milliken, T., Underwood, F.M., Burn, R.W. and Sangalakula, L. (2016). The Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) and the Illicit Trade in Ivory: a report to the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties. CoP17 Doc. 57.6 (Rev. 1), CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. 30 pp 3. Nguyen, T. and Frechette, J.L. (2017). The market for elephant ivory in Cambodia. TRAFFIC Bulletin 29(2):65-72 ...
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NEW: Strikes could be just one chapter in a long war, analyst says
U.N. inspectors visit scene of reported poison gas attack
Kerry's remarks indicate a strike is likely, expert says
A vehicle used by U.N. inspectors was shot at multiple times, U.N. says
U.N. experts got to inspect the site of a reported chemical attack on civilians near Syria’s capital Monday as the United States accused the Syrian government of trying to cover up the attack.
The U.N. inspectors entered the town of Moadamiyet al-Sham and appeared to be examining the area accompanied by doctors, according to videos posted on social media by Syrian activists. The team had a “very productive” day and will continue its work Tuesday after examining its findings Monday evening, U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said in New York.
Government and opposition forces have accused each other of unleashing poison gas last week in the suburban Damascus area of Ghouta. Syria’s opposition said that as many as 1,300 people were killed, prompting new calls for Western powers to intervene in the country’s 2-year-old civil war.
In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the use of chemical weapons a “moral obscenity” that could not go unanswered, and he said Syrian actions are “not the behavior of a government that has nothing to hide.”
Kerry stopped short of directly accusing President Bashar al-Assad’s government of a massacre. But he said, “We know that the Syrian regime maintains custody of these chemical weapons. We know that the Syrian regime has the capacity to do this with rockets. We know that the regime has been determined to clear the opposition from those very places where the attacks took place.”
Meanwhile, he said that Syria was “systemically destroying evidence” of last week’s attack by continuing to shell the area and that the danger the team faced Monday “only further weakens the regime’s credibility.” The Obama administration is now weighing how to respond in talks with U.S. allies and members of Congress, he said.
“Nothing today is more serious, and nothing is receiving more serious scrutiny,” Kerry said.
Monday’s examination took place after unidentified snipers shot multiple times at a vehicle used by the U.N. team and after an explosion near the site inspectors planned to visit, the United Nations said. There were no reports of injuries.
U.N. officials did not say who was behind the shooting or the explosion, which witnesses said may have been caused by a mortar shell. The Syrian government accused “terrorists” of firing on the inspectors, Syrian state TV reported.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said inspectors visited hospitals, interviewed witnesses, survivors and doctors and collected some samples. Speaking from Seoul, South Korea, Ban said he has directed the group to register a “strong complaint” to government and opposition forces to make sure the team’s safety is guaranteed.
The Syrian government agreed to grant the inspectors full access on Sunday, pledging to cease all hostilities as long as the team was on the ground, the United Nations said. And an umbrella group for the Syrian opposition, the Syrian National Coalition, said rebel forces would ensure the safety of any U.N. personnel in the area.
But the government would not let U.N. inspectors approach the site for days, and the team feared that the chemical evidence may have dissipated.
Attacks could reinforce poison gas ‘taboo’
Middle East analyst Richard Haass told CNN’s The Lead that Kerry’s comments “went far out on a limb” and indicate that a U.S. strike on Syria was in the works, with or without U.N. Security Council backing. Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said military action was needed “to underscore the principle, the norm, the taboo that these weapons ought to have.”
“No one, Syria or anybody else, now and forevermore, should be able to use such weapons, much less biological or nuclear weapons, with impunity,” he said. But he said Washington should limit its intervention in the conflict, “so we don’t get enmeshed in what I think could become a quagmire.”
“If we want to help the opposition, the best way to do it is through considerable arming of those elements of the opposition with agendas we can support,” he said.
But with Syria already seen as a proxy war that has been spilling across its neighbors’ borders for months, the prospects for improvement aren’t likely to be aided by American airstrikes, said Andrew Tabler, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
“This is just going to be one chapter in a very long struggle we have in Syria,” Tabler told CNN’s The Situation Room.
Russia, Syria’s leading ally, has raised sharp objections to the possibility of any outside intervention. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that reports of the use of chemical weapons must be “thoroughly and professionally investigated” and submitted to the U.N. Security Council.
At a news conference Monday, Lavrov said there’s no proof yet that the Syrian government was involved in last week’s reported attack. And Sunday, a Foreign Ministry statement compared the Western allegations against Syria to the claims that Iraq was hoarding weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. invasion in 2003 – claims that fell apart once American troops began searching for them.
Charles Duelfer, the former head of U.S. weapons inspection teams in Iraq, said the U.N. experts will be looking to collect evidence from witnesses and survivors of last week’s attack, including samples that can be analyzed later.
“They’ll be looking for remnants of the munitions, which could be sophisticated munitions that a military would have – or if it turns out, unexpectedly, to be the case that the insurgents had cobbled together some sort of CW capability, maybe they’ll find that,” Duelfer said.
Duelfer said he expects the U.S. government has its own sources: “Presumably, the National Security Agency can listen to people besides the United States, so they may have data which the weapons inspectors may not have,” he told The Situation Room. But while Washington’s evidence may be solid, U.N. inspectors “provide credibility across the board.”
“When they say something, presumably all countries will say. ‘OK, we can accept that, they don’t have a dog in that fight,’ ” Duelfer said.
U.S. officials have said they have no credible evidence pointing to opposition groups using chemical weapons. And the Obama administration is expected to declassify the intelligence assessment backing up its assertion that the Syrian regime was responsible for last week’s attack before any U.S. military action would take place, a senior administration official said Monday.
That evidence “includes but is not limited to” satellite images of activity at Syrian military installations identified as including chemical weapons depots, a senior administration official familiar with the intelligence told CNN.
And Kerry said he had argued to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem last week that if the government had nothing to hide, “then their response should be immediate: immediate transparency, immediate access, not shelling.”
“Failure to permit that, I told him, would tell its own story,” he said.
Al-Assad: It wasn’t us
The Pentagon has sent four warships armed with cruise missiles to the region, and Obama will be presented with final options regarding actions against Syria in the next few days, a senior administration official said Monday.
But as U.S. muscle plows the waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, al-Assad on Monday repeated his government’s denial that his army had anything to do with the use of poison gas.
“The area of the claimed attack is in contiguity with the Syrian army positions, so how is it possible that any country would use chemical weapons in an area where its own forces are located?” he asked in an interview with Russian newspaper Izvestia.
Al-Assad accused the United States, Britain and France of exploiting the incident by trying to verify rebel allegations instead of verifying facts.
The use of a large amount of chemical weapons would cross a “red line” and threaten U.S. interests in the region, Obama announced last year. Tabler, who has had extensive contacts with al-Assad, said the Syrian leader may have watched as Washington reacted cautiously to previous reports of chemical warfare and gambled incorrectly that last week’s attack would draw a similar response.
“I think he thought that he could push the envelope again and that he could actually show his own people that no one is going to come to their rescue,” Tabler said.
Opposition members say rockets with chemical payloads were among the ordnance government troops unleashed at the rebel stronghold of Ghouta early Wednesday. More than 1,300 people died, most of them by gas, according to opposition spokesman Khaled al-Saleh.
The opposition backed up the allegations with gruesome video of rows of dead bodies, including women and children. They had no visible wounds, and some appeared to be bloated. The aid agency Medecins sans Frontieres said three hospitals it supports in Syria’s Damascus governorate reported having received about 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms on Wednesday morning.
But according to Syrian state-run television’s depiction of events, government forces came into contact with a gas attack on Saturday in Jobar, on the edge of Damascus. Several of the soldiers were “suffocating” from exposure to gases as they entered the city, according to state TV.
“It is believed that the terrorists have used chemical weapons in the area,” Syrian TV reported, citing an anonymous source. The government uses the term “terrorists” to describe rebel forces.
Broadcast video showed a room containing gas masks, gas canisters and other paraphernalia that could be used in a gas attack. The army said it uncovered the cache in a storage facility in the area.
CNN could not independently confirm the authenticity of video shown by the government or rebels.
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